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.. _release/1.6.x:

============
1.6.x Branch
============

.. contents::
   :depth: 1
   :local:

.. warning::

   :ref:`release/1.6.1` contains important patches to hash of passwords on
   restart. The previous :ref:`release/1.6.0` release is not recommended for
   usage as certain edge cases with admin passwords may prevent CouchDB from
   starting.

.. _release/1.6.x/upgrade:

Deprecations
============

The :ref:`Proxy Authentication <api/auth/proxy>` handler was renamed to
``proxy_authentication_handler`` to follow the ``*_authentication_handler`` from
of all other handlers. The old ``proxy_authentification_handler`` name is marked
as deprecated and will be removed in future releases. It's highly recommended
to update :config:option:`httpd/authentication_handlers` option with the new
value if you have used such a handler.

.. _release/1.6.1:

Version 1.6.1
=============

A bugfix release to handle various edge cases related to admin password hashing.

* :issue:`2298`: Hash plaintext admin passwords stored in ``local.ini`` on startup
  :commit:`ed825d3`.
* :issue:`2299`: Filter out local admin users before updating password hash in
  ``_users`` db :commit:`5e46f3b`.

.. _release/1.6.0:

Version 1.6.0
=============

* :issue:`2200`: support Erlang/OTP 17.0 :commit:`35e16032`
* Fauxton: many improvements in our experimental new user interface, including
  switching the code editor from CodeMirror to Ace as well as better support
  for various browsers.
* Add the ``max_count`` option (:ref:`config/uuids`) to allow rate-limiting
  the amount of UUIDs that can be requested from the :ref:`api/server/uuids`
  handler in a single request (:ref:`CVE 2014-2668 <cve/2014-2668>`).
* :issue:`1986`: increase socket buffer size to improve replication speed
  for large documents and attachments, and fix tests on BSD-like systems.
  :commit:`9a0e561b`
* :issue:`1953`: improve performance of multipart/related requests.
  :commit:`ce3e89dc`
* :issue:`2221`: verify that authentication-related configuration settings
  are well-formed. :commit:`dbe769c6`
* :issue:`1922`: fix CORS exposed headers. :commit:`4f619833`
* :issue:`1795`: ensure the startup script clears the pid file on termination.
  :commit:`818ef4f9`
* :issue:`1962`: replication can now be performed without having write access
  to the source database (:commit:`1d5fe2aa`), the replication checkpoint
  interval is now configurable (:commit:`0693f98e`).
* :issue:`2025`: add support for SOCKS5 proxies for replication.
  :commit:`fcd76c9`
* :issue:`1930`: redirect to the correct page after submitting a new document
  with a different ID than the one suggested by Futon. :commit:`4906b591`
* :issue:`1923`: add support for `attachments` and `att_encoding_info` options
  (formerly only available on the documents API) to the view API.
  :commit:`ca41964b`
* :issue:`1780`: upgrade password hashes from SHA-1 to PBKDF2 scheme on
  successful authentication. :commit:`34888938`
* :issue:`2059`: allow run-time configuration of maximum URL length.
  :commit:`f7ca266b`
* :issue:`2054`: accept gzipped JSON request bodies. :commit:`4d893387`
* Rename ``proxy_authentification_handler`` to ``proxy_authentication_handler``.
  :commit:`c66ac4a8`
* :issue:`1647`: for failed replications originating from a document in the
  `_replicator` database, store the failure reason in the document.
  :commit:`08cac68b`
* :issue:`2053`: send better error messages when both `key` and `keys`
  parameters are specified in view requests. :commit:`2bc07840`
* :issue:`2040`: send better error messages when incorrect checksums
  are encountered during compaction. :commit:`e7fdc16a`
* :issue:`2028`: allow intermedia certificates when using SSL/TLS.
  :commit:`2d080449`
* :issue:`2031`: fix rewriting of paths with query string parameters.
  :commit:`37c84596`
* Numerous improvements to the documentation.