BetaNet Update 3.15.0

Betanet is planned to be updated to 3.15.0 tomorrow, Wednesday March 15, 2023 at 10:30PM EDT (14:30 UTC). This release does not contain a consensus upgrade.

Overview

This release includes the new simulate endpoint for testing smart contracts, network optimization, and lays the groundwork for better configuration management and conduit support.

What's New

  • Connection deduplication: improved networking code
  • Simulate endpoint: local evaluation of transactions
  • Profiles for algocfg: a set of profiles for configuration defaults
  • Algod follower mode: a new operation mode for use with upcoming conduit release

Changelog

New Features

  • Algod: Additional simulation result information (#4439)
  • Network: connection deduplication (#4695)
  • Perf: Separate the txn specific operations from StreamVerifier (#5132)

Enhancements

  • API: Update state delta type, handler (#5123)
  • AVM: Teal macros (#4737)
  • Agreement: update AttachReceivedAt to handle compound (PP) messages (#5142)
  • Algocfg: Add relay profile, algocfg profile cmd (#5069)
  • Algod: Make simulation endpoint non-experimental (#5159)
  • Algod: Modify EvalTracer design and improve testing for failures (#5071)
  • Algod: Rename enums by default (#5089)
  • Algod: split SetFdSoftLimit calls for relay and non-relay nodes (#5070)
  • Algorelay: Fix typo in relayCmd.go (#5135)
  • Build: update C++ flags for recent Mac compiler warnings (#5050)
  • Build(deps): bump GitHub - aws/aws-sdk-go: AWS SDK for the Go programming language. from 1.16.5 to 1.33.0 (#4955)
  • Ci: upgrade test_nightly infra to large (#5054)
  • Cicd: Adding github release notes template (#5044)
  • Container: support kmd (#4984)
  • Deploy Templates: Recipe Changes (#5155)
  • Development: tool to convert validated blocks. (#5048)
  • Devmode: Allow DevMode + FollowMode configurations. (#5157)
  • Doc: Fix the inline comment for proposalAccepted (#4889)
  • Docs: add follower node documentation. (#5181)
  • Docs: Message pack information. (#5160)
  • Enhancement: minor change in agreement/type.go comment, numbers are not matching (#5186)
  • Feat(algocfg): add development profile and profile descriptions. (#5164)
  • Goal: catchup without args prompts to continue (#5165)
  • Goal: goal network create default templates (#4891)
  • Goal: allow ConfigJSONOverride in local network templates (#5017)
  • Goal: resolve data dir code duplication (#5073)
  • Goal: add --start option for network create command (#4902)
  • Ledger: turn deferredCommitContext.newBase into a function (#5093)
  • Lint: Check for references to loop variables (#5105)
  • Network: add OutgoingMessage disconnectReason field (#5147)
  • Network: Ignore invalid tags (#4517)
  • Node: Add follower node for sync mode (#5009)
  • Refactor: Push test-only functionality of storage interfaces into test-interface. (#5175)
  • Telemetry: fine-grained breakdown of AssembleBlockStats.StopReason (#5191)
  • Tests: Fix t.Parallel() errors in cmd package (#4991)
  • Tests: Fix t.Parallel() errors in netdeploy package (#4993)
  • Tests: No Cache Testing in ledger (#5058)
  • Tests: reenable catchpoint tests (#4419)
  • Tools: Remove vbconvert (#5133)
  • Txhandler: Move streamverifer out of txn go (#5039)

Bugfixes

  • API: lower default for MaxHeaderBytes. (#5171)
  • API: Incorrect KvDelta in StateDeltaToLedgerDelta (#5084)
  • Algocfg: Bug fix - Add colon to indicate port specification (#5193)
  • Algod: Refactor AccountData conversion (#5098)
  • Circleci: Fix cached Results issue in self-hosted runner (#5137)
  • Devmode: Fix devmode networking (#5182)
  • E2e-test: Fix follower e2e test (#5114)
  • Fix: Disable LRU flushPendingWrite warning if disabled (#5184)
  • Fix: guard addPeer from adding peers who are closing (#5151)
  • Fix(follower): add experimental tag to deltas endpoint. (#5169)
  • Fix(follower): update test that defines a follower relay. (#5162)
  • Goal: fix for goal node status crash - no longer getting block (#5100)
  • Goal: allow for relative dataDir via -d cmd option (#5067)
  • Ledger: fix error shadowing in onlineAccountsNewRoundImpl (#5188)
  • Node: Fix time since last block. (#5113)
  • Tests: Fix TestStreamVerifierPoolShutdown (#5152)
  • Tests: Fix test by sorting results (#5103)
  • Tests: Add start anchor to paralleltest exclusion regex (#5046)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.


NOTE
vFuture changes are not yet available in MainNet or TestNet but can be used in private networks.

  • AVM: Go19 ecdsa curve check (#4917)

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