NOTE: Please refrain from updating all relays simultaneously; instead, we recommend spreading out the rollout over the upcoming weeks to minimize disruptions.
Cardano Node 8.9.0
is a release that introduces genesis lite a.k.a bootstrap peers. Please refer to here to read more about it. This version fixes a small bug on the dynamic block forging logic and also includes some overall improvements.
Benchmarking reports relevant to the 8.9.0
release can be found in this post on Cardano Updates.
Known Issues
Technical Specification
Minimum System Requirements
- An Intel or AMD x86 processor with two or more cores, at 1.6GHz or faster (2GHz or faster for a stake pool or relay)
- Or, for MacOS, an Apple Silicon (M1, M2 or M3) processor
- 24GB of RAM
- 200GB of free storage (250GB recommended for future growth)
Platforms
- Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS; Mint 19.3, 20; Debian 10.3)
- Windows 64-bit (8.1, 10, 11)
- MacOS 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 11
GHC/Cabal supported versions
- GHC 8.10.7/Cabal 3.8.1.0
Supported roles
Platform | Block Production | Relay | Client (Desktop) |
---|---|---|---|
Linux | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 |
Windows | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟢 |
MacOS | 🟥 | 🟥 | 🟢 |
Downloads
Documentation
- Cardano Node documentation
- Cardano CLI
- Internal API docs for ledger, consensus and network
- Compatibility matrix
Sign off
Role | Approval |
---|---|
Cardano Head of Engineering | 🟢 |
Cardano Head of Product | 🟢 |
Test Engineer | 🟢 |
Performance Engineer | 🟢 |
Site Reliability Engineer | 🟢 |
Release Engineer | 🟢 |
Changelogs
Node
- blst upgrade
- Query UTXOs in testnet using ledger state
- Integrate network consensus cli and api
- Bump iohkNix
- TraceStartLeadershipCheckPlus: fix wrong value for delegMapSize
- Fix Dynamic Block Forging bug
- Make the number of disk snapshots configurable
Consensus
- Make the number of disk snapshots configurable
Ledger
NONE
Network
- Genesis lite a.k.a bootstrap peers
- Added
TraceDebugState
message toTracePeerSelection
for tracing
peer selection upon getting a USR1 sig.
Cardano-cli
- Enable deposit return script addresses and Enable constitutional scripts.
- Add missing newlines to
cardano-cli query utxo
text output. query stake-pools
, add --output-[json,text] flag to control format of the outputquery utxo
, add --output-[json,text] flag to control format of the output.- Fixed git revision showed by --version flag when built using nix
Cardano-api
- Enable deposit return script addresses and constitutional scripts.
- Allow
checkLedgerStateCondition
check to run in IO. Rename tofoldEpochState
. - Fix Conway script hash mismatch
Submit-api
NONE
Plutus
NONE
Individual packages' changelogs
Package | Version | Changelog |
---|---|---|
Win32-network | 0.1.1.1 | ChangeLog.md |
base-deriving-via | 0.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
byron-spec-chain | 1.0.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
byron-spec-ledger | 1.0.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-api | 8.39.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-binary | 1.7.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-cli | 8.20.3.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-crypto | 1.1.2 | |
cardano-crypto-class | 2.1.4.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-crypto-praos | 2.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-crypto-test | 1.5.0.1 | |
cardano-crypto-tests | 2.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-crypto-wrapper | 1.5.1.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-data | 1.2.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-allegra | 1.3.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-alonzo | 1.6.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-alonzo-test | 1.2.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-api | 1.8.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-babbage | 1.6.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-babbage-test | 1.2.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-binary | 1.3.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-byron | 1.0.0.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-byron-test | 1.5.0.1 | |
cardano-ledger-conway | 1.12.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-conway-test | 1.2.1.3 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-core | 1.10.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-mary | 1.5.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-shelley | 1.9.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-shelley-ma-test | 1.2.1.6 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ledger-shelley-test | 1.3.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-ping | 0.2.0.13 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-prelude | 0.1.0.4 | ChangeLog.md |
cardano-prelude-test | 0.1.0.2 | |
cardano-protocol-tpraos | 1.1.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-slotting | 0.1.2.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
cardano-strict-containers | 0.1.3.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
contra-tracer | 0.1.0.2 | |
ekg | 0.4.0.15.0.0.0.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
ekg-core | 0.1.1.7.0.0.0.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
ekg-forward | 0.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
ekg-json | 0.1.0.7.0.0.0.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
fs-api | 0.2.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
fs-sim | 0.2.1.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
heapwords | 0.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
iohk-monitoring | 0.1.11.4 | |
libsystemd-journal | 1.4.5.0.0.0.0.1 | Changelog.md |
lobemo-backend-aggregation | 0.1.0.0 | |
lobemo-backend-ekg | 0.1.0.1 | |
lobemo-backend-monitoring | 0.1.0.0 | |
lobemo-backend-trace-forwarder | 0.1.0.0 | |
lobemo-scribe-systemd | 0.1.0.0 | |
measures | 0.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
monoidal-synchronisation | 0.1.0.5 | CHANGELOG.md |
network-mux | 0.4.5.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
non-integral | 1.0.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
optparse-applicative-fork | 0.18.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-consensus | 0.16.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-consensus-cardano | 0.14.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-consensus-diffusion | 0.11.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-consensus-protocol | 0.7.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-network | 0.12.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-network-api | 0.7.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-network-framework | 0.11.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-network-mock | 0.1.1.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-network-protocols | 0.8.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
ouroboros-network-testing | 0.6.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
plutus-core | 1.21.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
plutus-ledger-api | 1.21.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
plutus-tx | 1.21.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
prettyprinter-configurable | 1.21.0.0 | |
set-algebra | 1.1.0.2 | CHANGELOG.md |
small-steps | 1.0.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
small-steps-test | 1.0.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
sop-extras | 0.1.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
strict-checked-vars | 0.2.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
strict-sop-core | 0.1.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
tracer-transformers | 0.1.0.4 | |
typed-protocols | 0.1.1.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
typed-protocols-cborg | 0.1.0.4 | CHANGELOG.md |
typed-protocols-examples | 0.2.0.2 | |
validation-selective | 0.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.1 | CHANGELOG.md |
vector-map | 1.1.0.0 | CHANGELOG.md |
Legend
-
🟢 - signed / agreed / supported
-
🟥 - not agreed / unsupported