go-algorand 3.20.0-beta Release PR

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Overview

An endpoint to generate participation keys, network optimization, and other enhancements around catchpoints and catchup are included in this release.

Both the crash and state proof databases now default to the 'hot' data directory.

What's New

• Participation key generation endpoint: a requested feature to allow the ability to generate API keys from the REST endpoint, provided you have the admin token.

Changelog

New Features

• API: Add participation key generation endpoint to algod API (#5781)
• Statetrie: nibbles (#5759)

Enhancements

• Txhandler: applications rate limiter (#5734)

Enhancements

• Algocfg: Add print option to algocfg. (#5824)
• API: minor style improvements in keygen code. (#5786)
• AVM: preserve line/column for assembler warnings (#5796)
• AVM: Reorganize the crypto opcodes a bit to simplify incentive work (#5787)
• Build: bump github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto from 0.12.0 to 0.12.1 (#5822)
• Catchpoint: store certs with blocks during catchpoint restore (#5798)
• Catchup: Dynamic parallel catchup (#5802)
• Catchup: fetchAndWrite/fetchRound quit early on errNoBlockForRound (#5809)
• Catchup: Increase followLatestBackoff to 100ms (#5838)
• Catchup: Provide more information to client when requested block not available (#5819)
• Catchup: use specialized backoff behavior for follower mode (#5836)
• Cleanup: Use Go 1.19 atomic types (#5792)
• Config: move crash and stateproof DB defaults to hot dir (#5817)
• Config: Update description for IncomingConnectionsLimit (#5789)
• Docs: Add comment to initConsensusProtocols. (#5791)
• Feature: Catchup Eval Stake Exception Round Handling (#5795)
• Follower: update follower node error messages. (#5797)
• Ledger: support WaitWithCancel for unsuccessful WaitForBlock API calls (#5814)
• Tools: improve heapwatch chart drawing scripts (#5801)

Bugfixes

• Catchup: pause catchup if ledger lagging behind (#5794)
• Cicd: Fix RPM repository updating (#5790)
• Ledger: make catchpoint generation backward compatible (#5598)
• Ledger: rollback vetting historical stateproof blocks (#5830)
• Tests: Fix flaky TestAccountSelected test (#5788)

Protocol Upgrade

This release does not contain a protocol upgrade.

Additional Resources

• Algorand Forum
• Developer Documentation

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Codecov Report

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Comparison is base (fd6e88c) 56.25% compared to head (d22419d) 55.79%.

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