SearchDue to a regression in this release, the packages have been removed from the software repository, and are not available for installation.
Version [6.0.8r7]({{ relref “/releases/varnish-cache-plus-6.0.8r7.md” >}}) has been released, and should be installed instead. Read the announcement if you have installed 6.0.8r6 on any of your servers.
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The major highlights of this release are the new Image VMOD that enables image conversions from VCL, and also the new Slicer VMOD that can transparently break down very large objects into smaller parts that are individually cached.
Also in this release are several bug fixes.
New features:
Introduce VMOD Image including a function to convert JPEG and PNG images to WebP images.
Introduce the new Slicer VMOD and accompanying core features. This makes it possible to transparently break down very large objects into smaller parts that are individually cached. For more information see the Slicer VMOD documentation page.
New parameter h2_rxbuf_storage to select which storage backend
temporary HTTP/2 receive buffers should be allocated from. This defaults
to Transient.
Varnish internal zlib library is now namespaced, to avoid naming conflicts with any externally linked in zlib library.
Bugs fixed:
Fix a race condition in vmod_goto that was introduced in 6.0.7r2. This
could lead asserts in rare circumstances.
Fix error cause reporting on MSE store AIO errors.
Fix a memory leak in vmod_tls when using the cert_sign() and
cert_key() functions.
Fix accumulation of vmod_http idle connections. These should now be
closed in a timely manner when not being reused immediately.
vmod_tcp function get_estimated_rtt() now returns floating point
values instead of rounded integers.
Headerplus’s attr_get(), attr_set(), attr_delete() can now handle
quoted values of a key value pair. headerplus.attr_delete() adds a parameter
for the attribute delimiter attr_delim defaulting to =. headerplus.attr_set()
requires a matching attribute delimiter.
See the change log for a full overview of new features and bug fixes in this and previous versions.
The varnish-plus-vmods-extra package now has some extra dependencies on
image manipulation libraries that are used in conjunction with the new
Image VMOD.
The synthbackend.mirror() bug could cause corrupted objects before
causing Varnish to crash. When using synthbackend.mirror() together with
persisted MSE, these corrupted objects could persist after the crash. If
you used synthbackend.mirror() together with persisted MSE before
6.0.8r1, then it is recommended to clear the cache on upgrade to this
version, unless you have already done so after upgrading to any previous
releases after 6.0.8r1.