Release v1.69.0
This is release 1.69.0 (gridiron) of gRPC Core.
For gRPC documentation, see grpc.io. For previous releases, see Releases.
This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below.
Core
- [Alarm] Fix Alarm reuse on cancellation. (#38114)
- [xDS RBAC] Support string_match in HeaderMatcher. (#38185)
- [pick_first] fix shutdown bug in new PF impl. (#38144)
- [c-ares] Fix inverted length check in GrpcPolledFdWindows. (#38101)
- [RetryFilter] Copy the SliceBuffer from RetryFilter's cache to batch payload. (#38069)
- [EventEngine] Add stronger wording on Endpoint::Read contract. (#38036)
- [chttp2] Fix channelz address. (#38022)
- [XdsClient] Add missing authority to XdsClient metrics scope. (#38009)
- [EventEngine] API contract: Endpoint::Read will provide either an error or data, but never both. (#38019)
- [Build] Dropped Bazel 6.x support. (#37979)
Python
Added 2025-06-27:
CAUTION! This release contains a known defect in gRPC Python client reconnection logic (#38290), which was fixed in v1.71.2, v1.72.2, v1.73.1, and all subsequent releases. We recommend upgrading.
- [Build] Override MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for gRPC Python. (#37997)