# Release Notes **URL:** https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=8 [Latest](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/tags.md) **Page:** 9 --- ## [Release Notes for v1.0.6](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-6/951)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-6/951 "2017-09-15T18:42:56Z")
September 14, 2017 Bug Fixes Fixed a bug in ReverseScan that could cause data to be missing from query results. #17891 #18385 Fixed a potential data corruption bug in RocksDB. #18397 Fixed a panic in some UNION queries… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-beta.20170907](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-beta-20170907/942)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-beta-20170907/942 "2017-09-07T22:21:46Z")
September 7, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible Changes DROP DATABASE no longer drops non-empty databases unless the CASCADE modifier is added. #17926 The --cache and --max-sql-memory flags for the cockroach start command now… --- ## [Release Notes for v.1.0.5](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-0-5/913)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v-1-0-5/913 "2017-08-25T04:57:13Z")
August 24, 2017 Command-Line Interface ChangesFatal error messages are now printed to both stderr and the logs. #17675 Bug Fixes Foreign keys that point to a prefix of an existing index now work correctly. Previously, r… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170810](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170810/877)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170810/877 "2017-08-10T21:42:54Z")
August 10, 2017 SQL Language ChangesThe RETURNING clause can now be used with UPSERT and INSERT .. ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE statements. #17149 Command-Line Interface ChangesThe cockroach sql shell now prints the running tim… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170803](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170803/863)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170803/863 "2017-08-03T22:30:48Z")
August 3, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible Changes Table and column names in double quotes are now case-sensitive (same as in PostgreSQL). #16884 The SHOW SESSION TRACE statement is now SHOW TRACE FOR SESSION. The SET/SHOW T… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.0.4](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-4/845)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-4/845 "2017-07-27T21:36:25Z")
July 27, 2017 SQL Language Changes ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT is now accepted at any time. #16932 Bug Fixes Fixed a race condition that could lead to serializability violations when requests race with a lease transfer. #17141 … --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170720](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170720/829)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170720/829 "2017-07-20T21:45:34Z")
July 20, 2017 Build changes CockroachDB binary releases are now compatible with older CPUs (previous builds required SSE4.2; new ones only require SSE3). #16949 CockroachDB has reverted from jemalloc 5.0.1 to 4.5 due to… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170713](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170713/817)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170713/817 "2017-07-13T23:11:43Z")
July 13, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible ChangesThe EXPLAIN (DEBUG) command has been removed. It is replaced by SHOW TRACE FOR. #16694 General Changes CockroachDB now uses RocksDB 5.5.1, jemalloc 5.0.1, Snappy 1.1.5, and pro… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB 1.0.3](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0-3/793)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0-3/793 "2017-07-06T21:52:03Z")
July 6, 2017 SQL Language Changes SET client\_encoding='unicode' is now recognized as equivalent to UTF-8. #16513 The IN operator now works with tuples of OIDs. #16645 Bug Fixes Fixed a consistency problem that could r… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170629](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170629/768)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170629/768 "2017-06-29T21:38:02Z")
June 29, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible Changes If the server's own hostname cannot be resolved, CockroachDB reports an error at startup instead of starting a node that will be unable to participate in a cluster. Local test… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170622](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170622/754)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170622/754 "2017-06-23T02:15:26Z")
June 22, 2017 General Changes Building from the source repo now works when $GOPATH is unset. #16364 CockroachDB now uses dep instead of glide to manage Go dependencies. #16275 gRPC has been updated to version 1.4.0. #1… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB 1.0.2](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0-2/736)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0-2/736 "2017-06-15T22:21:59Z")
June 15, 2017 General ChangesCockroachDB now uses Go 1.8.3 (fixing a security issue when elliptic curve certificates are used, as well as a panic). #16330 SQL Language ChangesThe BEGIN statement now accepts the READ WRIT… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170608](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170608/712)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170608/712 "2017-06-08T22:37:23Z")
June 8, 2017 General ChangesCockroachDB now uses Go 1.8.3 (fixing a security issue when elliptic curve certificates are used, as well as a panic). #16133 SQL Language Changes The UUID type is now supported. #15930 New S… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.1-alpha.20170601](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170601/684)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-1-alpha-20170601/684 "2017-06-01T21:12:57Z")
What's New in v1.1-alpha.20170601? General Changes CockroachDB now uses RocksDB 5.3.4 (#15696), protobuf 3.3.0 (#15522), and a newer version of gRPC (#15991) Non-release binaries no longer send crash reports. #15823 Som… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB 1.0.1](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0-1/665)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0-1/665 "2017-05-25T22:04:49Z")
What's New in CockroachDB 1.0.1? Bug Fixes The command-line interface no longer prompts for a password twice when password authentication is used. #15919 CREATE USER WITH PASSWORD now works correctly in the cockroach s… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB 1.0](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0/664)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-1-0/664 "2017-05-25T22:04:33Z")
Announcing CockroachDB 1.0! General AvailabilityWith this release, CockroachDB graduates from beta to a production-ready cloud-native database designed to power business at any scale from startup to enterprise. Years of … --- ## [Release Notes for v1.0-rc.2](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-rc-2/600)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-rc-2/600 "2017-05-05T19:45:18Z")
May 5, 2017 General Changes Diagnostics reporting now includes anonymized query statistics. #15491 SQL Language Changes Restrictions on schema changes in transactions with other statements have been relaxed. It is now po… --- ## [Release Notes for v1.0-rc.1](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-rc-1/596)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-v1-0-rc-1/596 "2017-05-01T23:14:46Z")
May 1, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible Changes It is not possible to upgrade directly to this version of CockroachDB from a version older than beta-20170413. Upgrade any older clusters to that version first. #15228 The cock… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta - 20170420](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170420/576)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170420/576 "2017-04-20T22:27:52Z")
April 20, 2017 As we approach our 1.0 release, we want to highlight two categories of fixes. Improvements to how CockroachDB runs in production: online certificate rotation and support for smoother rolling upgrades. … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20170413](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170413/559)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170413/559 "2017-04-13T22:55:13Z")
April 13, 2017 Backwards-Incompatible Changes The implementation of indexing for collated string columns has changed. Any secondary indexes containing collated strings must be dropped before upgrading to this version and… --- ## [Release Notes CockroachDB Beta 2017-04-06](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-cockroachdb-beta-2017-04-06/546)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-cockroachdb-beta-2017-04-06/546 "2017-04-07T15:33:26Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20170406 Happy Thursday! Highlights from this week's release include an expanded "Build a Ruby App with CockroachDB" tutorial that now features the ActiveRecord ORM. You can download the … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta - 20170330](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170330/535)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170330/535 "2017-03-30T19:53:55Z")
March 30, 2017 SQL Language Changes DEFAULT NULL column modifiers no longer produce type errors. #14371 Consecutive write statements using the RETURNING NOTHING clause are now executed in parallel. #14188 DECIMAL sup… --- ## [Release Notes for CockroachDB Beta 2017-03-23](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-beta-2017-03-23/527)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-cockroachdb-beta-2017-03-23/527 "2017-03-23T21:37:38Z")
Highlights from this week’s release include: Improved performance in geographically distributed clusters. CockroachDB now works with the replica geographically closest to the client for optimal performance. Full suppor… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20170309](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170309/497)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170309/497 "2017-03-09T21:38:27Z")
March 9, 2017 General Changes CockroachDB now uses Go 1.8. #13673 CockroachDB now uses RocksDB 5.1.4. #13831 SQL Language Changes Table names are now released as soon as the DROP TABLE statement executes, instead of be… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20170223](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170223/476)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170223/476 "2017-02-23T20:54:50Z")
February 23, 2017 SQL Language Changes Fixed parsing of interval constants with precision modifiers such as INTERVAL '5' YEARS. #13702 String literals containing true, false, or their synonyms (but not placeholders or o… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta - 20170216](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170216/461)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170216/461 "2017-02-16T19:54:39Z")
February 16, 2017 SQL Language Changes The search path for table names can now be set with SET SEARCH\_PATH. #13313 All built-in functions are now in the global namespace (instead of pg\_catalog). #13404 The pg\_extension … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta - 20170112](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170112/410)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170112/410 "2017-01-13T04:56:05Z")
January 12, 2017 Upgrade NotesThis release cannot be run concurrently with older beta releases. Please stop all nodes running older releases before restarting any node with this version. SQL Language Changes The ALTER T… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20161201](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161201/377)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161201/377 "2016-12-01T22:51:54Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20161201 Happy Thursday! This week's release is 'yuge and includes a whopping 292 PRs. Inside you'll find all the things you've come to expect - performance improvements, bug fixes, SQL … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta 20170209](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170209/450)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170209/450 "2017-02-10T06:10:39Z")
February 9th, 2017 Build ChangesOfficial binaries for Linux now support older Linux distributions, including RHEL 6. #13102CockroachDB now uses RocksDB 5.0.2. #12913SQL Language ChangesThe unnest() function is now suppor… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20170126](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20170126/436)
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January 26, 2017 License ChangeCockroachDB now includes features that are covered by the CockroachDB Community License. A pure open-source (APL2) version can be obtained by building from source with the make buildoss bui… [Previous page](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=7) [Next page](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=9)