v1.9.0

[jennijuju]

This is an optional Lotus release that introduces various improvements to the sealing, mining, and deal-making processes.

Highlights

• OpenRPC Support (OpenRPC Support #5843)
• Take latency into account when making interactive deals (Take latency into account when making interactive deals #5876)
• Update go-commp-utils for >10x faster client commp calculation (Update go-commp-utils for >10x faster client commp calculation #5892)
• add lotus client cancel-retrieval cmd to lotus CLI (add lotus client cancel-retrieval cmd to lotus CLI #5871)
• add inspect-deal command to lotus client (add inspect-deal command to lotus client #5833)
• Local retrieval support (Local retrieval support #5917)
• go-fil-markets v1.1.9 -> v1.2.5
  • For a detailed changelog see https://github.com/filecoin-project/go-fil-markets/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• rust-fil-proofs v5.4.1 -> v7.0.1
  • For a detailed changelog see https://github.com/filecoin-project/rust-fil-proofs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Changes

• storagefsm: Apply global events even in broken states (storagefsm: Apply global events even in broken states #5962)
• Default the AlwaysKeepUnsealedCopy flag to true (Default the AlwaysKeepUnsealedCopy flag to true #5743)
• splitstore: compact hotstore prior to garbage collection (splitstore: compact hotstore prior to garbage collection #5778)
• ipfs-force bootstrapper update (ipfs-force bootstrapper update #5799)
• better logging when unsealing fails (better logging when unsealing fails #5851)
• perf: add cache for gas permium estimation (perf: add cache for gas permium estimation #5709)
• backupds: Compact log on restart (backupds: Compact log on restart #5875)
• backupds: Improve truncated log handling (backupds: Improve truncated log handling #5891)
• State CLI improvements (State CLI improvements)
• API proxy struct codegen (API proxy struct codegen #5854)
• move DI stuff for paychmgr into modules (move DI stuff for paychmgr into modules #5791)
• Implement Event observer and Settings for 3rd party dep injection (Implement Event observer and Settings for 3rd party dep injection #5693)
• Export developer and network commands for consumption by derivatives of Lotus (Export developer and network commands for consumption by derivatives of Lotus #5864)
• mock sealer: Simulate randomness sideeffects (mock sealer: Simulate randomness sideeffects #5805)
• localstorage: Demote reservation stat error to debug (localstorage: Demote reservation stat error to debug #5976)
• shed command to unpack miner info dumps (shed command to unpack miner info dumps #5800)
• Add two utils to Lotus-shed (Add two utils to Lotus-shed #5867)
• add shed election estimate command (add shed election estimate command  #5092)
• Add --actor flag in lotus-shed sectors terminate (Add --actor flag in lotus-shed sectors terminate #5819)
• Move lotus mpool clear to lotus-shed (chore: Move lotus mpool clear to lotus-shed #5900)
• Centralize everything on ipfs/go-log/v2 (Centralize everything on ipfs/go-log/v2 #5974)
• expose NextID from nice market actor interface (expose NextID from nice market actor interface #5850)
• add available options for perm on error (chore: add available options for perm on error #5814)
• API docs clarification: Document StateSearchMsg replaced message behavior (API docs clarification: Document StateSearchMsg replaced message behavior #5838)
• api: Document StateReplay replaced message behavior (api: Document StateReplay replaced message behavior #5840)
• add godocs to miner objects (add godocs to miner objects. #2184)
• Add description to the client deal CLI command (Add description to the client deal CLI command #5999)
• lint: don't skip builtin (lint: don't skip builtin #5881)
• use deal duration from actors (use deal duration from actors #5270)
• remote calc winningpost proof (remote calc winningpost proof #5884)
• packer: other network images (other network images #5930)
• Convert the chainstore lock to RW (Convert the chainstore lock to RW #5971)
• Remove CachedBlockstore (Remove CachedBlockstore #5972)
• remove messagepool CapGasFee duplicate code (remove messagepool CapGasFee duplicate code #5992)
• Add a mining-heartbeat INFO line at every epoch (Add a mining-heartbeat INFO line at every epoch #6183)
• chore(ci): Enable build on RC tags (chore(ci): Enable build on RC tags #6245)
• Upgrade nerpa to actor v4 and bump the version to rc4 (Upgrade nerpa to actor v4 and bump the version to rc4 #6249)

Fixes

• return buffers after canceling badger operation (fix: return buffers after canceling badger operation #5796)
• avoid holding a lock while calling the View callback (fix: avoid holding a lock while calling the View callback #5792)
• storagefsm: Trigger input processing when below limits (storagefsm: Trigger input processing when below limits #5801)
• After importing a previously deleted key, be able to delete it again (After importing a previously deleted key, be able to delete it again. #4653)
• fix StateManager.Replay on reward actor (fix: StateManager.Replay on reward actor #5804)
• make sure atomic 64bit fields are 64bit aligned (fix: make sure atomic 64bit fields are 64bit aligned #5794)
• Import secp sigs in paych tests (Import secp sigs in paych tests #5879)
• fix ci build-macos (fix ci build-macos #5934)
• Fix creation of remainder account when it's not a multisig (Fix creation of remainder account when it's not a multisig #5807)
• Fix fallback chainstore (Fix fallback chainstore #6003)
• fix 4857: show help for set-addrs (fix 4857: show help for set-addrs #5943)
• fix health report (fix health report #6011)
• fix(ci): Use recent ubuntu LTS release; Update release params (Bring 6256 to release branch and bump the version  #6261)

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This discussion was created from the release v1.9.0.