v2.3.2 release notes

Released: September 29, 2020 (2.3.2.0-b37).

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docker pull yugabytedb/yugabyte:2.3.2.0-b37

Features and changes

YSQL

Enable pg_stat_statements extension by default. #5750
Clean up unused PgStatement objects on hot path after usage to avoid memory consumption. #5374
Fix restarting writes (INSERT and UPDATE) on transaction conflicts and avoid surfacing transaction errors to user applications. #4291
Enable batching of updates for YSQL procedures and functions. #5257

YCQL

Add additional system queries (SELECT_LOCAL, SELECT_LOCAL_TOKENS, and SELECT_PEERS_TOKENS) for caching. #5753
Fix crash for YCQL index scan when ORDER BY columns exist in table, but not in the chosen index, and raise an error. #5690

Core database

Allow setting a custom replacement policy per table through yb_admin. #5368
Do not clean up transaction that potentially was committed. #5789 #5783 #5755
Fix CDC shutdown races. Moved thread pool shutdown before other CDC objects cleanup. Added explicit CDC poller clear in CDC consumer shutdown. #5583
Fix preparer deadlock after switching from leader to follower. #5741
Fix RaftGroupMetadata construction issues found using PVS Studio. #5578
Change rlimit flags to have at-least semantics. Only change the process soft limit if it is smaller than the limit specified by the corresponding flag value. #5715
Add extra logging when initializing syscatalog. #5708
Set default webserver_interface to rpc_bind_address IP/host component. #5320
Add environmental variables functionality to yugabyted. New environment variables for YSQL (YSQL_USER, YSQL_PASSWORD, and YSQL_DB) and YCQL(YCQL_USER, YCQL_PASSWORD, and YCQL_KEYSPACE). (#5499
Improve cleanup of aborted transactions. #5669
Fix dumping an empty batch by updating MaxReplicateOpId. #5679
Set default staleness for read from followers (using max_stale_read_time_ms) to 60 seconds. Previously, a follower could return requested data no matter how state the data is. #5590
Calculate the placement UUID from Raft upon tserver registration. #5558
Enable ignoring deleted tablets. #5122
Remove unreachable nodes from UI (/tablet-servers page) after nodes are removed from the cluster. #4759

Yugabyte Platform

Fix issue parsing multiple comma-separated addresses for rpc_bind_addresses. #5634
Add functionality to delete old backups after a specified time period. In the Create Backup dialog, added Number of Days to Retain Backup field. #4493
Combine the Platform and community Grafana dashboards. Grafana dashboard shows the node status and other panels correctly. #5707
Sum table sizes across all nodes of a universe. #5745
Fixes releasing OnPrem nodes should not delete them from the universe metadata. Fixes releasing a node should only attempt to shut down processes on that node. Nodes can be re-added using Node > Actions > Add flow. #5703 #5791 #5792
Add additional property to MetricsPanel to handle width of Replication graph and increase height. Aggregates replication metrics values from all tservers into an average and max value graph across all tservers. #5429 #5613 #5632
Update yb-client JAR version to 0.8.1. #5759
Stop and restart relevant services during Yugabyte Platform backup. Backups stop and restart services. Restores stop and restart Yugabyte Platform and Prometheus, if necessary. #5685
Authenticate API tokens even when using OAuth. This allows curl requests. #5587
Fix Metrics tab and columns misalignment on table page. #5582
Rename In Use column to Universe Name and show NOT USED if the node is not in use. #5713
Do not generate node certificates for custom certificates. #5545
Make instance name field optional for on-premises provider. #5234
Fix button for Metrics tab to reset active and focus state when key is unpressed. #5620
Add Docker- and VM-aware options to the backup script and will include Prometheus snapshots. #5120 #5615 #5612 #5614