diff --git a/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5 b/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
index 8287e4ecdb..d1bfe08408 100644
--- a/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
+++ b/DEFAULT_CONFIG.json5
@@ -133,17 +133,25 @@
       /// NOTE: Due to the note above, 'lowlatency' is incompatible with 'qos' option, so in order to
       ///       enable 'lowlatency' you need to explicitly disable 'qos'.
       lowlatency: false,
+      /// Enables QoS on unicast communications.
       qos: {
         enabled: true,
       },
+      /// Enables compression on unicast communications.
+      /// Compression capabilities are negotiated during session establishment. 
+      /// If both Zenoh nodes support compression, then compression is activated.
       compression: {
         enabled: false,
       },
-    },
+    },    
     multicast: {
+      /// Enables QoS on multicast communication. 
+      /// Default to false for Zenoh-to-Zenoh-Pico out-of-the-box compatibility.
       qos: {
-        enabled: true,
+        enabled: false,
       },
+      /// Enables compression on multicast communication. 
+      /// Default to false for Zenoh-to-Zenoh-Pico out-of-the-box compatibility.
       compression: {
         enabled: false,
       },
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/lib_loader.rs b/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/lib_loader.rs
index 2fadfad7f2..b1aa77b06b 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/lib_loader.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-util/src/std_only/lib_loader.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ zconfigurable! {
     /// The libraries suffix for the current platform (`".dll"` or `".so"` or `".dylib"`...)
     pub static ref LIB_SUFFIX: String = DLL_SUFFIX.to_string();
     /// The default list of paths where to search for libraries to load
-    pub static ref LIB_DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS: String = "/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:~/.zenoh/lib:.".to_string();
+    pub static ref LIB_DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS: String = "/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/opt/homebrew/lib:~/.zenoh/lib:.".to_string();
 }
 
 /// LibLoader allows search for librairies and to load them.
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 116e3dff8d..b0f6507d20 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ categories = { workspace = true }
 description = "Internal crate for zenoh."
 readme = "README.md"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+publish = false
 
 [features]
 shared-memory = ["zenoh/shared-memory"]
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index fd25e4322d..8e5b3085ba 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -253,4 +253,4 @@
    or
    ```bash
       z_sub_liveliness -k group1/**
-   ```
\ No newline at end of file
+   ```
diff --git a/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml b/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml
index a0b279d733..324e676d0a 100644
--- a/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/example-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ name = "zenoh-plugin-example"
 version = { workspace = true }
 authors = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
+publish = false
 
 [features]
 default = ["no_mangle"]
diff --git a/zenoh/src/net/runtime/mod.rs b/zenoh/src/net/runtime/mod.rs
index 28f3250d06..96e28f89a3 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/net/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/net/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ impl Runtime {
 
     pub(crate) async fn init(config: Config) -> ZResult<Runtime> {
         log::debug!("Zenoh Rust API {}", GIT_VERSION);
-        // Make sure to have have enough threads spawned in the async futures executor
-        zasync_executor_init!();
 
         let zid = *config.id();