Version 15.1#
Version 15.0 contains a new version (V7) of the protocol environment, which is the set of functions that a protocol can call. This new version is used by protocol Lima, which is a proposal for the successor of Kathmandu. This release also contains Lima itself as well as its daemons.
This version introduces the context pruning for the context part of the storage backend enabled by default for all nodes running with a full or rolling history mode. Thanks to it, the size taken on disk is no longer proportional to the time since the node is running because the states of the chains below the savepoint (by default 6 cycles) are erased.
Version 15.1 fixes a bug that would cause the bootstrap pipeline to apply a block without prechecking it first, when the active protocol is Lima.
Warning
The nature of this bug would prevent the correct operation of the Lima protocol (due to activate on Tezos Mainnet on block #2,981,889) with earlier Octez versions, including Octez v15.0.
As a result, we strongly recommend to upgrade to Octez v15.1 or later instead.
Warning
All executables have been renamed. The tezos- prefix
has been replaced by octez- and protocol numbers have been
removed. For instance, tezos-node is now named octez-node
and tezos-baker-014-PtKathma is now named
octez-baker-PtKathma. Same renaming occurred in the Docker
entrypoint. For instance, tezos-node is now named
octez-node and tezos-baker is now named octez-baker.
Note that if you compile from source using make, symbolic links
from the old names to the new names are created, so you can still
use the old names. But those old names are deprecated and may stop
being supported starting from version 16.0. Idem for the old command
names in the docker entrypoint.
Update Instructions#
To update from sources:
git fetch
git checkout v15.1
rm -rf _opam _build
make build-deps
eval $(opam env)
make
If you are using Docker instead, use the v15.1 Docker images of Tezos.
Then upgrade your storage by following the instructions in Context Pruning Requirements and Optimizations.
Context Pruning Requirements and Optimizations#
Context pruning is enabled automatically. However, data directories that have been created by Octez versions 12.4 or earlier do not support context pruning. If you run a node on such a data directory you will get a warning. The solution is to import a fresh snapshot before running the Octez 15.0 node for the first time, to ensure that the context can be pruned.
The first pruning operation for nodes that have been running for a long time can take a while and use a significant amount of memory. To avoid this, it is also recommended to import a fresh snapshot before running the Octez 15.0 node for the first time. You can refer to the snapshot documentation to get instructions regarding the snapshot import command.