Publish cloud-first release notes for v24.1.14 (#19417)

Fixes REL-2064

Author: rmloveland

src/current/_data/releases.yml

@@ -8351,4 +8351,38 @@
       This version is currently available only for select
       CockroachDB Cloud clusters. To request to upgrade
       a CockroachDB self-hosted cluster to this version,
-      [contact support](https://support.cockroachlabs.com/hc/requests/new).
+      [contact support](https://support.cockroachlabs.com/hc/requests/new).
+
+- release_name: v24.1.14
+  major_version: v24.1
+  release_date: '2025-03-06'
+  release_type: Production
+  go_version: go1.23.6
+  sha: c8459c085e2258f589949e970a527a0342871276
+  has_sql_only: true
+  has_sha256sum: true
+  mac:
+    mac_arm: true
+    mac_arm_experimental: true
+    mac_arm_limited_access: false
+  windows: true
+  linux:
+    linux_arm: true
+    linux_arm_experimental: false
+    linux_arm_limited_access: false
+    linux_intel_fips: true
+    linux_arm_fips: false
+  docker:
+    docker_image: cockroachdb/cockroach
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v24.1.13
+  cloud_only: true
+  cloud_only_message_short: 'Available only for select CockroachDB Cloud clusters'
+  cloud_only_message: >
+      This version is currently available only for select
+      CockroachDB Cloud clusters. To request to upgrade
+      a CockroachDB self-hosted cluster to this version,
+      [contact support](https://support.cockroachlabs.com/hc/requests/new).

src/current/_includes/releases/v24.1/v24.1.14.md

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+## v24.1.14
+
+Release Date: March 6, 2025
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v24-1-14-sql-language-changes">SQL language changes</h3>
+
+- Since v23.2, table statistics histograms have been collected for non-indexed `JSONB` columns. Histograms are no longer collected for these columns if the `sql.stats.non_indexed_json_histograms.enabled` cluster setting is set to `false`. This reduces memory usage during table statistics collection for both automatic and manual collection via `ANALYZE` and `CREATE STATISTICS`. [#140142][#140142]
+- Added support for a new index hint, `AVOID_FULL_SCAN`, which will prevent the optimizer from planning a full scan for the specified table if any other plan is possible. The hint can be used in the same way as other existing index hints. For example, `SELECT * FROM table_name@{AVOID_FULL_SCAN};`. This hint is similar to `NO_FULL_SCAN`, but will not error if a full scan cannot be avoided. Note that normally a full scan of a partial index would not be considered a "full scan" for the purposes of the `NO_FULL_SCAN` and `AVOID_FULL_SCAN` hints, but if the user has explicitly forced the partial index via `FORCE_INDEX=index_name`, we do consider it a full scan. [#140259][#140259]
+- Added the `optimizer_prefer_bounded_cardinality` session setting, which instructs the optimizer to prefer query plans where every expression has a guaranteed upper-bound on the number of rows it will process. This may help the optimizer produce better query plans in some cases. This setting is disabled by default. [#140259][#140259]
+- Added the `optimizer_min_row_count` session setting, which sets a lower bound on row count estimates for relational expressions during query planning. A value of `0`, which is the default, indicates no lower bound. Note that if this is set to a value greater than 0, a row count of zero can still be estimated for expressions with a cardinality of zero, e.g., for a contradictory filter. Setting this to a value higher than `0`, such as `1`, may yield better query plans in some cases, such as when statistics are frequently stale and inaccurate. [#140259][#140259]
+- Fixed a bug existing only in pre-release versions of v25.1 which could cause unexpected errors during planning for `VALUES` expressions containing function calls with multiple overloads. [#140648][#140648]
+- Added the `optimizer_check_input_min_row_count` session setting to control the minimum row count estimate for buffer scans of foreign key and uniqueness checks. It defaults to `0`. [#141378][#141378]
+
+<h3 id="v24-1-14-operational-changes">Operational changes</h3>
+
+- The `changefeed.max_behind_nanos` metric now supports scoping with metric labels. [#139239][#139239]
+
+<h3 id="v24-1-14-command-line-changes">Command-line changes</h3>
+
+- Improved the performance of the debug zip query that collects `transaction_contention_events` data, reducing the chances of "memory budget exceeded" or "query execution canceled due to statement timeout" errors. [#139752][#139752]
+
+<h3 id="v24-1-14-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug that, under rare circumstances, could cause draining a node to fail with the error message "some sessions did not respond to cancellation within 1s". [#139477][#139477]
+- Fixed a bug that prevented the `CREATE` statement for a routine from being shown in a statement bundle. This happened when the routine was created on a schema other than `public`. The bug had existed since v23.1. [#136127][#136127]
+- Fixed a memory leak that could previously occur when evaluating some memory-intensive queries via the vectorized engine in CockroachDB. The leak had been present since v20.2. [#139097][#139097]
+- Fixed a bug that could cause `SHOW TABLES` and other introspection operations to encounter a "batch timestamp must be after replica GC threshold" error. [#140086][#140086]
+- Removed duplicate columns in the Parquet output from changefeeds using CDC queries. [#140151][#140151]
+- Fixed a rare bug in which a query might fail with the error "could not find computed column expression for column in table" while dropping a virtual computed column from the table. This bug was introduced in v23.2.4. [#139873][#139873]
+- Fixed a bug that would cause an internal error when the result of a `RECORD`-returning user-defined function (UDF) was wrapped by another expression (such as `COALESCE`) within a `VALUES` clause. [#140648][#140648]
+- The **Data Distribution** report on the **Advanced Debug** page will no longer crash if there are null values for `raw_sql_config` in `crdb_internal.zones`. [#140659][#140659]
+- Upgraded the Sarama Kafka client library to pick up a fix for a race condition bug that could occur when Kafka throttling was enabled. [#140157][#140157]
+
+[#136127]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/136127
+[#139097]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139097
+[#139239]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139239
+[#139477]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139477
+[#139752]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139752
+[#139873]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/139873
+[#140086]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140086
+[#140142]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140142
+[#140151]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140151
+[#140157]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140157
+[#140249]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140249
+[#140259]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140259
+[#140281]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140281
+[#140648]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140648
+[#140659]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140659
+[#140990]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/140990
+[#141138]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/141138
+[#141378]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/141378