docs: sync release metadata for v1.9.4 (#215)

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.4] - 2026-04-20
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - query-range/metrics: stop splitting metric `query_range` requests into multiple backend `stats_query_range` windows, keeping the read path aligned with the documented log-only windowing contract and reducing avoidable VL request fanout for Drilldown and Explore metric panels.

README.md

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 [![VictoriaLogs Compatibility](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/compat-vl.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/compat-vl.yaml)
 [![Go Version](https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](https://go.dev/)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/releases)
-[![Lines of Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/go%20loc-77.6k-blue)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
+[![Lines of Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/go%20loc-77.4k-blue)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)
 [![Tests](https://img.shields.io/badge/tests-1786%20passed-brightgreen)](#tests)
-[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-89.6%25-green)](#tests)
+[![Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/coverage-89.8%25-green)](#tests)
 [![LogQL Coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/LogQL%20coverage-100%25-brightgreen)](#logql-compatibility)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy)](LICENSE)
 [![CodeQL](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy/actions/workflows/codeql.yaml)

charts/loki-vl-proxy/Chart.yaml

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: loki-vl-proxy
 description: HTTP proxy translating Loki API to VictoriaLogs
 type: application
-version: 1.9.3
-appVersion: "1.9.3"
+version: 1.9.4
+appVersion: "1.9.4"
 home: https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ReliablyObserve/Loki-VL-proxy