Algorand 3.26.0

Overview

This release adds experimental support for libp2p networking, a major advance for Algorand decentralization. We would like to emphasize that this support is in preview mode only, and not recommended for production use cases yet.

What's New

• libp2p networking support (experimental preview)
• AVM enhancements
• Mac OS X universal binary

Changelog

New Features

• Network: p2p traffic exchange for algorand node (#5939)

Enhancements

• AVM: Derive looser, but more principled, checks of txn max size (#6114)
• AVM: Provide access to some more block header values (#6107)
• AVM: Expose relevant incentive constants (#6025)
• Algons: expose error for dnsaddr command (#6121)
• Build: add universal Mac make target (#6023)
• Ci: update nightly builds to use universal mac update (#6071)
• Cicd: remove mac AMD64 support from circleci (#6036)
• Cmd: Add goal node subcommand to generate peer private key (#6078)
• Config: use P2PHybridIncomingConnectionsLimit only for hybrid mode (#6103)
• Config: Expose merged configuration for easier debugging (#6049)
• Config: Add warning if EndpointAddress and NetAddress ports are equal (#6006)
• Config: Add GoMemLimit config option and use with 10-node test (#5975)
• Docs: p2p package overview (#6096)
• Installer: add support for algoh to systemd installs (#6102)
• Logging: change transaction pool re-evaluation message from warn to info (#6047)
• Metrics: collect total netdev sent/received bytes (#6108)
• Metrics: Add algod version to metrics (#6003)
• Netgoal: allow unknown template tokens (#6091)
• Network: remove ws net proto 2.1 (#6081)
• Network: use http.ResponseController instead of GetHTTPRequestConnection (#6044)
• Network: Allow short-lived connections to query /status endpoint when at full capacity (#6009)
• P2p: store private keys as PKCS#8 ASN.1 DER PEM (#6119)
• P2p: Add algod_network_p2p_* traffic metrics (#6105)
• P2p: get rid of interface{} from PeerStore methods (#6101)
• P2p: handle txns in pubsub validator (#6070)
• P2p: do not advertise private and non-routable addresses (#6092)
• P2p: support EnableGossipService in p2p streams (#6073)
• P2p: hybrid node net identity for connection deduplication (#6035)
• P2p: Introduce profiles for hybridRelay, hybridArchival, and hybridClient. (#6062)
• P2p: Disable circuit relaying via libp2p.NoListenAddrs (#6064)
• REST API: make RawTransactionAsync developer API (#6069)
• Scripts: allow metrics filtering by labels in metrics_viz.py (#6125)
• Tests: set pprof labels for goroutines that use the same code for different cases (#4350)
• Tests: preserve logs on LibGoalFixture failure (#6030)

Bugfixes

• Algod: fix telemetry lookup if phonebook is used (#6061)
• Catchup: skip logging err for catchup cancellation (#6053)
• Catchup: do not loop forever if there is no peers (#6037)
• Ci: fix mac universal rebuild for nightlies (#6084)
• Ci: update to CentOS Stream 9 and start integrating universal target (#6080)
• Ci: increase artifact upload timeout (#6050)
• Cicd: fix broken ci-build target (#6087)
• Config: ensure both ws and p2p net running the same mode in hybrid (#6130)
• Ledger: restore block listeners on reloadLedger (#6041)
• Legacy Docker: pin ubuntu version (#6028)
• Network: fix outgoing HTTP rate limiting (#6118)
• Network: fix publicKeyIdentTracker data race in hybrid mode (#6110)
• Node: clear new p2p net handlers on fast catchup (#6127)
• Node: close ledger and part keys on node shutdown (#6039)
• P2p: reuse existing libp2p.Host for http clients (#6129)
• P2p: make sure p2p http server runs on all interfaces (#6123)
• P2p: do not register closing peer (#6086)
• P2p: fix connection deduplication in hybrid mode (#6082)
• REST API: Fix LedgerStateDelta JSON encoding (#6106)
• REST API: Fix to Disable API authentication (#6067)
• Simulate: fix signers (#5942)
• Tests: fix expect tests and add EOF linter (#6122)
• Tests: fix a race in TestP2PwsStreamHandlerDedup (#6116)
• Tests: fix e2e subs goal-partkey-commands (#6095)
• Tests: fix flushing in TestVotersReloadFromDiskAfterOneStateProofCommitted (#6090)
• Tests: fix concurrent accout commits in TestLedgerVerifiesOldStateProofs (#6060)
• Tests: fix TestVotersReloadFromDiskAfterOneStateProofCommitted (#6024)
• Txhandler: fix TestTxHandlerAppRateLimiter (#6075)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand BetaNet 3.26.0

Overview

This release adds experimental support for libp2p networking, a major advance for Algorand decentralization. We would like to emphasize that this support is in preview mode only, and not recommended for production use cases yet.

What's New

• libp2p networking support (experimental preview)
• AVM enhancements
• Mac OS X universal binary

Changelog

New Features

• Network: p2p traffic exchange for algorand node (#5939)

Enhancements

• AVM: Derive looser, but more principled, checks of txn max size (#6114)
• AVM: Provide access to some more block header values (#6107)
• AVM: Expose relevant incentive constants (#6025)
• Algons: expose error for dnsaddr command (#6121)
• Build: add universal Mac make target (#6023)
• Ci: update nightly builds to use universal mac update (#6071)
• Cicd: remove mac AMD64 support from circleci (#6036)
• Cmd: Add goal node subcommand to generate peer private key (#6078)
• Config: use P2PHybridIncomingConnectionsLimit only for hybrid mode (#6103)
• Config: Expose merged configuration for easier debugging (#6049)
• Config: Add warning if EndpointAddress and NetAddress ports are equal (#6006)
• Config: Add GoMemLimit config option and use with 10-node test (#5975)
• Docs: p2p package overview (#6096)
• Installer: add support for algoh to systemd installs (#6102)
• Logging: change transaction pool re-evaluation message from warn to info (#6047)
• Metrics: collect total netdev sent/received bytes (#6108)
• Metrics: Add algod version to metrics (#6003)
• Netgoal: allow unknown template tokens (#6091)
• Network: remove ws net proto 2.1 (#6081)
• Network: use http.ResponseController instead of GetHTTPRequestConnection (#6044)
• Network: Allow short-lived connections to query /status endpoint when at full capacity (#6009)
• P2p: store private keys as PKCS#8 ASN.1 DER PEM (#6119)
• P2p: Add algod_network_p2p_* traffic metrics (#6105)
• P2p: get rid of interface{} from PeerStore methods (#6101)
• P2p: handle txns in pubsub validator (#6070)
• P2p: do not advertise private and non-routable addresses (#6092)
• P2p: support EnableGossipService in p2p streams (#6073)
• P2p: hybrid node net identity for connection deduplication (#6035)
• P2p: Introduce profiles for hybridRelay, hybridArchival, and hybridClient. (#6062)
• P2p: Disable circuit relaying via libp2p.NoListenAddrs (#6064)
• REST API: make RawTransactionAsync developer API (#6069)
• Scripts: allow metrics filtering by labels in metrics_viz.py (#6125)
• Tests: set pprof labels for goroutines that use the same code for different cases (#4350)
• Tests: preserve logs on LibGoalFixture failure (#6030)

Bugfixes

• Algod: fix telemetry lookup if phonebook is used (#6061)
• Catchup: skip logging err for catchup cancellation (#6053)
• Catchup: do not loop forever if there is no peers (#6037)
• Ci: fix mac universal rebuild for nightlies (#6084)
• Ci: update to CentOS Stream 9 and start integrating universal target (#6080)
• Ci: increase artifact upload timeout (#6050)
• Cicd: fix broken ci-build target (#6087)
• Config: ensure both ws and p2p net running the same mode in hybrid (#6130)
• Ledger: restore block listeners on reloadLedger (#6041)
• Legacy Docker: pin ubuntu version (#6028)
• Network: fix outgoing HTTP rate limiting (#6118)
• Network: fix publicKeyIdentTracker data race in hybrid mode (#6110)
• Node: clear new p2p net handlers on fast catchup (#6127)
• Node: close ledger and part keys on node shutdown (#6039)
• P2p: reuse existing libp2p.Host for http clients (#6129)
• P2p: make sure p2p http server runs on all interfaces (#6123)
• P2p: do not register closing peer (#6086)
• P2p: fix connection deduplication in hybrid mode (#6082)
• REST API: Fix LedgerStateDelta JSON encoding (#6106)
• REST API: Fix to Disable API authentication (#6067)
• Simulate: fix signers (#5942)
• Tests: fix expect tests and add EOF linter (#6122)
• Tests: fix a race in TestP2PwsStreamHandlerDedup (#6116)
• Tests: fix e2e subs goal-partkey-commands (#6095)
• Tests: fix flushing in TestVotersReloadFromDiskAfterOneStateProofCommitted (#6090)
• Tests: fix concurrent accout commits in TestLedgerVerifiesOldStateProofs (#6060)
• Tests: fix TestVotersReloadFromDiskAfterOneStateProofCommitted (#6024)
• Txhandler: fix TestTxHandlerAppRateLimiter (#6075)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand 3.25.0

Overview

What's New

• Network optimization - fixes for ERL resources management
• Performance enhancement - add expired stake cache to reduce db lookups
• Miscellaneous debugging improvements
• Other bug fixes, test improvements, and optimizations

Changelog

New Features

• REST API: /debug/settings/pprof admin endpoint for debugging (#6018)

Enhancements

• AVM: incentive opcodes (#5984)
• Agreement: log current player state for VoteBroadcast and ProposalBroadcast events (#6007)
• Build: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.17.0 to 0.23.0 (#5979)
• Ci: upgrade github checkout action to v4 (#6010)
• Cicd: Update to switch e2e_expect to large (#6004)
• Ledger: introduce expired stake cache (#6014)
• Metrics: Add TagCounterFiltered metrics for handler calls (#6013)
• Typos: Correct some spelling mistakes (#6001)

Bugfixes

• Cicd: update OS support in test release script (#6012)
• Logger: fix data race in tests (#5999)
• Tests: set communication timeout in kmd.init_wallet_handle (#6021)
• Tests: Fix flakey htlc test (#6017)
• Tests: Fix e2e kmd timeout (#6016)
• Tests: Fix flakey ECDSA testing (#6005)
• Tools: Fix Cloudflare SRV update utility after API change (#6020)
• Txhandler: fixes to ERL resources management (#6019)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand BetaNet 3.25.0

Overview

What's New

• Network optimization - fixes for ERL resources management
• Performance enhancement - add expired stake cache to reduce db lookups
• Miscellaneous debugging improvements
• Other bug fixes, test improvements, and optimizations

Changelog

New Features

• REST API: /debug/settings/pprof admin endpoint for debugging (#6018)

Enhancements

• Agreement: log current player state for VoteBroadcast and ProposalBroadcast events (#6007)
• Build: bump golang.org/x/net from 0.17.0 to 0.23.0 (#5979)
• Ci: upgrade github checkout action to v4 (#6010)
• Cicd: Update to switch e2e_expect to large (#6004)
• Ledger: introduce expired stake cache (#6014)
• Metrics: Add TagCounterFiltered metrics for handler calls (#6013)
• Typos: Correct some spelling mistakes (#6001)

Bugfixes

• Cicd: update OS support in test release script (#6012)
• Logger: fix data race in tests (#5999)
• Tests: set communication timeout in kmd.init_wallet_handle (#6021)
• Tests: Fix flakey htlc test (#6017)
• Tests: Fix e2e kmd timeout (#6016)
• Tests: Fix flakey ECDSA testing (#6005)
• Tools: Fix Cloudflare SRV update utility after API change (#6020)
• Txhandler: fixes to ERL resources management (#6019)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

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

• AVM: incentive opcodes (#5984)

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Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand 3.24.0

Overview

This release provides important enhancements and bug fixes to improve ease of use and stability.

Important Note

This release includes a migration, which may take a few minutes to complete. Due to the impact, we recommend applying this update progressively if running multiple nodes, to avoid large periods of concurrent inaccessibility.

What's New

• Golang 1.21 support
• Experimental full assets for account endpoint API support
• Full logs for block support
• Fix for log rotation when cold dirs are used

Changelog

Enhancements

• API: Experimental full assets for account endpoint. (#5948)
• API: blocks/{round}/logs endpoint (#5865)
• Build: Go 1.21 Support (#5994)
• Build: support SWAGGER_CONVERTER_API override (#5968)
• Build: bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 (#5877)
• Crypto: convert BatchVerifier to interface (#5988)
• Docker: Remove usage of gosu and replace with su (#5951)
• Metrics: support labeled gauges (#5956)
• Node: remove unused node GetTransaction and ListTxns methods (#5983)
• Scripts: update buildnumber to use timezone-aware datetime (#5971)
• Tests: Stabilize nightly tests. (#5992)
• Tests: Fix flakey incentive e2e tests (#5986)
• Tests: Allow go e2e tests to easily test multiple consensus versions (#5981)
• Tests: Thread testing.T through so we panic less (#5938)
• Tools: Revert "feat: add support to display mnemonic discreetly for algokey generate" (#5974)

Bugfixes

• Catchpoint: fix data files deletion in hot/cold dirs scenario (#5963)
• Tests: Fix AccountsUpdateSchemaTest ignoring error bug (#5985)
• Utils: Renaming files across devices (#5977)

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.

• Incentives: Suspend "absentee" accounts that don't propose. (#5757)

---

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand BetaNet 3.24.0

Overview

This release provides important enhancements and bug fixes to improve ease of use and stability.

Important Note

This release includes a migration, which may take a few minutes to complete.

What's New

• Golang 1.21 support
• Experimental full assets for account endpoint API support
• Full logs for block support
• Fix for log rotation when cold dirs are used

Changelog

Enhancements

• API: Experimental full assets for account endpoint. (#5948)
• API: blocks/{round}/logs endpoint (#5865)
• Build: Go 1.21 Support (#5994)
• Build: support SWAGGER_CONVERTER_API override (#5968)
• Build: bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.14.0 to 0.17.0 (#5877)
• Crypto: convert BatchVerifier to interface (#5988)
• Docker: Remove usage of gosu and replace with su (#5951)
• Metrics: support labeled gauges (#5956)
• Node: remove unused node GetTransaction and ListTxns methods (#5983)
• Scripts: update buildnumber to use timezone-aware datetime (#5971)
• Tests: Stabilize nightly tests. (#5992)
• Tests: Fix flakey incentive e2e tests (#5986)
• Tests: Allow go e2e tests to easily test multiple consensus versions (#5981)
• Tests: Thread testing.T through so we panic less (#5938)
• Tools: Revert "feat: add support to display mnemonic discreetly for algokey generate" (#5974)

Bugfixes

• Catchpoint: fix data files deletion in hot/cold dirs scenario (#5963)
• Tests: Fix AccountsUpdateSchemaTest ignoring error bug (#5985)
• Utils: Renaming files across devices (#5977)

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.

• Incentives: Suspend "absentee" accounts that don't propose. (#5757)

---

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand 3.23.1

Overview

This release is focused on providing the necessary software functionality for non-archival relays on the network. It includes promoting archival nodes to first class citizens that can be resolved as their own class of nodes.

What's New

• Full support for non-archival relay nodes
• SRV record resolution of dedicated archival nodes

Changelog

New Features

• Network: Class-based Peer Selector (#5937)

Enhancements

• Archival Support: Remove configurable support for catching up from "archivers" (#5920)
• Blocks: Bump min to save based on catchpoint support (#5927)
• Build: upgrade to go 1.20.14 (#5949)
• Docker: Bump debian version in algod container (#5955)
• Feat: add support to display mnemonic discreetly for algokey generate (#5886)
• Netgoal: Use --last-part-key-round when generating a goalnet template (#5912)
• Network: Penalize peer/class rankings when peer does not have catchpoint (#5959)
• Network: Support simple liveness check via http on gossip server port. (#5944)
• Network: Archival node DNS Resolution (#5940)

Bugfixes

• Cicd: fix package signing issues (#5934)
• Network: use network context for DNS operations in readFromSRV (#5936)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand BetaNet 3.23.1

Overview

This release fixes an issue where peers were not ranked for performance serving catchpoints.

Changelog

Enhancements

• Docker: Bump debian version in algod container (#5955)

Bugfixes

• Network: Penalize peer/class rankings when peer does not have catchpoint (#5959)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

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Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand BetaNet 3.23.0

Overview

This release is focused on providing the necessary software functionality for non-archival relays on the network. It includes promoting archival nodes to first class citizens that can be resolved as their own class of nodes.

What's New

• Full support for non-archival relay nodes
• SRV record resolution of dedicated archival nodes

Changelog

New Features

• Network: Class-based Peer Selector (#5937)

Enhancements

• Archival Support: Remove configurable support for catching up from "archivers" (#5920)
• Blocks: Bump min to save based on catchpoint support (#5927)
• Feat: add support to display mnemonic discreetly for algokey generate (#5886)
• Netgoal: Use --last-part-key-round when generating a goalnet template (#5912)
• Network: Support simple liveness check via http on gossip server port. (#5944)
• Network: Archival node DNS Resolution (#5940)
• Build: Upgrade to Go 1.20.14

Bugfixes

• Cicd: fix package signing issues (#5934)
• Network: use network context for DNS operations in readFromSRV (#5936)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

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Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

Algorand 3.22.1

Overview

Please apply this upgrade at your earliest convenience.

Changelog

Bug Fix

• AVM: Consider the current auth addr for each inner txn

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

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Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation