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Anza Advances Solana Agave Client with Series of V4 Pre-Releases

The development team pushed v4.4.0-beta.0 and two v4.5.0 alpha builds to GitHub between Sept. 28 and Oct. 8.

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Key point 1 of 3

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Anza published Agave Release v4.5.0-alpha.2 on Oct. 8, containing eight assets and tied to commit 9365a53.

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The v4.5.0-alpha.1 build was released on Oct. 3 with two assets.

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Key point 3 of 3

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Release v4.4.0-beta.0 was published on Sept. 28, after which 65 commits were made to the master branch.

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Context

Anza, a development entity forking the original Solana Labs validator client, maintains the Agave software to support the Solana network infrastructure.

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Why it matters

Solana node operators and developers utilizing the Agave client are directly affected, as these pre-releases provide early access to upcoming features, performance improvements,…

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What to watch

Watch for the official stable release of the v4.4.0 client and further beta candidates for the v4.5.0 track.

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