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## 5.1.0

Release Date: 2026-0X-YY
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The iRODS Consortium and RENCI are pleased to announce iRODS 5.1.0.

This release ... WORDS

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The latest binary packages for Enterprise Linux 9, Enterprise Linux 10, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12, and Debian 13 are available at <https://packages.irods.org/>.

### Changed

- GenQuery2: Return parser error information via rError stack (#8094).
- Update help text for `irsync` (#8288).
- Skip policy layer when setting up access control for GenQuery1 (#8304).
- Update feature test macros (#8580).
- Merge iCommands source back into server repository (#8591).
- Modify calculations for physical quotas to account for coordinating resources (#8667).
- Use `CHKSUM_LEN` instead of `NAME_LEN` for checksums (#8731).
- Update help text for physical quotas `iadmin` subcommands (#8618).
- Remove redundant checksum verification in `bulkProcAndRegSubfile` (#8734).
- Prevent removal of password for currently authenticated user (#8747).
- Prevent removal of password for service account rodsadmin (#8747).
- GenQuery2: Expose user type through permission-related columns (#8754).
- Use `irods::authentication::scheme_name` instead of string literals (#8834).
- Use Hasher options to control session token hashes (#8909).

### Removed

- Remove undefined `getValByInx` declaration (#8707).
- Remove undefined `untarBuf` and `tarToBuf` declarations (#8708).
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Split.

- Remove undefined `resolveStatForStructFileOpr` declaration (#8709).
- Remove undefined `addIntArray` declaration (#8710).
- Remove undefined `irodsCloseSock` declaration (#8713).
- Remove undefined `getParentPathlen` declaration (#8714).
- Remove undefined `svrReconnect` declaration (#8715).

### Deprecated

- Deprecate `check_sent_sid`, `sign_server_sid`, `remote_SID_key_map` (#5948).
- Deprecate `msiDataObjPut` (#8229).
- Deprecate adding custom `user_type` tokens (#8233).
- Deprecate user authentication names (#8408).
- Deprecate legacy authentication API numbers (#8424).
- Deprecate `isPathSymlink` function (#8711).
- Deprecate interactive mode for `iadmin` (#8738).
- Deprecate interactive mode for `igroupadmin` (#8738).
- Deprecate Oracle database plugin (#8829).
- Deprecate token addition and removal (#8892).

### Fixed

- Fix memory leak related to `bytesBuf_t` (irods/irods_rule_engine_plugin_policy_composition#5).
- Fix too many arguments in format string (#858).
- Stop server from incrementing ticket `write-file` count after reaching limit (#2720).
- Return correct error code to client when ticket limit is exceeded (#2720).
- Honor logical locking in registration/unregistration APIs (#5763).
- Update modification time of replica on open with `O_TRUNC` (#7128).
- Fix `ils` page boundary bug involving linkPoint collections (#7712).
- Harden DataObjRename API's use of Logical Locking (#7935, #8888).
- Fix memory leaks in delay server (#8254, #8575).
- Check for `nullptr` in data_object_modify_info API (#8307).
- Fix potential memory leak in `resolveRodsTarget` (#8334).
- Fix potential `collHandle` memory leaks (#8334).
- Fix memory leak in `getUtil` (#8334).
- Update modification time on empty overwrite for copy operation (#8413).
- Remove `imeta ls -C` path length constraint of 256 bytes (#8519).
- Fix double-free/corruption by setting free'd pointers to `nullptr` in network plugins (#8593).
- Fix zone reports for server-to-server connect errors (#8607).
- Make `RESC_NAME_KW` (`-R`) a directive for DataObjOpen API (#8627).
- Make `imiscsvrinfo` report an error when connected to a server older than 4.3.4 (#8653).
- Make physical quota count the largest overrun (#8691).
- Make total quota update only apply to correct `resc_id` (#8699).
- Check return value of `base64_encode` in hashers (#8703).
- Do not ignore errors from hashers (#8703).
- Expand internal buffer used by sha512 hasher (#8703).
- Replace spaces with hyphens for agent information (`ips`) (#8733).
- Do not cross lib->server boundary unconditionally (#8740).
- Use `OWN` permissions instead of `data_owner_name` when calculating physical quota totals (#8750).
- Refactor physical quotas query so that quotas are properly processed (#8758).
- Specify byte order when invoking `to_bytes` Python method for CRC64/NVME (#8763). <-- REVISIT
- Prevent checksum without status update in replica_close API (#8801).
- DataObjOpen: Rework update to replica access table to avoid potential uninitialized values (#8808).
- Avoid brace-initialization when constructing nlohmann JSON objects with other JSON objects (#8839).
- Do not use `memset` on RsComm (#8843).
- Fix memory leaks stemming from `clearMsParam` (#8857).
- Do not crash delay server when in-memory delay queue buffer is too small (#8859).
- Fix memory leaks in iRODS Rule Language (#8864).
- Fix stalling of delay rule processing in delay server by removing unnecessary use of pool memory resource (#8868).
- GenQuery2: Do not duplicate rows when user has access via multiple groups (#8880).
- Allow empty context strings for resources (#8900).
- Use `FETCH FIRST ROWS ONLY` instead of `LIMIT` (#8907).
- Fix group permission expansion in filesystem library (#8912).
- Fix handling of single quotes in paths for univmss resource plugin (#8928).

### Added

- Add `sign_server_sid` replacement: `sign_zone_key` (#2295).
- Add configuration for zone key signing hash scheme (#2295, #3403). <-- CHANGED: WAS 3404?
- GeneralAdmin API: Add support for removing passwords (#2899).
- GenQuery2: Expose new columns for querying when metadata is attached (#7889).
- Serialize `TicketAdminInput` data structure for policy enforcement (#8518).
- Add CRC64/NVME hash strategy (#8554).
- Add resource operation for reading checksums from storage device (#8554).
- Add and use common tool to get password from stdin (#8697).
- Add python script to ease removal of user passwords (#8697).
- Add password hashing utilities for server (#8697).
- Add hashed password support (#8697).
- Add authentication session token support (#8697).
- Add new **irods** authentication scheme (#8697, #8729).
- Add `user_password_storage_mode` grid configuration option (#8748).
- Add `R_USER_CREDENTIALS` table on database upgrade (#8729, #8769). <-- CONTINUE FROM HERE
- Add `password_reuse_previous` grid configuration option for PAM-generated passwords (#8789). <-- REVISIT FOR CLARITY
- Add option to skip post-install PUT test during setup (#8901).
- Hasher: Add digest overload to control output string (#8909).

[Full GitHub commit history](https://github.com/irods/irods/compare/5.0.2...5.1.0)

## 5.0.2

Release Date: 2025-10-01
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