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Current Public Beta Release v 8.4.9

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 5:34 pm
by Joe_H
A new Beta release is available v8.4.9 - https://foldingathome.org/beta

Bug reports for the client - https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-cl ... tet/issues

Bug reports for the web control - https://github.com/FoldingAtHome/fah-we ... tet/issues

v8.3 Installation Guide - https://foldingathome.org/v8-3-client-guide/

Some new features are not covered in the v8.3 Installation Guide, will post a new link if it gets updated.


Change log since previous Beta release:

v8.4.9

Recommend nvidia-opencl-icd package on Debian install. #293
Attempt graceful shutdown of client in Windows installer. #290

v8.4.8

Delay Windows shutdown until F@H has shutdown gracefully. #290
Fix crashing on Windows. re: #278
Use all DNS servers. #304

v8.4.7

Pause group after 5 consecutive lost WUs. #305
Ensure WU is saved to DB in case shutdown Windows kills the process. #290

v8.4.6

Attempt more graceful shutdown in Windows.
Increase clock skew detection threshold from 15s to 5m.
Fix call to open Web Control URL on startup.
Require polkitd-pkla on Debian.
Handle CORE_RESTART return code correctly.
Fix data dir permissions in Windows.

v8.4.5

Don't allow invalid machine name option. #282
Track WU end state.
Clear WU retry count after WU has run successfully for some time.
Set WU final WU progress correctly.

v8.4.4

Acquire client DB lock on startup. #269
Added fahctl command line client control script. #119
Added package dependency on libexpat. #266
Ignore exit code of killed or crashed cores.
Delay next WU after failure.
Log error if core does not produce any log output.

v8.4.3

Start Linux client after DNS service. (Marcos Mello)

v8.4.2

Fixed DNS bug. #257
Reduced ETA updates.
Prevent negative ETA.

v8.4.1

Log machine and group pause, fold, finish changes.

v8.4.0

Don't add client install path to PATH when running cores on Windows.
Added disable CUDA option.
Added system HTTP proxy support. No config necessary.
Automatically set machine from account settings.

v8.3.18

Windows installer fixes.

v8.3.17

Fixes for account (un)linking and node changes.
Fix for repeated "No active" exception.