* ♻ Instantiate `HTTPException` only when needed, optimization refactor. PR [#5356](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/5356) by [@pawamoy](https://github.com/pawamoy).
* 📌 Update minimum version of Pydantic to >=1.7.4. PR [#9567](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/9567) by [@Kludex](https://github.com/Kludex).
* 🐛 Fix OpenAPI model fields int validations, `gte` to `ge`. PR [#9635](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/9635) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).