v3.17.0

[DmytroNazarenko]

Network release: 2.2

Summary:

• Updated levelDB version
• New exiting mechanism of skaled
• RPC API of skaled is working independently from consensus
• Resolving memory leaks in consensus related to transactions storing
• Adding memory limits for transactionQueue and futureTransactionQueue
• Reenabling selfdestruct functionality
• Adding functionality to catchup genesis block from another nodes
• Removing IMA functionality (IMA RPC API, skale network browser)
• Log improvements
• Fix estimateGas
• Fix mechanism of gasLimit in POW functionallity
• Invalid transactions are not included in the blocks and executed

Details:

• Remove un-needed skaled parts for release 2.2. #1511
• https://github.com/skalenetwork/internal-support/issues/686
• Incorrect value in logs for CPU usage #1527
• Integrate functional tests into CI #1484
• Block finalization: logging improvements  #1530
• Shutdown snapshot hash computation at exit #1532
• remove COVERAGE=ON from publish.yml #1536
• Clean warnings in skaled build #1508
• txn signature is not displayed via json-rpc api #1529
• State DB overflow #1346
• Skaled and consensus not stoped gracefully #1348
• Consensus couldn't catchup blocks after node rotation on staying node #1488
• Be able to catchup from 0 block #1450
• Establish threading rules in skaled-consensus interaction #1425
• Limit total transaction queue and future transaction queue sizes in MB #1515
• Skaled doesn't exit gracefully after rotation delay time #1415
• Need ability to run RPC API when no 2/3 of nodes  #1506
• https://github.com/skalenetwork/internal-support/issues/306
• https://github.com/skalenetwork/internal-support/issues/731
• Improve data destruction in EVM #1347

[github-actions]

SUGGESTIONS BEFORE MERGE:

1. Build custom container here: https://github.com/skalenetwork/skaled/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Custom+Docker+and+Binary%22
2. Test it here: https://github.com/skalenetwork/skale-ci-integration_tests/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Skaled+Nightly+Tests%22
3. Edit VERSION file appropriately to your changes!
   See https://skalelabs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SKALE/pages/2444951553/Branching+instructions

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #1551 (b1b79aa) into develop (86a9ad6) will decrease coverage by 6.71%.
The diff coverage is 58.21%.

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- Coverage    52.56%   45.86%   -6.71%     
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  Files          302      339      +37     
  Lines        36475    51261   +14786     
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+ Hits         19173    23510    +4337     
- Misses       17302    27751   +10449