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Second Life Server (main channel)
No updates are planned for the main channel this week.
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC Magnum, and RC LeTigre:
All three RC channels are on the same server maintenance project as last week. This project includes a fix for a group notice delivery issue, introduces a missing JSON operation to LSL, and includes preparatory work for an upcoming viewer with scene loading (interest list) improvements. The only change from last week's version is to address an issue with the llGetCameraRot() LSL function.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.10.03.281989
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.10.03.281989
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.10.03.281989
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-10-09 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Second Life Server (main channel)
No updates are planned for the main channel this week.
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC Magnum, and RC LeTigre:
All three RC channels are getting a new server maintenance project. This project includes a fix for a group notice delivery issue, introduces a missing JSON operation to LSL, and includes preparatory work for an upcoming viewer with scene loading (interest list) improvements.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.27.281745
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.27.281745
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.27.281745
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-10-02 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Hitomi, Perrie, Ayesha: my hope is that once the rolling restart tool is updated to have better logging about the restarts (including about when sims send notifications to present avatars), we'll have a much better idea about the cause of a failed restart notification.
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Hi Gadget, could you file a Jira with details about which parcels are having the issue?
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Hm Ayesha, if you didn't receive the "You have been logged out of SecondLife" message, was it a generic timeout sort of message, as though the simulator crashed or you lost connectivity?
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Thanks Ayesha, I looked into your case, but unfortunately couldn't find any error messages. The shutdown sequence did detect agents in the region and waited 5 minutes, but it's unclear whether notifications were delivered to your or not. My logged-in avatar did receive the rolling restart notifications while in a different sim, so at least the issue isn't universal.
There are plans to have rolling restart tool use the 'faster shutdowns' codepath that was introduced in 13.08.23.280213 for non-rolling restarts; this new codepath has better server-side logging, so it should be easier to identify the source of restart notification issues in the future.
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Hi Ayesha, which region were you in?
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Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is updating to the server project that was on Magnum last week. This project fixes a few crash modes, addresses some LSL bugs, prevents a technique used to bypass parcel autoreturn rules, and fixes a bug in the parcel access logic, along with other miscellaneous fixes.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.09.21.281328
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-24 05:00-11:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC Magnum, and RC LeTigre:
This week, all three RC channels are getting the same version as the main channel. This version includes the same simulator code that Magnum had last week - see the main channel section above for a summary of changes.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.21.281328
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.21.281328
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.21.281328
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-25 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is updating to the server project that was on Magnum last week. This project fixes a few crash modes, addresses some LSL bugs, prevents a technique used to bypass parcel autoreturn rules, and fixes a bug in the parcel access logic, along with other miscellaneous fixes.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.09.21.281328
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-24 05:00-11:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC Magnum, and RC LeTigre:
This week, all three RC channels are getting the same version as the main channel. This version includes the same simulator code that Magnum had last week - see the main channel section above for a summary of changes.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.21.281328
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.21.281328
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.21.281328
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-25 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Hi Perrie, that change is simply for the viewer to send a message to revoke animation permission from objects rezzed in the sim when you hit 'Me'->'Movement'->'Stop Animating Me' in the viewer's menu.
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Hi guys, I've passed on your information related to latency to the operations team.
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I met with Yuriko yesterday evening to look at the ping/packet loss issue. The regions which were slow for her were all in the same datacenter, which made me wonder if it's an upstream networking issue. Yuriko reported that her ping was back to normal levels early this morning. Ayesha and Perrie, is network performance back to 'normal' for you as well?
Hi Sera, can you describe where to find the mesh objects that you're having issues with now? The earlier issue with all meshes failing to load and TP failing sounds like the sim was having capabilities issue, though I don't know what would cause only certain meshes objects to fail to load.
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Hi Ayesha, thanks for the feedback. In case you'd like to do a direct A/B comparison of this week's main channel version to what was up last week, I've set up a pair on aditi which are running those two versions:
* "Xing1 PHX" is running 13.09.05.280647 (this week's main channel update)
* "Xing1 DFW" is running 13.09.05.280639 (the version on main channel before the update)
The regions are both mostly empty and low activity, so they should have similar performance with respect to the speed at which objects and other assets load. Feel free to rez some things in case you want to make them more 'interesting'.
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Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is updating to the server version that was on Magnum last week. This project is preparatory work for future viewers, and adds support for improved texture and mesh asset fetching techniques.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.09.05.280647
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-17 05:00-11:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel and RC LeTigre:
BlueSteel and LeTigre are on the same server maintenance project as last week. This project contains several bugfixes, and also prevents a technique used to bypass parcel autoreturn rules. This week's update fixes a newly-discovered crash mode, and also includes the changes present in this week's main channel update.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.13.281045
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.13.281045
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-18 07:00-10:30 PDT
Second Life RC Magnum:
Magnum on a new server maintenance project. This project includes all the changes found in BlueSteel and LeTigre, and also includes other fixes. This project also includes more crash fixes, and addresses an issue in which parcel access controls would not allow a user on the "Allowed Residents" list, under certain circumstances.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.13.281049
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-18 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is updating to the server version that was on Magnum last week. This project is preparatory work for future viewers, and adds support for improved texture and mesh asset fetching techniques.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.09.05.280647
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-17 05:00-11:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel and RC LeTigre:
BlueSteel and LeTigre are on the same server maintenance project as last week. This project contains several bugfixes, and also prevents a technique used to bypass parcel autoreturn rules. This week's update fixes a newly-discovered crash mode, and also includes the changes present in this week's main channel update.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.13.281045
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.13.281045
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-18 07:00-10:30 PDT
Second Life RC Magnum:
Magnum on a new server maintenance project. This project includes all the changes found in BlueSteel and LeTigre, and also includes other fixes. This project also includes more crash fixes, and addresses an issue in which parcel access controls would not allow a user on the "Allowed Residents" list, under certain circumstances.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.13.281049
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-18 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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This week's roll is breaking the usual pattern - to coordinate with the scheduled voice maintenance, all 4 channels will be rolled on Tuesday, and no rolls are scheduled for Wednesday. The rolling restarts will happen on the main channel first, then continue to the RC channels after the main channel is complete.
Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is getting an update related to voice.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.09.05.280639
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-10 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel and RC LeTigre:
BlueSteel and LeTigre are getting a new server maintenance project. This project contains several bugfixes, and also prevents a technique used to bypass parcel autoreturn rules.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.05.280642
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.05.280642
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-10 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC Magnum:
Magnum is remaining on the same project that was on all three RC channels last week. This project is preparatory work for future viewers, and adds support for improved texture and mesh asset fetching techniques. The only change for this week is the voice update which is also going to the main channel.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.05.280647
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-10 05:00-12:00 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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This week's roll is breaking the usual pattern - to coordinate with the scheduled voice maintenance, all 4 channels will be rolled on Tuesday, and no rolls are scheduled for Wednesday. The rolling restarts will happen on the main channel first, then continue to the RC channels after the main channel is complete.
Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is getting an update related to voice.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.09.05.280639
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-10 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel and RC LeTigre:
BlueSteel and LeTigre are getting a new server maintenance project. This project contains several bugfixes, and also prevents a technique used to bypass parcel autoreturn rules.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.05.280642
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.05.280642
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-10 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC Magnum:
Magnum is remaining on the same project that was on all three RC channels last week. This project is preparatory work for future viewers, and adds support for improved texture and mesh asset fetching techniques. The only change for this week is the voice update which is also going to the main channel.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.05.280647
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-09-10 05:00-12:00 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Update @ 2013-09-04 14:58PDT: Updated build numbers for the RC channels
This week's deploys are a day behind our regular schedule, due to Monday being a holiday in the US.
Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is getting the server maintenance project that was on Magnum last week (which was a superset of the changes found in BlueSteel and LeTigre). This project includes some miscellaneous bug fixes, and also restricts activity in sims that are facing an imminent restart.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.08.23.280213
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-04 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC LeTigre, and RC Magnum:
All three RC channels are receiving the same new server project. This project is preparatory work for future viewers, and adds support for improved texture and mesh asset fetching techniques. This update should not affect any viewers which are currently available.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.04.280593
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.04.280593
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.04.280593
Scheduled Thursday 2013-09-05 07:00-11:00 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Update @ 2013-09-04 14:58PDT: Updated build numbers for the RC channels
This week's deploys are a day behind our regular schedule, due to Monday being a holiday in the US.
Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is getting the server maintenance project that was on Magnum last week (which was a superset of the changes found in BlueSteel and LeTigre). This project includes some miscellaneous bug fixes, and also restricts activity in sims that are facing an imminent restart.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.08.23.280213
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-09-04 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC LeTigre, and RC Magnum:
All three RC channels are receiving the same new server project. This project is preparatory work for future viewers, and adds support for improved texture and mesh asset fetching techniques. This update should not affect any viewers which are currently available.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.09.04.280593
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.09.04.280593
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.09.04.280593
Scheduled Thursday 2013-09-05 07:00-11:00 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Maybe I'm being obtuse, but why shouldn't "Allow public access" disable "Allow group access" and vice versa, since they're mutually exclusive?Or do you mean that if I set it "Allow public access" I can't then switch it to "Allow group access" because that button is greyed out?
Hi Innula, the change is to allow group-based whitelisting which can parcel restriction based on payment info. Here's how the logic plays out:
1) "Allow public access" means that avatars/groups do not need to be explicitly whitelisted to visit your parcel.
2) The "Allow access only to Residents who: Have payment info on file" option is only available when (1) is set (this is also the classic behavior).
3) The "Allow group access: <group name>" setting additionally allows group members to access your parcel, except for those on the ban list.
With only (1) and (2) set, only those with payment info on file can visit your parcel; there is no way to allow your friend/alt who doesn't have payment info on file to access the parcel.
With (1), (2), and (3) set, you allow two sets of people in:
* 'trusted' accounts, who belong to the parcel's group
* any account with 'payment info on file' (these users probably aren't zero-day griefer accounts)
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Ghosty Kips wrote:I don't know if this is related - I suspect so - but several times today, upon being on sims that restart, I neither get a warning that the sim is about to restart, and I do not get kicked off the sim or tp'd home. I freeze in place (cannot move, cannot tp, cannot bring rezzed objects into edit), and shortly after I crash.Looking at those sims on the map, after I log back on at home ... the sim appears darker in color, meaning that it's offline I imagine, but I also see green dots of other avatars still on the sim. Other Residents stuck in place?Just an fyi.
Hi Ghostly, it sounds like the regions may have been crashing rather than simply restarting. Do you remember which regions were involved, and the approximate times of the "surprise shutdowns"?
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Imagin / Ayesha: I have passed on your concerns about the lack of timely posts on the Grid Status Report's main section. There should be a post before the rolling restart begins. That said, I would recommend looking at the calendar section of this page in order to see the roll schedule far in advance.
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Is there any info anywhere on what the new access controls will do when a Viewer makes them available to us.
Hi Wolfbaginski, I slightly misspoke about the feature change - it only affects parcel access controls. The new feature is to allow a parcel to be configured to allow users to enter a parcel if they are members of the parcel's group *or* have payment info on file. This is meant to be a big help toward keeping griefers out, as they often will not add Payment information to their account and group limitations are often managed by the land manager.
This access configuration, which is already available at the estate level, involves enabling 3 options in 'About Land'->'Access':
* Allow public access
* Allow access only to Residents who: Have payment information on file
* Allow Group Access: <group>
With the current release viewer (3.6.4 (280048)), this combination of settings is not possible to set in 'About Land'; enabling 'Allow public access' causes 'Allow group access' to become disabled. The upcoming viewer change will make these two settings independent in the UI.
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Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel is getting the server maintenance project that was on Magnum last week (which was a superset of the changes found in BlueSteel and LeTigre). This project includes some miscellaneous bug fixes, and also restricts activity in sims that are facing an imminent restart.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.08.17.280013
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-08-27 05:00-12:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC LeTigre, and RC Magnum:
All three RC channels are receiving a new server maintenance project. Along with the usual bug fixes found in a maintenance release, this update improves region restart times and includes support for new estate and parcel access controls. The new access controls will be accessible in a future viewer update.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.08.23.280213
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.08.23.280213
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.08.23.280213
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-08-28 07:00-11:00 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.
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Deploys for the week of 2013-10-14
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Second Life Server (main channel)
The main channel will be updated to get the server maintenance project that was previously on all three RC channels. This project includes a fix for a group notice delivery issue, introduces a missing JSON operation to LSL, and includes preparatory work for an upcoming viewer with scene loading (interest list) improvements.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_Server/13#13.10.03.281989
Scheduled Tuesday 2013-10-15 05:00-11:00 PDT
Second Life RC BlueSteel, RC Magnum, and RC LeTigre:
All three RC channels are on a new server maintenance project. This project is comprised of bug fixes in various areas of the simulator; the release notes have a detailed listing.
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_BlueSteel/13#13.10.11.282320
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_LeTigre/13#13.10.11.282320
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Release_Notes/Second_Life_RC_Magnum/13#13.10.11.282320
Scheduled Wednesday 2013-10-16 07:00-10:30 PDT
We will be monitoring this thread as the code gets released, so feel free to note any observations you have about the server updates. If you have a specific bug you'd like to report, please file a Jira.