Kaleido Besu Releases
This topic lists the releases of LFDT Besu published by Kaleido. It includes the date of release, the date after which standard support ends and a list of noteworthy enhancements and bug fixes in the release.
Release date: February 2025
End of standard support: February 2026
Image location: https://kaleidoio.jfrog.io/artifactory/kaleido-besu/kaleido-node-besu-linux-amd64/artifacts/binaries/v25.1.0
Github release: kaleido-besu-v25.1.0
Key features and fixes:
- Support for Bonsai DB with IBFT chains
- SNAP and CHECKPOINT sync no longer experimental
- More detailed BFT round change logs
- Support for mTLS with web sockets
- Fix for (re)syncing IBFT/QBFT validators with an existing chain
Release date: October 2024
End of standard support: October 2025
Image location: https://kaleidoio.jfrog.io/artifactory/kaleido-besu/kaleido-node-besu-linux-amd64/artifacts/binaries/v24.9.1
Github release: kaleido-besu-v24.9.1
Key features and fixes:
- Java 21 now the minimum version required to build and run Besu
- SNAP and CHECKPOINT sync no longer experimental
- More detailed BFT round change logs
- Support for Bonsai DB with QBFT chains
Release date: July 2024
End of standard support: July 2025
Image location: https://kaleidoio.jfrog.io/artifactory/kaleido-besu/kaleido-node-besu-linux-amd64/artifacts/binaries/v24.5.2
Github release: kaleido-besu-v24.5.2
Key features and fixes:
- Last version of Besu to support building and running with Java 17
- BFT supported with SNAP and CHECKPOINT sync
- Experimental support for SNAP server
- Storage format now defaults to Bonsai DB. Forest DB marked as deprecated but still available through configuration
Release date: March 2024
End of standard support: March 2025
Key features and fixes:
- Support for Shanghai fork for IBFT/QBFT chains
- Fix to resolve INTERNAL_ERROR returned from eth_estimateGas
- New sequenced transaction pool