Cortina.2 - Post-Linearization Cleanup

This version is backwards compatible to v1.10.0. It is optional, but encouraged. The supported plugin version is 26.

APIs

• Significantly improved the performance of platform.getStake
• Added portion_filled metric for all metered caches
• Added resource metrics by process
  • avalanche_system_resources_num_cpu_cycles
  • avalanche_system_resources_num_disk_read_bytes
  • avalanche_system_resources_num_disk_reads
  • avalanche_system_resources_num_disk_write_bytes
  • avalanche_system_resources_num_disk_writes

Configs

• Deprecated --genesis in favor of --genesis-file
• Deprecated --genesis-content in favor of --genesis-file-content
• Deprecated --inbound-connection-throttling-cooldown in favor of --network-inbound-connection-throttling-cooldown
• Deprecated --inbound-connection-throttling-max-conns-per-sec in favor of --network-inbound-connection-throttling-max-conns-per-sec
• Deprecated --outbound-connection-throttling-rps in favor of --network-outbound-connection-throttling-rps
• Deprecated --outbound-connection-timeout in favor of --network-outbound-connection-timeout
• Deprecated --staking-enabled in favor of --sybil-protection-enabled
• Deprecated --staking-disabled-weight in favor of --sybil-protection-disabled-weight
• Deprecated --consensus-gossip-frequency in favor of --consensus-accepted-frontier-gossip-frequency

Fixes

• Fixed --network-compression-type to correctly honor the requested compression type, rather than always using gzip
• Fixed CPU metrics on macos

What's Changed

• use require library functions in tests by @dhrubabasu in #1451
• style nits in vm clients by @dhrubabasu in #1449
• utils/logging: add "Enabled" method to remove redundant verbo logs by @gyuho in #1461
• ban require.EqualValues by @dhrubabasu in #1457
• chains: do not hold write subnetsLock in health checks by @gyuho in #1460
• remove zstd check by @dhrubabasu in #1459
• use require.IsType for type assertions in tests by @dhrubabasu in #1458
• vms/platformvm/service: nits (preallocate address slice, error msg) by @gyuho in #1477
• ban require.NotEqualValues by @dhrubabasu in #1470
• use require in api and utils/password packages by @dhrubabasu in #1471
• use "golang.org/x/term" as "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal" is deprecated by @gyuho in #1464
• chains: move "msgChan" closer to the first use (readability) by @gyuho in #1484
• ban function params for require.ErrorIs by @dhrubabasu in #1486
• standardize imports by @dhrubabasu in #1466
• fix license header test by @dhrubabasu in #1492
• use blank identifier for interface compliance by @dhrubabasu in #1493
• codec: remove "SetMaxSize" from "Manager", remove unnecessary lock by @gyuho in #1481
• config: disallow "ThrottlerConfig.MaxRecheckDelay" < 1 ms by @gyuho in #1435
• ban require.Equal when testing for 0 by @dhrubabasu in #1495
• Clean up MerkleDVB Sync Close lock by @dboehm-avalabs in #1469
• MerkleDB Cleanup by @dboehm-avalabs in #1465
• Remove comment referencing old IP based tracking by @StephenButtolph in #1509
• ban usage of require.Len when testing for length 0 by @dhrubabasu in #1496
• ban usage of require.Equal when testing for length by @dhrubabasu in #1497
• ban usage of nil in require functions by @dhrubabasu in #1498
• Sized LRU cache by @abi87 in #1517
• engine/snowman: clean up some comments in "bubbleVotes" unit tests by @gyuho in #1444
• snow/networking/sender: add missing verbo check by @gyuho in #1504
• Delete duplicate test var definitions by @StephenButtolph in #1518
• utils/bag: print generic type for bag elements by @gyuho in #1507
• Fix incorrect test refactor by @abi87 in #1526
• Pchain validators repackaging by @abi87 in #1284
• Config overhaul by @ceyonur in #1370
• rename enabled staking to sybil protection enabled by @ceyonur in #1441
• Fix network compression type flag usage by @StephenButtolph in #1532
• Deprecate uptimes in pong message by @ceyonur in #1362
• Add CPU cycles and number of disk read/write metrics by pid by @coffeeavax in #1334
• Fetch process resource stats as best-effort by @StephenButtolph in #1543
• Add serialization tests for transactions added in Banff by @StephenButtolph in #1513
• Log chain shutdown duration by @StephenButtolph in #1545
• add interface for MerkleDB by @danlaine in #1519

New Contributors

• @gyuho made their first contribution in #1461
• @coffeeavax made their first contribution in #1334

Full Changelog: v1.10.1...v1.10.2