Varnish Changelog

What's new in Varnish 4.0.2

• New:
• [varnishlog] -k argument is back. (exit after n records)
• [varnishadm] vcl.show is now listed in help.
• [libvmod-std] New function strstr() for matching substrings.
• server.(hostname|identity) is now available in all VCL functions.
• VCL variable type BYTES was added.
• workspace_client default is now 9k.
• [varnishstat] Update interval can now be subsecond.
• Document that reloading VCL does not reload a VMOD.
• Guru meditation page is now valid HTML5.
• [varnishstat] hitrate calculation is back.
• New parameter group_cc adds a GID to the grouplist of VCL compiler sandbox.
• Parameter shm_reclen is now an alias for vsl_reclen.
• Workspace overflows are now handled with a 500 client response.
• VCL variable type added: HTTP, representing a HTTP header set.
• It is now possible to return(synth) from vcl_deliver.
• [varnishadm] vcl.show now has a -v option that output the complete set of VCL and included VCL files.
• RHEL7 packaging (systemd) was added.
• [libvmod-std] querysort() fixed parameter limit has been lifted.
• Fix small memory leak in ESI parser.
• Fix unreported race/assert in V1D_Deliver().
• Bugs fixed:
• 1553 - Fully reset workspace (incl. Vary state) before reusing it.
• 1551 - Handle workspace exhaustion during purge.
• 1591 - Group entries correctly in varnishtop.
• 1592 - Bail out on workspace exhaustion in VRT_IP_string.
• 1538 - Relax VMOD ABI check for release branches.
• 1584 - Don't log garbage/non-HTTP requests. [varnishncsa]
• 1407 - Don't rename VSM file until child has started.
• 1466 - Don't leak request structs on restart after waitinglist.
• 1580 - Output warning if started without -b and -f. [varnishd]
• 1583 - Abort on fatal sandbox errors on Solaris. (Related: 1572)
• 1585 - Handle fatal sandbox errors.
• 1572 - Exit codes have been cleaned up.
• 1569 - Order of symbols should not influence compilation result.
• 1579 - Clean up type inference in VCL.
• 1578 - Don't count Age twice when computing new object TTL.
• 1574 - std.syslog() logged empty strings.
• 1555 - autoconf editline/readline build issue.
• 1568 - Skip NULL arguments when hashing.
• 1567 - Compile on systems without SO_SNDTIMEO/SO_RCVTIMEO.
• 1512 - Changes to bereq are lost between v_b_r and v_b_f.
• 1563 - Increase varnishtest read timeout.
• 1561 - Never call a VDP with zero length unless done.
• 1562 - Fail correctly when rereading a failed client request body.
• 1521 - VCL compilation fails on OSX x86_64.
• 1547 - Panic when increasing shm_reclen.
• 1503 - Document return(retry).
• 1581 - Don't log duplicate Begin records to shmlog.
• 1588 - Correct timestamps on pipelined requests.
• 1575 - Use all director backends when looking for a healthy one.
• 1577 - Read the full request body if shunted to synth.
• 1532 - Use correct VCL representation of reals.
• 1531 - Work around libedit bug in varnishadm.