Chainweb

This is a feature and bug-fix release. Upgrading is optional but recommended.

To upgrade, pull the latest docker image or download the binary and restart the
node.

All 2.17* versions expire on **2023-03-02T00:00:00Z**.

[Changes](https://github.com/kadena-io/chainweb-node/compare/2.17.1...2.17.2):

Logging and Telemetry Changes:

* Add telemetry logging for Database size. (1330)
* Make Pact service log asynchronous exceptions with log-level `warn` and not
`error`. (1562)
* Log replay height based on time, not blocks. (1563)
* Add telemetry logging for node top-level status. (1561)

Performance Improvements:

* Add module cache to checkpointer. (1577)

Bug Fixes:

* `withSavepoint` now catches `SomeAsyncException`. (1576)
* Fix transfer cost for Rosetta transaction generator. (1579)

Miscellaneous:

* Censor `BackupConfig` from `config` endpoint. (1569)
* Simulate whole block(s) in transaction simulator. (1573)
* Fix some command line help messages. (1574)

This is a feature and bug-fix release. Upgrading is optional but recommended.

To upgrade, pull the latest docker image or download the binary and restart the
node.

All 2.17* versions expire on **2023-03-02T00:00:00Z**.

[Changes](https://github.com/kadena-io/chainweb-node/compare/2.17...2.17.1):


Bug fixes:

* Fix `initialHeightLimit` CLI argument parsing to not override config file.
(1566)
* Fix cut GET endpoint height limiting. (1571)

Miscellaneous:

* Add transaction simulator to cwtools. (1558)

This version replaces all previous versions. Any prior version will stop working
on **2022-12-01T00:00:00Z**. Node administrators must upgrade to this version
before that date.

This version will expire on **2023-03-02T00:00:00Z**.

To upgrade, pull the latest docker image or download the binary and restart the
node.

[Changes](https://github.com/kadena-io/chainweb-node/compare/2.16.1...2.17):

* Remove error messages from pact output for on-chain transactions. Dapps can
still retrieve transaction error messages from the `local` endpoint. (1543)
* Implement a per-tx timeout during creation of new blocks to prevent mining
nodes from stalling when block creation takes too long. (1546)
* Miscellaneous changes for fine tuning of the gas model. (1554)

Bug fixes:

* Filter Module Cache for just `coin` contract. (1548)
* Prevent table name clashes in module. (1556)

This is a feature and bug-fix release. Upgrading is optional but recommended.

To upgrade, pull the latest docker image or download the binary and restart the
node.

**NOTE**: This release upgrades the version of RocksDB. After upgrading to this
version previous versions of chainweb-node will not be able to open the
database. Additionally, when using the ubuntu binaries the set of required
system dependencies changes. For details please see the [release
nodes](https://github.com/kadena-io/chainweb-node/releases/tag/2.16.1).

Changes:

* Upgrade RocksDB version (1394)
* Support for partial replays (1524)
* Allow enabling gas logs from configuration (1525)
* Reduce volume of info level logging (1526)
* Check file descriptor rlimit on startup (1532)

This version replaces all previous versions. Any prior version will stop working
on **2022-09-01T00:00:00Z**. Node administrators must upgrade to this version
before that date.

This version will expire on **2022-12-01T00:00:00Z**.

To upgrade, pull the latest docker image or download the binary and restart the
node.

[Changes](https://github.com/kadena-io/chainweb-node/compare/2.15...2.16):

* Upgrade to Pact 4.4. This release brings namespaced keysets. For further changes check the [Pact Changelog](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
* Improve performance during catchup. (1473, 1474, 1476)
* Improve P2P protocol performance. (1502)
* Improve TLS session management. (1489)
* Faster and safer binary serialization across the board. (1494)

Bug Fixes:

* Fix some potential race conditions in SQLite interface code. (1477)

This version replaces all previous versions. Any prior version will stop working
on **2022-06-16T00:00:00Z**. Node administrators must upgrade to this version
before that date.

This version will expire on **2022-09-01T00:00:00Z**.

To upgrade, pull the latest docker image or download the binary and restart the
node.

Changes:

* Upgrade to Pact 4.3.1. The release contains miscellaneous performance
improvements and bug fixes. (1448)
* Upgrade to Coin V5. This adds the new `TRANSFER_XCHAIN_RECD` event that is
emitted when the funds of a cross-chain transfer are redeemed on the target
chain. (1444)
* Support resetting chainweb-node to a lower block height at startup. (1344)

Bug Fixes:

* Fix a pact module cache issue that could occasionally result in corrupted
databases. (1430)