Infinispan 9.4.0.CR3, 9.3.3 and codename vote

Hi Infinispan Community,

our original plan was to release 9.4 Final today, but we have decided to delay the release by an extra sprint (3 weeks).
So today we are announcing 9.4.0.CR3 instead, which comes with the following fixes:

• Segmented off-heap data container
• Performance improvements for Near Caches
• Hot Rod client-side statistics
• Removal of the old compatibility mode in favor of the new transcoding capabilities is now complete
• Server rebased on top of WildFly 14
• Lots of code cleanups, especially around query
• Bug fixes

For those of you on our stable branch, we also released a 9.3.3 with some bug fixes.

Please download, report bugs, chat with us, ask questions on the forum or on StackOverflow.

As this release is yet unnamed, please make sure you vote for the name:

Infinispan 9.3.2.Final and 9.4.0.CR2 are out!

Dear Infinispan users,

We have just released 9.3.2.Final and 9.4.0.CR2.

9.3.2.Final includes bug fixes and improvements.

Highlights of this release include:

• Upgrade to protostream 4.2.1.Final (ISPN-9399) 
• Ship basic analyzers by default (ISPN-9429) 
• Avoid unneeded parentheses in Ickle query string generated by QueryBuilder (ISPN-9378) 

The full list of 9.3.2.Final fixes are here.

9.4.0.CR2 has been released due to an internal issue we experienced releasing CR1.

You can find both releases on our download page. Please report any issues in our issue tracker and join the conversation in our Zulip Chat to shape up our next release.

Enjoy,

The Infinispan Team

Infinispan 9.4.0.CR1 is out!

Dear Infinispan users,

We have just released 9.4.0.CR1 which includes bug fixes and improvements.

Highlights of this release include:

• Near cache and client side TTL (ISPN-9098) 
• Allow configuring near cache from hot rod properties (ISPN-9385) 
• Initial support for JSON format in scripts 
• Default analyzers are provided to use with remote queries (ISPN-9429) 
• Prevent user from configuring passivation with a shared store (ISPN-7168) 
• Enhance RemoteStore to support segmentation (ISPN-9376) 
• Upgrade to RxJava 2.2.0 (ISPN-9418) 
• Hot Rod configuration properties have setters now to ease integration with other frameworks (ISPN-9398) 

The full list of 9.4.0.CR1 fixes are here.

You can find the release on our download page. Please report any issues in our issue tracker and join the conversation in our Zulip Chat to shape up our next release.

Enjoy,

The Infinispan Team

Infinispan 9.3.0.CR1

Dear Infinispan Community,

we're glad to announce that 9.3.0.CR1 is out!

This is the first release which works with both Java 8 and Java 10. Pre-releases of Java 11 work too. Note that Infinispan still only works in classpath mode.

Highlights of this release include:

• Expanded transaction support in Hot Rod, which can now participate in Java transactions via Sync or Xa enlistment. Transaction recovery isn't supported yet.
  
• Caches can now configure the maximum number of attempts to start a CacheWriter/CacheLoader on startup before cache creation fails.
• Write-behind stores are now fault-tolerant by default
• Segmented On-Heap Data Container improves stream operation performance
• We have introduced several WildFly feature packs to make it easier for Infinispan to be utilised on WildFly instances via the Server Provisioning Plugin. The following feature packs have been created:
• infinispan-feature-pack-client: all of the modules required to connect to a hotrod server via the client
• infinispan-feature-pack-embedded: the modules required for embedded instances of Infinispan
• infinispan-feature-pack-embedded-query: the same as above but with query capabilities
• infinispan-feature-pack-wf-modules: this is equivalent to the wildfly-modules.zip
  
• 2-Level cache now works with Hibernate ORM 5.3
• The server now allows multiple protocols with a Single Port. The initial version supports HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 and Hot Rod. Switching protocols can be done using TLS/ALPN and HTTP/1.1 Upgrade header.
• Admin console - improved all editors (schema, scripts, JSON data) to include syntax highlighting
• Component Upgrades: Hibernate Search 5.10 and Hibernate ORM 5.3

Numerous bug fixes which improve stability are also included (here is the full list of the solved issues).

As usual, you can find all the bits on our website. If you find any issues, don't hesitate to report them on our issue tracker.

Infinispan 9.2.0.CR3

This should have been the announcement for Final, but we discovered a number of performance regressions as well as a few important bugs that needed fixing. We also slipped in a few features and improvements. So, without further ado, here's what is new and noteworthy in Infinispan 9.2.0.CR3:

• Various component upgrades
• Netty 4.1.21
• Hibernate Search 5.9.0.Final
• Protostream to 4.2.0.CR1
• Features/Enhancements
• Azure discovery
• Use async ops in the Hot Rod server
• Simplified client configuration when security is enabled
• Lots of documentation updates
• REST server changes
• Data Encoding
• Server tasks
• And many bugfixes

Get your artifacts from maven, the distributions from our download page, the fixed issues from our issue tracker and read the updated documentation. Come and talk to us on IRC (#infinispan on Freenode) or ask questions on the forum.

Infinispan 9.0.0.CR4

Dear Infinispan users, we thought CR3 was going to be the last candidate release before Final... but we were mistaken!

The reason for yet another CR is that we decided to make some changes which affect some default behaviours:

• enabling optimistic transactions with repeatable read now turns on write-skew by default
• retrieving an already configured cache by passing in a template doesn't redefine that cache's configuration

Other important changes:

• big improvements to the client/server rolling upgrade process
• allow indexes to be stored in off-heap caches
• lots of bug fixes

For the full list of changes check the release notes, download the 9.0.0.CR4 release and let us know if you have any questions or suggestions.

Cheers,
The Infinispan team

Hotrod clients C++/C# 8.1.0.CR2 released!

Dears,

we're pleased to announce that 8.1.0.CR2 release for C++/C# clients is out!

Check the release notes, focus was on bug fixes this round so you have the opportunity to download the cleanest code so far!

Spring cleaning will continue in the next release iteration, stay tuned and, if you like, take part signalling new issues here!

Enjoy!

The Infinispan Team

Infinispan 9.0 CR2 is out!

Dear community.

We are one step closer to the final release of Infinispan 9: we gladly announce the release of Infinispan 9.0.0.CR2.

The highlights of this release are:

• Many dependencies have been upgraded to the latest and greatest:
• JGroups 4.0.0.Final
• Apache Lucene 5.5.4
• Hibernate Search 5.7.0.Final
• Protostream 4.0.0.Alpha7 
• Transactional caches changes:
• Removed asynchronous configuration since it won't be supported anymore.
• Introduced EmbeddedTransactionManager: a basic transaction manager implementation.
• Query now supports java.time.Instant natively
• Changes in the configuration;
• Significant performance improvements for embedded and client/server mode;
• And finally, quite a few bug fixes preparing us for the final release !

You can read all about these in the release notes.

Keep an eye on the upgrade guide and start prepare your project for the final Infinispan 9 release.

So, please head over to the download page and try it out. If you have an issue, please report it in our bug tracker, ask us on the forum, or join us for a friendly chat on the #infinispan IRC channel on Freenode.

Regards,
Infinispan Team.

Infinispan 9.0.0.CR1

Those busy hackers over in the Infinispan dungeon have brewed up a new release, and it is the first candidate on the road to the final 9.
Infinispan 9.0.0.CR1 (codenamed "Ruppaner") includes a number of fixes and component upgrades over the last Beta release. You can read all about these in the fixed issues

 

We have also done a lot of work to restructure the user guide, upgrade guide and server admin guide to make it easier to find the answers you need.

So, please head over to the download page and try it out. If you have an issue, please report it in our bug tracker, ask us on the forum, or join us for a friendly chat on the #infinispan IRC channel on Freenode.

Prost,

Your friendly Infinispan team

Hotrod clients C++/C# 8.1.0.CR1 released!

Dears,

we're pleased to announce that 8.1.0.CR1 release for C++/C# clients is out! Downloading the code you'll find these changes (and may more):

• C++11 instead of the old portable custom classes
• less bugs
• more safety through TLS client authentication

We're getting closer to a final release, more updates on what's going on here:

• https://issues.jboss.org/projects/HRCPP/summary/statistics
• https://github.com/infinispan/cpp-client 
• https://github.com/infinispan/dotnet-client 

Enjoy!

Infinispan HotRod .NET Client 7.0.0.CR2

Dear community,

Infinispan HotRod .NET Client 7.0.0.CR2 is now available.

This is mostly a bug-fix release.For the complete list of changes please consult the release notes (includes also the changes from the corresponding version of the C++ Client).
 
Visit our downloads section to find the latest release.
If you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.

Thanks to everyone involved for the changes and bug reports contributed!

Infinispan HotRod C++ Client 7.0.0.CR2

Dear community,

Infinispan HotRod C++ Client 7.0.0.CR2 is now available.

This is mostly a bug-fix release. I would like bring to your attention the following changes:

• HRCPP-151 ABI compatibilty changes
• HRCPP-127 32bit DLL rename

For the complete list of changes please consult the release notes.
Visit our downloads section to find the latest release.
If you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.

Thanks to everyone involved for the changes and bug reports contributed!

Infinispan 7.0.0.CR1 is out!

Dear Community,

We are gearing up towards a great Infinispan 7.0.0, and we are happy to announce our first candidate release!

Notable features and improvements in this release:

• Cross-site state transfer now handles failures  (ISPN-4025)
• Easier management of Protobuf schemas (ISPN-4357)
• New uberjars-based distribution (ISPN-4728)
• The HotRod protocol and Java client now have a size() operation (ISPN-4736)
• Cluster listeners' filters and converters can now see the old value and metadata (ISPN-4753)
• A new and promising file store implementation that addresses the scalability issues of our single-file store (ISPN-3921, thanks Radim!)

For a complete list of features and bug fixes included in this release please refer to the release notes.  Visit our downloads section to find the latest release.

If you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.

Cheers,
The Infinispan team

Infinispan 5.3.0.CR2 is out!

Planned to be the last from the 5.3 series, the 5.3.CR2 release contains:

• Support for java LevelDB cache store. Courtesy of Ray Tsang
• An set of JMX operations that come handy when it comes to suppressing state transfer in order to shutdown the server, e.g. for maintenance 

Please stay tuned for blogs detailing these features.

For a complete list of features included in this release refer to the release notes.

Visit our downloads section to find the latest release and if you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.

Cheers,

Mircea

Infinispan 5.3.0.CR1 is out!

Besides a handful of fixes, this release contains two very important contributions:

• a mongoDB cache store which allows using Infinispan  as a cache on top of a mongodb instance. Courtesy of  Guillaume Scheibel
• a JPA based cache store that allows an easy setup for Infinispan as a cache in front of a database. Courtesy of Ray Tsang

Please stay tuned for blogs detailing these features.

For a complete list of features included in this release refer to the release notes.

Visit our downloads section to find the latest release and if you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.

Cheers,

Mircea

Infinispan 5.2.0.CR3 gets rid of RHQ annotations

The amount of feedback we've had on Infinispan 5.2.0.CR2 has been tremendous, and so we considered that Infinispan was not ready to go Final yet, so we decided to do another candidate release, called 5.2.0.CR3.

In this candidate release, we've got rid of the RHQ annotations dependency, so Infinispan Core has now one less dependency thanks to the integration of RHQ annotations with our own JMX annotations.

The areas containing the most important fixes are Distributed Caches and the Hot Rod server, so if you're a user of these features, we'd highly recommend that you give CR3 a go. Check the full release notes for detailed information on the issues fixed.

Remember to visit our downloads section to find the latest release, and if you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC.

Cheers,
Galder

Infinispan 5.2.0.CR2 is out!

Dear Infinispan users,

This is hopefully the last CR release of the long expected infinispan 5.2 series. It contains some final touches and bug fixes, especially around the new non-blocking state transfer functionality but also a very useful enhancement to the HotRod protocol (and the Java client) which allows users to fetch the list of keys existing in the cluster - a big thanks to Ray Tsang for contributing this feature!
For the complete list of features please refer to the release notes.
You can download the distribution or the maven artifact. If you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC!

Cheers,
Mircea

Infinispan 5.2.0.CR1 is out!

Hi Infinispan users,

I'm very glad to announce first CR from the 5.2 branch. This contains a handful of fixes and enhancements especially around non-blocking state transfer functionality (refer to the release note for complete lists).

Also here's an summary of the main features that are being developed in Infinispan 5.2:

• The non-blocking state transfer functionality which is a much more efficient and flexible implementation of the functionality that allows Infinispan to serve requests during nodes joining/leaving 
• The cross-site replication functionality which allows backing up data between geographically distributed clusters in order to protect against catastrophic failures
• Rolling upgrades of the hotrod clusters (zero downtime for upgrades)
• Various fixes and improvements for the Map/Reduce framework

You can download the distribution or the maven artifact. If you have any questions please check our forums, our mailing lists or ping us directly on IRC!

Cheers,

Mircea

One more micro release, Infinispan 5.1.5.CR1 out now!

Infinispan 5.1.5.CR1 has just been released with a handful of crucial issues that we considered required another community release. If you're a tree module user in JBoss AS7, or a an elastic Hot Rod server user,  or use XA datasources with Infinispan JDBC cache store, you should definitely upgrade to this version!

Infinispan 5.1 'Brahma' is a key component for a lot of projects both within and outside the boundaries of Red Hat, and this is reflected in all the micro releases we've done for 'Brahma' as Infinispan consumers near their final releases. From here I'd like to personally thank all the people behind these projects who have been crucial to the development of Infinispan. Expect a 5.1.5.FINAL in the next days which should wrap up the 'Brahma' release lifecycle barring a show-stopper! :)

As always, full details of what has been fixed can be found here, and if you have feedback, please visit our forums. Finally, as always, you can download the release from here.

Cheers,

Galder

Infinispan 5.1.4.CR1 is here!

Infinispan 5.1.4.CR1 is out now with minor improvements focusing on third party library upgrades such as JBoss Transactions and JGroups, and state transfer related issues, and reducing the resource consumption of testsuite.

Full details of what has been fixed can be found here, and if you have feedback, please visit our forums. Finally, as always, you can download the release from here.

Cheers,
Galder