This release contains the changes from v0.9.40 to v0.9.41.

Client release

This is a client-only release. No runtimes are provided.
This release should prevent the dispute issues we have seen in the last three weeks.

• A fix was merged that should improve the polling behavior of the channel to speedup the communication between the networking and the syncing code.
• Another fix for showing the correct number of peers was also merged.

Upgrade Priority

❗️ Medium: This is a medium priority release and you should upgrade in a timely manner.

Host functions

ℹ️ This release does not contain any new host functions.

Database Migrations

Database migrations are operations upgrading the database to the latest stand. Some migrations may break compatibility, making a backup of your database is highly recommended.

ℹ️ There is no database migration in this release.

Rust compiler versions

This release was built and tested against the following versions of rustc. Other versions may work.

• Rust Stable: rustc 1.68.2 (9eb3afe9e 2023-03-27)
• Rust Nightly: rustc 1.67.0-nightly (a00f8ba7f 2022-11-15)

Docker image

The docker image for this release can be found at Docker hub (It will be available a few minutes after the release has been published).

You may pull it using:

docker pull parity/polkadot:latest