Release 44 - 2025-07-28
This is a recommended release that introduces efficient range request support for contiguous data retrieval from chunks, adds bundle metadata columns with offset indexing to improve offset availability throughout the network, enhances Merkle path parsing compatibility, and includes comprehensive documentation for offsets and Merkle paths.
Added
- Added efficient range request support for chunk data retrieval, enabling optimized verifiable contiguous data fetching directly from Arweave nodes.
- Added bundle metadata columns to
data.dbto improve offset availability across the gateway network. - Added OTEL (OpenTelemetry) tracing support for chunk POST operations, providing better observability for chunk broadcasting performance.
- Added OTEL environment variables to
docker-compose.yamlfor easier configuration of distributed tracing. - Added comprehensive Arweave Merkle tree structure documentation detailing the data organization and validation rules.
- Added detailed documentation explaining Arweave transaction and chunk offset calculations.
- Added merkle-path-parser with full Arweave compatibility for improved Merkle proof validation.
Changed
- Implemented promise-based chunk caching system replacing the previous WeakMap implementation, improving memory efficiency and cache reliability.
- Extended CompositeChunkSource to implement all chunk interfaces, providing a more unified chunk data access layer.