v1.28.2

This is a Lotus patch release v1.28.2 for Node operators and Storage Providers.

For node operators, this patch release is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED as it fixes an issue where excessive bandwidth usage (issue #12381) was caused by a routing loop in pubsub, where small "manifest" messages were cycling repeatedly around the network due to an ineffective routing loop prevention mechanism. The new f3 release also has a couple performance improvements around CPU usage. (If you are curious about the progress of F3 testing, follow the updates here).

For storage providers, this patch release fixes pledge issues users have been encountering. This update addresses existing issues, including the too-small pledge in snap and the lack of DDO-awareness in PoRep Commit.

☢️ Upgrade Warnings ☢️

• The releases branch has been deprecated with the 202408 split of 'Lotus Node' and 'Lotus Miner'. See https://github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/blob/master/LOTUS_RELEASE_FLOW.md#why-is-the-releases-branch-deprecated-and-what-are-alternatives for more info and alternatives for getting the latest release for both the 'Lotus Node' and 'Lotus Miner' based on the Branch and Tag Strategy.

  • To get the latest Lotus Node tag: git tag -l 'v*' | sort -V -r | head -n 1
  • To get the latest Lotus Miner tag: git tag -l 'miner/v*' | sort -V -r | head -n 1

• Breaking change in Miner public APIs storage/pipeline.NewPreCommitBatcher and storage/pipeline.New. They now have an additional error return to deal with errors arising from fetching the sealing config.

• #12390: Update go-f3 to 0.2.0

• #12341: fix: miner: Fix DDO pledge math