Key Features:
- Availability Zone (AZ) Awareness for Valkey 8: Enables routing requests to Valkey nodes within the same Availability Zone, minimizing cross-zone traffic and improving response times.
- JSON and VSS Module APIs:
JSON Module - Allows seamless storage and retrieval of JSON data within clusters.
VSS Module - Supports storing, indexing, and searching vectors for AI applications with single-digit millisecond performance.
Additional Enhancements:
- In-Flight Request Limiting: Empowers users to manage traffic more effectively by setting limits on simultaneous requests.
- Enhanced Monitoring: New statistics for connections and client objects provide better visibility and diagnostics.
- Dynamic Password Updates: Clients can update connection passwords on-the-fly without requiring reconnections, ensuring uninterrupted operations.
New Contributors
- @Rafiot made their first contribution in #2304
- @vnuka-n made their first contribution in #2391
- @Muhammad-awawdi-amazon made their first contribution in #2409
- @jakob-keller made their first contribution in #2415
- @BoazBD made their first contribution in #2495
- @jhpung contributed to Dynamic Password Updates
Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0