### Table of Contents
**[ClickHouse release v24.6, 2024-07-01](#246)**<br/>
**[ClickHouse release v24.5, 2024-05-30](#245)**<br/>
**[ClickHouse release v24.4, 2024-04-30](#244)**<br/>
**[ClickHouse release v24.3 LTS, 2024-03-26](#243)**<br/>
**[ClickHouse release v24.2, 2024-02-29](#242)**<br/>
**[ClickHouse release v24.1, 2024-01-30](#241)**<br/>
**[Changelog for 2023](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/whats-new/changelog/2023/)**<br/>

# 2024 Changelog

### <a id="247"></a> ClickHouse release 24.7, 2024-07-30

#### Backward Incompatible Change
* Forbid `CRATE MATERIALIZED VIEW ... ENGINE Replicated*MergeTree POPULATE AS SELECT ...` with Replicated databases. [#63963](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63963) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* `clickhouse-keeper-client` will only accept paths in string literals, such as `ls '/hello/world'`, not bare strings such as `ls /hello/world`. [#65494](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65494) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Metric `KeeperOutstandingRequets` was renamed to `KeeperOutstandingRequests`. [#66206](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66206) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Remove `is_deterministic` field from the `system.functions` table. [#66630](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66630) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Function `tuple` will now try to construct named tuples in query (controlled by `enable_named_columns_in_function_tuple`). Introduce function `tupleNames` to extract names from tuples. [#54881](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54881) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).

#### New Feature
* Add `ASOF JOIN` support for `full_sorting_join` algorithm. [#55051](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/55051) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Add new window function `percent_rank`. [#62747](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62747) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Support JWT authentication in `clickhouse-client` (will be available only in ClickHouse Cloud). [#62829](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62829) ([Konstantin Bogdanov](https://github.com/thevar1able)).
* Add SQL functions `changeYear`, `changeMonth`, `changeDay`, `changeHour`, `changeMinute`, `changeSecond`. For example, `SELECT changeMonth(toDate('2024-06-14'), 7)` returns date `2024-07-14`. [#63186](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63186) ([cucumber95](https://github.com/cucumber95)).
* Introduce startup scripts, which allow the execution of preconfigured queries at the startup stage. [#64889](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64889) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Support accept_invalid_certificate in client's config in order to allow for client to connect over secure TCP to a server running with self-signed certificate - can be used as a shorthand for corresponding `openSSL` client settings `verificationMode=none` + `invalidCertificateHandler.name=AcceptCertificateHandler`. [#65238](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65238) ([peacewalker122](https://github.com/peacewalker122)).
* Add system.error_log which contains history of error values from table system.errors, periodically flushed to disk. [#65381](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65381) ([Pablo Marcos](https://github.com/pamarcos)).
* Add aggregate function `groupConcat`. About the same as `arrayStringConcat( groupArray(column), ',')` Can receive 2 parameters: a string delimiter and the number of elements to be processed. [#65451](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65451) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Add AzureQueue storage. [#65458](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65458) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Add a new setting to disable/enable writing page index into parquet files. [#65475](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65475) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Introduce `logger.console_log_level` server config to control the log level to the console (if enabled). [#65559](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65559) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Automatically append a wildcard `*` to the end of a directory path with table function `file`. [#66019](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66019) ([Zhidong (David) Guo](https://github.com/Gun9niR)).
* Add `--memory-usage` option to client in non interactive mode. [#66393](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66393) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Make an interactive client for clickhouse-disks, add local disk from the local directory. [#64446](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64446) ([Daniil Ivanik](https://github.com/divanik)).
* When lightweight delete happens on a table with projection(s), users have choices either throw an exception (by default) or drop the projection [#65594](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65594) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).

#### Experimental Feature
* Change binary serialization of Variant data type: add `compact` mode to avoid writing the same discriminator multiple times for granules with single variant or with only NULL values. Add MergeTree setting `use_compact_variant_discriminators_serialization` that is enabled by default. Note that Variant type is still experimental and backward-incompatible change in serialization is ok. [#62774](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62774) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Support rocksdb as backend storage of keeper. [#56626](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56626) ([Han Fei](https://github.com/hanfei1991)).
* Refactor JSONExtract functions, support more types including experimental Dynamic type. [#66046](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66046) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Support null map subcolumn for Variant and Dynamic subcolumns. [#66178](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66178) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix reading dynamic subcolumns from altered Memory table. Previously if `max_types` parameter of a Dynamic type was changed in Memory table via alter, further subcolumns reading can return wrong result. [#66066](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66066) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Add support for `cluster_for_parallel_replicas` when using custom key parallel replicas. It allows you to use parallel replicas with custom key with MergeTree tables. [#65453](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65453) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).

#### Performance Improvement
* Enable `optimize_functions_to_subcolumns` by default. [#58661](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58661) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Replace int to string algorithm with a faster one (from a modified amdn/itoa to a modified jeaiii/itoa). [#61661](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61661) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Sizes of hash tables created by join (`parallel_hash` algorithm) is collected and cached now. This information will be used to preallocate space in hash tables for subsequent query executions and save time on hash table resizes. [#64553](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64553) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Optimized queries with `ORDER BY` primary key and `WHERE` that have a condition with high selectivity by using of buffering. It is controlled by setting `read_in_order_use_buffering` (enabled by default) and can increase memory usage of query. [#64607](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64607) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Improve performance of loading `plain_rewritable` metadata. [#65634](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65634) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Attaching tables on read-only disks will use fewer resources by not loading outdated parts. [#65635](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65635) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Support minmax hyperrectangle for Set indices. [#65676](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65676) ([AntiTopQuark](https://github.com/AntiTopQuark)).
* Unload primary index of outdated parts to reduce total memory usage. [#65852](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65852) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Functions `replaceRegexpAll` and `replaceRegexpOne` are now significantly faster if the pattern is trivial, i.e. contains no metacharacters, pattern classes, flags, grouping characters etc. (Thanks to Taiyang Li). [#66185](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66185) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* s3 requests: Reduce retry time for queries, increase retries count for backups. 8.5 minutes and 100 retires for queries, 1.2 hours and 1000 retries for backup restore. [#65232](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65232) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Support query plan LIMIT optimization. Support LIMIT pushdown for PostgreSQL storage and table function. [#65454](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65454) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Improved ZooKeeper load balancing. The current session doesn't expire until the optimal nodes become available despite `fallback_session_lifetime`. Added support for AZ-aware balancing. [#65570](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65570) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* DatabaseCatalog drops tables faster by using up to database_catalog_drop_table_concurrency threads. [#66065](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66065) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).

#### Improvement
* The setting `optimize_trivial_insert_select` is disabled by default. In most cases, it should be beneficial. Nevertheless, if you are seeing slower INSERT SELECT or increased memory usage, you can enable it back or `SET compatibility = '24.6'`. [#58970](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58970) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Print stacktrace and diagnostic info if `clickhouse-client` or `clickhouse-local` crashes. [#61109](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61109) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* The result of `SHOW INDEX | INDEXES | INDICES | KEYS` was previously sorted by the primary key column names. Since this was unintuitive, the result is now sorted by the position of the primary key columns within the primary key. [#61131](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61131) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Change how deduplication for Materialized Views works. Fixed a lot of cases like: - on destination table: data is split for 2 or more blocks and that blocks is considered as duplicate when that block is inserted in parallel. - on MV destination table: the equal blocks are deduplicated, that happens when MV often produces equal data as a result for different input data due to performing aggregation. - on MV destination table: the equal blocks which comes from different MV are deduplicated. [#61601](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61601) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Allow matching column names in a case insensitive manner when reading json files (`input_format_json_case_insensitive_column_matching`). [#61750](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61750) ([kevinyhzou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* Support reading partitioned data DeltaLake data. Infer DeltaLake schema by reading metadata instead of data. [#63201](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63201) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* In composable protocols TLS layer accepted only `certificateFile` and `privateKeyFile` parameters. https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/settings/composable-protocols. [#63985](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63985) ([Anton Ivashkin](https://github.com/ianton-ru)).
* Added profile event `SelectQueriesWithPrimaryKeyUsage` which indicates how many SELECT queries use the primary key to evaluate the WHERE clause. [#64492](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64492) ([0x01f](https://github.com/0xfei)).
* `StorageS3Queue` related fixes and improvements. Deduce a default value of `s3queue_processing_threads_num` according to the number of physical cpu cores on the server (instead of the previous default value as 1). Set default value of `s3queue_loading_retries` to 10. Fix possible vague "Uncaught exception" in exception column of `system.s3queue`. Do not increment retry count on `MEMORY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` exception. Move files commit to a stage after insertion into table fully finished to avoid files being commited while not inserted. Add settings `s3queue_max_processed_files_before_commit`, `s3queue_max_processed_rows_before_commit`, `s3queue_max_processed_bytes_before_commit`, `s3queue_max_processing_time_sec_before_commit`, to better control commit and flush time. [#65046](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65046) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Support aliases in parametrized view function (only new analyzer). [#65190](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65190) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Updated to mask account key in logs in azureBlobStorage. [#65273](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65273) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Partition pruning for `IN` predicates when filter expression is a part of `PARTITION BY` expression. [#65335](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65335) ([Eduard Karacharov](https://github.com/korowa)).
* Add system tables with main information about all detached tables. [#65400](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65400) ([Konstantin Morozov](https://github.com/k-morozov)).
* `arrayMin`/`arrayMax` can be applicable to all data types that are comparable. [#65455](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65455) ([pn](https://github.com/chloro-pn)).
* Improved memory accounting for cgroups v2 to exclude the amount occupied by the page cache. [#65470](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65470) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Do not create format settings for each row when serializing chunks to insert to EmbeddedRocksDB table. [#65474](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65474) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Reduce `clickhouse-local` prompt to just `:)`. `getFQDNOrHostName()` takes too long on macOS, and we don't want a hostname in the prompt for `clickhouse-local` anyway. [#65510](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65510) ([Konstantin Bogdanov](https://github.com/thevar1able)).
* Avoid printing a message from jemalloc about per-CPU arenas on low-end virtual machines. [#65532](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65532) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Disable filesystem cache background download by default. It will be enabled back when we fix the issue with possible "Memory limit exceeded" because memory deallocation is done outside of query context (while buffer is allocated inside of query context) if we use background download threads. Plus we need to add a separate setting to define max size to download for background workers (currently it is limited by max_file_segment_size, which might be too big). [#65534](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65534) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Add new option to config `<config_reload_interval_ms>` which allow to specify how often clickhouse will reload config. [#65545](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65545) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Implement binary encoding for ClickHouse data types and add its specification in docs. Use it in Dynamic binary serialization, allow to use it in RowBinaryWithNamesAndTypes and Native formats under settings. [#65546](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65546) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Improved ZooKeeper load balancing. The current session doesn't expire until the optimal nodes become available despite `fallback_session_lifetime`. Added support for AZ-aware balancing. [#65570](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65570) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Server settings `compiled_expression_cache_size` and `compiled_expression_cache_elements_size` are now shown in `system.server_settings`. [#65584](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65584) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Add support for user identification based on x509 SubjectAltName extension. [#65626](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65626) ([Anton Kozlov](https://github.com/tonickkozlov)).
* `clickhouse-local` will respect the `max_server_memory_usage` and `max_server_memory_usage_to_ram_ratio` from the configuration file. It will also set the max memory usage to 90% of the system memory by default, like `clickhouse-server` does. [#65697](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65697) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add a script to backup your files to ClickHouse. [#65699](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65699) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* PostgreSQL source support cancel. [#65722](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65722) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Make allow_experimental_analyzer be controlled by the initiator for distributed queries. This ensures compatibility and correctness during operations in mixed version clusters. [#65777](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65777) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Respect cgroup CPU limit in Keeper. [#65819](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65819) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Allow to use `concat` function with empty arguments ``` sql :) select concat();. [#65887](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65887) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Allow controlling named collections in clickhouse-local. [#65973](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65973) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Improve Azure profile events. [#65999](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65999) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Support ORC file read by writer time zone. [#66025](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66025) ([kevinyhzou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* Add settings to control connection to the PostgreSQL. * Setting `postgresql_connection_attempt_timeout` specifies the value passed to `connect_timeout` parameter of connection URL. * Setting `postgresql_connection_pool_retries` specifies the number of retries to establish a connection to the PostgreSQL end-point. [#66232](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66232) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Reduce inaccuracy of input_wait_elapsed_us/input_wait_elapsed_us/elapsed_us. [#66239](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66239) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Improve FilesystemCache ProfileEvents. [#66249](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66249) ([zhukai](https://github.com/nauu)).
* Add settings to ignore ON CLUSTER clause in queries for named collection management with replicated storage. [#66288](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66288) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).
* Function `generateSnowflakeID` now allows to specify a machine ID as a parameter to prevent collisions in large clusters. [#66374](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66374) ([ZAWA_ll](https://github.com/Zawa-ll)).
* Disable suspending on Ctrl+Z in interactive mode. This is a common trap and is not expected behavior for almost all users. I imagine only a few extreme power users could appreciate suspending terminal applications to the background, but I don't know any. [#66511](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66511) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add option for validating the Primary key type in Dictionaries. Without this option for simple layouts any column type will be implicitly converted to UInt64. ### Documentation entry for user-facing changes. [#66595](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66595) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).

#### Bug Fix (user-visible misbehavior in an official stable release)
* Fix unexpected size of low cardinality column in function calls. [#65298](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65298) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Check cyclic dependencies on CREATE/REPLACE/RENAME/EXCHANGE queries and throw an exception if there is a cyclic dependency. Previously such cyclic dependencies could lead to a deadlock during server startup. Also fix some bugs in dependencies creation. [#65405](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65405) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix crash in maxIntersections. [#65689](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65689) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix the VALID UNTIL clause in the user definition resetting after a restart. [#66409](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66409) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
* Fix SHOW MERGES remaining time. [#66735](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66735) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* `Query was cancelled` might have been printed twice in clickhouse-client. This behaviour is fixed. [#66005](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66005) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Fixed crash while using MaterializedMySQL with TABLE OVERRIDE that maps MySQL NULL field into ClickHouse not NULL field. [#54649](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54649) ([Filipp Ozinov](https://github.com/bakwc)).
* Fix logical error when PREWHERE expression read no columns and table has no adaptive index granularity (very old table). [#59173](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59173) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Fix bug with cancellation buffer when canceling a query. [#64478](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64478) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Fix filling parts columns from metadata (when columns.txt does not exists). [#64757](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64757) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix crash for `ALTER TABLE ... ON CLUSTER ... MODIFY SQL SECURITY`. [#64957](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64957) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix crash on destroying AccessControl: add explicit shutdown. [#64993](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64993) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Eliminate injective function in argument of functions `uniq*` recursively. This used to work correctly but was broken in the new analyzer. [#65140](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65140) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Fix unexpected projection name when query with CTE. [#65267](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65267) ([wudidapaopao](https://github.com/wudidapaopao)).
* Require `dictGet` privilege when accessing dictionaries via direct query or the `Dictionary` table engine. [#65359](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65359) ([Joe Lynch](https://github.com/joelynch)).
* Fix user-specific S3 auth with incremental backups. [#65481](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65481) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Disable `non-intersecting-parts` optimization for queries with `FINAL` in case of `read-in-order` optimization was enabled. This could lead to an incorrect query result. As a workaround, disable `do_not_merge_across_partitions_select_final` and `split_parts_ranges_into_intersecting_and_non_intersecting_final` before this fix is merged. [#65505](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65505) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix getting exception `Index out of bound for blob metadata` in case all files from list batch were filtered out. [#65523](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65523) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix NOT_FOUND_COLUMN_IN_BLOCK for deduplicate merge of projection. [#65573](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65573) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Fixed bug in MergeJoin. Column in sparse serialisation might be treated as a column of its nested type though the required conversion wasn't performed. [#65632](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65632) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Fixed a bug that compatibility level '23.4' was not properly applied. [#65737](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65737) ([cw5121](https://github.com/cw5121)).
* Fix odbc table with nullable fields. [#65738](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65738) ([Rodolphe Dugé de Bernonville](https://github.com/RodolpheDuge)).
* Fix data race in `TCPHandler`, which could happen on fatal error. [#65744](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65744) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix invalid exceptions in function `parseDateTime` with `%F` and `%D` placeholders. [#65768](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65768) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* For queries that read from `PostgreSQL`, cancel the internal `PostgreSQL` query if the ClickHouse query is finished. Otherwise, `ClickHouse` query cannot be canceled until the internal `PostgreSQL` query is finished. [#65771](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65771) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Fix a bug in short circuit logic when old analyzer and dictGetOrDefault is used. [#65802](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65802) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).
* Fix a bug leads to EmbeddedRocksDB with TTL write corrupted SST files. [#65816](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65816) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Functions `bitTest`, `bitTestAll`, and `bitTestAny` now return an error if the specified bit index is out-of-bounds [#65818](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65818) ([Pablo Marcos](https://github.com/pamarcos)).
* Setting `join_any_take_last_row` is supported in any query with hash join. [#65820](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65820) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Better handling of join conditions involving `IS NULL` checks (for example `ON (a = b AND (a IS NOT NULL) AND (b IS NOT NULL) ) OR ( (a IS NULL) AND (b IS NULL) )` is rewritten to `ON a <=> b`), fix incorrect optimization when condition other then `IS NULL` are present. [#65835](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65835) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Functions `bitShiftLeft` and `bitShitfRight` return an error for out of bounds shift positions [#65838](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65838) ([Pablo Marcos](https://github.com/pamarcos)).
* Fix growing memory usage in S3Queue. [#65839](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65839) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix tie handling in `arrayAUC` to match sklearn. [#65840](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65840) ([gabrielmcg44](https://github.com/gabrielmcg44)).
* Fix possible issues with MySQL server protocol TLS connections. [#65917](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65917) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix possible issues with MySQL client protocol TLS connections. [#65938](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65938) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix handling of `SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ`/`SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE` with zero timeout. [#65941](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65941) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Add missing settings `input_format_csv_skip_first_lines/input_format_tsv_skip_first_lines/input_format_csv_try_infer_numbers_from_strings/input_format_csv_try_infer_strings_from_quoted_tuples` in schema inference cache because they can change the resulting schema. It prevents from incorrect result of schema inference with these settings changed. [#65980](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65980) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Column _size in s3 engine and s3 table function denotes the size of a file inside the archive, not a size of the archive itself. [#65993](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65993) ([Daniil Ivanik](https://github.com/divanik)).
* Fix resolving dynamic subcolumns in analyzer, avoid reading the whole column on dynamic subcolumn reading. [#66004](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66004) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix config merging for from_env with replace overrides. [#66034](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66034) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix a possible hanging in `GRPCServer` during shutdown. [#66061](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66061) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fixed several cases in function `has` with non-constant `LowCardinality` arguments. [#66088](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66088) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix for `groupArrayIntersect`. It had incorrect behavior in the `merge()` function. Also, fixed behavior in `deserialise()` for numeric and general data. [#66103](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66103) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fixed buffer overflow bug in `unbin`/`unhex` implementation. [#66106](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66106) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Disable the `merge-filters` optimization introduced in [#64760](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64760). It may cause an exception if optimization merges two filter expressions and does not apply a short-circuit evaluation. [#66126](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66126) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fixed the issue when the server failed to parse Avro files with negative block size arrays encoded, which is now allowed by the Avro specification. [#66130](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66130) ([Serge Klochkov](https://github.com/slvrtrn)).
* Fixed a bug in ZooKeeper client: a session could get stuck in unusable state after receiving a hardware error from ZooKeeper. For example, this might happen due to "soft memory limit" in ClickHouse Keeper. [#66140](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66140) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Fix issue in SumIfToCountIfVisitor and signed integers. [#66146](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66146) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix rare case with missing data in the result of distributed query. [#66174](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66174) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix order of parsing metadata fields in StorageDeltaLake. [#66211](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66211) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Don't throw `TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED` for `none_only_active` mode of `distributed_ddl_output_mode`. [#66218](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66218) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Fix handling limit for `system.numbers_mt` when no index can be used. [#66231](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66231) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fixed how the ClickHouse server detects the maximum number of usable CPU cores as specified by cgroups v2 if the server runs in a container such as Docker. In more detail, containers often run their process in the root cgroup which has an empty name. In that case, ClickHouse ignored the CPU limits set by cgroups v2. [#66237](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66237) ([filimonov](https://github.com/filimonov)).
* Fix the `Not-ready set` error when a subquery with `IN` is used in the constraint. [#66261](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66261) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix error reporting while copying to S3 or AzureBlobStorage. [#66295](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66295) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Prevent watchdog from keeping descriptors of unlinked(rotated) log files. [#66334](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66334) ([Aleksei Filatov](https://github.com/aalexfvk)).
* Fix the bug that logicalexpressionoptimizerpass lost logical type of constant. [#66344](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66344) ([pn](https://github.com/chloro-pn)).
* Fix `Column identifier is already registered` error with `group_by_use_nulls=true` and new analyzer. [#66400](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66400) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix possible incorrect result for queries joining and filtering table external engine (like PostgreSQL), due to too aggressive filter pushdown. Since now, conditions from where section won't be send to external database in case of outer join with external table. [#66402](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66402) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Added missing column materialization for cross join. [#66413](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66413) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Fix `Cannot find column` error for queries with constant expression in `GROUP BY` key and new analyzer enabled. [#66433](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66433) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Avoid possible logical error during import from Npy format in case of bad array nesting level, fix testing of other kinds of errors. [#66461](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66461) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fix wrong count() result when there is non-deterministic function in predicate. [#66510](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66510) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Correctly track memory for `Allocator::realloc`. [#66548](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66548) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix reading of uninitialized memory when hashing empty tuples. [#66562](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66562) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Fix an invalid result for queries with `WINDOW`. This could happen when `PARTITION` columns have sparse serialization and window functions are executed in parallel. [#66579](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66579) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix removing named collections in local storage. [#66599](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66599) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fix `column_length` is not updated in `ColumnTuple::insertManyFrom`. [#66626](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66626) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Fix `Unknown identifier` and `Column is not under aggregate function` errors for queries with the expression `(column IS NULL).` The bug was triggered by [#65088](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/65088), with the disabled analyzer only. [#66654](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66654) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix `Method getResultType is not supported for QUERY query node` error when scalar subquery was used as the first argument of IN (with new analyzer). [#66655](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66655) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix possible PARAMETER_OUT_OF_BOUND error during reading variant subcolumn. [#66659](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66659) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix rare case of stuck merge after drop column. [#66707](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66707) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix assertion `isUniqTypes` when insert select from remote sources. [#66722](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66722) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Fix logical error in PrometheusRequestHandler. [#66621](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66621) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fix `indexHint` function case found by fuzzer. [#66286](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/66286) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix AST formatting of 'create table b empty as a'. [#64951](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64951) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* Instantiate template methods ahead in different .cpp files, avoid too large translation units during compiling. [#64818](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64818) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).

### <a id="246"></a> ClickHouse release 24.6, 2024-07-01

#### Backward Incompatible Change
* Enable asynchronous load of databases and tables by default. See the `async_load_databases` in config.xml. While this change is fully compatible, it can introduce a difference in behavior. When `async_load_databases` is false, as in the previous versions, the server will not accept connections until all tables are loaded. When `async_load_databases` is true, as in the new version, the server can accept connections before all the tables are loaded. If a query is made to a table that is not yet loaded, it will wait for the table's loading, which can take considerable time. It can change the behavior of the server if it is part of a large distributed system under a load balancer. In the first case, the load balancer can get a connection refusal and quickly failover to another server. In the second case, the load balancer can connect to a server that is still loading the tables, and the query will have a higher latency. Moreover, if many queries accumulate in the waiting state, it can lead to a "thundering herd" problem when they start processing simultaneously. This can make a difference only for highly loaded distributed backends. You can set the value of `async_load_databases` to false to avoid this problem. [#57695](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57695) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Setting `replace_long_file_name_to_hash` is enabled by default for `MergeTree` tables. [#64457](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64457) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)). This setting is fully compatible, and no actions needed during upgrade. The new data format is supported from all versions starting from 23.9. After enabling this setting, you can no longer downgrade to a version 23.8 or older.
* Some invalid queries will fail earlier during parsing. Note: disabled the support for inline KQL expressions (the experimental Kusto language) when they are put into a `kql` table function without a string literal, e.g. `kql(garbage | trash)` instead of `kql('garbage | trash')` or `kql($$garbage | trash$$)`. This feature was introduced unintentionally and should not exist. [#61500](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61500) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Rework parallel processing in `Ordered` mode of storage `S3Queue`. This PR is backward incompatible for Ordered mode if you used settings `s3queue_processing_threads_num` or `s3queue_total_shards_num`. Setting `s3queue_total_shards_num` is deleted, previously it was allowed to use only under `s3queue_allow_experimental_sharded_mode`, which is now deprecated. A new setting is added - `s3queue_buckets`. [#64349](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64349) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* New functions `snowflakeIDToDateTime`, `snowflakeIDToDateTime64`, `dateTimeToSnowflakeID`, and `dateTime64ToSnowflakeID` were added. Unlike the existing functions `snowflakeToDateTime`, `snowflakeToDateTime64`, `dateTimeToSnowflake`, and `dateTime64ToSnowflake`, the new functions are compatible with function `generateSnowflakeID`, i.e. they accept the snowflake IDs generated by `generateSnowflakeID` and produce snowflake IDs of the same type as `generateSnowflakeID` (i.e. `UInt64`). Furthermore, the new functions default to the UNIX epoch (aka. 1970-01-01), just like `generateSnowflakeID`. If necessary, a different epoch, e.g. Twitter's/X's epoch 2010-11-04 aka. 1288834974657 msec since UNIX epoch, can be passed. The old conversion functions are deprecated and will be removed after a transition period: to use them regardless, enable setting `allow_deprecated_snowflake_conversion_functions`. [#64948](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64948) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).

#### New Feature
* Allow to store named collections in ClickHouse Keeper. [#64574](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64574) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Support empty tuples. [#55061](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/55061) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Add Hilbert Curve encode and decode functions. [#60156](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60156) ([Artem Mustafin](https://github.com/Artemmm91)).
* Add support for index analysis over `hilbertEncode`. [#64662](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64662) ([Artem Mustafin](https://github.com/Artemmm91)).
* Added support for reading `LINESTRING` geometry in the WKT format using function `readWKTLineString`. [#62519](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62519) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Allow to attach parts from a different disk. [#63087](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63087) ([Unalian](https://github.com/Unalian)).
* Added new SQL functions `generateSnowflakeID` for generating Twitter-style Snowflake IDs. [#63577](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63577) ([Danila Puzov](https://github.com/kazalika)).
* Added `merge_workload` and `mutation_workload` settings to regulate how resources are utilized and shared between merges, mutations and other workloads. [#64061](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64061) ([Sergei Trifonov](https://github.com/serxa)).
* Add support for comparing `IPv4` and `IPv6` types using the `=` operator. [#64292](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64292) ([Francisco J. Jurado Moreno](https://github.com/Beetelbrox)).
* Support decimal arguments in binary math functions (pow, atan2, max2, min2, hypot). [#64582](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64582) ([Mikhail Gorshkov](https://github.com/mgorshkov)).
* Added SQL functions `parseReadableSize` (along with `OrNull` and `OrZero` variants). [#64742](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64742) ([Francisco J. Jurado Moreno](https://github.com/Beetelbrox)).
* Add server settings `max_table_num_to_throw` and `max_database_num_to_throw` to limit the number of databases or tables on `CREATE` queries. [#64781](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64781) ([Xu Jia](https://github.com/XuJia0210)).
* Add `_time` virtual column to file alike storages (s3/file/hdfs/url/azureBlobStorage). [#64947](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64947) ([Ilya Golshtein](https://github.com/ilejn)).
* Introduced new functions `base64URLEncode`, `base64URLDecode` and `tryBase64URLDecode`. [#64991](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64991) ([Mikhail Gorshkov](https://github.com/mgorshkov)).
* Add new function `editDistanceUTF8`, which calculates the [edit distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_distance) between two UTF8 strings. [#65269](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65269) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* Add `http_response_headers` configuration to support custom response headers in custom HTTP handlers. [#63562](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63562) ([Grigorii](https://github.com/GSokol)).
* Added a new table function `loop` to support returning query results in an infinite loop. [#63452](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63452) ([Sariel](https://github.com/sarielwxm)). This is useful for testing.
* Introduced two additional columns in the `system.query_log`: `used_privileges` and `missing_privileges`. `used_privileges` is populated with the privileges that were checked during query execution, and `missing_privileges` contains required privileges that are missing. [#64597](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64597) ([Alexey Katsman](https://github.com/alexkats)).
* Added a setting `output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names` which when enabled displays column names at the end of the table for long tables (50 rows by default), with the threshold value for minimum number of rows controlled by `output_format_pretty_display_footer_column_names_min_rows`. [#65144](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65144) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).

#### Experimental Feature
* Introduce statistics of type "number of distinct values". [#59357](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59357) ([Han Fei](https://github.com/hanfei1991)).
* Support statistics with ReplicatedMergeTree. [#64934](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64934) ([Han Fei](https://github.com/hanfei1991)).
* If "replica group" is configured for a `Replicated` database, automatically create a cluster that includes replicas from all groups. [#64312](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64312) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Add settings `parallel_replicas_custom_key_range_lower` and `parallel_replicas_custom_key_range_upper` to control how parallel replicas with dynamic shards parallelizes queries when using a range filter. [#64604](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64604) ([josh-hildred](https://github.com/josh-hildred)).

#### Performance Improvement
* Add the ability to reshuffle rows during insert to optimize for size without violating the order set by `PRIMARY KEY`. It's controlled by the setting `optimize_row_order` (off by default). [#63578](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63578) ([Igor Markelov](https://github.com/ElderlyPassionFruit)).
* Add a native parquet reader, which can read parquet binary to ClickHouse Columns directly. It's controlled by the setting `input_format_parquet_use_native_reader` (disabled by default). [#60361](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60361) ([ZhiHong Zhang](https://github.com/copperybean)).
* Support partial trivial count optimization when the query filter is able to select exact ranges from merge tree tables. [#60463](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60463) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Reduce max memory usage of multithreaded `INSERT`s by collecting chunks of multiple threads in a single transform. [#61047](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61047) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Reduce the memory usage when using Azure object storage by using fixed memory allocation, avoiding the allocation of an extra buffer. [#63160](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63160) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Reduce the number of virtual function calls in `ColumnNullable::size`. [#60556](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60556) ([HappenLee](https://github.com/HappenLee)).
* Speedup `splitByRegexp` when the regular expression argument is a single-character. [#62696](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62696) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Speed up aggregation by 8-bit and 16-bit keys by keeping track of the min and max keys used. This allows to reduce the number of cells that need to be verified. [#62746](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62746) ([Jiebin Sun](https://github.com/jiebinn)).
* Optimize operator IN when the left hand side is `LowCardinality` and the right is a set of constants. [#64060](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64060) ([Zhiguo Zhou](https://github.com/ZhiguoZh)).
* Use a thread pool to initialize and destroy hash tables inside `ConcurrentHashJoin`. [#64241](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64241) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Optimized vertical merges in tables with sparse columns. [#64311](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64311) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Enabled prefetches of data from remote filesystem during vertical merges. It improves latency of vertical merges in tables with data stored on remote filesystem. [#64314](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64314) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Reduce redundant calls to `isDefault` of `ColumnSparse::filter` to improve performance. [#64426](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64426) ([Jiebin Sun](https://github.com/jiebinn)).
* Speedup `find_super_nodes` and `find_big_family` keeper-client commands by making multiple asynchronous getChildren requests. [#64628](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64628) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Improve function `least`/`greatest` for nullable numberic type arguments. [#64668](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64668) ([KevinyhZou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* Allow merging two consequent filtering steps of a query plan. This improves filter-push-down optimization if the filter condition can be pushed down from the parent step. [#64760](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64760) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Remove bad optimization in the vertical final implementation and re-enable vertical final algorithm by default. [#64783](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64783) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Remove ALIAS nodes from the filter expression. This slightly improves performance for queries with `PREWHERE` (with the new analyzer). [#64793](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64793) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Re-enable OpenSSL session caching. [#65111](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65111) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Added settings to disable materialization of skip indexes and statistics on inserts (`materialize_skip_indexes_on_insert` and `materialize_statistics_on_insert`). [#64391](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64391) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Use the allocated memory size to calculate the row group size and reduce the peak memory of the parquet writer in the single-threaded mode. [#64424](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64424) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* Improve the iterator of sparse column to reduce call of `size`. [#64497](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64497) ([Jiebin Sun](https://github.com/jiebinn)).
* Update condition to use server-side copy for backups to Azure blob storage. [#64518](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64518) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Optimized memory usage of vertical merges for tables with high number of skip indexes. [#64580](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64580) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).

#### Improvement
* `SHOW CREATE TABLE` executed on top of system tables will now show the super handy comment unique for each table which will explain why this table is needed. [#63788](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63788) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* The second argument (scale) of functions `round()`, `roundBankers()`, `floor()`, `ceil()` and `trunc()` can now be non-const. [#64798](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64798) ([Mikhail Gorshkov](https://github.com/mgorshkov)).
* Hot reload storage policy for `Distributed` tables when adding a new disk. [#58285](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58285) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Avoid possible deadlock during MergeTree index analysis when scheduling threads in a saturated service. [#59427](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59427) ([Sean Haynes](https://github.com/seandhaynes)).
* Several minor corner case fixes to S3 proxy support & tunneling. [#63427](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63427) ([Arthur Passos](https://github.com/arthurpassos)).
* Improve io_uring resubmit visibility. Rename profile event `IOUringSQEsResubmits` -> `IOUringSQEsResubmitsAsync` and add a new one `IOUringSQEsResubmitsSync`. [#63699](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63699) ([Tomer Shafir](https://github.com/tomershafir)).
* Added a new setting, `metadata_keep_free_space_bytes` to keep free space on the metadata storage disk. [#64128](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64128) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).
* Add metrics to track the number of directories created and removed by the `plain_rewritable` metadata storage, and the number of entries in the local-to-remote in-memory map. [#64175](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64175) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* The query cache now considers identical queries with different settings as different. This increases robustness in cases where different settings (e.g. `limit` or `additional_table_filters`) would affect the query result. [#64205](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64205) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Support the non standard error code `QpsLimitExceeded` in object storage as a retryable error. [#64225](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64225) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Forbid converting a MergeTree table to replicated if the zookeeper path for this table already exists. [#64244](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64244) ([Kirill](https://github.com/kirillgarbar)).
* Added a new setting `input_format_parquet_prefer_block_bytes` to control the average output block bytes, and modified the default value of `input_format_parquet_max_block_size` to 65409. [#64427](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64427) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* Allow proxy to be bypassed for hosts specified in `no_proxy` env variable and ClickHouse proxy configuration. [#63314](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63314) ([Arthur Passos](https://github.com/arthurpassos)).
* Always start Keeper with sufficient amount of threads in global thread pool. [#64444](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64444) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Settings from the user's config don't affect merges and mutations for `MergeTree` on top of object storage. [#64456](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64456) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Support the non standard error code `TotalQpsLimitExceeded` in object storage as a retryable error. [#64520](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64520) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Updated Advanced Dashboard for both open-source and ClickHouse Cloud versions to include a chart for 'Maximum concurrent network connections'. [#64610](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64610) ([Thom O'Connor](https://github.com/thomoco)).
* Improve progress report on `zeros_mt` and `generateRandom`. [#64804](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64804) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Add an asynchronous metric `jemalloc.profile.active` to show whether sampling is currently active. This is an activation mechanism in addition to prof.active; both must be active for the calling thread to sample. [#64842](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64842) ([Unalian](https://github.com/Unalian)).
* Remove mark of `allow_experimental_join_condition` as important. This mark may have prevented distributed queries in a mixed versions cluster from being executed successfully. [#65008](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65008) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Added server Asynchronous metrics `DiskGetObjectThrottler*` and `DiskGetObjectThrottler*` reflecting request per second rate limit defined with `s3_max_get_rps` and `s3_max_put_rps` disk settings and currently available number of requests that could be sent without hitting throttling limit on the disk. Metrics are defined for every disk that has a configured limit. [#65050](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65050) ([Sergei Trifonov](https://github.com/serxa)).
* Initialize global trace collector for `Poco::ThreadPool` (needed for Keeper, etc). [#65239](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65239) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Add a validation when creating a user with `bcrypt_hash`. [#65242](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65242) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Add profile events for number of rows read during/after `PREWHERE`. [#64198](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64198) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Print query in `EXPLAIN PLAN` with parallel replicas. [#64298](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64298) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Rename `allow_deprecated_functions` to `allow_deprecated_error_prone_window_functions`. [#64358](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64358) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Respect `max_read_buffer_size` setting for file descriptors as well in the `file` table function. [#64532](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64532) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Disable transactions for unsupported storages even for materialized views. [#64918](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64918) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Forbid `QUALIFY` clause in the old analyzer. The old analyzer ignored `QUALIFY`, so it could lead to unexpected data removal in mutations. [#65356](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65356) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).

#### Bug Fix (user-visible misbehavior in an official stable release)
* A bug in Apache ORC library was fixed: Fixed ORC statistics calculation, when writing, for unsigned types on all platforms and Int8 on ARM. [#64563](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64563) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Returned back the behaviour of how ClickHouse works and interprets Tuples in CSV format. This change effectively reverts https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60994 and makes it available only under a few settings: `output_format_csv_serialize_tuple_into_separate_columns`, `input_format_csv_deserialize_separate_columns_into_tuple` and `input_format_csv_try_infer_strings_from_quoted_tuples`. [#65170](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65170) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Fix a permission error where a user in a specific situation can escalate their privileges on the default database without necessary grants. [#64769](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64769) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix crash with UniqInjectiveFunctionsEliminationPass and uniqCombined. [#65188](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65188) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix a bug in ClickHouse Keeper that causes digest mismatch during closing session. [#65198](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65198) ([Aleksei Filatov](https://github.com/aalexfvk)).
* Use correct memory alignment for Distinct combinator. Previously, crash could happen because of invalid memory allocation when the combinator was used. [#65379](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65379) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix crash with `DISTINCT` and window functions. [#64767](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64767) ([Igor Nikonov](https://github.com/devcrafter)).
* Fixed 'set' skip index not working with IN and indexHint(). [#62083](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62083) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Support executing function during assignment of parameterized view value. [#63502](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63502) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Fixed parquet memory tracking. [#63584](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63584) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Fixed reading of columns of type `Tuple(Map(LowCardinality(String), String), ...)`. [#63956](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63956) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix an `Cyclic aliases` error for cyclic aliases of different type (expression and function). [#63993](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63993) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* This fix will use a proper redefined context with the correct definer for each individual view in the query pipeline. [#64079](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64079) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix analyzer: "Not found column" error is fixed when using INTERPOLATE. [#64096](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64096) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Fix creating backups to S3 buckets with different credentials from the disk containing the file. [#64153](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64153) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* The query cache now considers two identical queries against different databases as different. The previous behavior could be used to bypass missing privileges to read from a table. [#64199](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64199) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix possible abort on uncaught exception in ~WriteBufferFromFileDescriptor in StatusFile. [#64206](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64206) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix `duplicate alias` error for distributed queries with `ARRAY JOIN`. [#64226](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64226) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix unexpected accurateCast from string to integer. [#64255](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64255) ([wudidapaopao](https://github.com/wudidapaopao)).
* Fixed CNF simplification, in case any OR group contains mutually exclusive atoms. [#64256](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64256) ([Eduard Karacharov](https://github.com/korowa)).
* Fix Query Tree size validation. [#64377](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64377) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix `Logical error: Bad cast` for `Buffer` table with `PREWHERE`. [#64388](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64388) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Prevent recursive logging in `blob_storage_log` when it's stored on object storage. [#64393](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64393) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fixed `CREATE TABLE AS` queries for tables with default expressions. [#64455](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64455) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fixed `optimize_read_in_order` behaviour for ORDER BY ... NULLS FIRST / LAST on tables with nullable keys. [#64483](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64483) ([Eduard Karacharov](https://github.com/korowa)).
* Fix the `Expression nodes list expected 1 projection names` and `Unknown expression or identifier` errors for queries with aliases to `GLOBAL IN.`. [#64517](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64517) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix an error `Cannot find column` in distributed queries with constant CTE in the `GROUP BY` key. [#64519](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64519) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix the crash loop when restoring from backup is blocked by creating an MV with a definer that hasn't been restored yet. [#64595](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64595) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix the output of function `formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax` when a formatter generates an uneven number of characters and the last character is `0`. For example, `SELECT formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(toDate('2012-05-29'), 'D')` now correctly returns `150` instead of previously `15`. [#64614](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64614) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* Do not rewrite aggregation if `-If` combinator is already used. [#64638](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64638) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix type inference for float (in case of small buffer, i.e. `--max_read_buffer_size 1`). [#64641](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64641) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix bug which could lead to non-working TTLs with expressions. [#64694](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64694) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Fix removing the `WHERE` and `PREWHERE` expressions, which are always true (for the new analyzer). [#64695](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64695) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fixed excessive part elimination by token-based text indexes (`ngrambf` , `full_text`) when filtering by result of `startsWith`, `endsWith`, `match`, `multiSearchAny`. [#64720](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64720) ([Eduard Karacharov](https://github.com/korowa)).
* Fixes incorrect behaviour of ANSI CSI escaping in the `UTF8::computeWidth` function. [#64756](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64756) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* Fix a case of incorrect removal of `ORDER BY` / `LIMIT BY` across subqueries. [#64766](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64766) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix (experimental) unequal join with subqueries for sets which are in the mixed join conditions. [#64775](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64775) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Fix crash in a local cache over `plain_rewritable` disk. [#64778](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64778) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* Keeper fix: return correct value for `zk_latest_snapshot_size` in `mntr` command. [#64784](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64784) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix `Cannot find column` in distributed query with `ARRAY JOIN` by `Nested` column. Fixes [#64755](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64755). [#64801](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64801) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix memory leak in slru cache policy. [#64803](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64803) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fixed possible incorrect memory tracking in several kinds of queries: queries that read any data from S3, queries via http protocol, asynchronous inserts. [#64844](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64844) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix the `Block structure mismatch` error for queries reading with `PREWHERE` from the materialized view when the materialized view has columns of different types than the source table. Fixes [#64611](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64611). [#64855](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64855) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix rare crash when table has TTL with subquery + database replicated + parallel replicas + analyzer. It's really rare, but please don't use TTLs with subqueries. [#64858](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64858) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Fix duplicating `Delete` events in `blob_storage_log` in case of large batch to delete. [#64924](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64924) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fixed `Session moved to another server` error from [Zoo]Keeper that might happen after server startup when the config has includes from [Zoo]Keeper. [#64986](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64986) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Fix `ALTER MODIFY COMMENT` query that was broken for parameterized VIEWs in https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54211. [#65031](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65031) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
* Fix `host_id` in DatabaseReplicated when `cluster_secure_connection` parameter is enabled. Previously all the connections within the cluster created by DatabaseReplicated were not secure, even if the parameter was enabled. [#65054](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65054) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
* Fixing the `Not-ready Set` error after the `PREWHERE` optimization for StorageMerge. [#65057](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65057) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Avoid writing to finalized buffer in File-like storages. [#65063](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65063) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix possible infinite query duration in case of cyclic aliases. Fixes [#64849](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64849). [#65081](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65081) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix the `Unknown expression identifier` error for remote queries with `INTERPOLATE (alias)` (new analyzer). Fixes [#64636](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64636). [#65090](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65090) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix pushing arithmetic operations out of aggregation. In the new analyzer, optimization was applied only once. [#65104](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65104) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix aggregate function name rewriting in the new analyzer. [#65110](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65110) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Respond with 5xx instead of 200 OK in case of receive timeout while reading (parts of) the request body from the client socket. [#65118](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65118) ([Julian Maicher](https://github.com/jmaicher)).
* Fix possible crash for hedged requests. [#65206](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65206) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix the bug in Hashed and Hashed_Array dictionary short circuit evaluation, which may read uninitialized number, leading to various errors. [#65256](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65256) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).
* This PR ensures that the type of the constant(IN operator's second parameter) is always visible during the IN operator's type conversion process. Otherwise, losing type information may cause some conversions to fail, such as the conversion from DateTime to Date. This fixes ([#64487](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64487)). [#65315](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/65315) ([pn](https://github.com/chloro-pn)).

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* Add support for LLVM XRay. [#64592](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64592) [#64837](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64837) ([Tomer Shafir](https://github.com/tomershafir)).
* Unite s3/hdfs/azure storage implementations into a single class working with IObjectStorage. Same for *Cluster, data lakes and Queue storages. [#59767](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59767) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Refactor data part writer to remove dependencies on MergeTreeData and DataPart. [#63620](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63620) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Refactor `KeyCondition` and key analysis to improve PartitionPruner and trivial count optimization. This is separated from [#60463](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60463) . [#61459](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61459) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Introduce assertions to verify all functions are called with columns of the right size. [#63723](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63723) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Make `network` service be required when using the `rc` init script to start the ClickHouse server daemon. [#60650](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60650) ([Chun-Sheng, Li](https://github.com/peter279k)).
* Reduce the size of some slow tests. [#64387](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64387) [#64452](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64452) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Replay ZooKeeper logs using keeper-bench. [#62481](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62481) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).

### <a id="245"></a> ClickHouse release 24.5, 2024-05-30

#### Backward Incompatible Change
* Renamed "inverted indexes" to "full-text indexes" which is a less technical / more user-friendly name. This also changes internal table metadata and breaks tables with existing (experimental) inverted indexes. Please make sure to drop such indexes before upgrade and re-create them after upgrade. [#62884](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62884) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Usage of functions `neighbor`, `runningAccumulate`, `runningDifferenceStartingWithFirstValue`, `runningDifference` deprecated (because it is error-prone). Proper window functions should be used instead. To enable them back, set `allow_deprecated_error_prone_window_functions = 1` or set `compatibility = '24.4'` or lower. [#63132](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63132) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Queries from `system.columns` will work faster if there is a large number of columns, but many databases or tables are not granted for `SHOW TABLES`. Note that in previous versions, if you grant `SHOW COLUMNS` to individual columns without granting `SHOW TABLES` to the corresponding tables, the `system.columns` table will show these columns, but in a new version, it will skip the table entirely. Remove trace log messages "Access granted" and "Access denied" that slowed down queries. [#63439](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63439) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).

#### New Feature
* Adds the `Form` format to read/write a single record in the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` format. [#60199](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60199) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* Added possibility to compress in CROSS JOIN. [#60459](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60459) ([p1rattttt](https://github.com/p1rattttt)).
* Added possibility to do `CROSS JOIN` in temporary files if the size exceeds limits. [#63432](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63432) ([p1rattttt](https://github.com/p1rattttt)).
* Support join with inequal conditions which involve columns from both left and right table. e.g. `t1.y < t2.y`. To enable, `SET allow_experimental_join_condition = 1`. [#60920](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60920) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Maps can now have `Float32`, `Float64`, `Array(T)`, `Map(K, V)` and `Tuple(T1, T2, ...)` as keys. Closes [#54537](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54537). [#59318](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59318) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Introduce bulk loading to `EmbeddedRocksDB` by creating and ingesting SST file instead of relying on rocksdb build-in memtable. This help to increase importing speed, especially for long-running insert query to StorageEmbeddedRocksDB tables. Also, introduce `EmbeddedRocksDB` table settings. [#59163](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59163) [#63324](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63324) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* User can now parse CRLF with TSV format using a setting `input_format_tsv_crlf_end_of_line`. Closes [#56257](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/56257). [#59747](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59747) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* A new setting `input_format_force_null_for_omitted_fields` that forces NULL values for omitted fields. [#60887](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60887) ([Constantine Peresypkin](https://github.com/pkit)).
* Earlier our S3 storage and s3 table function didn't support selecting from archive container files, such as tarballs, zip, 7z. Now they allow to iterate over files inside archives in S3. [#62259](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62259) ([Daniil Ivanik](https://github.com/divanik)).
* Support for conditional function `clamp`. [#62377](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62377) ([skyoct](https://github.com/skyoct)).
* Add `NPy` output format. [#62430](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62430) ([豪肥肥](https://github.com/HowePa)).
* `Raw` format as a synonym for `TSVRaw`. [#63394](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63394) ([Unalian](https://github.com/Unalian)).
* Added a new SQL function `generateUUIDv7` to generate version 7 UUIDs aka. timestamp-based UUIDs with random component. Also added a new function `UUIDToNum` to extract bytes from a UUID and a new function `UUIDv7ToDateTime` to extract timestamp component from a UUID version 7. [#62852](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62852) ([Alexey Petrunyaka](https://github.com/pet74alex)).
* On Linux and MacOS, if the program has stdout redirected to a file with a compression extension, use the corresponding compression method instead of nothing (making it behave similarly to `INTO OUTFILE`). [#63662](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63662) ([v01dXYZ](https://github.com/v01dXYZ)).
* Change warning on high number of attached tables to differentiate tables, views and dictionaries. [#64180](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64180) ([Francisco J. Jurado Moreno](https://github.com/Beetelbrox)).
* Provide support for `azureBlobStorage` function in ClickHouse server to use Azure Workload identity to authenticate against Azure blob storage. If `use_workload_identity` parameter is set in config, [workload identity](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-cpp/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure-identity#authenticate-azure-hosted-applications) is used for authentication. [#57881](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57881) ([Vinay Suryadevara](https://github.com/vinay92-ch)).
* Add TTL information in the `system.parts_columns` table. [#63200](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63200) ([litlig](https://github.com/litlig)).

#### Experimental Features
* Implement `Dynamic` data type that allows to store values of any type inside it without knowing all of them in advance. `Dynamic` type is available under a setting `allow_experimental_dynamic_type`. Reference: [#54864](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54864). [#63058](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63058) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Allowed to create `MaterializedMySQL` database without connection to MySQL. [#63397](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63397) ([Kirill](https://github.com/kirillgarbar)).
* Automatically mark a replica of Replicated database as lost and start recovery if some DDL task fails more than `max_retries_before_automatic_recovery` (100 by default) times in a row with the same error. Also, fixed a bug that could cause skipping DDL entries when an exception is thrown during an early stage of entry execution. [#63549](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63549) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Account failed files in `s3queue_tracked_file_ttl_sec` and `s3queue_traked_files_limit` for `StorageS3Queue`. [#63638](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63638) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).

#### Performance Improvement
* Less contention in filesystem cache (part 4). Allow to keep filesystem cache not filled to the limit by doing additional eviction in the background (controlled by `keep_free_space_size(elements)_ratio`). This allows to release pressure from space reservation for queries (on `tryReserve` method). Also this is done in a lock free way as much as possible, e.g. should not block normal cache usage. [#61250](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61250) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Skip merging of newly created projection blocks during `INSERT`-s. [#59405](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59405) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Process string functions `...UTF8` 'asciily' if input strings are all ascii chars. Inspired by https://github.com/apache/doris/pull/29799. Overall speed up by 1.07x~1.62x. Notice that peak memory usage had been decreased in some cases. [#61632](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61632) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Improved performance of selection (`{}`) globs in StorageS3. [#62120](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62120) ([Andrey Zvonov](https://github.com/zvonand)).
* HostResolver has each IP address several times. If remote host has several IPs and by some reason (firewall rules for example) access on some IPs allowed and on others forbidden, than only first record of forbidden IPs marked as failed, and in each try these IPs have a chance to be chosen (and failed again). Even if fix this, every 120 seconds DNS cache dropped, and IPs can be chosen again. [#62652](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62652) ([Anton Ivashkin](https://github.com/ianton-ru)).
* Add a new configuration`prefer_merge_sort_block_bytes` to control the memory usage and speed up sorting 2 times when merging when there are many columns. [#62904](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62904) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* `clickhouse-local` will start faster. In previous versions, it was not deleting temporary directories by mistake. Now it will. This closes [#62941](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/62941). [#63074](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63074) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Micro-optimizations for the new analyzer. [#63429](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63429) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Index analysis will work if `DateTime` is compared to `DateTime64`. This closes [#63441](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/63441). [#63443](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63443) [#63532](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63532) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Speed up indices of type `set` a little (around 1.5 times) by removing garbage. [#64098](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64098) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Remove copying data when writing to the filesystem cache. [#63401](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63401) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Now backups with azure blob storage will use multicopy. [#64116](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64116) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Allow to use native copy for azure even with different containers. [#64154](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64154) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Finally enable native copy for azure. [#64182](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64182) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).

#### Improvement
* Allow using `clickhouse-local` and its shortcuts `clickhouse` and `ch` with a query or queries file as a positional argument. Examples: `ch "SELECT 1"`, `ch --param_test Hello "SELECT {test:String}"`, `ch query.sql`. This closes [#62361](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/62361). [#63081](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63081) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Enable plain_rewritable metadata for local and Azure (azure_blob_storage) object storages. [#63365](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63365) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* Support English-style Unicode quotes, e.g. “Hello”, ‘world’. This is questionable in general but helpful when you type your query in a word processor, such as Google Docs. This closes [#58634](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58634). [#63381](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63381) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Allow trailing commas in the columns list in the INSERT query. For example, `INSERT INTO test (a, b, c, ) VALUES ...`. [#63803](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63803) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Better exception messages for the `Regexp` format. [#63804](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63804) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Allow trailing commas in the `Values` format. For example, this query is allowed: `INSERT INTO test (a, b, c) VALUES (4, 5, 6,);`. [#63810](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63810) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Make rabbitmq nack broken messages. Closes [#45350](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/45350). [#60312](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60312) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix a crash in asynchronous stack unwinding (such as when using the sampling query profiler) while interpreting debug info. This closes [#60460](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60460). [#60468](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60468) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Distinct messages for s3 error 'no key' for cases disk and storage. [#61108](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61108) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* The progress bar will work for trivial queries with LIMIT from `system.zeros`, `system.zeros_mt` (it already works for `system.numbers` and `system.numbers_mt`), and the `generateRandom` table function. As a bonus, if the total number of records is greater than the `max_rows_to_read` limit, it will throw an exception earlier. This closes [#58183](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58183). [#61823](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61823) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Support for "Merge Key" in YAML configurations (this is a weird feature of YAML, please never mind). [#62685](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62685) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Enhance error message when non-deterministic function is used with Replicated source. [#62896](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62896) ([Grégoire Pineau](https://github.com/lyrixx)).
* Fix interserver secret for Distributed over Distributed from `remote`. [#63013](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63013) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Support `include_from` for YAML files. However, you should better use `config.d` [#63106](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63106) ([Eduard Karacharov](https://github.com/korowa)).
* Keep previous data in terminal after picking from skim suggestions. [#63261](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63261) ([FlameFactory](https://github.com/FlameFactory)).
* Width of fields (in Pretty formats or the `visibleWidth` function) now correctly ignores ANSI escape sequences. [#63270](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63270) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* Update the usage of error code `NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH` by more accurate error codes when appropriate. [#63406](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63406) ([Yohann Jardin](https://github.com/yohannj)).
* `os_user` and `client_hostname` are now correctly set up for queries for command line suggestions in clickhouse-client. This closes [#63430](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/63430). [#63433](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63433) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Automatically correct `max_block_size` to the default value if it is zero. [#63587](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63587) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Add a build_id ALIAS column to trace_log to facilitate auto renaming upon detecting binary changes. This is to address [#52086](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/52086). [#63656](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63656) ([Zimu Li](https://github.com/woodlzm)).
* Enable truncate operation for object storage disks. [#63693](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63693) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).
* The loading of the keywords list is now dependent on the server revision and will be disabled for the old versions of ClickHouse server. CC @azat. [#63786](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63786) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Clickhouse disks have to read server setting to obtain actual metadata format version. [#63831](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63831) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Disable pretty format restrictions (`output_format_pretty_max_rows`/`output_format_pretty_max_value_width`) when stdout is not TTY. [#63942](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63942) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Exception handling now works when ClickHouse is used inside AWS Lambda. Author: [Alexey Coolnev](https://github.com/acoolnev). [#64014](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64014) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Throw `CANNOT_DECOMPRESS` instread of `CORRUPTED_DATA` on invalid compressed data passed via HTTP. [#64036](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64036) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* A tip for a single large number in Pretty formats now works for Nullable and LowCardinality. This closes [#61993](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61993). [#64084](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64084) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add metrics, logs, and thread names around parts filtering with indices. [#64130](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64130) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Ignore `allow_suspicious_primary_key` on `ATTACH` and verify on `ALTER`. [#64202](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64202) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* ClickHouse is built with clang-18. A lot of new checks from clang-tidy-18 have been enabled. [#60469](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60469) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Experimentally support loongarch64 as a new platform for ClickHouse. [#63733](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63733) ([qiangxuhui](https://github.com/qiangxuhui)).
* The Dockerfile is reviewed by the docker official library in https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pull/15846. [#63400](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63400) ([Mikhail f. Shiryaev](https://github.com/Felixoid)).
* Information about every symbol in every translation unit will be collected in the CI database for every build in the CI. This closes [#63494](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/63494). [#63495](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63495) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Update Apache Datasketches library. It resolves [#63858](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/63858). [#63923](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63923) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Enable GRPC support for aarch64 linux while cross-compiling binary. [#64072](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64072) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Fix unwind on SIGSEGV on aarch64 (due to small stack for signal) [#64058](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64058) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).

#### Bug Fix
* Disabled `enable_vertical_final` setting by default. This feature should not be used because it has a bug: [#64543](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/64543). [#64544](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64544) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Fix making backup when multiple shards are used [#57684](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57684) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fix passing projections/indexes/primary key from columns list from CREATE query into inner table of MV [#59183](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59183) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix boundRatio incorrect merge [#60532](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60532) ([Tao Wang](https://github.com/wangtZJU)).
* Fix crash when calling some functions on const low-cardinality columns [#61966](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61966) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Fix queries with FINAL give wrong result when table does not use adaptive granularity [#62432](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62432) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Improve detection of cgroups v2 support for memory controllers [#62903](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62903) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix subsequent use of external tables in client [#62964](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62964) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix crash with untuple and unresolved lambda [#63131](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63131) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix premature server listen for connections [#63181](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63181) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Fix intersecting parts when restarting after a DROP PART command [#63202](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63202) ([Han Fei](https://github.com/hanfei1991)).
* Correctly load SQL security defaults during startup [#63209](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63209) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* JOIN filter push down filter join fix [#63234](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63234) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Fix infinite loop in AzureObjectStorage::listObjects [#63257](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63257) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* CROSS join ignore join_algorithm setting [#63273](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63273) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix finalize WriteBufferToFileSegment and StatusFile [#63346](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63346) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix logical error during SELECT query after ALTER in rare case [#63353](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63353) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Fix `X-ClickHouse-Timezone` header with `session_timezone` [#63377](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63377) ([Andrey Zvonov](https://github.com/zvonand)).
* Fix debug assert when using grouping WITH ROLLUP and LowCardinality types  [#63398](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63398) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Small fixes for group_by_use_nulls [#63405](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63405) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix backup/restore of projection part in case projection was removed from table metadata, but part still has projection [#63426](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63426) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix mysql dictionary source [#63481](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63481) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Insert QueryFinish on AsyncInsertFlush with no data [#63483](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63483) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix: empty used_dictionaries in system.query_log [#63487](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63487) ([Eduard Karacharov](https://github.com/korowa)).
* Make `MergeTreePrefetchedReadPool` safer [#63513](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63513) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix crash on exit with sentry enabled (due to openssl destroyed before sentry) [#63548](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63548) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix Array and Map support with Keyed hashing [#63628](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63628) ([Salvatore Mesoraca](https://github.com/aiven-sal)).
* Fix filter pushdown for Parquet and maybe StorageMerge [#63642](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63642) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Prevent conversion to Replicated if zookeeper path already exists [#63670](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63670) ([Kirill](https://github.com/kirillgarbar)).
* Analyzer: views read only necessary columns [#63688](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63688) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Analyzer: Forbid WINDOW redefinition [#63694](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63694) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* flatten_nested was broken with the experimental Replicated database. [#63695](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63695) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix [#63653](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/63653) [#63722](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63722) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Allow cast from Array(Nothing) to Map(Nothing, Nothing) [#63753](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63753) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix ILLEGAL_COLUMN in partial_merge join [#63755](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63755) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix: remove redundant distinct with window functions [#63776](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63776) ([Igor Nikonov](https://github.com/devcrafter)).
* Fix possible crash with SYSTEM UNLOAD PRIMARY KEY [#63778](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63778) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix a query with duplicating cycling alias. [#63791](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63791) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Make `TokenIterator` lazy as it should be [#63801](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63801) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add `endpoint_subpath` S3 URI setting [#63806](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63806) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* Fix deadlock in `ParallelReadBuffer` [#63814](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63814) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* JOIN filter push down equivalent columns fix [#63819](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63819) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Remove data from all disks after DROP with Lazy database. [#63848](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63848) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).
* Fix incorrect result when reading from MV with parallel replicas and new analyzer [#63861](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63861) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Fixes in `find_super_nodes` and `find_big_family` command of keeper-client [#63862](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63862) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Update lambda execution name [#63864](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63864) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix SIGSEGV due to CPU/Real profiler [#63865](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63865) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix `EXPLAIN CURRENT TRANSACTION` query [#63926](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63926) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix analyzer: there's turtles all the way down... [#63930](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63930) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Allow certain ALTER TABLE commands for `plain_rewritable` disk [#63933](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63933) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* Recursive CTE distributed fix [#63939](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63939) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Analyzer: Fix COLUMNS resolve [#63962](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63962) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* LIMIT BY and skip_unused_shards with analyzer [#63983](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63983) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* A fix for some trash (experimental Kusto) [#63992](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63992) ([Yong Wang](https://github.com/kashwy)).
* Deserialize untrusted binary inputs in a safer way [#64024](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64024) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix query analysis for queries with the setting `final` = 1 for Distributed tables over tables from other than the MergeTree family. [#64037](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64037) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Add missing settings to recoverLostReplica [#64040](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64040) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix SQL security access checks with analyzer [#64079](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64079) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix analyzer: only interpolate expression should be used for DAG [#64096](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64096) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Fix azure backup writing multipart blocks by 1 MiB (read buffer size) instead of `max_upload_part_size` (in non-native copy case) [#64117](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64117) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Correctly fallback during backup copy [#64153](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64153) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Prevent LOGICAL_ERROR on CREATE TABLE as Materialized View [#64174](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64174) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Query Cache: Consider identical queries against different databases as different [#64199](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64199) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Ignore `text_log` for Keeper [#64218](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64218) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix Logical error: Bad cast for Buffer table with prewhere. [#64388](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/64388) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).


### <a id="244"></a> ClickHouse release 24.4, 2024-04-30

#### Upgrade Notes
* `clickhouse-odbc-bridge` and `clickhouse-library-bridge` are now separate packages. This closes [#61677](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61677). [#62114](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62114) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Don't allow to set max_parallel_replicas (for the experimental parallel reading from replicas) to `0` as it doesn't make sense. Closes [#60140](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60140). [#61201](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61201) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Remove support for `INSERT WATCH` query (part of the deprecated `LIVE VIEW` feature). [#62382](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62382) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Removed the `optimize_monotonous_functions_in_order_by` setting. [#63004](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63004) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Remove experimental tag from the `Replicated` database engine. Now it is in Beta stage. [#62937](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62937) ([Justin de Guzman](https://github.com/justindeguzman)).

#### New Feature
* Support recursive CTEs. [#62074](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62074) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Support `QUALIFY` clause. Closes [#47819](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47819). [#62619](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62619) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Table engines are grantable now, and it won't affect existing users behavior. [#60117](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60117) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).
* Added a rewritable S3 disk which supports INSERT operations and does not require locally stored metadata. [#61116](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61116) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)). The main use case is for system tables.
* The syntax highlighting while typing in the client will work on the syntax level (previously, it worked on the lexer level). [#62123](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62123) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Supports dropping multiple tables at the same time like `DROP TABLE a, b, c`;. [#58705](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58705) ([zhongyuankai](https://github.com/zhongyuankai)).
* Modifying memory table settings through `ALTER MODIFY SETTING` is now supported. Example: `ALTER TABLE memory MODIFY SETTING min_rows_to_keep = 100, max_rows_to_keep = 1000;`. [#62039](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62039) ([zhongyuankai](https://github.com/zhongyuankai)).
* Added `role` query parameter to the HTTP interface. It works similarly to `SET ROLE x`, applying the role before the statement is executed. This allows for overcoming the limitation of the HTTP interface, as multiple statements are not allowed, and it is not possible to send both `SET ROLE x` and the statement itself at the same time. It is possible to set multiple roles that way, e.g., `?role=x&role=y`, which will be an equivalent of `SET ROLE x, y`. [#62669](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62669) ([Serge Klochkov](https://github.com/slvrtrn)).
* Add `SYSTEM UNLOAD PRIMARY KEY` to free up memory usage for a table's primary key. [#62738](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62738) ([Pablo Marcos](https://github.com/pamarcos)).
* Added `value1`, `value2`, ..., `value10` columns to `system.text_log`. These columns contain values that were used to format the message. [#59619](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59619) ([Alexey Katsman](https://github.com/alexkats)).
* Added persistent virtual column `_block_offset` which stores original number of row in block that was assigned at insert. Persistence of column `_block_offset` can be enabled by the MergeTree setting `enable_block_offset_column`. Added virtual column`_part_data_version` which contains either min block number or mutation version of part. Persistent virtual column `_block_number` is not considered experimental anymore. [#60676](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60676) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Add a setting `input_format_json_throw_on_bad_escape_sequence`, disabling it allows saving bad escape sequences in JSON input formats. [#61889](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61889) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).

#### Performance Improvement
* JOIN filter push down improvements using equivalent sets. [#61216](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61216) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Convert OUTER JOIN to INNER JOIN optimization if the filter after JOIN always filters default values. Optimization can be controlled with setting `query_plan_convert_outer_join_to_inner_join`, enabled by default. [#62907](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62907) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Improvement for AWS S3. Client has to send header 'Keep-Alive: timeout=X' to the server. If a client receives a response from the server with that header, client has to use the value from the server. Also for a client it is better not to use a connection which is nearly expired in order to avoid connection close race. [#62249](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62249) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Reduce overhead of the mutations for SELECTs (v2). [#60856](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60856) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* More frequently invoked functions in PODArray are now force-inlined. [#61144](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61144) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Speed up parsing of JSON by skipping the rest of the object when all required columns are read. [#62210](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62210) ([lgbo](https://github.com/lgbo-ustc)).
* Improve trivial insert select from files in file/s3/hdfs/url/... table functions. Add separate max_parsing_threads setting to control the number of threads used in parallel parsing. [#62404](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62404) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Functions `to_utc_timestamp` and `from_utc_timestamp` are now about 2x faster. [#62583](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62583) ([KevinyhZou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* Functions `parseDateTimeOrNull`, `parseDateTimeOrZero`, `parseDateTimeInJodaSyntaxOrNull` and `parseDateTimeInJodaSyntaxOrZero` now run significantly faster (10x - 1000x) when the input contains mostly non-parseable values. [#62634](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62634) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* SELECTs against `system.query_cache` are now noticeably faster when the query cache contains lots of entries (e.g. more than 100.000). [#62671](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62671) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Less contention in filesystem cache (part 3): execute removal from filesystem without lock on space reservation attempt. [#61163](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61163) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Speed up dynamic resize of filesystem cache. [#61723](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61723) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Dictionary source with `INVALIDATE_QUERY` is not reloaded twice on startup. [#62050](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62050) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix an issue where when a redundant `= 1` or `= 0` is added after a boolean expression involving the primary key, the primary index is not used. For example, both `SELECT * FROM <table> WHERE <primary-key> IN (<value>) = 1` and `SELECT * FROM <table> WHERE <primary-key> NOT IN (<value>) = 0` will both perform a full table scan, when the primary index can be used. [#62142](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62142) ([josh-hildred](https://github.com/josh-hildred)).
* Return stream of chunks from `system.remote_data_paths` instead of accumulating the whole result in one big chunk. This allows to consume less memory, show intermediate progress and cancel the query. [#62613](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62613) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).

#### Experimental Feature
* Support parallel write buffer for Azure Blob Storage managed by setting `azure_allow_parallel_part_upload`. [#62534](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62534) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Userspace page cache works with static web storage (`disk(type = web)`) now. Use client setting `use_page_cache_for_disks_without_file_cache=1` to enable. [#61911](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61911) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Don't treat Bool and number variants as suspicious in the `Variant` type. [#61999](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61999) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Implement better conversion from String to `Variant` using parsing. [#62005](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62005) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Support `Variant` in JSONExtract functions. [#62014](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62014) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Mark type `Variant` as comparable so it can be used in primary key. [#62693](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62693) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).

#### Improvement
* For convenience purpose, `SELECT * FROM numbers() `will work in the same way as `SELECT * FROM system.numbers` - without a limit. [#61969](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61969) ([YenchangChan](https://github.com/YenchangChan)).
* Introduce separate consumer/producer tags for the Kafka configuration. This avoids warnings from librdkafka (a bad C library with a lot of bugs) that consumer properties were specified for producer instances and vice versa (e.g. `Configuration property session.timeout.ms is a consumer property and will be ignored by this producer instance`). Closes: [#58983](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58983). [#58956](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58956) ([Aleksandr Musorin](https://github.com/AVMusorin)).
* Functions `date_diff` and `age` now calculate their result at nanosecond instead of microsecond precision. They now also offer `nanosecond` (or `nanoseconds` or `ns`) as a possible value for the `unit` parameter. [#61409](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61409) ([Austin Kothig](https://github.com/kothiga)).
* Added nano-, micro-, milliseconds unit for `date_trunc`. [#62335](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62335) ([Misz606](https://github.com/Misz606)).
* Reload certificate chain during certificate reload. [#61671](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61671) ([Pervakov Grigorii](https://github.com/GrigoryPervakov)).
* Try to prevent an error [#60432](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60432) by not allowing a table to be attached if there is an active replica for that replica path. [#61876](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61876) ([Arthur Passos](https://github.com/arthurpassos)).
* Implement support for `input` for `clickhouse-local`. [#61923](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61923) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* `Join` table engine with strictness `ANY` is consistent after reload. When several rows with the same key are inserted, the first one will have higher priority (before, it was chosen randomly upon table loading). close [#51027](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/51027). [#61972](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61972) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Automatically infer Nullable column types from Apache Arrow schema. [#61984](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61984) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Allow to cancel parallel merge of aggregate states during aggregation. Example: `uniqExact`. [#61992](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61992) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Use `system.keywords` to fill in the suggestions and also use them in the all places internally. [#62000](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62000) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* `OPTIMIZE FINAL` for `ReplicatedMergeTree` now will wait for currently active merges to finish and then reattempt to schedule a final merge. This will put it more in line with ordinary `MergeTree` behaviour. [#62067](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62067) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* While read data from a hive text file, it would use the first line of hive text file to resize of number of input fields, and sometimes the fields number of first line is not matched with the hive table defined , such as the hive table is defined to have 3 columns, like `test_tbl(a Int32, b Int32, c Int32)`, but the first line of text file only has 2 fields, and in this suitation, the input fields will be resized to 2, and if the next line of the text file has 3 fields, then the third field can not be read but set a default value 0, which is not right. [#62086](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62086) ([KevinyhZou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* `CREATE AS` copies the table's comment. [#62117](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62117) ([Pablo Marcos](https://github.com/pamarcos)).
* Add query progress to table zookeeper. [#62152](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62152) ([JackyWoo](https://github.com/JackyWoo)).
* Add ability to turn on trace collector (Real and CPU) server-wide. [#62189](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62189) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Added setting `lightweight_deletes_sync` (default value: 2 - wait all replicas synchronously). It is similar to setting `mutations_sync` but affects only behaviour of lightweight deletes. [#62195](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62195) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Distinguish booleans and integers while parsing values for custom settings: `SET custom_a = true; SET custom_b = 1;`. [#62206](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62206) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Support S3 access through AWS Private Link Interface endpoints. Closes [#60021](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60021), [#31074](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/31074) and [#53761](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/53761). [#62208](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62208) ([Arthur Passos](https://github.com/arthurpassos)).
* Do not create a directory for UDF in clickhouse-client if it does not exist. This closes [#59597](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59597). [#62366](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62366) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* The query cache now no longer caches results of queries against system tables (`system.*`, `information_schema.*`, `INFORMATION_SCHEMA.*`). [#62376](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62376) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* `MOVE PARTITION TO TABLE` query can be delayed or can throw `TOO_MANY_PARTS` exception to avoid exceeding limits on the part count. The same settings and limits are applied as for the`INSERT` query (see `max_parts_in_total`, `parts_to_delay_insert`, `parts_to_throw_insert`, `inactive_parts_to_throw_insert`, `inactive_parts_to_delay_insert`, `max_avg_part_size_for_too_many_parts`, `min_delay_to_insert_ms` and `max_delay_to_insert` settings). [#62420](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62420) ([Sergei Trifonov](https://github.com/serxa)).
* Changed the default installation directory on macOS from `/usr/bin` to `/usr/local/bin`. This is necessary because Apple's System Integrity Protection introduced with macOS El Capitan (2015) prevents writing into `/usr/bin`, even with `sudo`. [#62489](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62489) ([haohang](https://github.com/yokofly)).
* Make transform always return the first match. [#62518](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62518) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Added the missing `hostname` column to system table `blob_storage_log`. [#62456](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62456) ([Jayme Bird](https://github.com/jaymebrd)).
* For consistency with other system tables, `system.backup_log` now has a column `event_time`. [#62541](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62541) ([Jayme Bird](https://github.com/jaymebrd)).
* Table `system.backup_log` now has the "default" sorting key which is `event_date, event_time`, the same as for other `_log` table engines. [#62667](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62667) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Avoid evaluating table DEFAULT expressions while executing `RESTORE`. [#62601](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62601) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* S3 storage and backups also need the same default keep alive settings as s3 disk. [#62648](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62648) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Add librdkafka's (that infamous C library, which has a lot of bugs) client identifier to log messages to be able to differentiate log messages from different consumers of a single table. [#62813](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62813) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Allow special macros `{uuid}` and `{database}` in a Replicated database ZooKeeper path. [#62818](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62818) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Allow quota key with different auth scheme in HTTP requests. [#62842](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62842) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Reduce the verbosity of command line argument `--help` in `clickhouse client` and `clickhouse local`. The previous output is now generated by `--help --verbose`. [#62973](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62973) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* `log_bin_use_v1_row_events` was removed in MySQL 8.3, and we adjust the experimental `MaterializedMySQL` engine for it [#60479](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60479). [#63101](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63101) ([Eugene Klimov](https://github.com/Slach)). Author: Nikolay Yankin.

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* Vendor in Rust dependencies, so the Rust code (that we use for minor features for hype and lulz) can be built in a sane way, similarly to C++. [#62297](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62297) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* ClickHouse now uses OpenSSL 3.2 instead of BoringSSL. [#59870](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59870) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)). Note that OpenSSL has generally worse engineering culture (such as non-zero number of sanitizer reports, that we had to patch, a complex build system with generated files, etc.) but has better compatibility.
* Ignore DROP queries in stress test with 1/2 probability, use TRUNCATE instead of ignoring DROP in upgrade check for Memory/JOIN tables. [#61476](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61476) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Remove from the Keeper Docker image the volumes at /etc/clickhouse-keeper and /var/log/clickhouse-keeper. [#61683](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61683) ([Tristan](https://github.com/Tristan971)).
* Add tests for all issues which are no longer relevant with Analyzer being enabled by default. Closes: [#55794](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/55794) Closes: [#49472](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/49472) Closes: [#44414](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/44414) Closes: [#13843](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/13843) Closes: [#55803](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/55803) Closes: [#48308](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/48308) Closes: [#45535](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/45535) Closes: [#44365](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/44365) Closes: [#44153](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/44153) Closes: [#42399](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/42399) Closes: [#27115](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/27115) Closes: [#23162](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23162) Closes: [#15395](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15395) Closes: [#15411](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/15411) Closes: [#14978](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/14978) Closes: [#17319](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/17319) Closes: [#11813](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/11813) Closes: [#13210](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/13210) Closes: [#23053](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23053) Closes: [#37729](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/37729) Closes: [#32639](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/32639) Closes: [#9954](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/9954) Closes: [#41964](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/41964) Closes: [#54317](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54317) Closes: [#7520](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/7520) Closes: [#36973](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/36973) Closes: [#40955](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/40955) Closes: [#19687](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/19687) Closes: [#23104](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23104) Closes: [#21584](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21584) Closes: [#23344](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23344) Closes: [#22627](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/22627) Closes: [#10276](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/10276) Closes: [#19687](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/19687) Closes: [#4567](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/4567) Closes: [#17710](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/17710) Closes: [#11068](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/11068) Closes: [#24395](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/24395) Closes: [#23416](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23416) Closes: [#23162](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23162) Closes: [#25655](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/25655) Closes: [#11757](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/11757) Closes: [#6571](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/6571) Closes: [#4432](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/4432) Closes: [#8259](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/8259) Closes: [#9233](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/9233) Closes: [#14699](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/14699) Closes: [#27068](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/27068) Closes: [#28687](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/28687) Closes: [#28777](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/28777) Closes: [#29734](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/29734) Closes: [#61238](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61238) Closes: [#33825](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/33825) Closes: [#35608](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/35608) Closes: [#29838](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/29838) Closes: [#35652](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/35652) Closes: [#36189](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/36189) Closes: [#39634](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39634) Closes: [#47432](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47432) Closes: [#54910](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54910) Closes: [#57321](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57321) Closes: [#59154](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59154) Closes: [#61014](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61014) Closes: [#61950](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61950) Closes: [#55647](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/55647) Closes: [#61947](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61947). [#62185](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62185) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Add more tests from issues which are no longer relevant or fixed by analyzer. Closes: [#58985](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58985) Closes: [#59549](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59549) Closes: [#36963](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/36963) Closes: [#39453](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39453) Closes: [#56521](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/56521) Closes: [#47552](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47552) Closes: [#56503](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/56503) Closes: [#59101](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59101) Closes: [#50271](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/50271) Closes: [#54954](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54954) Closes: [#56466](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/56466) Closes: [#11000](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/11000) Closes: [#10894](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/10894) Closes: https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/448 Closes: [#8030](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/8030) Closes: [#32139](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/32139) Closes: [#47288](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47288) Closes: [#50705](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/50705) Closes: [#54511](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54511) Closes: [#55466](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/55466) Closes: [#58500](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58500) Closes: [#39923](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39923) Closes: [#39855](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39855) Closes: [#4596](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/4596) Closes: [#47422](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47422) Closes: [#33000](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/33000) Closes: [#14739](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/14739) Closes: [#44039](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/44039) Closes: [#8547](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/8547) Closes: [#22923](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/22923) Closes: [#23865](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/23865) Closes: [#29748](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/29748) Closes: [#4222](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/4222). [#62457](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62457) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Fixed build errors when OpenSSL is linked dynamically (note: this is generally unsupported and only required for IBM's s390x platforms). [#62888](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62888) ([Harry Lee](https://github.com/HarryLeeIBM)).

#### Bug Fix (user-visible misbehavior in an official stable release)
* Fix logical-error when undoing quorum insert transaction. [#61953](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61953) ([Han Fei](https://github.com/hanfei1991)).
* Fix parser error when using COUNT(*) with FILTER clause [#61357](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61357) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Fix logical error in `group_by_use_nulls` + grouping sets + analyzer + materialize/constant [#61567](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61567) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Cancel merges before removing moved parts [#61610](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61610) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fix abort in Apache Arrow [#61720](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61720) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Search for `convert_to_replicated` flag at the correct path corresponding to the specific disk [#61769](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61769) ([Kirill](https://github.com/kirillgarbar)).
* Fix possible connections data-race for distributed_foreground_insert/distributed_background_insert_batch [#61867](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61867) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Mark CANNOT_PARSE_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE error as parse error to be able to skip it in row input formats [#61883](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61883) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix writing exception message in output format in HTTP when http_wait_end_of_query is used [#61951](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61951) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Proper fix for LowCardinality together with JSONExtact functions [#61957](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61957) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Crash in Engine Merge if Row Policy does not have expression [#61971](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61971) ([Ilya Golshtein](https://github.com/ilejn)).
* Fix WriteBufferAzureBlobStorage destructor uncaught exception [#61988](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61988) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Fix CREATE TABLE without columns definition for ReplicatedMergeTree [#62040](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62040) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in for composite sharding key [#62047](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62047) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* ReadWriteBufferFromHTTP set right header host when redirected [#62068](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62068) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Fix external table cannot parse data type Bool [#62115](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62115) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Analyzer: Fix query parameter resolution [#62186](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62186) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix restoring parts while readonly [#62207](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62207) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fix crash in index definition containing SQL UDF [#62225](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62225) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fixing NULL random seed for generateRandom with analyzer. [#62248](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62248) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Correctly handle const columns in Distinct Transfom [#62250](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62250) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix Parts Splitter for queries with the FINAL modifier [#62268](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62268) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Analyzer: Fix alias to parametrized view resolution [#62274](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62274) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Analyzer: Fix name resolution from parent scopes [#62281](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62281) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix argMax with nullable non native numeric column [#62285](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62285) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix BACKUP and RESTORE of a materialized view in Ordinary database [#62295](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62295) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fix data race on scalars in Context [#62305](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62305) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix primary key in materialized view [#62319](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62319) ([Murat Khairulin](https://github.com/mxwell)).
* Do not build multithread insert pipeline for tables without support [#62333](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62333) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix analyzer with positional arguments in distributed query [#62362](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62362) ([flynn](https://github.com/ucasfl)).
* Fix filter pushdown from additional_table_filters in Merge engine in analyzer [#62398](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62398) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix GLOBAL IN table queries with analyzer. [#62409](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62409) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Respect settings truncate_on_insert/create_new_file_on_insert in s3/hdfs/azure engines during partitioned write [#62425](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62425) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix backup restore path for AzureBlobStorage [#62447](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62447) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Fix SimpleSquashingChunksTransform [#62451](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62451) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Fix capture of nested lambda. [#62462](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62462) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Avoid crash when reading protobuf with recursive types [#62506](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62506) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix a bug moving one partition from one to itself [#62524](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62524) ([helifu](https://github.com/helifu)).
* Fix scalar subquery in LIMIT [#62567](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62567) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix segfault in the experimental and unsupported Hive engine, which we don't like anyway [#62578](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62578) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
* Fix memory leak in groupArraySorted [#62597](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62597) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix crash in largestTriangleThreeBuckets [#62646](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62646) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix tumble\[Start,End\] and hop\[Start,End\] for bigger resolutions [#62705](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62705) ([Jordi Villar](https://github.com/jrdi)).
* Fix argMin/argMax combinator state [#62708](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62708) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix temporary data in cache failing because of cache lock contention optimization [#62715](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62715) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix crash in function `mergeTreeIndex` [#62762](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62762) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* fix: update: nested materialized columns: size check fixes [#62773](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62773) ([Eliot Hautefeuille](https://github.com/hileef)).
* Fix FINAL modifier is not respected in CTE with analyzer [#62811](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62811) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Fix crash in function `formatRow` with `JSON` format and HTTP  interface [#62840](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62840) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Azure: fix building final url from endpoint object [#62850](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62850) ([Daniel Pozo Escalona](https://github.com/danipozo)).
* Fix GCD codec [#62853](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62853) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Fix LowCardinality(Nullable) key in hyperrectangle [#62866](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62866) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Fix fromUnixtimestamp in joda syntax while the input value beyond UInt32 [#62901](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62901) ([KevinyhZou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* Disable optimize_rewrite_aggregate_function_with_if for sum(nullable) [#62912](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62912) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix PREWHERE for StorageBuffer with different source table column types. [#62916](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62916) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix temporary data in cache incorrectly processing failure of cache key directory creation [#62925](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62925) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* gRPC: fix crash on IPv6 peer connection [#62978](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62978) ([Konstantin Bogdanov](https://github.com/thevar1able)).
* Fix possible CHECKSUM_DOESNT_MATCH (and others) during replicated fetches [#62987](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62987) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix terminate with uncaught exception in temporary data in cache [#62998](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62998) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix optimize_rewrite_aggregate_function_with_if implicit cast [#62999](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62999) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix unhandled exception in ~RestorerFromBackup [#63040](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63040) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Do not remove server constants from GROUP BY key for secondary query. [#63047](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63047) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix incorrect judgement of of monotonicity of function abs [#63097](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63097) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Set server name for SSL handshake in MongoDB engine [#63122](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63122) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Use user specified db instead of "config" for MongoDB wire protocol version check [#63126](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63126) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).


### <a id="243"></a> ClickHouse release 24.3 LTS, 2024-03-27

#### Upgrade Notes
* The setting `allow_experimental_analyzer` is enabled by default and it switches the query analysis to a new implementation, which has better compatibility and feature completeness. The feature "analyzer" is considered beta instead of experimental. You can turn the old behavior by setting the `compatibility` to `24.2` or disabling the `allow_experimental_analyzer` setting. Watch the [video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrOYQpgvkk).
* ClickHouse allows arbitrary binary data in the String data type, which is typically UTF-8. Parquet/ORC/Arrow Strings only support UTF-8. That's why you can choose which Arrow's data type to use for the ClickHouse String data type - String or Binary. This is controlled by the settings, `output_format_parquet_string_as_string`, `output_format_orc_string_as_string`, `output_format_arrow_string_as_string`. While Binary would be more correct and compatible, using String by default will correspond to user expectations in most cases. Parquet/ORC/Arrow supports many compression methods, including lz4 and zstd. ClickHouse supports each and every compression method. Some inferior tools lack support for the faster `lz4` compression method, that's why we set `zstd` by default. This is controlled by the settings `output_format_parquet_compression_method`, `output_format_orc_compression_method`, and `output_format_arrow_compression_method`. We changed the default to `zstd` for Parquet and ORC, but not Arrow (it is emphasized for low-level usages). [#61817](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61817) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* In the new ClickHouse version, the functions `geoDistance`, `greatCircleDistance`, and `greatCircleAngle` will use 64-bit double precision floating point data type for internal calculations and return type if all the arguments are Float64. This closes [#58476](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58476). In previous versions, the function always used Float32. You can switch to the old behavior by setting `geo_distance_returns_float64_on_float64_arguments` to `false` or setting `compatibility` to `24.2` or earlier. [#61848](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61848) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)). Co-authored with [Geet Patel](https://github.com/geetptl).
* The obsolete in-memory data parts have been deprecated since version 23.5 and have not been supported since version 23.10. Now the remaining code is removed. Continuation of [#55186](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/55186) and [#45409](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/45409). It is unlikely that you have used in-memory data parts because they were available only before version 23.5 and only when you enabled them manually by specifying the corresponding SETTINGS for a MergeTree table. To check if you have in-memory data parts, run the following query: `SELECT part_type, count() FROM system.parts GROUP BY part_type ORDER BY part_type`. To disable the usage of in-memory data parts, do `ALTER TABLE ... MODIFY SETTING min_bytes_for_compact_part = DEFAULT, min_rows_for_compact_part = DEFAULT`. Before upgrading from old ClickHouse releases, first check that you don't have in-memory data parts. If there are in-memory data parts, disable them first, then wait while there are no in-memory data parts and continue the upgrade. [#61127](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61127) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Changed the column name from `duration_ms` to `duration_microseconds` in the `system.zookeeper` table to reflect the reality that the duration is in the microsecond resolution. [#60774](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60774) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Reject incoming INSERT queries in case when query-level settings `async_insert` and `deduplicate_blocks_in_dependent_materialized_views` are enabled together. This behaviour is controlled by a setting `throw_if_deduplication_in_dependent_materialized_views_enabled_with_async_insert` and enabled by default. This is a continuation of https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59699 needed to unblock https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59915. [#60888](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60888) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Utility `clickhouse-copier` is moved to a separate repository on GitHub: https://github.com/ClickHouse/copier. It is no longer included in the bundle but is still available as a separate download. This closes: [#60734](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60734) This closes: [#60540](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60540) This closes: [#60250](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60250) This closes: [#52917](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/52917) This closes: [#51140](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/51140) This closes: [#47517](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47517) This closes: [#47189](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47189) This closes: [#46598](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/46598) This closes: [#40257](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/40257) This closes: [#36504](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/36504) This closes: [#35485](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/35485) This closes: [#33702](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/33702) This closes: [#26702](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/26702).
* To increase compatibility with MySQL, the compatibility alias `locate` now accepts arguments `(needle, haystack[, start_pos])` by default. The previous behavior `(haystack, needle, [, start_pos])` can be restored by setting `function_locate_has_mysql_compatible_argument_order = 0`. [#61092](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61092) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Forbid `SimpleAggregateFunction` in `ORDER BY` of `MergeTree` tables (like `AggregateFunction` is forbidden, but they are forbidden because they are not comparable) by default (use `allow_suspicious_primary_key` to allow them). [#61399](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61399) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* The `Ordinary` database engine is deprecated. You will receive a warning in clickhouse-client if your server is using it. This closes [#52229](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/52229). [#56942](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56942) ([shabroo](https://github.com/shabroo)).

#### New Feature
* Support reading and writing backups as `tar` (in addition to `zip`). [#59535](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59535) ([josh-hildred](https://github.com/josh-hildred)).
* Implemented support for S3 Express buckets. [#59965](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59965) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Allow to attach parts from a different disk (using copy instead of hard link). [#60112](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60112) ([Unalian](https://github.com/Unalian)).
* Size-capped `Memory` tables: controlled by their settings, `min_bytes_to_keep, max_bytes_to_keep, min_rows_to_keep` and `max_rows_to_keep`. [#60612](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60612) ([Jake Bamrah](https://github.com/JakeBamrah)).
* Separate limits on number of waiting and executing queries. Added new server setting `max_waiting_queries` that limits the number of queries waiting due to `async_load_databases`. Existing limits on number of executing queries no longer count waiting queries. [#61053](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61053) ([Sergei Trifonov](https://github.com/serxa)).
* Added a table `system.keywords` which contains all the keywords from parser. Mostly needed and will be used for better fuzzing and syntax highlighting. [#51808](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/51808) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Add support for `ATTACH PARTITION ALL`. [#61107](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61107) ([Kirill Nikiforov](https://github.com/allmazz)).
* Add a new function, `getClientHTTPHeader`. This closes [#54665](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54665). Co-authored with @lingtaolf. [#61820](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61820) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add `generate_series` as a table function (compatibility alias for PostgreSQL to the existing `numbers` function). This function generates table with an arithmetic progression with natural numbers. [#59390](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59390) ([divanik](https://github.com/divanik)).
* A mode for `topK`/`topkWeighed` support mode, which return count of values and its error. [#54508](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54508) ([UnamedRus](https://github.com/UnamedRus)).
* Added function `toMillisecond` which returns the millisecond component for values of type`DateTime` or `DateTime64`. [#60281](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60281) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* Allow configuring HTTP redirect handlers for clickhouse-server. For example, you can make `/` redirect to the Play UI. [#60390](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60390) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).

#### Performance Improvement
* Optimized function `dotProduct` to omit unnecessary and expensive memory copies. [#60928](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60928) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* 30x faster printing for 256-bit integers. [#61100](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61100) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* If the table's primary key contains mostly useless columns, don't keep them in memory. This is controlled by a new setting `primary_key_ratio_of_unique_prefix_values_to_skip_suffix_columns` with the value `0.9` by default, which means: for a composite primary key, if a column changes its value for at least 0.9 of all the times, the next columns after it will be not loaded. [#60255](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60255) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Improve the performance of serialized aggregation methods when involving multiple `Nullable` columns. [#55809](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/55809) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Lazy builds JSON's output to improve performance of ALL JOIN. [#58278](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58278) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* Make HTTP/HTTPs connections with external services, such as AWS S3 reusable for all use cases. Even when the response is 3xx or 4xx. [#58845](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58845) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Improvements to aggregate functions `argMin` / `argMax` / `any` / `anyLast` / `anyHeavy`, as well as `ORDER BY {u8/u16/u32/u64/i8/i16/u32/i64) LIMIT 1` queries. [#58640](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58640) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Trivial optimization for column's filter. Peak memory can be reduced to 44% of the original in some cases. [#59698](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59698) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Execute `multiIf` function in a columnar fashion when the result type's underlying type is a number. [#60384](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60384) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Faster (almost 2x) mutexes. [#60823](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60823) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Drain multiple connections in parallel when a distributed query is finishing. [#60845](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60845) ([lizhuoyu5](https://github.com/lzydmxy)).
* Optimize data movement between columns of a Nullable number or a Nullable string, which improves some micro-benchmarks. [#60846](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60846) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Operations with the filesystem cache will suffer less from the lock contention. [#61066](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61066) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Optimize array join and other JOINs by preventing a wrong compiler's optimization. Close [#61074](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61074).  [#61075](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61075) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* If a query with a syntax error contained the `COLUMNS` matcher with a regular expression, the regular expression was compiled each time during the parser's backtracking, instead of being compiled once. This was a fundamental error. The compiled regexp was put to AST. But the letter A in AST means "abstract" which means it should not contain heavyweight objects. Parts of AST can be created and discarded during parsing, including a large number of backtracking. This leads to slowness on the parsing side and consequently allows DoS by a readonly user. But the main problem is that it prevents progress in fuzzers. [#61543](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61543) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add a new analyzer pass to optimize the IN operator for a single value. [#61564](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61564) ([LiuNeng](https://github.com/liuneng1994)).
* DNSResolver shuffles set of resolved IPs which is needed to uniformly utilize multiple endpoints of AWS S3. [#60965](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60965) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).

#### Experimental Feature
* Support parallel reading for Azure blob storage. This improves the performance of the experimental Azure object storage. [#61503](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61503) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Add asynchronous WriteBuffer for Azure blob storage similar to S3. This improves the performance of the experimental Azure object storage. [#59929](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59929) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Use managed identity for backups IO when using Azure Blob Storage. Add a setting to prevent ClickHouse from attempting to create a non-existent container, which requires permissions at the storage account level. [#61785](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61785) ([Daniel Pozo Escalona](https://github.com/danipozo)).
* Add a setting `parallel_replicas_allow_in_with_subquery = 1` which allows subqueries for IN work with parallel replicas. [#60950](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60950) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* A change for the "zero-copy" replication: all zero copy locks related to a table have to be dropped when the table is dropped. The directory which contains these locks has to be removed also. [#57575](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57575) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).

#### Improvement
* Use `MergeTree` as a default table engine. [#60524](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60524) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov))
* Enable `output_format_pretty_row_numbers` by default. It is better for usability. [#61791](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61791) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* In the previous version, some numbers in Pretty formats were not pretty enough. [#61794](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61794) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* A long value in Pretty formats won't be cut if it is the single value in the resultset, such as in the result of the `SHOW CREATE TABLE` query. [#61795](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61795) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Similarly to `clickhouse-local`, `clickhouse-client` will accept the `--output-format` option as a synonym to the `--format` option. This closes [#59848](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59848). [#61797](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61797) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* If stdout is a terminal and the output format is not specified, `clickhouse-client` and similar tools will use `PrettyCompact` by default, similarly to the interactive mode. `clickhouse-client` and `clickhouse-local` will handle command line arguments for input and output formats in a unified fashion. This closes [#61272](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61272). [#61800](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61800) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Underscore digit groups in Pretty formats for better readability. This is controlled by a new setting, `output_format_pretty_highlight_digit_groups`. [#61802](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61802) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add ability to override initial INSERT settings via `SYSTEM FLUSH DISTRIBUTED`. [#61832](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61832) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Enable processors profiling (time spent/in and out bytes for sorting, aggregation, ...) by default. [#61096](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61096) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Support files without format extension in Filesystem database. [#60795](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60795) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Make all format names case insensitive, like Tsv, or TSV, or tsv, or even rowbinary. [#60420](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60420) ([豪肥肥](https://github.com/HowePa)). I appreciate if you will continue to write it correctly, e.g., `JSON` 😇, not `Json` 🤮, but we don't mind if you spell it as you prefer.
* Added `none_only_active` mode for `distributed_ddl_output_mode` setting. [#60340](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60340) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* The advanced dashboard has slightly better colors for multi-line graphs. [#60391](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60391) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* The Advanced dashboard now has controls always visible on scrolling. This allows you to add a new chart without scrolling up. [#60692](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60692) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* While running the `MODIFY COLUMN` query for materialized views, check the inner table's structure to ensure every column exists. [#47427](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/47427) ([sunny](https://github.com/sunny19930321)).
* String types and Enums can be used in the same context, such as: arrays, UNION queries, conditional expressions. This closes [#60726](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60726). [#60727](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60727) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Allow declaring Enums in the structure of external data for query processing (this is an immediate temporary table that you can provide for your query). [#57857](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57857) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Consider lightweight deleted rows when selecting parts to merge, so the disk size of the resulting part will be estimated better. [#58223](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58223) ([Zhuo Qiu](https://github.com/jewelzqiu)).
* Added comments for columns for more system tables. Continuation of https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58356. [#59016](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59016) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Now we can use virtual columns in PREWHERE. It's worthwhile for non-const virtual columns like `_part_offset`. [#59033](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59033) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)). Improved overall usability of virtual columns. Now it is allowed to use virtual columns in `PREWHERE` (it's worthwhile for non-const virtual columns like `_part_offset`). Now a builtin documentation is available for virtual columns as a comment of column in `DESCRIBE` query with enabled setting `describe_include_virtual_columns`. [#60205](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60205) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Instead of using a constant key, now object storage generates key for determining remove objects capability. [#59495](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59495) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Allow "local" as object storage type instead of "local_blob_storage". [#60165](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60165) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Parallel flush of pending INSERT blocks of Distributed engine on `DETACH`/server shutdown and `SYSTEM FLUSH DISTRIBUTED` (Parallelism will work only if you have multi-disk policy for a table (like everything in the Distributed engine right now)). [#60225](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60225) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Add a setting to force read-through cache for merges. [#60308](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60308) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* An improvement for the MySQL compatibility protocol. The issue [#57598](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57598) mentions a variant behaviour regarding transaction handling. An issued COMMIT/ROLLBACK when no transaction is active is reported as an error contrary to MySQL behaviour. [#60338](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60338) ([PapaToemmsn](https://github.com/PapaToemmsn)).
* Function `substring` now has a new alias `byteSlice`. [#60494](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60494) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Renamed server setting `dns_cache_max_size` to `dns_cache_max_entries` to reduce ambiguity. [#60500](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60500) ([Kirill Nikiforov](https://github.com/allmazz)).
* `SHOW INDEX | INDEXES | INDICES | KEYS` no longer sorts by the primary key columns (which was unintuitive). [#60514](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60514) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Keeper improvement: abort during startup if an invalid snapshot is detected to avoid data loss. [#60537](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60537) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Update tzdata to 2024a. [#60768](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60768) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Keeper improvement: support `leadership_expiry_ms` in Keeper's settings. [#60806](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60806) ([Brokenice0415](https://github.com/Brokenice0415)).
* Always infer exponential numbers in JSON formats regardless of the setting `input_format_try_infer_exponent_floats`. Add setting `input_format_json_use_string_type_for_ambiguous_paths_in_named_tuples_inference_from_objects` that allows to use String type for ambiguous paths instead of an exception during named Tuples inference from JSON objects. [#60808](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60808) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Add support for `START TRANSACTION` syntax typically used in MySQL syntax, resolving https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/discussions/60865. [#60886](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60886) ([Zach Naimon](https://github.com/ArctypeZach)).
* Add a flag for the full-sorting merge join algorithm to treat null as biggest/smallest. So the behavior can be compitable with other SQL systems, like Apache Spark. [#60896](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60896) ([loudongfeng](https://github.com/loudongfeng)).
* Support detect output format by file exctension in `clickhouse-client` and `clickhouse-local`. [#61036](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61036) ([豪肥肥](https://github.com/HowePa)).
* Update memory limit in runtime when Linux's CGroups value changed. [#61049](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61049) ([Han Fei](https://github.com/hanfei1991)).
* Add the function `toUInt128OrZero`, which was missed by mistake (the mistake is related to https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/945). The compatibility aliases `FROM_UNIXTIME` and `DATE_FORMAT` (they are not ClickHouse-native and only exist for MySQL compatibility) have been made case insensitive, as expected for SQL-compatibility aliases. [#61114](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61114) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Improvements for the access checks, allowing to revoke of unpossessed rights in case the target user doesn't have the revoking grants either. Example: `GRANT SELECT ON *.* TO user1; REVOKE SELECT ON system.* FROM user1;`. [#61115](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61115) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix `has()` function with `Nullable` column (fixes [#60214](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60214)). [#61249](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61249) ([Mikhail Koviazin](https://github.com/mkmkme)).
* Now it's possible to specify the attribute `merge="true"` in config substitutions for subtrees `<include from_zk="/path" merge="true">`. In case this attribute specified, clickhouse will merge subtree with existing configuration, otherwise default behavior is append new content to configuration. [#61299](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61299) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Add async metrics for virtual memory mappings: `VMMaxMapCount` & `VMNumMaps`. Closes [#60662](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60662). [#61354](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61354) ([Tuan Pham Anh](https://github.com/tuanpavn)).
* Use `temporary_files_codec` setting in all places where we create temporary data, for example external memory sorting and external memory GROUP BY. Before it worked only in `partial_merge` JOIN algorithm. [#61456](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61456) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Add a new setting `max_parser_backtracks` which allows to limit the complexity of query parsing. [#61502](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61502) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Less contention during dynamic resize of the filesystem cache. [#61524](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61524) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Disallow sharded mode of StorageS3 queue, because it will be rewritten. [#61537](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61537) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fixed typo: from `use_leagcy_max_level` to `use_legacy_max_level`. [#61545](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61545) ([William Schoeffel](https://github.com/wiledusc)).
* Remove some duplicate entries in `system.blob_storage_log`. [#61622](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61622) ([YenchangChan](https://github.com/YenchangChan)).
* Added `current_user` function as a compatibility alias for MySQL. [#61770](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61770) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fix inconsistent floating point aggregate function states in mixed x86-64 / ARM clusters [#60610](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60610) ([Harry Lee](https://github.com/HarryLeeIBM)).

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* The real-time query profiler now works on AArch64. In previous versions, it worked only when a program didn't spend time inside a syscall. [#60807](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60807) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* ClickHouse version has been added to docker labels. Closes [#54224](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54224). [#60949](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60949) ([Nikolay Monkov](https://github.com/nikmonkov)).
* Upgrade `prqlc` to 0.11.3. [#60616](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60616) ([Maximilian Roos](https://github.com/max-sixty)).
* Add generic query text fuzzer in `clickhouse-local`. [#61508](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61508) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).

#### Bug Fix (user-visible misbehavior in an official stable release)
* Fix finished_mutations_to_keep=0 for MergeTree (as docs says 0 is to keep everything) [#60031](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60031) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Something was wrong with the FINAL optimization, here is how the author describes it: "PartsSplitter invalid ranges for the same part". [#60041](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60041) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Something was wrong with Apache Hive, which is experimental and not supported. [#60262](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60262) ([shanfengp](https://github.com/Aed-p)).
* An improvement for experimental parallel replicas: force reanalysis if parallel replicas changed [#60362](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60362) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix usage of plain metadata type with new disks configuration option [#60396](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60396) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Try to fix logical error 'Cannot capture column because it has incompatible type' in mapContainsKeyLike [#60451](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60451) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Avoid calculation of scalar subqueries for CREATE TABLE. [#60464](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60464) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix deadlock in parallel parsing when lots of rows are skipped due to errors [#60516](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60516) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Something was wrong with experimental KQL (Kusto) support: fix `max_query_size_for_kql_compound_operator`: [#60534](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60534) ([Yong Wang](https://github.com/kashwy)).
* Keeper fix: add timeouts when waiting for commit logs [#60544](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60544) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Don't output number tips for date types [#60577](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60577) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix reading from MergeTree with non-deterministic functions in filter [#60586](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60586) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix logical error on bad compatibility setting value type [#60596](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60596) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* fix(prql): Robust panic handler [#60615](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60615) ([Maximilian Roos](https://github.com/max-sixty)).
* Fix `intDiv` for decimal and date arguments [#60672](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60672) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fix: expand CTE in alter modify query [#60682](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60682) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Fix system.parts for non-Atomic/Ordinary database engine (i.e. Memory) [#60689](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60689) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix "Invalid storage definition in metadata file" for parameterized views [#60708](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60708) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix buffer overflow in CompressionCodecMultiple [#60731](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60731) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Remove nonsense from SQL/JSON [#60738](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60738) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Remove wrong assertion in aggregate function quantileGK [#60740](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60740) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Fix insert-select + insert_deduplication_token bug by setting streams to 1 [#60745](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60745) ([Jordi Villar](https://github.com/jrdi)).
* Prevent setting custom metadata headers on unsupported multipart upload operations [#60748](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60748) ([Francisco J. Jurado Moreno](https://github.com/Beetelbrox)).
* Fix toStartOfInterval [#60763](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60763) ([Andrey Zvonov](https://github.com/zvonand)).
* Fix crash in arrayEnumerateRanked [#60764](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60764) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix crash when using input() in INSERT SELECT JOIN [#60765](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60765) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix crash with different allow_experimental_analyzer value in subqueries [#60770](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60770) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Remove recursion when reading from S3 [#60849](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60849) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix possible stuck on error in HashedDictionaryParallelLoader [#60926](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60926) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix async RESTORE with Replicated database (experimental feature) [#60934](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60934) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix deadlock in async inserts to `Log` tables via native protocol [#61055](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61055) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix lazy execution of default argument in dictGetOrDefault for RangeHashedDictionary [#61196](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61196) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix multiple bugs in groupArraySorted [#61203](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61203) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix Keeper reconfig for standalone binary [#61233](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61233) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix usage of session_token in S3 engine [#61234](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61234) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix possible incorrect result of aggregate function `uniqExact` [#61257](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61257) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix bugs in show database [#61269](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61269) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix logical error in RabbitMQ storage with MATERIALIZED columns [#61320](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61320) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix CREATE OR REPLACE DICTIONARY [#61356](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61356) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fix ATTACH query with external ON CLUSTER [#61365](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61365) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
* Fix consecutive keys optimization for nullable keys [#61393](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61393) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* fix issue of actions dag split [#61458](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61458) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix finishing a failed RESTORE [#61466](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61466) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Disable async_insert_use_adaptive_busy_timeout correctly with compatibility settings [#61468](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61468) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Allow queuing in restore pool [#61475](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61475) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Fix an inconsistency when reading system.parts using UUID. [#61479](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61479) ([Dan Wu](https://github.com/wudanzy)).
* Fix ALTER QUERY MODIFY SQL SECURITY [#61480](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61480) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix a crash in window view (experimental feature) [#61526](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61526) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Fix `repeat` with non-native integers [#61527](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61527) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix client's `-s` argument [#61530](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61530) ([Mikhail f. Shiryaev](https://github.com/Felixoid)).
* Fix crash in arrayPartialReverseSort [#61539](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61539) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix string search with const position [#61547](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61547) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix addDays cause an error when used DateTime64 [#61561](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61561) ([Shuai li](https://github.com/loneylee)).
* Disallow LowCardinality input type for JSONExtract [#61617](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61617) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* Fix `system.part_log` for async insert with deduplication [#61620](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61620) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix a `Non-ready set` exception for system.parts. [#61666](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61666) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix actual_part_name for REPLACE_RANGE (`Entry actual part isn't empty yet`) [#61675](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61675) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Fix a sanitizer report in `multiSearchAllPositionsCaseInsensitiveUTF8` for incorrect UTF-8 [#61749](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61749) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Fix an observation that the RANGE frame is not supported for Nullable columns. [#61766](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61766) ([YuanLiu](https://github.com/ditgittube)).

### <a id="242"></a> ClickHouse release 24.2, 2024-02-29

#### Backward Incompatible Change
* Validate suspicious/experimental types in nested types. Previously we didn't validate such types (except JSON) in nested types like Array/Tuple/Map. [#59385](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59385) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Add sanity check for number of threads and block sizes. [#60138](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60138) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Don't infer floats in exponential notation by default. Add a setting `input_format_try_infer_exponent_floats` that will restore previous behaviour (disabled by default). Closes [#59476](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59476). [#59500](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59500) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Allow alter operations to be surrounded by parenthesis. The emission of parentheses can be controlled by the `format_alter_operations_with_parentheses` config. By default, in formatted queries the parentheses are emitted as we store the formatted alter operations in some places as metadata (e.g.: mutations). The new syntax clarifies some of the queries where alter operations end in a list. E.g.: `ALTER TABLE x MODIFY TTL date GROUP BY a, b, DROP COLUMN c` cannot be parsed properly with the old syntax. In the new syntax the query `ALTER TABLE x (MODIFY TTL date GROUP BY a, b), (DROP COLUMN c)` is obvious. Older versions are not able to read the new syntax, therefore using the new syntax might cause issues if newer and older version of ClickHouse are mixed in a single cluster. [#59532](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59532) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fix for the materialized view security issue, which allowed a user to insert into a table without required grants for that. Fix validates that the user has permission to insert not only into a materialized view but also into all underlying tables. This means that some queries, which worked before, now can fail with `Not enough privileges`. To address this problem, the release introduces a new feature of SQL security for views https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/statements/create/view#sql_security. [#54901](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54901) [#60439](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60439) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).

#### New Feature
* Added new syntax which allows to specify definer user in View/Materialized View. This allows to execute selects/inserts from views without explicit grants for underlying tables. So, a View will encapsulate the grants. [#54901](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54901) [#60439](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60439) ([pufit](https://github.com/pufit)).
* Try to detect file format automatically during schema inference if it's unknown in `file/s3/hdfs/url/azureBlobStorage` engines. Closes [#50576](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/50576). [#59092](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59092) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Implement auto-adjustment for asynchronous insert timeouts. The following settings are introduced: async_insert_poll_timeout_ms, async_insert_use_adaptive_busy_timeout, async_insert_busy_timeout_min_ms, async_insert_busy_timeout_max_ms, async_insert_busy_timeout_increase_rate, async_insert_busy_timeout_decrease_rate. [#58486](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58486) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)).
* Allow to set up a quota for maximum sequential login failures. [#54737](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54737) ([Alexey Gerasimchuck](https://github.com/Demilivor)).
* A new aggregate function `groupArrayIntersect`. Follows up: [#49862](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/49862). [#59598](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59598) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Backup & Restore support for `AzureBlobStorage`. Resolves [#50747](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/50747). [#56988](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56988) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* The user can now specify the template string directly in the query using `format_schema_rows_template` as an alternative to `format_template_row`. Closes [#31363](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/31363). [#59088](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59088) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* Implemented automatic conversion of merge tree tables of different kinds to replicated engine. Create empty `convert_to_replicated` file in table's data directory (`/clickhouse/store/xxx/xxxyyyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyy-yyyyyyyyyyyy/`) and that table will be converted automatically on next server start. [#57798](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57798) ([Kirill](https://github.com/kirillgarbar)).
* Added query `ALTER TABLE table FORGET PARTITION partition` that removes ZooKeeper nodes, related to an empty partition. [#59507](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59507) ([Sergei Trifonov](https://github.com/serxa)). This is an expert-level feature.
* Support JWT credentials file for the NATS table engine. [#59543](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59543) ([Nickolaj Jepsen](https://github.com/nickolaj-jepsen)).
* Implemented `system.dns_cache` table, which can be useful for debugging DNS issues. [#59856](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59856) ([Kirill Nikiforov](https://github.com/allmazz)).
* The codec `LZ4HC` will accept a new level 2, which is faster than the previous minimum level 3, at the expense of less compression. In previous versions, `LZ4HC(2)` and less was the same as `LZ4HC(3)`. Author: [Cyan4973](https://github.com/Cyan4973). [#60090](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60090) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Implemented `system.dns_cache` table, which can be useful for debugging DNS issues. New server setting dns_cache_max_size. [#60257](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60257) ([Kirill Nikiforov](https://github.com/allmazz)).
* Support single-argument version for the `merge` table function, as `merge(['db_name', ] 'tables_regexp')`. [#60372](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60372) ([豪肥肥](https://github.com/HowePa)).
* Support negative positional arguments. Closes [#57736](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57736). [#58292](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58292) ([flynn](https://github.com/ucasfl)).
* Support specifying a set of permitted users for specific S3 settings in config using `user` key. [#60144](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60144) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Added table function `mergeTreeIndex`. It represents the contents of index and marks files of `MergeTree` tables. It can be used for introspection. Syntax: `mergeTreeIndex(database, table, [with_marks = true])` where `database.table` is an existing table with `MergeTree` engine. [#58140](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58140) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).

#### Experimental Feature
* Added function `seriesOutliersDetectTukey` to detect outliers in series data using Tukey's fences algorithm. [#58632](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58632) ([Bhavna Jindal](https://github.com/bhavnajindal)). Keep in mind that the behavior will be changed in the next patch release.
* Add function `variantType` that returns Enum with variant type name for each row. [#59398](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59398) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Support `LEFT JOIN`, `ALL INNER JOIN`, and simple subqueries for parallel replicas (only with analyzer). New setting `parallel_replicas_prefer_local_join` chooses local `JOIN` execution (by default) vs `GLOBAL JOIN`. All tables should exist on every replica from `cluster_for_parallel_replicas`. New settings `min_external_table_block_size_rows` and `min_external_table_block_size_bytes` are used to squash small blocks that are sent for temporary tables (only with analyzer). [#58916](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58916) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Allow concurrent table creation in the `Replicated` database during adding or recovering a new replica. [#59277](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59277) ([Konstantin Bogdanov](https://github.com/thevar1able)).
* Implement comparison operator for `Variant` values and proper Field inserting into `Variant` column. Don't allow creating `Variant` type with similar variant types by default (allow uder a setting `allow_suspicious_variant_types`) Closes [#59996](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59996). Closes [#59850](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59850). [#60198](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60198) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Disable parallel replicas JOIN with CTE (not analyzer) [#59239](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59239) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).

#### Performance Improvement
* Primary key will use less amount of memory. [#60049](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60049) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Improve memory usage for primary key and some other operations. [#60050](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60050) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* The tables' primary keys will be loaded in memory lazily on first access. This is controlled by the new MergeTree setting `primary_key_lazy_load`, which is on by default. This provides several advantages: - it will not be loaded for tables that are not used; - if there is not enough memory, an exception will be thrown on first use instead of at server startup. This provides several disadvantages: - the latency of loading the primary key will be paid on the first query rather than before accepting connections; this theoretically may introduce a thundering-herd problem. This closes [#11188](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/11188). [#60093](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60093) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Vectorized distance functions used in vector search. [#58866](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58866) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Vectorized function `dotProduct` which is useful for vector search. [#60202](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60202) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Add short-circuit ability for `dictGetOrDefault` function. Closes [#52098](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/52098). [#57767](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57767) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).
* Keeper improvement: cache only a certain amount of logs in-memory controlled by `latest_logs_cache_size_threshold` and `commit_logs_cache_size_threshold`. [#59460](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59460) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Keeper improvement: reduce size of data node even more. [#59592](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59592) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Continue optimizing branch miss of `if` function when result type is `Float*/Decimal*/*Int*`, follow up of https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57885. [#59148](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59148) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Optimize `if` function when the input type is `Map`, the speed-up is up to ~10x. [#59413](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59413) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Improve performance of the `Int8` type by implementing strict aliasing (we already have it for `UInt8` and all other integer types). [#59485](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59485) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Optimize performance of sum/avg conditionally for bigint and big decimal types by reducing branch miss. [#59504](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59504) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Improve performance of SELECTs with active mutations. [#59531](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59531) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Optimized function `isNotNull` with AVX2. [#59621](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59621) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Improve ASOF JOIN performance for sorted or almost sorted data. [#59731](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59731) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* The previous default value equals to 1 MB for `async_insert_max_data_size` appeared to be too small. The new one would be 10 MiB. [#59536](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59536) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Use multiple threads while reading the metadata of tables from a backup while executing the RESTORE command. [#60040](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60040) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Now if `StorageBuffer` has more than 1 shard (`num_layers` > 1) background flush will happen simultaneously for all shards in multiple threads. [#60111](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60111) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).

#### Improvement
* When output format is `Pretty` format and a block consists of a single numeric value which exceeds one million, A readable number will be printed on table right. [#60379](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60379) ([rogeryk](https://github.com/rogeryk)).
* Added settings `split_parts_ranges_into_intersecting_and_non_intersecting_final` and `split_intersecting_parts_ranges_into_layers_final`. These settings are needed to disable optimizations for queries with `FINAL` and needed for debug only. [#59705](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59705) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)). Actually not only for that - they can also lower memory usage at the expense of performance.
* Rename the setting `extract_kvp_max_pairs_per_row` to `extract_key_value_pairs_max_pairs_per_row`. The issue (unnecessary abbreviation in the setting name) was introduced in https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/43606. Fix the documentation of this setting. [#59683](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59683) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)). [#59960](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59960) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).
* Running `ALTER COLUMN MATERIALIZE` on a column with `DEFAULT` or `MATERIALIZED` expression now precisely follows the semantics. [#58023](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58023) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Enabled an exponential backoff logic for errors during mutations. It will reduce the CPU usage, memory usage and log file sizes. [#58036](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58036) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).
* Add improvement to count the `InitialQuery` Profile Event. [#58195](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58195) ([Unalian](https://github.com/Unalian)).
* Allow to define `volume_priority` in `storage_configuration`. [#58533](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58533) ([Andrey Zvonov](https://github.com/zvonand)).
* Add support for the `Date32` type in the `T64` codec. [#58738](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58738) ([Hongbin Ma](https://github.com/binmahone)).
* Allow trailing commas in types with several items. [#59119](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59119) ([Aleksandr Musorin](https://github.com/AVMusorin)).
* Settings for the Distributed table engine can now be specified in the server configuration file (similar to MergeTree settings), e.g. `<distributed> <flush_on_detach>false</flush_on_detach> </distributed>`. [#59291](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59291) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Retry disconnects and expired sessions when reading `system.zookeeper`. This is helpful when reading many rows from `system.zookeeper` table especially in the presence of fault-injected disconnects. [#59388](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59388) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Do not interpret numbers with leading zeroes as octals when `input_format_values_interpret_expressions=0`. [#59403](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59403) ([Joanna Hulboj](https://github.com/jh0x)).
* At startup and whenever config files are changed, ClickHouse updates the hard memory limits of its total memory tracker. These limits are computed based on various server settings and cgroups limits (on Linux). Previously, setting `/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max` (for cgroups v2) was hard-coded. As a result, cgroup v2 memory limits configured for nested groups (hierarchies), e.g. `/sys/fs/cgroup/my/nested/group/memory.max` were ignored. This is now fixed. The behavior of v1 memory limits remains unchanged. [#59435](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59435) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* New profile events added to observe the time spent on calculating PK/projections/secondary indices during `INSERT`-s. [#59436](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59436) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Allow to define a starting point for S3Queue with Ordered mode at the creation using a setting `s3queue_last_processed_path`. [#59446](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59446) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Made comments for system tables also available in `system.tables` in `clickhouse-local`. [#59493](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59493) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* `system.zookeeper` table: previously the whole result was accumulated in memory and returned as one big chunk. This change should help to reduce memory consumption when reading many rows from `system.zookeeper`, allow showing intermediate progress (how many rows have been read so far) and avoid hitting connection timeout when result set is big. [#59545](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59545) ([Alexander Gololobov](https://github.com/davenger)).
* Now dashboard understands both compressed and uncompressed state of URL's #hash (backward compatibility). Continuation of [#59124](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59124) . [#59548](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59548) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Bumped Intel QPL (used by codec `DEFLATE_QPL`) from v1.3.1 to v1.4.0 . Also fixed a bug for polling timeout mechanism, as we observed in same cases timeout won't work properly, if timeout happen, IAA and CPU may process buffer concurrently. So far, we'd better make sure IAA codec status is not QPL_STS_BEING_PROCESSED, then fallback to SW codec. [#59551](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59551) ([jasperzhu](https://github.com/jinjunzh)).
* Do not show a warning about the server version in ClickHouse Cloud because ClickHouse Cloud handles seamless upgrades automatically. [#59657](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59657) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* After self-extraction temporary binary is moved instead copying. [#59661](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59661) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Fix stack unwinding on Apple macOS. This closes [#53653](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/53653). [#59690](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59690) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Check for stack overflow in parsers even if the user misconfigured the `max_parser_depth` setting to a very high value. This closes [#59622](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59622). [#59697](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59697) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)). [#60434](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60434)
* Unify XML and SQL created named collection behaviour in Kafka storage. [#59710](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59710) ([Pervakov Grigorii](https://github.com/GrigoryPervakov)).
* In case when `merge_max_block_size_bytes` is small enough and tables contain wide rows (strings or tuples) background merges may stuck in an endless loop. This behaviour is fixed. Follow-up for https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59340. [#59812](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59812) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Allow uuid in replica_path if CREATE TABLE explicitly has it. [#59908](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59908) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Add column `metadata_version` of ReplicatedMergeTree table in `system.tables` system table. [#59942](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59942) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Keeper improvement: send only Keeper related metrics/events for Prometheus. [#59945](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59945) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* The dashboard will display metrics across different ClickHouse versions even if the structure of system tables has changed after the upgrade. [#59967](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59967) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Allow loading AZ info from a file. [#59976](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59976) ([Konstantin Bogdanov](https://github.com/thevar1able)).
* Keeper improvement: add retries on failures for Disk related operations. [#59980](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59980) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Add new config setting `backups.remove_backup_files_after_failure`: `<clickhouse> <backups> <remove_backup_files_after_failure>true</remove_backup_files_after_failure> </backups> </clickhouse>`. [#60002](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60002) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Copy S3 file GCP fallback to buffer copy in case GCP returned `Internal Error` with `GATEWAY_TIMEOUT` HTTP error code. [#60164](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60164) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Short circuit execution for `ULIDStringToDateTime`. [#60211](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60211) ([Juan Madurga](https://github.com/jlmadurga)).
* Added `query_id` column for tables `system.backups` and `system.backup_log`. Added error stacktrace to `error` column. [#60220](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60220) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Connections through the MySQL port now automatically run with setting `prefer_column_name_to_alias = 1` to support QuickSight out-of-the-box. Also, settings `mysql_map_string_to_text_in_show_columns` and `mysql_map_fixed_string_to_text_in_show_columns` are now enabled by default, affecting also only MySQL connections. This increases compatibility with more BI tools. [#60365](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60365) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix a race condition in JavaScript code leading to duplicate charts on top of each other. [#60392](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60392) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* Added builds and tests with coverage collection with introspection. Continuation of [#56102](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/56102). [#58792](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58792) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Update the Rust toolchain in `corrosion-cmake` when the CMake cross-compilation toolchain variable is set. [#59309](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59309) ([Aris Tritas](https://github.com/aris-aiven)).
* Add some fuzzing to ASTLiterals. [#59383](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59383) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* If you want to run initdb scripts every time when ClickHouse container is starting you shoud initialize environment varible CLICKHOUSE_ALWAYS_RUN_INITDB_SCRIPTS. [#59808](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59808) ([Alexander Nikolaev](https://github.com/AlexNik)).
* Remove ability to disable generic clickhouse components (like server/client/...), but keep some that requires extra libraries (like ODBC or keeper). [#59857](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59857) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Query fuzzer will fuzz SETTINGS inside queries. [#60087](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60087) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add support for building ClickHouse with clang-19 (master). [#60448](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60448) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).

#### Bug Fix (user-visible misbehavior in an official stable release)
* Fix a "Non-ready set" error in TTL WHERE. [#57430](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57430) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
* Fix a bug in the `quantilesGK` function [#58216](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58216) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Fix a wrong behavior with `intDiv` for Decimal arguments [#59243](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59243) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fix `translate` with FixedString input [#59356](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59356) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix digest calculation in Keeper [#59439](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59439) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix stacktraces for binaries without debug symbols [#59444](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59444) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix `ASTAlterCommand::formatImpl` in case of column specific settings… [#59445](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59445) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fix `SELECT * FROM [...] ORDER BY ALL` with Analyzer [#59462](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59462) ([zhongyuankai](https://github.com/zhongyuankai)).
* Fix possible uncaught exception during distributed query cancellation [#59487](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59487) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Make MAX use the same rules as permutation for complex types [#59498](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59498) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix corner case when passing `update_insert_deduplication_token_in_dependent_materialized_views` [#59544](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59544) ([Jordi Villar](https://github.com/jrdi)).
* Fix incorrect result of arrayElement / map on empty value [#59594](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59594) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix crash in topK when merging empty states [#59603](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59603) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix distributed table with a constant sharding key [#59606](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59606) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Fix KQL issue found by WingFuzz [#59626](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59626) ([Yong Wang](https://github.com/kashwy)).
* Fix error "Read beyond last offset" for AsynchronousBoundedReadBuffer [#59630](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59630) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Maintain function alias in RewriteSumFunctionWithSumAndCountVisitor [#59658](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59658) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix query start time on non initial queries [#59662](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59662) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Validate types of arguments for `minmax` skipping index [#59733](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59733) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Fix leftPad / rightPad function with FixedString input [#59739](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59739) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix AST fuzzer issue in function `countMatches` [#59752](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59752) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* RabbitMQ: fix having neither acked nor nacked messages [#59775](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59775) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix StorageURL doing some of the query execution in single thread [#59833](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59833) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* S3Queue: fix uninitialized value [#59897](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59897) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix parsing of partition expressions surrounded by parens [#59901](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59901) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fix crash in JSONColumnsWithMetadata format over HTTP [#59925](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59925) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Do not rewrite sum to count if the return value differs in Analyzer [#59926](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59926) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* UniqExactSet read crash fix [#59928](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59928) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* ReplicatedMergeTree invalid metadata_version fix [#59946](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59946) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Fix data race in `StorageDistributed` [#59987](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59987) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Docker: run init scripts when option is enabled rather than disabled [#59991](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59991) ([jktng](https://github.com/jktng)).
* Fix INSERT into `SQLite` with single quote (by escaping single quotes with a quote instead of backslash) [#60015](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60015) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix several logical errors in `arrayFold` [#60022](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60022) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix optimize_uniq_to_count removing the column alias [#60026](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60026) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fix possible exception from S3Queue table on drop [#60036](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60036) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix formatting of NOT with single literals [#60042](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60042) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Use max_query_size from context in DDLLogEntry instead of hardcoded 4096 [#60083](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60083) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix inconsistent formatting of queries containing tables named `table`. Fix wrong formatting of queries with `UNION ALL`, `INTERSECT`, and `EXCEPT` when their structure wasn't linear. This closes #52349. Fix wrong formatting of `SYSTEM` queries, including `SYSTEM ... DROP FILESYSTEM CACHE`, `SYSTEM ... REFRESH/START/STOP/CANCEL/TEST VIEW`, `SYSTEM ENABLE/DISABLE FAILPOINT`. Fix formatting of parameterized DDL queries. Fix the formatting of the `DESCRIBE FILESYSTEM CACHE` query. Fix incorrect formatting of the `SET param_...` (a query setting a parameter). Fix incorrect formatting of `CREATE INDEX` queries. Fix inconsistent formatting of `CREATE USER` and similar queries. Fix inconsistent formatting of `CREATE SETTINGS PROFILE`. Fix incorrect formatting of `ALTER ... MODIFY REFRESH`. Fix inconsistent formatting of window functions if frame offsets were expressions. Fix inconsistent formatting of `RESPECT NULLS` and `IGNORE NULLS` if they were used after a function that implements an operator (such as `plus`). Fix idiotic formatting of `SYSTEM SYNC REPLICA ... LIGHTWEIGHT FROM ...`. Fix inconsistent formatting of invalid queries with `GROUP BY GROUPING SETS ... WITH ROLLUP/CUBE/TOTALS`. Fix inconsistent formatting of `GRANT CURRENT GRANTS`. Fix inconsistent formatting of `CREATE TABLE (... COLLATE)`. Additionally, I fixed the incorrect formatting of `EXPLAIN` in subqueries (#60102). Fixed incorrect formatting of lambda functions (#60012). Added a check so there is no way to miss these abominations in the future. [#60095](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60095) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Fix inconsistent formatting of explain in subqueries [#60102](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60102) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Fix cosineDistance crash with Nullable [#60150](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60150) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Allow casting of bools in string representation to true bools [#60160](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60160) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix `system.s3queue_log` [#60166](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60166) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix arrayReduce with nullable aggregate function name [#60188](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60188) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Hide sensitive info for `S3Queue` [#60233](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60233) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix http exception codes. [#60252](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60252) ([Austin Kothig](https://github.com/kothiga)).
* S3Queue: fix a bug (also fixes flaky test_storage_s3_queue/test.py::test_shards_distributed) [#60282](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60282) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Fix use-of-uninitialized-value and invalid result in hashing functions with IPv6 [#60359](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60359) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix OptimizeDateOrDateTimeConverterWithPreimageVisitor with null arguments [#60453](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60453) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Fixed a minor bug that prevented distributed table queries sent from either KQL or PRQL dialect clients to be executed on replicas. [#59674](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59674). [#60470](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60470) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)) [#59674](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59674) ([Austin Kothig](https://github.com/kothiga)).


### <a id="241"></a> ClickHouse release 24.1, 2024-01-30

#### Backward Incompatible Change
* The setting `print_pretty_type_names` is turned on by default. You can turn it off to keep the old behavior or `SET compatibility = '23.12'`. [#57726](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57726) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* The MergeTree setting `clean_deleted_rows` is deprecated, it has no effect anymore. The `CLEANUP` keyword for `OPTIMIZE` is not allowed by default (unless `allow_experimental_replacing_merge_with_cleanup` is enabled). [#58316](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58316) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* The function `reverseDNSQuery` is no longer available. This closes [#58368](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58368). [#58369](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58369) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Enable various changes to improve the access control in the configuration file. These changes affect the behavior, and you check the `config.xml` in the `access_control_improvements` section. In case you are not confident, keep the values in the configuration file as they were in the previous version. [#58584](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58584) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Improve the operation of `sumMapFiltered` with NaN values. NaN values are now placed at the end (instead of randomly) and considered different from any values. `-0` is now also treated as equal to `0`; since 0 values are discarded, `-0` values are discarded too. [#58959](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58959) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* The function `visibleWidth` will behave according to the docs. In previous versions, it simply counted code points after string serialization, like the `lengthUTF8` function, but didn't consider zero-width and combining characters, full-width characters, tabs, and deletes. Now the behavior is changed accordingly. If you want to keep the old behavior, set `function_visible_width_behavior` to `0`, or set `compatibility` to `23.12` or lower. [#59022](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59022) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* `Kusto` dialect is disabled until these two bugs will be fixed: [#59037](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59037) and [#59036](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59036). [#59305](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59305) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)). Any attempt to use `Kusto` will result in exception.
* More efficient implementation of the `FINAL` modifier no longer guarantees preserving the order even if `max_threads = 1`. If you counted on the previous behavior, set `enable_vertical_final` to 0 or `compatibility` to `23.12`.

#### New Feature
* Implement Variant data type that represents a union of other data types. Type `Variant(T1, T2, ..., TN)` means that each row of this type has a value of either type `T1` or `T2` or ... or `TN` or none of them (`NULL` value). Variant type is available under a setting `allow_experimental_variant_type`. Reference: [#54864](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/54864). [#58047](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58047) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Certain settings (currently `min_compress_block_size` and `max_compress_block_size`) can now be specified at column-level where they take precedence over the corresponding table-level setting. Example: `CREATE TABLE tab (col String SETTINGS (min_compress_block_size = 81920, max_compress_block_size = 163840)) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple();`. [#55201](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/55201) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Add `quantileDD` aggregate function as well as the corresponding `quantilesDD` and `medianDD`. It is based on the DDSketch https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol12/p2195-masson.pdf. ### Documentation entry for user-facing changes. [#56342](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56342) ([Srikanth Chekuri](https://github.com/srikanthccv)).
* Allow to configure any kind of object storage with any kind of metadata type. [#58357](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58357) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Added `null_status_on_timeout_only_active` and `throw_only_active` modes for `distributed_ddl_output_mode` that allow to avoid waiting for inactive replicas. [#58350](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58350) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Add function `arrayShingles` to compute subarrays, e.g. `arrayShingles([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 3)` returns `[[1,2,3],[2,3,4],[3,4,5]]`. [#58396](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58396) ([Zheng Miao](https://github.com/zenmiao7)).
* Added functions `punycodeEncode`, `punycodeDecode`, `idnaEncode` and `idnaDecode` which are useful for translating international domain names to an ASCII representation according to the IDNA standard. [#58454](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58454) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Added string similarity functions `dramerauLevenshteinDistance`, `jaroSimilarity` and `jaroWinklerSimilarity`. [#58531](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58531) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Add two settings `output_format_compression_level` to change output compression level and `output_format_compression_zstd_window_log` to explicitly set compression window size and enable long-range mode for zstd compression if output compression method is `zstd`. Applied for `INTO OUTFILE` and when writing to table functions `file`, `url`, `hdfs`, `s3`, and `azureBlobStorage`. [#58539](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58539) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Automatically disable ANSI escape sequences in Pretty formats if the output is not a terminal. Add new `auto` mode to setting `output_format_pretty_color`. [#58614](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58614) ([Shaun Struwig](https://github.com/Blargian)).
* Added function `sqidDecode` which decodes [Sqids](https://sqids.org/). [#58544](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58544) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Allow to read Bool values into String in JSON input formats. It's done under a setting `input_format_json_read_bools_as_strings` that is enabled by default. [#58561](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58561) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Added function `seriesDecomposeSTL` which decomposes a time series into a season, a trend and a residual component. [#57078](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57078) ([Bhavna Jindal](https://github.com/bhavnajindal)).
* Introduced MySQL Binlog Client for MaterializedMySQL: One binlog connection for many databases. [#57323](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57323) ([Val Doroshchuk](https://github.com/valbok)).
* Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) provides hardware-accelerated compression and cryptograpy. ClickHouse got a new compression codec `ZSTD_QAT` which utilizes QAT for zstd compression. The codec uses [Intel's QATlib](https://github.com/intel/qatlib) and [Inte's QAT ZSTD Plugin](https://github.com/intel/QAT-ZSTD-Plugin). Right now, only compression can be accelerated in hardware (a software fallback kicks in in case QAT could not be initialized), decompression always runs in software. [#57509](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57509) ([jasperzhu](https://github.com/jinjunzh)).
* Implementing the new way how object storage keys are generated for s3 disks. Now the format could be defined in terms of `re2` regex syntax with `key_template` option in disc description. [#57663](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57663) ([Sema Checherinda](https://github.com/CheSema)).
* Table system.dropped_tables_parts contains parts of system.dropped_tables tables (dropped but not yet removed tables). [#58038](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58038) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Add settings `max_materialized_views_size_for_table` to limit the number of materialized views attached to a table. [#58068](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58068) ([zhongyuankai](https://github.com/zhongyuankai)).
* `clickhouse-format` improvements: support INSERT queries with `VALUES`; support comments (use `--comments` to output them); support `--max_line_length` option to format only long queries in multiline. [#58246](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58246) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Attach all system tables in `clickhouse-local`, including `system.parts`. This closes [#58312](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58312). [#58359](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58359) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Support for `Enum` data types in function `transform`. This closes [#58241](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58241). [#58360](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58360) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add table `system.database_engines`. [#58390](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58390) ([Bharat Nallan](https://github.com/bharatnc)). Allow registering database engines independently in the codebase. [#58365](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58365) ([Bharat Nallan](https://github.com/bharatnc)). Allow registering interpreters independently. [#58443](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58443) ([Bharat Nallan](https://github.com/bharatnc)).
* Added `FROM <Replicas>` modifier for `SYSTEM SYNC REPLICA LIGHTWEIGHT` query. With the `FROM` modifier ensures we wait for fetches and drop-ranges only for the specified source replicas, as well as any replica not in zookeeper or with an empty source_replica. [#58393](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58393) ([Jayme Bird](https://github.com/jaymebrd)).
* Added setting `update_insert_deduplication_token_in_dependent_materialized_views`. This setting allows to update insert deduplication token with table identifier during insert in dependent materialized views. Closes [#59165](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/59165). [#59238](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59238) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Added statement `SYSTEM RELOAD ASYNCHRONOUS METRICS` which updates the asynchronous metrics. Mostly useful for testing and development. [#53710](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/53710) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).

#### Performance Improvement
* Coordination for parallel replicas is rewritten for better parallelism and cache locality. It has been tested for linear scalability on hundreds of replicas. It also got support for reading in order. [#57968](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57968) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Replace HTTP outgoing buffering based with the native ClickHouse buffers. Add bytes counting metrics for interfaces. [#56064](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56064) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Large aggregation states of `uniqExact` will be merged in parallel in distrubuted queries. [#59009](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59009) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Lower memory usage after reading from `MergeTree` tables. [#59290](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59290) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Lower memory usage in vertical merges. [#59340](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59340) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
* Avoid huge memory consumption during Keeper startup for more cases. [#58455](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58455) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Keeper improvement: reduce Keeper's memory usage for stored nodes. [#59002](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59002) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* More cache-friendly final implementation. Note on the behaviour change: previously queries with `FINAL` modifier that read with a single stream (e.g. `max_threads = 1`) produced sorted output without explicitly provided `ORDER BY` clause. This is no longer guaranteed when `enable_vertical_final = true` (and it is so by default). [#54366](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/54366) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Bypass extra copying in `ReadBufferFromIStream` which is used, e.g., for reading from S3. [#56961](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56961) ([Nikita Taranov](https://github.com/nickitat)).
* Optimize array element function when input is Array(Map)/Array(Array(Num)/Array(Array(String))/Array(BigInt)/Array(Decimal). The previous implementations did more allocations than needed. The optimization speed up is up to ~6x especially when input type is Array(Map). [#56403](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56403) ([李扬](https://github.com/taiyang-li)).
* Read column once while reading more than one subcolumn from it in compact parts. [#57631](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57631) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Rewrite the AST of `sum(column + constant)` function. This is available as an optimization pass for Analyzer [#57853](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57853) ([Jiebin Sun](https://github.com/jiebinn)).
* The evaluation of function `match` now utilizes skipping indices `ngrambf_v1` and `tokenbf_v1`. [#57882](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57882) ([凌涛](https://github.com/lingtaolf)).
* The evaluation of function `match` now utilizes inverted indices. [#58284](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58284) ([凌涛](https://github.com/lingtaolf)).
* MergeTree `FINAL` does not compare rows from same non-L0 part. [#58142](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58142) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Speed up iota calls (filling array with consecutive numbers). [#58271](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58271) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Speedup MIN/MAX for non-numeric types. [#58334](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58334) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Optimize the combination of filters (like in multi-stage PREWHERE) with BMI2/SSE intrinsics [#58800](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58800) ([Zhiguo Zhou](https://github.com/ZhiguoZh)).
* Use one thread less in `clickhouse-local`. [#58968](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58968) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Improve the `multiIf` function performance when the type is Nullable. [#57745](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57745) ([KevinyhZou](https://github.com/KevinyhZou)).
* Add `SYSTEM JEMALLOC PURGE` for purging unused jemalloc pages, `SYSTEM JEMALLOC [ ENABLE | DISABLE | FLUSH ] PROFILE` for controlling jemalloc profile if the profiler is enabled. Add jemalloc-related 4LW command in Keeper: `jmst` for dumping jemalloc stats, `jmfp`, `jmep`, `jmdp` for controlling jemalloc profile if the profiler is enabled. [#58665](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58665) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Lower memory consumption in backups to S3. [#58962](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58962) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).

#### Improvement
* Added comments (brief descriptions) to all columns of system tables. There are several reasons for this: - We use system tables a lot, and sometimes it could be very difficult for developer to understand the purpose and the meaning of a particular column. - We change (add new ones or modify existing) system tables a lot and the documentation for them is always outdated. For example take a look at the documentation page for [`system.parts`](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/system-tables/parts). It misses a lot of columns - We would like to eventually generate documentation directly from ClickHouse. [#58356](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58356) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
* Allow queries without aliases for subqueries for `PASTE JOIN`. [#58654](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58654) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Enable `MySQL`/`MariaDB` integration on macOS. This closes [#21191](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21191). [#46316](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/46316) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Disable `max_rows_in_set_to_optimize_join` by default. [#56396](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56396) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Add `<host_name>` config parameter that allows avoiding resolving hostnames in ON CLUSTER DDL queries and Replicated database engines. This mitigates the possibility of the queue being stuck in case of a change in cluster definition. Closes [#57573](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57573). [#57603](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57603) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
* Increase `load_metadata_threads` to 16 for the filesystem cache. It will make the server start up faster. [#57732](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57732) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Add ability to throttle merges/mutations (`max_mutations_bandwidth_for_server`/`max_merges_bandwidth_for_server`). [#57877](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57877) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Replaced undocumented (boolean) column `is_hot_reloadable` in system table `system.server_settings` by (Enum8) column `changeable_without_restart` with possible values `No`, `Yes`, `IncreaseOnly` and `DecreaseOnly`. Also documented the column. [#58029](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58029) ([skyoct](https://github.com/skyoct)).
* Cluster discovery supports setting username and password, close [#58063](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58063). [#58123](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58123) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Support query parameters in `ALTER TABLE ... PART`. [#58297](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58297) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Create consumers for Kafka tables on the fly (but keep them for some period - `kafka_consumers_pool_ttl_ms`, since last used), this should fix problem with statistics for `system.kafka_consumers` (that does not consumed when nobody reads from Kafka table, which leads to live memory leak and slow table detach) and also this PR enables stats for `system.kafka_consumers` by default again. [#58310](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58310) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* `sparkBar` as an alias to `sparkbar`. [#58335](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58335) ([凌涛](https://github.com/lingtaolf)).
* Avoid sending `ComposeObject` requests after upload to `GCS`. [#58343](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58343) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Correctly handle keys with dot in the name in configurations XMLs. [#58354](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58354) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Make function `format` return constant on constant arguments. This closes [#58355](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58355). [#58358](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58358) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Adding a setting `max_estimated_execution_time` to separate `max_execution_time` and `max_estimated_execution_time`. [#58402](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58402) ([Zhang Yifan](https://github.com/zhangyifan27)).
* Provide a hint when an invalid database engine name is used. [#58444](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58444) ([Bharat Nallan](https://github.com/bharatnc)).
* Add settings for better control of indexes type in Arrow dictionary. Use signed integer type for indexes by default as Arrow recommends. Closes [#57401](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57401). [#58519](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58519) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Implement [#58575](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58575) Support `CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD_FILE ` environment variable when running the docker image. [#58583](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58583) ([Eyal Halpern Shalev](https://github.com/Eyal-Shalev)).
* When executing some queries, which require a lot of streams for reading data, the error `"Paste JOIN requires sorted tables only"` was previously thrown. Now the numbers of streams resize to 1 in that case. [#58608](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58608) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Better message for INVALID_IDENTIFIER error. [#58703](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58703) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Improved handling of signed numeric literals in normalizeQuery. [#58710](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58710) ([Salvatore Mesoraca](https://github.com/aiven-sal)).
* Support Point data type for MySQL. [#58721](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58721) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* When comparing a Float32 column and a const string, read the string as Float32 (instead of Float64). [#58724](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58724) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Improve S3 compatibility, add ECloud EOS storage support. [#58786](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58786) ([xleoken](https://github.com/xleoken)).
* Allow `KILL QUERY` to cancel backups / restores. This PR also makes running backups and restores visible in `system.processes`. Also, there is a new setting in the server configuration now - `shutdown_wait_backups_and_restores` (default=true) which makes the server either wait on shutdown for all running backups and restores to finish or just cancel them. [#58804](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58804) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Avro format to support ZSTD codec. Closes [#58735](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58735). [#58805](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58805) ([flynn](https://github.com/ucasfl)).
* MySQL interface gained support for `net_write_timeout` and `net_read_timeout` settings. `net_write_timeout` is translated into the native `send_timeout` ClickHouse setting and, similarly, `net_read_timeout` into `receive_timeout`. Fixed an issue where it was possible to set MySQL `sql_select_limit` setting only if the entire statement was in upper case. [#58835](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58835) ([Serge Klochkov](https://github.com/slvrtrn)).
* A better exception message while conflict of creating dictionary and table with the same name. [#58841](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58841) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Make sure that for custom (created from SQL) disks ether `filesystem_caches_path` (a common directory prefix for all filesystem caches) or `custom_cached_disks_base_directory` (a common directory prefix for only filesystem caches created from custom disks) is specified in server config. `custom_cached_disks_base_directory` has higher priority for custom disks over `filesystem_caches_path`, which is used if the former one is absent. Filesystem cache setting `path` must lie inside that directory, otherwise exception will be thrown preventing disk to be created. This will not affect disks created on an older version and server was upgraded - then the exception will not be thrown to allow the server to successfully start). `custom_cached_disks_base_directory` is added to default server config as `/var/lib/clickhouse/caches/`. Closes [#57825](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57825). [#58869](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58869) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* MySQL interface gained compatibility with `SHOW WARNINGS`/`SHOW COUNT(*) WARNINGS` queries, though the returned result is always an empty set. [#58929](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58929) ([Serge Klochkov](https://github.com/slvrtrn)).
* Skip unavailable replicas when executing parallel distributed `INSERT SELECT`. [#58931](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58931) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Display word-descriptive log level while enabling structured log formatting in json. [#58936](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58936) ([Tim Liou](https://github.com/wheatdog)).
* MySQL interface gained support for `CAST(x AS SIGNED)` and `CAST(x AS UNSIGNED)` statements via data type aliases: `SIGNED` for Int64, and `UNSIGNED` for UInt64. This improves compatibility with BI tools such as Looker Studio. [#58954](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58954) ([Serge Klochkov](https://github.com/slvrtrn)).
* Change working directory to the data path in docker container. [#58975](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58975) ([cangyin](https://github.com/cangyin)).
* Added setting for Azure Blob Storage `azure_max_unexpected_write_error_retries` , can also be set from config under azure section. [#59001](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59001) ([SmitaRKulkarni](https://github.com/SmitaRKulkarni)).
* Allow server to start with broken data lake table. Closes [#58625](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58625). [#59080](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59080) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Allow to ignore schema evolution in the `Iceberg` table engine and read all data using schema specified by the user on table creation or latest schema parsed from metadata on table creation. This is done under a setting `iceberg_engine_ignore_schema_evolution` that is disabled by default. Note that enabling this setting can lead to incorrect result as in case of evolved schema all data files will be read using the same schema. [#59133](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59133) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Prohibit mutable operations (`INSERT`/`ALTER`/`OPTIMIZE`/...) on read-only/write-once storages with a proper `TABLE_IS_READ_ONLY` error (to avoid leftovers). Avoid leaving left-overs on write-once disks (`format_version.txt`) on `CREATE`/`ATTACH`. Ignore `DROP` for `ReplicatedMergeTree` (so as for `MergeTree`). Fix iterating over `s3_plain` (`MetadataStorageFromPlainObjectStorage::iterateDirectory`). Note read-only is `web` disk, and write-once is `s3_plain`. [#59170](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59170) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix bug in the experimental `_block_number` column which could lead to logical error during complex combination of `ALTER`s and `merge`s. Fixes [#56202](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/56202). Replaces [#58601](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/58601). [#59295](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59295) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
* Play UI understands when an exception is returned inside JSON. Adjustment for [#52853](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/52853). [#59303](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59303) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* `/binary` HTTP handler allows to specify user, host, and optionally, password in the query string. [#59311](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59311) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Support backups for compressed in-memory tables. This closes [#57893](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/57893). [#59315](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59315) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Support the `FORMAT` clause in `BACKUP` and `RESTORE` queries. [#59338](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59338) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
* Function `concatWithSeparator` now supports arbitrary argument types (instead of only `String` and `FixedString` arguments). For example, `SELECT concatWithSeparator('.', 'number', 1)` now returns `number.1`. [#59341](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59341) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).

#### Build/Testing/Packaging Improvement
* Improve aliases for clickhouse binary (now `ch`/`clickhouse` is `clickhouse-local` or `clickhouse` depends on the arguments) and add bash completion for new aliases. [#58344](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58344) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Add settings changes check to CI to check that all settings changes are reflected in settings changes history. [#58555](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58555) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Use tables directly attached from S3 in stateful tests. [#58791](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58791) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
* Save the whole `fuzzer.log` as an archive instead of the last 100k lines. `tail -n 100000` often removes lines with table definitions. Example:. [#58821](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58821) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Enable Rust on macOS with Aarch64 (this will add fuzzy search in client with skim and the PRQL language, though I don't think that are people who host ClickHouse on darwin, so it is mostly for fuzzy search in client I would say). [#59272](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59272) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix aggregation issue in mixed x86_64 and ARM clusters [#59132](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59132) ([Harry Lee](https://github.com/HarryLeeIBM)).

#### Bug Fix (user-visible misbehavior in an official stable release)

* Add join keys conversion for nested LowCardinality [#51550](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/51550) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Flatten only true Nested type if flatten_nested=1, not all Array(Tuple) [#56132](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56132) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix a bug with projections and the `aggregate_functions_null_for_empty` setting during insertion. [#56944](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/56944) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Fixed potential exception due to stale profile UUID [#57263](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57263) ([Vasily Nemkov](https://github.com/Enmk)).
* Fix working with read buffers in StreamingFormatExecutor [#57438](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57438) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Ignore MVs with dropped target table during pushing to views [#57520](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57520) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Eliminate possible race between ALTER_METADATA and MERGE_PARTS [#57755](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57755) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Fix the expressions order bug in group by with rollup [#57786](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/57786) ([Chen768959](https://github.com/Chen768959)).
* A fix for the obsolete "zero-copy" replication feature: Fix lost blobs after dropping a replica with broken detached parts [#58333](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58333) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* Allow users to work with symlinks in user_files_path [#58447](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58447) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Fix a crash when graphite table does not have an agg function [#58453](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58453) ([Duc Canh Le](https://github.com/canhld94)).
* Delay reading from StorageKafka to allow multiple reads in materialized views [#58477](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58477) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Fix a stupid case of intersecting parts [#58482](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58482) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
* MergeTreePrefetchedReadPool disable for LIMIT only queries [#58505](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58505) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Enable ordinary databases while restoration [#58520](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58520) ([Jihyuk Bok](https://github.com/tomahawk28)).
* Fix Apache Hive threadpool reading for ORC/Parquet/... [#58537](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58537) ([sunny](https://github.com/sunny19930321)).
* Hide credentials in `system.backup_log`'s `base_backup_name` column [#58550](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58550) ([Daniel Pozo Escalona](https://github.com/danipozo)).
* `toStartOfInterval` for milli- microsencods values rounding [#58557](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58557) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Disable `max_joined_block_rows` in ConcurrentHashJoin [#58595](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58595) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* Fix join using nullable in the old analyzer [#58596](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58596) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* `makeDateTime64`: Allow non-const fraction argument [#58597](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58597) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix possible NULL dereference during symbolizing inline frames [#58607](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58607) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
* Improve isolation of query cache entries under re-created users or role switches [#58611](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58611) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix broken partition key analysis when doing projection optimization [#58638](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58638) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
* Query cache: Fix per-user quota [#58731](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58731) ([Robert Schulze](https://github.com/rschu1ze)).
* Fix stream partitioning in parallel window functions [#58739](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58739) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix double destroy call on exception throw in addBatchLookupTable8 [#58745](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58745) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
* Don't process requests in Keeper during shutdown [#58765](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58765) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
* Fix a null pointer dereference in `SlabsPolygonIndex::find` [#58771](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58771) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fix JSONExtract function for LowCardinality(Nullable) columns [#58808](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58808) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
* A fix for unexpected accumulation of memory usage while creating a huge number of tables by CREATE and DROP. [#58831](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58831) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
* Multiple read file log storage in mv [#58877](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58877) ([János Benjamin Antal](https://github.com/antaljanosbenjamin)).
* Restriction for the access key id for s3. [#58900](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58900) ([MikhailBurdukov](https://github.com/MikhailBurdukov)).
* Fix possible crash in clickhouse-local during loading suggestions [#58907](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58907) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix crash when `indexHint` is used [#58911](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58911) ([Dmitry Novik](https://github.com/novikd)).
* Fix StorageURL forgetting headers on server restart [#58933](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58933) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* Analyzer: fix storage replacement with insertion block [#58958](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58958) ([Yakov Olkhovskiy](https://github.com/yakov-olkhovskiy)).
* Fix seek in ReadBufferFromZipArchive [#58966](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58966) ([Michael Kolupaev](https://github.com/al13n321)).
* A fix for experimental inverted indices (don't use in production): `DROP INDEX` of inverted index now removes all relevant files from persistence [#59040](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59040) ([mochi](https://github.com/MochiXu)).
* Fix data race on query_factories_info [#59049](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59049) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
* Disable "Too many redirects" error retry [#59099](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59099) ([skyoct](https://github.com/skyoct)).
* Fix not started database shutdown deadlock [#59137](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59137) ([Sergei Trifonov](https://github.com/serxa)).
* Fix: LIMIT BY and LIMIT in distributed query [#59153](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59153) ([Igor Nikonov](https://github.com/devcrafter)).
* Fix crash with nullable timezone for `toString` [#59190](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59190) ([Yarik Briukhovetskyi](https://github.com/yariks5s)).
* Fix abort in iceberg metadata on bad file paths [#59275](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59275) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
* Fix architecture name in select of Rust target [#59307](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59307) ([p1rattttt](https://github.com/p1rattttt)).
* Fix a logical error about "not-ready set" for querying from `system.tables` with a subquery in the IN clause. [#59351](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59351) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).

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