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v0.19.0

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* New command-line parameter for `firecracker`, named `--no-api`, which
  will disable the API server thread. If set, the user won't be able to send
  any API requests, neither before, nor after the vm has booted. It must be
  paired with `--config-file` parameter. Also, when API server is disabled,
  MMDS is no longer available now.
* New command-line parameter for `firecracker`, named `--config-file`, which
  represents the path to a file that contains a JSON which can be used for
  configuring and starting a microVM without sending any API requests.
* The jailer adheres to the "end of command options" convention, meaning
  all parameters specified after `--` are forwarded verbatim to Firecracker.
* Added `KVM_PTP` support to the recommended guest kernel config.
* Added entry in FAQ.md for Firecracker Guest timekeeping.

Changed

* Vsock API call: `PUT /vsocks/{id}` changed to `PUT /vsock` and no longer
  appear to support multiple vsock devices. Any subsequent calls to this API
  endpoint will override the previous vsock device configuration.
* Removed unused 'Halting' and 'Halted' instance states.

Fixed

* Fixed serial console on aarch64 (GitHub issue firecracker-microvm#1147).
* Upon panic, the terminal is now reset to canonical mode.
* Explicit error upon failure of vsock device creation.
* The failure message returned by an API call is flushed in the log FIFOs.
* Insert virtio devices in the FDT in order of their addresses sorted from
  low to high.
* Enforce the maximum length of the network interface name to be 16 chars as
  specified in the Linux Kernel.
* Changed the vsock property `id` to `vsock_id` so that the API client can be
  successfully generated from the swagger definition.

v0.18.0

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* New device: virtio-vsock, backed by Unix domain sockets (GitHub issue firecracker-microvm#650).
  See `docs/vsock.md`.

Fixed

* Updated the documentation for integration tests.
* Fixed high CPU usage before guest network interface is brought up (GitHub
  issue firecracker-microvm#1049).
* Fixed an issue that caused the wrong date (month) to appear in the log.
* Fixed a bug that caused the seccomp filter to reject legit syscalls in some
  rare cases (GitHub issue firecracker-microvm#1206).
* Docs: updated the production host setup guide.
* Docs: updated the rootfs and kernel creation guide.

Removed
* Removed experimental support for vhost-based vsock devices.

v0.17.0

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* New API call: `PATCH /machine-config/`, used to update VM configuration,
  before the microVM boots.
* Added an experimental swagger definition that includes the specification for
  the vsock API call.
* Added a signal handler for `SIGBUS` and `SIGSEGV` that immediately terminates
  the process upon intercepting the signal.
* Added documentation for signal handling utilities.
* Added [alpha] aarch64 support.
* Added metrics for successful read and write operations of MMDS, Net and Block devices.

Changed

* `vcpu_count`, `mem_size_mib` and `ht_enabled` have been changed to be mandatory
  for `PUT` requests on `/machine-config/`.
* Disallow invalid seccomp levels by exiting with error.

Fixed

* Incorrect handling of bind mounts within the jailed rootfs.
* Corrected the guide for `Alpine` guest setup.

v0.16.0

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* Added [alpha] AMD support.
* New `devtool` command: `prepare_release`. This updates the Firecracker
  version, crate dependencies and credits in preparation for a new release.
* New `devtool` command: `tag`. This creates a new git tag for the specified
  release number, based on the changelog contents.
* New doc section about building with glibc.

Changed

* Dropped the JSON-formatted `context` command-line parameter from Firecracker
  in favor of individual classic command-line parameters.
* When running with `jailer` the location of the API socket has changed to
  `<jail-root-path>/api.socket` (API socket was moved _inside_ the jail).
* `PUT` and `PATCH` requests on `/mmds` with data containing any value type other
  than `String`, `Array`, `Object` will return status code 400.
* Improved multiple error messages.
* Removed all kernel modules from the recommended kernel config.

Fixed

* Corrected the seccomp filter when building with glibc.

Removed

* Removed the `seccomp.bad_syscalls` metric.

v0.15.2

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Fixed

* Corrected the conditional compilation of the seccomp rule for madvise.

v0.15.1

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Fixed

* A madvise call issued by the musl allocator was added to the seccomp
whitelist to prevent Firecracker from terminating abruptly when
allocating memory in certain conditions.

v0.15.0

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* New API action: SendCtrlAltDel, used to initiate a graceful shutdown,
  if the guest has driver support for i8042 and AT Keyboard. See
  [the docs](docs/api_requests/actions.md#sendctrlaltdel) for details.
* New metric counting the number of egress packets with a spoofed MAC:
  `net.tx_spoofed_mac_count`.
* New API call: `PATCH /network-interfaces/`, used to update the rate limiters
  on a network interface, after the start of a microVM.

Changed

* Added missing `vmm_version` field to the InstanceInfo API swagger
  definition, and marked several other mandatory fields as such.
* New default command line for guest kernel:
  `reboot=k panic=1 pci=off nomodules 8250.nr_uarts=0
  i8042.noaux i8042.nomux i8042.nopnp i8042.dumbkbd`.

Fixed

* virtio-blk: VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH now working as expected.
* Vsock devices can be attached when starting Firecracker using the jailer.
* Vsock devices work properly when seccomp filtering is enabled.

v0.14.0

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* Documentation for development environment setup on AWS in
  `dev-machine-setup.md`.
* Documentation for microVM networking setup in `docs/network-setup.md`.
* Limit the maximum supported vCPUs to 32.

Changed

* Log the app version when the `Logger` is initialized.
* Pretty print panic information.
* Firecracker terminates with exit code 148 when a non-whitelisted syscall
  is intercepted.

Fixed

* Fixed build with the `vsock` feature.

v0.13.0

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* Documentation for Logger API Requests in `docs/api_requests/logger.md`.
* Documentation for Actions API Requests in `docs/api_requests/actions.md`.
* Documentation for MMDS in `docs/mmds.md`.
* Flush metrics on request via a PUT `/actions` with the `action_type`
  field set to `FlushMetrics`.

Changed

* Updated the swagger definition of the `Logger` to specify the required fields
  and provide default values for optional fields.
* Default `seccomp-level` is `2` (was previously 0).
* API Resource IDs can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores.

Fixed

* Seccomp filters are now applied to all Firecracker threads.
* Enforce minimum length of 1 character for the jailer ID.
* Exit with error code when starting the jailer process fails.

Removed

* Removed `InstanceHalt` from the list of possible actions.

v0.12.0

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* The `/logger` API has a new field called `options`. This is an array of
  strings that specify additional logging configurations. The only supported
  value is `LogDirtyPages`.
* When the `LogDirtyPages` option is configured via `PUT /logger`, a new metric
  called `memory.dirty_pages` is computed as the number of pages dirtied by the
  guest since the last time the metric was flushed.
* Log messages on both graceful and forceful termination.
* Availability of the list of dependencies for each commit inside the code base.
* Documentation on vsock experimental feature and host setup recommendations.

Changed
* `PUT` requests on `/mmds` always return 204 on success.
* `PUT` operations on `/network-interfaces` API resources no longer accept
  the previously required `state` parameter.
* The jailer starts with `--seccomp-level=2` (was previously 0) by default.
* Log messages use `anonymous-instance` as instance id if none is specified.

Fixed
* Fixed crash upon instance start on hosts without 1GB huge page support.
* Fixed "fault_message" inconsistency between Open API specification and
  code base.
* Ensure MMDS compatibility with C5's IMDS implementation.
* Corrected the swagger specification to ensure `OpenAPI 2.0` compatibility.