Why were the patch versions for vulnerability (snky id: SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMLIBOPENSTORAGEOPENSTORAGEAPISERVER-565845) released so late?

[Silence-worker-02]

Hello, we are a research team working on Golang. During our investigation, we found vulnerability (https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMLIBOPENSTORAGEOPENSTORAGEAPISERVER-565845) was addressed in commit 9db49f2. However, we noticed that the patch version was released after long time (337 days). We are curious about the reasons behind the delayed release of the patch version, as it may hinder the efficient distribution of patches to downstream users. Could the reason be

1.Issues with testing and CI checking.

2.Other commits have to be incorporated into one release.

3.By convention, versions are not frequently released.

4.Other reasons.

Thank you for your attention, and we look forward to receiving your reply.