diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcService.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcService.java
index 5c95a0e98f..5671ffb2ab 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcService.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcService.java
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ public class EdgeGrpcService extends EdgeRpcServiceGrpc.EdgeRpcServiceImplBase i
         Edge edge = edgeGrpcSession.getEdge();
         TenantId tenantId = edge.getTenantId();
         log.info("[{}][{}] edge [{}] connected successfully.", tenantId, edgeGrpcSession.getSessionId(), edgeId);
+        if (sessions.containsKey(edgeId)) {
+            destroySession(sessions.get(edgeId));
+        }
         sessions.put(edgeId, edgeGrpcSession);
         final Lock newEventLock = sessionNewEventsLocks.computeIfAbsent(edgeId, id -> new ReentrantLock());
         newEventLock.lock();
@@ -503,7 +506,7 @@ public class EdgeGrpcService extends EdgeRpcServiceGrpc.EdgeRpcServiceImplBase i
             } finally {
                 newEventLock.unlock();
             }
-            toRemove.destroy();
+            destroySession(toRemove);
             TenantId tenantId = toRemove.getEdge().getTenantId();
             save(tenantId, edgeId, ACTIVITY_STATE, false);
             long lastDisconnectTs = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -516,6 +519,12 @@ public class EdgeGrpcService extends EdgeRpcServiceGrpc.EdgeRpcServiceImplBase i
         edgeIdServiceIdCache.evict(edgeId);
     }
 
+    private void destroySession(EdgeGrpcSession session) {
+        try (session) {
+            session.destroy();
+        }
+    }
+
     private void save(TenantId tenantId, EdgeId edgeId, String key, long value) {
         log.debug("[{}][{}] Updating long edge telemetry [{}] [{}]", tenantId, edgeId, key, value);
         if (persistToTelemetry) {
diff --git a/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/job/JobManagerTest.java b/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/job/JobManagerTest.java
index 8da1be43f1..af499ade31 100644
--- a/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/job/JobManagerTest.java
+++ b/application/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/job/JobManagerTest.java
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ public class JobManagerTest extends AbstractControllerTest {
         await().atMost(TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.SECONDS).untilAsserted(() -> {
             Job job = findJobById(jobId);
             assertThat(job.getStatus()).isEqualTo(JobStatus.CANCELLED);
-            assertThat(job.getResult().getSuccessfulCount()).isBetween(1, tasksCount - 1);
             assertThat(job.getResult().getDiscardedCount()).isBetween(1, tasksCount - 1);
             assertThat(job.getResult().getTotalCount()).isEqualTo(tasksCount);
             assertThat(job.getResult().getCompletedCount()).isEqualTo(tasksCount);
diff --git a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileNameQueryProcessor.java b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileNameQueryProcessor.java
index b78e49879e..f881d616ef 100644
--- a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileNameQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileNameQueryProcessor.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityProfileNameQueryProcessor<T extends EntityFi
     public AbstractEntityProfileNameQueryProcessor(TenantRepo repo, QueryContext ctx, EdqsQuery query, T filter, EntityType entityType) {
         super(repo, ctx, query, filter, entityType);
         entityProfileNames = new HashSet<>(getProfileNames(this.filter));
-        pattern = RepositoryUtils.toSqlLikePattern(getEntityNameFilter(filter));
+        pattern = RepositoryUtils.toContainsSqlLikePattern(getEntityNameFilter(filter));
     }
 
     protected abstract String getEntityNameFilter(T filter);
diff --git a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileQueryProcessor.java b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileQueryProcessor.java
index 301ead7c63..9d043ff6fc 100644
--- a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractEntityProfileQueryProcessor.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityProfileQueryProcessor<T extends EntityFilter
                 entityProfileIds.add(dp.getId());
             }
         }
-        pattern = RepositoryUtils.toSqlLikePattern(getEntityNameFilter(filter));
+        pattern = RepositoryUtils.toContainsSqlLikePattern(getEntityNameFilter(filter));
     }
 
     protected abstract String getEntityNameFilter(T filter);
diff --git a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractRelationQueryProcessor.java b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractRelationQueryProcessor.java
index 2842d57ff0..193f3bb22e 100644
--- a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractRelationQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/AbstractRelationQueryProcessor.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.thingsboard.server.edqs.query.processor;
 
+import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.permission.QueryContext;
 import org.thingsboard.server.common.data.query.EntityFilter;
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRelationQueryProcessor<T extends EntityFilter> ext
 
     private Set<EntityData<?>> getEntitiesSet(RelationsRepo relations) {
         Set<EntityData<?>> result = new HashSet<>();
-        Set<UUID> processed = new HashSet<>();
+        Set<RelationSearchTask> processed = new HashSet<>();
         Queue<RelationSearchTask> tasks = new LinkedList<>();
         int maxLvl = getMaxLevel() == 0 ? MAXIMUM_QUERY_LEVEL : Math.max(1, getMaxLevel());
         for (UUID uuid : getRootEntities()) {
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRelationQueryProcessor<T extends EntityFilter> ext
         }
         while (!tasks.isEmpty()) {
             RelationSearchTask task = tasks.poll();
-            if (processed.add(task.entityId)) {
+            if (processed.add(task)) {
                 var entityLvl = task.lvl + 1;
                 Set<RelationInfo> entities = EntitySearchDirection.FROM.equals(getDirection()) ? relations.getFrom(task.entityId) : relations.getTo(task.entityId);
                 if (isFetchLastLevelOnly() && entities.isEmpty() && task.previous != null && check(task.previous)) {
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRelationQueryProcessor<T extends EntityFilter> ext
     protected abstract boolean check(RelationInfo relationInfo);
 
     @RequiredArgsConstructor
+    @EqualsAndHashCode
     private static class RelationSearchTask {
         private final UUID entityId;
         private final int lvl;
diff --git a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/EntityNameQueryProcessor.java b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/EntityNameQueryProcessor.java
index fbb36cf2a0..ffb2a4c33d 100644
--- a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/EntityNameQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/query/processor/EntityNameQueryProcessor.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class EntityNameQueryProcessor extends AbstractSimpleQueryProcessor<Entit
 
     public EntityNameQueryProcessor(TenantRepo repo, QueryContext ctx, EdqsQuery query) {
         super(repo, ctx, query, (EntityNameFilter) query.getEntityFilter(), ((EntityNameFilter) query.getEntityFilter()).getEntityType());
-        pattern = RepositoryUtils.toSqlLikePattern(filter.getEntityNameFilter());
+        pattern = RepositoryUtils.toContainsSqlLikePattern(filter.getEntityNameFilter());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/util/RepositoryUtils.java b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/util/RepositoryUtils.java
index f355d83e62..1550c1df30 100644
--- a/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/util/RepositoryUtils.java
+++ b/common/edqs/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/util/RepositoryUtils.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -249,11 +248,11 @@ public class RepositoryUtils {
         }
         return switch (predicate.getOperation()) {
             case EQUAL -> value.equals(predicateValue);
-            case STARTS_WITH -> value.startsWith(predicateValue);
-            case ENDS_WITH -> value.endsWith(predicateValue);
+            case STARTS_WITH -> toStartsWithSqlLikePattern(predicateValue).matcher(value).matches();
+            case ENDS_WITH -> toEndsWithSqlLikePattern(predicateValue).matcher(value).matches();
             case NOT_EQUAL -> !value.equals(predicateValue);
-            case CONTAINS -> value.contains(predicateValue);
-            case NOT_CONTAINS -> !value.contains(predicateValue);
+            case CONTAINS -> toContainsSqlLikePattern(predicateValue).matcher(value).matches();
+            case NOT_CONTAINS -> !toContainsSqlLikePattern(predicateValue).matcher(value).matches();
             case IN -> equalsAny(value, splitByCommaWithoutQuotes(predicateValue));
             case NOT_IN -> !equalsAny(value, splitByCommaWithoutQuotes(predicateValue));
         };
@@ -304,6 +303,15 @@ public class RepositoryUtils {
             return true;
         } else if (filterPredicates.getOperation() == OR) {
             for (KeyFilterPredicate filterPredicate : filterPredicates.getPredicates()) {
+
+                // Emulate the SQL-like behavior of ThingsBoard's Entity Data Query service:
+                // for COMPLEX filters, return no results if filter value is empty
+                if (filterPredicate instanceof StringFilterPredicate stringFilterPredicate) {
+                    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(stringFilterPredicate.getValue().getValue())) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (simpleKeyFilter.check(value, filterPredicate)) {
                     return true;
                 }
@@ -314,25 +322,40 @@ public class RepositoryUtils {
         }
     }
 
-    public static Pattern toSqlLikePattern(String nameFilter) {
-        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(nameFilter)) {
-            boolean percentSymbolOnStart = nameFilter.startsWith("%");
-            boolean percentSymbolOnEnd = nameFilter.endsWith("%");
-            if (percentSymbolOnStart) {
-                nameFilter = nameFilter.substring(1);
-            }
-            if (percentSymbolOnEnd) {
-                nameFilter = nameFilter.substring(0, nameFilter.length() - 1);
-            }
-            if (percentSymbolOnStart || percentSymbolOnEnd) {
-                return Pattern.compile((percentSymbolOnStart ? ".*" : "") + Pattern.quote(nameFilter) + (percentSymbolOnEnd ? ".*" : ""), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
-            } else {
-                return Pattern.compile(Pattern.quote(nameFilter) + ".*", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
-            }
+    public static Pattern toContainsSqlLikePattern(String filter) {
+        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(filter)) {
+            return toSqlLikePattern(filter, ".*", ".*");
         }
         return null;
     }
 
+    private static Pattern toStartsWithSqlLikePattern(String filter) {
+        return toSqlLikePattern(filter, "^", ".*");
+    }
+
+    private static Pattern toEndsWithSqlLikePattern(String filter) {
+        return toSqlLikePattern(filter, ".*", "$");
+    }
+
+    private static Pattern toSqlLikePattern(String value, String prefix, String suffix) {
+        if (value.contains("%") || value.contains("_")) {
+            String regexValue = value
+                    .replace("_", ".")
+                    .replace("%", ".*");
+            String regex;
+            if ("^".equals(prefix)) {
+                regex = "^" + regexValue + (regexValue.endsWith(".*") ? "" : ".*");
+            } else if ("$".equals(suffix)) {
+                regex = (regexValue.startsWith(".*") ? "" : ".*") + regexValue + "$";
+            } else {
+                regex = (regexValue.startsWith(".*") ? "" : ".*") + regexValue + (regexValue.endsWith(".*") ? "" : ".*");
+            }
+            return Pattern.compile(regex);
+        } else {
+            return Pattern.compile(prefix + Pattern.quote(value) + suffix);
+        }
+    }
+
     @FunctionalInterface
     public interface SimpleKeyFilter<T> {
 
diff --git a/edqs/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/repo/RepositoryUtilsTest.java b/edqs/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/repo/RepositoryUtilsTest.java
index 6c7444c92a..fa3784ca19 100644
--- a/edqs/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/repo/RepositoryUtilsTest.java
+++ b/edqs/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/server/edqs/repo/RepositoryUtilsTest.java
@@ -70,7 +70,45 @@ public class RepositoryUtilsTest {
                 Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.IN, "loranet 123, loranet 124"), true),
                 Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.IN, "loranet 125, loranet 126"), false),
                 Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.NOT_IN, "loranet 125, loranet 126"), true),
-                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.NOT_IN, "loranet 123, loranet 126"), false)
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.NOT_IN, "loranet 123, loranet 126"), false),
+
+                // Basic CONTAINS
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "%loranet"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "loranet%"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "%ranet%"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "%123"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "%loranx%"), false),
+
+                // Basic STARTS_WITH
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.STARTS_WITH, "loranet%"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.STARTS_WITH, "lora%"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.STARTS_WITH, "lorax%"), false),
+
+                // Basic ENDS_WITH
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.ENDS_WITH, "%123"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.ENDS_WITH, "%23"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.ENDS_WITH, "%124"), false),
+
+                // CONTAINS with _
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "loranet_123"), true), // '_' = ' '
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "loranet_12_"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "loran_t%"), true),
+
+                // STARTS_WITH with _
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.STARTS_WITH, "loranet_"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.STARTS_WITH, "lora__t%"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.STARTS_WITH, "lor_net%"), true),
+
+                // ENDS_WITH with _
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.ENDS_WITH, "_23"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.ENDS_WITH, "_2_"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.ENDS_WITH, "_3"), true),
+
+                // Mixed patterns
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "lora__t 1%"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "lora%net%3"), true),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "%o_anet%2_3"), false),
+                Arguments.of("loranet 123", getNameFilter(StringOperation.CONTAINS, "lora___ ___"), true)
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05ca24f06f..3e59260543 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <jjwt.version>0.12.5</jjwt.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.5.18</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.5.6</logback.version>
         <rat.version>0.10</rat.version> <!-- unused -->
         <cassandra.version>4.17.0</cassandra.version>
         <metrics.version>4.2.25</metrics.version>
diff --git a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/rule-node/common/credentials-config.component.html b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/rule-node/common/credentials-config.component.html
index e0d1714e2c..7f7d50db3e 100644
--- a/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/rule-node/common/credentials-config.component.html
+++ b/ui-ngx/src/app/modules/home/components/rule-node/common/credentials-config.component.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 -->
 <section [formGroup]="credentialsConfigFormGroup" class="flex flex-col">
-  <mat-expansion-panel class="tb-credentials-config-panel-group">
+  <mat-expansion-panel class="tb-credentials-config-panel-group" expanded="true">
     <mat-expansion-panel-header>
       <mat-panel-title translate>rule-node-config.credentials</mat-panel-title>
       <mat-panel-description>