v25.1.0-rc.1. release notes (#19358)

Author: mikeCRL

src/current/_data/releases.yml

@@ -8172,3 +8172,30 @@
     docker_arm_limited_access: false
   source: true
   previous_release: v24.2.9
+
+- release_name: v25.1.0-rc.1
+  major_version: v25.1
+  release_date: '2025-02-10'
+  release_type: Testing
+  go_version: go1.22.8
+  sha: 839543761f65547a48b78c10af993545590bded5
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach-unstable
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v25.1.0-beta.3

src/current/_includes/releases/v25.1/v25.1.0-alpha.1.md

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Release Date: December 19, 2024
 - Performance for some PL/pgSQL loops is now significantly improved, by as much as 3–4 times. This is due to applying tail-call optimization in more cases to the recursive sub-routines that implement loops. [#135145][#135145]
 - Improved the internal caching logic for role membership information. This reduces the latency impact of commands such as `DROP ROLE`, `CREATE ROLE`, and `GRANT role TO user`, which cause the role membership cache to be invalidated. [#135852][#135852]
 - The session variable `plan_cache_mode` now defaults to `auto`, enabling generic query plans for some queries. [#135668][#135668]
+  - This change is reverted in v25.1.0-rc.1, so this note can be disregarded when running the latest testing release and v25.1 production releases, unless otherwise noted.
 - GRPC streams are now pooled across unary intra-cluster RPCs, allowing for reuse of gRPC resources to reduce the cost of remote key-value layer access. This pooling can be disabled using the `rpc.batch_stream_pool.enabled` cluster setting. [#136648][#136648]
   - This information was updated in the <a href="#v25-1-0-beta-2-performance-improvements">v25.1.0-beta.2 release notes</a>.
 

src/current/_includes/releases/v25.1/v25.1.0-rc.1.md

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+## v25.1.0-rc.1
+
+Release Date: February 10, 2025
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v25-1-0-rc-1-backward-incompatible-changes">Backward-incompatible changes</h3>
+
+- The default value of the `autocommit_before_ddl` session variable is now `true`. This will cause any schema change statement that is sent during a transaction to make the current transaction commit before executing the schema change in a separate transaction.
+
+    This change is being made because CockroachDB does not have full support for multiple schema changes in a transaction, as described [here]({% link v25.1/online-schema-changes.md %}#schema-changes-within-transactions).
+
+    Users who do not desire the autocommit behavior can preserve the old behavior by changing the default value of `autocommit_before_ddl` with a command such as:
+
+    ``` ALTER ROLE ALL SET autocommit_before_ddl = false; ``` 
+  
+    [#140156][#140156]
+
+<h3 id="v25-1-0-rc-1-sql-language-changes">SQL language changes</h3>
+
+- Since v23.2, table statistics histograms have been collected for non-indexed JSON columns. Histograms are no longer collected for these columns. This reduces memory usage during table statistics collection, for both automatic and manual collection via `ANALYZE` and `CREATE STATISTICS`. The previous behavior can be re-enabled by setting the cluster setting `sql.stats.non_indexed_json_histograms.enabled` to `true`. [#139898][#139898]
+- Added the session setting `optimizer_prefer_bounded_cardinality` which instructs the optimizer to prefer query plans where every expression has a guaranteed upper-bound on the number of rows it will process. This may help the optimizer produce better query plans in some cases. This setting is disabled by default. [#140245][#140245]
+- Added the session setting `optimizer_min_row_count` which sets a lower bound on row-count estimates for relational expressions during query planning. A value of zero, which is the default, indicates no lower bound. Note that if this is set to a value greater than zero, a row count of zero can still be estimated for expressions with a cardinality of zero, e.g., for a contradictory filter. Setting this to a value higher than 0, such as 1, may yield better query plans in some cases, such as when statistics are frequently stale and inaccurate. [#140245][#140245]
+- Fixed a bug existing only in testing releases of v25.1 that could cause unexpected errors during planning for `VALUES` expressions containing function calls with multiple overloads. [#140306][#140306]
+- The default setting for `plan_cache_mode` has been reverted to `force_custom_plan`, after being changed to `auto` in a [prior testing release]({% link releases/v25.1.md %}#v25-1-0-alpha-1). You can disregard the [previous release note]({% link releases/v25.1.md %}#v25-1-0-alpha-1-performance-improvements). [#140405][#140405]
+
+<h3 id="v25-1-0-rc-1-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug that could cause `SHOW TABLES` and other introspection operations to encounter a `batch timestamp ... must be after replica GC threshold` error. [#140078][#140078]
+- Fixed a bug existing only in testing releases of v25.1 that could cause the creation of a PL/pgSQL routine with a CTE to fail with an error similar to: `unexpected root expression: with`. [#140145][#140145]
+- Fixed a rare bug in which a query might fail with error `could not find computed column expression for column ... in table` while dropping a virtual computed column from the table. This bug was introduced in v23.2.4. [#139834][#139834]
+- Configuring replication controls on a partition name of an index that is not unique across all indexes will now correctly impact only that partition. [#140293][#140293]
+- The Data Distribution page in Advanced Debug will no longer crash if there are `NULL` values for `raw_sql_config` in `crdb_internal.zones`. [#140609][#140609]
+
+[#139834]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139834
+[#139898]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139898
+[#140078]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140078
+[#140089]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140089
+[#140145]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140145
+[#140156]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140156
+[#140245]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140245
+[#140252]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140252
+[#140293]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140293
+[#140306]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140306
+[#140405]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140405
+[#140609]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140609
+[2ea91e321]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/commit/2ea91e321
+[62c075413]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/commit/62c075413
+[76944423e]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/commit/76944423e