Release Notes for [**release-2024-08-15\_01-30-base**](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/tree/release-2024-08-15_01-30-base) (6968299131311c836917f0d16d0b1b963526c9b1)
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This release is based on changes since [release-2024-08-08\_07-48-base](https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/release/94fd38099f0e63950eb5d5673b7b9d23780ace2d) (94fd38099f0e63950eb5d5673b7b9d23780ace2d).

Please note that some commits may be excluded from this release if they're not relevant, or not modifying the GuestOS image. Additionally, descriptions of some changes might have been slightly modified to fit the release notes format.

To see a full list of commits added since last release, compare the revisions on [GitHub](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/compare/release-2024-08-08_07-48-base...release-2024-08-15_01-30-base).

Features:
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* [`c03395b6a`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/c03395b6a) Consensus,Interface: Add zst compatibility for NNS subnet recovery ([#711](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/711))
* [`a106c0cf3`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/a106c0cf3) Crypto,Interface(crypto): Add BIP340 support to secp256k1 utility crate ([#844](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/844))
* [`85f58e976`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/85f58e976) Execution,Interface: Add charging for take and load canister snapshot ([#811](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/811))
* [`7d83b8b09`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/7d83b8b09) Execution,Interface: Include snapshot memory usage in canister's memory usage ([#857](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/857))
* [`af55769b6`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/af55769b6) Execution,Interface(IDX): run execution tests on namespace ([#848](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/848))
* [`f04035051`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/f04035051) Execution,Interface: migrate replica to no-op LogVisibilityV2 ([#768](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/768))
* [`d33903cb1`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/d33903cb1) Interface(PocketIC): query statistics in the management canister ([#677](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/677))
* [`696829913`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/696829913) Interface,Message Routing: Add functionalities of creating and removing unverified checkpoint markers ([#657](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/657))
* [`4a6cdcc47`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/4a6cdcc47) Node: Consolidate manageboot.sh ([#819](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/819))

Bugfixes:
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* [`ce460e975`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/ce460e975) Consensus,Execution,Interface(consensus): Use priority in the payload builder to decide to trigger edge-case ([#799](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/799))
* [`7fce52639`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/7fce52639) Consensus,Interface: Make the orchestrator recover from having a broken local CUP ([#572](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/572))
* [`8d4b09372`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/8d4b09372) Consensus,Interface(IDX): don't cargo build rocksdb on Linux ([#861](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/861))
* [`fb3b4e0c1`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/fb3b4e0c1) Execution,Interface(execution): Update doc comment ([#840](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/840))
* [`af7db79a8`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/af7db79a8) Execution,Interface: Store the version of the snapshot that was loaded in canister history ([#837](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/837))
* [`f44cbb6bf`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/f44cbb6bf) Interface,Message Routing: Subnet splitting with canister snapshots ([#800](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/800))
* [`703c513ae`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/703c513ae) Node: disable node exporter netlink metrics collection ([#826](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/826))

Performance improvements:
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* [`21b0354a4`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/21b0354a4) Execution,Interface: Add canister snapshot benchmarks ([#849](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/849))

Chores:
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* [`3a58c7f7d`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/3a58c7f7d) General: tokio upgrade ([#889](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/889))
* [`40fc451f5`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/40fc451f5) Consensus,Interface: sort dependencies in consensus Cargo.toml files ([#832](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/832))
* [`58beadb5c`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/58beadb5c) Consensus,Interface,Networking(consensus): [Con-1226] only validate open request context ([#723](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/723))
* [`61508b045`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/61508b045) Consensus,Interface,Networking(consensus): only validate one http outcall share per node per request ([#700](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/700))
* [`9a210aa85`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/9a210aa85) Crypto,Interface(crypto): Address comments from Schnorr security review ([#845](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/845))
* [`983e13053`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/983e13053) Crypto,Interface: sort dependencies in crypto Cargo.toml files ([#835](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/835))
* [`0f2c72cc5`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/0f2c72cc5) Execution,Interface: Execute the consensus queue even if the limits are reached ([#881](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/881))
* [`1bfbe3156`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1bfbe3156) Execution,Interface: Upgrade wasmtime to v23 ([#825](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/825))
* [`875532045`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/875532045) Execution,Interface: Remove hypervisor\_wasm\_num\_tables metric ([#823](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/823))
* [`2e21c9674`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/2e21c9674) Execution,Interface: sort dependencies in execution Cargo.toml files ([#831](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/831))
* [`69a4cee60`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/69a4cee60) Interface: introduce boundary-node-pkg package group ([#640](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/640))
* [`935615127`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/935615127) Interface: actix upgrade ([#896](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/896))
* [`ca24b5d66`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/ca24b5d66) Interface: sort dependencies in Cargo.toml files ([#828](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/828))
* [`723a554ab`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/723a554ab) Interface,Message Routing: sort dependencies in message routing Cargo.toml files ([#834](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/834))
* [`971d43772`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/971d43772) Interface,Networking: improve consensus manager update handler errors ([#790](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/790))
* [`e2462f7fc`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e2462f7fc) Interface,Networking: sort dependencies in networking Cargo.toml files ([#833](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/833))
* [`32b662e5f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/32b662e5f) Interface,Networking(http\_endpoint): put compute intesive code in /read\_state into spawn\_blocking ([#587](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/587))
* [`2225ef32e`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/2225ef32e) Node: Reduplicate boundary-guestos files ([#940](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/940))
* [`51010fbef`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/51010fbef) Node: Remove SetupOS SELinux policy ([#900](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/900))
* [`9d10a36c4`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/9d10a36c4) Node: Update Base Image Refs [2024-08-08-0807] ([#827](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/827))

Refactoring:
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* [`0e0f146d2`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/0e0f146d2) Interface: move reserved fields to the bottom of the message definitions ([#496](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/496))
* [`e6d756942`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e6d756942) Interface,Networking(quic-transport): Create constants for quic parameters ([#909](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/909))

Tests:
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* [`957689f55`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/957689f55) Interface,Message Routing: New test setup for stream handler tests ([#564](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/564))
* [`206a22fd1`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/206a22fd1) Consensus,Interface(consensus): Only consider summary blocks in CUP exhaustive test ([#797](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/797))
* [`317257904`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/317257904) Execution,Interface: Enable canister snapshots in tests ([#918](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/918))
* [`4fa5156b1`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/4fa5156b1) Execution,Interface: Make memory test more robust ([#812](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/812))

# IC-OS Verification

To build and verify the IC-OS disk image, run:

```
# From https://github.com/dfinity/ic#verifying-releases
sudo apt-get install -y curl && curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dfinity/ic/6968299131311c836917f0d16d0b1b963526c9b1/gitlab-ci/tools/repro-check.sh && chmod +x repro-check.sh && ./repro-check.sh -c 6968299131311c836917f0d16d0b1b963526c9b1
```

The two SHA256 sums printed above from a) the downloaded CDN image and b) the locally built image, must be identical, and must match the SHA256 from the payload of the NNS proposal.


Link to the forum post: https://forum.dfinity.org/t/proposal-to-elect-new-release-rc-2024-08-15-01-30/34185/1