8.14.1 (2026-02-25)
Release Type: ✅ RECOMMENDED
DB Migration Required: ✅ No
Compatibility: ✅ Backwards compatible with v8.x.x
Release Summary
Version 8.14.1 is a maintenance release that brings several block ingestion performance improvements and security patches, as well as a couple of optional features for modern Stacks event observers.
What's Changed
Features
- add option to stream blocks only with SNP (#2417) (34c20cd)
- enforce Redis stream max length for notifier queue (#2419) (17be15c)
- remove unused prod dependencies (#2427) (622ea37)
- upgrade to snp v2 (#2457) (b1dfc08)
Bug Fixes
- drop slow unused gin index on blocks (#2468) (a88cb8a)
- guard against non-string topic subscriptions (#2439) (f09553b), closes #2409 #2412
- optimize rbf query (94ffb09)
- remove OR from mempool queries (91cf73e)
- upgrade stacks codec for clarity 5 support (#2444) (c1494ac)
- wait at most 60 seconds for services to shutdown (#2448) (47c34cb)
Breaking Changes
None - This is a backwards-compatible release.
Upgrade Priority
| User Type | Priority | Recommended Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Production API Operators | Low | At your convenience |
| Development Teams | Low | At your convenience |
| High-Traffic Applications | Low | At your convenience |