CODE_COLOR: CODE_YELLOW_TESTNET
RELEASE_VERSION: 1.33.0-rc.1
PROTOCOL_UPGRADE: TRUE
DATABASE_UPGRADE: TRUE
SECURITY_UPGRADE: FALSE

#Protocol Changes
This release includes no protocol changes, but it has an empty protocol upgrade (59->60). Thus, as usual, failure to upgrade the node in time will result in validator kick-out.

Protocol Upgrade Voting

This release contains a protocol upgrade. Voting for upgrading to protocol version 60 will start on 2023-04-04 15:00:00 UTC.

Database Upgrade

This release includes a db upgrade. It is a very fast upgrade -- it deletes the deprecated column _Peers, and because of the nature of the RocksDB it shouldn't stall the node startup almost at all (<3 seconds on archival node).

State Sync Notice

This release is disabling state sync by default. You can still enable it via config, but a more reliable way to sync from a very old state faster than waiting for block sync to finish is to download a db backup from s3 and restart the node.

Non-Protocol Changes

• State-viewer tool to dump and apply state changes from/to a range of blocks. #8628
• Experimental option to dump state of every epoch to external storage. #8661
• Add prometheus metrics for tracked shards, block height within epoch, if is block/chunk producer. #8728
• State sync is disabled by default #8730
• Node can restart if State Sync gets interrupted. #8732
• Merged two neard view-state commands: apply-state-parts and dump-state-parts into a single state-parts command. #8739
• Fix: rosetta zero balance accounts #8830