v2.1.4 release notes

Released April 15, 2020.

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Docker

docker pull yugabytedb/yugabyte:2.1.4.0-b5

YSQL Changes

• [YSQL] Buffer writes to postgres system tables, reorder table creation on yb-master. #4013 
• [YSQL] Single row update overwrites unmodified columns with default values to null #4127 
• [YSQL] Read restarts are not done transparently in JDBC "simple" query mode. #4094 
• [YSQL] Remove redundant call of YBOnPostgresBackendShutdown. #3236 
• [YSQL] Allowing a deletion of a table when the DocDB returns a 'NotFound' error. #3305 
• [YSQL] Use higher priority for transactions with explicit locking statements. #4136 
• [YSQL] Made pg_notify a NOOP emitting warning. #3875 

YCQL

• [YCQL] Backing up table should back up its indexes. #3836 

System improvements

• Fix memory leak on transaction abort. #3631 
• colocation: enforce colocated reloption behavior.
• Implement backfilling for YCQL Unique Index. #3891 
• yb-admin hangs for full timeout of 60s when no leader master is present/specified. #209 
• Use QLExprResult during expression evaluation to avoid unneccesary memory allocations and copies. #3926 
• Fix LB interaction with Preferred Regions. #3461 
• [yb-admin] list_all_masters does not list dead hosts. #4070 
• Delete a transaction aware snapshot. #1032 
• Prevent read-write data race on field in DBImpl. #4025 
• [docdb] Master heartbeat writes should be batch written to raft. #2236 
• TServer-side tablet splitting. #1459 
• Better descripton for BackfillTableJob. #4143 
• Bump max threads in the RPC thread pool to 1024. #4058 
• Avoid extra fsyncs of tombstoned tablets during startup. #4006 
• Fixed tablet log prefix. #4188 
• Remove peers when its tablet is in the FAILED state so that they can be remote bootstrapped. #3539 
• Index deletion upon backfill failure. #3978 
• More resilient multi node yugabyted. #2057 
• Added split-tablet RPC support into yb-admin and yb-master. #1461 
• Fix master bootstrap after snapshot operations. #1032 
• TabletIterator Hangs during Shutdown. #4081 
• Enable Move From Leader LB. #3461 
• [ybase] Set default value of copy_table_batch_size to 10K. #3743 
• Retain delete markers on index tables only during backfill. #4211 

Platform

• Ability to attach multiple security groups to yugabyte nodes. #1598 
• Remove psql from bin and fix get_clients.sh. #3928 
• Set replication_factor gflag on master when creating universe. #4099 
• Support for GCS backups. #3405 
• Show node name in alert emails. #4102 
• [YW] Add Scheduled backups to universe level Backups tab and remove from top-right dropdown. #3591 
• Disable standalone backups for YCQL indexes. #3848 
• [YW] Fix map markers not showing up in expanded view of node placement map in Universe overview. #4200