---
launchpad: swift
release-model: cycle-with-intermediary
release-notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/swift/queens.html
team: swift
type: service
branches:
  - name: stable/queens
    location: 2.17.0
releases:
  - version: 2.16.0
    projects:
      - repo: openstack/swift
        hash: 1ff3f1e3e877091f372a9109187a3ce4cf4414dd
  - version: 2.17.0
    projects:
      - repo: openstack/swift
        hash: 32d1b3246f6e5fd6176d2af1c22a3ac6d0fe6a17
cycle-highlights:
  - 'Added symlink objects support. Symlink objects reference one other object in
    the cluster. Read requests pass through the symlink on to the target objects.
    Write requests act on the symlink itself.'
  - 'Added support for inline data segments in Static Large Object (SLO) manifests.
    These data segments do not refer to another object in the system but are included
    directly in the manifest. When using data segments instead of small objects in
    the cluster, users will much improved performance on reads. The data segments
    can also be used to construct composite file formats (like .tar) without needing
    to create objects in the cluster for boilerplate data.'
  - 'Added checksum to object extended attributes. This provides better durability
    guarantees for data stored in the system.'
  - 'The object expiry functionality was greatly improved to be much more efficient
    with cluster resources, especially when operating on erasure code objects.'
  - 'The tempurl digest algorithm is now configurable, and Swift added support for
    both SHA-256 and SHA-512. Supported tempurl digests are exposed to clients in
    ``/info``. Additionally, tempurl signatures can now be base64 encoded.'
repository-settings:
  openstack/swift: {}