From a0123b5b8bdc65f9a3411e5f83e50f4887d77170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Snelling Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:08:16 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs:=208.10.2=20consumer=20release=20notes=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=94=20update()=20write=20granularity,=20PathResolver=20id?= =?UTF-8?q?le-log=20fix,=20graph-lsm=20key=20recognition?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- RELEASES.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md index 03d7283a..e68bcca1 100644 --- a/RELEASES.md +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -31,6 +31,30 @@ is sometimes cited as a 7.x removal — those methods never existed on 7.x; the --- +## v8.10.2 — 2026-07-29 (metadata-only updates stop rewriting the vector record) + +From a production incident on a large deployment: a read-heavy sweep that bumped +per-entity stats (metadata-only `update()` calls) saturated the disk — 5.8GB written +in 40 minutes — because every `update()` unconditionally re-persisted the WHOLE noun +record, unchanged vector included, fsynced. + +- **`update()` write granularity fixed at the core.** A metadata-only update (no new + `data`, `vector`, or `type`) now writes the metadata leg and index deltas ONLY — + the vector-bearing noun record is never rewritten. Vector-side writes and HNSW + reindexing still happen exactly when the vector side actually changed. Regression + pins: `tests/integration/update-write-granularity.test.ts`. +- **Consumer guidance:** per-entity stat touches are now cheap, but batch them anyway + (one `transact()` instead of N `update()` calls) — granularity fixes the cost per + touch; batching fixes the count. +- Idle VFS `PathResolver` no longer logs `NaN% hit rate` once a minute (stats log + only on new traffic, at debug level). +- Native graph providers' `graph-lsm-*` storage keys are recognized as system + resources — the per-boot `Unknown key format` warning for them is gone. + +Pairs with the native accelerator's same-day patch release; adopt as one bump. + +--- + ## v8.10.1 — 2026-07-24 (the no-hot-retry contract + warm()'s metadata surface under native providers) From a production incident: a native-provider op ground 38-40s inside a transaction,