RELEASE-NOTES-5.3.0.md

About this release

This is a maintenance Lima release.

• Allow all TX types (except ga_meta_tx, paying_for_tx and offchain_tx) in dry-run
• Added new metrics to ae.epoch.aemon namespace
  • block.propagation_time.key : Time until key-blocks reached this node in milliseconds
  • block.propagation_time.micro : Time until micro-blocks reached this node in milliseconds
  • block.time_since_prev.key : Time between key-blocks in milliseconds
  • block.time_since_prev.micro : Time between micro-blocks in milliseconds
  • chain.top.difficulty : Difficulty of the top block
  • forks.micro.count : Count of observed micro-forks
  • forks.micro.height : Height difference of observed micro-forks
• Increased histogram timespan to 1 hour for some aemon metrics
• Changed the default configuration handling of peers to always include the seed nodes (unless explicitly blocked). The idea is to make it harder to exclude the seed nodes by mistake.
• Makes some peer pool parameters configurable:
  • gossiped_peers_count
  • select_verified_peer_probability
  • max_update_lapse
  • standby_times
  • max_rejections
• Sets default select_verified_peer_probability to 1.0 to make sure a peer is selected from the verified pool first.
• Sets default max_update_lapse to 2592000000 (30 days).

Please join the mainnet by following the instructions in the documentation below, and let us know if you have any problems by opening a ticket. Troubleshooting of common issues is documented in the wiki.

Documentation

For an overview of the installation process for different platforms, building the package from source, configuration and operation of the Aeternity node please refer to Aeternity node documentation.