gh-ost v1.1.7 includes performance improvements, new features, and several bug fixes 👻
Full Changelog: v1.1.6...v1.1.7

What's Changed

• Add cpu-profile interactive command by @timvaillancourt in #1358
  • Use the cpu-profile command to get a base64-encoded runtime/pprof report
• Add --mysql-wait-timeout flag by @timvaillancourt in #1401 and #1406
  • --mysql-wait-timeout sets the wait_timeout at cutover time
• Support to config charset and collation by @shaohk in #1368
  • --charset sets the character set on gh-ost's MySQL connections
• Use query builders for DML queries, reducing time and allocations by @danieljoos in #1459
  • improves throughput 5-10%
• Avoid causing deadlocks when copying rows on busy tables by @arthurschreiber in #1455
  • adds FOR SHARE NO WAIT on the copy row queries for MySQL 8 to avoid deadlocks
• Use multiStatement to apply DML by @meiji163 in #1462
  • batches DML queries into multi-statements to reduce network overhead
• Use testcontainers to for unit tests. by @arthurschreiber in #1458 and #1460
• Use last second copy rate to project ETA by @morgo in #1231
• Docker setup for localtests by @meiji163 in #1479
• Ensure replication running after replication restart by @andyedison in #1422
• Force index in unique key range queries by @timvaillancourt in #1237
• Fix: ensure -attempt-instant-ddl respects -execute flag by @timvaillancourt in #1440
• Fix: use cut-over-lock-timeout for instant DDL by @artemvovk in #1468
• Fix: onSuccess hook to run after INSTANT by @artemvovk in #1463
• Fix: successive failures error in streamer by @timvaillancourt in #1371
• Fix: binlog end log pos over lost data by @shaohk in #1367
• Fix: generated column in unique key error by @meiji163 in #1461
• Fix: tokens in inspector logging by @timvaillancourt in #1226
• Fix: Print status after escaping % character by @icyflame in #1374

New Contributors

• @testwill made their first contribution in #1331
• @icyflame made their first contribution in #1374
• @sentinel made their first contribution in #1213
• @dependabot made their first contribution in #1391
• @dontstopbelieveing made their first contribution in #1388
• @mountcount made their first contribution in #1405
• @overallteach made their first contribution in #1417
• @danieljoos made their first contribution in #1459
• @artemvovk made their first contribution in #1463
• @whhe made their first contribution in #1472
• @andyedison made their first contribution in #1422

Thanks to all the contributors!

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