Changelog of Vitess v19.0.8

Bug fixes

Topology

[release-19.0] Close zookeeper topo connection on disconnect (#17136) #17191

VTTablet

[release-19.0] Fix deadlock in messager and health streamer (#17230) #17233
[release-19.0] Fix potential deadlock in health streamer (#17261) #17268

CI/Build

Build/CI

[release-19.0] Specify Ubuntu 24.04 for all jobs (#17278) #17280

Cluster management

[release-19.0] Fix flakiness in TestListenerShutdown (#17024) #17187

General

[release-19.0] Upgrade the Golang version to go1.22.9 #17214

Enhancement

Query Serving

[release-19.0] Fix to prevent stopping buffering prematurely (#17013) #17203

Internal Cleanup

Build/CI

[release-19.0] Change the name of the vitess-tester repository (#16917) #17028

Release

General

[release-19.0] Bump to v19.0.8-SNAPSHOT after the v19.0.7 release #17158
[release-19.0] Code Freeze for v19.0.8 #17310

Testing

Build/CI

[release-19.0] Flakes: Address flakiness in TestZkConnClosedOnDisconnect (#17194) #17195