Forest v0.3.0

This release supports Filecoin network version 15.

Notable updates:

• Support nv15 entirely through the FVM.
• Resolve two security concerns by removing legacy code (RUSTSEC-2020-0071 and RUSTSEC-2021-0130).
• Fixed Docker image and released it to GH container registry.
• Network selection (ie mainnet vs testnet) moved to a CLI flag rather than a compile-time flag.

All changes

• implement NetDisconnect by @leviathanbeak in #1531
• docs: update changelog by @q9f in #1521
• Use anyhow::Error where possible. by @elmattic in #1519
• Upgrade to nv15 (actors v7, fvm v0.8) by @lemmih in #1487
• cleanup Forest to make CI green by @LesnyRumcajs in #1538
• Add tyshkor to CODEOWNERS. by @lemmih in #1540
• Remove native implementation of the v6 (nv14) actors. by @lemmih in #1559
• Remove native smart-contract backend. by @lemmih in #1542
• Move CID-related constants to FVM-owned crates. by @lemmih in #1543
• Runtime network selection by @elmattic in #1482
• Running config dump subcommand on a new machine fails by @tyshko5 in #1564
• Fix Forest docker image by @LesnyRumcajs in #1565
• Make event logging less verbose in steady-state mode. by @lemmih in #1557
• Remove audit exceptions for RUSTSEC-2020-0071 and RUSTSEC-2021-0130 by @lemmih in #1547
• PR 1534 LLVM code coverage by @tyshko5 in #1558
• use FVM ApplyRet and remove Forest's by @connormullett in #1567
• Remove ipld/hamt source code by @elmattic in #1572
• Subset of Forest Maintenance Tasks (Part 1) v2 by @jdjaustin in #1568
• remove commcid in favor of the fvm commcid by @connormullett in #1570
• Use GasTracker from fvm by @tyshko5 in #1566
• Remove utils/bigint in favor of fvm_shared::bigint by @tyshko5 in #1574
• Remove disabled code for handling older actor versions. by @tyshko5 in #1583
• Fix docker certs by @LesnyRumcajs in #1588
• Remove the clock crate. by @tyshko5 in #1586
• Refactor chain-specific database location code by @tyshko5 in #1582
• Update proof parameters file to most recent version. by @lemmih in #1595
• use fvm-ipld-bitfield by @LesnyRumcajs in #1597
• improve pretty-print of BigInt byte values by @LesnyRumcajs in #1593
• remove forest ipld amt by @LesnyRumcajs in #1600
• Subset of Forest Maintenance Tasks (Part 2) by @jdjaustin in #1571
• switch to nightly on release workflow by @LesnyRumcajs in #1607
• Propagate FVM error values. by @lemmih in #1604
• Update changelog for upcoming release. by @lemmih in #1606
• Remove PriceList in favor of fvm::gas::PriceList by @tyshko5 in #1592
• Remove dead code from the VM. by @tyshko5 in #1608
• Get rid of the dirs dependency. #1577 by @tyshko5 in #1584
• Move to anyhow::Error by @elmattic in #1605

New Contributors

• @tyshko5 made their first contribution in #1564

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.3.0

Forest v0.2.2 alpha

Forest v0.2.2 alpha is a service release improving performance and stability. This release supports Filecoin network version 14.

Notable updates:

• Forest now supports Calibnet: make calibnet (nv14)
• FVM is available both native and as external crate: ref-fvm
• Reading config from a default config location unless a file is specified.
• Improved logging and display of synchronization progress.
• Defaulting to Rust Edition 2021 from now on.

System	Architecture	Binary	SHA-256 Checksum
	x64	forest-v0.2.2-linux-amd64.zip	189d8bb2d19d56c93b5a7acaaf69a2b0484954f5fea74680a9d8caf8daf1bed9
	x64	forest-v0.2.2-macos-amd64.zip	ee2dc148fe0fabc3df92c38bc2f55556215ec689f985b16c34c72dfc4b0e6e81
	x64	soon(TM)	N/A
System	Option	-	Resource
	Compile from Source		git checkout v0.2.2 && cargo build --release --bin forest --features release

All changes:

• Log: don't override default filters (#1504) by @jdjaustin in #1530
• Crates: bump wasmtime by @q9f in #1526
• Ci: add wasm target to release script by @q9f in #1524
• Ci: add codecov target threshold tolerance of 1% by @q9f in #1525
• Node: demote noisy warnings to debug by @q9f in #1518
• Workaround fix for prometheus endpoint by @LesnyRumcajs in #1516
• Fixed bug label for bug template by @LesnyRumcajs in #1514
• Crates: purge unused dependencies by @q9f in #1509
• Github: update code owners by @q9f in #1507
• Ci: enable rustc version trinity for builds by @q9f in #1506
• Crates: bump dependencies by @q9f in #1503
• Re-use some code from ref-fvm by @LesnyRumcajs in #1500
• Connor/default config location by @connormullett in #1494
• Deps: simplify os dependencies by @q9f in #1496
• Use exports from ref-fvm by @LesnyRumcajs in #1495
• Start the prometheus server before loading snapshots. by @lemmih in #1484
• Config dump with tests by @LesnyRumcajs in #1485
• Use the v6 version of the actor's bundle. by @lemmih in #1474
• Exposed more rocksdb options, increased max files by @LesnyRumcajs in #1481
• Parametrize current rocksdb settings by @LesnyRumcajs in #1479
• Use progress bars when downloading headers and scanning the blockchain. by @lemmih in #1480
• Night job scripts by @LesnyRumcajs in #1475
• Add more metrics of syncing by @LesnyRumcajs in #1467
• Limit RocksDB to 200 open files. by @lemmih in #1468
• Ci: Include conformance tests in code coverage results by @lemmih in #1470
• Show a progressbar when downloading tipset headers. by @lemmih in #1469
• Add 'fvm' backend in parallel to our native backend. by @lemmih in #1403
• Update regex to v1.5.5 (from 1.5.4) to avoid performance vulnerability. by @lemmih in #1472
• Ci: Allow codecov policies to fail. by @lemmih in #1471
• Improve docker-compose for monitoring stack by @LesnyRumcajs in #1461
• Revert "Enforce max length when serializing/deserializing arrays" by @lemmih in #1462
• Introduce serde_generic_array by @clearloop in #1434
• Fixed new clippy warnings by @LesnyRumcajs in #1449
• Improve license check script by @LesnyRumcajs in #1443
• Elmattic/actors review f26 by @elmattic in #1340
• Calibnet Support by @connormullett in #1370
• Blockchain/sync: demote chain exchange warning to debug message by @q9f in #1439
• Fix clippy fiascoes introduced in #1437 by @LesnyRumcajs in #1438
• Fix signature verification fiasco by @LesnyRumcajs in #1437
• Clippy for tests by @LesnyRumcajs in #1436
• Rustc: switch to rust edition 2021 by @q9f in #1429
• Forest: bump version to 0.2.2 by @q9f in #1428
• Move from chrono to time crate by @LesnyRumcajs in #1426

New Contributors

• @jdjaustin made their first contribution in #1530

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2

Forest v0.2.1 alpha

Forest v0.2.1 alpha is a service release improving performance and stability.

System	Architecture	Binary	SHA-256 Checksum
	x64	forest-v0.2.1-linux-amd64.zip	6c0581e462b099ea2d0fe6d93136f1cc128c1d4d5cdc3f3ad5c59716c0502b9c
	x64	forest-v0.2.1-macos-amd64.zip	daf70bfb21381260be251d3a2e42fb24ff8c4c0f278e0a209024a48f29fce793
	x64	soon(TM)	N/A
System	Option	-	Resource
	Compile from Source		git checkout v0.2.1 && cargo build --release --bin forest --features release

What's Changed

• Move /docs to /documentation by @connormullett in #1390
• fix 1369 by @willeslau in #1397
• Include network in forest version string. by @lemmih in #1401
• chore: bump rocksdb to 0.17 by @q9f in #1398
• Use human readable units when loading snapshots. by @lemmih in #1407
• Update conformance test vectors (and fix test driver) by @lemmih in #1404
• Improve snapshot parsing performance by ~2.5x by @lemmih in #1408
• fix exit code mismatch by @noot in #1412
• forest: bump version to 0.2.1 by @q9f in #1417
• vm/actor: remove unused fields in paych actor tests by @q9f in #1415
• ci: temporarily ignore RUSTSEC-2022-0009 by @q9f in #1424
• add LesnyRumcajs to CODEOWNERS by @LesnyRumcajs in #1425
• crates: replace monkey-patched cs_* crates by upstream deps by @q9f in #1414
• Fail CI on failed fmt or other linting file changes by @LesnyRumcajs in #1422
• add shellcheck to CI by @LesnyRumcajs in #1423
• Add assert in debug mode and tests by @elmattic in #1416
• feat(encoding): add max length check for bytes by @clearloop in #1399
• ci: fix documentation in release workflow by @q9f in #1427

New Contributors

• @willeslau made their first contribution in #1397
• @LesnyRumcajs made their first contribution in #1425
• @clearloop made their first contribution in #1399

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

Forest v0.2.0 alpha

ChainSafe System's second alpha release of the Forest Filecoin Rust protocol implementation. This release fixes a series of bugs and performance issues and introduces, among others, support for:

• Full mainnet compatibility
• Filecoin network version 14 "Chocolate"
• Forest actors version 6
• Further audit fixes

To compile release binaries, check out the v0.2.0 tag and build with the release feature.

System	Architecture	Binary	SHA-256 Checksum
	x64	forest-v0.2.0-linux-amd64.zip	ea051b1cff24c3689546a1ae515f1d0864043a2fd08a6fd551ea75f9ae5572fc
	x64	forest-v0.2.0-macos-amd64.zip	b37cf58979285708de93a96961be23c56790e9669170bbe64bd715faa26244f8
	x64	soon(TM)	N/A
System	Option	-	Resource
	Compile from Source		cargo build --release --bin forest --features release

What's Changed

• docs: add release notes by @q9f in #1246
• Add MdBook Documentation by @olibearo in #1249
• Build and deploy Mdbook by @olibearo in #1250
• Remove extra step for docs deployment in CI by @olibearo in #1251
• Add Guillaume to code owners by @connormullett in #1283
• update codeowners by @noot in #1306
• Elmattic/actors review F2 by @elmattic in #1289
• ci: add gh actions workflows by @noot in #1317
• Fix clippy errors for the new cargo 1.57.0 by @elmattic in #1316
• ci: attempt to improve gh actions time by @noot in #1319
• Fix logic to be the same as in the spec actors by @elmattic in #1292
• Elmattic/actors review F4 by @elmattic in #1294
• Elmattic/actors review F5 by @elmattic in #1295
• Elmattic/actors review F6 by @elmattic in #1296
• Elmattic/actors review F8 by @elmattic in #1298
• Elmattic/actors review F7 by @elmattic in #1297
• Elmattic/actors review F10 by @elmattic in #1308
• Elmattic/actors review F14 by @elmattic in #1309
• Elmattic/actors review F16 by @elmattic in #1310
• Elmattic/actors review F1 by @elmattic in #1293
• Elmattic/actors review F12 by @elmattic in #1290
• add to troubleshooting docs by @connormullett in #1282
• v6 actors upgrade by @noot in #1260
• Elmattic/actors review f18 by @elmattic in #1321
• Laudiacay/actors review f15 by @laudiacay in #1314
• laudiacay actors review F11 fix by @laudiacay in #1312
• laudiacay/actors review F21 by @laudiacay in #1311
• laudiacay actors review f13 fix by @laudiacay in #1313
• Elmattic/actors review f20 by @elmattic in #1322
• laudiacay/actors review f9 fix by @laudiacay in #1315
• laudiacay/actors review F24 by @laudiacay in #1323
• remove .swp file by @noot in #1326
• fix market actor publish_storage_deals by @noot in #1327
• laudiacay/actors review f23 by @laudiacay in #1325
• laudiacay/actors review f17 by @laudiacay in #1324
• Elmattic/actors review f27 by @elmattic in #1328
• v6: fix market actor bug by @noot in #1341
• drand v14 update: fix fetching around null tipsets by @noot in #1339
• ci: --ignore RUSTSEC-2021-0130 by @q9f in #1350
• Elmattic/actors review f25 by @elmattic in #1342
• Elmattic/actors review f28 by @elmattic in #1343
• v6: fix market and power actors to match go by @noot in #1348
• fix market logic by @noot in #1356
• docs: fix snapshot retrieval command by @noot in #1353
• The 'base64' dependency for key_management is no longer optional. by @lemmih in #1372
• catch panic in verify_window_post by @ec2 in #1365
• Apply clippy lints from rust-1.58 by @lemmih in #1378
• Add David to repo maintainers by @elmattic in #1374
• Disable test 'test_optimal_message_selection3' because it is inconsistent by @lemmih in #1381
• networks: Show an informative error message if the selected feature set is invalid. by @lemmih in #1373
• Use pre-made action to deploy documentation to gh-pages. by @lemmih in #1380
• ci: documentation dry-run for PRs. by @lemmih in #1383
• ci: run github actions on buildjet by @q9f in #1366
• fixing by adding max index computation in bitfield validation by @laudiacay in #1344
• Remove unused lint exceptions. by @lemmih in #1385
• Auto-detect available cores on Linux and MacOS. by @lemmih in #1387
• Fix command line for running conformance tests. by @lemmih in #1394
• Fix encoding size constraints for BigInt and BigUint not enforced by @elmattic in #1367
• Elmattic/actors review c1 by @elmattic in #1368
• release forest v0.2.0 alpha by @q9f in #1393

New Contributors

• @elmattic made their first contribution in #1289
• @lemmih made their first contribution in #1372

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

Forest v0.1.0 alpha

ChainSafe System's first alpha release of the Forest Filecoin Rust protocol implementation.

• It synchronizes and verifies the latest Filecoin main network and is able to query the latest state.
• It implements all core systems of the Filecoin protocol specification exposed through a command-line interface.
• The set of functionalities for this first alpha-release include: Message Pool, State Manager, Chain and Wallet CLI functionality, Prometheus Metrics, and a JSON-RPC Server.

System	Architecture	Binary	SHA-256 Checksum
	x64	forest-linux-v0.1.0.tar.gz	e3e59f586ef1f7c5780ded3a92cbf85dc07a658244f0232e0bf5ac8cbfe9e31b
	x64	soon	N/A
	x64	soon	N/A
System	Option	-	Resource
	Compile from Source		cargo build --release --bin forest --features release

To compile release binaries, checkout the v0.1.0 tag and build with the release feature.

git checkout v0.1.0
cargo build --release --bin forest --features release
./target/release/forest --help

The Forest mono-repository contains ten main components (in logical order):

• forest: the command-line interface and daemon (1 crate/workspace)
• node: the networking stack and storage (7 crates)
• blockchain: the chain structure and synchronization (6 crates)
• vm: state transition and actors, messages, addresses (9 crates)
• key_management: Filecoin account management (1 crate)
• crypto: cryptographic functions, signatures, and verification (1 crate)
• encoding: serialization library for encoding and decoding (1 crate)
• ipld: the IPLD model for content-addressable data (9 crates)
• types: the forest types (2 crates)
• utils: the forest toolbox (12 crates)

For a full list of changes, please refer to the CHANGELOG.