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@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@ # Changelog +## Dendrite 0.6.0 (2022-01-28) + +### Features + +* NATS JetStream is now used instead of Kafka and Naffka + * For monolith deployments, a built-in NATS Server is embedded into Dendrite or a standalone NATS Server deployment can be optionally used instead + * For polylith deployments, a standalone NATS Server deployment is required + * Requires the version 2 configuration file — please see the new `dendrite-config.yaml` sample config file + * Kafka and Naffka are no longer supported as of this release +* The roomserver is now responsible for fetching missing events and state instead of the federation API + * Removes a number of race conditions between the federation API and roomserver, which reduces duplicate work and overall lowers CPU usage +* The roomserver input API is now strictly ordered with support for asynchronous requests, smoothing out incoming federation significantly +* Consolidated the federation API, federation sender and signing key server into a single component + * If multiple databases are used, tables for the federation sender and signing key server should be merged into the federation API database (table names have not changed) +* Device list synchronisation is now database-backed rather than using the now-removed Kafka logs + +### Fixes + +* The code for fetching missing events and state now correctly identifies when gaps in history have been closed, so federation traffic will consume less CPU and memory than before +* The stream position is now correctly advanced when typing notifications time out in the sync API +* Event NIDs are now correctly returned when persisting events in the roomserver in SQLite mode + * The built-in SQLite was updated to version 3.37.0 as a result +* The `/event_auth` endpoint now strictly returns the auth chain for the requested event without loading the room state, which should reduce spikes in memory usage +* Filters are now correctly sent when using federated public room directories (contributed by [S7evinK](https://github.com/S7evinK)) +* Login usernames are now squashed to lower-case (contributed by [BernardZhao](https://github.com/BernardZhao)) +* The logs should no longer be flooded with `Failed to get server ACLs for room` warnings at startup +* Backfilling will now attempt federation as a last resort when trying to retrieve missing events from the database fails + ## Dendrite 0.5.1 (2021-11-16) ### Features |