Azimir (v1.11.6)

Geth v1.11.6 is a maintenance release, fixing some minor issues and adding some log management features.

Log management

Log rotation has landed in geth, via (#26843). Log rotation can be activated using the flag --log.rotate. Additional parameters that can be given are:

• --log.maxsize to set maximum size before files are rotated,
• --log.maxbackups to set how many files are retailed,
• --log.maxage to configure max age of rotated files,
• --log.compress whether to compress rotated files

The location the logfile(s) can be configured as previously, using the --log.logfile parameter.

A new log output format, logfmt was added (#27001, #26970). It can be enabled using --log.format, which currently supports the options json, logfmt or terminal. (Thus, the --log.json option is now deprecated).

And finally, the flag --vmodule was renamed to --log.vmodule (#27071).

Assorted

• New sepolia bootnodes managed by EF devops are added (#27099)
• Converting the codebase to use atomic types (#27068, #27031, #27030, #27013,#27014, #27011, #26992, #26993, #26951, #26935, #27121)
• Bugfixes to make tracers more correct avoid crashes (#27029, #26848)
• Fix race-conditions in graphql (#26965)
• New CPU counter-typed metrics (#26796)

For a full rundown of the changes please consult the Geth 1.11.6 release milestone.

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As with all our previous releases, you can find the:

• Pre-built binaries for all platforms on our downloads page.
• Docker images published under ethereum/client-go.
• Ubuntu packages in our Launchpad PPA repository.
• OSX packages in our Homebrew Tap repository.