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Vitess

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Velocity0.0

Horizontally scalable database clustering system for MySQL

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Two patch lines, every release published twice, and no feature news since v24.0.0.

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◆Current state
The recent window is maintenance on two supported branches: v24.0.2 (34 merged pull requests) and v23.0.5 (35) in late June, preceded by v24.0.1 and v23.0.4 in May. None of these releases describe their contents — each body is a pull-request count and a contributor list, with the actual changelog behind a link. Every release also appears a second time as a `v0.x.y` Go-module tag carrying only a sign-off line.
◆Where it's heading
Feature work is concentrated in the majors, not the patches. v24.0.0 at the end of April was the substantive release: window function pushdown for sharded keyspaces, view routing rules, tablet targeting through USE statements, VTGate binlog streaming and structured logging, with external decompressors no longer read from the backup manifest by default. Since then the branches have been in pure upkeep.
◆Prediction
On the pattern here — a major in April followed by monthly patches on both supported branches — the next thing to expect is continued v23.0.z and v24.0.z patches rather than new capability. The bodies give no indication of what a v25 would contain.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    Vitess v24.0.2 patch release (34 pull requests)

    A 34-pull-request patch on the v24 branch. The body gives a count and a contributor list rather than a description, so the substance is only reachable through the linked changelog.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Go-module tag for the v24.0.2 release

    The Go-module tag mirroring the v24.0.2 release. Vitess publishes every release twice — once as vX.Y.Z and once as v0.X.Y for Go consumers — and this copy carries only a sign-off line.

    View source ↗
  3. 1mo ago

    Vitess v23.0.5 patch release (35 pull requests)

    A 35-pull-request patch on the v23 branch, cut the same day as v24.0.2. Both supported branches are maintained in lockstep.

    View source ↗
  4. 1mo ago

    Go-module tag for the v23.0.5 release

    The Go-module tag mirroring v23.0.5, carrying only a sign-off line.

    View source ↗
  5. 3mo ago

    Vitess v24.0.1 patch release (6 pull requests)

    A six-pull-request patch on the v24 branch, the first after v24.0.0. Small enough that no individual change is called out.

    View source ↗
  6. 3mo ago

    Go-module tag for the v24.0.1 release

    The Go-module tag mirroring v24.0.1.

    View source ↗