This is a Testnet release. It is not recommended for Mainnet Beta.
- The v1.17 minimum dynamic port range is now 14 so you may need to expand the range specified by
--dynamic-port-range
- This is expanded from the v1.16 minimum of 13
- Archive formats
[bz2, gzip, tar, none]
have been deprecated for the--snapshot-archive-format
argument (#33484)- Existing snapshots with these formats can still be read, but
solana-validator
andsolana-ledger-tool
must be updated to use a different archive format. The recommended value iszstd
, which is also the default if the--snapshot-archive-format
argument is removed altogether
- Existing snapshots with these formats can still be read, but
- Added
--use-snapshot-archives-at-startup
for faster validator restarts