Testnet - v1.17.7

This is a Testnet release. It is not recommended for Mainnet Beta. . It is recommended for up to 5% of Mainnet Beta

• The v1.17 minimum dynamic port range is now 14 so you may need to expand the range specified by --dynamic-port-range
  • This is expanded from the v1.16 minimum of 13
• Archive formats[bz2, gzip, tar, none] have been deprecated for the --snapshot-archive-format argument (#33484)
  • Existing snapshots with these formats can still be read, but solana-validator and solana-ledger-tool must be updated to use a different archive format. The recommended value is zstd, which is also the default if the --snapshot-archive-format argument is removed altogether

Changes

• v1.17: Allow Blockstore to open unknown columns (backport of #34174) (#34287)
• v1.17: Skip shrink until startup verification is complete (backport of #34209) (#34227)
• v1.17: Output BankHashDetails file when leader drops its' own block (backport of #34256) (#34275)
• v1.17: Increase pull request clusterinfo probability (backport of #34231) (#34262)
• v1.17: direct_mapping: disable stack frame gaps (backport of #34254) (#34260)
• v1.17: cpi: direct_mapping: always zero spare capacity if account alloc changes (backport of #34141) (#34177)
• v1.17: bigtable: fix AccessToken issues (backport of #34213) (#34238)
• v1.17: direct_mapping: fix iter_memory_pair_chunks in reverse mode (backport of #34204) (#34236)
• v1.17: Uses Display for error in VerifyAccountsHashInBackground's panic message (backport of #34219) (#34224)
• v1.17: check vote costs against block limits in would_fit (backport of #34207) (#34210)
• v1.17: [zk-token-sdk] Restrict range proof generator length and prevent 0-bit range proof (backport of #34166) (#34183)
• v1.17: [zk-token-sdk] Add a length check on range proof commitment length (backport of #34165) (#34182)
• v1.17: Do not prune cache entry if the runtime environment is different (backport of #34100) (#34163)