RabbitMQ 3.8.27 is a maintenance release.
All users are recommended to upgrade to this release.
Obtaining Packages
RabbitMQ releases are distributed via GitHub, Cloudsmith,
and PackageCloud.
Erlang/OTP Compatibility Notes
This release requires Erlang 23.2 and supports Erlang 24.
Provisioning Latest Erlang Releases explains
what package repositories and tools can be used to provision modern Erlang versions.
Upgrade and Compatibility Notes
See the Upgrading guide for general documentation on upgrades and
RabbitMQ change log for release notes of other releases.
If upgrading from a3.7.x release, see 3.8.0 release notes
upgrade and compatibility notes first.
If upgrading from a 3.6.x or older release series, first upgrade
to 3.7.27 and then to this version.
Getting Help
Any questions about this release, upgrades or RabbitMQ in general are welcome on the RabbitMQ mailing list
and RabbitMQ community Slack.
Changes Worth Mentioning
Release notes are kept under rabbitmq-server/release-notes.
Contributors are encouraged to update them together with their changes. This helps with release automation and more
consistent release schedule.
Core Server
Bug Fixes
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Work around a slow Windows-specific memory leak in Erlang's
file:read_file/1.
Enhancements
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basic.*AMQP 0-9-1 operations now consume fewer CPU cycles.GitHub issue: #3934
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Free disk space monitoring robustness improvements on Windows.
GitHub issue: #3895
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Deprecated classic health check is now less resource intensive (but still very intensive
compared to modern alternatives)
Management Plugin
Bug Fixes
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A help tip on the policies page was misplaced.
Contributed by @johanrhodin
GitHub issue: #3825
Dependency Upgrades
None in this release.
Source Code Archives
To obtain source code of the entire distribution, please download the archive named rabbitmq-server-3.8.27.tar.xz
instead of the source tarball produced by GitHub.