Overview
We're happy to announce the Boost v1.6.0 release.
This release is compatible with Lotus v1.20.0 release. You should only upgrade to this release if you are also upgrading Lotus to v1.20.0 or higher for NV18 network upgrade. See the Boost and Lotus compatibility matrix for up to date information, and to plan your upgrade.
Please make sure to upgrade to test the new features shipped in this release. See our upgrade guide for details.
Boost v1.5.x Adopters
If you have been running the v1.5.x and want to update to this release for lotus compatibility, you can do so as long as you are also upgrading Lotus to v1.20.0 or later. This PR contains the latest 1.5.3 codebase and we will continue to update it with any subsequent releases.
🌟 Highlights
Includes updates previously noted in RC builds of this release
FVM Contract Deal Support
- With the release of FVM, it is now possible for smart contracts to make deal proposals on-chain. This is made possible though the DealProposal FRC.
- DataDAOs, as well as other clients who want to store data on Filecoin, can now deploy a smart contract on the FVM which adheres to the DealProposal FRC, and make deal proposals that are visible to every storage provider running Boost who monitors the chain.
- In order to enable DealProposal FRC, you have to edit your config.toml and enable contract deal monitoring. By default it is disabled. Here is an example configuration:
[ContractDeals]
Enabled = true
AllowlistContracts = []
From = "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
Cancelation of stalled retrievals
Boost now runs a background process that will cancel retrievals that have not been updated in the past 30minutes by default. You can configure this by setting the new DealMaking.StalledRetrievalTimeout property in the Boost config.
The following config will cancel all retrievals that have not changed state, or transferred bytes in the past 10minutes.
[Dealmaking]
...
RetrievalLogDuration = "24h0m0s"
StalledRetrievalTimeout = "10m0s"
Note: For efficiency of the job, Boost leverages the Retrieval Logs DB, so your RetrievalLogDuration should always exceed the StalledRetrievalTimeout.
Updated deal filter
Boost now exposes the following additional deal variables to the external deal filters like CIDgravity. This should allow more extensive filter logic for deal acceptance.
- IsOffline
- SkipIPNIAnnounce
- RemoveUnsealedCopy
🤩 Upcoming Features
These features will be part of the upcoming releases.
🆕 Graphsync Retrieval Server
- This is a simpler version of current graphsync server for retrievals
- It should allow much faster retrievals
- Only free retrievals will be handled by this code path. Paid retrievals will still go via the old code path
Online backup 💾
- Boost will support online backups along with the current offline version
What's Changed
- move markets code from lotus to boost by @dirkmc in #1186
- move some utilities to extern/boostd-data/shared by @dirkmc in #1195
- Port filecoin-project/lotus#9627 to Boost by @LexLuthr in #1202
- update go-bitswap dependency by @LexLuthr in #1204
- fix: BasicDealFilter logic by @LexLuthr in #1210
- feat: cache sealing pipeline status by @LexLuthr in #1209
- initial boost / fvm contract deals support by @nonsense in #1183
- port #1213 to main by @LexLuthr in #1214
- fix: bug bypassing basic filters by @LexLuthr in #1217
- add start-epoch-head-offset by @anjor in #1223
- Update types.go by @RobQuistNL in #1226
- fix homedir expansion by @nonsense in #1231
- feat: add job to cancel stalled retrievals by @jacobheun in #1233
- clarify cid type by @anjor in #1234
- test: devnet quality of life updates by @jacobheun in #1245
- Simplify docker build tasks by @airenas in #1230
- remove MessageConfidence from boost build params by @nonsense in #1246
- fix docker image tagging by @nonsense in #1247
- FRC DealProposal integration by @nonsense in #1216
- feat(ui): display end of peerid instead of front by @jacobheun in #1252
- remove defer statement for boost retrieve by @nonsense in #1254
- add recover to contract monitor by @nonsense in #1256
New Contributors
- @anjor made their first contribution in #1223
- @RobQuistNL made their first contribution in #1226
Full Changelog: v1.5.3...v1.6.0