[RELEASE]: GoCQL v1.18.1

Driver Release Summary: v1.18.1
Release link: Release v1.18.1 · scylladb/gocql · GitHub

What’s Changed

Tests

  • Replace SimpleStrategy with NetworkTopologyStrategy in example tests (#854)

Fixes

  • Fix UDT unmarshal into *any for MapScan (fix similar to CASSGO-115 ) ( #852)
  • Fix data race in scyllaConnPicker (#872)
  • Fix scanner Scan panics with tuple columns due to wrong index (#867)

Improvements

  • Use UUID map key instead of string to reduce allocations in queryMetrics (#859)
  • Client_routes: simplify concurrency, fix stale entries, add sticky routing (#850)
  • Replace reflection-based tablet hint parser with direct binary parser (#883)
  • Use explicit column lists in system.local/peers queries (#724)

Full Changelog: v1.18.0…v1.18.1