0.42 Release Tasks

[mhess-swl]

• Figure out why the record file hash chain is broken #8176
• Create v0.42.0-alpha.0 tag from develop branch – 24 Aug 2023 (regular Thursday tag)
• Make sure config changes from the 0.41 release make it into source code for release 0.42.
• Disable account balances in 0.41 and 0.42 releases #8239
• Create v0.42.0-alpha.1 tag from develop branch – 31 Aug (regular Thursday tag)
• Create v0.42.0-alpha.2 tag from develop branch – 31 Aug
  Needed to start longevity testing for data on disk
• Deploy v0.42.0-alpha.2 to previewnet via new workflow – 31 Aug (Workflow here)
• Cut release/0.42 branch – 1 Sep
• Update default configs for state on disk #8504
• Cherry-pick Update default configs for state on disk #8504 to develop. See also chore: normalize configuration values (release/0.42) #8668
• Tag and deploy services v0.42.0-alpha.3 – 11 Sep
• Tagged v0.42.0-alpha.4 and deployed to previewnet – 14 Sep
• Tagged release candidate v0.42.0 and deployed to previewnet – 15 Sep
• Tag and release v0.42.0 protobufs – tag here
• Tag and release v0.42.0 Java protobufs – tag here
• Tag services release candidate v0.42.1 – 21 Sep
• Re-add mainnet bootstrap.properties file to develop – Re-add bootstrap.properties file for downstream sanity #8914
• Re-add mainnet bootstrap.properties file to release/0.42 – Cherry pick: Re-add bootstrap.properties file to maintain downstream processes and increase accounts.maxNumber=20_000_000 #8928
• Tag services release candidate v0.42.2 – 29 Sep
• Add release notes to v0.42.0, 42.1, and 42.2 – 2 Oct
• Add file 150 changes from Fix createContractWithStakingFields() #8986 – Cherry-pick mono changes #9010
• Tag services release candidate v0.42.3 – 3 Oct
• Add release notes to v0.42.3 – 27 Oct
• Update repo properties with file contents from mainnet and testnet (develop) – Sync configs from file 121 in the bootstrap.properties and application.properties for testnet & mainnet #9055
• Update repo properties with file contents from mainnet and testnet (release/0.42) – Sync configs from file 121 in the bootstrap.properties and application.properties #9077
• 08138 Increased reconnect.asyncStreamTimeout property to 5 minutes #9158
• Tag services release candidate v0.42.4 – 11 Oct
• Fix bad properties in testnet configs – [release/0.42] Remove unrecognized properties from testnet bootstrap and application config files #9208, [develop] Remove unrecognized properties from testnet configs #9209, [release/0.43] Remove unrecognized properties from testnet configs #9210
• Tag services release candidate v0.42.5 – 11 Oct
• Upgrade platform SDK dependency from 0.42.0 to 0.42.6 – Upgrade Platform SDK version from 0.42.0 to 0.42.6 #9224
• Tag services release candidate v0.42.6 – 12 Oct

[mhess-swl]

0.42.6 deployed to mainnet on 24 Oct