v1.9.0-rc1

1.9.0-rc1 / 2021-04-27

This is a release candidate for the optional Lotus 1.9.0 release that introduces various improvements to the sealing, mining, and deal-making processes.

This also incorporates the actors v4 / network v12 upgrade.

Highlights

• OpenRPC Support (#5843)
• Take latency into account when making interactive deals (#5876)
• Update go-commp-utils for >10x faster client commp calculation (#5892)
• add lotus client cancel-retrieval cmd to lotus CLI (#5871)
• add inspect-deal command to lotus client (#5833)
• Local retrieval support (#5917)
• go-fil-markets v1.1.9 -> v1.2.5
  • For a detailed changelog see https://github.com/filecoin-project/go-fil-markets/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• rust-fil-proofs v5.4.1 -> v6.1.0
  • For a detailed changelog see https://github.com/filecoin-project/rust-fil-proofs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
  • Build and run lotus with FFI_USE_GPU2=1 to enable GPU2.

Changes

• storagefsm: Apply global events even in broken states (#5962)
• Default the AlwaysKeepUnsealedCopy flag to true (#5743)
• splitstore: compact hotstore prior to garbage collection (#5778)
• ipfs-force bootstrapper update (#5799)
• better logging when unsealing fails (#5851)
• perf: add cache for gas permium estimation (#5709)
• backupds: Compact log on restart (#5875)
• backupds: Improve truncated log handling (#5891)
• State CLI improvements (State CLI improvements)
• API proxy struct codegen (#5854)
• move DI stuff for paychmgr into modules (#5791)
• Implement Event observer and Settings for 3rd party dep injection (#5693)
• Export developer and network commands for consumption by derivatives of Lotus (#5864)
• mock sealer: Simulate randomness sideeffects (#5805)
• localstorage: Demote reservation stat error to debug (#5976)
• shed command to unpack miner info dumps (#5800)
• Add two utils to Lotus-shed (#5867)
• add shed election estimate command (#5092)
• Add --actor flag in lotus-shed sectors terminate (#5819)
• Move lotus mpool clear to lotus-shed (#5900)
• Centralize everything on ipfs/go-log/v2 (#5974)
• expose NextID from nice market actor interface (#5850)
• add available options for perm on error (#5814)
• API docs clarification: Document StateSearchMsg replaced message behavior (#5838)
• api: Document StateReplay replaced message behavior (#5840)
• add godocs to miner objects (#2184)
• Add description to the client deal CLI command (#5999)
• lint: don't skip builtin (#5881)
• use deal duration from actors (#5270)
• remote calc winningpost proof (#5884)
• packer: other network images (#5930)
• Convert the chainstore lock to RW (#5971)
• Remove CachedBlockstore (#5972)
• remove messagepool CapGasFee duplicate code (#5992)

Fixes

• return buffers after canceling badger operation (#5796)
• avoid holding a lock while calling the View callback (#5792)
• storagefsm: Trigger input processing when below limits (#5801)
• After importing a previously deleted key, be able to delete it again (#4653)
• fix StateManager.Replay on reward actor (#5804)
• make sure atomic 64bit fields are 64bit aligned (#5794)
• Import secp sigs in paych tests (#5879)
• fix ci build-macos (#5934)
• Fix creation of remainder account when it's not a multisig (#5807)
• Fix fallback chainstore (#6003)
• fix 4857: show help for set-addrs (#5943)
• fix health report (#6011)