rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server v3.8.5-rc.1

RabbitMQ 3.8.5-rc.1

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RabbitMQ 3.8.5-rc.1

RabbitMQ 3.8.5-rc.1 is a maintenance release candidate.
It focuses on bug fixes and usability improvements.

This release is compatible with Erlang 23.

Erlang/OTP Compatibility Notes

This release requires Erlang/OTP 21.3 or later.
22.3 or 23.0 releases are recommended.

Provisioning Latest Erlang Releases explains
what package repositories and tools can be used to provision latest patch versions of Erlang 22.3.x.

Upgrade and Compatibility Notes

Deprecations

This release deprecates rabbitmq-diagnostics node_health_check (née rabbitmqctl node_health_check).
See the section on CLI tools changes below to learn more.

Upgrade Doc Guides and Change Log

See 3.8.0 release notes upgrade and
compatibility notes first if upgrading from an earlier release.

See the Upgrading guide for general documentation on upgrades and
RabbitMQ change log for release notes of other releases.

Upgrading to Erlang 21.x or Later Versions

When upgrading to this release from 3.7.6 or an older version, extra care has to be taken.

Since CLI tools from RabbitMQ releases older than 3.7.7 will fail on Erlang 21 or later,
RabbitMQ must be upgraded at the same time as Erlang.

Alternatively the node can be upgraded to 3.7.18 first, then Erlang 22.x or 23.x, then RabbitMQ to most recent
3.8.x release.

Getting Help

Any questions about this release, upgrades or RabbitMQ in general are welcome on the RabbitMQ mailing list.

Changes Worth Mentioning

Core Server

Bug Fixes

• In 3.8.4, RABBITMQ_CONF_ENV_FILE value was ignored on Windows.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-common#392

• Message store shutdown now uses a much higher timeout (up to 10 minutes instead of 30 seconds).
  

In environments with large message backlogs this means that the chances of queue indices rebuilding
after node restart is now substantially lower.

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#2324

• On Windows, RABBITMQ_HOME locations with brackets are supported again.
  

Contributed by @twjs76.

GitHub issues: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#2371,

              [rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#1756](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/issues/1756)

• RABBITMQ_LOG_BASE was not respected in some installations.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server-release#131

• Setting RABBITMQ_QUORUM_DIR to a location outside of node's data directory for a new node resulted
  in feature flags not being implicitly enabled on boot.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#2317

• net_ticktime and other Erlang distribution settings set in rabbitmq.conf were ignored because
  distribution was started too early on node boot.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#2377

Enhancements

• Raft data directory now can be configured using ra.data_dir configuration key:
  

   ra.data_dir = /path/to/raft/data/directory

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#2354

• User and permission management operations now produce clear log entries when they succeed,
  not just when they fail. This helps auditing in environments that have stricter security and audit
  requirements.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server#2363

CLI Tools

Bug Fixes

• CLI tools now take NODENAME into account as well as RABBITMQ_NODENAME, just like the server does.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-cli#421

• rabbitmq-diagnostics observer is now compatible with Erlang 23.
  

GitHub issue: zhongwencool/observer_cli#68

Deprecations

• rabbitmq-diagnostics node_health_check (née rabbitmqctl node_health_check) is deprecated and will be
  removed in a future version.
  

node_health_check (as well as its HTTP API counterpart) is an opinionated, intrusive, aspirational attempt
at producing One True Health Check™ for RabbitMQ that was envisioned and added to CLI tools around 2015-2016.

It has proven to be too prone to false positives, can consume a prohibitive
amount of CPU and runtime scheduler resources, and tends to be too opinionated
for many technical operations teams.

A much more modular, pick-and-choose approach has been adopted since
but this command has never been deprecated. Until now.

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-cli#426

Management Plugin

Bug Fixes

• Definition import was not performed when management.load_definitions = /path/to/definitions/file.json
  was used, although it was for its newer counterpart, load_definitions = /path/to/definitions/file.json.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-management#818

• jQuery was upgraded to 3.4.1.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-management#815

MQTT Plugin

Bug Fixes

• Client ID tracker operation timeout has been increased from default 5 seconds.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-mqtt#231

AWS Peer Discovery Plugin

Enhancements

• AWS peer discovery backend can be specified as aws:
  

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = aws

as well as the module name, or plugin name (rabbitmq_peer_discovery_aws):

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = rabbit_peer_discovery_aws

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-peer-discovery-aws#34

Consul Peer Discovery Plugin

Enhancements

• Consul peer discovery backend can be specified as consul:
  

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = consul

as well as the module name, or plugin name (rabbitmq_peer_discovery_consul):

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = rabbit_peer_discovery_consul

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-peer-discovery-consul#43

etcd Peer Discovery Plugin

Bug Fixes

• Locking operation against etcd v3 API failed with a case_clause.
  

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-peer-discovery-etcd#30

Enhancements

• etcd peer discovery backend can be specified as etcd:
  

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = etcd

as well as the module name, or plugin name (rabbitmq_peer_discovery_etcd):

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = rabbit_peer_discovery_etcd

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-peer-discovery-etcd#26

Kubernetes Peer Discovery Plugin

Enhancements

• Kubernetes peer discovery backend can be specified as k8s or kubernetes:
  

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = k8s

as well as the module name, or plugin name (rabbitmq_peer_discovery_k8s):

   cluster_formation.peer_discovery_backend = rabbit_peer_discovery_k8s

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-peer-discovery-k8s#65

Web STOMP Plugin

Enhancements

• Basic HTTP auth setting is now exposed to new style configuration:
  

   web_stomp.use_http_auth = true

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-web-stomp#119

Debian Package

Enhancements

• Invocations of rabbitmqctl wait in service management scripts now use a timeout.
  

Contributed by Nicolas @nicolasbock Bock.

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server-release#129

RPM Package

Enhancements

• Invocations of rabbitmqctl wait in service management scripts now use a timeout.
  

Contributed by Nicolas @nicolasbock Bock.

GitHub issue: rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server-release#129

Dependency Upgrades

• recon was upgraded from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1
  
• observer_cli was upgraded from 1.5.3 to 1.5.4
  

Source code archives

Warning: The source code archive provided by GitHub only contains the source of the broker, not the plugins or the client libraries.
Please download the archive named rabbitmq-server-3.8.5.tar.xz.