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 = Release notes for Gerrit 2.11.1

 Gerrit 2.11.1 is now available:

 link:https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.11.1.war[
 https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.11.1.war]

 Gerrit 2.11.1 includes the bug fixes done with
 link:ReleaseNotes-2.10.4.html[Gerrit 2.10.4] and
 link:ReleaseNotes-2.10.5.html[Gerrit 2.10.5]. These bug fixes are *not* listed
 in these release notes.

 There are no schema changes from link:ReleaseNotes-2.11.html[2.11].


 == New Features

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=321[Issue 321]:
 Use in-memory Lucene index for a better reviewer suggestion.
 +
 Instead of a linear full text search through a list of accounts, use an
 in-memory Lucene index. The index is periodically refreshed. The refresh period
 is configurable via the
 link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-gerrit.html#suggest.fullTextSearchRefresh[
 suggest.fullTextSearchRefresh] parameter.


 == Bug Fixes

 === Performance

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3363[Issue 3363]:
 Fix performance degrade in background mergeability checks.
 +
 When neither `index.batchThreads` nor `changeMerge.threadPoolSize` was defined,
 the background mergeability check fell back to using an interactive executor.
 +
 This led to a severe performance degradation during git push operations because
 the `ref-update` listener was reindexing all open changes on the target branch
 interactively. The degradation increased linearly with number of open changes on
 the target branch.
 +
 Now, instead of indexing interactively, it falls back to a batch thread pool
 with the number of available logical CPUs.

 * Reduce unnecessary database access when querying changes.
 +
 Searching for changes was retrieving more information than necessary from the
 database. This has been optimized to reduce database access and make better use
 of the secondary index.

 * Remove unnecessary REST API call when opening the 'Patch Sets' drop down.
 +
 The change edit information was being loaded twice.

 === Index

 * Fix `PatchLineCommentsUtil.draftByChangeAuthor`.
 +
 There is not a native index for this, and the ReviewDb case was not properly
 filtering a result by change.

 * Don't show stack trace when failing to build BloomFilter during reindex.

 === Permissions

 * Require 'View Plugins' capability to list plugins through SSH.
 +
 The 'View Plugins' capability was required to list plugins through the REST API,
 but not through SSH.

 * Fix project creation with plugin config if user is not project owner.
 +
 On project creation it is possible to specify plugin configuration values that
 should be stored in the `project.config` file. This failed if the calling user
 was not becoming owner of the created project, because only project owners can
 edit the `project.config` file.


 === Change Screen / Diff / Inline Edit

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3191[Issue 3191]:
 Always show 'Not Current' as state when looking at old patch set.
 +
 For merged changes it was confusing for users to see the status as 'Merged' when
 they look at an old patch set.

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3337[Issue 3337]:
 Reenable 'Revert' button when revert is cancelled.

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3378[Issue 3378]:
 Improve the cursor style in side-by-side diff and inline editor.
 +
 The cursor style is changed from an underscore to a solid vertical bar.
 +
 In the side-by-side diff, the cursor is placed on the first column of the diff,
 rather than at the end.

 === Web Container

 * Fix `gc_log` when running in a web container.
 +
 All logs supposed to be in the `gc_log` file were ending up in the main log
 instead when deploying Gerrit in a web container.

 * Fix binding of SecureStore modules.
 +
 The SecureStore modules were not correctly added when Gerrit was deployed in a
 web container with the site path configured using the `gerrit.site_path`
 property.

 === Plugins

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3310[Issue 3310]:
 Fix disabling plugins when Gerrit is running on Windows.
 +
 When running Gerrit on Windows it was not possible to disable a plugin due to an
 error renaming the plugin's JAR file.

 * Replication

 ** Fix creation of missing repositories.
 +
 Missing projects were not being created on the destination.

 ** Emit replication status events after initial full sync.
 +
 When `replicateOnStartup` is enabled, the plugin was not emitting the status
 events after the initial sync.

 === Miscellaneous

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3328[Issue 3328]:
 Allow to push a tag that points to a non-commit object.
 +
 When pushing a tag that points to a non-commit object, like
 link:https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tag/?id=v2.6.11[
 `v2.6.11` on linux-stable] which points to a tree, or
 link:https://git.eclipse.org/c/jgit/jgit.git/tag/?id=spearce-gpg-pub[
 `spearce-gpg-pub` on jgit] which points to a blob, Gerrit rejected the push with
 the error message 'missing object(s)'.

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3323[Issue 3323]:
 Fix internal server error when cloning from a slave while hiding some refs.

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3342[Issue 3342]:
 Log `IOException` on failure to update project configuration.
 +
 Without logging these exceptions it's hard to guess why the update of the
 project configuration is failing.

 * Remove temporary GitWeb config on Gerrit exit.
 +
 A temporary directory was being created but not removed.

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2791[Issue 2791]:
 Fix email validation for new TLDs such as `.systems`.

 * Assume change kind is 'rework' if `LargeObjectException` occurs.

 === Documentation

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3325[Issue 3325]:
 Add missing `--newrev` parameter to the
 link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-hooks.html#_change_merged[
 change-merged hook documentation].

 * link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3346[Issue 3346]:
 Fix typo in the
 link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-reverseproxy.html[
 Apache 2 configuration documentation].

 * Fix incorrect documentatation of
 link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-gerrit.html#auth.registerUrl[
 auth types].

 == Updates

 * Update CodeMirror to 5.0.

 * Update commons-validator to 1.4.1.
	= Release notes for Gerrit 2.11.1

	Gerrit 2.11.1 is now available:

	link:https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.11.1.war[
	https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download/gerrit-2.11.1.war]

	Gerrit 2.11.1 includes the bug fixes done with
	link:ReleaseNotes-2.10.4.html[Gerrit 2.10.4] and
	link:ReleaseNotes-2.10.5.html[Gerrit 2.10.5]. These bug fixes are not listed
	in these release notes.

	There are no schema changes from link:ReleaseNotes-2.11.html[2.11].


	== New Features

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=321[Issue 321]:
	Use in-memory Lucene index for a better reviewer suggestion.
	+
	Instead of a linear full text search through a list of accounts, use an
	in-memory Lucene index. The index is periodically refreshed. The refresh period
	is configurable via the
	link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-gerrit.html#suggest.fullTextSearchRefresh[
	suggest.fullTextSearchRefresh] parameter.


	== Bug Fixes

	=== Performance

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3363[Issue 3363]:
	Fix performance degrade in background mergeability checks.
	+
	When neither `index.batchThreads` nor `changeMerge.threadPoolSize` was defined,
	the background mergeability check fell back to using an interactive executor.
	+
	This led to a severe performance degradation during git push operations because
	the `ref-update` listener was reindexing all open changes on the target branch
	interactively. The degradation increased linearly with number of open changes on
	the target branch.
	+
	Now, instead of indexing interactively, it falls back to a batch thread pool
	with the number of available logical CPUs.

	* Reduce unnecessary database access when querying changes.
	+
	Searching for changes was retrieving more information than necessary from the
	database. This has been optimized to reduce database access and make better use
	of the secondary index.

	* Remove unnecessary REST API call when opening the 'Patch Sets' drop down.
	+
	The change edit information was being loaded twice.

	=== Index

	* Fix `PatchLineCommentsUtil.draftByChangeAuthor`.
	+
	There is not a native index for this, and the ReviewDb case was not properly
	filtering a result by change.

	* Don't show stack trace when failing to build BloomFilter during reindex.

	=== Permissions

	* Require 'View Plugins' capability to list plugins through SSH.
	+
	The 'View Plugins' capability was required to list plugins through the REST API,
	but not through SSH.

	* Fix project creation with plugin config if user is not project owner.
	+
	On project creation it is possible to specify plugin configuration values that
	should be stored in the `project.config` file. This failed if the calling user
	was not becoming owner of the created project, because only project owners can
	edit the `project.config` file.


	=== Change Screen / Diff / Inline Edit

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3191[Issue 3191]:
	Always show 'Not Current' as state when looking at old patch set.
	+
	For merged changes it was confusing for users to see the status as 'Merged' when
	they look at an old patch set.

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3337[Issue 3337]:
	Reenable 'Revert' button when revert is cancelled.

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3378[Issue 3378]:
	Improve the cursor style in side-by-side diff and inline editor.
	+
	The cursor style is changed from an underscore to a solid vertical bar.
	+
	In the side-by-side diff, the cursor is placed on the first column of the diff,
	rather than at the end.

	=== Web Container

	* Fix `gc_log` when running in a web container.
	+
	All logs supposed to be in the `gc_log` file were ending up in the main log
	instead when deploying Gerrit in a web container.

	* Fix binding of SecureStore modules.
	+
	The SecureStore modules were not correctly added when Gerrit was deployed in a
	web container with the site path configured using the `gerrit.site_path`
	property.

	=== Plugins

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3310[Issue 3310]:
	Fix disabling plugins when Gerrit is running on Windows.
	+
	When running Gerrit on Windows it was not possible to disable a plugin due to an
	error renaming the plugin's JAR file.

	* Replication

	** Fix creation of missing repositories.
	+
	Missing projects were not being created on the destination.

	** Emit replication status events after initial full sync.
	+
	When `replicateOnStartup` is enabled, the plugin was not emitting the status
	events after the initial sync.

	=== Miscellaneous

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3328[Issue 3328]:
	Allow to push a tag that points to a non-commit object.
	+
	When pushing a tag that points to a non-commit object, like
	link:https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tag/?id=v2.6.11[
	`v2.6.11` on linux-stable] which points to a tree, or
	link:https://git.eclipse.org/c/jgit/jgit.git/tag/?id=spearce-gpg-pub[
	`spearce-gpg-pub` on jgit] which points to a blob, Gerrit rejected the push with
	the error message 'missing object(s)'.

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3323[Issue 3323]:
	Fix internal server error when cloning from a slave while hiding some refs.

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3342[Issue 3342]:
	Log `IOException` on failure to update project configuration.
	+
	Without logging these exceptions it's hard to guess why the update of the
	project configuration is failing.

	* Remove temporary GitWeb config on Gerrit exit.
	+
	A temporary directory was being created but not removed.

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2791[Issue 2791]:
	Fix email validation for new TLDs such as `.systems`.

	* Assume change kind is 'rework' if `LargeObjectException` occurs.

	=== Documentation

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3325[Issue 3325]:
	Add missing `--newrev` parameter to the
	link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-hooks.html#_change_merged[
	change-merged hook documentation].

	* link:http://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=3346[Issue 3346]:
	Fix typo in the
	link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-reverseproxy.html[
	Apache 2 configuration documentation].

	* Fix incorrect documentatation of
	link:https://gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com/Documentation/2.11.1/config-gerrit.html#auth.registerUrl[
	auth types].

	== Updates

	* Update CodeMirror to 5.0.

	* Update commons-validator to 1.4.1.