# Changelog ## 0.8.2 ### Removed - Removed `import-blockchain` command because nothing exports to the required format yet (PR [\#223](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/223)) ### Bug Fixes - `io.netty.util.internal.OutOfDirectMemoryError` errors by removing reference counting from network messages. - Log spam: endless loop in `nioEventLoopGroup` ([#248](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/248) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#261](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/261)) - Rinkeby import can stall with too many fragments ([#228](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/228) thanks to [@steffenkux](https://github.com/steffenkux) and [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#255](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/255)) - Clique incorrectly used the chain ID instead of the network ID in ETH status messages (PR [#209](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/209)) - Gradle deprecation warnings (PR [#246](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/246) with thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen)) - Consensus issue on Ropsten: - Treat output length as a maximum length for CALL operations (PR [#236](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/236)) - ECRec precompile should return empty instead of 32 zero bytes when the input is invalid (PR [#227](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/227)) - File name too long error while building from source ([#215](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/215) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#221](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/221)) - Loop syntax in `runPantheonPrivateNetwork.sh` (PR [#237](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/237) thanks to [@matt9ucci](https://github.com/matt9ucci)) - Fix `CompressionException: Snappy decompression failed` errors ([#251](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/251) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#274](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/274)) ### Additions and Improvements - Added `--ropsten` command line argument to make syncing to Ropsten easier ([#186](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/186)) (PR [#197](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/197) with thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen)) - Enabled constantinople in `--dev-mode` (PR [#256](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/256)) - Supported Constantinople with Clique ([#245](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/245) thanks to [@5chdn](https://github.com/5chdn) for reporting) (PR [#250](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/250), PR [#247](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/247)) - Implemented `eth_chainId` JSON-RPC method ([#206](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/206)) (PR [#219](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/219)) - Updated client version to be ethstats friendly (PR [#258](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/258)) - Added `--node-private-key` option to allow nodekey file to be specified separately to data directory ([#233](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/233) thanks to [@peterbroadhurst](https://github.com/peterbroadhurst) for requesting) (PR [#234](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/234)) - Added `--banned-nodeids` option to prevent connection to specific nodes (PR [#254](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/254)) - Send client quitting disconnect message to peers on shutdown ([#184](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/184)) (PR [#253](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/253)) - Improved error message for port conflict error (PR [#232](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/232)) - Improved documentation by adding the following pages: * [Getting Started](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Getting-Started) * [Network ID and Chain ID](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/NetworkID-And-ChainID) * [Node Keys](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Node-Keys) * [Networking](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Networking) * [Accounts for Testing](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Accounts-for-Testing) * [Logging](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Logging) * [Proof of Authority](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Proof-of-Authority) * [Passing JVM Options](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/wiki/Passing-JVM-Options) ### Technical Improvements - Upgraded Ethereum reference tests to 6.0 beta 2. (thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen) for the initial upgrade to beta 1) - Set Java compiler default encoding to UTF-8 (PR [#238](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/238) thanks to [@matt9ucci](https://github.com/matt9ucci)) - Removed duplicate code defining default JSON-RPC APIs (PR [#218](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/218) thanks to [@matt9ucci](https://github.com/matt9ucci)) - Improved code for parsing config (PRs [#208](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/208), [#209](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/209)) - Use `java.time.Clock` in favour of a custom Clock interface (PR [#220](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/220)) - Improve modularity of storage systems (PR [#211](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/211), [#207](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/207)) - Treat JavaDoc warnings as errors (PR [#171](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/171)) - Add benchmark for `BlockHashOperation `as a template for benchmarking other EVM operations (PR [#203](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/203)) - Added unit tests for `EthBlockNumber` ([#189](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/189)) (PR [#195](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/195) thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen)) - Code style improvements (PR [#196](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/196) thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen)) - Added unit tests for `Web3ClientVersion` ([#191](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/issues/191)) (PR [#194](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/194) with thanks to [@jvirtanen](https://github.com/jvirtanen)) - Removed RLPUtils from `RawBlockIterator` (PR [#179](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/179)) - Replace the JNI based snappy library with a pure-Java version (PR [#257](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/257))