What's Changed
* docs(api): improve api reference descriptions by marcklingen in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1244
* fix: docs and root level commands by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1251
* fix: improve contributing.md by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1252
* fix(ui): sort/filter sessions by total cost by marcklingen in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1254
* fix: correctly return 500 and 400 API errors by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1253
* feat(ui): add alert that only ChatML generations is exported as JSONL by marcklingen in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1257
* perf: traces table performance improvements by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1256
* perf: revert traces router query by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1261
* feat(generation): extend generations table by RichardKruemmel in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1216
* fix: fix observations index by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1266
* fix: observations index by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1267
* refactor: add sentry users to API by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1269
* refactor: add load database setup script by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1273
* perf: improve observations view and all traces by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1275
* perf: improve traces table performance by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1276
* perf: improve generations table performance by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1279
* fix(api): add input, output, sessionId, public to GET /traces by marcklingen in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1280
* perf: improve dashboard performance by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1281
* perf: increase sample rate for POST and trpc by maxdeichmann in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1284
* docs: fix link to db schema by sebhs in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1282
* chore: improve date picker formatting by sebhs in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1283
New Contributors
* sebhs made their first contribution in https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/1282
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/compare/v2.8.0...v2.9.0