Durango.9 - Consensus Engine Improvements

This version is backwards compatible to v1.11.0. It is optional, but encouraged.

The plugin version is unchanged at 35 and is compatible with versions v1.11.3-v1.11.8.

APIs

• Updated health metrics to use labels rather than namespaces
• Added consensus poll termination metrics

Configs

• Added --version-json flag to output version information in json format

Fixes

• Fixed incorrect WARN log that could previously be emitted during start on nodes with slower disks
• Fixed incorrect ERROR log that could previously be emitted if a peer tracking a subnet connects during shutdown
• Fixed ledger dependency on erased commit
• Fixed protobuf dependency to resolve compilation issues in some cases
• Fixed C-chain filename logging

What's Changed

• Error driven snowflake multi counter by @aaronbuchwald in #3092
• [antithesis] Add ci jobs to trigger test runs by @marun in #3076
• bump ledger-avalanche dependency to current main branch by @felipemadero in #3115
• [antithesis] Fix image publication job by quoting default tag value by @marun in #3112
• [e2e] Fix excessively verbose output from virtuous test by @marun in #3116
• Remove .Status() from .IsPreferred() by @StephenButtolph in #3111
• Add early termination metrics case by case by @aaronbuchwald in #3093
• Update C-chain wallet context by @StephenButtolph in #3118
• Standardize wallet tx acceptance polling by @StephenButtolph in #3110
• [antithesis] Remove assertions incompatible with fault injection by @marun in #3104
• Use health labels by @StephenButtolph in #3122
• Remove Decided from the Consensus interface by @StephenButtolph in #3123
• Remove .Status() from .Accepted() by @StephenButtolph in #3124
• Refactor event.Blocker into job.Scheduler by @StephenButtolph in #3125
• Remove block lookup from deliver by @StephenButtolph in #3130
• [chains/atomic] Remove a nested if statement by @dhrubabasu in #3135
• [vms/platformvm] Minor grammer fixes in state struct code comments by @dhrubabasu in #3136
• bump protobuf (fixes some build issues) by @darioush in #3142
• Emit version in JSON format for --json-version by @marun in #3129
• Repackaged NextBlockTime and GetNextStakerChangeTime by @abi87 in #3134
• [vms/platformvm] Cleanup execution config tests by @dhrubabasu in #3137
• [tmpnet] Enable bootstrap of subnets with disjoint validator sets by @marun in #3138
• Simplify dependency registration by @StephenButtolph in #3139
• Replace wasIssued with shouldIssueBlock by @StephenButtolph in #3131
• Remove parent lookup from issue by @StephenButtolph in #3132
• Remove status usage from consensus by @StephenButtolph in #3140
• Fix bootstrapping warn log by @joshua-kim in #3156
• chore: fix some comment by @hattizai in #3144
• [ci] Add actionlint job by @marun in #3160
• check router is closing in requests by @ceyonur in #3157
• Use ids.Empty instead of ids.ID{} by @dhrubabasu in #3166
• Replace usage of utils.Err with errors.Join by @joshua-kim in #3167

Full Changelog: v1.11.8...v1.11.9