v7.21.0-rc.0

Pelican v7.21.0

This release comes with UX improvements on Pelican Client, HTCondor Plugin, and Servers. It also provides a short circuit mechanism for Caches/Origins with outdated XRootD config files, and other useful updates.

Breaking Changes & Upgrade Notes for Admins

• [Cache/Origin] Enabled auto shutdown a Cache/Origin server if its scitokens.cfg file and/or Authfile are not updating for a given time (1h by default) #2666
• [All] Deprecated Debug param and modified default client/server log levels #2750
• [Servers] Made OIDC scopes configurable #2726
• [Servers] Switched to installing the pelican-server binary in all server images #2725
• [Servers] Updated Goreleaser config to retain symbols in release builds #2667
• [Registry] Added cleanup mechanism for stale entries in servers and services tables upon upgrade #2745 ; Additionally, the creation of new stale entries will be prevented #2748, #2739

New Features and Enhancements

• [All] Supported Dark Mode in Pelican Docs #2651
• [All] Added versions to Pelican Docs #2749
• [Client] Improved transfer error handling #2742, #2733, #2757
• [Client] Added Permission Denied error to Client/Plugin #2669
• [Client] Logged checksum error only when checksum is required but failing to get #2693
• [Servers] Improved downtimes UI #2636
• [Registry] Added Deletion Confirm Button #2670
• [Registry] Supported Autofill Security Contact if the registration is from Origin #2630
• [Client] Supported depth limited recursive listings in pelican object ls command #2720
• [Client] Checked local filesystem before contacting director on upload #2677

Bugs Fixed

• [Cache/Origin] Fixed a bug preventing Origins with Logging.Level: Warn from starting #2712
• [Director] Fixed a JSON marshalling bug that causes Origin/Cache-set downtimes stuck in Director when no active downtime #2684

Full Changelog: v7.20.2...v7.21.0