Release 2.6.0

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Release Notes

This document contains the notes for the release 2.6.0 of rippled , the reference server implementation of the XRP Ledger protocol. To learn more about how to build, run or update a rippled server, visit https://xrpl.org/install-rippled.html

This release adds new features and bug fixes.

[2.6.0] - 2025-08-27

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Change log to debug level for AMM offer retrieval and IOU payment check (change log to debug level for AMM offer retrieval and IOU payment check #5686) by @intelliot
• Add -Wno-deprecated-declarations for Clang only (Add -Wno-deprecated-declarations for Clang only #5680) by @bthomee
• Improve logging of the reason to refuse a peer connection (Improves how the reason to refuse a peer connection is logged #5664) by @Tapanito
• Make test suite names match the directory name (Fix: Test Suite Names  #5597) by @Afformativ
• Don't flag consensus as stalled prematurely (Fix: Don't flag consensus as stalled prematurely #5627) by @ximinez
• VaultWithdraw destination account bugfix (VaultWithdraw destination account bugfix #5572) by @Bronek
• Add allowTrustLineLocking flag for account_info (Fix: Escrow RPC #5525) by @dangell7
• Link with boost libraries explicitly (fix: Link with boost libraries explicitly #5546) by @mathbunnyru
• Crash when trace-logging in tests (fix: crash when trace-logging in tests #5529) by @mvadari
• Crash in Slot::deletePeer (Fix crash in Slot::deletePeer #5635) by @Bronek
• Clang-format CI job (Trying to fix clang-format #5598) by @Bronek
• macOS runner (Fix macos runner #5585) by @a1q123456

🚀 Features

• Include network_id in validations and subscription stream responses (Include network_id in subscription stream response #5579) by @ckeshava
• Add support for DomainID in MPTokenIssuance transactions (Add support for DomainID in MPTokenIssuance transactions #5509) by @Bronek
• Add MPT related txns into issuer's account history (Add MPT related txns into issuer's account history  #5530) by @shawnxie999
• Add nftoken_id, nftoken_ids, offer_id to meta for transaction stream (Add nftoken_id, nftoken_ids, offer_id to meta for transaction stream #5230) by @tequdev

💼 Other

• Set version to 2.6.0 by @legleux
• Set version to 2.6.0-rc3 by @ximinez
• Set version to 2.6.0-rc2 by @legleux
• Update .git-blame-ignore-revs for chore: run VSCode autolint on all files #5657 (chore: update .git-blame-ignore-revs for #5657 #5675) by @intelliot
• Fix BUILD.md instruction (Fix BUILD.md instruction #5676) by @Bronek
• Set version to 2.6.0-rc1 by @legleux
• Switch Conan 1 commands to Conan 2 and fix credentials (Switch Conan 1 commands to Conan 2 and fix credentials #5655) by @bthomee
• Upload Conan dependencies upon merge into develop (Upload Conan dependencies upon merge into develop #5654) by @bthomee
• Build options cleanup (Build options cleanup #5581) by @Bronek
• Updates Conan dependencies: Boost 1.86 (Updates Conan dependencies: Boost #5264) by @bthomee
• Update rocksdb (refactor: Update rocksdb #5568) by @bthomee
• Switch instrumentation workflow to use dependencies (Switch instrumentation workflow to use dependencies #5607) by @Bronek
• Remove the type filter from "ledger" RPC command (remove the type filter from "ledger" RPC command #4934) by @ckeshava
• Retire Flow Cross amendment (Retire Flow Cross amendment #5562) by @vvysokikh1
• Downgrade required CMake version for Antithesis SDK (Downgrade required CMake version for Antithesis SDK #5548) by @Bronek
• Remove OwnerPaysFee as it's never fully supported (Remove OwnerPaysFee as it's never fully supported #5435) by @a1q123456
• Removes release notes from codebase (Removes release notes from codebase #5508) by @bthomee

🚜 Refactor

• Decouple CredentialHelpers from xrpld/app/tx (Decouple CredentialHelpers from xrpld/app/tx #5487) by @a1q123456
• Add XRPL_ABANDON and use it to abandon OwnerPaysFee (Add XRPL_ABANDON and use it to abandon OwnerPaysFee #5510) by @a1q123456
• Remove obsolete owner pays fee feature and XRPL_ABANDON stanza (Rip out owner pays fee and xrpl abandon #5550) by @a1q123456
• Restructure beast::rngfill (Restructure beast::rngfill #5563) by @lmaisons
• Remove external libraries as they are hosted in our Conan Center Index fork (Remove external libraries as they are hosted in our conan center index fork #5643) by @bthomee
• Decouple ledger from xrpld/app (Decouple ledger from xrpld/app #5492) by @a1q123456
• Makes HashRouter flags more type-safe (HashRouter flags refactor #5371) by @vlntb
• Change boost::shared_mutex to std::shared_mutex (Revert to std::shared_mutex from boost::shared_mutex #5576) by @Tapanito
• Update date, libarchive, nudb, openssl, sqlite3, xxhash packages (refactor: Update date, libarchive, nudb, openssl, sqlite3, xxhash packages #5567) by @bthomee

📚 Documentation

• Updates list of maintainers and reviewers (Updates list of maintainers and reviewers #5687) by @bthomee
• Update BUILD.md for Conan 2 (Update BUILD for conan2 #5478) by @Bronek
• Set up developer environment with specific XCode version (Setting up developer environment with specific XCode version #5645) by @dangell7

⚡ Performance

• Revert "perf: Move mutex to the partition level" @ximinez
• Optimize hash performance by avoiding allocating hash state object (Optimize hash performance by avoiding allocating hash state object #5469) by @a1q123456
• Move mutex to the partition level (Moving mutex to partition level #5486) by @vlntb

🧪 Testing

• Run unit tests regardless of 'Supported' amendment status (Run unit tests regardless of 'Supported' amendment status #5537) by @vvysokikh1
• Remove circular jtx.h dependencies (Remove circular jtx.h includes #5544) by @Bronek
• switch some unit tests to doctest (Switching some unit tests to doctest #5383) by @vvysokikh1

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Run prettier on all files (chore: run VSCode autolint on all files #5657) by @mvadari
• Set CONAN_REMOTE_URL also for forks (Set CONAN_REMOTE_URL also for forks #5662) by @Bronek
• Cleanup bin/ directory (Cleanup bin/ directory #5660) by @bthomee
• Remove include(default) from libxrpl profile (Remove include(default) from libxrpl profile #5587) by @Bronek
• Rename conan profile to default (Rename conan profile to default #5599) by @Bronek
• Remove unused code after flow cross retirement (Removed unused code after flow cross retirement #5575) by @vvysokikh1
• Update CI to use Conan 2 (Update CI to use Conan 2 #5556) by @legleux
• Add gcc-12 workaround (Add gcc-12 workaround #5554) by @Bronek
• Remove unused headers (chore: Removed unused headers #5526) by @vvysokikh1
• Fix compilation error with clang-20 and cleanup (Fix compilation error with clang-20, cleanup #5543) by @Bronek

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 78.8%. Comparing base (c5fe970) to head (2df7dcf).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on release.

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