Testnet - v1.16.0
This is a Testnet release. It is not recommended for Mainnet Beta
v1.16 removes solana-sys-tuner
; previous users of solana-sys-tuner
may need to perform manual tuning (see System Tuning instructions) and/or remove any references to solana-sys-tuner
(such as in a systemd service file).
Changes
- remove
solana-sys-tuner
binary and all references (#31682) - The
calculate_accounts_hash_cache
directory underledger/
has been renamed. After upgrading to v1.16, theledger/calculate_accounts_hash_cache/
directory can be removed. #29734
Known Issues
- Custom account paths that are symlinks: #32037
- workaround: Do not use symlinks for custom account paths; use the canonical path.
- Intermittent startup issues with
solDeletePath
: #32020- workaround: Restart again, or manually remove the
<ledger>/snapshot/
and<ledger>/accounts/snapshot/
directories.
- workaround: Restart again, or manually remove the
--account-shrink-path <PATHS>
causes validator to crash when adding bank snapshots: #32088- workaround: Remove
--account-shrink-path
option, restart
- workaround: Remove
solana-validator monitor
andgetHealth
RPC calls (which use the same underlying mechanism) may falsely report that a node is behind. Some details in #31955 and #16957- workaround: Use
solana catchup
for now
- workaround: Use
- Nodes running with
--enable-rpc-transaction-history
will see ledger space grow beyond expected: #32548