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Altinity.Cloud Release Notes

Altinity.Cloud Release Notes

Here are the most recent release notes, organized by major release and release date:

  • 2023-10-24 Altinity.Cloud 23.6.37 Release Notes
  • 2023-08-15 Altinity.Cloud 23.5.15 Release Notes
  • 2023-07-27 Altinity.Cloud 23.4.38 Release Notes

      Altinity.Cloud 23.6.37 Release Notes

      Released: 2023-10-24

      Added

      • Tiered storage support for EBS/PD volumes
      • Allow to free and remove disks in multi-volume configuration
      • Alert user is cluster is stopped for more than 30 days
      • New Monitoring role for Grafana access only
      • New Env Support role for accessing clusters without destructive actions
      • Access token for Anywhere API
      • Map Octa roles to ACM roles
      • Added Azure as a backup destination option
      • Added on screen notification when ClickHouseInstallation templates are used
      • Added on screen notification when cluster is connected to other cluster’s backup and a way to reset it
      • Added cluster lock feature to prevent accidential changes
      • Added an option to restore a table from the backup to a different database
      • Added alternate DNS names to Connection Details popup
      • Enabled storage of UDF medatada in ZooKeeper for ClickHouse 23.3 and above
      • Added ‘Enabled object labels’ option to backup settings
      • Added new ‘Setup Environment’ wizard
      • Added AWS Marketplace integration

      Changed

      • Do not allow to start a cluster without CPU cores configured for a node type
      • Made a link ClickHouse release notes more visible
      • Clicking to Upgrade advisory icon now opens up an Upgrade screen
      • Success/Failure notifications are not sent to both user who started the process and cluster owner
      • Improved setting up BYOC Anywhere clusters UI

      Fixed

      • Fixed a bug when load balancer status for a node was not properly changed and displayed
      • Fixed a bug with KILL MUTATION that might not work in some cases
      • Fixed a bug when Kafka Connection wizard could trigger the cluster update
      • Fixed default ZooKeeper storage class
      • Fixed a Back button navigation from Nodes screen
      • Fixed a bug when launching cluster from a backup could use incorrect CPU/RAM requests

       

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      Altinity.Cloud 23.5.15 Release Notes

      Released: 2023-08-15

      Added

      • Environment audit logs, available for env and org admins
      • Org admins can now configure login settings
      • Allow to login with password for org admins even if passwords access is disabled for organization
      • Cluster role

      Changed

      • Distributed queries are now handled using ‘secret’ to authenticate between nodes
      • Changed description of available login options to make it more clear

      Fixed

      • Fixed an inconsistent display of storage usage across nodes that happens sometimes
      • Fixed storage throughput calculation that was sometimes incorrect

       

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      Altinity.Cloud 23.4.38 Release Notes

      Released: 2023-07-27

      Added

      • Access change reason to Altinity Access
      • Startup time option for slow starting clusters
      • Storage management for supporting multiple volumes in a more flexible way
      • Management of auto templates for Anywhere environments
      • History of cluster setting is now preserved, and it allows to rollback
      • Stop button when rebalancing disks

      Changed

      • Added DataDog and Loki logs configuration on the separate Environment tag
      • ‘default_replica_path’ now includes uuid
      • Upgrade version recommendations have been improved
      • Access Management is enabled for ‘admin’ user by default in new clusters
      • Cost estimates for are more accurate now
      • Workload->Mutations has been improved
      • clickhouse-backup has been upgraded to 2.2.8
      • It is now possible to change ZooKeeper node type for running clusters
      • Improvements to Node Type configuration
      • Allow IAM role access to the backup bucket instead of credentials

      Fixed

      • Fixed node storage % incorrect display in some cases
      • Fixed hint for Clone Database
      • Fixed DataDog deployment in Anywhere environment
      • Fixed Anywhere environment setup when EKS cluster is provisioned by Altinity

       

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    1 - Altinity.Cloud 23.6.37 Release Notes

    Added

    • Tiered storage support for EBS/PD volumes
    • Allow to free and remove disks in multi-volume configuration
    • Alert user is cluster is stopped for more than 30 days
    • New Monitoring role for Grafana access only
    • New Env Support role for accessing clusters without destructive actions
    • Access token for Anywhere API
    • Map Octa roles to ACM roles
    • Added Azure as a backup destination option
    • Added on screen notification when ClickHouseInstallation templates are used
    • Added on screen notification when cluster is connected to other cluster’s backup and a way to reset it
    • Added cluster lock feature to prevent accidential changes
    • Added an option to restore a table from the backup to a different database
    • Added alternate DNS names to Connection Details popup
    • Enabled storage of UDF medatada in ZooKeeper for ClickHouse 23.3 and above
    • Added ‘Enabled object labels’ option to backup settings
    • Added new ‘Setup Environment’ wizard
    • Added AWS Marketplace integration

    Changed

    • Do not allow to start a cluster without CPU cores configured for a node type
    • Made a link ClickHouse release notes more visible
    • Clicking to Upgrade advisory icon now opens up an Upgrade screen
    • Success/Failure notifications are not sent to both user who started the process and cluster owner
    • Improved setting up BYOC Anywhere clusters UI

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug when load balancer status for a node was not properly changed and displayed
    • Fixed a bug with KILL MUTATION that might not work in some cases
    • Fixed a bug when Kafka Connection wizard could trigger the cluster update
    • Fixed default ZooKeeper storage class
    • Fixed a Back button navigation from Nodes screen
    • Fixed a bug when launching cluster from a backup could use incorrect CPU/RAM requests

    2 - Altinity.Cloud 23.5.15 Release Notes

    Added

    • Environment audit logs, available for env and org admins
    • Org admins can now configure login settings
    • Allow to login with password for org admins even if passwords access is disabled for organization
    • Cluster role

    Changed

    • Distributed queries are now handled using ‘secret’ to authenticate between nodes
    • Changed description of available login options to make it more clear

    Fixed

    • Fixed an inconsistent display of storage usage across nodes that happens sometimes
    • Fixed storage throughput calculation that was sometimes incorrect

    3 - Altinity.Cloud 23.4.38 Release Notes

    Added

    • Access change reason to Altinity Access
    • Startup time option for slow starting clusters
    • Storage management for supporting multiple volumes in a more flexible way
    • Management of auto templates for Anywhere environments
    • History of cluster setting is now preserved, and it allows to rollback
    • Stop button when rebalancing disks

    Changed

    • Added DataDog and Loki logs configuration on the separate Environment tag
    • ‘default_replica_path’ now includes uuid
    • Upgrade version recommendations have been improved
    • Access Management is enabled for ‘admin’ user by default in new clusters
    • Cost estimates for are more accurate now
    • Workload->Mutations has been improved
    • clickhouse-backup has been upgraded to 2.2.8
    • It is now possible to change ZooKeeper node type for running clusters
    • Improvements to Node Type configuration
    • Allow IAM role access to the backup bucket instead of credentials

    Fixed

    • Fixed node storage % incorrect display in some cases
    • Fixed hint for Clone Database
    • Fixed DataDog deployment in Anywhere environment
    • Fixed Anywhere environment setup when EKS cluster is provisioned by Altinity

    4 - Altinity.Cloud 23.3.26 Release Notes

    Added

    • Allow to modify gp3 volume throughput when re-scaling the cluster
    • New ‘Mutations’ tab in Workflow
    • New ‘Crashes’ tab in DBA tools
    • Introduce cluster owner, allow to change owner
    • Set labels on S3/GCS backups
    • Configure logs location in environment settings for Anywhere environments
    • Delete of Anywhere environments
    • Added a support for custom image registries for Anywhere environments
    • Allow to test backup bucket access
    • Allow to pick up availability zones when starting a cluster

    Changed

    • Changed default Altinity Access level to ‘System’
    • ALERTS popup has been improved
    • Improved ClickHouse version upgrade recommendations that were incorrect sometimes
    • system.session_log is enabled by default (it has been disabled in 22.8+ ClickHouse releases)
    • ZooKeeper configuration management has been changed. That allows re-scale w/o a downtime and also better HA
    • Allow to use IAM access for backup buckets
    • ZooKeeper node configuration is now re-created using Publish
    • Upgraded clickhouse-backup to 2.2.5. That fixes the concurrency issue and also allows to resume interrupted backup automatically.
    • Upgraded clickhouse-operator to 0.21.0. That eliminates some unneeded restarts, e.g. when changing log level.

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug with ‘Copy Data between Clusters’ that could not copy some types of MergeTree tables
    • Fixed a bug where pressing MANAGE CLUSTERS in Environments List page did not navigate to cluster page properly
    • Fixed ‘Last Insert Timestamp’ that has been empty in some cases
    • Automatically enabled monitoring and backups for new Anywhere environments

    5 - Altinity.Cloud 23.2.33 Release Notes

    Added

    • The Backup configuration is now available on a cluster level
      • Different clusters can now have different backup settings
    • New volume performance guidelines when starting a cluster
    • Users are now alerted that profile setting is used instead of a server setting
    • New resource limit for total number of nodes
    • Can now exclude an individual node from a load balancer
    • Users can now add custom Grafana dashboards
    • Support for using alternate cluster names
    • Changes for Altinity staff only:
      • Added New Altinity Support role
      • Discounts management

    Changed

    • The SHARE button has been renamed to INVITE
    • The Rescale screen now shows storage units
    • “Kafka Connection Check” has been moved to the Cluster page
    • Notifications now include FQDN for cluster names
    • Environment dashboard improvements
    • Changes to environment backup settings are now automatically applied to clusters
    • Additional DataDog regions now available

    Fixed

    • Fixed “Copy Data between Clusters” for Anywhere environments with custom node taints
    • Fixed a bug in Node View where they were not available for offline nodes
    • Rebalance is back and available for envadmins

    6 - Altinity.Cloud 23.1.22 Release Notes

    Added

    • Clone database feature that allows to clone database w/o data copy on same host
    • Force restart of an individual node
    • Show pod events in a node view
    • Current quota usage is now displayed on an environment screen
    • User role can be specified when inviting user to an environment
    • Progress bar when applying changes to a cluster
    • Operator managed persistence is now default for new environments, and can be turned on for existing ones. It allows to re-scale volumes w/o downtime
    • Re-publish ZK clusters

    Changed

    • Backup configuration is currently always deployed, even if schedule is disabled
    • ClickHouse version recommendations were improved
    • IAM-managed access to backup bucket is now allowed
    • Data rebalance UI has been improved
    • Cluster are now sorted alphabetically
    • Asynchronous metrics log frequency is reduced for new clusters
    • Changed some ‘default’ profile settings (part of operator release):
      • Enabled ‘do_not_merge_across_partitions_select_final’
      • Set ’load_balancing’ to ’nearest_hostname’
      • Set niceness (‘os_thread_priority’) to 2.

    Fixed

    • Fixed data consistency checks for 3 replica clusters
    • Improved loading speed for Accounts screen
    • Copy Data wizard can now work with non-Altinity.Cloud ClickHouse
    • Fixed Auth0 integration with Okta

    Fixed in 23.1.23 2022-03-10

    • Fixed a bug with version upgrades for ClickHouse 23.1 and above that might result in cluster not going online after restart
    • Fixed a bug with “Workload->Replication” screen did not display any results
    • Fixed a bug with “Copy Data Between Clusters” tool that did not work correctly in a replicated cluster with non-partitioned tables in some cases
    • Display an error message if “Schema Consistency -> Create table on all nodes” fails with an error

    7 - Altinity.Cloud 22.12.27 Release Notes

    Added

    • User is notified with a warning sign when backups are not configured
    • User is notified with a popup message when data migration is completed or failed
    • ‘Delete table’ action is added to Data Consistency tab
    • List of databases granted to ClickHouse user are displayed
    • Quick filter was added in order to see unhealthy nodes on a Dashboard page
    • Cluster tags for GCP environments in order to split costs by clusters

    Changed

    • ‘Environment Settings’ was renamed to ‘Environment Variables’ on the cluster page
    • DBA tools UI was made more intuitive
    • Improved new Anywhere environment setup process
    • Improved ‘Data Rebalance’ function that could sometimes move too much data
    • Backup configuration is moved to a separate resource instead of being bundled with ClickHouse configuration. This change requires restart.
    • Backup stability improvements, upgrade clickhouse-backup to 2.1.3 version
    • Upgraded clickhouse-operator to 0.20.1
    • n2d-standard-64 is now available by default for GCP clusters

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug when node status was not updated for a few minutes after ClickHouse cluster is up an running
    • Fixed a bug with backup being restored from AWS to GCP environments or vice versa could fail due to mismatching node types
    • Fixed a bug when Rescale ignored auto publishing being turned off
    • Fixed a bug when ‘Run DDL ON CLUSTER’ did switch off automatically when specific node is selected
    • Fixed a bug with rescaling GCP clusters in old tenants
    • Fixed a bug when profile settings could not be changed on a cluster that can not start
    • Fixed Data Migration tool that did not work in Anywhere environments due to hard-coded tolerations
    • Fixed a bug with backup compression format was not respected for GCP clusters
    • Fixed a bug with memory and volume graphs displaying incorrect data

    8 - Altinity.Cloud 22.11.30 Release Notes

    Added

    • Used/available quota is now displayed when starting a cluster
    • New System Metrics Grafana dashboard
    • Reset Anywhere action in order to disconnect from the Anywhere environment
    • Rebalance data across storage volumes
    • Tracking customer credits when invoicing

    Changed

    • In the list of accounts, environments for a particular account are now displayed
    • Anywhere connection wizard has been improved
    • Sensitive environment settings are back to readonly for non-Anywhere clusters
    • Multiple improvements to backup functionality
    • Multiple improvements to Copy Data between Clusters feature
    • Log storage has been migrated to Grafana Loki

    Fixed

    • Fixed latest backup timestamp that has not been updated sometimes
    • StatusCheck now works for Anywhere environments
    • Billing estimates are now correct for Anywhere clusters
    • MaterializedView tables are now correctly restored when using Consistency check tool
    • Fixed a UI bug with ClickHouse version was not displayed when one of cluster nodes was down
    • Fixed Kafka Connection tool generated XML that was sometimes incorrect
    • Fixed Environment Variable settings page that did not allow to specify non-secret settings
    • Fixed a bug that did not allow to restore GCP backup to AWS or vice versa to an automatically created cluster due to incorrect node specifications
    • Billing reports are now displayed correctly for Anywhere clusters

    9 - Altinity.Cloud 22.10.24 Release Notes

    Added

    • New ‘Errors’ tab under DBA tools
    • New ‘Cluster Consistency’ tab under DBA tools
    • Allow to restrict access to cluster management for Altinity stuff
    • Setup and initial configuration of Anywhere environments
    • Dashboard is enabled for env and org admins
    • Copy Data feature is enabled for env and org admins
    • Logging into Loki for Anywhere tenants
    • Option to turn on ClickHouse SQL access management for users
    • Pod status in the Node view
    • Environment variables from a k8s secret

    Changed

    • Processes tab have been improved
    • Multi-statements now can be executed in Explorer
    • When ClickHouse cluster is upgraded to the new version, the UI now allows to easily pick Altinity.Stable and Community versions
    • ClickHouse version upgrade recommendations have been improved
    • When user returns with a direct cluster link, cluster Environment is automatically selected as a current one

    Fixed

    • Fixed sort order in a list of nodes dropdown in Explorer
    • Fixed backup restore scenarios between different environments and clusters
    • Fixed a bug with detached parts could not be deleted for ‘.inner.’ tables
    • Fixed Kafka connection tool in GCP environments

    10 - Altinity.Cloud 22.9.21 Release Notes

    Added

    • Added a feature to convert from non-replicated to replicated MergeTree (available for Altinity staff only)
    • Data Migration Tool to copy data between clusters (available for Altinity staff only)
    • New ‘Launch from Backup’ wizard that allows to pick any backup source, including outside of Altinity.Cloud
    • Replication status in Workload Alert cluster owners when Altinity access level is changed
    • Backlink button to the Environment page
    • Proxy connection mode for Anywhere clusters

    Changed

    • Workload tab was refactored to show 3 panels: Queries, Replication and Processes
    • Workload is sorted in descending order by default
    • Table creation hints were updated in Explorer
    • Improved loading test datasets feature
    • User is automatically redirected to the last visited page on re-login

    Fixed

    • Fixed restoring a backup in sharded and replicated cluster with tables replicated to every shard
    • Fixed sorting order in dashboard
    • Last insert timestamp now displays timestamp for Kafka inserts correctly now
    • Fixed SELECT ALL IGNORED for detached parts

    11 - Altinity.Cloud 22.8.15 Release Notes

    Added

    • New tool to review and remove detached parts
    • New tool to test connectivity to Kafka broker
    • New tool to import test datasets – available for 22.3 ClickHouse version and above

    Changed

    • Default log level for new clusters is set to ‘information’. Users can edit log level using ’logger/level’ cluster setting
    • Storage size is displayed as ‘Pending’ if rescale has not been complete
    • Improved version upgrade recommendations
    • Improved Schema and Workload tabs

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug with uptime schedule that could unexpectidly stop clusters sometimes
    • Fixed a bug with memory configuration settings if cluster is resumed to the different node size

    12 - Altinity.Cloud 22.7.13 Release Notes

    Added

    • User role is now displayed on Account page
    • A warning is displayed on ClickHouse version upgrade is available
    • Sorting has been added to the Schema tab
    • A tool to convert a table from MergeTree to ReplicatedMergeTree (available for superadmins only)
    • VPC Endpoint status is displayed on Connections popup
    • Custom tolerations can be specified for node types

    Changed

    • User is automatically authenticated as ClickHouse admin when starting a new cluster
    • Schedule icon opens a Schedule popup now
    • When rescaling a volume, minimum rescale ratio is 20% of the volume size
    • Org admin can access Environment details now (previously it was only possible with Env admin)

    Fixed

    • ClickHouse use authentication fixes
    • List of backups was sometimes not properly sorted
    • Fixed a possible race condition in backup and restore of replicated clusters

    13 - Altinity.Cloud 22.6.18 Release Notes

    Added

    • Explorer now requires user authorization using ClickHouse user/password
    • Altinity staff does not have an access to the data by default. Multiple levels of access can be granted by a customer – that enables ‘altinity’ user to work with the data.
    • New ‘Workload’ tab in Explorer to analyze typical queries
    • Copy to Clipboard buttons in Connection Details

    Changed

    • DataDog metrics are labeled with environment and cluster
    • clickhouse-operator user is restricted to Altinity network only
    • Brute force protection is enabled for password recovery form

    14 - Altinity.Cloud 22.5.15 Release Notes

    Added

    • Cluster Uptime feature that allows stopping the cluster automatically when inactive or by schedule.
    • Reset to defaults is available on ClickHouse settings and profile settings pages.
    • Email notification is sent to the user when trial is extended.
    • Connection to Remote environment via Altinity Connector.

    Changed

    • Display a warning when downgrading ClickHouse major version
    • Display a warning when non-replicated MergeTree table is created on replicated cluster
    • Cluster Dashboard now shows LB type and storage type

    Fixed

    • Fixed UI slowness when a long query is being executed.
    • Fixed Schema tab that may be not displaying tables when databases contains hundreds of those.
    • Small UI fixes in different places.

    15 - Altinity.Cloud 22.4.15 Release Notes

    Added

    • Breakdown by clusters on a billing page.
    • Initial support for user managed environments.
    • Environment connection status.

    Changed

    • Changed cluster wizard to make it easier to use.
    • Fractional disk sizes are not allowed anymore.
    • ‘Pay by Invoice’ option is disabled.

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug with local backups not being deleted that might result in higher disk usage.
    • Fixed a possible backup failure on clusters with async_inserts=1.
    • Fixed a bug with ALTER TABLE did not work sometimes on clusters restored from a backup.
    • Fixed a bug with schema did not refresh sometimes.
    • Fixed a bug in incorrect retention of backups of sharded cluster.

    16 - Altinity.Cloud 22.3.14 Release Notes

    Added

    • Allow to select a node type when launching a cluster from backup (available for Altinity staff only).

    Changed

    • DROP TABLE is executed now before restoring a table from the backup.
    • CPU is correctly displayed in cores on Environment page in this release.
    • clickhouse-operator has been upgraded to 0.18.3.
    • Fixed a bug that did not allow to enter ‘0’ in cluster settings.
    • Fixed a bug that might result in cluster not going online when using ClickHouse versions 22.2 and above.
    • Fixed a bug with incorrect display of billing data for GCP environments.
    • Fixed a bug with AWS NLB usage.
    • Fixed a bug with cluster metadata not being stored in backup sometimes.

    17 - Altinity.Cloud 22.2.15 Release Notes

    Added

    • Notifications for cluster related events can be configured
    • Datadog integration
    • Option to force Auth0 authentication for organization
    • Dark UI theme
    • Cmd/Ctrl+Enter in Explorer can be used to run a query

    Changed

    • ZooKeeper is now stopped when cluster is stopped
    • Warning has been removed from volume rescale popup
    • Monitoring links have been moved to the top in order to make it easier to find
    • Max part size has been reduced to 50GB
    • Column compression tab is more compact now
    • When backup operation is in progress all operations that may incidentally restart the cluster are blocked now

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug with list of databases sometimes could not be parsed in user dialog
    • Fixed a bug with replica cluster creation
    • Fixed latest backup timestamp display for stopped clusters
    • Fixed a bug with table restore from a backup that could download full cluster backup instead of a single table

    18 - Altinity.Cloud 22.1.28 Release Notes

    Added

    • Restore cluster from an External backup (available for superadmins only)
    • Restore single table from a backup
    • New Grafana dashboard for logs

    Changed

    • UI facelifting on Cluster and Nodes dashboards
    • System tables are now hidden by default on Schema dashboard
    • Stronger security for Grafana monitoring dashboard
    • Better performance of Billing dashboard
    • Use ‘pd-ssd’ fast storage for ZooKeeper nodes in GCP
    • Cluster dashboard now shows a warning if backup utility is outdated
    • Backup line item is now correctly displayed for GCP clusters
    • Support plan is now displayed on a billing page
    • Error Log section is removed from ClickHouse logs page

    Fixed

    • Fixed ON CLUSTER switch behavior
    • Removed deprecated ClickHouse settings from default profile
    • Removed deprecated node annotations

    19 - Altinity.Cloud 21.13.21 Release Notes

    Added

    • Expiration date for trials can be adjusted from UI (previously it could only be done with an API call)
    • Expiration date for notifications can be configured
    • Units to the billing usage page
    • Legend to the Columns tab that clarifies key flags

    Changed

    • UI has been refreshed with a new version of Clarity.Design library
    • When user VPC endpoint is configured Access Point URLs are switched to ‘internal’ now
    • AWS NLB is disabled by default. It can be enabled on Environment level if needed
    • Cron job logs are sent to centralized logging

    Fixed

    • Processes view is fixed for ClickHouse versions 21.8
    • Estimated costs for GCP are corrected
    • Trial notifications are not longer created for blocked organizations

    20 - Altinity.Cloud 21.12.26 Release Notes

    Added

    • Post-trial workflow allows user to signup to the paid account
    • Column level compression tab in Schema popup
    • New billing user role in order to access billing only
    • Soft rolling restart of ClickHouse nodes is now available. The previous ‘hard’ restart can be used as well.
    • Background operation status is now displayed on the cluster dashboard
    • Billing integration for GCP
    • Backups for GCP

    Changed

    • ZooKeeper is updated to 3.7.0. It only affects new clusters.
    • ClickHouse Backup is updated to 1.2.2
    • User will receive notification when subscribes or unsubscribes from Clickhouse alerts
    • Billing company name can now be different from the organization name

    Fixed

    • Fixed ‘Refresh’ button on Processes tab that did not refresh the screen sometimes
    • Fixed an issue when sometimes schema was displayed as empty

    21 - Altinity.Cloud 21.11.24 Release Notes

    Added

    • Usage details are available in Billing
    • Download links to issued invoices are available in Billing
    • Backup cost is extracted as a separate line item. Previously it was a part of a storage cost.
    • VPC Endpoint status is displayed when enabled
    • Datadog integration is supported for ClickHouse logs. Contact us with your datadog agent id.
    • GCP support
    • Enabled support for Altinity Builds of ClickHouse

    Changed

    • Networks are removed from ClickHouse users creation. It is now controlled in Connectivity on a cluster level
    • ZooKeeper cluster size can not be selected anymore. It is adjusted automatically.
    • Available API endpoints are now filtered according to the user role. Previously, user could see all API even if those could not be used.

    Fixed

    • Fixed a bug with node endpoints being unavailable under VPC endpoint

    22 - Altinity.Cloud 21.10.28 Release Notes

    Added

    • Allow users to configure alerts for the cluster. Note: cluster may be restarted when email is used for a first time
    • IP/CIDR whitelisting to protect access point access
    • Compression ratio column on a Schema tab
    • Email notifications (system)
    • Notifications to a specific recipient (system)
    • ‘Prepare All Invoices’ super-button that sends invoices to all paid customers (system)
    • CC and BCC addresses for invoices

    Changed

    • Users and ClickHouse users passwords are now required to be 12 characters at least
    • Session timeout is increased to 60 minutes
    • Troubleshooting mode now allows Altinity Engineers to enter the failed node
    • ‘View Logs’ are renamed to ‘Logs’
    • Backup utility is updated to [altinity/ClickHouse Backup:1.0.16](https://github.com/Altinity/ClickHouse Backup/releases/tag/1.0.16). That improves speed of backups among other fixes.

    23 - Altinity.Cloud 21.9.9 Release Notes

    Added

    • Cluster level access control
    • Cluster Restart action
    • User level configurable API tokens

    Changed

    • Improved ZK cluster scale up/down logic
    • Improved Invoices creation logic
    • Security improvements

    24 - Altinity.Cloud 21.8.20 Release Notes

    Added

    • Billing integration
    • Price estimator is now displayed when starting a cluster
    • In-app notifications
    • Allow to deploy 3-node ZK cluster in the regions with only two AZs available (e.g. us-west-1)
    • Cluster name now appears at all cluster related popup windows

    Changed

    • Upgraded clickhouse-operator to 0.15.0
    • Backup and security improvements

    25 - Altinity.Cloud 21.7.19 Release Notes

    Added

    • Support for multiple environments for an organization
    • Basic usage information at the billing page
    • Download of logs
    • Password recovery if user has lost his password
    • Externally available status page that can be referenced as https://status.<tenant-name>.altinity.cloud

    Changed

    • ClickHouse custom images are restricted to Yandex and Altinity only
    • Non-XML config files are now allowed (e.g. for dictionaries)
    • Backup and security improvements

    26 - Altinity.Cloud 21.6.9 Release Notes

    Added

    • New Environment Settings section into cluster configuration
    • default_replica_path and default_replica_name settings are now pre-populated that to simplifies creation of ReplicatedMergeTree tables (requires ClickHouse 21.1+)
    • Node selector is now available at the Explorer page. It allows to run queries against an individual node.

    Changed

    • Improved usability of cluster settings
    • Fixed a bug with “.inner.” tables did not properly work in Explorer
    • Fixed a bug with orgadmin did not have permissions to modify cluster settings
    • Fixed a bug with orgadmin could see user plain password in user audit log when password is changed
    • Upgraded to clickhouse-operator to 0.14.1. That fixes a possible failure of schema creation when adding a new replica to the cluster.
    • Upgraded ClickHouse Backup to 1.0.9. That fixes restore of materialized views and distributed tables.
    • Backup and security improvements

    27 - Altinity.Cloud 21.5.10 Release Notes

    Added

    • Node endpoints connection details
    • Last query and last insert timestamps
    • Fixed default ClickHouse version when upgrading.
    • Login screen protection from a brute force attack

    Changed

    • Now it is possible to rollback quickly to the older version if ClickHouse does not start after upgrade
    • Fixed Share feature when user belongs to a different environment
    • Enabled multi-AZ ZooKeeper deployment
    • Upgraded to clickhouse-operator 0.14.0
    • Improvements to ACM dashboard
    • Backup and security improvements

    28 - Altinity.Cloud 21.4.10 Release Notes

    • Schema tab has been fully re-designed
    • Atomic databases can be now correctly backed up with the new version of backup utility (requires cluster re-publish)
    • We have added gp3 storage option, and removed unencrypted volumes completely
    • ClickHouse Version is now automatically defaults to the latest Altinity Stable release
    • The number of replicas for Zookeeper clusters has been added to a list of Zookeepers
    • General stability and security improvements

    29 - Altinity.Cloud 21.3.21 Release Notes

    • New ‘Share’ function to invite users
    • Cluster created by one user can not be deleted by another user anymore
    • Improved Account Details screen
    • New service status page that allows to subscribe for status changes
    • Added a startup mode advanced setting. New ‘Direct’ mode decreases startup times for huge clusters
    • Added input validation in different places
    • Added a limit on maximum number of shards and replicas
    • Added an option to re-scale ZooKeeper from 1 to 3 nodes and vice versa (available only for admins yet)
    • Stability, security and backup improvements

    30 - Altinity.Cloud 21.2.15 Release Notes

    • Grafana is now accessible under ‘/monitoring’ path rather than a separate endpoint. That works under VPC as well.
    • Individual shards and replicas can be directly accessed by TCP and HTTP clients. In order to use that cluster needs to be re-published. Ask us for more detail if interested.
    • Flexible backup schedule (available on request)
    • Restore a backup to a new cluster (available on request)
    • Cluster names are now forced to use only lower case latin characters and numbers
    • Fixed a bug with RENAME TABLE query did not work in ON CLUSTER mode
    • Fixed a bug with losing SSL files when stopping the cluster for a long time
    • UI stability improvements and bug fixes

    31 - Altinity.Cloud 21.1.12 Release Notes

    • UI performance optimizations
    • Usability changes in Rescale screen
    • Added a validation to Profile Settings values
    • Login attempts are now correctly logged into Audit Log
    • Macros section is removed. Macros can be overridden via Settings if needed and looked up in system.macros table
    • Fixed a bug in Query Explorer that did not display query results with WITH statement properly
    • Fixed a bug that did not allow to Resume to a different node type
    • UI improvements and minor bug fixes

    32 - Altinity.Cloud 20.5.10 Release Notes

    • Handling of custom configuration files in cluster settings has been improved
    • Altinity Stable ClickHouse version has been upgraded to 20.8.11.17
    • Cluster Migrate feature has been temporary disabled
    • UI improvements and minor bug fixes

    33 - Altinity.Cloud 20.4.3 Release Notes

    • Grafana has been switched to Edge Ingress load balancer, and is now secured by https
    • UI improvements and minor bug fixes

    34 - Altinity.Cloud 20.3.4 Release Notes

    • Platform specific settings are now protected from user modifications
    • Node and Cluster status is displayed correctly
    • ClickHouse version has been added to the clusters list
    • Session times out after 30 minutes of user inactivity
    • Healthcheck screen has been improved
    • Automatic redirect from HTTP to HTTPs when accessing the management plane