# Release Notes **URL:** https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=9 [Latest](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/tags.md) **Page:** 10 --- ## [Release Notes for Beta 2016-12-15](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-2016-12-15/399)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-2016-12-15/399 "2016-12-16T15:13:29Z")
Dec 15, 2016General ChangesCockroachDB now uses RocksDB version 4.11.2. #9616 SQL Language Changes Additional support for standard database introspection required by popular ORMs. These features apply to built-in tables … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20161208](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161208/392)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161208/392 "2016-12-08T22:59:56Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20161208 Happy Thursday! Highlights from this week's release include: Coalesced Raft heartbeats that reduce operational network traffic. Optimized range leases that improve hardware utili… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20160829](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20160829/247)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20160829/247 "2016-08-30T20:35:38Z")
What's new in beta-20160829?Happy Tuesday! CockroachDB beta-20160829 is now available for download, and all installation instructions have been updated to point to the new release. We've crammed a lot into this release, … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20161103](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161103/340)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161103/340 "2016-11-04T14:39:17Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20161103 Hi there, Another busy few weeks at Cockroach Labs. In our latest beta release, you can see we're making good strides towards full support for distributed SQL. We've also made pro… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20161027](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161027/331)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161027/331 "2016-10-27T20:29:36Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20161027 Hi there, Another busy few weeks at Cockroach Labs. In our latest beta release, you can see we're making good strides towards full support for distributed SQL. We've also made pro… --- ## [CockroachDB Beta Release 2016-10-13](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/cockroachdb-beta-release-2016-10-13/307)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/cockroachdb-beta-release-2016-10-13/307 "2016-10-13T20:53:30Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20161013 Hi there, We've packed so much into this week's beta, including many features that have been in development since our stability-focused “code yellow” started back in August. When … --- ## [Beta Release 2016-10-06](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/beta-release-2016-10-06/296)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/beta-release-2016-10-06/296 "2016-10-06T22:13:38Z")
What's new in beta-201601006? CockroachDB beta-20161006 is now available for download, and all installation instructions have been updated to point to the new release. There aren't many user-visible changes in this wee… --- ## [Beta Release 2016-09-29](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/beta-release-2016-09-29/278)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/beta-release-2016-09-29/278 "2016-09-29T21:53:00Z")
What's new in beta-20160929? CockroachDB beta-20160929 is now available for download, and all installation instructions have been updated to point to the new release. This release includes 78 merged PRs by 19 authors. W… --- ## [Beta Release 2016-09-15](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/beta-release-2016-09-15/261)
**Author:** [@jessica](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/jessica)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/beta-release-2016-09-15/261 "2016-09-15T21:22:55Z")
What's new in beta-20160915? Happy Thursday! CockroachDB beta-20160915 is now available. You can download the updated binaries here. General Changes CockroachDB is now built with Go 1.7.1. #9288 CockroachDB no longer … --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20160908](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20160908/252)
**Author:** [@Sean](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/Sean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20160908/252 "2016-09-08T17:52:34Z")
What's New in beta-20160908CockroachDB beta-20160908 is available for download (Mac/Linux), and all installation instructions have been updated to point to the new release. General Changes CockroachDB has reverted to Roc… --- ## [Release Notes for Beta-20161110](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161110/345)
**Author:** [@swati](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/u/swati)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2016, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/t/release-notes-for-beta-20161110/345 "2016-11-13T10:43:21Z")
What's new in CockroachDB beta-20161110 Happy Thursday! This week's release includes important improvements to performance and to CockroachDB SQL. Instructions are also now available to deploy CockroachDB on GCE, AWS,… [Previous page](https://forum.cockroachlabs.com/c/announcements/release-notes/9.md?page=8)