v0.34.0_2

README.md

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 # RustProxy 0.34.0
 
+## 0.34.0: HOT HIT critical-section follow-up (source candidate)
+
+Immutable response headers are shared until a HIT; the mutable per-response
+copy and Body are built outside the cache's shared HOT mutex. No-Vary lookups,
+per-domain counters, repeated cache reasons and inactive BAN checks use
+shorter paths. The existing stale-for-revalidation policy makes the previous
+full HOT sweep unnecessary. Exact LRU, generation barriers, BAN, COLD,
+transformation/ETag, TTL and cache bypass settings remain unchanged.
+
+This is **uncompiled source**; do not infer network RPS or production acceptance
+from source checks. See
+[`docs/CACHE_HOTPATH_0.34.0.md`](docs/CACHE_HOTPATH_0.34.0.md).
+
 ## 0.34.0: reverse-proxy hot-path optimization revision (source candidate)
 
 This revision retains the **0.34.0** version and all prior scoped-cache,