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Breaking change upcoming in v1.5

To maintain best security practices, we're changing the user:group on the Docker container to besu.

What this means for you:

If you are running Besu as a binary, there is no impact.
If you are running Besu as a Docker container and have a volume mount for data, ensure that the permissions on the directory allow other users and groups to r/w. Ideally this should be set to besu:besu as the owner.

Note that the besu user only exists within the container not outside it. The same user ID may match a different user outside the image.

If you’re mounting local folders, it is best to set the user via the Docker —user argument. Use the UID because the username may not exist inside the docker container. Ensure the directory being mounted is owned by that user.

Upcoming 1.5 release

The 1.5 release is scheduled for early July.

1.4.6

Additions and Improvements

Print node address on startup. #938
Transaction pool: price bump replacement mechanism configurable through CLI. #928 #930

Bug Fixes

Added timeout to queries. #986
Fixed issue where networks using onchain permissioning could stall when the bootnodes were not validators. #969

Known Issues

Known issues are open issues categorized as Very High or High impact.

Previously identified known issues

1.4.5

Additions and Improvements

Implemented WebSocket logs subscription for private contracts (priv_subscribe/priv_unsubscribe) #762
Introduced SecurityModule plugin API. This allows use of a different security module as a plugin to provide cryptographic function that can be used by NodeKey (such as sign, ECDHKeyAgreement etc.). KeyPairSecurityModule is registered and used by default. The CLI option --security-module=<name> (defaults to localfile) can be used to identify the security module plugin name to use instead. #713
Several testing related changes to improve compatibility with Hive and Retesteth. #806 and #845
Native libraries for secp256k1 and Altbn128 encryption are enabled by default. To disable these libraries use --Xsecp256k1-native-enabled=false and --Xaltbn128-native-enabled=false. #775

Bug Fixes

Fixed eth_estimateGas JSON RPC so it no longer returns gas estimates that are too low. #842
Full help not displayed unless explicitly requested. #437
Compatibility with undocumented Geth eth_subscribe fields. #654
Current block number included as part of eth_getWork response. #849

Known Issues

Known issues are open issues categorized as Very High or High impact.

New known issues

Scope of logs query causing Besu to crash. #944

Workaround - Limit the number of blocks queried by each eth_getLogs call.

Previously identified known issues

1.4.4

Additions and Improvements

Implemented priv_getLogs. #686
Implemented private contract log filters including JSON-RPC methods to interact with private filters. #735
Implemented EIP-2315: Simple Subroutines for the EVM #717
Implemented Splunk logging. #725
Implemented optional native library encryption. #675. To enable add --Xsecp256k1-native-enabled (for transaciton signatures) and/or --Xaltbn128-native-enabled (for altbn128 precomiled contracts) as command line options.

Bug Fixes

Flag added to toggle eth/65 off by default. eth/65 will remain toggled off by default until a fix is completed for the eth/65 known issue. #741
Resolve crashing NAT detectors on GKE. #731 fixes #507. Besu-Kubernetes Readme updated to reflect changes.
Deal with quick service start failures #714 fixes #662

Known Issues

Known issues are open issues categorized as Very High or High impact.

New known issues

Intrinsic gas exceeds gas limit returned when calling delete mapping[addr] or mapping[addr] = 0 #696

Calling delete and set to 0 Solidity mapping in Solidity fail.

Previously identified known issues

1.4.3

Issues identified with 1.4.3 release

The eth/65 change is not backwards compatible. This has the following impact:

In a private network, nodes using the 1.4.3 client cannot interact with nodes using 1.4.2 or earlier clients.
On mainnet, synchronizing eventually stalls.

Workaround -> revert to v1.4.2.

A fix is currently being tested.

Critical Issue for Privacy Users

A critical issue for privacy users with private transactions created using Hyperledger Besu v1.3.4 or earlier has been identified. If you have a network with private transaction created using v1.3.4 or earlier, please read the following and take the appropriate steps: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/BESU/Critical+Issue+for+Privacy+Users

Additions and Improvements

Added eth/65 support. #608
Added block added and block reorg events. Added revert reason to block added transactions. #637

Deprecated

Private Transaction hash field and getHash() method have been deprecated. They will be removed in 1.5.0 release. #639

Known Issues

Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers

A known RocksDB issue causes fast sync to fail when running Besu on certain cloud providers. The following error is displayed repeatedly:

...
EthScheduler-Services-1 (importBlock) | ERROR | PipelineChainDownloader | Chain download failed. Restarting after short delay.
java.util.concurrent.CompletionException: org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.exception.StorageException: org.rocksdb.RocksDBException: block checksum mismatch:
....

This behaviour has been seen on AWS and Digital Ocean.

Workaround -> On AWS, a full restart of the AWS VM is required to restart the fast sync.

Fast sync is not currently supported on Digital Ocean. We are investigating options to add support for fast sync on Digital Ocean.

Error full syncing with pruning

Error syncing with mainnet on Besu 1.3.7 node - MerkleTrieException #580 The associated error is Unable to load trie node value for hash and is caused by the combination of full sync and pruning.

Workarounds:

Explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false when using fast sync.
If the MerkleTrieException occurs, delete the database and resync.

A fix for this issue is being actively worked on.

Fast sync reverting to full sync

In some cases of FastSyncException, fast sync reverts back to a full sync before having reached the pivot block. #683

Workaround -> To re-attempt fast syncing rather than continue full syncing, stop Besu, delete your database, and start again.

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

Onchain permissioning nodes can't peer when using a non-validator bootnode #528

Workaround -> When using onchain permissioning, ensure bootnodes are also validators.

1.4.2

Additions and Improvements

Added trace_block JSON RPC API #449
Added pulledStates and knownStates to the EthQL syncing query and eth_syncing JSON-RPC api #565

Bug Fixes

Fixed file parsing behaviour for privacy enclave keystore password file #554 (thanks to magooster)
Fixed known issue with being unable to re-add members to onchain privacy groups #471

Updated Early Access Features

Onchain privacy groups with add and remove members. Known issue resolved (see above).
TRACE API now includes trace_block, trace_replayBlockTransactions, and trace_transaction. Fixed some issues on the trace replay block transactions API #522.

Known Issues

Fast sync defaulting to full sync

When fast sync cannot find enough valid peers rapidly enough, Besu defaults to full sync.

Workarounds:

To re-attempt fast syncing rather than continue full syncing, stop Besu, delete your database, and start again.
When fast syncing, explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false to reduce the likelihood of encountering the pruning bug.

A fix to remove the default to full sync is in progress is being actively worked on.

Error full syncing with pruning

Error syncing with mainnet on Besu 1.3.7 node - MerkleTrieException #BESU-160 The associated error is Unable to load trie node value for hash and is caused by the combination of full sync and pruning.

Workarounds:

Explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false when using fast sync.
If the MerkleTrieException occurs, delete the database and resync.

A fix for this issue is being actively worked on.

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

Onchain permissioning nodes can't peer when using a non-validator bootnode #BESU-181

Workaround -> When using onchain permissioning, ensure bootnodes are also validators.

1.4.1

Additions and Improvements

Added priv_getCode #250. Gets the bytecode associated with a private address.
Added trace_transaction JSON RPC API #441
Removed -X unstable prefix for pruning options (--pruning-blocks-retained, --pruning-block-confirmations) #440
Implemented ECIP-1088: Phoenix EVM and Protocol upgrades. #434

Bug Fixes

BESU-25 Use v5 Devp2p when pinging #392
Fixed a bug to manage concurrent access to cache files #438
Fixed configuration file bug: pruning-blocks-retained now accepts an integer in the config #440
Specifying RPC credentials file should not force RPC Authentication to be enabled #454
Enhanced estimateGas messages #436. When a estimateGas request fails a validation check, an improved error message is returned in the response.

Early Access Features

Early access features are available features that are not recommended for production networks and may have unstable interfaces.

Onchain privacy groups with add and remove members. Not being able to to re-add a member to an onchain privacy group is a known issue with the add and remove functionality.

Known Issues

Fast sync defaulting to full sync

When fast sync cannot find enough valid peers rapidly enough, Besu defaults to full sync.

Workarounds:

To re-attempt fast syncing rather than continue full syncing, stop Besu, delete your database, and start again.
When fast syncing, explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false to reduce the likelihood of encountering the pruning bug.

A fix to remove the default to full sync is in progress and is planned for inclusion in v1.4.1.

Error full syncing with pruning

Error syncing with mainnet on Besu 1.3.7 node - MerkleTrieException #BESU-160 The associated error is Unable to load trie node value for hash and is caused by the combination of full sync and pruning.

Workarounds:

Explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false when using fast sync.
If the MerkleTrieException occurs, delete the database and resync.

Investigation of this issue is in progress and a fix is targeted for v1.4.1.

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

Onchain permissioning nodes can't peer when using a non-validator bootnode #BESU-181

Workaround -> When using onchain permissioning, ensure bootnodes are also validators.

1.4.0

Private State Migration

Hyperledger Besu v1.4 implements a new data structure for private state storage that is not backwards compatible. A migration will be performed when starting v1.4 for the first time to reprocess existing private transactions and re-create the private state data in the v1.4 format.

If you have existing private transactions, see migration details.

Additions and Improvements

TLS support to secure client and server communication.
Multi-tenancy to enable multiple participants to use the same Besu and Orion node.
Plugin APIs to enable building of Java plugins to extend Hyperledger Besu.
Support for additional NAT methods.
Added priv_call which invokes a private contract function locally and does not change the private state.
Besu has moved from an internal Bytes library to the Apache Tuweni Bytes library.
This includes using the library in the Plugins API interfaces. #295 and #215

Early Access Features

Early access features are available features that are not recommended for production networks and may have unstable interfaces.

Reorg compatible privacy to enable private transactions on networks using consensus mechanisms that fork.
Tracing API to obtain detailed information about transaction processing.

Bug Fixes

See RC and Beta sections below.

Known Issues

Fast sync defaulting to full sync

When fast sync cannot find enough valid peers rapidly enough, Besu defaults to full sync.

Workarounds:

To re-attempt fast syncing rather than continue full syncing, stop Besu, delete your database, and start again.
When fast syncing, explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false to reduce the likelihood of encountering the pruning bug.

A fix to remove the default to full sync is in progress and is planned for inclusion in v1.4.1.

Error full syncing with pruning

Error syncing with mainnet on Besu 1.3.7 node - MerkleTrieException #BESU-160 The associated error is Unable to load trie node value for hash and is caused by the combination of full sync and pruning.

Workarounds:

Explicitly disable pruning using --pruning-enabled=false when using fast sync.
If the MerkleTrieException occurs, delete the database and resync.

Investigation of this issue is in progress and a fix is targeted for v1.4.1.

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

Onchain permissioning nodes can't peer when using a non-validator bootnode #BESU-181

Workaround -> When using onchain permissioning, ensure bootnodes are also validators.

1.4.0 RC-2

Private State Migration

1.4.0 RC-1

Additions and Improvements

Newtrace_replayBlockTransactions JSON-RPC API

This can be enabled using the --rpc-http-api TRACE CLI flag. There are some philosophical differences between Besu and other implementations that are outlined in trace_rpc_apis.

Ability to automatically detect Docker NAT settings from inside the conainter.

The default NAT method (AUTO) can detect this so no user intervention is required to enable this.

Added Multi-tenancy support which allows multiple participants to use the same Besu node for private transactions.
Added TLS support for communication with privacy enclave

Bug Fixes

Private transactions are now validated before sent to the enclave #356

Known Bugs

Error syncing with mainnet on Besu 1.3.7 node - MerkleTrieException #BESU-160

Workaround -> Don't enable pruning when syncing to mainnet.

Onchain permissioning nodes can't peer when using a non-validator bootnode #BESU-181

Workaround -> When using onchain permissioning, ensure bootnodes are also validators.

1.4 Beta 3

Additions and Improvements

CLI option to enable TLS client auth for JSON-RPC HTTP #340

Added CLI options to enable TLS client authentication and trusting client certificates:

--rpc-http-tls-client-auth-enabled - Enable TLS client authentication for the JSON-RPC HTTP service (default: false)
--rpc-http-tls-known-clients-file - Path to file containing client's certificate common name and fingerprint for client authentication.
--rpc-http-tls-ca-clients-enabled - Enable to accept clients certificate signed by a valid CA for client authentication (default: false)

If client-auth is enabled, user must either enable CA signed clients OR provide a known-clients file. An error is reported if both CA signed clients is disabled and known-clients file is not specified.

Stable Plugins APIs #346

The BesuEvents service and related data package have been marked as a stable plugin API.

Bug Fixes

Return missing signers from getSignerMetrics #343

Experimental Features

Experimental support for trace_replayBlockTransactions - multiple PRs

Added support for the trace_replayBlockTransactions JSON-RPC call. To enable this API add TRACE to the rpc-http-api options (for example, --rpc-http-api TRACE on the command line).

This is not a production ready API. There are known bugs relating to traced memory from calls and returns, and the gas calculation reported in the flat traces does not always match up with the correct gas calculated for consensus.

1.4 Beta 2

Additions and Improvements

Enable TLS for JSON-RPC HTTP Service #253

Exposes new command line parameters to enable TLS on Ethereum JSON-RPC HTTP interface to allow clients like EthSigner to connect via TLS: --rpc-http-tls-enabled=true (Optional - Only required if --rpc-http-enabled is set to true) Set to true to enable TLS. False by default. --rpc-http-tls-keystore-file="/path/to/cert.pfx" (Must be specified if TLS is enabled) Path to PKCS12 format key store which contains server's certificate and it's private key --rpc-http-tls-keystore-password-file="/path/to/cert.passwd" (Must be specified if TLS is enabled) Path to the text file containing password for unlocking key store. --rpc-http-tls-known-clients-file="/path/to/rpc_tls_clients.txt" (Optional) Path to a plain text file containing space separated client’s certificate’s common name and its sha-256 fingerprints when they are not signed by a known CA. The presence of this file (even empty) enables TLS client authentication. That is, the client presents the certificate to server on TLS handshake and server establishes that the client certificate is either signed by a proper/known CA. Otherwise, server trusts client certificate by reading the sha-256 fingerprint from known clients file specified above.

The format of the file is (as an example): localhost DF:65:B8:02:08:5E:91:82:0F:91:F5:1C:96:56:92:C4:1A:F6:C6:27:FD:6C:FC:31:F2:BB:90:17:22:59:5B:50

Bug Fixes

TotalDifficulty is a BigInteger #253. Don't try and cast total difficulty down to a long because it will overflow long in a reasonable timeframe.

1.4 Beta 1

Additions and Improvements

Besu has moved from an internal Bytes library to the Apache Tuweni Bytes library. This includes using the library in the Plugins API interfaces. #295 and #215
Besu stops processing blocks if Orion is unavailable #253
Added priv_call #250. Invokes a private contract function locally and does not change the private state.
Support for EIP-2124, which results in faster peer discovery #156

1.3.8

Additions and Improvements

admin_generateLogBloomCache JSON-RPC API to generate a cache of the block bloombits that improves performance for log queries #262

Critical Fix in 1.3.7

1.3.7 includes a critical fix for Ethereum MainNet users and the Muir Glacier upgrade. We recommend users of Ethereum public networks (MainNet, Ropsten, Rinkeby, and Goerli) upgrade immediately. This upgrade is also strongly recommended for users of private networks.

For more details, see Hyperledger Besu Wiki.

Muir Glacier Compatibility

For compatibility with Ethereum Muir Glacier upgrade, use v1.3.7 or later.

ETC Agharta Compatibility

For compatibility with ETC Agharta upgrade, use 1.3.7 or later.

1.3.7 Additions and Improvements

Hard Fork Support: Configures the Agharta activation block for the ETC MainNet configuration #251 (thanks to soc1c)
operator generate-log-bloom-cache command line option to generate a cache of the block bloombits that improves performance for log queries #245

Bug Fixes

Resolves a Mainnet consensus issue #254

New Maintainer

Edward Mack added as a new maintainer.

1.3.6 Additions and Improvements

Performance improvements:
- Multithread Websockets to increase throughput #231
- NewBlockHeaders performance improvement #230
EIP2384 - Ice Age Adustment around Istanbul #211
Documentation updates include:
- Configuring mining using the Stratum protocol
- ETC network command line options
Hard Fork Support:
- MuirGlacier for Ethereum Mainnet and Ropsten Testnet
- Agharta for Kotti and Mordor Testnets

Bug Fixes

#210 fixes WebSocket frames handling User impact: PING/PONG frames handling in Websocket services was not implemented

1.3.5 Additions and Improvements

Log Event Streaming for Plugin API #186
Allow use a external JWT public key in authenticated APIs #183
ETC Configuration, classic fork peer validator #176 (thanks to edwardmack)
Allow IBFT validators to be changed at a given block #173
Support external mining using Stratum #140 (thanks to atoulme)
Add more fields to private transaction receipt #85 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Pruning documentation

Technical Improvements

ETC - Cleanup #201 (thanks to GregTheGreek)
User specific enclave public key configuration in auth file #196
Change CustomForks -> Transitions #193
Pass identity information into RpcMethod from Http Service #189
Remove the use of JsonRpcParameters from RpcMethods #188
Repaired Metrics name collision between Privacy and RocksDB #187
Multi-Tenancy: Do not specify a public key anymore when requesting a … #185
Updates to circle building acceptance tests #184
Move Apache Tuweni dependency to official release #181 (thanks to atoulme)
Update Gradle to 6.0, support Java 13 #180
ETC Atlantis fork #179 (thanks to edwardmack)
ETC Gotham Fork #178 (thanks to edwardmack)
ETC DieHard fork support #177 (thanks to edwardmack)
Remove 'parentHash', 'number' and 'gasUsed' fields from the genesis d… #175 (thanks to SweeXordious)
Enable pruning by default for fast sync and validate conflicts with privacy #172
Update RocksDB #170
Vpdate ver to 1.3.5-snapshot #169
Added PoaQueryService method that returns local node signer… #163
Add versioning to privacy storage #149
Update reference tests #139

1.3.4

Reverted Enable pruning by default for fast sync (#135) #164

1.3.3 Technical Improvements

Add --identity flag for client identification in node browsers #150
Istanbul Mainnet Block #145
Add priv_getEeaTransactionCount #110

Additions and Improvements

Redesign of how JsonRpcMethods are created #159
Moving JsonRpcMethods classes into the same package, prior to refactor #154
Reflect default logging in CLI help #148
Handle zero port better in NAT #147
Rework how filter and log query parameters are created/used #146
Don't generate shutdown tasks in controller #141
Ibft queries #138
Enable pruning by default for fast sync #135
Ensure spotless runs in CI #132
Add more logging around peer disconnects #131
Repair EthGetLogs returning incorrect results #128
Use Bloombits for Logs queries #127
Improve message when extraData missing #121
Fix miner startup logic #104
Support log reordring from reorgs in LogSubscriptionService #86

1.3.2 Additions and Improvements

besu -v to print plugin versions#123

Technical Improvements

Update Governance and Code of Conduct verbiage #120
Fix private transaction root mismatch #118
Programatically enforce plugin CLI variable names #117
Additional unit test for selecting replaced pending transactions #116
Only set sync targets that have an estimated height value #115
Fix rlpx startup #114
Expose getPayload in Transaction plugin-api interface. #113
Dependency Version Upgrades #112
Add hash field in Transaction plugin interface. #111
Rework sync status events #106

1.3.1 Additions and Improvements

Added GraphQL query/logs support #94

Technical Improvements

Add totalDiffculty to BlockPropagated events. #97
Merge BlockchainQueries classes #101
Fixed casing of dynamic MetricCategorys #99
Fix private transactions breaking evm #96
Make SyncState variables thread-safe #95
Fix transaction tracking by sender #93
Make logic in PersistBlockTask more explicit to fix a LGTM warning #92
Removed Unused methods in the transaction simulator. #91
Fix ThreadBesuNodeRunner BesuConfiguration setup #90
JsonRpc method disabled error condition rewrite and unit test #80
Round trip testing of state trie account values #31

1.3 Breaking Change

Disallow comments in Genesis JSON file. #49

Additions and Improvements

Add --required-block command line option to deal with chain splits #79
Store db metadata file in the root data directory. #46
Add --target-gas-limit command line option. #24(thanks to new contributor cfelde)
Allow private contracts to access public state. #9
Documentation updates include:
- Added sample load balancer configurations
- Added retesteth subcommand
- Added debug_accountRange JSON-RPC API method
- Clarified purpose of static nodes
- Added links Kubernetes reference implementations
- Added content about access between private and public states
- Added restriction that account permissioning cannot be used with random key signing.
- Added high availability requirement for private transaction manager (ie, Orion)
- Added genesis file reference

Technical Improvements

Less verbose synching subscriptions #59
Return enclave key instead of private transaction hash #53
Fix mark sweep pruner bugs where nodes that should be kept were being swept #50
Clean up BesuConfiguration construction #51
Private tx nonce errors return same msg as any tx #48
Fix default logging #47
Introduce virtual operation. #45
Downgrade RocksDBPlugin Logging Levels #44
Infrastructure for exposing PoA metrics for plugins. #37
Refactor privacy storage. #7

1.2.4

Additions and Improvements

Add Istanbul block (5435345) for Rinkeby #35
Add Istanbul block (1561651) for Goerli #27
Add Istanbul block (6485846) for Ropsten #26
Add privDistributeRawTransaction endpoint #23 (thanks to josh-richardson)

Technical Improvements

Refactors pantheon private key to signing private key #34 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Support both BESU_ and PANTHEON_ env var prefixes #32
Use only fully validated peers for fast sync pivot selection #21
Support Version Rollbacks for RocksDB (#6) #19
Update Cava library to Tuweni Library #18
StateTrieAccountValue:Version should be written as an int, not a long #17
Handle discovery peers with updated endpoints #12
Change retesteth port #11
Renames eea_getTransactionReceipt to priv_getTransactionReceipt #10 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Support Version Rollbacks for RocksDB #6
Moving AT DSL into its own module #3

1.2.3

Additions and Improvements

Added an override facility for genesis configs #1915
Finer grained logging configuration #1895 (thanks to matkt)

Technical Improvements

Add archiving of docker test reports #1921
Events API: Transaction dropped, sync status, and renames #1919
Remove metrics from plugin registration #1918
Replace uses of Instant.now from within the IBFT module #1911
Update plugins-api build script #1908
Ignore flaky tracing tests #1907
Ensure plugin-api module gets published at the correct maven path #1905
Return the plugin-apis to this repo #1900
Stop autogenerating BesuInfo.java #1899
Extracted Metrics interfaces to plugins-api. #1898
Fix key value storage clear so it removes all values #1894
Ethsigner test #1892 (thanks to iikirilov)
Return null private transaction receipt instead of error #1872 (thanks to iikirilov)
Implement trace replay block transactions trace option #1886
Use object parameter instead of list of parameters for priv_createPrivacyGroup #1868 (thanks to iikirilov)
Refactor privacy acceptance tests #1864 (thanks to iikirilov)

1.2.2

Additions and Improvements

Support large numbers for the --network-id option #1891
Added eea_getTransactionCount Json Rpc #1861
PrivacyMarkerTransaction to be signed with a randomly generated key #1844
Implement eth_getproof JSON RPC API #1824 (thanks to matkt)
Documentation updates include:

Technical Improvements

Update the pantheon blocks export command usage #1887 (thanks to matkt)
Stop Returning null for 'pending' RPC calls #1883
Blake validation errors are hard errors #1882
Add test cases for trace_replayBlockTransactions #1881
Simplify json rpc spec test setup #1880
Tweak JSON import format #1878
Transactions listeners should use the subscriber pattern #1877
Maven spotless #1876
Don't cache for localbalance #1875
EIP-1108 - Reprice alt_bn128 #1874
Create stub trace_replayBlockTransactions json-rpc method #1873
Improve trace log #1870
Pruning Command Line Flags #1869
Re-enable istanbul #1865
Fix logic to disconnect from peers on fork #1863
Blake 2b tweaks #1862
Sweep state roots before child nodes #1854
Update export subcommand to export blocks in rlp format #1852
Updating docker tests to make it easier to follow & ensure it listens on the right interface on docker #1851
Disable Istanbul block #1849
Add read-only blockchain factory method #1845
Removing the release plugin in favour of the new process with branches #1843
Update Görli bootnodes #1842
Upgrade graphql library to version 13.0 #1834
Database versioning and enable multi-column database #1830
Fixes invalid JsonGetter, comment #1811 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Add EthSigner acceptance test #1655 (thanks to iikirilov)
Support plugin Richdata APIs via implementation #1581

1.2.1

Additions and Improvements

Removed the release plugin in favour of the new process with branches #1841 #1843 #1848 #1855
Updated Görli bootnodes #1842
Removed unnecessary test dependency #1839
Added warning when comments are used in genesis file #1838
Added an experimental flag for disabling timers #1837
Fixed FlatFileTaskCollection tests #1833
Added chain json import utility #1832
Added tests to AllNodesVisitor trie traversal #1831
Updated privateFrom to be required #1829 (thanks to iikirilov)
Made explicit that streamed accounts may be missing their address #1828
Refactored normalizeKeys method #1826
Removed dead parameters #1825
Added a nicer name for Corretto #1819
Changed core JSON-RPC method to support ReTestEth #1815 #1818
Added rewind to block functionality #1814
Added support for NoReward and NoProof seal engines #1813
Added strict short hex strings for retesteth #1812
Cleaned up genesis parsing #1809
Updating Orion to v1.3.2 #1805
Updaated newHeads subscription to emit events only for canonical blocks #1798
Repricing for trie-size-dependent opcodes #1795
Revised Istanbul Versioning assignemnts #1794
Updated RevertReason to return BytesValue #1793
Updated way priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress source #1786 (thanks to iikirilov)
Updated Chain ID opcode to return 0 as default #1785
Allowed fixedDifficulty=1 #1784
Updated Docker image defaults host interfaces #1782
Added tracking of world state account key preimages #1780
Modified PrivGetPrivateTransaction to take public tx hash #1778 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Removed enclave public key from parameter #1789 #1777 (thanks to iikirilov)
Added storage key preimage tracking #1772
Updated priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress method return #1766 (thanks to iikirilov)
Added tests for permissioning with static nodes behaviour #1764
Added integration test for contract creation with privacyGroupId #1762 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Added report node local address as the coinbase in Clique and IBFT #1758 #1760
Fixed private tx signature validation #1753
Updated CI configuration #1751 #1835
Added CLI flag for setting WorldStateDownloader task cache size #1749 (thanks to matkt)
Updated vertx to 2.8.0 #1748
changed RevertReason to BytesValue #1746
Added static nodes acceptance test #1745
Added report 0 hashrate when the mining coordinator doesn't support mining #1744 #1757
Implemented EIP-2200 - Net Gas Metering Revised #1743
Added chainId validation to PrivateTransactionValidator #1741
Reduced intrinsic gas cost #1739
De-duplicated test blocks data files #1737
Renamed various EEA methods to priv methods #1736 (thanks to josh-richardson)
Permissioning Acceptance Test #1735 #1759
Add nonce handling to GenesisState #1728
Added 100-continue to HTTP #1727
Fixed get_signerMetrics #1725 (thanks to matkt)
Reworked "in-sync" checks #1720
Added Accounts Permissioning Acceptance Tests #1719
Added PrivateTransactionValidator to unify logic #1713
Added JSON-RPC API to report validator block production information #1687 (thanks to matkt)
Added Mark Sweep Pruner #1638
Added the Blake2b F compression function as a precompile in Besu #1614 (thanks to iikirilov)
Documentation updates include:
- Added CPU requirements #1734
- Added reference to Ansible role #1733
- Updated revert reason example #1754
- Added content on deploying for production #1774
- Updated docker docs for location of data path #1790
- Updated permissiong documentation #1792 #1652
- Added permissioning webinar in the resources #1717
- Add web3.js-eea reference doc #1617
- Updated privacy documentation #1650 #1721 #1722 #1724 #1729 #1730 #1731 #1732 #1740 #1750 #1761 #1765 #1769 #1770 #1771 #1773 #1787 #1788 #1796 #1803 #1810 #1817
- Added documentation for getSignerMetrics #1723 (thanks to matkt)
- Added Java 11+ as a prerequisite for installing Besu using Homebrew. #1755
- Fixed documentation formatting and typos #1718 #1742 #1763 #1779 #1781 #1827 #1767 (thanks to helderjnpinto)
- Moved the docs to a new doc repos #1822
Explicitly configure some maven artifactIds #1853
Update export subcommand to export blocks in rlp format #1852
Implement eth_getproof JSON RPC API #1824
Database versioning and enable multi-column database #1830
Disable smoke tests on windows #1847
Add read-only blockchain factory method #1845

1.2

Additions and Improvements

Add UPnP Support #1334 (thanks to notlesh)
Limit the fraction of wire connections initiated by peers #1665
EIP-1706 - Disable SSTORE with gasleft lt call stipend #1706
EIP-1108 - Reprice alt_bn128 #1704
EIP-1344 ChainID Opcode #1690
New release docker image #1664
Support changing log level at runtime #1656 (thanks to matkt)
Implement dump command to dump a specific block from storage #1641 (thanks to matkt)
Add eea_findPrivacyGroup endpoint to Besu #1635 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Updated eea send raw transaction with privacy group ID #1611 (thanks to iikirilov)
Added Revert Reason #1603
Documentation updates include:
- Added UPnP content
- Added load balancer image
- Added revert reason
- Added admin_changeLogLevel JSON RPC API (thanks to matkt)
- Updated for new Docker image
- Added Docker image migration content
- Added transaction validation content
- Updated permissioning overview for onchain account permissioning
- Updated quickstart to include Prometheus and Grafana
- Added remote connections limits options
- Updated web3.js-eea reference to include privacy group methods
- Updated onchain permissioning to include account permissioning and Permissioning Management Dapp
- Added deployment procedure for Permissioning Management Dapp
- Added privacy content for EEA-compliant and Besu-extended privacy
- Added content on creating and managing privacy groups
- Added content on accessing private and privacy marker transactions
- Added content on system requirements
- Added reference to Besu role on Galaxy to deploy using Ansible.

Technical Improvements

Remove enclave public key from parameter #1789
Update defaults host interfaces #1782
Modifies PrivGetPrivateTransaction to take public tx hash #1778
Remove enclave public key from parameter #1777
Return the ethereum address of the privacy precompile from priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress #1766
Report node local address as the coinbase in Clique and IBFT #1760
Additional integration test for contract creation with privacyGroupId #1762
Report 0 hashrate when the mining coordinator doesn't support mining #1757
Fix private tx signature validation #1753
RevertReason changed to BytesValue #1746
Renames various eea methods to priv methods #1736
Update Orion version #1716
Rename CLI flag for better ordering of options #1715
Routine dependency updates #1712
Fix spelling error in getApplicationPrefix method name #1711
Wait and retry if best peer's chain is too short for fast sync #1708
Eea get private transaction fix #1707 (thanks to iikirilov)
Rework remote connection limit flag defaults #1705
Report invalid options from config file #1703
Add ERROR to list of CLI log level options #1699
Enable onchain account permissioning CLI option #1686
Exempt static nodes from all connection limits #1685
Enclave refactoring #1684
Add opcode and precompiled support for versioning #1683
Use a percentage instead of fraction for the remote connections percentage CLI option. #1682
Added error msg for calling eth_sendTransaction #1681
Remove instructions for installing with Chocolatey #1680
remove zulu-jdk8 from smoke tests #1679
Add new MainNet bootnodes #1678
updating smoke tests to use >= jdk11 #1677
Fix handling of remote connection limit #1676
Add accountVersion to MessageFrame #1675
Change getChildren return type #1674
Use Log4J message template instead of String.format #1673
Return hashrate of 0 when not mining. #1672
Add hooks for validation #1671
Upgrade to pantheon-build:0.0.6-jdk11 which really does include jdk11 #1670
Onchain permissioning startup check #1669
Update BesuCommand to accept minTransactionGasPriceWei as an integer #1668 (thanks to matkt)
Privacy group id consistent #1667 (thanks to iikirilov)
Change eea_getPrivateTransaction endpoint to accept hex #1666 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Factorise metrics code for KeyValueStorage database #1663)
Create a metric tracking DB size #1662
AT- Removing unused methods on KeyValueStorage #1661
Add Prerequisites and Quick-Start #1660 (thanks to lazaridiscom)
Java 11 updates #1658
Make test generated keys deterministic w/in block generator #1657
Rename privacyGroupId to createPrivacyGroupId #1654 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Intermittent Test Failures in TransactionsMessageSenderTest #1653
Sanity check the generated distribution files before upload #1648
Use JDK 11 for release builds #1647
Support multiple private marker transactions in a block #1646
Display World State Sync Progress in Logs #1645
Remove the docker gradle plugin, handle building docker with shell now #1644
Switch to using metric names from EIP-2159 #1634
Account versioning #1612

1.1.4

Additions and Improvements

[PAN-2832] Support setting config options via environment variables #1597
Print Besu version when starting #1593
[PAN-2746] Add eea_createPrivacyGroup & eea_deletePrivacyGroup endpoint #1560 (thanks to Puneetha17)

Documentation updates include:

Added readiness and liveness endpoints
Added high availability content
Added web3js-eea client library
Added content on setting CLI options using environment variables

Technical Improvements

Read config from env vars when no config file specified #1639
Upgrade jackson-databind to 2.9.9.1 #1636
Update Reference Tests #1633
Ignore discport during static node permissioning check #1631
Check connections more frequently during acceptance tests #1630
Refactor experimental CLI options #1629
JSON-RPC api net_services should display the actual ports #1628
Refactor CLI #1627
Simplify BesuCommand run and parse methods. #1626
PAN-2860: Ignore discport during startup whitelist validation #1625
Freeze plugin api version #1624
Implement incoming transaction messages CLI option as an unstable command. #1622
Update smoke tests docker images for zulu and openjdk to private ones #1620
Remove duplication between EeaTransactionCountRpc & PrivateTransactionHandler #1619
[PAN-2709] - nonce too low error #1618
Cache TransactionValidationParams instead of creating new object for each call #1616
[PAN-2850] Create a transaction pool configuration object #1615
Add TransactionValidationParam to TxProcessor #1613
Expose a CLI option to configure the life time of transaction messages. #1610
Implement Prometheus metric counter for skipped expired transaction messages. #1609
Upload jars to bintray as part of releases #1608
Avoid publishing docker-pantheon directory to bintray during a release #1606
[PAN-2756] Istanbul scaffolding #1605
Implement a timeout in TransactionMessageProcessor #1604
Reject transactions with gas price below the configured minimum #1602
Always build the k8s image, only push to dockerhub for master branch #1601
Properly validate AltBN128 pairing precompile input #1600
[PAN-2871] Columnar rocksdb #1599
Reverting change to dockerfile #1594
Update dependency versions #1592
[PAN-2797] Clean up failed connections #1591
Cleaning up the build process for docker #1590
[PAN-2786] Stop Transaction Pool Queue from Growing Unbounded #1586

1.1.3

Additions and Improvements

[PAN-2811] Be more lenient with discovery message deserialization. Completes our support for EIP-8 and enables Besu to work on Rinkeby again. #1580
Added liveness and readiness probe stub endpoints #1553
Implemented operator tool. (blockchain network configuration for permissioned networks) #1511
[PAN-2754] Added eea_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress #1579 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Publish the chain head gas used, gas limit, transaction count and ommer metrics #1551
Add subscribe and unsubscribe count metrics #1541
Add pivot block metrics #1537

Documentation updates include:

Updated IBFT 2.0 tutorial to use network configuration tool
Added debug_traceBlock* methods
Reorganised monitoring documentation
Added link to sample Grafana dashboard
Added note about replacing transactions in transaction pool
Updated example transaction scripts
Updated Alethio Ethstats and Explorer documentation

Technical Improvements

PAN-2816: Hiding experimental account permissioning cli options #1584
[PAN-2630] Synchronizer should disconnect the sync target peer on invalid block data #1578
Rename MetricCategory to BesuMetricCategory #1574
Convert MetricsConfigiguration to use a builder #1572
PAN-2794: Including flag for onchain permissioning check on tx processor #1571
Fix behaviour for absent account permissiong smart contract #1569
Expand readiness check to check peer count and sync state #1568
[PAN-2798] Reorganize p2p classes #1567
PAN-2729: Account Smart Contract Permissioning ATs #1565
Timeout build after 1 hour to prevent it hanging forever. #1564
[PAN-2791] Make permissions checks for ongoing connections more granular #1563
[PAN-2721] Fix TopicParameter deserialization #1562
[PAN-2779] Allow signing private transaction with any key #1561 (thanks to iikirilov)
[PAN-2783] Invert dependency between permissioning and p2p #1557
Removing account filter from TransactionPool #1556
[PAN-1952] - Remove ignored pending transaction event publish acceptance test #1552
Make MetricCategories more flexible #1550
Fix encoding for account permissioning check call #1549
Discard known remote transactions prior to validation #1548
[PAN-2009] - Fix cluster clean start after stop in Acceptance tests #1546
FilterIdGenerator fixes #1544
Only increment the added transaction counter if we actually added the transaction #1543
When retrieving transactions by hash, check the pending transactions first #1542
Fix thread safety in SubscriptionManager #1540
[PAN-2731] Extract connection management from P2PNetwork #1538
[PAN-2010] format filter id as quantity #1534
PAN-2445: Onchain account permissioning #1507
[PAN-2672] Return specific and useful error for enclave issues #1455 (thanks to Puneetha17)

1.1.2

Additions and Improvements

Documentation updates include:

Technical Improvements

Replaced Void datatype with void #1530
Fix estimate gas RPC failing for clique when no blocks have been created #1528
Avoid auto-boxing for gauge metrics #1526
Add AT to ensure 0-miner Clique/IBFT are valid #1525
AT DSL - renaming to suffix of Conditions and co-locating with Conditions #1524
Set disconnect flag immediately when disconnecting a peer #1521
[PAN-2547] Modified JSON-RPC subscription processing to avoid blocking #1519
Dependency Version Updates #1517
AT DSL - renaming ibft to ibft2 #1516
[PIE-1578] Added local transaction permissioning metrics #1515
[PIE-1577] Added node local metrics #1514
AT DSL - Removing WaitCondition, consistently applying Condition instead #1513
Remove usage of deprecated ConcurrentSet #1512
Log error if clique or ibft have 0 validators in genesis #1509
GraphQL library upgrade changes. #1508
Add metrics to assist monitoring and alerting #1506
Use external pantheon-plugin-api library #1505
Tilde #1504
Dependency version updates #1503
Simplify text #1501 (thanks to bgravenorst)
[PAN-1625] Clique AT mining continues if validator offline #1500
Acceptance Test DSL Node refactoring #1498
Updated an incorrect command #1497 (thanks to bgravenorst)
Acceptance Test and DSL rename for IBFT2 #1493
[PIE-1580] Metrics for smart contract permissioning actions #1492
Handle RLPException when processing incoming DevP2P messages #1491
Limit spotless checks to java classes in expected java dirs #1490
[PAN-2560] Add LocalNode class #1489
Changed Enode length error String implementation. #1486
PAN-2715 - return block not found reasons in error #1485
[PAN-2652] Refactor Privacy acceptance test and add Privacy Ibft test #1483 (thanks to iikirilov)
[PAN-2603] Onchain account permissioning support #1475
Make CLI options names with hyphen-minus searchable and reduce index size #1476
Added warning banner when using latest version #1454
Add RTD config file to fix Python version issue #1453
[PAN-2647] Validate Private Transaction nonce before submitting to Transaction Pool #1449 (thanks to iikirilov)
Add placeholders system to have global variables in markdown #1425

1.1.1

Additions and Improvements

GraphQL #1311 (thanks to zyfrank)
Added --tx-pool-retention-hours #1333
Added Genesis file support for specifying the maximum stack size. #1431
Included transaction details when subscribed to Pending transactions #1410
Documentation updates include:

Technical Improvements

Create MaintainedPeers class #1484
Fix for permissioned network with single bootnode #1479
Have ThreadBesuNodeRunner support plugin tests #1477
Less pointless plugins errors #1473
Rename GraphQLRPC to just GraphQL #1472
eth_protocolVersion is a Quantity, not an Integer #1470
Don't require 'to' in 'blocks' queries #1464
Events Plugin - Add initial "NewBlock" event message #1463
Make restriction field in Private Transaction an enum #1462 (thanks to iikirilov)
Helpful graphql error when an account doesn't exist #1460
Acceptance Test Cleanup #1458
Large chain id support for private transactions #1452
Optimise TransactionPool.addRemoteTransaction #1448
Reduce synchronization in PendingTransactions #1447
Add simple PeerPermissions interface #1446
Make sure ThreadBesuNodeRunner is exercised by automation #1442
Decode devp2p packets off the event thread #1439
Allow config files to specify no bootnodes #1438
Capture all logs and errors in the Besu log output #1437
Ensure failed Txns are deleted when detected during mining #1436
Plugin Framework #1435
Equals cleanup #1434
Transaction smart contract permissioning controller #1433
Renamed AccountPermissioningProver to TransactionPermissio… #1432
Refactorings and additions to add Account based Smart Contract permissioning #1430
Fix p2p PeerInfo handling #1428
IbftProcessor logs when a throwable terminates mining #1427
Renamed AccountWhitelistController #1424
Unwrap DelegatingBytes32 and prevent Hash from wrapping other Hash instances #1423
If nonce is invalid, do not delete during mining #1422
Deleting unused windows jenkinsfile #1421
Get all our smoke tests for all platforms in 1 jenkins job #1420
Add pending object to GraphQL queries #1419
Start listening for p2p connections after start() is invoked #1418
Improved JSON-RPC responses when EnodeURI parameter has invalid EnodeId #1417
Use port 0 when starting a websocket server in tests #1416
Windows jdk smoke tests #1413
Change AT discard RPC tests to be more reliable by checking discard using proposals #1411
Simple account permissioning #1409
Fix clique miner to respect changes to vanity data made via JSON-RPC #1408
Avoid recomputing the logs bloom filter when reading receipts #1407
Remove NodePermissioningLocalConfig external references #1406
Add constantinople fix block for Rinkeby #1404
Update EnodeURL to support enodes with listening disabled #1403
Integration Integration test(s) on p2p of 'net_services' #1402
Reference tests fail on Windows #1401
Fix non-deterministic test caused by variable size of generated transactions #1399
Start BlockPropagationManager immediately - don't wait for full sync #1398
Added error message for RPC method disabled #1396
Fix intermittency in FullSyncChainDownloaderTest #1394
Add explanatory comment about default port #1392
Handle case where peers advertise a listening port of 0 #1391
Cache extra data #1389
Update Log message in IBFT Controller #1387
Remove unnecessary field #1384
Add getPeer method to PeerConnection #1383
Removing smart quotes #1381 (thanks to jmcnevin)
Use streams and avoid iterating child nodes multiple times #1380
Use execute instead of submit so unhandled exceptions get logged #1379
Prefer EnodeURL over Endpoint #1378
Add flat file based task collection #1377
Consolidate local enode representation #1376
Rename rocksdDbConfiguration to rocksDbConfiguration #1375
Remove EthTaskChainDownloader and supporting code #1373
Handle the pipeline being aborted while finalizing an async operation #1372
Rename methods that create and return streams away from getX() #1368
eea_getTransactionCount fails if account has not interacted with private state #1367 (thanks to iikirilov)
Increase RocksDB settings #1364 (ajsutton)
Don't abort in-progress master builds when a new commit is added. #1358
Request open ended headers from sync target #1355
Enable the pipeline chain downloader by default #1344
Create P2PNetwork Builder #1343
Include static nodes in permissioning logic #1339
JsonRpcError decoding to include message #1336
Cache current chain head info #1335
Queue pending requests when all peers are busy #1331
Fix failed tests on Windows #1332
Provide error message when invalid key specified in key file #1328
Allow whitespace in file paths loaded from resources directory #1329
Allow whitespace in path #1327
Require block numbers for debug_traceBlockByNumber to be in hex #1326
Improve logging of chain download errors in the pipeline chain downloader #1325
Ensure eth scheduler is stopped in tests #1324
Normalize account permissioning addresses in whitelist #1321
Allow private contract invocations in multiple privacy groups #1318 (thanks to iikirilov)
Fix account permissioning check case matching #1315
Use header validation mode for ommers #1313
Configure RocksDb max background compaction and thread count #1312
Missing p2p info when queried live #1310
Tx limit size send peers follow up #1308
Remove remnants of the old dev mode #1307
Remove duplicate init code from BesuController instances #1305
Stop synchronizer prior to stopping the network #1302
Evict old transactions #1299
Send local transactions to new peers #1253

1.1

Additions and Improvements

Privacy
Onchain Permissioning
Fastsync
Documentation updates include:
- Added JSON-RPC methods:
  - txpool_pantheonStatistics
  - net_services
- Updated to indicate Docker image doesn't run on Windows
- Added how to configure a free gas network

Technical Improvements

priv_getTransactionCount fails if account has not interacted with private state #1369
Updating Orion to 0.9.0 #1360
Allow use of large chain IDs #1357
Allow private contract invocations in multiple privacy groups #1340
Missing p2p info when queried live #1338
Fix expose transaction statistics #1337
Normalize account permissioning addresses in whitelist #1321
Update Enclave executePost method #1319
Fix account permissioning check case matching #1315
Removing 'all' from the help wording for host-whitelist #1304

1.1 RC

Technical Improvements

Better errors for when permissioning contract is set up wrong #1296
Consolidate p2p node info methods #1288
Update permissioning smart contract interface to match updated EEA proposal #1287
Switch to new sync target if it exceeds the td threshold #1286
Fix running ATs with in-process node runner #1285
Simplify enode construction #1283
Cleanup PeerConnection interface #1282
Undo changes to PendingTransactions method visibility #1281
Use default enclave public key to generate eea_getTransactionReceipt #1280 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Rollback to rocksdb 5.15.10 #1279
Log error when a JSON decode problem is encountered #1278
Create EnodeURL builder #1275
Keep enode nodeId stored as a BytesValue #1274
Feature/move subclass in pantheon command #1272
Expose sync mode option #1270
Refactor RocksDBStats #1266
Normalize EnodeURLs #1264
Build broken in Java 12 #1263
Make PeerDiscovertAgentTest less flakey #1262
Ignore extra json rpc params #1261
Fetch local transactions in isolation #1259
Update to debug trace transaction #1258
Use labelled timer to differentiate between rocks db metrics #1254 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Migrate TransactionPool (& affiliated test) from 'core' to 'eth' #1251
Use single instance of Rocksdb for privacy #1247 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Subscribing to sync events should receive false when in sync #1240
Ignore transactions from the network while behind chain head #1228
RocksDB Statistics in Metrics #1169
Add block trace RPC methods #1088 (thanks to kziemianek)

1.0.3

Additions and Improvements

Notify of dropped messages #1156
Documentation updates include:
- Added Permissioning Overview
- Added content on Network vs Node Configuration
- Updated RAM requirements
- Added Privacy Overview and Processing Private Transactions
- Renaming of Ethstats Lite Explorer to Ethereum Lite Explorer (thanks to tzapu)
- Added content on using Truffle with Besu
- Added droppedPendingTransactions RPC Pub/Sub subscription
- Added eea_* JSON-RPC API methods
- Added architecture diagram
- Updated permissioning CLI options and permissioned network tutorial

Technical Improvements

Choose sync target based on td rather than height #1256
CLI ewp options #1246
Update BesuCommand.java #1245
Reduce memory usage in import #1239
Improve eea_sendRawTransaction error messages #1238 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Single topic filter #1235
Enable pipeline chain downloader for fast sync #1232
Make contract size limit configurable #1227
Refactor PrivacyParameters config to use builder pattern #1226 (thanks to antonydenyer)
Different request limits for different request types #1224
Finish off fast sync pipeline download #1222
Enable fast-sync options on command line #1218
Replace filtering headers after the fact with calculating number to request up-front #1216
Support async processing while maintaining output order #1215
Add Unstable Options to the CLI #1213
Add private cluster acceptance tests #1211 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Re-aligned smart contract interface to EEA client spec 477 #1209
Count the number of items discarded when a pipe is aborted #1208
Pipeline chain download - fetch and import data #1207
Permission provider that allows bootnodes if you have no other connections #1206
Cancel in-progress async operations when the pipeline is aborted #1205
Pipeline chain download - Checkpoints #1203
Push development images to public dockerhub #1202
Push builds of master as docker development images #1200
Doc CI pipeline for build and tests #1199
Replace the use of a disconnect listener with EthPeer.isDisconnected #1197
Prep chain downloader for branch by abstraction #1194
Maintain the state of MessageFrame in private Tx #1193 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Persist private world state only if we are mining #1191 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Remove SyncState from SyncTargetManager #1188
Acceptance tests base for smart contract node permissioning #1186
Fix metrics breakages #1185
Typo #1184 (thanks to araskachoi)
StaticNodesParserTest to pass on Windows #1183
Don't mark world state as stalled until a minimum time without progress is reached #1179
Use header validation policy in DownloadHeaderSequenceTask #1172
Bond with bootnodes #1160

1.0.2

Additions and Improvements

Removed DB init when using public-key subcommand #1049
Output enode URL on startup #1137
Added Remove Peer JSON-RPC #1129
Added net_enode JSON-RPC #1119 (thanks to mbergstrand)
Maintain a staticnodes.json #1106
Added tx-pool-max-size command line parameter #1078
Added PendingTransactions JSON-RPC #1043 (thanks to EdwinLeeGreene)
Added admin_nodeInfo JSON-RPC #1012
Added --metrics-category CLI to only enable select metrics #969
Documentation updates include:
- Updated endpoints in Private Network Quickstart (thanks to laubai)
- Updated documentation contribution guidelines
- Added admin_removePeer
- Updated tutorials for printing of enode on startup
- Added txpool_pantheonTransactions
- Added Transaction Pool content
- Added tx-pool-max-size CLI option
- Updated developer build instructions to use installDist
- Added Azure quickstart tutorial
- Enabled copy button in code blocks
- Added IBFT 1.0
- Added section on using Geth attach with Besu
- Enabled the edit link doc site to ease external doc contributions
- Added EthStats docs (thanks to baxy)
- Updated Postman collection
- Added metrics-category CLI option
- Added information on block time and timeout settings for IBFT 2.0
- Added admin_nodeInfo
- Added permissions images
- Added permissioning blog to Resources
- Updated Create Permissioned Network tutorial to use export-address
- Updated Clique and IBFT 2.0 docs to include complete genesis file
- Updated Clique tutorial to use export-address subcommand
- Added IBFT 2.0 future message configuration options

Technical Improvements

Fixed so self persists to the whitelist #1176
Fixed to add self to permissioning whitelist #1175
Fixed permissioning issues #1174
AdminAddPeer returns custom Json RPC error code #1171
Periodically connect to peers from table #1170
Improved bootnodes option error message #1092
Automatically restrict trailing peers while syncing #1167
Avoid bonding to ourselves #1166
Fix Push Metrics #1164
Synchroniser waits for new peer if best is up to date #1161
Don't attempt to download checkpoint headers if the number of headers is negative #1158
Capture metrics on Vertx event loop and worker thread queues #1155
Simplify node permissioning ATs #1153
Add metrics around discovery process #1152
Prevent connecting to self #1150
Refactoring permissioning ATs #1148
Added two extra Ropsten bootnodes #1147
Fixed TCP port handling #1144
Better error on bad header #1143
Refresh peer table while we have fewer than maxPeers connected #1142
Refactor jsonrpc consumption of local node permissioning controller #1140
Disconnect peers before the pivot block while fast syncing #1139
Reduce the default transaction pool size from 30,000 to 4096 #1136
Fail at load if static nodes not whitelisted #1135
Fix private transaction acceptance test #1134 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Quieter exceptions when network is unreachable #1133
nodepermissioningcontroller used for devp2p connection filtering #1132
Remove duplicates from apis specified via CLI #1131
Synchronizer returns false if it is in sync #1130
Added fromHexStringStrict to check for exactly 20 byte addresses #1128
Fix deadlock scenario in AsyncOperationProcessor and re-enable WorldStateDownloaderTest #1126
Ignore WorldStateDownloaderTest #1125
Updated local config permissioning flags #1118
Pipeline Improvements #1117
Permissioning cli smart contract #1116
Adding default pending transactions value in BesuControllerBuilder #1114
Fix intermittency in WorldStateDownloaderTest #1113
Reduce number of seen blocks and transactions Besu tracks #1112
Timeout long test #1111
Errorprone 2.3.3 upgrades #1110
Add metric to capture memory used by RocksDB table readers #1108
Don't allow creation of multiple gauges with the same name #1107
Update Peer Discovery to use NodePermissioningController #1105
Move starting world state download process inside WorldDownloadState #1104
Enable private Tx capability to Clique #1102 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Enable private Tx capability to IBFT #1101 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Version Upgrades #1100
Don't delete completed tasks from RocksDbTaskQueue #1099
Support flat mapping with multiple threads #1098
Add pipe stage name to thread while executing #1097
Use pipeline for world state download #1096
TXPool JSON RPC tweaks #1095
Add in-memory cache over world state download queue #1087
Trim default metrics #1086
Improve imported block log line #1085
Smart contract permission controller #1083
Add timeout when waiting for JSON-RPC, WebSocket RPC and Metrics services to stop #1082
Add pipeline framework to make parallel processing simpler #1077
Node permissioning controller #1075
Smart contract permission controller stub #1074
Expose a synchronous start method in Runner #1072
Changes in chain head should trigger new permissioning check for active peers #1071
Fix exceptions fetching metrics after world state download completes #1066
Accept transactions in the pool with nonce above account sender nonce #1065
Repair Istanbul to handle Eth/62 & Eth/63 #1063
Close Private Storage Provider #1059 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Add labels to Pipelined tasks metrics #1057
Re-enable Quorum Synchronisation #1056
Don't log expected failures as errors #1054
Make findSuitablePeer abstract #1053
Track added at in txpool #1048
Fix ImportBlocksTask to only request from peers that claim to have the blocks #1047
Don't run the dao block validator if dao block is 0 #1044
Don't make unnecessary copies of data in RocksDbKeyValueStorage #1040
Update discovery logic to trust bootnodes only when out of sync #1039
Fix IndexOutOfBoundsException in DetermineCommonAncestorTask #1038
Add rpc_modules JSON-RPC #1036
Simple permissioning smart contract #1035
Refactor enodeurl to use inetaddr #1032
Update CLI options in mismatched genesis file message #1031
Remove dependence of eth.core on eth.permissioning #1030
Make alloc optional and provide nicer error messages when genesis config is invalid #1029
Handle metrics request closing before response is generated #1028
Change EthNetworkConfig bootnodes to always be URIs #1027
Avoid port conflicts in acceptance tests #1025
Include reference tests in jacoco #1024
Acceptance test - configurable gas price #1023
Get Internal logs and output #1022 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Fix race condition in WebSocketService #1021
Ensure devp2p ports are written to ports file correctly #1020
Report the correct tcp port in PING packets when it differs from the UDP port #1019
Refactor transient transaction processor #1017
Resume world state download from existing queue #1016
IBFT Acceptance tests updated with longer timeout on first block #1015
Update IBFT acceptances tests to await first block #1013
Remove full hashimoto implementation as its never used #1011
Created SyncStatus notifications #1010
Address acceptance test intermittency #1008
Consider a world state download stalled after 100 requests with no progress #1007
Reduce log level when block miner is interrupted #1006
RunnerTest fail on Windows due to network startup timing issue #1005
Generate Private Contract Address #1004 (thanks to vinistevam)
Delete the legacy pipelined import code #1003
Fix race condition in WebSocket AT #1002
Cleanup IBFT logging levels #995
Integration Test implementation dependency for non-IntelliJ IDE #992
Ignore fast sync and full sync tests to avoid race condition #991
Make acceptance tests use the process based runner again #990
RoundChangeCertificateValidator requires unique authors #989
Make Rinkeby the benchmark chain. #986
Add metrics to Parallel Download pipeline #985
Change ExpectBlockNumber to require at least the specified block number #981
Fix benchmark compilation #980
RPC tests can use 127.0.0.1 loopback rather than localhost #974 thanks to glethuillier for raising)
Disable picocli ansi when testing #973
Add a jmh benchmark for WorldStateDownloader #972
Gradle dependency for JMH annotation, for IDEs that aren't IntelliJ (… #971
Separate download state tracking from WorldStateDownloader #967
Gradle dependency for JMH annotation, for IDEs that aren't IntelliJ #966
Truffle HDwallet Web3 1.0 #964
Add missing JavaDoc tags in JSONToRLP #963
Only import block if it isn't already on the block chain #962
CLI stack traces when debugging #960
Create peer discovery packets on a worker thread #955
Remove start functionality from IbftController and IbftBlockHeightMan… #952
Cleanup IBFT executors #951
Single threaded world state persistence #950
Fix version number on master #946
Change automatic benchmark #945
Eliminate redundant header validation #943
RocksDbQueue Threading Tweaks #940
Validate DAO block #939
Complete Private Transaction Processor #938 (thanks to iikirilov)
Add metrics for netty queue length #932
Update GetNodeDataFromPeerTask to return a map #931

1.0.1

Public key address export subcommand was missing in 1.0 release.

Additions and Improvements

Added public-key export-address subcommand #888
Documentation update for the public-key export-address subcommand.
Updated IBFT 2.0 overview to include use of rlp encode command and information on setting IBFT 2.0 properties to achieve your desired block time.

1.0

Additions and Improvements

IBFT 2.0
Permissioning
JSON-RPC Authentication
Added rlp encode subcommand #965
Method to reload permissions file #834
Added rebind mitigation for Websockets. #905
Support genesis contract code #749 (thanks to kziemianek).
Documentation updates include:
- Added details on port configuration
- Added Resources page linking to Besu blog posts and webinars
- Added JSON-RPC Authentication
- Added tutorial to create permissioned network
- Added Permissioning content
- Added Permissioning API methods
- Added tutorial to create Clique private network
- Added tutorial to create IBFT 2.0 private network

Technical Improvements

RoundChangeCertificateValidator requires unique authors #997
RPC tests can use 127.0.0.1 loopback rather than localhost #979
Integration Test implementation dependency for non-IntelliJ IDE #978
Only import block if it isn't already on the block chain #977
Disable picocli ansi when testing #975
Create peer discovery packets on a worker thread #961
Removed Orion snapshot dependency #933
Use network ID instead of chain ID in MainnetBesuController. #929
Propagate new block messages to other clients in a worker thread #928
Parallel downloader should stop on puts if requested. #927
Permission config file location and option under docker #925
Fixed potential stall in world state download #922
Refactoring to introduce deleteOnExit() for temp files #920
Reduce "Received transactions message" log from debug to trace #919
Handle PeerNotConnected exceptions when sending wire keep alives #918
admin_addpeers: error if node not whitelisted #917
Expose the Ibft MiningCoordinator #916
Check perm api against perm cli #915
Update metrics when completing a world state request with existing data #914
Improve RocksDBQueue dequeue performance #913
Error when removing bootnodes from nodes whitelist #912
Incremental Optimization(s) on BlockBroadcaster #911
Check permissions CLI dependencies #909
Limit the number of times we retry peer discovery interactions #908
IBFT to use VoteTallyCache #907
Add metric to expose number of inflight world state requests #906
Bootnodes not on whitelist - improve errors #904
Make chain download cancellable #901
Enforce accounts must start with 0x #900
When picking fast sync pivot block, use the peer with the best total difficulty #899
Process world state download data on a worker thread #898
CLI mixin help #895 (macfarla)
Use absolute datapath instead of relative. #894.
Fix task queue so that the updated failure count for requests is stored #893
Fix authentication header #891
Reorganize eth tasks #890
Unit tests of BlockBroadcaster #887
Fix authentication file validation errors #886
Fixing file locations under docker #885
Handle exceptions properly in EthScheduler #884
More bootnodes for goerli #880
Rename password hash command #879
Add metrics for EthScheduler executors #878
Disconnect peer removed from node whitelist #877
Reduce logging noise from invalid peer discovery packets and handshaking #876
Detect stalled world state downloads #875
Limit size of Ibft future message buffer #873
Ibft2: Replace NewRound with extended Proposal #872
Fixed admin_addPeer to periodically check maintained connections #871
WebSocket method permissions #870
Select new pivot block when world state becomes unavailable #869
Introduce FutureUtils to reduce duplicated code around CompletableFuture #868
Implement world state cancel #867
Renaming authentication configuration file CLI command #865
Break out RoundChangeCertificate validation #864
Disconnect peers where the common ancestor is before our fast sync pivot #862
Initial scaffolding for block propagation #860
Fix NullPointerException when determining fast sync pivot #859
Check for invalid token #856
Moving NodeWhitelistController to permissioning package #855
Fix state download race condition by creating a TaskQueue API #853
Changed separator in JSON RPC permissions #852
WebSocket acceptance tests now can use WebSockets #851
IBFT notifies EthPeer when remote node has a better block #849
Support resuming fast-sync downloads #848
Tweak Fast Sync Config #847
RPC authentication configuration validation + tests. #846
Tidy-up FastSyncState persistence #845
Do parallel extract signatures in the parallel block importer. #844
Fix 'the Input Is Too Long' Error on Windows #843 (thanks to glethuillier).
Remove unnecessary sleep #842
Shutdown improvements #841
Speed up shutdown time #838
Add metrics to world state downloader #837
Store pivot block header #836
Clique should use beneficiary of zero on epoch blocks #833
Clique should ignore proposals for address 0 #831
Fix intermittency in FullSyncDownloaderTest #830
Added the authentication service to the WebSocket service #829
Extract creation and init of ProtocolContext into a re-usable class #828
Prevent duplicate commit seals in ibft header #827
Validate Ibft vanity data length #826
Refactored json rpc authentication to be provided as a service #825
Handle unavailable world states #824
Password in JWT payload #823
Homogenize error messages when required parameters are set #822 (glethuillier).
Set remote peer chain head to parent of block received in NEW_BLOCK_MESSAGE #819
Peer disconnects should not result in stack traces #818
Abort previous builds #817
Parallel build stages #816
JWT authentication for JSON-RPC #815
Log errors that occur while finding a common ancestor #814
Shuffled log levels #813
Prevent duplicate IBFT messages being processed by state machine #811
Fix Orion startup ports #810
Commit world state continuously #809
Improve block propagation time #808
JSON-RPC authentication cli options & acceptance tests #807
Remove privacy not supported warning #806 (thanks to vinistevam)
Wire up Private Transaction Processor #805 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Apply a limit to the number of responses in RespondingEthPeer.respondWhile #803
Avoid requesting empty block bodies from the network. #802
Handle partial responses to get receipts requests #801
Rename functions in Ibft MessageValidator #800
Upgrade GoogleJavaFormat to 1.7 #795
Minor refactorings of IntegrationTest infrastructure #786
Rework Ibft MessageValidatorFactory #785
Rework IbftRoundFactory #784
Rename artefacts to artifacts within IBFT #782
Rename TerminatedRoundArtefacts to PreparedRoundArtefacts #781
Rename Ibft MessageFactory methods #779
Update WorldStateDownloader to only filter out known code requests #777
Multiple name options only search for the longest one #776
Move ethTaskTimer to abstract root #775
Parallel Block importer #774
Wait for a peer with an estimated chain height before selecting a pivot block #772
Randomly perform full validation when fast syncing blocks #770
IBFT Message rework, piggybacking blocks on msgs. #769
EthScheduler additions #767
Fixing node whitelist isPermitted check #766
Eth/63 labels #764
Permissioning whitelist persistence. #763
Created message validators for NewRound and RoundChange #760
Add tests for FastSyncChainDownloader as a whole #758
Flatten IBFT Message API #757
Added TerminatedRoundArtefacts #756
Fix thread names in EthScheduler to include the thread number #755
Separate round change reception from RoundChangeCertificate #754
JSON-RPC authentication login #753
Spilt Ibft MessageValidator into components #752
Ensure first checkpoint headers is always in local blockchain for FastSyncCheckpointHeaderManager #750
Refactored permissioning components to be Optional. #747
Integrate rocksdb-based queue into WorldStateDownloader #746
Generify orion to enclave #745 (thanks to vinistevam)
Moved IBFT Message factory to use wrapped message types #744
Handle timeouts when requesting checkpoint headers correctly #743
Update RoundChangeManager to use flattened message #742
Handle validation failures when fast importing blocks #741
Updated IbftRound and RoundState APIs to use wrapped messages #740
Exception handling #739
Upgrade dependency versions and build cleanup #738
Update IbftBlockHeigntManager to accept new message types. #737
Error response handling for permissions APIs #736
IPV6 bootnodes don't work #735
Updated to use tags of pantheon build rather than another repo #734
Log milestones at startup and other minor logging improvements #733
Create wrapper types for Ibft Signed messages #731
Ibft to uniquely ID messages by their hash #730
Rename ibftrevised to ibft2 #722
Limit ibft msg queues #704
Implement privacy precompiled contract #696 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Integration of RecursivePeerRefreshState and PeerDiscoveryController #420

0.9.1

Built and compatible with with JDK8.

0.9

Breaking Changes to Command Line

Breaking changes have been made to the command line options in v0.9 to improve usability. Many v0.8 command line options no longer work.

The documentation has been updated throughout to use the changed command line options and the command line reference documents the changed options.

Previous Option	New Option	Change
`--config`	`--config-file`	Renamed
`--datadir`	`--data-path`	Renamed
`--dev-mode`	`--network=dev`	Replaced by `--network` option
`--genesis`	`--genesis-file`	Renamed
`--goerli`	[`--network=goerli`]((https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/Reference/CLI/CLI-Syntax/#network)	Replaced by `--network` option
`--metrics-listen=<HOST:PORT>`	`--metrics-host=<HOST>` and `--metrics-port=<PORT>`	Split into host and port options
`--miner-extraData`	`--miner-extra-data`	Renamed
`--miner-minTransactionGasPriceWei`	`--min-gas-price`	Renamed
`--no-discovery`	`--discovery-enabled`	Replaced
`--node-private-key`	`--node-private-key-file`	Renamed
`--ottoman`	N/A	Removed
`--p2p-listen=<HOST:PORT>`	`--p2p-host=<HOST>` and `--p2p-port=<PORT>`	Split into host and port options
`--rinkeby`	[`--network=rinkeby`]((https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/Reference/CLI/CLI-Syntax/#network)	Replaced by `--network` option
`--ropsten`	[`--network=ropsten`]((https://besu.hyperledger.org/en/latest/Reference/CLI/CLI-Syntax/#network)	Replaced by `--network` option
`--rpc-enabled`	`--rpc-http-enabled`	Renamed
`--rpc-listen=<HOST:PORT>`	`--rpc-http-host=<HOST>` and `--rpc-http-port=<PORT>`	Split into host and port options
`--rpc-api`	`--rpc-http-api`	Renamed
`--rpc-cors-origins`	`--rpc-http-cors-origins`	Renamed
`--ws-enabled`	`--rpc-ws-enabled`	Renamed
`--ws-api`	`--rpc-ws-api`	Renamed
`--ws-listen=<HOST:PORT>`	`--rpc-ws-host=<HOST>` and `--rpc-ws-port=<PORT>`	Split into host and port options
`--ws-refresh-delay`	`--rpc-ws-refresh-delay`	Renamed

Previous Subcommand	New Subcommand	Change
`pantheon import <block-file>`	`pantheon blocks import --from=<block-file>`	Renamed
`pantheon export-pub-key <key-file>`	`pantheon public-key export --to=<key-file>`	Renamed

Private Network Quickstart

The Private Network Quickstart has been moved from the pantheon repository to the pantheon-quickstart repository. The Private Network Quickstart tutorial has been updated to use the moved quickstart.

Additions and Improvements

--network=goerli supports relaunch of Görli testnet #717
TOML authentication provider #689
Metrics Push Gateway Options #678
Additional logging details for IBFT 2.0 #650
Permissioning config TOML file #643
Added metrics Prometheus Push Gateway Support #638
Clique and IBFT not enabled by default in RPC APIs #635
Added admin_addPeer JSON-RPC API method #622
Implemented --p2p-enabled configuration item #619
Command options and commands renaming #618
Added IBFT get pending votes #603
Implement Petersburg hardfork #601
Added private transaction abstraction #592 (thanks to iikirilov)
Added privacy command line commands #584 (thanks to Puneetha17)
Documentation updates include:
- Updated Private Network Quickstart tutorial to use quickstart in pantheon-quickstart repository and indicate that the quickstart is not supported on Windows.
- Added IBFT 2.0 content and JSON RPC API methods.
- Added consensus protocols content.
- Added content on events and logs, and using filters.
- Added content on integrating with Prometheus Push Gateway

Technical Improvements

Download receipts during fast sync and import without processing transactions #701
Removed CLI options for --nodes-whitelist and --accounts-whitelist #694
Delegate getRootCause through to Guava's implementation #692
Benchmark update #691
Implement chain download for fast sync #690
Allow missing accounts to create zero-cost transactions #685
Node private key location should be fixed under docker #684
Parallel Processing File Import Performance #683
Integrate actual WorldStateDownloader with the fast sync work flow #682
Removed --max-trailing-peers option #680
Enabled warning on CLI dependent options #679
Update WorldStateDownloader run() interface to accept header #677
Fixed Difficulty calculator #663
discovery-enabled option refactoring #661
Update orion default port approach #660
Extract out generic parts of Downloader #659
Start world downloader #658
Create a simple WorldStateDownloader #657
Added handling for when p2p is disabled #655
Enabled command line configuration for privacy precompiled contract address #653 (thanks to Puneetha17)
IBFT transmitted packets are logged by gossiper #652
admin_addPeer acceptance test #651
Added p2pEnabled configuration to ProcessBesuNodeRunner #649
Added description to automatic benchmarks #646
Added network option #645
Remove OrionConfiguration #644 (thanks to Puneetha17)
IBFT Json Acceptance tests #634
Upgraded build image to one that contains libsodium #632
Command line fixes #630
Consider peer count insufficient until minimum peers for fast sync are connected #629
Build tweaks #628
IBFT ensure non-validator does not partake in consensus #627
Added ability in acceptance tests to set up a node with --no-discovery #624
Gossip integration test #623
Removed quickstart code and CI pipeline #616
IBFT Integration Tests - Spurious Behaviour #615
Refactoring for more readable IBFT IT #614
Start of fast sync downloader #613
Split IbftProcessor into looping and event processing #612
IBFT Int Test - changed TestContextFactory to a builder #611
Discard prior round change msgs #610
IbftGetValidatorsByBlockHash added to json factory #607
IBFT Validator RPCs to return list of strings #606
Update Benchmark #605
Remove db package and move classes to more appropriate locations #599
Added GetReceiptsFromPeerTask #598
Added GetNodeDataFromPeerTask #597
Fixed deprecation warnings #596
IBFT Integration Tests - Future Height #591
Added getNodeData to EthPeer to enable requesting node data #589
Blockcreator to use parentblock specified at constuction #588
Support responding to GetNodeData requests #587
IBFT validates block on proposal reception #583
Rework NewRoundValidator tests #582
IBFT split extra data validation rule into components #581
Allow attached rules to be flagged light #580
Split Block Validation from Importing #579
Refactor RoundChangeManager creation #578
Add -SNAPSHOT postfix to version #577
IBFT - prevent proposed block being imported twice #576
Version upgrades #571
Tests that CLI options are disabled under docker #566
Renamed IBFT networking classes #555
Removed dead code from the consensus package #554
Prepared private transaction support #538 (thanks to iikirilov)

0.8.5

Indefinitely delays the roll-out of Constantinople on Ethereum Mainnet due to a potential security issue detected.

Additions and Improvements

Remove Constantinople fork block #574

Technical Improvements

Rename IBFT message packages #568

0.8.4

Docker Image

If you have been running a node using the v0.8.3 Docker image, the node was not saving data to the specified data directory, or referring to the custom configuration file or genesis file.

To recover the node key and data directory from the Docker container: docker cp <container>:/opt/pantheon/key <destination_file> docker cp <container>:/opt/pantheon/database <destination_directory>

Where container is the name or ID of the Docker container containing the Besu node.

The container can be running or stopped when you copy the key and data directory. If your node was fully synchronized to MainNet, the data directory will be ~2TB.

When restarting your node with the v0.8.4 Docker image:

Save the node key in the key file in the data directory or specify the location using the --node-private-key option.
Specify the <destination_directory as a volume for the data directory.

Bug Fixes

Fixing default resource locations inside docker #529
NewRoundMessageValidator ignores Round Number when comparing blocks #523
Fix Array Configurable command line options #514

Additions and Improvements

RocksDB Metrics #531
Added ibft_getValidatorsByBlockHash JSON RPC #519
Expose metrics to Prometheus #506
Added ibft_getValidatorsByBlockNumber #499
Added Roadmap.md file. #494
Added JSON RPC eth hashrate method. #488
Account whitelist API #487
Added nodes whitelist JSON-RPC APIs #476
Added account whitelisting #460
Added configurable refresh delay for SyncingSubscriptionService on start up #383
Added the Command Line Style Guide #530
Documentation updates include:
- Migrated to new documentation site
- Added configuration file content
- Added tutorial to create private network
- Added content on enabling non-default APIs

Technical Improvements

Updated --bootnodes command option to take zero arguments #548
IBFT Integration Testing - Local Node is proposer #527
Remove vertx from discovery tests #539
IBFT Integration testing - Round Change #537
NewRoundMessageValidator creates RoundChangeValidator with correct value #518
Remove time dependency from BlockTimer tests #513
Gradle 5.1 #512
Metrics measurement adjustment #511
Metrics export for import command. #509
IBFT Integration test framework #502
IBFT message gossiping #501
Remove non-transactional mutation from KeyValueStore #500
Ensured that the blockchain queries class handles optionals better. #486
IBFT mining acceptance test #483
Set base directory name to be lowercase in building.md #474 (Thanks to Matthalp)
Moved admin_peers to Admin API group #473
Nodes whitelist acceptance test #472
Rework RoundChangeManagerTest to not reuse validators #469
Ignore node files to support truffle. #467
IBFT pantheon controller #461
IBFT Round to update internal state on reception of NewRound Message #451
Update RoundChangeManager correctly create its message validator #450
Use seconds for block timer time unit #445
IBFT controller and future msgs handling #431
Allow IBFT Round to be created using PreparedCert #429
Added MessageValidatorFactory #425
Inround payload #423
Updated IbftConfig Fields #422
Repair IbftBlockCreator and add tests #421
Make Besu behave as a submodule #419
Ibft Height Manager #418
Ensure bootnodes are a subset of node whitelist #414
IBFT Consensus Round Classes #405
IBFT message payload tests #404
Validate enodeurl syntax from command line #403
Update errorprone #401
IBFT round change manager #393
IBFT RoundState #392
Move Block data generator test helper to test support package #391
IBFT message tests #367

0.8.3

Breaking Change to JSON RPC-API

From v0.8.3, incoming HTTP requests are only accepted from hostnames specified using the --host-whitelist command-line option. If not specified, the default value for --host-whitelist is localhost.

If using the URL http://127.0.0.1 to make JSON-RPC calls, use --host-whitelist to specify the hostname 127.0.0.1 or update the hostname to localhost.

If your application publishes RPC ports, specify the hostnames when starting Besu. For example:

pantheon --host-whitelist=example.com

Specify * or all for --host-whitelist to effectively disable host protection and replicate pre-v0.8.3 behavior. This is not recommended for production code.

Bug Fixes

Repair Clique Proposer Selection #339
High TX volume swamps block processing #337
Check if the connectFuture has completed successfully #293
Switch back to Xerial Snappy Library #284
ShortHex of 0 should be '0x0', not '0x' #272
Fix pantheon CLI default values infinite loop #266

Additions and Improvements

Added --nodes-whitelist parameter to CLI and NodeWhitelistController #346
Discovery wiring for --node-whitelist #365
Plumb in three more metrics #344
ProposerSelection to support multiple IBFT implementations #307
Configuration to support IBFT original and revised #306
Added host whitelist for JSON-RPC. Breaking Change #295
Reduce Block creation processed cancelled log message to debug #294
Implement iterative peer search #268
Added RLP enc/dec for PrePrepare, Commit and NewRound messages #200
IBFT block mining #169
Added --goerli CLI option #370 (Thanks to @Nashatyrev)
Begin capturing metrics to better understand Besu's behaviour #326
Documentation updates include:
- Added Coding Conventions #342
- Reorganised Installation documentation and added Chocolatey installation for Windows
- Reorganised JSON-RPC API documentation
- Updated RPC Pub/Sub API documentation

Technical Improvements

Extracted non-Docker CLI parameters to picoCLI mixin. #323
IBFT preprepare to validate round matches block #329
Fix acceptance test #324
Added the IbftFinalState #385
Constantinople Fork Block #382
Fix pantheon.cli.BesuCommandTest test on Windows #380
JDK smoke testing is being configured differently now #374
Re-enable clique AT #373
Ignoring acceptance test #372
Changes to support Gradle 5.0 #371
Clique: Prevent out of turn blocks interrupt in-turn mining #364
Time all tasks #361
Rework VoteTallyCache to better represent purpose #360
Add an UNKNOWN DisconnectReason #359
New round validation #353
Update get validators for block hash test to start from block 1 #352
Idiomatic Builder Pattern #345
Revert Repair Clique Proposer Selection #339 - Breaks Görli testnet #343
No fixed ports in tests #340
Update clique acceptance test genesis file to use correct clique property names #338
Supporting list of addresses in logs subscription #336
Render handler exception to System.err instead of .out #334
Renamed IBFT message classes #333
Add additional RLP tests #332
Downgrading spotless to 3.13.0 to fix threading issues #325
eth_getTransactionReceipt acceptance test #322
Upgrade vertx to 3.5.4 #316
Round change validation #315
Basic IBFT message validators #314
Minor repairs to clique block scheduling #308
Dependencies Version upgrade #303
Build multiple JVM #301
Smart contract acceptance test #296
Fixing WebSocket error response #292
Reword error messages following exceptions during mining #291
Clique acceptance tests #290
Delegate creation of additional JSON-RPC methods to the BesuController #289
Remove unnecessary RlpInput and RlpOutput classes #287
Remove RlpUtils #285
Enabling previously ignored acceptance tests #282
IPv6 peers #281
IPv6 Bootnode #280
Acceptance test for getTransactionReceipt JSON-RPC method #278
Inject StorageProvider into BesuController instances #259

0.8.2

Removed

Removed import-blockchain command because nothing exports to the required format yet (PR #223)

Bug Fixes

io.netty.util.internal.OutOfDirectMemoryError errors by removing reference counting from network messages.
Log spam: endless loop in nioEventLoopGroup thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #261)
Rinkeby import can stall with too many fragments thanks to @steffenkux and @5chdn for reporting) (PR #255)
Clique incorrectly used the chain ID instead of the network ID in ETH status messages (PR #209)
Gradle deprecation warnings (PR #246 with thanks to @jvirtanen)
Consensus issue on Ropsten:
- Treat output length as a maximum length for CALL operations (PR #236)
- ECRec precompile should return empty instead of 32 zero bytes when the input is invalid (PR #227)
File name too long error while building from source thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #221)
Loop syntax in runBesuPrivateNetwork.sh (PR #237 thanks to @matt9ucci)
Fix CompressionException: Snappy decompression failed errors thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #274)

Additions and Improvements

Added --ropsten command line argument to make syncing to Ropsten easier (PR #197 with thanks to @jvirtanen)
Enabled constantinople in --dev-mode (PR #256)
Supported Constantinople with Clique thanks to @5chdn for reporting) (PR #250, PR #247)
Implemented eth_chainId JSON-RPC method (PR #219)
Updated client version to be ethstats friendly (PR #258)
Added --node-private-key option to allow nodekey file to be specified separately to data directory thanks to @peterbroadhurst for requesting) (PR #234)
Added --banned-nodeids option to prevent connection to specific nodes (PR #254)
Send client quitting disconnect message to peers on shutdown (PR #253)
Improved error message for port conflict error (PR #232)
Improved documentation by adding the following pages:

Technical Improvements

Upgraded Ethereum reference tests to 6.0 beta 2. (thanks to @jvirtanen for the initial upgrade to beta 1)
Set Java compiler default encoding to UTF-8 (PR #238 thanks to @matt9ucci)
Removed duplicate code defining default JSON-RPC APIs (PR #218 thanks to @matt9ucci)
Improved code for parsing config (PRs #208, #209)
Use java.time.Clock in favour of a custom Clock interface (PR #220)
Improve modularity of storage systems (PR #211, #207)
Treat JavaDoc warnings as errors (PR #171)
Add benchmark for BlockHashOperation as a template for benchmarking other EVM operations (PR #203)
Added unit tests for EthBlockNumber (PR #195 thanks to @jvirtanen)
Code style improvements (PR #196 thanks to @jvirtanen)
Added unit tests for Web3ClientVersion (PR #194 with thanks to @jvirtanen)
Removed RLPUtils from RawBlockIterator (PR #179)
Replace the JNI based snappy library with a pure-Java version (PR #257)

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Changelog

Breaking change upcoming in v1.5

Upcoming 1.5 release

1.4.6

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

Previously identified known issues

1.4.5

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

New known issues

Previously identified known issues

1.4.4

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

New known issues

Previously identified known issues

1.4.3

Issues identified with 1.4.3 release

Critical Issue for Privacy Users

Additions and Improvements

Deprecated

Known Issues

Fast sync when running Besu on cloud providers

Error full syncing with pruning

Fast sync reverting to full sync

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

1.4.2

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Updated Early Access Features

Known Issues

Fast sync defaulting to full sync

Error full syncing with pruning

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

1.4.1

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Early Access Features

Known Issues

Fast sync defaulting to full sync

Error full syncing with pruning

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

1.4.0

Private State Migration

Additions and Improvements

Early Access Features

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

Fast sync defaulting to full sync

Error full syncing with pruning

Bootnodes must be validators when using onchain permissioning

1.4.0 RC-2

Private State Migration

1.4.0 RC-1

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Known Bugs

1.4 Beta 3

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

Experimental Features

1.4 Beta 2

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

1.4 Beta 1

Additions and Improvements

1.3.8

Additions and Improvements

Critical Fix in 1.3.7

Muir Glacier Compatibility

ETC Agharta Compatibility

1.3.7

Additions and Improvements

Bug Fixes

New Maintainer

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