|RCE| 5.0.0 |RNS|
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Release Date
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- 2024-05-14


New Features
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- Full support of Python3 and Python3.11
- Git repositories with LFS object are now pushing and pulling the LFS objects when remote sync is enabled.
- Archive generation: implemented a new system for caching generated archive files that allows setting cache size limit see: archive_cache.cache_size_gb= option.
- Introduced statsd metrics in various places for new monitoring stack to provide useful details on traffic and usage.


General
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- Upgraded all dependency libraries to their latest available versions for python3 compatability


Security
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- fixed few edge cases of permission invalidation on change of permissions


Performance
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- Moved lot of dulwich based code into libgit2 implementation for better performance


Fixes
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- Various small fixes and improvements found during python3 migration


Upgrade notes
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- RhodeCode 5.0.0 is a mayor upgrade that support latest Python versions 3.11,
  and also comes with lots of internal changes and performance improvements.
- RhodeCode 5.0.0 is only supported via our new docker rcstack installer or helm/k8s stack
- Please see migration guide :ref:`rcstack:migration-to-rcstack`
- RhodeCode 5.0.0 also requires a new license for EE instances, please reach out to us via support@rhodecode.com to
  convert your license key.
