releases: add tidb 5.1.2 release notes

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     + [5.2.1](/releases/release-5.2.1.md)
     + [5.2.0](/releases/release-5.2.0.md)  
   + v5.1
+    + [5.1.2](/releases/release-5.1.2.md)
     + [5.1.1](/releases/release-5.1.1.md)
     + [5.1.0](/releases/release-5.1.0.md)
   + v5.0

releases/release-5.1.2.md

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+---
+title: TiDB 5.1.2 Release Notes
+---
+
+# TiDB 5.1.2 Release Notes
+
+Release Date: September 27, 2021
+
+TiDB version: 5.1.2
+
+## Compatibility changes
+
++ Tools
+
+    + TiCDC
+
+        - Set the compatible version from `5.1.0-alpha` to `5.2.0-alpha` [#2659](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pull/2659)
+        - Prohibit operating TiCDC clusters across major and minor versions [#2599](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pull/2599)
+        - Fix the CLI compatibility issue with 4.0.x clusters on the default `sort-engine` option [#2373](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2373)
+
+## Feature enhancements
+
++ Tools
+
+    + Dumpling
+
+        - Support backing up MySQL-compatible databases that do not support `START TRANSACTION ... WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT` and `SHOW CREATE TABLE` [#309](https://github.com/pingcap/dumpling/issues/309)
+        - Add a global gRPC connection pool and share gRPC connections among KV clients [#2534](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pull/2534)
+
+## Improvements
+
++ TiDB
+
+    - Trigger auto-analyze by histogram row count and increase the accuracy of this trigger action  [#24237](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/24237)
+
++ TiKV
+
+    - Support dynamically modifying TiCDC configurations [#10645](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10645)
+    - Reduce the size of Resolved TS message to save network bandwidth [#2448](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2448)
+    - Limit the counts of peer stats in the heartbeat message reported by a single store [#10621](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/pull/10621)
+
++ PD
+
+    - Allow empty Regions to be scheduled and use a separate tolerance configuration in scatter range scheduler [#4117](https://github.com/tikv/pd/pull/4117)
+    - Improve the performance of synchronizing Region information between PDs [#3933](https://github.com/tikv/pd/pull/3933)
+    - Support dynamically adjusting the retry limit of a store based on the generated operator [#3744](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/3744)
+
++ TiFlash
+
+    - Support the `DATE()` function
+    - Add write throughput per instance to Grafana panels
+    - Optimize the performance of the `leader-read` process
+    - Accelerate the process of canceling MPP tasks
+
++ Tools
+
+    + TiCDC
+
+        - Optimize memory management when the Unified Sorter is using memory to sort data [#2553](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2553)
+        - Optimize workerpool for fewer goroutines when concurrency is high  [#2211](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2211)
+        - Reduce goroutine usage when a table's Region transfer away from a TiKV node [#2284](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2284)
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
++ TiDB
+
+    - Fix the potential wrong results of index hash join when the hash column is the `ENUM` type [#27893](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27893)
+    - Fix a batch client bug that recycle idle connection might block sending requests in some rare cases [#27678](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/27678)
+    - Fix the compatibility issue of the overflow check by keeping the same logic as MySQL [#23897](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/23897)
+    - Fix the issue that TiDB returns an `unknow` error while it should return the `pd is timeout` error [#26147](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26147)
+    - Fix the error of the `case when` function caused by the wrong charset and collation [#26662](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26662)
+    - Fix the issue that `greatest(datetime) union null` returns an empty string [#26532](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26532)
+    - Fix the potential `can not found column in Schema column` error for MPP queries [#28148](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/28148)
+    - Fix a bug that TiDB might panic when TiFlash is shutting down [#28096](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/28096)
+    - Fix the issue of wrong range caused by using `enum like 'x%'` [#27130](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27130)
+    - Fix the issue that the `between` expression infers wrong collation [#27146](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27146)
+    - Fix the Common Table Expression (CTE) dead lock issue when used with IndexLookupJoin [#27410](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27410)
+    - Fix a bug that retryable deadlocks are incorrectly recorded into the `INFORMATION_SCHEMA.DEADLOCKS` table [#27400](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27400)
+    - Fix a bug that the `GROUP_CONCAT` function does not consider the collation [#27429](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27429)
+    - Fix a bug that the `COUNT(DISTINCT)` function on multiple columns returns wrong results when the new collation is enabled [#27091](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27091)
+    - Fix the issue that the `TABLESAMPLE` query result from partitioned tables is not sorted as expected [#27349](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27349)
+    - Fix a bug that the `EXTRACT` function returns wrong results when the argument is a negative duration [#27236](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/27236)
+    - Remove the unused `/debug/sub-optimal-plan` HTTP API  [#27265](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/27265)
+    - Fix the issue that a wrong selection is pushed down when the `HAVING` condition is used in the aggregate function [#26496](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26496)
+    - Fix a bug that the query might return wrong results when the hash partitioned table deals with unsigned data [#26569](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26569)
+    - Fix the unexpected behavior when casting an invalid string to `DATE` [#26762](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26762)
+    - Fix a bug that creating partition fails if `NO_UNSIGNED_SUBTRACTION` is set [#26765](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26765)
+    - Fix the issue that the `distinct` flag is missing when `Apply` is converted to `Join` [#26958](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26958)
+    - Fix the issue that `NO_ZERO_IN_DATE` does not work on the default values [#26766](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26766)
+    - Set a block duration for the newly recovered TiFlash node to avoid blocking queries during this time [#26897](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/26897)
+    - Fix a bug that might occur when the CTE is referenced more than once [#26212](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26212)
+    - Fix a CTE bug when MergeJoin is used [#25474](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/25474)
+    - Fix a bug that the `SELECT FOR UPDATE` statement does not correctly lock the data when a normal table joins a partitioned table [#26251](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26251)
+    - Fix the issue that the `SELECT FOR UPDATE` statement returns an error when a normal table joins a partitioned table [#26250](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26250)
+    - Fix the issue that `PointGet` does not use the lite version of resolving lock [#26562](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/26562)
+
++ TiKV
+
+    - Fix a bug that some files are missed during the process of importing snapshot files when upgrading TiKV from v3.x to later versions [#10902](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10902)
+    - Fix the potential disk full issue caused by corrupted snapshot files [#10813](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10813)
+    - Make the slow log of TiKV coprocessor only consider the time spent on processing requests [#10841](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10841)
+    - Drop log instead of blocking threads when the slogger thread is overloaded and the queue is filled up [#10841](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10841)
+    - Fix a panic issue that occurs when processing Coprocessor requests times out [#10852](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10852)
+    - Fix the TiKV panic issue that occurs when upgrading from a pre-5.0 version with Titan enabled [#10842](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/pull/10842)
+    - Fix the issue that TiKV of a newer version cannot be rolled back to v5.0.x [#10842](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/pull/10842)
+    - Fix the issue that TiKV might delete files before it ingests data to RocksDB [#10438](https://github.com/tikv/tikv/issues/10438)
+    - Fix the parsing failure caused by the left pessimistic locks [#26404](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/26404)
+
++ PD
+
+    - Fix the issue that PD does not fix the down peers in time [#4077](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/4077)
+    - Fix the issue that the replica count of the default placement rules stays constant after `replication.max-replicas` is updated [#3886](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/3886)
+    - Fix a bug that PD might panic when scaling out TiKV [#3868](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/3868)
+    - Fix a bug that the hot Region scheduler cannot work when the cluster has the evict leader scheduler [#3697](https://github.com/tikv/pd/issues/3697)
+
++ TiFlash
+
+    - Fix the issue of unexpected results when TiFlash fails to establish MPP connections
+    - Fix the potential issue of data inconsistency that occurs when TiFlash is deployed on multiple disks
+    - Fix a bug that MPP queries get wrong results when TiFlash server is under high load
+    - Fix a potential bug that MPP queries hang forever
+    - Fix the issue of concurrency issue between store initialization and DDL
+    - Fix a bug of incorrect results that occurs when queries contain filters like `CONSTANT`, `<`, `<=`, `>`, `>=` or `COLUMN`
+    - Fix the potential panic issue when `Snapshot` is applied simultaneously with multiple DDL operations
+    - Fix the issue that the store size in metrics is inaccurate under heavy writing
+    - Fix the potential issue that TiFlash cannot perform GC for the delta data after running for a long time
+    - Fix the issue of wrong results when new collation is enabled
+    - Fix the potential panic issue that occurs during lock resolving
+    - Fix a bug that metrics display wrong value
+
++ Tools
+
+    + Backup & Restore (BR)
+
+        - Fix the issue that the average speed is not accurate during data backup and restore [#1405](https://github.com/pingcap/br/issues/1405)
+
+    + Dumpling
+
+        - Fix the issue that Dumpling is pending when `show table status` returns incorrect results in some MySQL versions (8.0.3 and 8.0.23) [#322](https://github.com/pingcap/dumpling/issues/322)
+
+    + TiCDC
+
+        - Fix a bug that the JSON encoding might cause panic when processing a string type value that is `string` or `[]byte` [#2758](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2758)
+        - Reduce gRPC window size to avoid OOM [#2202](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2202)
+        - Fix a gRPC `keepalive` error under high memory pressure [#2202](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2202)
+        - Fix a bug that an unsigned `tinyint` causes TiCDC to panic [#2648](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2648)
+        - Fix an empty value issue in TiCDC Open Protocol. An empty value is no longer output when there is no change in one transaction. [#2612](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2612)
+        - Fix a bug in DDL handling during manual restarts [#2603](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2603)
+        - Fix the issue that `EtcdWorker`'s snapshot isolation might be wrongly violated when managing the metadata [#2559](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/pull/2559)
+        - Fix a bug that multiple processors might write data to the same table when TiCDC is rescheduling the table [#2230](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2230)
+        - Fix a bug that changefeed might be reset unexpectedly when TiCDC gets the `ErrSchemaStorageTableMiss` error [#2422](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2422)
+        - Fix a bug that changefeed cannot be removed when TiCDC gets the `ErrGCTTLExceeded` error [#2391](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2391)
+        - Fix a bug that TiCDC fails to synchronize large tables to cdclog [#1259](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/1259) [#2424](https://github.com/pingcap/ticdc/issues/2424)

releases/release-notes.md

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 ## 5.1
 
+- [5.1.2](/releases/release-5.1.2.md)
 - [5.1.1](/releases/release-5.1.1.md)
 - [5.1.0](/releases/release-5.1.0.md)