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@madolson madolson released this 09 Apr 15:29
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7.2.4-rc1
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Upgrade urgency LOW: Initial release of Valkey with API compatibility for OSS
Redis 7.2.4. This release is based off of OSS Redis 7.2.4, with additional
functionality to better brand the server as Valkey instead of Redis. All APIs
are fully backwards compatible and care was taken to minimize the number of
log lines that were changed to best support existing tooling around log parsing.

Changes to support Valkey branding

  • Rename the 6 Redis binaries to ones with valkey prefixes: valkey-server,
    valkey-cli, valkey-benchmark, valkey-check-aof, valkey-check-rdb and
    valkey-sentinel. (#62)
  • During install, create symlinks mapping the corresponding Redis binary names
    to the new Valkey binaries. (#193)
  • INFO fields: Introduce valkey_version and server_name fields. The
    redis_version will continue to be present and will indicate the Redis OSS
    version that the server is compatible with. (#47, #232)
  • RDB file format: Introduce a valkey-ver RDB field to indicate an RDB file
    was produced by a Valkey server. This field is ignored when the file is
    loaded by Redis OSS. (#47)
  • Module API changes: Introduce Valkey Module API in a new file, valkeymodule.h,
    with functions and types prefixed by ValkeyModule. Valkey is still fully ABI
    compatible with the Redis Module API, meaning Valkey supports running modules
    compiled with either the Redis or Valkey Module APIs. For full source
    compatibility, the Redis Module API (redismodule.h) is also kept with the
    RedisModule prefixed functions and types. (#194, #243, #262)
  • Scripting: Introduce a new top level server object for functions and scripts
    that can be instead of the existing redis object. This allows users to
    replace calls like redis.call(...) with server.call(...). (#213)
  • Makefile: Introduce SERVER_CFLAGS and SERVER_LDFLAGS as an alternative to
    REDIS_CFLAGS and REDIS_LDFLAGS. (#46)
  • Update template config files to replace references to Redis with Valkey. The
    file valkey.conf replaces redis.conf. (#29, #171)
  • Logging: Update startup, shutdown, and help logs to reference Valkey instead of
    Redis. Valkey server will also show the Valkey logo at startup and show the
    Valkey repositories when crashing. (#251, #252, #263, #113)

Bug fixes

  • Cluster: Fix an issue where cluster nodes running on Redis versions earlier
    than 7.0 would be unable to communicate with nodes running on Valkey 7.2. This
    change also introduces a slight delay when hostnames are not displayed when a
    node is first added to the cluster. (#52)

A special thank you for the amount of work put into this release by:

  • Viktor Söderqvist
  • Madelyn Olson
  • Wen Hui
  • Ping Xie
  • Parth Patel
  • Roshan Katri
  • Zhu Binbin
  • Zhao Zhao
  • Bany
  • Harkrishn Patro
  • Vitah Lin
  • Ziyang Zeng (For creating the logo!)
  • The many other community members who provided their support!
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