diff --git a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/mod.rs b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/mod.rs
index 8417e37ea..99cb460c8 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/mod.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/mod.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ impl<'s, Storage: IKeFormatStorage<'s>> core::fmt::Debug for KeFormatter<'s, Sto
             let sharp = if id.contains('}')
                 || pattern.contains('}')
                 || value.map_or_else(
-                    || spec.default().map_or(false, |v| v.contains('}')),
+                    || spec.default().is_some_and(|v| v.contains('}')),
                     |v| v.contains('}'),
                 ) {
                 "#"
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/parsing.rs b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/parsing.rs
index a6329cdf7..d63d978c6 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/parsing.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-keyexpr/src/key_expr/format/parsing.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ fn do_parse<'a>(
                 }
             }
             pattern.is_double_wild()
-                && prefix.map_or(false, |prefix| prefix.intersects(target))
+                && prefix.is_some_and(|prefix| prefix.intersects(target))
                 && do_parse(None, segments, results)
         }
         _ => unreachable!(),
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/endpoint.rs b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/endpoint.rs
index 081463eb4..c1b32f33a 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/endpoint.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-protocol/src/core/endpoint.rs
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ impl EndPoint {
         let m: &str = metadata.as_ref();
         let c: &str = config.as_ref();
 
-        let len = p.as_bytes().len() + a.as_bytes().len() + m.as_bytes().len();
+        let len = p.len() + a.len() + m.len();
         if len > u8::MAX as usize {
             bail!("Endpoint too big: {} bytes. Max: {} bytes. ", len, u8::MAX);
         }
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-shm/src/api/provider/shm_provider.rs b/commons/zenoh-shm/src/api/provider/shm_provider.rs
index 5a3af8eb9..c517529df 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-shm/src/api/provider/shm_provider.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-shm/src/api/provider/shm_provider.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ where
         provider: &ShmProvider<IDSource, Backend>,
     ) -> ChunkAllocResult {
         let result = InnerPolicy::alloc(layout, provider);
-        if let Err(ZAllocError::OutOfMemory) = result {
+        if result.is_err() {
             // try to alloc again only if GC managed to reclaim big enough chunk
             if provider.garbage_collect() >= layout.size().get() {
                 return AltPolicy::alloc(layout, provider);
diff --git a/commons/zenoh-shm/src/posix_shm/segment_lock.rs b/commons/zenoh-shm/src/posix_shm/segment_lock.rs
index 06bd73261..ea5fcdd49 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-shm/src/posix_shm/segment_lock.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-shm/src/posix_shm/segment_lock.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unix {
 
     impl Drop for ShmLock {
         fn drop(&mut self) {
-            if self.0._tempfile.try_lock(FileLockMode::Exclusive).is_ok() {
+            if AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&self.0._tempfile, FileLockMode::Exclusive).is_ok() {
                 let _ = std::fs::remove_file(self.0.path.clone());
             }
         }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unix {
                 .open(path.clone())?;
 
             // lock tempfile with shared lock to indicate that file is managed
-            tempfile.try_lock(FileLockMode::Shared)?;
+            AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&tempfile, FileLockMode::Shared)?;
 
             Ok(Self(LockInner {
                 path,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unix {
             let tempfile = OpenOptions::new().read(true).open(path.clone())?;
 
             // lock tempfile with shared lock to indicate that file is managed
-            tempfile.try_lock(FileLockMode::Shared)?;
+            AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&tempfile, FileLockMode::Shared)?;
 
             Ok(Self(LockInner {
                 path,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unix {
                 .open(path.clone())?;
 
             // lock tempfile with exclusive lock to guarantee that the file is unmanaged
-            tempfile.try_lock(FileLockMode::Exclusive)?;
+            AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&tempfile, FileLockMode::Exclusive)?;
 
             Ok(Self(LockInner {
                 path,
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ pub(crate) mod unix {
         type Error = ();
 
         fn try_from(value: ShmLock) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-            if value.0._tempfile.try_lock(FileLockMode::Exclusive).is_ok() {
+            if AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&value.0._tempfile, FileLockMode::Exclusive).is_ok() {
                 return Ok(unsafe { core::mem::transmute::<ShmLock, ExclusiveShmLock>(value) });
             }
             Err(())
diff --git a/examples/examples/z_pub_shm.rs b/examples/examples/z_pub_shm.rs
index fb1900b1d..cbc8955cc 100644
--- a/examples/examples/z_pub_shm.rs
+++ b/examples/examples/z_pub_shm.rs
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ async fn main() -> zenoh::Result<()> {
         // We reserve a small space at the beginning of the buffer to include the iteration index
         // of the write. This is simply to have the same format as zn_pub.
         let prefix = format!("[{idx:4}] ");
-        let prefix_len = prefix.as_bytes().len();
-        let slice_len = prefix_len + payload.as_bytes().len();
+        let prefix_len = prefix.len();
+        let slice_len = prefix_len + payload.len();
 
         sbuf[0..prefix_len].copy_from_slice(prefix.as_bytes());
         sbuf[prefix_len..slice_len].copy_from_slice(payload.as_bytes());
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs
index 3f99adc0d..de2288abd 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-unixpipe/src/unix/unicast.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ impl PipeR {
             .open(path)?;
 
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-        read.try_lock(FileLockMode::Exclusive)?;
+        AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&read, FileLockMode::Exclusive)?;
         Ok(read)
     }
 }
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ impl PipeW {
         let write = open_write(path)?;
         // the file must be already locked at the other side...
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-        if write.try_lock(FileLockMode::Exclusive).is_ok() {
-            let _ = write.unlock();
+        if AdvisoryFileLock::try_lock(&write, FileLockMode::Exclusive).is_ok() {
+            let _ = AdvisoryFileLock::unlock(&write);
             bail!("no listener...")
         }
         Ok(write)
diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait/Cargo.toml b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait/Cargo.toml
index 7635dd82e..12e18040e 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-trait/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 categories = { workspace = true }
 description = { workspace = true }
 
+[features]
+default = []
+
 [lib]
 name = "zenoh_plugin_trait"
 
diff --git a/zenoh/src/api/session.rs b/zenoh/src/api/session.rs
index 5a5785c20..fc1d12816 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/api/session.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/api/session.rs
@@ -1916,13 +1916,13 @@ impl SessionInner {
             MatchingStatusType::Queryables(false) => state.queryables.values().any(|q| {
                 state
                     .local_wireexpr_to_expr(&q.key_expr)
-                    .map_or(false, |ke| ke.intersects(key_expr))
+                    .is_ok_and(|ke| ke.intersects(key_expr))
             }),
             MatchingStatusType::Queryables(true) => state.queryables.values().any(|q| {
                 q.complete
                     && state
                         .local_wireexpr_to_expr(&q.key_expr)
-                        .map_or(false, |ke| ke.includes(key_expr))
+                        .is_ok_and(|ke| ke.includes(key_expr))
             }),
         };
         MatchingStatus { matching }
diff --git a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/client/queries.rs b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/client/queries.rs
index 5c5c9c905..a7b07f407 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/client/queries.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/client/queries.rs
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ impl HatQueriesTrait for HatCode {
                         qbl.session_ctxs
                             .get(&face.id)
                             .and_then(|sc| sc.qabl)
-                            .map_or(false, |q| q.complete)
+                            .is_some_and(|q| q.complete)
                             && KeyExpr::keyexpr_include(qbl.expr(), key_expr)
                     }
                     false => KeyExpr::keyexpr_intersect(qbl.expr(), key_expr),
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ impl HatQueriesTrait for HatCode {
             for (sid, context) in &mres.session_ctxs {
                 if context.face.whatami == WhatAmI::Client
                     && match complete {
-                        true => context.qabl.map_or(false, |q| q.complete),
+                        true => context.qabl.is_some_and(|q| q.complete),
                         false => context.qabl.is_some(),
                     }
                 {
diff --git a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/linkstate_peer/queries.rs b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/linkstate_peer/queries.rs
index 6e286a52a..c122d369b 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/linkstate_peer/queries.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/linkstate_peer/queries.rs
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ impl HatQueriesTrait for HatCode {
 
             for (sid, context) in &mres.session_ctxs {
                 if match complete {
-                    true => context.qabl.map_or(false, |q| q.complete),
+                    true => context.qabl.is_some_and(|q| q.complete),
                     false => context.qabl.is_some(),
                 } {
                     matching_queryables
diff --git a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/p2p_peer/queries.rs b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/p2p_peer/queries.rs
index 0791e6c65..664822f6f 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/p2p_peer/queries.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/p2p_peer/queries.rs
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ impl HatQueriesTrait for HatCode {
             }
             for (sid, context) in &mres.session_ctxs {
                 if match complete {
-                    true => context.qabl.map_or(false, |q| q.complete),
+                    true => context.qabl.is_some_and(|q| q.complete),
                     false => context.qabl.is_some(),
                 } {
                     matching_queryables
diff --git a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/router/queries.rs b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/router/queries.rs
index 9896b691b..97a772a9d 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/router/queries.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/net/routing/hat/router/queries.rs
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ impl HatQueriesTrait for HatCode {
             if master {
                 for (sid, context) in &mres.session_ctxs {
                     if match complete {
-                        true => context.qabl.map_or(false, |q| q.complete),
+                        true => context.qabl.is_some_and(|q| q.complete),
                         false => context.qabl.is_some(),
                     } && context.face.whatami != WhatAmI::Router
                     {