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7.1.5 (71028) - 2025/12/22​

Features​

  • [Dashboard] Added Database Notifications Summary widget to the Cluster Dashboard

Server​

  • [AI] Abstracted AI error handling and refactored ChatCompletionClient settings
  • [AI] Added ability to pass agent parameters to GenAI tasks
  • [AI] Added support for tracing and expiration in GenAI execution
  • [AI] Added validation for mandatory fields in GenAI configuration
  • [AI] Added validation on message JSON form and debug info in ChatCompletionClient
  • [AI] Added validation to ChunkingOptions in EmbeddingsGenerationConfiguration
  • [AI] Added validation to EmbeddingsTransformation
  • [AI] Changed AI usage token counts to use long to prevent integer overflow
  • [AI] Enriched HttpOperationException with response content for Embedding Generations failures
  • [AI] Fixed comparison logic for Embeddings Generation configuration
  • [AI] Fixed failure in "Generate context objects" step for GenAI Tasks
  • [AI] Fixed GenAI expiration update
  • [AI] Fixed NullReferenceException in GenAI when a document is deleted between model call and update
  • [AI] Handled Azure OpenAI refusal format
  • [AI Agents] Added support for Artificial Actions and Responses
  • [AI Agents] Added support for disabling AI Agents
  • [AI Agents] Included the full query in the "Exceeded Token Threshold" alert
  • [Backup/Restore] Ignore license validation for disabled features when restoring a database
  • [Backup/Restore] Restore fails on ongoing tasks that are unsupported by the license instead of disabling them
  • [Cluster] Reintroduced HardResetToPassive method to be available in Admin JS console
  • [Cluster] Retrieve database names from the cluster storage instead of the online databases cache
  • [Cluster] Skipped rehab checks when deleting the entire database
  • [Compare Exchange] Return index 0 when deleting a non-existent compare exchange
  • [Configuration] Added new configuration options for HTTP/2: Http.Http2.Profile, Http.Http2.LatencyHint and expert option to configure windows and frame sizes
  • [Corax] Adjusted memoization match retrieval to evaluate the Fill method first
  • [Corax] Applied Min instead of Sum for duplicates in MultiVectorSearch query distance calculation
  • [Corax] Ensured container IDs and entry IDs cannot be mixed
  • [Corax] Improved exception message in IndexEntryBuilder for invalid vector operations
  • [Corax] Set the maximum number of OrderBy statements to 16
  • [Corax] VectorSearch results are now sorted and deduplicated in SortingMatch
  • [Dashboard] Clarified that syscr and syscw represent the number of read/write syscalls, not IOPS, in Thread Info
  • [Database] Fixed the calculation of additional database idle time
  • [ETL] Added license validation for Snowflake ETL
  • [ETL] Fixed SqlException when using dots in field names defined in an ETL script
  • [Import/Export] Fixed enum overflow causing import/export to ignore unchecked items
  • [Indexing] Added configuration to force the use of the default search analyzer for dynamic fields
  • [Indexing] Added support for optional chaining and template literals in JS indexes and queries
  • [Indexing] Fixed index type assignment for test indexes
  • [Indexing] Fixed regression issue with missing pointer update in optimized index reference processing for MultiTree in the storage
  • [Querying] Fixed NullReferenceException when handling null values in queries with loads
  • [Replication] Fixed handling of silent connection drops in Pull Replication Sink
  • [Replication] Throwing exceptions on attempt to use forbidden methods in conflict resolution script
  • [Revisions] Fixed revisions count calculation after restoring an incremental backup
  • [Security] Fixed AccessViolationException on encrypted database queries by clearing the loaded documents cache during pulsed transactions
  • [Server] Avoided cloning nested blittable objects inside BlittableJsonReaderArray.Clone
  • [Setup] Fixed incorrect path generated in settings.json after setup when using Setup.Certificate.Path option
  • [Setup] Fixed secure setup package creation
  • [Setup] Stopped using the EphemeralKeySet flag to fix setup on MacOS
  • [System] Fixed incorrect CPU usage calculation on machines with more than 64 cores
  • [Voron] Ensure we cannot mix container ids and entry ids
  • [Voron] Fixed vectorized version of DistanceToScore in HNSW graphs
  • [Voron] Optimization: Removed ReadResult in favor of Tree.TryRead
  • [Voron] Validated blittable data before reading it in Voron.Recovery
  • [.NET] Updated to .NET 8.0.22

Client​

  • [Indexing] Added support for MemoryExtensions.Contains and MemoryExtensions.ContainsAny in index definitions
  • [Querying] Fixed failing on queries with MemoryExtensions.ContainsAny
  • [Revisions] Fixed "revert revision" behavior after loading revisions and then saving changes
  • [Session] SessionInfo now exposes the database name

Studio​

  • [AI] Updated tooltips for Temperature and Thinking mode in Ollama settings
  • [AI Agents] Added query tool and tracing support to GenAI task view
  • [Client Configuration] Fixed description for "Identity parts separator"
  • [Dashboard] Fixed icon for GenAI on Cluster Dashboard
  • [Databases] Fixed z-index and scrolling issues in the Databases view
  • [Edit Document] Adjusted binding to respect fullscreen editor state
  • [Edit Document] Fixed z-index handling for the fullscreen editor
  • [Embeddings] Fixed validation and dirty flag in Embeddings Generation view
  • [Indexes] Added title tags to properties-label and disabled Dimensions when Text is selected in Edit Index view
  • [Revisions] Clarified labels in Revisions settings
  • [Studio] Fixed notifications in the Delete Documents modal
  • [Studio] Fixed tooltip and popover z-indices in Create Connection String modal
  • [Tombstones] Updated columns in the Tombstones view

Articles​

7.1.4 (71024) - 2025/11/12​

Server​

  • [AI Agents] Added support for passing an array of prompts to a conversation
  • [AI Agents] Ensured query tool execution uses proper authentication
  • [AI Agents] Implemented chat summarization mid-conversation and limited repeated tool usage
  • [Audit Log] Added audit logging for index management operations (start, stop, set lock mode, set priority)
  • [Audit Log] Used X509Certificate2.GetDisplayName() instead of Subject for more readable audit log messages
  • [Certificates] Fixed subject creation for cluster communication certificates in 1-EKU certificate setup without a common name
  • [Certificates] Removed BouncyCastle dependency and in favour of build-in .NET certificates generation mechanisms
  • [Cluster] Fixed log level for ConfirmServerCertificateReplacedCommand to be Debug level instead of Error
  • [Core] Optimized CancellationToken usage
  • [Corax] Ensured TermsReader is available for map-reduce queries that require paging
  • [Corax] Fixed showing Index Entries for indexes using vectors
  • [Corax] Implemented entry deduplication within Corax to improve deep pagination and correctness of results
  • [Corax] Refactored IndexWriter and fixed handling of text-only terms being marked as numeric
  • [Data Archival] Fixed replication of unarchived documents
  • [Databases] Fixed regression issue that made databases were not unloaded correctly when when idle
  • [Documents] Improved handling of VoronConcurrencyErrorException during patch operations doing put() for document ID ending with "/"
  • [Documents] Optimized document get handlers by reducing async allocations
  • [ETL/Backups] Ensured ETL configuration data is included in backups
  • [Embeddings Generation] Ensured the EmbeddingsGenerator correctly uses flags and cancellation tokens
  • [Indexing / Memory] Improved memory usage in Lucene by reducing number of allocated object and using native memory to reduce LOH utilizaiton
  • [Indexing] Added support for RavenVector in JavaScript indexes
  • [Indexing] Optimized index reference processing by using bulk updates for MultiTree in the storage
  • [Licensing] Enforced license limits for server-wide client configuration
  • [Licensing] Will now skip license checks for features that are disabled
  • [Logging] Fixed download in in Logs on Disk section
  • [Memory] Increased the number of inactive handlers based on the total handler count to improve low-memory behavior
  • [Monitoring] Fixed Open Telemetry feature usage alert
  • [Querying] Will now throw an exception if a filter clause is used in a DeleteByQuery or PatchByQuery operation
  • [Replication] Improved memory management in document replication
  • [Replication] Refactored outgoing replication logic for better scoping and resource management
  • [SNMP] Added 'Available Memory For Processing %' to SNMP (OID 1.6.14)
  • [Subscriptions] Ensuring c.'@metadata'.'@refresh' == null works for subscriptions
  • [TestDriver / Embedded] Implemented StopServerAsync
  • [Time Series] Fixed rollup calculations when a segment edge aligns perfectly with the aggregation
  • [.NET] Updated to .NET 8.0.21

Client​

  • [AI Agents] Exposed AI usage and token counts in conversation results
  • [AI Agents] Fixed a query string parameter issue in DeleteAiAgentOperation
  • [Client API] Added a polyfill for TaskCompletionSource
  • [Compression] Switched to Gzip compression by default on Windows Arm32/Arm64
  • [Replication] Added useServerCertificate parameter to UpdatePullReplicationAsSinkOperation

Studio​

  • [AI Agents] Added a notification for when an agent exceeds its token threshold
  • [AI Agents] Added an "Advanced" section to the query tool and support for array-based prompts
  • [AI Agents] Fixed a z-index issue with the agent test panel
  • [AI Agents] Fixed an issue with multiple parameters in the query test tool
  • [Cluster Debug] Fixed UI display issues for the Blue theme
  • [Compare Exchange] Fixed an issue with cloning compare exchange items
  • [Documents] Added a 'Require typed confirmation' toggle to the delete documents dialog
  • [Edit Document] Fixed layering issues in the document editor's fullscreen mode
  • [Edit Document] Fixed z-index issue for fullscreen editor when using a Developer license
  • [Embeddings Generation] Updated the tooltip for "Overlap Tokens"
  • [Import/Export] Added AI Agents to the import/export options
  • [Indexes] Disabled side-by-side index reset for map-reduce indexes that have an output collection
  • [Studio] Adjusted main menu layout for smaller screen resolutions
  • [Studio] Fixed compression handling for Studio static files
  • [Studio] Replaced the notifications icon
  • [Thread Info] Showing I/O stats per thread in the advanced threads runtime view

Articles​

7.1.3 (71018) - 2025/09/30​

Features​

  • [GenAI] Added support for image and document attachments in Gen AI tasks
  • [Embeddings Generation] Added support for Google Vertex AI as an embeddings provider

Server​

  • [AI Agents] Added ProjectId and OrganizationId to all OpenAI requests
  • [AI Agents] Added Temperature setting for OpenAI and Azure OpenAI
  • [AI Agents] Added support for Azure OpenAI
  • [AI Agents] Added support for OpenRouter via the OpenAI compatible API
  • [AI Agents] Implemented server-side streaming for AI Agent responses
  • [AI Agents] Utilized a new request handler for queries within AI Agents
  • [Audit Log] Fixed audit log entry for DeleteByQuery and PatchByQuery operations to correctly log the query
  • [Audit Log] Fixed logging on connection closed
  • [Backup] Fixed an issue that caused restoring an encrypted backup to fail if audit logging was enabled
  • [Backup] Fixed listing of AWS S3 restore points
  • [Backup] Improved next backup time calculation for missed schedules
  • [Backup] Refactored backup status reporting to be stored locally on each node and consolidated by the cluster observer
  • [Backup/Restore] Added Max Read Operations Per Second option to backup, restore, import, and export operations
  • [Certificates] Added AcmeRenewalThresholdPercentage configuration option to control the automatic server certificate renewal threshold (default 30%)
  • [Certificates] Added support for server certificates with only a Server Authentication EKU
  • [Certificates] Generated client certificates for pull replication with client EKU
  • [Cluster] Added Cluster.FullReportIntervalInMin configuration option to force sending a full cluster node status report periodically (default 5 minutes)
  • [Corax] Enhanced the binary match query builder for more complex query combinations
  • [Corax] Improved indexing performance by processing posting lists and lookup trees separately
  • [Counters] Fixed an issue in the counters repair task related to context disposal
  • [Debug] Added periodic backup information to the debug package
  • [Debug] Added the total allocated to the allocations event listener event
  • [Debug] Fixed Debug Package information output for sharded databases
  • [Documents] Improved handling of document IDs with non-ASCII and escaped characters, including a tool to clean corrupted IDs
  • [Embeddings Generation] Added OverlapTokens option to paragraph-based text chunking for embeddings generation
  • [Embeddings Generation] Improved reliability of the embeddings generation
  • [GenAI] Fixed exception handling in Gen AI tasks
  • [GenAI] Refactored the message format for Generative AI chat
  • [Indexes] Changed index idling to be based on time since last query instead of an in-memory value
  • [Indexes] Corax search engine indexes are now skipped during a database compact operation
  • [Indexes] Fixed index name replacement in the 'Test Index' feature to avoid substring conflicts
  • [Licensing] Fixed subscription count calculation for licensing when database keys are missing
  • [Memory] Improved unmanaged memory management for stream operations to reduce allocations
  • [Operations] Added an endpoint to restart a single database
  • [PAL] Improved accuracy of storage and memory calculations on macOS
  • [Performance] Optimized XXHash implementation using AVX-512 instructions where available
  • [Performance] Optimized load document handler to reduce async calls and memory allocations
  • [Querying] Allowed vector search on fields populated by an Embeddings Generation task
  • [Querying] Ensured read transactions for streaming queries are disposed of explicitly to prevent leaks
  • [Setup] Using just a file name in Security.Certificate.Path during the Setup Wizard
  • [Smuggler] Increased the maximum number of statements allowed when validating smuggler transformation scripts
  • [SNMP] Added SNMP endpoints for machine load average (1m, 5m, 15m)
  • [Time Series] Fixed restoring of incremental time series with dead values
  • [Tools] Allowed trusting server certificates with a single server authentication EKU via the rvn tool
  • [Voron] Fixed a race condition where the oldest active transaction could report a non-zero value when no transactions were active
  • [Voron] Optimized compression buffer handling for encrypted databases to reduce disk I/O
  • [.NET] Updated to .NET 8.0.20

Client​

  • [AI Agents] Added Receive to the AI conversation API to process tool calls without automatically closing them
  • [AI Agents] Added options to AI Agent queries, including running them on conversation start
  • [AI Agents] Added support for streaming responses from AI Agents
  • [AI Agents] AI Agent conversations will now throw an exception by default for unexpected tool actions and provide an event to override this behavior
  • [Conventions] Added the FindPropertyNameForIndexDefinition convention to customize property name resolution during index creation
  • [Session] Ensured session.Advanced.HasChanges correctly reflects metadata-only changes
  • [Subscriptions] Ensured subscription sessions respect the PreserveDocumentPropertiesNotFoundOnModel convention

Studio​

  • [AI Agents] Added a display for total token usage in conversations
  • [AI Agents] Added a resizable and pinnable test panel in the 'Edit AI Agent' view
  • [AI Agents] Added collapsible sections to the 'Edit AI Agent' view
  • [AI Agents] Added links to related conversations
  • [AI Agents] Added UI warnings for modified or deleted conversation documents
  • [AI Agents] Improved styling for the AI Agents views
  • [AI Agents] Model types are now filtered based on the selected AI provider
  • [AI Agents] The chat form is now correctly reset when starting a new conversation
  • [Databases] Improved performance of the databases view by adding list virtualization
  • [Edit Document] The @archived metadata property is now correctly removed when cloning a document
  • [Index View] The selected search engine type is now passed to the 'Test Index' feature
  • [Licensing] Adjusted the display of license information for RavenDB Cloud
  • [Licensing] The license modal will now be shown when trying to access unavailable AI features
  • [Ongoing Tasks View] Redesigned the 'Add New Ongoing Task' view for an improved user experience
  • Autocomplete form components will now show all options on the initial click
  • Fixed the disabled state for autocomplete form components
  • Updated the date examples in Data Archival, Expiration, and Refresh views to use a future date

Articles​

7.1.2 (71012) - 2025/08/19​

Features​

  • [AI Agents] Added new feature Docs

Server​

  • [AI] OnnxRuntime is now initialized lazily to prevent errors on unsupported processors
  • [Backup] Fixed an exception when enabling the CompressAllCollections setting
  • [Backup/Restore] License configuration is now validated before a restore operation
  • [Cluster] Fixed an issue with updating cluster node status reports for maintenance supervision
  • [Data Archival] Cloning an archived document will now correctly drop the @archived metadata flag
  • [Data Archival] The @archive-at metadata property is now correctly handled in patch test results
  • [Data Archival] Ensure that '@archived' metadata flag can be removed only by using 'archived.unarchive' patch method
  • [Debug] Added /databases/*/notifications endpoint to the debug package
  • [Licensing] Fixed an issue where some license attributes were not correctly validated by the cluster
  • [Logging] Fixed logging for CertificateExecTimeout if an executable won't exit in a given timeout
  • [Memory] Optimized memory usage in the storage engine by using unmanaged allocations for streams, reducing LOH pressure
  • [Monitoring] Exposed the number of open file descriptors in SNMP
  • [Operations] DeleteByQuery for collection queries will now correctly process all matching documents instead of only the first 1024
  • [Server] Fixed a potential read transaction hang causing accumulation of temp files
  • [Server] Fixed a race condition in deferrable timeouts
  • [.NET] Updated to .NET 8.0.18

Client​

  • [Includes] Improved the error message when registering includes for an entity that is not tracked

Studio​

  • [Client Configuration] Fixed handling of client configuration overrides when the server-wide configuration is disabled
  • [Connection Strings] Improved form submission handling for AI Connection Strings
  • [Edit Document] Fixed layering issues in the document editor's fullscreen mode
  • [Embeddings Generation] Added a connection test button for AI services in the Embeddings Generation task editor
  • [Indexes] Added the ability to filter the indexes list by search engine type
  • [Indexes] Fixed an issue where non-existent indexing configuration options could cause errors
  • [Themes] Fixed editor colors for various UI themes

7.1.1 (71007) - 2025/07/22​

Server​

  • [Backup] Server-wide tasks are now correctly skipped when restoring from a snapshot
  • [Cluster] Fixed an issue where a node with a database in a "Loading" state could be incorrectly considered for promotion
  • [Corax] Improved memory allocation tracking for NativeList by refining size and maximum capacity monitoring
  • [Corax] Fixed a server crash that could occur when splitting pages due to the use of a removed compact key
  • [Corax] Added the ability to cancel an in-progress "Commit" operation
  • [Corax] Improved performance when indexing large datasets
  • [Database] Escaped the database name in the Database-Missing header to prevent errors with characters not allowed in HTTP headers
  • [GenAI] Stats enhancements
  • [GenAI] Added ability to set and get a change vector of a document that will be processed next
  • [Import/Export] Added definitions of EmbeddingsGenerations and AiConnectionStrings as default items to export / import
  • [Indexing] Fixed dynamic returns detection for JS map indexes syntax
  • [Indexing] Prevented an exception from being thrown when attempting to start an index that is already running
  • [Logging] Reduced excessive logging of failures during disk stats checks
  • [Logging] Resolved a Traffic Watch issue that could disrupt certain queries
  • [Logging] Optimized subscription logging by reducing string allocations
  • [Logging] Improvements to Audit Log when doing import/export
  • [Logging] PostgreSQL calls are now visible in Traffic Watch
  • [Logging] Added logging for high-latency requests (over 30 seconds) and large response sizes (over 16MB)
  • [Logging] Added Logs.FileName and Security.AuditLog.FileName configuration options
  • [Replication] Added a debug endpoint for finding missing attachments
  • [Vector Search] Performance optimizations
  • [Vector Search] Optimization of Tensor Primitives on CPU
  • [Vector Search] Vectors exposed as index terms in base64
  • [Voron] Fixed an issue with the Storage Report for vector indexes
  • [.NET] Updated to 8.0.17

Client​

  • [Exceptions] Improved the deserialization of LicenseLimitException
  • [HiLo] Added additional overloads to IHiLoIdGenerator
  • [Indexes] Unified behavior of IndexCreation.CreateIndexesAsync and DocumentStore.ExecuteIndexesAsync

Studio​

  • [Atomic Guards] Added the ability to delete an Atomic Guard.
  • [Atomic Guards] Added an informational warning that is displayed when editing an Atomic Guard.
  • [Certificates] Adjusted colors and icons for certificate database permissions for better clarity.
  • [Certificates] Replaced the "Regenerate" button with a "Clone" button to better reflect its function.
  • [Client Configuration] Apply client configuration properties based on enabled flags
  • [Custom Sorters/Analyzers] The license warning is no longer displayed before saving Custom Sorters or Analyzers
  • [Data Archival Settings] Added a UI toggle for the MaxItemsToProcess setting
  • [Documents] Added a confirmation checkbox to the "Delete All Documents" operation to prevent accidental data loss
  • [Edit Document] The "Copy document ID" button in the document editor is now always visible
  • [Embeddings Generation] Added info about Quantization + other tooltips
  • [Indexes] Improved pause/resume indexing in databases view

7.1.0 (71005) - 2025/07/01​

Features​

Server​

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