Forest v0.12.0 "Carp"

Notable Updates

• Support for .forest.car.zst files.
• Support for diff snapshots.

What's changed?

Breaking

• #3189: Changed the database
  organisation to use multiple columns. The database will need to be recreated.
• #3220: Removed the
  forest-cli chain validate-tipset-checkpoints and
  forest-cli chain tipset-hash commands.

Added

• #3167: Added a new option
  --validate-tipsets for forest-cli snapshot validate.
• #3166: Add
  forest-cli archive info command for inspecting archives.
• #3159: Add
  forest-cli archive export -e=X command for exporting archives.
• #3150:
  forest-cli car concat subcommand for concatenating .car files.
• #3148: add save_to_file
  option to forest-cli state fetch command.
• #3213: Add support for
  loading forest.car.zst files.
• #3284: Add --diff flag to
  archive export.
• #3292: Add net info
  subcommand to forest-cli.

Changed

• #3126: Bail on database
  lookup errors instead of silently ignoring them.
• #2999: Restored --tipset
  flag to forest-cli snapshot export to allow export at a specific tipset.
• #3283: All generated car
  files use the new forest.car.zst format.

Removed

Fixed

• #3248: Fixed Forest being
  unable to re-create its libp2p keypair from file and always changing its
  PeerId.

Forest v0.11.1 "Dagny Taggart"

Patch release due to a tagging mishap. No user-visible changes to Forest.

Forest v0.11.0 "Hypersonic"

Notable Updates

CAR files can be directly used as databases. This dramatically improves performance but is only used in forest-cli snapshot validate for now.

Fixed a state-root mismatch triggered by null-tipsets.

Forest v0.11.0 "Hypersonic"

Breaking

• #3048: Remove support for
  rocksdb
• #3047: Remove support for
  compiling with delegated consensus
• #3086:
  forest-cli snapshot validate no longer supports URLs. Download the snapshot
  and then run the command.

Added

• #2816: Support 2k devnet.
• #3026: Expose
  forest-cli state diff ...
• #3086:
  forest-cli snapshot validate is faster and uses less disk space, operating
  directly on the snapshot rather than loading through a database.
• #2983: Added state
  migration support for NV17.
• #3107: Introduced 'head'
  parameter for snapshot validation.

Fixed

• #3005: Fix incorrect
  progress reported when importing compressed snapshots.

• #3122: Fix state-root
  mismatch around null tipsets.

Forest v0.10.0 "Premature"

Notable Updates

Breaking

• #3007: Optimize DB
  parameters. This requires all existing databases to be re-initialized.

Fixed

• #3006: Fix premature end
  error when exporting a snapshot.

What's Changed

• chore: minor clean up after re-org by @lemmih in #3001
• [Enhancement] Introduce a dry-run param for fetch-params for easier testing. by @ruseinov in #3003
• fix: use valid yaml list in template for recurrent checkpoint task by @lemmih in #3004
• feat: Refactor Manifest by @hanabi1224 in #3000
• feat: add fn new_dag_cbor_default to Cid by @hanabi1224 in #2909
• chore: fix checkbox syntax in issue template by @lemmih in #3009
• chore: reword readme to focus on features rather than design philosophy by @lemmih in #3002
• chore: enable the preimage flag for paritydb by @lemmih in #3007
• chore(deps): bump serde_with from 2.3.3 to 3.0.0 by @dependabot in #3016
• [Fix] Premature end for exported snapshots by @ruseinov in #3015
• chore: avoid the risk of collisions in CidHashSet by @lemmih in #3010
• Updated known snapshot checkpoint by @sudo-shashank in #3024
• feat: add deferred migrator for nv17 state migration by @hanabi1224 in #3030
• chore: update changelog for the preimage changes by @lemmih in #3033
• feat: state diff subcommand by @aatifsyed in #3026
• feat: private doctests by @aatifsyed in #3012
• [Release] 0.10.0 Premature by @ruseinov in #3035
• [Fix] Cargo.toml for publishing by @ruseinov in #3040

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v0.10.0

Forest v0.9.0 "Fellowship"

Notable updates:

• --compressed option removed from CLI, snapshots are now always compressed.
• The dir, list, prune and remove snapshot commands have been removed from the CLI.
• Snapshots are fetched to current directory by default.
• Added new subcommand forest-cli info show.
• Filecoin.ChainSetHead RPC endpoint and forest-cli chain set-head subcommand are now implemented.
• IPLD graph can now be downloaded via bitswap.
• sendFIL function has been updated to match recent changes in the Forest send command.
• FIL amount parsing/printing has been improved and 2 new options are added to forest-cli wallet list (--no-round and --no-abbrev).

Forest v0.8.2 "The Way"

Notable updates

• Configurable number of default recent state roots included in memory/snapshots.
• Fixed issue when running Forest on calibnet using a configuration file only.
• NV19 and NV20 patches.

What's Changed

• doc: Update release checklist on including Cargo.lock by @hanabi1224 in #2794
• re-enable calibnet checks by @LesnyRumcajs in #2795
• Try waiting for more blocks by @elmattic in #2797
• fix: work-around for address parsing bug in the FVM by @lemmih in #2804
• Add print of message after sending by @elmattic in #2798
• fix agent name by @LesnyRumcajs in #2803
• use correct bundle for actors v11 by @LesnyRumcajs in #2805
• Fix Forest when using a config file to run calibnet by @elmattic in #2796
• chore: update fil-actor-states dependency to get new actor cids by @lemmih in #2807
• fix: allow --config and --chain to be used at the same time by @lemmih in #2808
• Comment check of the send test by @elmattic in #2806
• fix: create tmp file at the same mount point during snapshot export by @hanabi1224 in #2815
• chore: minor code clean-up by @lemmih in #2809
• Remove hand-written escape codes by @jdjaustin in #2783
• fix: BufWriter flush issue in AsyncWriterWithCheckSum by @hanabi1224 in #2782
• feat: add --compressed to forest-cli snapshot export by @hanabi1224 in #2754
• Replace usage of time crate with chrono by @jdjaustin in #2812
• fix: snapshot fetch without aria2 by @hanabi1224 in #2814
• chore: add Aatif as a codeowner by @lemmih in #2818
• Align Forest and Lotus send behavior by @jdjaustin in #2700
• Code clean-up by @elmattic in #2819
• chore: fvm-3.3.1 is required for syncing to calibnet by @lemmih in #2824
• fix: move block skipping logic into walk_snapshot by @hanabi1224 in #2717
• parametrize recent state roots by @LesnyRumcajs in #2780
• feat: increase the message request batch size from 4 to 8 by @lemmih in #2825
• feat: track estimated db records in meta.yaml by @hanabi1224 in #2823
• move bootstrap peers to seperate files by @LesnyRumcajs in #2828
• prepare release v0.8.2 by @LesnyRumcajs in #2829

Full Changelog: v0.8.1...v0.8.2

Forest v0.8.1 "Cold Exposure"

Notable updates

• Move back to the upstream ref-fvm and bump the dependency version to include the latest critical patch. This fixes NV19 and NV20 support.

What's Changed

• chore: upgrade rust toolchain by @hanabi1224 in #2784
• temporariy disable calibnet checks by @LesnyRumcajs in #2791
• transmit defined forest agent instead of default rust-ipfs by @LesnyRumcajs in #2790
• chore: copy fvm fixes into forest by @lemmih in #2788
• chore(deps): bump regex from 1.7.3 to 1.8.1 by @dependabot in #2792
• release v0.8.1 by @LesnyRumcajs in #2793

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.8.1

Forest v0.8.0 "Jungle Speed"

Notable updates

• Network Version 19 "Lightning" and 20 "Thunder" support, including state migrations.

What's Changed

• chore: bump fvm dependency to 3.2 by @lemmih in #2778
• fix(test): improve bitswap test err msg by @hanabi1224 in #2781
• nv19 migration by @elmattic in #2775
• blockchain/state_manager: add appropriate state transition aesthetics by @q9f in #2785
• prepare release v0.8.0 by @LesnyRumcajs in #2787

Full Changelog: v0.7.2...v0.8.0

Forest v0.7.2 "Roberto"

Notable updates:

• support for zstd-compressed snapshot importing and fetching,
• NV18 state migration support,
• Use latest tag for stable releases and edge for latest development builds.

Forest v0.7.1

Notable updates:

• Fix CD task for image publishing on new tagged releases