Autonity

Added

- Liquid Newton Contract's State/Logic separation https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1015
- Consensus Omission Accountability https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1021
- NTN auto-bonding https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1059
- Oracle Accountability https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1067
Changed

- BLS aggregator refinements https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/863d3219e20e13491b47b164d2b4648f2d2bbfbb
- Epoch block header https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1022
- Accountability event processing refinements https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/965
- Consensus pipeline optimization https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1033
- Vesting contracts rework https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1048
- Restrict opening of CDPs at genesis https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1065
- Removal of the `aut` JSON-RPC namespace https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1066

Fixed
- Internal ASM tests https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1026
- Inflation rewards distribution https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1047
- Jailed validator internal processing https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1038

Autonity v0.14.1 is a hotfix release that addresses internal issues potentially causing a gradual slowdown in the consensus process. It's strongly recommended that validators upgrade to this patched version.

Added

- BLS aggregation https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/7b999d0e09bb590729cf70078d8c019a3eeca1c1
- Valdator enode update https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/982
- NTN inflation mechanism https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/979
- Vesting manager contracts https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/956
- Spammer suspensions https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/994

Changed

- Optimisation of the execution network topology https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/942
- PriceStatus oracle contract update https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/967

Fixed
- Internal metrics https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/974 , https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/1005
- Known messages cache https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/980
- Docker e2e tests https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/955

Added

- Snappy compression devp2p optimization https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/843
- New Validator Status Jailbound https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/857
- Consensus key onboarding https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/858
- Reject bonding to jailed validator https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/926
- Introducing Autonity Consensus Network, the "ACN" protocol https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/923 alongside Execution network's topology optimizations.

Changed
- Refactor Consensus messages https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/6e9781bd9e191da14d1339a9af2a2780eb7fd213
- Discovery protocol isolation https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/315082b012cefc4e53d60074ee6b7f213548dd69
- Committee Selection in precompile https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/921

Fixed
- Fix autonity contract deployment, use treasury instead of operator https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/920
- Consensus protocol fixes and refinements https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/60d330aa7e3ddd6e797126722c231b9388c663d9 , https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/10f42385da70bdc8b8c5df39cb90a4a0f8ab06c0 , https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/fa87218e124229c680f1bb163f47ebd67865c3e4 , https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/e3c8b32a36d781d515248e2bbff9a1c6816d1943
- Accusation flow improvement https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/937

Fixed
* Consensus slashing issues https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/910
* Prometheus metrics collection https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/911

Changed
* Decrease default gas limit to 20,000,000 https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/912

Added

- Byzantine fault detector 273
- Slashing 257
- Oracle protocol integration https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/c35d82559e6617493fc790659b88d33bc506ccc9
- With protocol refunding mechanism https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/820
- ASM Protocols contracts
- ACU contract 3c0ca180c3fd48a9aedce34afd3320d08e6eefc9
- Supply Control contract 3c0ca180c3fd48a9aedce34afd3320d08e6eefc9
- Stabilization contract https://github.com/autonity/autonity/pull/820
- Advanced consensus metrics 281

Changed
- Improved unbonding 807

Fixed
- `snap` protocol handshake error https://github.com/autonity/autonity/commit/06880410b5364798950aab5907a8c9a04eab9f3a
- Committee sorting 3c0ca180c3fd48a9aedce34afd3320d08e6eefc9
- Self-unbonding 829

... and much more