diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index a89d61c309..f1a42beb5f 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The following `tip` changes can be tested by building VictoriaMetrics components
Released at 2024-03-01
-**v1.93.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.93.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1930) release**
* BUGFIX: downgrade Go builder from `1.22.0` to `1.21.7`, since `1.22.0` contains [the bug](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/65705), which can lead to deadlocked HTTP connections to remote storage systems, scrape targets and service discovery endpoints at [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/). This may result in incorrect service discovery, target scraping and failed sending samples to remote storage.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https:
Released at 2024-02-14
-**v1.93.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.93.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1930) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.21.6 to Go1.22.0. See [the list of issues addressed in Go1.21.7](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.21.7+label%3ACherryPickApproved), plus [the changelog for Go1.22.0](https://go.dev/doc/go1.22).
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https:
Released at 2024-02-01
-**v1.93.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.93.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1930) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (Alpine) from 3.19.0 to 3.19.1. See [alpine 3.19.1 release notes](https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.19.1-released.html).
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https:
Released at 2024-01-17
-**v1.93.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.93.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.93.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.93.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1930) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.21.5 to Go1.21.6. See [the list of issues addressed in Go1.21.6](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.21.6+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ Released at 2023-02-24
Released at 2023-08-12
-**v1.87.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.87.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.87.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.87.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1870) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.20.4 to Go1.21.0.
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG_2022.md b/docs/CHANGELOG_2022.md
index 31604ff4ba..6437f1f411 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG_2022.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG_2022.md
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Released at 2022-08-08
Released at 2023-08-12
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.20.4 to Go1.21.0.
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-05-18
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.20.3 to Go1.20.4. See [the list of issues addressed in Go1.20.4](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.20.4+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-04-06
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (alpine) from 3.17.2 to 3.17.3. See [alpine 3.17.3 release notes](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.17.3-released.html).
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-03-12
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.20.1 to Go1.20.2. See [the list of issues addressed in Go1.20.2](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.20.2+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-02-27
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* BUGFIX: prevent from high CPU usage on the first UTC hour of the data. The issue has been introduced in [v1.79.5](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1795) when fixing [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3309).
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-02-24
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (alpine) from 3.17.1 to 3.17.2. See [alpine 3.17.2 release notes](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.17.2-released.html).
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-02-03
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* BUGFIX: fix a bug, which could prevent background merges for the previous partitions until restart if the storage didn't have enough disk space for final deduplication and down-sampling.
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2023-01-10
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* BUGFIX: properly parse floating-point numbers without integer or fractional parts such as `.123` and `20.` during [data import](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-import-time-series-data). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3544).
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-12-11
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: update Go builder from v1.19.3 to v1.19.4. See [the changelog](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.19.4+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-11-10
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
**Update note 1:** [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html): the `crlfEscape` [template function](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html#template-functions) becames obsolete starting from this release. It can be safely removed from alerting templates, since `\n` chars are properly escaped with other `*Escape` functions now. See [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3139) and [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/890) issue for details.
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-10-07
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
**Update note 1:** [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html) changes default value for command-line flag `-datasource.queryStep` from `0s` to `5m`. The change supposed to improve reliability of the rules evaluation when evaluation interval is lower than scraping interval.
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-08-30
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert.html): do not expose `-remoteWrite.url`, `-remoteRead.url` and `-datasource.url` command-line flag values in logs and at `http://vmalert:8880/flags` page by default, since they may contain sensitive data such as auth keys. This aligns `vmalert` behaviour with [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html), which doesn't expose `-remoteWrite.url` command-line flag value in logs and at `http://vmagent:8429/flags` page by default. Specify `-remoteWrite.showURL`, `-remoteRead.showURL` and `-datasource.showURL` command-line flags for showing values for the corresponding `-*.url` flags in logs. Thanks to @mble for [the pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/2965).
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-08-08
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* BUGFIX: [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html): fix potential panic in [multi-level cluster setup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Cluster-VictoriaMetrics.html#multi-level-cluster-setup) when top-level `vmselect` is configured with `-replicationFactor` bigger than 1. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/2961).
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-08-02
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (alpine) from 3.16.0 to 3.16.1 . See [alpine 3.16.1 release notes](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.16.1-released.html).
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https:
Released at 2022-07-14
-**v1.79.x is a line of LTS releases (e.g. long-time support). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
+**v1.79.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes.
The v1.79.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.79.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/CHANGELOG.html#v1790) release**
**Update note 1:** this release introduces backwards-incompatible changes to `vm_partial_results_total` metric by changing its labels to be consistent with `vm_requests_total` metric. If you use alerting rules or Grafana dashboards, which rely on this metric, then they must be updated. The official dashboards for VictoriaMetrics don't use this metric.
diff --git a/docs/Release-Guide.md b/docs/Release-Guide.md
index 179b26638a..00499cc0ca 100644
--- a/docs/Release-Guide.md
+++ b/docs/Release-Guide.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Bumping the limits may significantly improve build speed.
1. Add `(available starting from v1.xx.y)` line to feature docs introduced in the upcoming release.
1. Cut new version in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md)
and make it merged. See example in this [commit](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/commit/b771152039d23b5ccd637a23ea748bc44a9511a7).
-1. Cherry-pick bug fixes relevant for LTS releases.
+1. Cherry-pick bug fixes relevant for [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/).
1. Make sure you get all changes fetched `git fetch --all`.
1. Create the following release tags:
* `git tag -s v1.xx.y` in `master` branch