v1.17.5

In this small but important release, the Bee team introduces a new db compaction command to recover disk space. To prevent any data loss, operators should run the compaction on a copy of the localstore directory and, if successful, replace the original localstore with the compacted copy. The command is available as a sub-command under db as such:

bee db compact --data-dir=

The pushsync and retrieval protocols now feature a fallback mechanism of trying un-reachable and un-healthy peers in the case that no reachable or healthy peers are left.

We've also added new logging guidelines for contributors in the readme.

For questions, comments, and feedback, reach out on Discord.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where a node can get stuck syncing the same interval if the upstream peer is unable to send the chunk data. ( #4339 )

Features

• Added a new localstore compaction command that resizes sharky to the smallest size possible. ( #4329 )

Hardening

• Added a new logging guideline for contributors ( #4352)
• Improved logging of the retrieval pkg and increased the min healthy peers per bin in the salud service.
• Varying levels of peer filtering for the pushsync and retrieval protocols ( #4388 )

For a full PR rundown please consult the v1.17.5 diff.