This release contains some new tests and refactoring, and enables out-of-sync nodes to begin catchup immediately
Stability improvements
- overlay: add new tests to help evaluate connectivity strategy
- overlay tech debt: flow control
- Bucket test fix
- Update Visual Studio files
- Update INSTALL.md for MacOS
New features
- Online catchup no longer waits for trigger ledger
This change enables out-of-sync nodes to catch up immediately instead of waiting for a trigger ledger. The hash of the last ledger of the most recent checkpoint is used to begin catchup to the last completed checkpoint. This change could reduce validator startup time by up to 5 minutes.
Soroban (only enabled in vNext, not enabled in default build)
- Bump env and xdr
- Bump env
- Config Setting upgrades
- Fix reporting of base XDR git version (was reporting "next")
- Properly setup rustup in dev containers
Breaking changes
None