* fix parsing of custom root models, [4883](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4883) by gou177
* fix: use dataclass proxy for frozen or empty dataclasses, [4878](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4878) by PrettyWood
* Fix `schema` and `schema_json` on models where a model instance is a one of default values, [4781](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4781) by Bobronium
* Add Jina AI to sponsors on docs index page, [4767](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4767) by samuelcolvin
* fix: support assignment on `DataclassProxy`, [4695](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4695) by PrettyWood
* Add `postgresql+psycopg` as allowed scheme for `PostgreDsn` to make it usable with SQLAlchemy 2, [4689](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4689) by morian
* Allow dict schemas to have both `patternProperties` and `additionalProperties`, [4641](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4641) by jparise
* Fixes error passing None for optional lists with `unique_items`, [4568](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4568) by mfulgo
* Fix `GenericModel` with `Callable` param raising a `TypeError`, [4551](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4551) by mfulgo
* Fix field regex with `StrictStr` type annotation, [4538](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4538) by sisp
* Correct `dataclass_transform` keyword argument name from `field_descriptors` to `field_specifiers`, [4500](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4500) by samuelcolvin
* fix: avoid multiple calls of `__post_init__` when dataclasses are inherited, [4487](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/4487) by PrettyWood
* Reduce the size of binary wheels, [2276](https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/pull/2276) by samuelcolvin