This update is backwards compatible. It is optional, but encouraged. The patch includes security improvements, bug fixes, and monitoring improvements.
Security Improvements
- Enforced a strict canonical format for C-chain blocks made prior to
Apricot Phase 1. This ensures that modifications to theextra-datablock field can not result in modifications to the chain state during bootstrapping. - Changed the
Keystoreto ensure only encrypted values are sent over the IPC between avalanchego and plugin processes.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed delegation cap calculations to include updating the current delegation maximum before removing a delegator. This ensures that the delegation cap is always enforced.
- Fixed
AVM's static API to be registered correctly on startup. - Updated node
uptimecalculations to take network upgrades into account.
Monitoring Improvements
- Added an optional node indexer that can provide a locally consistent ordering of operations accepted on a chain.
- Updated ansible inventory to include numerous improvements (Huge thanks to @moreati).