- [PR #827](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/827): Upgrade dependencies, including SQLite to 3.36.
- [PR #835](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/835): Use Go standard libary sql/database abstraction. Fixes [issue #830](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/830).
- [PR #835](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/835): Use SQLite connection pool.
- [PR #835](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/835): Use SQLite connection pool and add pool statistics to status output.
- [PR #836](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/pull/836): Add current SQLite journal mode to status output.