Protocol
Sui Protocol Version in this release: 73
#20258: Enables consensus garbage collection & new linearization logic for devnet
#20978: Enable zstd compression for consensus tonic network in testnet.
#21026: Enable smart ancestor selection & probing for accepted rounds
CLI
#20342: added --verify-compatibility flag to client upgrade command, which checks upgrade compatibility locally before publishing upgrades
#20954: Fixed the CLI keytool update-alias command not to allow duplicate aliases.
#20961: The Move.toml file generated by sui move new now sets override = true for the framework dependency. This will prevent some source verification errors for new projects.
#21124: Fixed the bug when the CLI cannot connect to the active environment, leading to an error on most commands.
#21127: publication and upgrade will now warn that source verification will become opt-in in a future release; the warning can be disabled with either --skip-dependency-verification or the new --verify-deps flags