The following `tip` changes can be tested by building VictoriaMetrics components from the latest commits according to the following docs:
* [How to build single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-build-from-sources)
* [How to build cluster version of VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#building-from-sources)
* [How to build vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#how-to-build-from-sources)
* [How to build vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/#how-to-build-from-sources)
* [How to build vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#how-to-build-from-sources)
* [How to build vmbackup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/#how-to-build-from-sources)
* [How to build vmrestore](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmrestore/#how-to-build-from-sources)
* [How to build vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/#how-to-build)
Metrics of the latest version of VictoriaMetrics cluster are available for viewing at our
[sandbox](https://play-grafana.victoriametrics.com/d/oS7Bi_0Wz_vm/victoriametrics-cluster-vm).
The sandbox cluster installation runs under the constant load generated by
[prometheus-benchmark](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/prometheus-benchmark) and is used for testing latest releases.
See also [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/).
## tip
**Update note 1: The `external_labels` field in vmalert-tool [test file](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert-tool/#test-file-format) will be deprecated soon. Please use `-external.label` command-line flag instead, in the same way as vmalert uses it. This change is done for the sake of consistency between vmalert and vmalert-tool configuration. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6735).**
**Update note 2: starting from this release, [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/) and [Single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/) will no longer add the default port 80/443 for scrape URLs without a specified port.
The value of `instance` label for those scrape targets will be changed from `
:<80|443>` to ``, generating new time series. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6792) for details.**
* FEATURE: add `/influx/health` health-check handler for Influx endpoints. This is needed as some clients use the health endpoint to determine if the server is healthy and ready for data ingestion. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6653) for the details.
* FEATURE: [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/): add `--vm-backoff-retries`, `--vm-backoff-factor`, `--vm-backoff-min-duration` and `--vm-native-backoff-retries`, `--vm-native-backoff-factor`, `--vm-native-backoff-min-duration` command-line flags. These flags allow to change backoff policy config for import requests to VictoriaMetrics. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6622).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): allow overriding the `sample_limit` option at [scrape_configs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs/#scrape_configs) when a label `__sample_limit__` is specified for target. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6665). Thanks to @zoglam for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6666).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): reduce memory usage when scraping targets with big response body. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6759).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/) and [Single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/): stop adding default port 80/443 for scrape URLs without a port. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6792).
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): add command-line flag `-notifier.headers` to allow configuring additional headers for all requests sent to the corresponding `-notifier.url`.
* FEATURE: [vmalert-tool](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert-tool/): add `-external.label` and `-external.url` command-line flags, in the same way as these flags are supported by vmalert. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6735).
* FEATURE: [vmbackup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/), [vmrestore](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmrestore/), [vmbackupmanager](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanager/): use exponential backoff for retries when uploading or downloading data from S3. This should reduce the number of failed uploads and downloads when S3 is temporarily unavailable. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6732).
* FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): do not allow enabling `-stream.keepInput` and `keep_metric_names` options together in [stream aggregation config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#stream-aggregation-config), as it may result in time series collision.
* FEATURE: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): add search functionality to the column display settings in the table. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6668).
* FEATURE: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): add the ability to select all columns in the column display settings of the table. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6668). Thanks to @yincongcyincong for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6680).
* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent): fixes `proxy_url` authorization for scrape targets. Previously proxy authorization configuration was ignored for `https` targets. See [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6771) issue for details.
* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/) fix service discovery of Azure Virtual Machines for response contains `nextLink`. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6784).
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert): respect HTTP headers defined in [notifier configuration file](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/#notifier-configuration-file) for each request to notifiers. Previously, this param was ignored by mistake.
* BUGFIX: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): correctly apply `-streamAggr.dropInputLabels` when global stream deduplication is enabled without `-streamAggr.config`. Previously, `-remoteWrite.streamAggr.dropInputLabels` was used instead.
* BUGFIX: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): fix command-line flag `-remoteWrite.streamAggr.ignoreFirstIntervals` to accept multiple values and be applied per each corresponding `-remoteWrite.url`. Previously, this flag only could have been used globally for all URLs.
* BUGFIX: [graphite](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#graphite-render-api-usage): respect `-search.denyPartialResponse` cmd-line flag and `deny_partial_response` query GET param when serving requests via Graphite API. Before, partial responses were always denied. Thanks to @penguinlav for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6748).
* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): account for `-usePromCompatibleNaming` cmd-line flag during when pushing data to remote storages. Thanks to @12345XXX for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6776).
* BUGFIX: `vminsert` in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/): reduce CPU usage by limiting the number of concurrently running inserts. The issue was introduced in [this commit](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/commit/498fe1cfa523be5bfecaa372293c3cded85e75ab) starting from v1.101.0. See [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6733) issue for details.
* BUGFIX: [MetricsQL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/metricsql/): fix calculation [histogram_quantile](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/metricsql/#histogram_quantile) over Prometheus buckets with inconsistent values. It was producing incorrect results in case lower buckets. The issue was introduced in [v1.102.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/#v11020) release, see [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6714) for the details.
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/), [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/) and snapshot API: verify correctness of URLs provided via cmd-line flags before executing HTTP requests. See [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6740) issue for details.
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert): reduce memory usage when parsing responses with big number of metrics in response. The memory usage was increased in [v1.102.0-rc1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.102.0-rc1) after attempt to reduce CPU usage for heavy loaded vmalerts.
* BUGFIX: all VictoriaMetrics components: forcefully set owner/group for release tars to 1000:1000. This helps to avoid unpacking [issues](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6788) on systems with limitations around UID:GID configuration. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6846).
## [v1.102.1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.102.1)
Released at 2024-08-01
**v1.102.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes for [VictoriaMetrics enterprise](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html).
All these fixes are also included in [the latest community release](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest).
The v1.102.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.102.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/#v11020) release**
**Update note 1: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) HTTP response code has changed from 503 to 502 for a case when all upstream backends were not available. This was changed to align [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) behaviour with other well-known reverse-proxies behaviour.**
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (Alpine) from 3.20.1 to 3.20.2. See [alpine 3.20.2 release notes](https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.2-released.html).
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): add `keep_original_host` option, which can be used for proxying the original `Host` header from client request to the backend. By default, the backend host is used as `Host` header when proxying requests to the configured backends. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth#host-http-header).
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): now returns HTTP 502 status code when all upstream backends are not available. Previously, it returned HTTP 503 status code. This change aligns vmauth behavior with other well-known reverse-proxies behavior.
* FEATURE: [vmagent dashboard](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/dashboards/vmagent.json): add `Scrape duration 0.99 quantile` panel to show the 99th quantile of scrape duration in seconds. This should help identifying vmagent instances that experiences too high scraping durations.
* BUGFIX: [Single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/) and `vmselect` in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/): Fixes panic if incorrect `metrisql` expression passed to the `prettify-query` API. See this [issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6736) for details.
* BUGFIX: all VictoriaMetrics components: validate files specified via `-tlsKeyFile` and `-tlsCertFile` cmd-line flags on the process start-up. Previously, validation happened on the first connection accepted by HTTP server. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6608) for the details. Thanks to @yincongcyincong for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6621).
* BUGFIX: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): properly proxy requests to backend urls ending with `/` if the original request path equals to `/`. Previously the trailing `/` at the backend path was incorrectly removed. For example, if the request to `http://vmauth/` is configured to be proxied to `url_prefix=http://backend/foo/`, then it was proxied to `http://backend/foo`, while it should go to `http://backend/foo/`.
* BUGFIX: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): fix `cannot read data after closing the reader` error when proxying HTTP requests without body (aka `GET` requests). The issue has been introduced in [v1.102.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.102.0) in [this commit](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/commit/7ee57974935a662896f2de40fdf613156630617d).
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix auto-completion triggers for metric and label names, and disable it after specific characters. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6153) and [these comments](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5866#issuecomment-2065273421).
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix automatic addition of quotes when inserting label values from autocomplete suggestions. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6260).
## [v1.102.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.102.0)
Released at 2024-07-17
**v1.102.x is a line of [LTS releases](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/lts-releases/). It contains important up-to-date bugfixes for [VictoriaMetrics enterprise](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/enterprise.html).
All these fixes are also included in [the latest community release](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/latest).
The v1.102.x line will be supported for at least 12 months since [v1.102.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/#v11020) release**
**Update note 1: support for snap packages was removed due to lack of interest from community. See this [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6543) for details. Please read about supported package types [here](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#install).**
**Update note 2: [stream aggregation config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#stream-aggregation-config) now prevents setting multiple identical outputs. For example, `outputs: [total, total]` will fail the validation phase. In addition, `outputs: ["quantiles(0.5)", "quantiles(0.9)"]` will fail the validation as well - use `outputs: ["quantiles(0.5, 0.9)"]` instead.**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.22.4 to Go1.22.5. See the list of issues addressed in [Go1.22.5](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.22.5+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (Alpine) from 3.20.0 to 3.20.1. See [alpine 3.20.1 release notes](https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.1-released.html).
* FEATURE: [streaming aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): expose the following metrics at `/metrics` page of [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/) and [single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/):
* `vm_streamaggr_matched_samples_total` - the number of input samples matched by the corresponding aggregation rule
* `vm_streamaggr_output_samples_total` - the number of output samples produced by the corresponding aggregation rule
* `vm_streamaggr_samples_lag_seconds` - [histogram](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#histogram) with the lag between the current time and the timestamp seen in the aggregated input samples
* FEATURE: [steaming aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): add new labels to `vm_streamaggr_*` metrics:
* `name` - the name of the streaming aggregation rule, which can be configured via `name` option - see [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#stream-aggregation-config).
* `url` - `-remoteWrite.url` for the corresponding `-remoteWrite.streamAggr.config`
* `path` - path to the corresponding streaming aggregation config file
* `position` - the position of the aggregation rule in the corresponding streaming aggregation config file
* FEATURE: [streaming aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): prevent having duplicated aggregation function as `outputs` in one [aggregation config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#stream-aggregation-config). It also prevents using `outputs: ["quantiles(0.5)", "quantiles(0.9)"]` instead of `outputs: ["quantiles(0.5, 0.9)"]`, as the former has higher computation cost for producing the same result.
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/) and [Single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/): add `-graphite.sanitizeMetricName` command-line flag for sanitizing metrics ingested via [Graphite protocol](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-send-data-from-graphite-compatible-agents-such-as-statsd). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6077).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): [`yandexcloud_sd_configs`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs/#yandexcloud_sd_configs): add support for obtaining IAM token in [GCE format](https://yandex.cloud/en-ru/docs/compute/operations/vm-connect/auth-inside-vm#auth-inside-vm) additionally to the [deprecated Amazon EC2 IMDSv1 format](https://yandex.cloud/en/docs/security/standard/authentication#aws-token). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5513).
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): make `-replay.timeTo` optional in [replay mode](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/#rules-backfilling). When omitted, the current timestamp will be used. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6492).
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): reduce CPU usage when proxying data ingestion requests.
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): allow disabling request body caching with `-maxRequestBodySizeToRetry=0`. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6445). Thanks to @shichanglin5 for [the pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6533).
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): allow overriding `Host` header with backend host before sending the request to the configured backend. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/#modifying-http-headers) and [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6453).
* FEATURE: [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/): do not retry RPC calls to vmstorage nodes if [complexity limits](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#resource-usage-limits) were exceeded.
* FEATURE: [vmbackup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/) and [vmrestore](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmrestore/): add support for [Azure Managed Identity](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview) and default credentials lookup. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/#providing-credentials-via-env-variables) and [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5984) for the details. Thanks to @justinrush for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6518).
* FEATURE: [vmbackup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/) and [vmrestore](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/): allow overriding Azure storage domain when performing backups via `AZURE_STORAGE_DOMAIN` environment variable. See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/#providing-credentials-via-env-variables) and [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5984). Thanks to @justinrush for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6518).
* FEATURE: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): show compacted result in the JSON tab for query results. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6559).
* FEATURE: [dashboards](https://grafana.com/orgs/victoriametrics): add [Grafana dashboard](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/dashboards/vmauth.json) and [alerting rules](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/deployment/docker/alerts-vmauth.yml) for [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/) dashboard. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/4313) for details.
* FEATURE: [vmagent dashboard](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/dashboards/vmagent.json): `stream aggregation` section: add graphs based on newly exposed streaming aggregation metrics.
* BUGFIX: [MetricsQL](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/metricsql/): properly calculate [histogram_quantile](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/metricsql/#histogram_quantile) over Prometheus buckets with inconsistent values. See [this comment](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/4580#issuecomment-2186659102) and [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6547). Updates [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/2819).
* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): fix panic when using multiple topics with the same name when [ingesting metrics from Kafka](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#kafka-integration). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6636) for the details.
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): fix incorrect redirection in WebUI of vmalert. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6603) and [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6620).
* BUGFIX: [vmgateway](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmgateway/): properly apply read and write based rate limits. See this [issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6148) for details.
* BUGFIX: [vmbackupmanager](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanager/): fix `vm_backup_last_run_failed` metric not being properly initialized during startup. Previously, it could imply an error even if the backup have been completed successfully. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6550) for the details.
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix input cursor position reset in modal settings. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6530).
* BUGFIX: [docker-compose](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/deployment/docker#docker-compose-environment-for-victoriametrics): fix incorrect link to vmui from [VictoriaMetrics plugin in Grafana](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/tree/master/deployment/docker#grafana).
## [v1.102.0-rc2](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.102.0-rc2)
Released at 2024-06-24
**Update note 1: the `--vm-disable-progress-bar` command-line flag at `vmctl` was deprecated. Use `--disable-progress-bar` instead.**
**Update note 2: `*.passwordFile` and similar flags are no longer trimming trailing whitespaces at the end of content. Make sure to update the templating of password files or HTTP endpoints to not include trailing whitespaces before the upgrade. See [this](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6503) PR for the details.**
* FEATURE: [alerts-vmagent](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/deployment/docker/alerts-vmagent.yml): add new alerting rules `StreamAggrFlushTimeout` and `StreamAggrDedupFlushTimeout` to notify about issues during stream aggregation.
* FEATURE: [dashboards/vmagent](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/12683): add row `Streaming aggregation` with panels related to [streaming aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/) process.
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): add `-idleConnTimeout` flag set to 50s by default. It should reduce the probability of `broken pipe` or `connection reset by peer` errors in vmauth logs.
* FEATURE: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): add automatic retry for requests to backend for trivial network errors, such as `broken pipe` and `connection reset` for requests to the configured backends.
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): increase default value of `-promscrape.maxDroppedTargets` command-line flag to 10_000 from 1000. This makes it easier to track down large number of dropped targets. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6381).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): add `max_scrape_size` option to [scrape config](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs/#scrape_configs) for setting custom limit on the response size target can send. The new [automatically generated metric](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#automatically-generated-metrics) `scrape_response_size_bytes` is added to reflect the response size of the target. See these issues: [1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6429), [2](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/2992), [3](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6123), [4](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5612).
* FEATURE: [vmsingle](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/): check for ranged vector arguments in non-rollup expressions when `-search.disableImplicitConversion` or `-search.logImplicitConversion` are enabled. For example, `sum(up[5m])` or `absent(up[5m])` will fail to execute if these flags are set.
* FEATURE: [vmsingle](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/single-server-victoriametrics/): validate that rollup expressions has ranged vector arguments passed when `-search.disableImplicitConversion` or `-search.logImplicitConversion` are enabled. For example, `rate(metric)` or `count_over_time(metric)` will fail to execute if these flags are set.
* FEATURE: [vmalert-tool](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert-tool/): support file path with hierarchical patterns and regexpes, and http url in unittest cmd-line flag `-files`, e.g. `-files="http:///path/to/rules"` or `-files="dir/**/*.yaml"`.
* BUGFIX: all VictoriaMetrics components: properly calculate `process_resident_memory_bytes` metric for OS with non-default value of memory page size. See this [issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6457) for details.
* BUGFIX: all VictoriaMetrics components: prioritize `-configAuthKey` and `-reloadAuthKey` over `-httpAuth.*` settings. This change aligns behavior of mentioned flags with other auth flags like `-metricsAuthKey`, `-flagsAuthKey`, `-pprofAuthKey`. Check [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6329).
* BUGFIX: all VictoriaMetrics components: do not trim trailing spaces when reading content from `*.passwordFile` and similar flags. Previously, trailing spaces were trimmed from the content of the password file, which could lead to unexpected authentication errors.
* BUGFIX: [vmctl](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmctl/): add `--disable-progress-bar` global command-line flag. It can be used for disabling dynamic progress bar for all migration modes. `--vm-disable-progress-bar` command-line flag is deprecated and will be removed in the future releases. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6367).
* BUGFIX: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): prevent [rate_sum](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#rate_sum) and [rate_avg](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#rate_avg) producing `NaN` results for stale time series. Before, when series matched for aggregation became stale or weren't updated during aggregation interval, the `rate_sum` or `rate_avg` could produce data point with `NaN` value. During visualization, such aggregation results would be displayed as gaps in time series.
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): fix path for system links printed on default vmalert's UI page when `-http.pathPrefix` is set. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6433).
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): exit replay mode with non-zero code if generated samples are not successfully written into remoteWrite url. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6512).
* BUGFIX: [vmbackup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/): properly configure authentication with S3 when `-configFilePath` cmd-line flag is specified. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6353).
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/) enterprise: properly configure authentication with S3 when `-s3.configFilePath` cmd-line flag is specified for reading rule configs.
* BUGFIX: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): properly specify oauth2 `ClientSecret` when configuring authentication for `notifier.url`. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6471) for details. Thanks to @yincongcyincong for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6478).
* BUGFIX: [Single-node VictoriaMetrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/) and `vmstorage` in [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/): add validation for the max value specified for `-retentionPeriod`. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6330) for details.
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): **copy row** button in Table view produces unexpected result. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6421) and [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6495).
* BUGFIX: [vmalert-tool](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert-tool/): prevent hanging when processing groups without rules. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6500).
* BUGFIX: [vmauth](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmauth/): fix discovering backend IPs when `url_prefix` contains hostname with srv+ prefix. Thanks to @shichanglin5 for the [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6401).
## [v1.102.0-rc1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.102.0-rc1)
Released at 2024-06-07
**Update note 1: the `-remoteWrite.multitenantURL` command-line flag at `vmagent` was removed starting from this release. This flag was deprecated since [v1.96.0](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.96.0). Use `-enableMultitenantHandlers` instead, as it is easier to use and combine with [multitenant URL at vminsert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/#multitenancy-via-labels). See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#multitenancy) for details.**
**Update note 2: the `-streamAggr.dropInputLabels` command-line flag at `vmagent` was renamed to `-remoteWrite.streamAggr.dropInputLabels`. `-streamAggr.dropInputLabels` is now used for global streaming aggregation.**
**Update note 3: the `-maxLabelValueLen` command-line flag default value was changed from 16KiB to 4KiB. It may lead to truncating of labels with too long values.**
* SECURITY: upgrade Go builder from Go1.22.2 to Go1.22.4. See the list of issues addressed in [Go1.22.3](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.22.3+label%3ACherryPickApproved) and [Go1.22.4](https://github.com/golang/go/issues?q=milestone%3AGo1.22.4+label%3ACherryPickApproved).
* SECURITY: upgrade base docker image (Alpine) from 3.19.1 to 3.20.0. See [alpine 3.20.0 release notes](https://www.alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.20.0-released.html).
* SECURITY: add release images built from scratch image. Such images could be more preferable for using in environments with higher security standards. See this [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6386).
* FEATURE: [dashboards/single](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229): support selecting of multiple instances on the dashboard. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5869) for details.
* FEATURE: [dashboards/single](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229): properly display version in the Stats row for the custom builds of VictoriaMetrics.
* FEATURE: [dashboards/single](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/10229): add `Network Usage` panel to `Resource Usage` row.
* FEATURE: [dashboards/operator](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/17869), [dashboards/backupmanager](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/17798) and [dashboard/tenant-statistic](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/16399): update dashboard to be compatible with Grafana 10+ version.
* FEATURE: [dashboards/cluster](https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/11176): add new panel `Concurrent selects` to `vmstorage` row. The panel will show how many ongoing select queries are processed by vmstorage and should help to identify resource bottlenecks. See panel description for more details.
* FEATURE: [dashboards](https://grafana.com/orgs/victoriametrics): use `$__interval` variable for offsets and look-behind windows in annotations. This should improve precision of `restarts` and `version change` annotations when zooming-in/zooming-out on the dashboards.
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): support aggregation and deduplication configs before replicating data to configured `-remoteWrite.url` destinations. This saves CPU and memory resources when incoming data needs to be aggregated or deduplicated once and then replicated to multiple destinations. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5467).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): add service discovery support for [Vultr](https://www.vultr.com/). See [these docs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs/#vultr_sd_configs) and [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6041).
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): allow specifying `-remoteWrite.disableOnDiskQueue` command-line flag per each `-remoteWrite.url`. If multiple `-remoteWrite.disableOnDiskQueue` command-line flags are configured, then the `-remoteWrite.dropSamplesOnOverload` is automatically set to true, so samples are automatically dropped if they cannot be sent to the corresponding `-remoteWrite.url` in a timely manner. See this [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6065). Thanks to @rbizos for implementation!
* FEATURE: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): add `path` and `url` labels to `vmagent_remotewrite_push_failures_total` and `vmagent_remotewrite_samples_dropped_total` [metrics](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/#monitoring), so the number of failed pushes and dropped samples can be tracked per each `-remoteWrite.url`.
* FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): add [rate_sum](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#rate_sum) and [rate_avg](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#rate_avg) aggregation outputs.
* FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): reduce the number of allocated objects in heap during deduplication and aggregation. The change supposed to reduce pressure on Garbage Collector, as it will need to scan less objects. See [this pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6402).
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): add `-datasource.idleConnTimeout`, `-remoteWrite.idleConnTimeout` and `-remoteRead.idleConnTimeout` flags. These flags are set to 50s by default and should reduce the probability of `broken pipe` or `connection reset by peer` errors in vmalert logs. See this [issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5661) for details.
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): add auto request retry for trivial network errors, such as `broken pipe` and `connection reset` for requests to `remoteRead`, `remoteWrite` and `datasource` URLs. See this [issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5661) for details.
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): reduce CPU usage when evaluating high number of alerting and recording rules.
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): speed up retrieving rules files from object storages by skipping unchanged objects during reloading. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6210).
* FEATURE: [vmalert](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmalert/): support reading [DNS SRV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record) records in `-datasource.url`, `-remoteWrite.url` and `-remoteRead.url` command-line option. For example, `-remoteWrite.url=http://srv+victoria-metrics` automatically resolves the `victoria-metrics` DNS SRV to a list of hostnames with TCP ports and then sends data to one of the addresses. See [this feature request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6053).
* FEATURE: [vmbackup](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackup/), [vmrestore](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmrestore/), [vmbackupmanager](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanager/): add `-s3TLSInsecureSkipVerify` command-line flag for skipping TLS certificates verification when connecting to S3 endpoint.
* FEATURE: expose metric `vm_indexdb_items_dropped_total` to track the number of IndexDB records that had to be dropped during ingestion. The reason of dropping the record will be annotated in `reason` label of the exposed metric. This change also comes with a new [alerting rule](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/deployment/docker/alerts-health.yml) to track changes of this metric.
* FEATURE: [alerts-health](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/blob/master/deployment/docker/alerts-health.yml): add new alerting rules `TooLongLabelValues` and `TooLongLabelNames` to notify about truncation of label values or names respectively.
* FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): expose `vm_streamaggr_ignored_samples_total` [counters](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#counter) at [`/metrics` page](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#monitoring), which can be used for detecting amount of too old or NaN valued ignored samples. Expose also `vm_streamaggr_samples_lag_seconds` [histogram](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#histogram) to monitor aggregated samples lag.
* FEATURE: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): improve filtering speed of the received data samples if [match](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/#stream-aggregation-config) field is matching only [metric name](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/keyconcepts/#structure-of-a-metric).
* FEATURE: [VictoriaMetrics cluster](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/cluster-victoriametrics/): adds `-relabelConfigCheckInterval` flag and `/-/reload` endpoint for reloading relabeling rules. See this [pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/3923) for details.
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix bug that prevents the first query trace from expanding on click event. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6186). The issue was introduced in [v1.100.0](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/#v11000) release.
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix calendar display when `UTC+00:00` timezone is set. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6239).
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): remove redundant requests on the `Explore Cardinality` page. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6240).
* BUGFIX: [vmui](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#vmui): fix handling of URL params for browser history navigation (back and forward buttons). See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6126) and [this comment](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/5516#issuecomment-1867507232).
* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): prevent potential panic during [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation.html) when more than one `-remoteWrite.url` command-line flags are passed to `vmagent` together with non-zero `-remoteWrite.streamAggr.dedupInterval` command-line flag. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/6205).
* BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/): skip empty data blocks before sending to the remote write destination. Thanks to @viperstars for [the pull request](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/pull/6241).
* BUGFIX: [stream aggregation](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/stream-aggregation/): set correct suffix `