What's New in v1.1.0-rc.1

Oct 5, 2017

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Docker images now contain root CA certificates, permitting the use of BACKUP and RESTORE on cloud storage. #18959
Docker images are now built without caching to ensure they contain the latest packages at the time of release. #18999

Timestamps in logs now use UTC regardless of the system time zone. #18764
Added an explanatory message when --background is used and the node is waiting to join an existing cluster or for cockroach init to be run. #18840

SERIALIZABLE transactions should no longer return "transaction deadline exceeded". #18852
Transaction deadlines are now updated properly when a transaction restarts. #18943
Fixed a panic when an error was generated in COMMIT or ROLLBACK. #18937
Fixed a panic in queries with JOIN using the distributed SQL engine. #18975
Reverted a change in beta-20170928 to asynchronously refresh table leases when near expiration. #18862
Casting TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE to TIMESTAMP respects the session time zone. #18764
Range debug pages now work when a replica is awaiting garbage collection. #18941
Temporary directory cleanup now works correctly on overlayfs. #19000

Documented the cockroach init command and updated the manual and cloud deployment tutorials to use the new cluster initialization workflow. #1942
Updated various diagrams in our SQL statement documentation. #1946
Documented the DROP USER statement, and updated related docs to clarify that removing a user does not automatically remove the user's privileges; that must be done manually. #1954
Updated the Rust transaction code sample to work against PostgreSQL v0.15.1. #1941
Updated the ActiveRecord tutorial to clarify the dependency between the ActiveRecord version and the CockroachDB Ruby adapter. #1949
Clarified that window functions are supported by CockroachDB (more docs coming soon). #1948
Updated the SHOW CREATE TABLE example to show improved output for foreign key dependencies. #1953

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