[RELEASE] ScyllaDB 5.4.5

The ScyllaDB team announces ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.5, a bugfix release of the ScyllaDB 5.4 stable branch. ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.5, like all past and future 5.x.y releases, is backward compatible and supports rolling upgrades.

Users are encouraged to upgrade to 5.4.5.

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Issue fixed in this release:

  • Alternator: a bug in Alternator GSI updates of range key when using two new key columns in GSI #17119
  • Stability: Potential data resurrection if regular compaction races with cleanup #17501
  • Stability: nodetool removenode hangs in repair, waiting on streaming semaphore #17591
  • Stability: reader_permit::get_schema() is unsafe against table schema alter or drop #16180
  • Stability: Sporadic repair failure when adding a node #16821
  • Stability: a very rare use-after-free in sstables::key_view::explode() can be caused by a large enough partition key #17625
  • Stability: misc_services: fix data race from bad usage of get_next_version #17499 (PR)
  • CQLsh: COPY TO STDOUT is broken #17451
  • Scylla AMI for EC2: Cannot get EC2 user data after enabled IMDSv2 scylla-machine-image#498