Release Notes for [**release-2024-08-08\_07-48-base**](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/tree/release-2024-08-08_07-48-base) (94fd38099f0e63950eb5d5673b7b9d23780ace2d)
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This release is based on changes since [release-2024-08-02\_01-30-base](https://dashboard.internetcomputer.org/release/3d0b3f10417fc6708e8b5d844a0bac5e86f3e17d) (3d0b3f10417fc6708e8b5d844a0bac5e86f3e17d).

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-2024-08-02_01-30-base...release-2024-08-08_07-48-base).

Features:
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* [`23af050fb`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/23af050fb) Crypto,Interface(crypto): Support key derivation in ic\_crypto\_ecdsa\_secp256k1 ([#706](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/706))
* [`951e895c7`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/951e895c7) Execution,Interface: Handle stable\_read/write with Wasm64 heaps and testing infrastructure ([#781](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/781))
* [`07786ecc4`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/07786ecc4) Execution,Interface: add allowed\_viewers to canister log visibility management canister types ([#606](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/606))
* [`f116e5713`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/f116e5713) Execution,Interface: Limit number of snapshots stored per canister ([#726](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/726))
* [`78dca2f91`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/78dca2f91) Execution,Interface: add support on canister manager for get block headers ([#381](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/381))
* [`c0373c673`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/c0373c673) Execution,Interface,Message Routing: Parallel dirty page copying for page allocator ([#733](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/733))
* [`2e6584c42`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/2e6584c42) Interface(nns): Implement the execution of UpdateCanisterSettings proposals ([#731](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/731))
* [`168e5cc2f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/168e5cc2f) Interface(ckerc20): NNS proposal to add ckWSTETH ([#612](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/612))
* [`71838e9c1`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/71838e9c1) Interface,Message Routing: Checkpointing for canister snapshots ([#702](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/702))
* [`2bf9d4463`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/2bf9d4463) Interface,Message Routing: State layout of canister snapshots ([#645](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/645))

Bugfixes:
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* [`799cf9f94`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/799cf9f94) Consensus,Interface(types): Remove serde derive from ThresholdSigInputRefs ([#760](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/760))
* [`e8a163fda`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/e8a163fda) Execution,Interface: Fix the return type of some System APIs ([#785](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/785))
* [`82c76c1bb`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/82c76c1bb) Execution,Interface: Fix a debug assertion in update\_socket\_timeout ([#779](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/779))
* [`8db01a49c`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/8db01a49c) Execution,Interface: Update heap delta debit and estimate when handling snapshots ([#727](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/727))
* [`83b0fa536`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/83b0fa536) Execution,Interface,Message Routing: Consider canister snapshots when calculating available subnet memory ([#753](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/753))

Chores:
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* [`0a12c4b66`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/0a12c4b66) Crypto,Interface(crypto): Annotate where parallelism can be used in NIDKG ([#671](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/671))
* [`dae6bbe95`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/dae6bbe95) Interface: Update visibility of dfn\_\* libraries ([#804](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/804))
* [`80ebdebe5`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/80ebdebe5) Interface: Update gz references ([#701](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/701))
* [`fc4f2e385`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/fc4f2e385) Interface(IDX): specify which NNS canisters to use via env vars ([#675](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/675))
* [`b0f4527a2`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/b0f4527a2) Interface,Networking(http-handler): Only log every 10 second in the call-v3 handler ([#717](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/717))
* [`44a966ec6`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/44a966ec6) Interface,Networking(http-handler): Add a 1 second timeout when creating a subscriber in call-v3 handler ([#716](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/716))
* [`0bd54a27f`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/0bd54a27f) Interface,Node: Remove obsolete set-node-id command ([#778](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/778))
* [`4b51b1e23`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/4b51b1e23) Node: Update Base Image Refs [2024-08-06-0146] ([#765](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/765))

Refactoring:
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* [`12e89bb81`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/12e89bb81) Interface: Migrate more type dependencies to use ic\_nns\_governance\_api ([#628](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/628))

Tests:
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* [`1a5c96918`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/1a5c96918) Consensus,Interface(consensus): Add exhaustive serialization->deserialization test for ConsensusMessage ([#795](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/795))
* [`d5511c98e`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/d5511c98e) Interface,Message Routing: more complex input queues scenario for queue compatibility tests ([#745](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/745))

Documentation:
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* [`192fc1e12`](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/commit/192fc1e12) Node: fix upgrade-install documentation ([#786](https://github.com/dfinity/ic/pull/786))

# 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/94fd38099f0e63950eb5d5673b7b9d23780ace2d/gitlab-ci/tools/repro-check.sh && chmod +x repro-check.sh && ./repro-check.sh -c 94fd38099f0e63950eb5d5673b7b9d23780ace2d
```

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-2024-08-08-07-48/34014/1