Enterprise LTS: Consul Enterprise 1.18 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release.
BREAKING CHANGES:
* ui: Adds a "Link to HCP Consul Central" modal with integration to side-nav and link to HCP banner. There will be an option to disable the Link to HCP banner from the UI in a follow-up release. [[GH-20474](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20474)]
SECURITY:
* Update `google.golang.org/protobuf` to v1.33.0 to address [CVE-2024-24786](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24786). [[GH-20801](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20801)]
* Update the Consul Build Go base image to `alpine3.19`. This resolves CVEs
* api: Randomize the returned server list for the WatchServers gRPC endpoint. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* partitions: **(Enterprise only)** Allow disabling of Gossip per Partition [[GH-20669](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20669)]
* snapshot agent: **(Enterprise only)** Add support for multiple snapshot destinations using the `backup_destinations` config file object.
* xds: Improved the performance of xDS server side load balancing. Its slightly improved in Consul CE with drastic CPU usage reductions in Consul Enterprise. [[GH-20672](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20672)]
BUG FIXES:
* audit-logs: **(Enterprise Only)** Fixes non ASCII characters in audit logs because of gzip. [[GH-20345](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20345)]
* connect: Fix issue where Consul-dataplane xDS sessions would not utilize the streaming backend for wan-federated queries. [[GH-20868](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20868)]
* connect: Fix potential goroutine leak in xDS stream handling. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* connect: Fix xDS deadlock that could result in proxies being unable to start. [[GH-20867](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20867)]
* ingress-gateway: **(Enterprise Only)** Fix a bug where on update, Ingress Gateways lost all upstreams for listeners with wildcard services in a different namespace.
## 1.17.4 Enterprise (March 26, 2024)
SECURITY:
* Update `google.golang.org/protobuf` to v1.33.0 to address [CVE-2024-24786](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24786). [[GH-20801](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20801)]
* Update the Consul Build Go base image to `alpine3.19`. This resolves CVEs
* api: Randomize the returned server list for the WatchServers gRPC endpoint. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* snapshot agent: **(Enterprise only)** Add support for multiple snapshot destinations using the `backup_destinations` config file object.
BUG FIXES:
* connect: Fix issue where Consul-dataplane xDS sessions would not utilize the streaming backend for wan-federated queries. [[GH-20868](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20868)]
* connect: Fix potential goroutine leak in xDS stream handling. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* connect: Fix xDS deadlock that could result in proxies being unable to start. [[GH-20867](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20867)]
* dns: SERVFAIL when resolving not found PTR records. [[GH-20679](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20679)]
* ingress-gateway: **(Enterprise Only)** Fix a bug where on update, Ingress Gateways lost all upstreams for listeners with wildcard services in a different namespace.
* snapshot-agent: **(Enterprise only)** Fix a bug with static AWS credentials where one of the key id or secret key is provided via config file and the other is provided via an environment variable.
## 1.16.7 Enterprise (March 26, 2024)
SECURITY:
* Update `google.golang.org/protobuf` to v1.33.0 to address [CVE-2024-24786](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24786). [[GH-20801](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20801)]
* Update the Consul Build Go base image to `alpine3.19`. This resolves CVEs
* api: Randomize the returned server list for the WatchServers gRPC endpoint. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* snapshot agent: **(Enterprise only)** Add support for multiple snapshot destinations using the `backup_destinations` config file object.
BUG FIXES:
* connect: Fix issue where Consul-dataplane xDS sessions would not utilize the streaming backend for wan-federated queries. [[GH-20868](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20868)]
* connect: Fix potential goroutine leak in xDS stream handling. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* connect: Fix xDS deadlock that could result in proxies being unable to start. [[GH-20867](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20867)]
* ingress-gateway: **(Enterprise Only)** Fix a bug where on update, Ingress Gateways lost all upstreams for listeners with wildcard services in a different namespace.
* snapshot-agent: **(Enterprise only)** Fix a bug with static AWS credentials where one of the key id or secret key is provided via config file and the other is provided via an environment variable.
## 1.15.11 Enterprise (March 26, 2024)
**Enterprise LTS**: Consul Enterprise 1.15 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release.
SECURITY:
* Update `google.golang.org/protobuf` to v1.33.0 to address [CVE-2024-24786](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24786). [[GH-20801](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20801)]
IMPROVEMENTS:
* api: Randomize the returned server list for the WatchServers gRPC endpoint. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
BUG FIXES:
* connect: Fix issue where Consul-dataplane xDS sessions would not utilize the streaming backend for wan-federated queries. [[GH-20868](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20868)]
* connect: Fix potential goroutine leak in xDS stream handling. [[GH-20866](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20866)]
* connect: Fix xDS deadlock that could result in proxies being unable to start. [[GH-20867](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/20867)]
* ingress-gateway: **(Enterprise Only)** Fix a bug where on update, Ingress Gateways lost all upstreams for listeners with wildcard services in a different namespace.
* snapshot-agent: **(Enterprise only)** Fix a bug with static AWS credentials where one of the key id or secret key is provided via config file and the other is provided via an environment variable.