diff --git a/.changeset/brave-memes-flash.md b/.changeset/brave-memes-flash.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..720cd7202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-memes-flash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': patch
+---
+
+fix: Support edge animation in hand drawn look
diff --git a/.changeset/busy-mirrors-try.md b/.changeset/busy-mirrors-try.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e5d3b632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/busy-mirrors-try.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': patch
+---
+
+fix: Resolved parsing error where direction TD was not recognized within subgraphs
diff --git a/.changeset/chilly-words-march.md b/.changeset/chilly-words-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54c0b4ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chilly-words-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': patch
+---
+
+fix: Correct viewBox casing and make SVGs responsive
diff --git a/.changeset/curly-apes-prove.md b/.changeset/curly-apes-prove.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2acf3d1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-apes-prove.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'mermaid': patch
+---
+
+fix: Improve participant parsing and prevent recursive loops on invalid syntax
diff --git a/cypress/helpers/util.ts b/cypress/helpers/util.ts
index ab4bbef64..d02e9da87 100644
--- a/cypress/helpers/util.ts
+++ b/cypress/helpers/util.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ interface CypressConfig {
   listUrl?: boolean;
   listId?: string;
   name?: string;
+  screenshot?: boolean;
 }
 type CypressMermaidConfig = MermaidConfig & CypressConfig;
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ export const renderGraph = (
 
 export const openURLAndVerifyRendering = (
   url: string,
-  options: CypressMermaidConfig,
+  { screenshot = true, ...options }: CypressMermaidConfig,
   validation?: any
 ): void => {
   const name: string = (options.name ?? cy.state('runnable').fullTitle()).replace(/\s+/g, '-');
@@ -98,12 +99,15 @@ export const openURLAndVerifyRendering = (
   cy.visit(url);
   cy.window().should('have.property', 'rendered', true);
   cy.get('svg').should('be.visible');
+  cy.get('svg').should('not.have.attr', 'viewbox');
 
   if (validation) {
     cy.get('svg').should(validation);
   }
 
-  verifyScreenshot(name);
+  if (screenshot) {
+    verifyScreenshot(name);
+  }
 };
 
 export const verifyScreenshot = (name: string): void => {
diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart-handDrawn.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart-handDrawn.spec.js
index 49c55c628..d3ca1d1f1 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart-handDrawn.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart-handDrawn.spec.js
@@ -1029,4 +1029,19 @@ graph TD
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it('FDH49: should add edge animation', () => {
+    renderGraph(
+      `
+      flowchart TD
+          A(["Start"]) L_A_B_0@--> B{"Decision"}
+          B --> C["Option A"] & D["Option B"]
+          style C stroke-width:4px,stroke-dasharray: 5
+          L_A_B_0@{ animation: slow } 
+          L_B_D_0@{ animation: fast }`,
+      { look: 'handDrawn', screenshot: false }
+    );
+    cy.get('path#L_A_B_0').should('have.class', 'edge-animation-slow');
+    cy.get('path#L_B_D_0').should('have.class', 'edge-animation-fast');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js
index 40713ac4e..5e1984377 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/flowchart.spec.js
@@ -774,6 +774,21 @@ describe('Graph', () => {
       expect(svg).to.not.have.attr('style');
     });
   });
+  it('40: should add edge animation', () => {
+    renderGraph(
+      `
+      flowchart TD
+          A(["Start"]) L_A_B_0@--> B{"Decision"}
+          B --> C["Option A"] & D["Option B"]
+          style C stroke-width:4px,stroke-dasharray: 5
+          L_A_B_0@{ animation: slow } 
+          L_B_D_0@{ animation: fast }`,
+      { screenshot: false }
+    );
+    // Verify animation classes are applied to both edges
+    cy.get('path#L_A_B_0').should('have.class', 'edge-animation-slow');
+    cy.get('path#L_B_D_0').should('have.class', 'edge-animation-fast');
+  });
   it('58: handle styling with style expressions', () => {
     imgSnapshotTest(
       `
@@ -973,4 +988,19 @@ graph TD
       }
     );
   });
+
+  it('70: should render a subgraph with direction TD', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `
+      flowchart LR
+        subgraph A
+          direction TD
+          a --> b
+        end
+      `,
+      {
+        fontFamily: 'courier',
+      }
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/cypress/platform/yari.html b/cypress/platform/yari.html
index 390218344..893d4c7b1 100644
--- a/cypress/platform/yari.html
+++ b/cypress/platform/yari.html
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@
       </div>
       <div class="test">
         <pre class="mermaid">
+          ---
+            config:
+              theme: dark
+          ---
           classDiagram
             test ()--() test2
         </pre>
diff --git a/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md b/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
index 7dc9a1024..899081114 100644
--- a/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
+++ b/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ title: Animal example
 classDiagram
     note "From Duck till Zebra"
     Animal <|-- Duck
-    note for Duck "can fly\ncan swim\ncan dive\ncan help in debugging"
+    note for Duck "can fly<br>can swim<br>can dive<br>can help in debugging"
     Animal <|-- Fish
     Animal <|-- Zebra
     Animal : +int age
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ title: Animal example
 classDiagram
     note "From Duck till Zebra"
     Animal <|-- Duck
-    note for Duck "can fly\ncan swim\ncan dive\ncan help in debugging"
+    note for Duck "can fly<br>can swim<br>can dive<br>can help in debugging"
     Animal <|-- Fish
     Animal <|-- Zebra
     Animal : +int age
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts
index 41575a33f..c3edaf80e 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/classDb.ts
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ export class ClassDB implements DiagramDB {
           padding: config.class!.padding ?? 16,
           // parent node must be one of [rect, roundedWithTitle, noteGroup, divider]
           shape: 'rect',
-          cssStyles: ['fill: none', 'stroke: black'],
+          cssStyles: [],
           look: config.look,
         };
         nodes.push(node);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js
index ef22e28d1..5158dd738 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js
@@ -13,6 +13,30 @@ const getStyles = (options) =>
 
 }
 
+  .cluster-label text {
+    fill: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+  .cluster-label span {
+    color: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+  .cluster-label span p {
+    background-color: transparent;
+  }
+
+  .cluster rect {
+    fill: ${options.clusterBkg};
+    stroke: ${options.clusterBorder};
+    stroke-width: 1px;
+  }
+
+  .cluster text {
+    fill: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+
+  .cluster span {
+    color: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+
 .nodeLabel, .edgeLabel {
   color: ${options.classText};
 }
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison
index 7b2f4386a..7340cf8d3 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ that id.
 .*direction\s+BT[^\n]*       return 'direction_bt';
 .*direction\s+RL[^\n]*       return 'direction_rl';
 .*direction\s+LR[^\n]*       return 'direction_lr';
+.*direction\s+TD[^\n]*       return 'direction_td';
 
 [^\s\"]+\@(?=[^\{\"])               { return 'LINK_ID'; }
 [0-9]+                       return 'NUM';
@@ -626,6 +627,8 @@ direction
     { $$={stmt:'dir', value:'RL'};}
     | direction_lr
     { $$={stmt:'dir', value:'LR'};}
+    | direction_td
+    { $$={stmt:'dir', value:'TD'};}
     ;
 
 %%
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/subgraph.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/subgraph.spec.js
index 9339a6e2c..1273c4d7f 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/subgraph.spec.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/subgraph.spec.js
@@ -309,4 +309,21 @@ describe('when parsing subgraphs', function () {
     expect(subgraphA.nodes).toContain('a');
     expect(subgraphA.nodes).not.toContain('c');
   });
+  it('should correctly parse direction TD inside a subgraph', function () {
+    const res = flow.parser.parse(`
+      graph LR
+        subgraph WithTD
+          direction TD
+          A1 --> A2
+        end
+    `);
+
+    const subgraphs = flow.parser.yy.getSubGraphs();
+    expect(subgraphs.length).toBe(1);
+    const subgraph = subgraphs[0];
+
+    expect(subgraph.dir).toBe('TD');
+    expect(subgraph.nodes).toContain('A1');
+    expect(subgraph.nodes).toContain('A2');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/packet/renderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/packet/renderer.ts
index 25445a228..95226cf12 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/packet/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/packet/renderer.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const draw: DrawDefinition = (_text, id, _version, diagram: Diagram) => {
   const svgWidth = bitWidth * bitsPerRow + 2;
   const svg: SVG = selectSvgElement(id);
 
-  svg.attr('viewbox', `0 0 ${svgWidth} ${svgHeight}`);
+  svg.attr('viewBox', `0 0 ${svgWidth} ${svgHeight}`);
   configureSvgSize(svg, svgHeight, svgWidth, config.useMaxWidth);
 
   for (const [word, packet] of words.entries()) {
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/radar/renderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/radar/renderer.ts
index 7324a3a44..247ded66d 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/radar/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/radar/renderer.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Diagram } from '../../Diagram.js';
 import type { RadarDiagramConfig } from '../../config.type.js';
 import type { DiagramRenderer, DrawDefinition, SVG, SVGGroup } from '../../diagram-api/types.js';
 import { selectSvgElement } from '../../rendering-util/selectSvgElement.js';
+import { configureSvgSize } from '../../setupGraphViewbox.js';
 import type { RadarDB, RadarAxis, RadarCurve } from './types.js';
 
 const draw: DrawDefinition = (_text, id, _version, diagram: Diagram) => {
@@ -53,11 +54,9 @@ const drawFrame = (svg: SVG, config: Required<RadarDiagramConfig>): SVGGroup =>
     x: config.marginLeft + config.width / 2,
     y: config.marginTop + config.height / 2,
   };
-  // Initialize the SVG
-  svg
-    .attr('viewbox', `0 0 ${totalWidth} ${totalHeight}`)
-    .attr('width', totalWidth)
-    .attr('height', totalHeight);
+  configureSvgSize(svg, totalHeight, totalWidth, config.useMaxWidth ?? true);
+
+  svg.attr('viewBox', `0 0 ${totalWidth} ${totalHeight}`);
   // g element to center the radar chart
   return svg.append('g').attr('transform', `translate(${center.x}, ${center.y})`);
 };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/parser/sequenceDiagram.jison b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/parser/sequenceDiagram.jison
index f1364895b..214189a5b 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/parser/sequenceDiagram.jison
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/parser/sequenceDiagram.jison
@@ -32,13 +32,14 @@
 <CONFIG>[^\}]+                                                  { return 'CONFIG_CONTENT'; }
 <CONFIG>\}                                                      { this.popState(); this.popState(); return 'CONFIG_END'; }
 <ID>[^\<->\->:\n,;@\s]+(?=\@\{)                                 { yytext = yytext.trim(); return 'ACTOR'; }
-<ID>[^\<->\->:\n,;@]+?([\-]*[^\<->\->:\n,;@]+?)*?(?=((?!\n)\s)+"as"(?!\n)\s|[#\n;]|$) { yytext = yytext.trim(); this.begin('ALIAS'); return 'ACTOR'; }
+<ID>[^<>:\n,;@\s]+(?=\s+as\s)                                   { yytext = yytext.trim(); this.begin('ALIAS'); return 'ACTOR'; }
+<ID>[^<>:\n,;@]+(?=\s*[\n;#]|$)                                 { yytext = yytext.trim(); this.popState(); return 'ACTOR'; }
+<ID>[^<>:\n,;@]*\<[^\n]*                                        { this.popState(); return 'INVALID'; }
 "box"															{ this.begin('LINE'); return 'box'; }
 "participant"                                                   { this.begin('ID'); return 'participant'; }
 "actor"                                                   		{ this.begin('ID'); return 'participant_actor'; }
 "create"                                                        return 'create';
 "destroy"                                                       { this.begin('ID'); return 'destroy'; }
-<ID>[^<\->\->:\n,;]+?([\-]*[^<\->\->:\n,;]+?)*?(?=((?!\n)\s)+"as"(?!\n)\s|[#\n;]|$)     { yytext = yytext.trim(); this.begin('ALIAS'); return 'ACTOR'; }
 <ALIAS>"as"                                                     { this.popState(); this.popState(); this.begin('LINE'); return 'AS'; }
 <ALIAS>(?:)                                                     { this.popState(); this.popState(); return 'NEWLINE'; }
 "loop"                                                          { this.begin('LINE'); return 'loop'; }
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ line
 	: SPACE statement { $$ = $2 }
 	| statement { $$ = $1 }
 	| NEWLINE { $$=[]; }
+	| INVALID { $$=[]; }
 	;
 
 box_section
@@ -411,4 +413,4 @@ text2
   : TXT {$$ = yy.parseMessage($1.trim().substring(1)) }
   ;
 
-%%
+%%
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceDiagram.spec.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceDiagram.spec.js
index 5f4e06dcd..cabcd7db5 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/sequence/sequenceDiagram.spec.js
@@ -2609,5 +2609,17 @@ Bob->>Alice:Got it!
       expect(actors.get('E').type).toBe('entity');
       expect(actors.get('E').description).toBe('E');
     });
+    it('should handle fail parsing when alias token causes conflicts in participant definition', async () => {
+      let error = false;
+      try {
+        await Diagram.fromText(`
+        sequenceDiagram
+        participant SAS MyServiceWithMoreThan20Chars <br> service decription
+       `);
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = true;
+      }
+      expect(error).toBe(true);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
index b610828d1..28cefd667 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/syntax/classDiagram.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ title: Animal example
 classDiagram
     note "From Duck till Zebra"
     Animal <|-- Duck
-    note for Duck "can fly\ncan swim\ncan dive\ncan help in debugging"
+    note for Duck "can fly<br>can swim<br>can dive<br>can help in debugging"
     Animal <|-- Fish
     Animal <|-- Zebra
     Animal : +int age
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/edges.js b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/edges.js
index 9e308631a..81cd79d46 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/edges.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/edges.js
@@ -605,6 +605,14 @@ export const insertEdge = function (
   const edgeStyles = Array.isArray(edge.style) ? edge.style : [edge.style];
   let strokeColor = edgeStyles.find((style) => style?.startsWith('stroke:'));
 
+  let animationClass = '';
+  if (edge.animate) {
+    animationClass = 'edge-animation-fast';
+  }
+  if (edge.animation) {
+    animationClass = 'edge-animation-' + edge.animation;
+  }
+
   let animatedEdge = false;
   if (edge.look === 'handDrawn') {
     const rc = rough.svg(elem);
@@ -620,7 +628,13 @@ export const insertEdge = function (
     svgPath = select(svgPathNode)
       .select('path')
       .attr('id', edge.id)
-      .attr('class', ' ' + strokeClasses + (edge.classes ? ' ' + edge.classes : ''))
+      .attr(
+        'class',
+        ' ' +
+          strokeClasses +
+          (edge.classes ? ' ' + edge.classes : '') +
+          (animationClass ? ' ' + animationClass : '')
+      )
       .attr('style', edgeStyles ? edgeStyles.reduce((acc, style) => acc + ';' + style, '') : '');
     let d = svgPath.attr('d');
     svgPath.attr('d', d);
@@ -628,13 +642,6 @@ export const insertEdge = function (
   } else {
     const stylesFromClasses = edgeClassStyles.join(';');
     const styles = edgeStyles ? edgeStyles.reduce((acc, style) => acc + style + ';', '') : '';
-    let animationClass = '';
-    if (edge.animate) {
-      animationClass = ' edge-animation-fast';
-    }
-    if (edge.animation) {
-      animationClass = ' edge-animation-' + edge.animation;
-    }
 
     const pathStyle =
       (stylesFromClasses ? stylesFromClasses + ';' + styles + ';' : styles) +
@@ -646,7 +653,10 @@ export const insertEdge = function (
       .attr('id', edge.id)
       .attr(
         'class',
-        ' ' + strokeClasses + (edge.classes ? ' ' + edge.classes : '') + (animationClass ?? '')
+        ' ' +
+          strokeClasses +
+          (edge.classes ? ' ' + edge.classes : '') +
+          (animationClass ? ' ' + animationClass : '')
       )
       .attr('style', pathStyle);
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/markers.js b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/markers.js
index 0566a4dcc..e753debc4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/markers.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/rendering-elements/markers.js
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ const lollipop = (elem, type, id) => {
     .attr('markerHeight', 240)
     .attr('orient', 'auto')
     .append('circle')
-    .attr('stroke', 'black')
     .attr('fill', 'transparent')
     .attr('cx', 7)
     .attr('cy', 7)
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ const lollipop = (elem, type, id) => {
     .attr('markerHeight', 240)
     .attr('orient', 'auto')
     .append('circle')
-    .attr('stroke', 'black')
     .attr('fill', 'transparent')
     .attr('cx', 7)
     .attr('cy', 7)