Release notes v4
Lasso - Version 4.17.0
Released: 12 Sep 2024
Lasso Version 4.17.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Support for Patroni | |
| Feature | New argument --command-timeout | DC-874 |
| Feature | New optional setting customer environment | DC-1013 |
| Feature | Add collection of checksum_failures and checksum_last_failure timestamp from pg_stat_database | DC-1014 |
| Feature | Gather blocking locks | DC-422 |
| Feature | Show symbolic link target in linux/pg_links.data | DC-967 |
| Bug Fixes | Make BDR's worker_errors output sorted by error timestamp | DC-150 |
| Bug Fixes | Fix bdr sequences query to prevent duplicate rows | DC-69 |
| Deprecation Notes | Customer token is now optional in the configuration | DC-1013 |
Lasso - Version 4.16.0
Released: 04 Jun 2024
Lasso Version 4.16.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Packaging Improvements | Add edb-python as the only OS package dependency needed for Lasso. Embed all Python dependencies that Lasso needs | DC-997 |
| Feature | EPAS-specific catalog data: edb_resource_group, edb_all_resource_group, edb_profile, edb_policy, edb_redaction_policy, edb_redaction_column, edb_dir, edb_pg_namespace | DC-101 |
| Feature | Collect FIPS information if enabled on the server | DC-359 |
| Feature | Collect locale outputs | DC-758 |
| Feature | If possible, gather name of the exact log file Postgres is logging to, and the list of log files in the log directory | DC-861 |
| Feature | Collect information about dynamically loaded libraries Dynamic linker configuration | DC-984 |
| Feature | Get BDR/PGD SDW stats from the get_decoding_worker_stat and wal_sender_stats views | DC-993 |
| Bug Fixes | Avoid calculating times for replication/bgworker and other backends types in maxage queries | DC-983 |
| Bug Fixes | Add external access by default for EDB Lasso packages, to be used by the -–upload command line option | DC-1003 |
| Deprecation Notes | Add deprecation notes for command line options --latest-version and --is-latest-version | DC-1003 |
Lasso - Version 4.15.0
Released: 23 Apr 2024
Lasso Version 4.15.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Lasso now gathers information about the package origins: list of repositories, repository configuration, and HTTP(S) proxies in use for package download, if any. | DC-31 |
| Feature | Lasso now gathers information about the EDB Postgres Advanced Server code packages, including functions and procedures inside the packages. | DC-320 |
| Feature | Packages for Debian 12 ("Bookworm") are now available. | DC-888 |
| Improvement | Lasso now shows a hint message if connecting to the database with a user that doesn't have access to the custom schema the edb_wait_states extension was installed on. | DC-977 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where Lasso was trying to set lock_timeout on PostgreSQL older than 9.3. | DC-219 |
| Doc improvement | Lasso bundle is no longer mentioned in the Lasso documentation and Knowledge Base articles. | DC-885 |
Lasso - Version 4.14.0
Released: 05 Mar 2024
Lasso Version 4.14.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Lasso now collects device mapper (dm-X) mappings for iostat on non-container instances. | DC-970 |
| Improvement | Changed message about the lock file detected. | DC-974 |
| Bug fix | Fixed issue on lock file removal for some exception cases. | DC-947 |
| Bug fix | Fixed detection issue on non-Redwood instances for SYS.ALL_PART_* relations. | DC-973 |
| Bug fix | Removed the tools/pem directory when there's no PEM agent service. | DC-859 |
| Doc improvement | Added requirements for running Lasso on Windows Server. | DC-250 |
| Doc improvement | Added clarification related to the usage of libpq and .pgpass. | DC-292 |
Lasso - Version 4.13.0
Released: 08 Feb 2024
Lasso Version 4.13.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Added Lasso packages for SLES 15. | DC-288 |
| Feature | Added new --info option to display all collector information with revision/version. | DC-943 |
| Feature | Added support for edb_queue. | DC-965 |
| Feature | Added command-line arguments to specify the range for edb_wait_states: --sampling-start and --sampling-end. | DC-951 |
| Feature | Now gather server information from edb_wait_states. | DC-953 |
| Feature | Now gather operating system information from edb_wait_states. | DC-954 |
| Feature | Now gather load profile from edb_wait_states. | DC-955 |
| Feature | Now gather top wait events from edb_wait_states. | DC-956 |
| Feature | Now gather top SQL statements from edb_wait_states. | DC-957 |
| Feature | Now gather transaction stats from edb_wait_states. | DC-958 |
| Feature | Now gather WAL stats from edb_wait_states. | DC-959 |
| Feature | Now gather shared buffers stats from edb_wait_states. | DC-960 |
| Feature | Now gather tuple stats from edb_wait_states. | DC-961 |
| Feature | Now gather temp files stats from edb_wait_states. | DC-962 |
| Feature | Now gather information about user sessions from edb_wait_states. | DC-963 |
| Feature | Now gather information about database settings from edb_wait_states. | DC-964 |
| Feature | Added documentation about edb_wait_states to the Lasso docs | DC-972 |
| Bug fix | lasso --version can now be executed without a config file and the output was simplified. | RT100700, DC-943 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue such that Lasso no longer fetches /proc information if running from inside a container. | RT101043, DC-968 |
| Bug fix | Added SYS schema qualifier for the ALL_PART_* relations. | RT101043, DC-969 |
Lasso - Version 4.12.0
Released: 09 Jan 2024
Lasso Version 4.12.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Now produce the file postgresql/conns_per_second.out, which shows the current rate of new connections established to the database during an observation period of 3 seconds. | DC-892 |
| Feature | Now produce the file postgresql/running_activity_maxage.out, which shows the age of the oldest running backend, transaction, and query in the database. | DC-893 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where extremely large data files were allowed to be included in the Lasso report. In some situations, this condition caused elevated memory usage. Now, by default any data file larger than 500 MB is discarded (configurable with a new command line argument --local-size-limit) with a corresponding entry in the new contents.data file. | RT100724, DC-944 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where Lasso RPM packages were marked as obsolete even if they were the latest version. | RT100304, DC-899 |
| Bug fix | Fixed an issue where the Lasso lock file wasn't being deleted at the end of the execution. | DC-894 |
Deprecation notice
- PostgreSQL 11 is now EOL and considered deprecated (DC-945).
Lasso - Version 4.11.0
Released: 14 Dec 2023
Lasso Version 4.11.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Implemented EDB Postgres Advanced Server and 2ndQPG flavor detection. | DC-875 |
| Feature | Now gathering EDB Postgres Advanced Server Catalog - Views related to partitioned tables in Oracle syntax. | (DC-266) |
| Feature | Added support for PostgreSQL 16. | DC-887 |
| Feature | Added support for RHEL9. | DC-802, DC-803 |
| Bug fix | Fixed situation when ls pg_data command takes much time to complete with extremely large number of files. Added a default timeout of 120s for this case. | DC-845 |
Lasso - Version 4.10.0
Released: 07 Nov 2023
Lasso Version 4.10.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
!!! Deprecation Deprecated Ubuntu Bionic (18.04) as it is EOL since June 2023. (DC-877)
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Implemented a feature (filelock) to not rely on an EPEL dependency. | DC-863 |
Lasso - Version 4.9.0
Released: 17 Oct 2023
Lasso Version 4.9.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Added limits for the postmaster process. | DC-162 |
| Feature | Added progress reporting views. | (DC-170) |
| Feature | Added waits profiling by way of pg_stat_activity. | DC-841 |
| Bug fix | Fixed issue related to the report filename when the hostname is a socket path. | DC-769 |
| Bug fix | Fixed issue for the SET ROLE syntax. | DC-842 |
| Bug fix | Fixed issue on hostname from config file. | DC-864 |
Lasso - Version 4.8.0
Released: 06 Jul 2023
Lasso Version 4.8.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Added support for PGD Proxy. | |
| Feature | PGD Proxy support: Added new option --pgd-proxy-configuration for custom installations of pgd-proxy (Default: /etc/edb/pgd-proxy/pgd-proxy-config.yml). | DC-696 |
| Feature | PGD Proxy support: Now collect the contents of the PGD Proxy configuration file. | DC-697 |
| Feature | PGD Proxy support: Now collect the output of systemctl status pgd-proxy. | DC-698 |
| Feature | PGD Proxy support: Now collect the output of systemctl cat pgd-proxy. | DC-699 |
Lasso - Version 4.7.0
Released: 01 Jun 2023
Lasso Version 4.7.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Now collect output of systemd-detect-virt. | DC-76 |
| Feature | Now collect the output of lsmod. | DC-197 |
| Feature | Now collect the content of harp.cluster.init.yml | DC-628 |
| Security fix | Redacted password for Lasso with --password seen in ps and top outputs. | DC-627 |
| Bug fix | Fixed a bug whereby it wasn't possible to run lasso --help without a configuration file. | DC-490 |
Lasso - Version 4.6.0
Released: 06 Dec 2022
Lasso Version 4.6.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Lasso packages are now open to all customers through EDB repository (https://www.enterprisedb.com/repos). | DC-443 |
| Enhancement | Updated the main Lasso Knowledge Base article to reflect the installation from packages and the configuration file. | KB-54 |
| Bug fix | Improved Debian/Ubuntu packages to comply with the Lintian. | DC-435 |
Lasso - Version 4.5.0
Released: 15 Nov 2022
Lasso Version 4.5.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancement | Added support for PostgreSQL 15. | DC-428 |
| Enhancement | Improved execution on situations where there is a short timeout or when Lasso is executed on the standby. | DC-169 |
Lasso - Version 4.4.0
Released: 22 Sep 2022
Lasso Version 4.4.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancement | Now collect output of pg_shmem_allocations in Postgres version 13 and later. | DC-195 |
| Enhancement | Documented options for edb-lasso.conf. | DC-308 |
Lasso - Version 4.3.0
Released: 25 Aug 2022
Lasso Version 4.3.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancement | Added support for etcd. | DC-367, DC-371, DC-370, DC-369, DC-368 |
| Bug fix | Fixed a bug and now gather databases and tablespaces sizes regardless of CONNECT privilege. | DC-325 |
Lasso - Version 4.2.0
Released: 18 May 2022
Lasso Version 4.2.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancement | Now collect systemd information for HARP. | DC-331 |
| Enhancement | Now collect configuration files included in pgbouncer.ini. | DC-322 |
| Enhancement | Added support to allow the user to specify custom paths to pgbouncer configuration files. | DC-321 |
| Enhancement | Now gather etcdctl endpoint commands, if this is the consensus database. | DC-309 |
| Enhancement | Added lasso option to specify a different path for harp's config.yml. | DC-306 |
| Enhancement | Added helper function to get harp configuration file. | DC-305 |
| Enhancement | Added ability to get harpctl outputs. | DC-304 |
| Enhancement | Added ability to get HARP config.yml. | DC-303 |
| Enhancement | Added ability to identify all the pgbouncer instances on the node. | DC-157 |
| Enhancement | Now collect systemctl output for pgbouncer. | DC-156 |
| Enhancement | Now collect pgbouncer.ini configuration file. | DC-151 |
| Other | Fixed SLES smoke tests that are failing. | DC-349 |
| Other | Added support for Ubuntu 22.04. | DC-284 |
| Bug fix | Now redact sslpassword. | DC-348 |
Lasso - Version 4.1.1
Released: 10 May 2022
Lasso Version 4.1.1 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Bug fix | Removed the psycopg2-binary warning from the bundle execution. |
Lasso - Version 4.1.0
Released: 03 May 2022
Lasso Version 4.1.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Enhancement | Built PPC64le Lasso bundle. | DC-276 |
| Enhancement | Added .exe extension to Windows artifacts. | DC-285 |
| Other | Added smoke tests for Almalinux 8 (x86_64). | DC-294 |
| Other | Added smoke tests for RHEL (x86_64 and PPC64le). | DC-295 |
| Other | Added smoke tests for SLES 12 (x86_64 and PPC64le). | DC-296 |
| Other | Added smoke tests for SLES 15 (x86_64 and PPC64le). | DC-297 |
| Bug fix | Lasso now uses MD5 hashing of tarball in FIPS enable systems. | DC-310 |
Lasso - Version 4.0.0
Released: 30 Mar 2022
Lasso Version 4.0.0 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
| Type | Description | Addresses |
|---|---|---|
| Feature | Rebranded Data Collector to Lasso, the diagnostic tool from EDB. | |
| Feature | Rebranding: Updated copyright notes. | DC-239 |
| Feature | Rebranding: Updated license on all files. | DC-228 |
| Feature | Rebranding: Changed the name of the bundle to reflect the new brand of the tool. | DC-208 |
| Feature | Rebranding: Generated output tarball now has the new brand and is identified with EDB. | DC-49 |
| Feature | Rebranding: The connection Lasso creates to the database now sets the application_nameto edb-lasso to identify the process Lasso is running. | DC-222 |
| Feature | Rebranding: Updated the documentation to reflect the new brand name. | DC-184 |
| Feature | Added a report that gathers output from pg_replication_origin_status to help with logical replication diagnostics. This includes native logical replication and others like BDR or xDB. | DC-232 |
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