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GridGain 8.7.14 Release Notes

New Features

This release introduces the following features.

Transaction Support in Java Thin Client

Java thin client now supports the transaction API. Client transactions are similar to the Transaction API in GridGain core functionality and can be executed with different concurrency modes and isolation levels. Refer to the Transactions section for additional information.

Certificate-based Authentication/Authorization for Thin Clients

The thin clients can now use SSL certificate-based authentication/authorization. The information about the user is extracted from the certificate fields.

Baseline Topology Autoadjustment

There are two important changes related to baseline topology:

  • Automatic baseline updating

  • Introduction of baseline for in-memory caches

Automatic baseline adjustment provides an automated mechanism for updating a cluster’s baseline topology without the need for manual intervention. In other words, the cluster monitors the state of its server nodes and sets the baseline on the current topology automatically when the cluster topology is stable for a configurable period of time. Refer to the Baseline Topology Autoadjustment section for details.

New SQL Functions: FIRSTVALUE and LASTVALUE

Two new aggregate functions were added:

  • FIRSTVALUE ([DISTINCT] <expression1>, <expression2>) — returns the value of expression1 associated with the smallest value of expression2 in each group defined by the group by expression in the query. Refer to the FIRSTVALUE section for details.

  • LASTVALUE ([DISTINCT] <expression1>, <expression2>) — returns the value of expression1 associated with the largest value of expression2 in each group defined by the group by expression in the query. Refer to the LASTVALUE section for details.

For example, the following query returns the list of companies and the youngest and oldest person in each company:

select company_id, firstvalue(name, age) as youngest, lastvalue(name, age) as oldest from person group by company_id;

Removed/Deprecated

GridGain ML Modules

The GridGain ML modules were removed from the distribution package and can now be downloaded as a separate archive from https://gridgain.com/resources/download#extensions. Refer to the GridGain Machine Learning documentation for details.

Fixed Issues

Community Edition Changes

GG-21030

Atomic Cache

Rebalancing of a cache will not be canceled in case of events that do not change partition assignment.

GG-27936

Control Script

CRC check of pages is now performed only when a special flag (--check-crc) is passed to the validate_indexes command.

GG-27837

Deployment

Fixed assertion error when unmarshalling a message from a failed node.

GG-21949

Diagnostics & Failure Handling

Improved node start-up and periodic metrics logging.

GG-27929

Discovery

Fixed an issue that caused TCP discovery to get stuck in reading from socket operation.

GG-27990

ML

ML examples have been extracted to a separate module.

GG-27931

Platforms & Thin Clients

Fixed .NET logging warnings for nullable signed primitives that could lead to runtime errors.

GG-24207

Platforms & Thin Clients

Added transaction support to Java thin client.

GG-27882

Security

Added support for client authorization using SSL certificates.

GG-27813

SQL

Fixed hanging of the KILL QUERY command when original query cursor is left open.

GG-27648

SQL

Fixed an issue where the enforceJoinOrder flag was ignored when one of the previous queries had the same SQL text and a different value of the flag.

GG-27604

SQL

Fixed handling of the DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP types in JDBC thin client when nodes and clients are launched in different time zones.

GG-27597

SQL

Added a thread pool to create and rebuild indexes. Removed the INDEX_REBUILDING_PARALLELISM system property and added the IgniteConfiguration#setBuildIndexThreadPoolSize configuration property.

GG-27508

SQL

Added supports of lazy mode for UPDATE / DELETE queries (may reduce memory consumption in some cases).

GG-27159

SQL

Fixed an issue with executing distributed joins when the number of joined tables is more than 7.

GG-27130

SQL

Fixed query cursors leak when JDBCv2 is used.

GG-23822

SQL

Added FIRSTVALUE and LASTVALUE SQL aggregate functions.

GG-21884

SQL

Two new metrics have been added: sql.parser.cache.hits - the number of hits for queries cache, and sql.parser.cache.misses - the number of misses for queries cache.

GG-28104

Storage Engine

Added the IGNITE_WAIT_FOR_BACKUPS_ON_SHUTDOWN system property to prevent unsafe node termination.

GG-27583

Storage Engine

Fixed partition desynchronization after rebalancing if a partition was remapped to a historical supplier which lost the history.

GG-27526

Storage Engine

Fixed corruption during high-intensity load on a cache with enabled TTL.

GG-27741

Storage Engine

Optimized node recovery procedure.

GG-28109

Transactions

Fixed a bug that could possibly cause a deadlock on concurrent putAll invocations.

GG-27941

Transactions

The "Too many open files" error for socket connection now triggers a critical failure to prevent the cluster from hanging.

Enterprise Edition Changes

GG-27264

Data Replication

Added additional information about running full state transfer processes to CacheDrStateTransfer, which can be obtained via GridDr.listStateTransfers().

GG-26639

Data Replication

Introduced a synchronous full-state transfer mode with a separate in-memory buffer.

GG-27706

Data Replication

Fixed an issue when a new sender node joining the cluster could cause the full state transfer to lose data.

GG-28062

Snapshot utility

The idle_verify option was removed from the snapshot utility, use control.sh --cache idle_verify instead.

Installation and Upgrade Information

See the Rolling Upgrades page for information about how to perform automated upgrades and for details about version compatibility.

Below is a list of versions that are compatible with the current version. You can rolling-upgrade from any of those. Compatibility with other versions is not guaranteed. If you are on a version that is not listed, contact GridGain for the information on upgrade options.

8.4.2-p11, 8.4.3-p1, 8.4.4, 8.4.5, 8.4.6, 8.4.7, 8.4.8, 8.4.8-p8, 8.4.9, 8.4.10, 8.4.11, 8.4.12, 8.4.13, 8.4.14, 8.4.14-p2, 8.4.15, 8.4.16, 8.5.3, 8.5.4, 8.5.5, 8.5.5-p3, 8.5.6, 8.5.7, 8.5.8, 8.5.8-p6, 8.5.9, 8.5.10, 8.5.11, 8.5.12, 8.5.13, 8.5.14, 8.5.15, 8.5.16, 8.5.17, 8.7.10, 8.7.11, 8.7.12, 8.7.2, 8.7.2-p12, 8.7.3, 8.7.4, 8.7.5, 8.7.6, 8.7.7, 8.7.8, 8.7.9, 8.7.10, 8.7.11, 8.7.12, 8.7.13

Known Limitations

There is a compatibility issue that affects upgrade from version 8.7.13 and earlier to this version. The issue affects GridGain Enterprise and Ultimate clusters with GridGain Authentication and Authorization enabled. The issue will be fixed in a future version. If your cluster is affected and you’re planning to upgrade to this version, please contact GridGain Support for details.

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