Bor v1.5.0 release

[0xsajal]

Hello All,

New version of Bor v1.5.0 have been released for Polygon Mainnet. It’s advisable to upgrade bor to this version at the earliest.

Steps for upgrading Bor node

1. Stop bor service

   sudo service bor stop
   

2. Install Bor with a version tag, network name (amoy/mainnet), and node type (sentry, validator, or archive).

   # Replace the node type
   curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maticnetwork/install/main/bor.sh | bash -s -- v1.5.0 <network> <node_type>
   

3. Check bor version

   /usr/bin/bor version
   
   # It should print 
   # 1.5.0
   

4. Restart bor service

   sudo service bor start
   

Bor Changelog

The major change in this release is the commits merged from go-ethereum up to geth 1.14.6.

What’s Changed

• Add test for concurrent revert in MVHashmap by @cffls in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1326
• Log info about mismatched valset by @cffls in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1325
• Upstream merge 1.14.6 by @anshalshukla in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1300
• Backporting master to develop by @cffls in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1341
• Fix panic in eth_getLogs by @cffls in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1342
• internal/cli: add prometheus sever timeouts by @marcello33 in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1344
• Adding refactored packager, adding pbss configs, removal of mumbai ( … by @djpolygon in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1311
• Adding rpm packagers by @djpolygon in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1339
• Check block number and timestamp options when filtering conditional transactions by @jj1980a in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1350
• Add discovery.dns by @cffls in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1355
• Changing names of pbss profiles for consistency in deb and rpm by @djpolygon in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1356
• Updating uploader by @djpolygon in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1357
• v1.5.0 candidate by @cffls in https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/pull/1359

Full Changelog: https://github.com/maticnetwork/bor/compare/v1.4.1...v1.5.0

Docker Images

You can find the latest docker images here:

Bor: https://hub.docker.com/r/0xpolygon/bor/tags

Heimdall:https://hub.docker.com/r/0xpolygon/heimdall/tags

Thanks,

Polygon Team

[Gaia]

Is it possible to use PathDB with Bor yet?!

[sandeep]

Yes @Gaia, you can follow the instructions in https://forum.polygon.technology/t/optimizing-node-performance-with-pbss-and-pebbledb-a-quick-guide/19937 to switch over to PBSS and PebbleDB.