changelog.txt

1.8.1

- Feature: Improved CW Calculation (#1451)
- Feature: Automatically request trunk and branch transactions when receiving a tx needed to solidify a milestone (#1545)
- Change: removes tip solidifier code (#1547)
- Fix: Read from the db in order to find the existence of spent-addresses (#1540)
- Fix: adds recently requested txs set to TransactionRequester (#1543)
- Fix: prevents certain HTTP API calls getting executed while the not is not synced (#1533)
- Fix: Rewrites request queue logic  (#1530)
- Fix: Up jackson-databind version to 2.9.9.1 (#1534)
- Change: Fixed pmd test errors (#1526)
- Change: Docker network option (#1496)
- Fix: Changed TX requester removal log to Debug (#1515)
- Change: Update undertow and jackson (#1511)
- Fix: fixes self init. conn. being removed from reconnect pool too early (#1506)

1.8.0

- Feature: new networking infrastructure, new network rules, and batched BCT curl (#1393)
  * UDP support is dropped
  * Performs handshake upon peering
  * Protocol version support
  * Not compatible with older versions of IRI
  * The following configuration options are dropped:
    UDP_RECEIVER_PORT
    TCP_RECEIVER_PORT
    MAX_PEERS
    DNS_REFRESHER_ENABLED
    DNS_RESOLUTION_ENABLED
  * The following configuration options are added:
    NEIGHBORING_SOCKET_ADDRESS— defines the socket address to bind the TCP socket to.
    NEIGHBORING_SOCKET_PORT— defines the port of the TCP socket to use.
    RECONNECT_ATTEMPT_INTERVAL_SECONDS— defines the interval at which to try to reconnect/disconnect wanted neighbors.
    AUTO_TETHERING_ENABLED — controls auto-tethering, this was previously controlled via TESTNET true, default is false (also in testnet mode).
    MAX_NEIGHBORS— rename of MAX_PEERS, defines the max number of connected neighbors.

- Fix: set arrival time in millis (not seconds) (#766)


1.7.1

- Feature: Add getAllAddresses to the spentAdddresses provider. This is to enable exporting with IXI (#1495)
- Fix: update solid flag from past-present (#1492)
- Fix: Remove git-commit plugin (#1483)
- Fix: Prevents IndexOutOfBoundsException within the MilestoneServiceImpl (#1480)
- Change: Disable Tip Solidifier
- Change: Pruning is now off by default (#1471)
- Feature: adds a tip-selection timeout mechanism (#1404)
- Fix: fetch correct arrival time while traversing dags for orphaned transactions. (#1407)
- Fix: recent seen transactions digest (#1453)
- Documentation: Changed <br> usage to <p> (#1457)
- Feature: Doclet annotations (#1155)
- Fix: fixes spent states of addresses not getting persisted on tx pruning (#1437)
- Change: Made API class easier to work with
- Fix: add boolean values to configurations for regression tests
- Fix: Boolean flag consistent usage (#1295)
- Feature: Do not request one transaction at a time (#1311)
- Fix: log inconsistent addresses in debug mode (#1347)
- Feature: Use xxHash instead of SHA-256 on incoming transaction hashes cache (#1326)
- Feature: Added iotacafe/maven and iotacafe/java container full digest with sha256 in Dockerfile's FROM directives. (#1259)
- Feature: Introducing a Cuckoo Filter for local snapshots (#1100)
- Change: Prepare IRI to have its version injected by CI (#1359)
- Change: print out line number in log info. (#1362)
- Feature: Add configuration parameter for remote trusted api hosts (#1203)
- Feature: upgrade RocksDB to version 5.17.2 (#1206)
- Fix: unknown IXI command response (#1327)
- Documentation: readme links fix (#1355)
- Fix: ZMQ publishes to TCP and IPC instead of just one of them

1.7.0
    - refactor milestone signature parameters to be configurable (#1322)
    - migration from legacy coordinator to compass

1.6.1
    - Fix: Db exists() method optimization (#1338)
    - Fix: Do not persist pruner state (#1342)
    - Fix: Reduce db access and cpu usage needed to persist spent addresses (#1332)
    - Fix: Added a NULL_HASH check for genesis transaction (#1309)
    - Feature: Fresh transactions to request (#1316)
    - Fix: missing user-agent header in cors (#1319)
    - Fix: Batch process spent addresses to avoid out of memory issues (#1314)
    - Fix: added a buffer to LSManager (#1286)
    - Fix: test existence of spent addresses db do not point to correct folder (#1305)
    - Change: Convert from trytes to asciiString (#1302)
    - Documentation: Fixed and added javadoc comments for existing classes (#1026)
    - Fix: Creates rest endpoint for iotaconfig related settings as suggested (#1200)
    - Fix: make storeMessage store transactions (#1186)
    - Change: add a plugin to create reproducible builds. (#1194)
    - Feature: Add configurable variables for spent addresses DB (#1274)
    - Fix: Posting invalid json to IRI will result in detailed error message (#1202)
    - Fix: dns reverse resolving issue for neighbors that are added with their IP. (#1255)

1.6.0
   - Feat: added config variables for local snapshots (#981)
   - Feat: added a generic helper class for dag traversal (#982)
   - Feat: renamed Milestone to MilestoneTracker (#983)
   - Feat: Introducing the GarbageCollector of local snapshots (#995)
   - Feat: Fixes + Improvements for IRI that are required for local snapshots (#1095)
   - Feat: Introducing several executor services for IRI (#1131)
   - Feat: Making IRI use the initialSnapshot and the solidEntryPoints (#1135)
   - MilestoneTracker and LedgerValidator rework (#1151)
   - Activate Local Snapshots (#1172)
   - Introducing a repair mechanism for corruptions in the ledger database (#1174)
   - Introducing a parameter validation for the local snapshot config parameters (#1175)
   - Introducing a dedicated Transaction Requester Background Worker (#1178)
   - Fix: Removed intertwined locks to prevent deadlocks (#1195)
   - Feat: Added an option to fast forward the ledger state (#1196)
   - Perf: Massively improved the performance of the replayMilestones method (#1197)
   - Refactor: Removed grace time from solid entry points generation (#1199)
   - Increase rescan performance of old milestones after IRI restart (#1204)
   - Refactor: Removed the old unused classes that got replaced by the local snapshots implementation (#1205)
   - Refactor: made boolean parameters receive a value (#1224)
   - Feat: Disable snapshot logic completely if disabled in the config (#1228)
   - Fix: Node requested old transactions forever (#1235)
   - Feat: Write snapshot files to temp files first (#1256)
   - Fix first() calls in view models (#1257)
   - Spentaddresses are persisted upon pruning (#1258)
   - Spent Addresses should be persisted in a seperate db instance (#1263)
   - Report local snapshot node transaction history via getNodeInfo (#1264)
   - Don't start node if local snapshot is loaded but there is no spent ad… (#1266)
   - Change the minimum value for LOCAL_SNAPSHOTS_PRUNING_DELAY (#1267)

1.5.6
    - Global Snapshot (#1250)
    - Refactor: refactored DedicatedScheduledExecutorService
    - Refactor: refactored AsyncTransactionPruner
    - Refactor: refactored EntryPointSelectorImpl
    - Refactor: refactored CumulativeWeightCalculator
    - Refactor: refactored the SnapshotServiceImpl
    - Refactor: refactored the SnapshotProviderImpl
    - Refactor: refactored the LocalSnapshotManagerImpl
    - Fix remove source port check (#1156)
    - Documented IRI and Iota (#1150)
    - Added documentation for networking
    - Refactor: removed the repair routines for db inconsistencies
    - Document dto (#1143)
    - Added javadoc to API (#1140)
    - Docs: fixed erroneous javadocs
    - Feat: new MilestoneTracker
    - Docs: fixed a problem with missing parameters in the docs
    - split issues template to bug report and feature request (#1149)
    - Transaction Validator Documentation (#1142)
    - Document Bundle Validator (#1125)
    - Document zmq-messageQ (#1141)
    - Changed generic to always Transaction (#1129)
    - Document crypto package (#1139)
    - document converter (#1130)
    - change `hash` package name to `crypto` (#1136)
    - Fix: removed spamming logger
    - Refactor: removed debug messages
    - Feat: making IRI use the initialSnapshot and the solidEntryPoints
    - Refactor: refactored changes according to codacy
    - Feat: introducing several executor services for IRI
    - add "numberOfStaleTransactions" to getNeighbors API call (#1121)
    - Documentation explanation in styleguide (#1120)
    - update regression tests
    - add 'coordinatorAddress' to 'getNodeInfo' response.
    - Added PearlDiver config (PoW threads) (#1017)
    - Obtain features of a node (#1062)
    - Refactor: changed indentation of IS_SOLID_BITMASK
    - Refactor: correct name for the isMilestone flag
    - Refactor: removed the requester thread in favor of a separate PR
    - Refactor: changed indentation of isTransactionRequested
    - Refactor: removed wrong * 4
    - Regression ciglue.sh: avoid git fatal error when cloning TIAB (#1104)
    - Return early if validating a bundle that has a known invalid status (#1098)
    - Fixed wrong Hash objects used
    - Fix: fixed visibility of the Status in the MilestoneTracker
    - Feat: added hashcode to the Messages in IntervallLogger
    - Feat: added the isSnapshot accessors
    - Feat: fixed a few minor issues in IRI + some other improvements
    - Feat: added the snapshot package
    - Add Validation Test (#55)
    - Interrupt wait time fix (#54)
    - add code coverage to regression tests
    - use mvn to fetch version
    - Fix: fixed ThreadUtils to use Map instead of HashMap
    - Add a Java Styleguide to IRI (#1055)
    - fix code coverage tool d/l (#1085)
    - javadocs param fix (#1081)
    - update undertow to version 1.4.26 (#1083)
    - Update DB for stitching tests (#60)
    - Gawk -> Awk
    - Revert "Kubectl extracted namespace could be empty"
    - Kubectl extracted namespace could be empty
    - Force TIAB virtualenv to Python2
    - add reply to request to "recentSeenBytes" tx cache in order to skip redundant processing.
    - extract byte digest to a function.
    - Update DB for stitching tests
    - Refactor: refactored the transactionpruner
    - Enable validation of milestones with additional hash modes and security levels  (#1041)
    - Run regression tests from local (#58)
    - add formatting files
    - Fix missing responses placement for interrupt test (#53)
    - rename addresses to addressList
    - Move variables to world environment (#50)
    - fix milestone -> milestoneTracker


1.5.5
    - Javadoc on API command methods (#943)
    - Parse case insensitive boolean text (#966)
    - re-enable `--remote` flag - opens API interface to all hosts (#953)
    - fix generics in RocksDbPersistenceProvider (#956)
    - Fix milestone start index default value (#941)
    - Enable batch deletion in rocksDB (#939)
    - Refactor Configuration (#910)
    - Some TransactionValidator fixes regarding solidity (#913)
    - Remove checkSolidity mocks (#908)
    - Fix: TransactionValidator instance based / TransactionRequester fixed (#914)
    - Changed Dockerfile to source java and maven from precompiled docker containers. (#929)
    - Fix grammar in API responses (#884)
    - Fix error in log statement (#829)
    - Move sleep inside spawnSolidTransactionsPropagation loop (#911)
    - Fix solidity propagation from bottom to top (#907)

1.5.4
   - Update snapshot to 2018-09-17 17:00 UTC (#989)

1.5.3
   - Remove WalkValidator cache of tips that are below max depth (#903)

1.5.2
   - Fail early on below max depth and don't solidify on api calls (#883)
   - Two new configurations added: "max-depth-tx-limit" and "--walk-validator-cache"
   - Replace all trit representations from int[] to byte[] (#879)

1.5.1
    - Update snapshot to 2018-07-09 8:00 UTC (#855)

1.5.0
    - Rework of the Tip Selection algorithm (#778)
    - Validate the alpha value (#817)
    - TipSelection: update API reference (#773)
    - Inserted check for number of available processors. (#758)
    - Improved Docker support (#744)
    - Faster PearlDiver (PoW) (#733)
    - Kerl hashing speed improvement (#628)
    - Logging routing rework (#727)

    Minor changes and fixes
    - Fixed `attachmentTimestampUpperBound` value (#777)
    - Fixed `getBalances` `tips` parameter parsing (#776)
    - Added hash to `tx_trytes` ZMQ topic (#739)

1.4.2.4
    - Tag indexing (#728)
    - TCP networking issues fixed (#592)
    - Running node on testnet is a flag away (#610)
    - Improved milestone solidity tracking (#486)
    - ZMQ sending issues fixed (#569)
    
1.4.2.2
    - Fix locking issue (#534)
    - Fix internal snapshot consistency checks 
    - Update jeromq dependency to 0.4.3 (#544)

1.4.2.1
    - Add wasAddressSpentFrom API call
    - Bugfix in getInclusionStates
    - Bugfix in getTransactionsToApprove
    - Update Snapshot to 20180128 16:00 UTC (#512)

1.4.1.7
    - fixes snapshot copies
    - removes extra bundles lookup from validation

1.4.1.6
    - fixes stale tcp connections
    - fixes solid milestone getting stuck (regression)
    - enables checking balance based on tips
    - enables API Rate limit for new transacitons

1.4.1.4
    - Improved memory allocation
    - add checkConsistency API call for transaction promotion
    - Upgrade to BouncyCastle 1.58
    - limit inflow of new transactions from single neighbor/user

1.4.1.2
    - Fixes DB over-storing transactions due to concurrency
    - Upgrade to RocksDB 5.7.3
    - Upgrades findTransaction logic to match spec (Multi-field intersection, Input field limits)
    - Unified API input validation

1.4.1.1
    - Fixes CORS issue introduced with last release
    - attachToTangle no longer overwrites tag field unconditionally

1.4.1
    - Updated IXI
    - Updated Snapshot & Milestone

1.4.0
    - Snapshot at milestone 217000
    - Added Curl-P-81 and moved most operations to it (see https://github.com/iotaledger/kerl)
    - Adjusted transaction structure - added attachment timestamp 
    - Adjusted PoW implementation to set attachment timestamp
    - Disable Curl signatures for snapshot addresses

1.3.2.2
    - Reorganized milestone rescan to improve update time

1.3.2.1
    - Add milestone index parsing checks
    - Clear all milestone cache with --revalidate
1.3.2
    - Dockerfile: Updated for docker hub usage
    - Tip Selection: Skip over signature reuses

1.3.1
    - fixed tip selection walk regression

1.3.0
    - added Kerl as an additional hash function.
    - Tips: improved memory consumption and IRI loading time.
    - ZMQ:  tx topic only publishes newly stored transactions
            tx arrival time added.
            timestamps normalized to seconds.r
    - DB: cache size increase, to reduce flushes to disk (user-configurable)
    - Node: faster broadcast priority queue
            DNS refresher is now user-configurable, for troubleshooting reverse-DNS issues.
    - TipSelection: bugfixes & optimizations to MCMC.
    - First snapshot as a part of 3-step phasing to the final design of transaction structure

1.2.4
    - optimized tip selection - added maxDepth
    - match address and *ports* of TCP/UDP neighbors
    - load tips on IRI start-up

1.2.3
    - fixed IXI script reload
    - added optional request propagation

1.2.2
    - fixed random tip requests
    - added tests and cleaned some code

1.2.1
    - cleaner API messaging

1.2.0
    - Mainnet release with MWM 15
    - Snapshot
    - Manual claims

1.1.4.3
    - support for security 3 txs
    - fixed db batch saving bug
    - rescan feature added

1.1.4.2
    - Fixed memory leaks
    - maxDepth added to TipSelection

1.1.4.1
    - Fixed claiming issue

1.1.4
    - Mainnet Release with MWM 13

1.1.3.10
    - Fixed memory allocation
    - Refactored classes away from static instances to allow for greater integration testing
    - Added check to prevent confirmed bundles from being re-confirmed on replay

1.1.3.9
    - Vastly refactored persistency and solidity functions.
	
1.1.3.4
    - Added RocksDB initialization logs

1.1.3.4
    - RocksDB dispose fixes

1.1.3.3
    - Simulation upgrades

1.1.3.2
    - RocksDB integration
	
1.1.3.1
    - TCP transaction transport and replicator

1.1.2.9:
    - Program argument to set timestamp filter for incoming txs

1.1.2.8:
    - Tip selection with depth control

1.1.2.7:
    - More fixes to tip selector

1.1.2.6:
    - Merge with dev branch
	- Fixes tip selector

1.1.2.3:

    - Promoted DNS resolver from experimental (-e) to be activated by default
    - Implemented experimental random tip selector and broadcaster (to be activated with -e)
    - API statements log counter
    - added JRE version to GetNodeInfo
    - fixed regression with AttachToTangle in combination with PearlDiver update
    - PearDiver update
    - UTF-8 Logo
    - Enabling --remote access

1.1.2.2:

    - DNS resolver
    - Peerless node
    - CP437 Logo
    - getTransactionToApprove lock
    - preventing getTransactionToToApprove on an unsync tangle
    - reducing log noise.
    - general bug fixing