Release v0.5.1

Highlights

• Enhancing the information_schema with new additions like character sets, collations, events, and more.
• Efforts in Kafka integration show a move towards better support for distributed systems.
• Continuous improvements in WAL handling demonstrate a commitment to data integrity and performance.

Features

• Database Timezone Support: Support set timezone in db by @Taylor-lagrange (#2992)
• Statement Caching: Upgrade pgwire to 0.18 for corrected statement caching by @sunng87 (#3010)
• Region Migration Management: Implement region migration manager and related task handling by @WenyXu (#3014, #3015)
• PromQL Enhancements: Implement OR for PromQL by @waynexia (#3024)
• Information Schema Extensions: Adds character_sets, collations, events, and additional tables to information_schema by @killme2008 and @dimbtp (#3017, #3051, #3054, #3057, #3060)
• Kafka Integration: Enhance Kafka integration with utilities and tests by @WenyXu (#3065, #3069, #3071)

Fixes

• CI Repository Targeting: Fix CI target repo to the origin one by @waynexia (#3011)
• Decimal128 Scalar Conversion: Fix decimal128 ScalarValue to Value by @QuenKar (#3019)
• Write-Ahead Logging (WAL): Replay memtable should start from flushed_entry_id + 1 and fix some known issues by @WenyXu and @niebayes (#3038, #3052)

Performance Improvements

• Dashboard Update: Update dashboard to v0.4.5 for improved performance by @ZonaHex (#3033)
• File Cache Implementation: Implement file cache by @evenyag (#3022)

Others

• Documentation and Refactoring: Various documentation updates, refactoring efforts, and CI process enhancements by multiple contributors (@MichaelScofield, @zyy17, @sunng87, and others)

New Contributors

• @AntiTopQuark made their first contribution in #3031
• @dimbtp made their first contribution in #3054
• @ClSlaid made their first contribution in #3084

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1