AlephNode release 15.2.0

This is a hotfix release - aleph-node binary only

Testnet deployment

Status : Scheduled on 21.03.2025 14:00 AM UTC
Node upgrade deadline: 28.03.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Mainnet deployment

Status : Scheduled on 24.03.2025 10:00 AM UTC
Node upgrade deadline: Scheduled on 03.04.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Changelog

• Fixes a block sync issue in 15.1.0, which manifested mostly when interacting with 14.2, thus was detected during the mainnet release.

API changes

• no changes

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-15.2.0

Runtime migrations

• no migrations

Aleph Node 15.1.0

This is a major release

Testnet deployment

Status : Scheduled on 06.03.2025 10:00 AM UTC
Node upgrade deadline: 13.03.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Mainnet deployment

Status : Scheduled on 19.03.2025 10:00 AM UTC
Node upgrade deadline: Scheduled on 03.04.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Changelog

• Improve memory consumption in clique network
• Improvements to sync that should make it work smoother and reduce bandwidth use

API changes

• no changes

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-15.1.0

Runtime migrations

• no migrations

Aleph Node 14.2.0

This is a hotfix release.

Mainnet deployment

Status: Deployed on 12.02.2025
Node upgrade deadline: 24.02.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Changelog

• Reverts current finality version to 4, that is equal to the one from aleph-node version 14.0.0

API changes

• No changes

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-14.2.0

Runtime migrations

• No migrations

Aleph Node 14.1.0

• Hotfix for overriding current finality version to 5

Image: public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-14.1.0

Aleph Node 15.0.0

This is a major release.

Testnet deployment

Status : Scheduled on 18.02.2025 10:00 AM UTC
Node upgrade deadline: 25.02.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Mainnet deployment

Status : TBA
Node upgrade deadline: TBA

Changelog

• Storing ABFT performance on-chain:
  • each validator report how far behind the current ABFT round are other validators
  • the scores are accumulated and validators gather a multisignature on them
  • the signed accumulated scores are put on chain by an unsigned transaction
  • the scores are displayed in azero.dev
• Unit censorship resistance in ABFT
• Banning for bad ABFT score - disabled by default.
• Added metric aleph_sync_is_major_syncing (previously known as substrate_sub_libp2p_is_major_syncing)
• Bugfixes:
  • NonTransfer proxy cannot call Identity pallet now
  • Fix for 14.0.0 aleph-node being stuck in sync state
  • Fix for slow block producers
  • Improve chain resistance for randomness attacks

API changes

• Pallet Aleph changes:
  • Extrinsics:
    • added: unsigned_submit_abft_score
  • Storage:
    • added: AbftScores
    • added: LastScoreNonce
  • Constants:
    • added: ScoreSubmissionPeriod
• Pallet CommitteeManagement changes:
  • Extrinsics:
    • added: set_finality_ban_config
  • Storage:
    • renamed: BanConfig -> ProductionBanConfig
    • added: FinalityBanConfig
    • added: UnderperformedFinalizerSessionCount
  • Constants:
    • added: ScoreSubmissionPeriod
• Pallet Session changes:
  • Storage:
    • validators contains now list of all slots within a session, ie 900 entries

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-15.0.0

Runtime migrations

• Palet CommitteeManagement migration from v1 to v2

AlephNode Release 14.0.0

This is a major release.

Testnet deployment

Status: Deployed on 30.12.2024
Node upgrade deadline: 07.01.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Mainnet deployment

Status: Deployed on 28.01.2025
Node upgrade deadline: 12.02.2025 10:00 AM UTC

Changelog

• Substrate dependencies (including all pallets) upgraded from version polkadot-v1.2.0 to polkadot-v1.6.0
• New block sync protocol fully included and old one disabled
• New AlephBft version
• 1024 nominator limit on single validator has been lifted.

API changes

• Pallet System changes

  • Extrinsics:
    • authorize_upgrade added
    • authorize_upgrade_without_checks added
    • apply_authorized_upgrade added
  • Storage:
    • AuthorizedUpgrade added

• Pallet Balances changes

  • Constants:
    • MaxFreezes changed from 4 -> 50

• Pallet Staking changes

  • Extrinsics:

  • chill_other signature change (non breaking change - rename first argument)

  • payout_stakers_by_page added

  • update_payee added

  • deprecate_controller_batch added

  • Constants:

    • MaxExposurePageSize added
    • MaxNominatorRewardedPerValidator removed

  • Storages:

    • ClaimedRewards removed
    • ErasStakersOverview removed
    • ErasStakersPaged removed

• Pallet Treasury changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • spend changed
    • spend_local added
    • payout added
    • check_status added
    • void_spend added
  • Constants:
    • PayoutPeriod added
  • Storages:
    • SpendCount added
    • Spends added

• Pallet Vesting changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • force_remove_vesting_schedule added

• Pallet Sudo changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • remove_key added

• Pallet NominationPools changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • adjust_pool_deposit added
    • set_commission_claim_permision added
  • Constants:
    • MaxUnbounding added, set to 8
  • Storages:
    • TotalValueLocked added

• Pallet Identity changes:

  • Extrinsics:
    • set_identity signature changed
    • set_fields signature changed
    • add_username_authority added
    • remove_username_authority added
    • set_username_for added
    • accept_username added
    • remove_expired_approval added
    • set_primary_username added
    • remove_dangling_username added
  • Constants:
    • ByteDeposit added
    • MasSuffixLenght added
    • MaxUsernameLength added
    • FieldDeposit removed
    • MaxAdditionalFields removed
  • Storages:
    • AccountOfUsername added
    • PendingUsernames added
    • UsernameAuthorities added

• New pallets TxPause and SafeMode

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-14.0.0

Runtime migrations

• NominationPools from v6 to v8
• Staking to v14
• Identity to v1

AlephNode Release 13.4

This is a runtime-only release.

Testnet deployment

Status: Done on 09.10.2024
Node upgrade deadline: Not mandatory (runtime-only release).

Mainnet deployment

Status : In progress on 14.10.2024
Node upgrade deadline: Not mandatory (runtime-only release).

Changelog

• New inflation calculation model (520 mln AZERO cap, first year emission 27 mln AZERO)

API changes

• Pallet Aleph changes:
  • Calls:
    • set_inflation_parameters
  • Storage:
    • AzeroCap added
    • ExponentialInflationHorizon added

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-13.4

Runtime migrations

• None

AlephNode Release 13.3

This is a major release.

Testnet deployment

Status : Deployed on 10.04.2024
Node upgrade deadline: N/A - already done

Mainnet deployment

Status : Deployed on 16.04.2024
Node upgrade deadline: 11:00 CET 23.04.2024

Changelog

• Pruning enabled by default
• Addition of pallet Proxy
• Substrate dependencies (including all pallets) upgraded from version polkadot-v1.0.0 to polkadot-v1.2.0 (significant API changes! See below)
• New AlephBFT version with better resilience to crashes and new finality protocol
• New normal sync mechanism:
  • Periodic request
  • Remove legacy block requests
  • Forest memory limitations
  • New metrics
• Fixed false positive equivocations panics
• Fixed underflow of consumers counter
• Fixed gas overcharging for contract calls performing cross-contract calls
• Added staking.nominations_quota runtime API
• Increased Balances.HoldReasons to 50
• Decrease chain transaction fee
• Fix consumers underflow for controller accounts that have different stash account
• Increase the space in block for normal transactions

API changes

• Pallet Balances changes:
  • Extrinsics:
    • [BREAKING]transfer removed
    • [BREAKING]set_balance_deprecated removed
  • Storage:
    • Holds return type changed
  • Constants:
    • MaxHolds changed from 0 to 50
    • MaxReserves changed from 0 to 50
• Pallet Staking changes:
  • Constants
    • [BREAKING]MaxNominations removed
• Pallet Contracts changes:
  • Storage:
    • ContractInfoOf return type changed
  • Constants:
    • Changed Schedule - updated call weights
    • New: CodeHashLockupDepositPercent
    • New: Environment
    • New: MaxDelegateDependencies
    • Changed: MaxCodeLen from 131072 to 262144
• Added staking.nominations_quota runtime API

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-13.3

Runtime migrations

• Contracts: v12 -> v15

AlephNode Release 13.2

Testnet deployment

Status : deployed on 19.03.2024
Node upgrade deadline: Runtime only release - update voluntary

Mainnet deployment

Status : pending
Node upgrade deadline: pending

Changelog

• Decrease chain transaction fee
• Fix consumers underflow for controller accounts that have different stash account

API changes

• None

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-13.2

Runtime migrations

• no runtime migrations

AlephNode Hotifx Release 12.3

This is a hotfix release (runtime only).

Mainnet deployment

Status : Deployed on 12.03.24
Node upgrade deadline: Runtime only release - update voluntary

Changelog

• Fixed gas overcharging for contract calls performing cross-contract calls

API changes

• N/A

Docker image

public.ecr.aws/p6e8q1z1/aleph-node:r-12.3

Runtime migrations

• no runtime migrations