# Release Notes **URL:** https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=7 [Latest](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/tags.md) **Page:** 8 --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0.5](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-5/1924)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-5/1924 "2018-08-14T00:24:32Z")
August 13, 2018 Happy Monday! This release includes several bug fixes and docs updates. Upgrade your version of CockroachDB here and let us know what you think! Cheers, The Cockroach Labs Team SQL language changes T… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.1.0-alpha.20180730](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-0-alpha-20180730/1876)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-0-alpha-20180730/1876 "2018-07-31T00:43:23Z")
July 30, 2018 For our July 30th alpha release, in addition to PostgreSQL compatibility enhancements, general usability improvements, and bug fixes, we want to highlight some major benefits: Troubleshoot performance pro… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0.4](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-4/1831)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-4/1831 "2018-07-16T22:13:26Z")
July 16, 2018 SQL Language Changes CHECK constraints are now checked when updating a conflicting row in INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE statements. #26699 An error is now returned to the user instead of panicking when… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.1.0-alpha.20180702](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-0-alpha-20180702/1797)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-0-alpha-20180702/1797 "2018-07-02T22:55:09Z")
July 2, 2018 Happy Monday! For our July 2nd alpha release, in addition to PostgreSQL compatibility enhancements, general usability improvements, and bug fixes, we want to highlight a few major benefits: Get visibility … --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0.3](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-3/1761)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-3/1761 "2018-06-21T15:34:34Z")
June 18, 2018 Happy Monday! This release includes several docs updates and bug fixes. Upgrade your version of CockroachDB here and let us know what you think! Cheers, The Cockroach Labs Team General Changes The new… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.1-alpha.20180604](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-alpha-20180604/1711)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2018, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-alpha-20180604/1711 "2018-06-04T18:29:51Z")
June 4, 2018 Happy Monday! This release includes general usability enhancements and bug fixes as well as: Easier data migrations from MySQL: The IMPORT feature now supports a subset of MySQL export formats. We will … --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0.2](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-2/1673)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-2/1673 "2018-05-21T18:45:54Z")
May 21, 2018 Happy Monday! This release includes a variety of bug fixes. Upgrade your version of CockroachDB here and let us know what you think! Cheers,The Cockroach Labs Team General Changes The header of new log fil… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0.1 and v1.1.8](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-1-and-v1-1-8/1575)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-1-and-v1-1-8/1575 "2018-04-23T21:14:23Z")
April 23, 2018 Happy Monday! This week, we had two releases - CockroachDB v2.0.1 and CockroachDB v1.1.8. Upgrade your version of CockroachDB here and let us know what you think! Cheers,The Cockroach Labs Team Cockroac… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.1.0-alpha.20180416](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-0-alpha-20180416/1536)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-1-0-alpha-20180416/1536 "2018-04-18T17:37:50Z")
April 16, 2018 Happy Monday! These release notes may include some repeated updates from the CockroachDB 2.0 notes. This week's release includes: The new cockroach demo command opens a SQL shell connected to a fully in… --- ## [Release Notes for v2.0-rc.1](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-rc-1/1485)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-rc-1/1485 "2018-04-02T22:51:35Z")
April 2, 2018 Happy Monday! This is the first release candidate for CockroachDB v2.0. All known bugs have either been fixed or pushed to a future release, with large bugs documented as known limitations. Improved the N… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDBv2.0-beta.20180319](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdbv2-0-beta-20180319/1441)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdbv2-0-beta-20180319/1441 "2018-03-19T22:11:41Z")
March 19, 2018 Happy Monday! In this release, we’ve improved CockroachDB’s ability to run in orchestrated environments and closed several Postgres capability gaps. Other featured updates include: Better /hea… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v1.1.6 and v2.0-beta.20180312](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v1-1-6-and-v2-0-beta-20180312/1423)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v1-1-6-and-v2-0-beta-20180312/1423 "2018-03-12T23:49:40Z")
March 12, 2018Happy Monday! This week, we had both, a production release and a beta release - CockroachDB v1.1.6 and CockroachDB v2.0-beta.20180312. The production release includes bug fixes and stability improvements. T… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0-beta.20180305](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-beta-20180305/1410)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-beta-20180305/1410 "2018-03-06T18:35:03Z")
March 5, 2018 Happy Monday! This week's release includes: Improved support for large delete statements. Reduced disruption during upgrades and restarts. Reduced occurrence of serializable transaction restarts. Upgrade … --- ## [Release Notes for v.1.0.7](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-0-7/1366)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-0-7/1366 "2018-02-14T17:23:36Z")
February 14, 2018 Happy Wednesday! This release includes some important bug fixes. Download here and let us know what you think! Cheers,The Cockroach Labs Team ----- Bug Fixes Fixed a leak of table leases that could gro… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB v2.0-alpha.20180212](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-alpha-20180212/1361)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-v2-0-alpha-20180212/1361 "2018-02-13T02:41:28Z")
February 12, 2018 Happy Monday! This week's release includes: The ON DELETE SET DEFAULT, ON UPDATE SET DEFAULT, ON DELETE SET NULL, and ON UPDATE SET NULL foreign key constraint actions are now fully supported. The likel… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1.5](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-5/1343)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-5/1343 "2018-02-05T22:44:53Z")
February 5, 2018 Happy Monday! This week's release includes several bug fixes. Download here and let us know what you think! Cheers, The Cockroach Labs Team ---- General ChangesRemoved error messages from SQL executi… --- ## [Release Notes for v2.0-alpha.20180129](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-alpha-20180129/1320)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-alpha-20180129/1320 "2018-01-29T23:20:41Z")
January 29, 2018 Happy Monday! This week's release includes: Added support for inverted indexes for JSON. A simplified IMPORT statement. Multiple ranges can now split at the same time, improving our ability to handle … --- ## [Release Notes for v2.0-alpha.20180116](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-alpha-20180116/1288)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-alpha-20180116/1288 "2018-01-17T01:52:26Z")
January 16, 2018 Backwards-Incompatible Changes Removed the obsolete kv.gc.batch\_size cluster setting. #21070 Removed the COCKROACH\_METRICS\_SAMPLE\_INTERVAL environment variable. Users that relied on it should reduce the… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1.4](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-4/1266)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-4/1266 "2018-01-08T22:53:03Z")
January 8, 2018 SQL Language Changes For compatibility with PostgreSQL, the transaction isolation level, transaction priority, and transaction status session variables have been renamed transaction\_isolation, transaction… --- ## [Release Notes for v2.0-alpha.20171218](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-alpha-20171218/1223)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v2-0-alpha-20171218/1223 "2017-12-19T00:02:35Z")
December 18, 2017 SQL Language Changes Added support for read-only transactions via PostgreSQL-compatible syntax. #20547 SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS AS TRANSACTION READ ONLY/READ WRITE SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY/READ WRIT… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.2-alpha.20171211](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171211/1207)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171211/1207 "2017-12-11T23:14:48Z")
December 11, 2017 General ChangesAlpha and beta releases are now published as Docker images under the name cockroachdb/cockroach-unstable. #20331 SQL Language Changes The protocol statement tag for CREATE TABLE ... AS ..… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.2-alpha.20171204](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171204/1189)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171204/1189 "2017-12-04T21:47:18Z")
December 4, 2017 General ChangesCockroachDB now uses RocksDB version 5.9.0. #20070 Build ChangesRestored compatibility with older x86 CPUs that do not support SSE4.2 extensions. #19909 SQL Language Changes The TIME data … --- ## [Release Notes for v.1.1.3](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-1-3/1159)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-1-3/1159 "2017-11-27T21:18:26Z")
November 27, 2017 SQL Language changes SHOW TRACE FOR SELECT now supports AS OF SYSTEM TIME. #20187 Bug Fixes Decommissioned nodes are now excluded from the staggered version warning. #19626 When an enterprise RESTORE f… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.2-alpha.20171113](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171113/1124)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171113/1124 "2017-11-13T23:39:09Z")
November 13, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible Changes Redefined NaN comparisons to be compatible with PostgreSQL. NaN is now equal to itself and sorts before all other non-NULL values. #19144 It is no longer possible to drop… --- ## [Release Notes for v.1.1.2](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-1-2/1076)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-1-2/1076 "2017-11-02T21:31:53Z")
November 2, 2017 SQL Language ChangesThe new gen\_random\_uuid() function generates and returns a random UUID value. #19585 Bug Fixes Reverted the default behavior of DROP DATABASE to CASCADE for compatibility with Postgre… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.2-alpha.20171026](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171026/1050)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-2-alpha-20171026/1050 "2017-10-26T22:41:23Z")
October 26, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible ChangesCasts from BYTES to STRING have been changed and now work the same way as in PostgreSQL. New functions encode() and decode() are available to replace the former functionalit… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1.1](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-1/1028)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-1/1028 "2017-10-19T20:05:19Z")
October 19th, 2017 SQL Language Changes ARRAY values are now more compatible with certain client drivers.#19273#19285 Bug Fixes SET CLUSTER SETTING version = '1.1' now works correctly. You issue this command when finali… --- ## [Release Notes - CockroachDB 1.1](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-cockroachdb-1-1/998)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-cockroachdb-1-1/998 "2017-10-12T21:14:27Z")
Big news! Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of CockroachDB 1.1. We’ve spent the last five months incorporating feedback from our customers and community, and making improvements that will help even more tea… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-beta.20170928](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-beta-20170928/975)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-beta-20170928/975 "2017-09-29T00:56:08Z")
September 28, 2017 Build ChangesThe release docker images now use Debian 8.9 (instead of 8.7) #18755 SQL Language Changes The IMPORT command is now considered an experimental feature and must be enabled before use with t… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-beta.20170921](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-beta-20170921/962)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-beta-20170921/962 "2017-09-21T23:08:04Z")
September 21, 2017 Admin UI Changes New debug endpoint /debug/logspy can be used to access verbose logging remotely (when remote debugging is enabled). #18221 #18415 Improvements to debug pages. #18411 #18498 Bug Fixes … [Previous page](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=8)