grpcio-tools 1.17.0

Release v1.17.0

on Python PyPI

This is the 1.17.0 release (gizmo) of gRPC Core.

Please see the notes for the previous releases here: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases. Please consult https://grpc.io/ for all information regarding this product.

This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.

Core

• Add support for LB config in service config. (#17063)
• Don't reset channel state on resolver failure when LB policy exists. (#17226)
• Avoid re-resolution after c-ares resolver has been shut down. (#17204)
• Enable SO_REUSEADDR in client sockets. (#17193)
• Remove memset(0) from arena allocate memory. (#16944)
• Account the memory usage of channel and call by resource quota. (#16823)
• Client side health checking feature. (#16507)
• Fail wait_for_ready=false RPCs when channel is in TRANSIENT_FAILURE. (#16912)
• Fix a dangling pointer on ares_request object in case of cancellation. (#16913)
• Fix corruption of ares blocking_resolve_address when grpc is restarted. (#16917)
• Fix the issue where a random fd will be closed when error occurs during creating eventfd. (#10859)
• Enable Channelz by default. (#16819)
• Remove grpc_use_signal from API, as no longer relevant. (#16706)
• Fix deadlock issue in HTTP2 connector. (#16979)

C++

• Experimental API for Client and Server Interception. (#16842)
• Add global client interceptor factory. (#17053)
• Fix invalid version .so links in Makefile. (#16832)
• In gRPC-C++ podspec, copy the certificate to bundle resources. (#16962)
• Implement Watch method in health check service. (#16697)

C#

• Avoid c-ares dependency on libnsl. (#17271)
• Switch C# to contextual serializer and deserializer internally. (#17167)
• Add BindService() method that works with alternative serving stacks. (#17157)
• Document .NET build integration with Grpc.Tools. (#15754)
• Integrate Grpc.Tools into msbuild system (C# only). (#13207)
• Use Ninja to build grpc_csharp_ext windows artifact (assembly-optimized secure channels in C# on windows). (#16780)

PHP

• Add fork() support to PHP PECL extension. (#17147)

Python

• Update Python documentation. (#17194)
• Migrate tests from Python 3.4 to Python 3.7. (#16995)
• Add wait-for-ready option. (#16919)
• The new gRPC Python documentation generator. (#17074)
• Allow gpr compatibility mode to be disabled in the Python build. (#16916)
• Fix logging issues introduced due to root logger being configured by gRPC. (#17091)
• Add support for utf-8 error messages. (#16946)
• Ensure libboringssl.a is always built for Python. (#17049)
• Add python example to show the use of channel options. (#16924)
• Add type checking for channel args. (#16864)
• Strip manylinux1 binary wheels. (#16836)