1.9. 1.5.x Branch¶

Warning

Version 1.5.1 contains important security fixes. Previous 1.5.x releases are not recommended for regular usage.

1.9.1. Version 1.5.1 ¶

Add the max_count option (UUIDs Configuration) to allow rate-limiting the amount of UUIDs that can be requested from the /_uuids handler in a single request (CVE 2014-2668).

COUCHDB-1781: The official documentation has been overhauled. A lot of content from other sources have been merged, and the index page has been rebuilt to make the docs much more accessible. #54813a7
A new administration UI, codenamed Fauxton, has been included as an experimental preview. It can be accessed at /_utils/fauxton/. There are too many improvements here to list them all. We are looking for feedback from the community on this preview release.
COUCHDB-1888: Fixed an issue where admin users would be restricted by the public_fields feature.
Fixed an issue with the JavaScript CLI test runner. #be76882, #54813a7
COUCHDB-1867: An experimental plugin feature has been added. See src/couch_plugin/README.md for details. We invite the community to test and report any findings.
COUCHDB-1894: An experimental Node.js-based query server runtime has been added. See Experimental Features for details. We invite the community to test and report any findings.
COUCHDB-1901: Better retry mechanism for transferring attachments during replication. #4ca2cec