v24.2.0-rc.1 release notes (#18783)

src/current/_data/releases.yml

@@ -6483,3 +6483,30 @@
     docker_arm_limited_access: false
   source: true
   previous_release: v24.1.2
+
+- release_name: v24.2.0-rc.1
+  major_version: v24.2
+  release_date: '2024-08-07'
+  release_type: Testing
+  go_version: go1.22.5
+  sha: 3d1bcc1df630c10c4065a22fc846daa911b436d6
+  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-unstable
+    docker_arm: true
+    docker_arm_experimental: false
+    docker_arm_limited_access: false
+  source: true
+  previous_release: v24.2.0-beta.3

src/current/_data/versions.csv

@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ v22.2,2022-12-05,2023-12-05,2024-06-05,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,v22.1,release-22.2
 v23.1,2023-05-15,2024-05-15,2024-11-15,23.1.11,23.1.12,2023-11-13,2024-11-13,2025-11-13,v22.2,release-23.1
 v23.2,2024-02-05,2025-02-05,2025-08-05,23.2.6,23.2.7,2024-07-08,2025-07-08,2026-07-08,v23.1,release-23.2
 v24.1,2024-05-20,2025-05-20,2025-11-20,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,v23.2,release-24.1
-v24.2,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,v24.1,master
+v24.2,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,N/A,v24.1,release-24.2

src/current/_includes/releases/v24.2/v24.2.0-rc.1.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+## v24.2.0-rc.1
+
+Release Date: August 7, 2024
+
+{% include releases/new-release-downloads-docker-image.md release=include.release %}
+
+<h3 id="v24-2-0-rc-1-{{-site.data.products.enterprise-}}-edition-changes">{{ site.data.products.enterprise }} edition changes</h3>
+
+- Added a new Kafka [changefeed sink]({% link v24.2/changefeed-sinks.md %}) that uses the [`franz-go` library](https://github.com/twmb/franz-go) and CockroachDB's `batching_sink` implementation. The new Kafka sink can be enabled with the [`changefeed.new_kafka_sink_enabled`]({% link v24.2/cluster-settings.md %}) cluster setting, which is disabled by default. [#127899][#127899]
+- The v2 Kafka [changefeed sink]({% link v24.2/changefeed-sinks.md %}) now supports [Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)](https://aws.amazon.com/msk/) IAM SASL authentication. [#127899][#127899]
+
+<h3 id="v24-2-0-rc-1-db-console-changes">DB Console changes</h3>
+
+- The [Databases]({% link v24.2/ui-databases-page.md %}) and [Tables]({% link v24.2/ui-databases-page.md %}#tables-view) pages in the [DB Console]({% link v24.2/ui-overview.md %}) will show a loading state while loading information for databases and tables including size and range counts. [#127696][#127696]
+- On the [Database details]({% link v24.2/ui-databases-page.md %}) page, the table name will no longer appear with quotes around the schema and table name. [#127770][#127770]
+
+<h3 id="v24-2-0-rc-1-bug-fixes">Bug fixes</h3>
+
+- Fixed a bug that caused a memory leak when executing SQL statements with comments, for example, `SELECT /* comment */ 1;`. Memory owned by a SQL session would continue to grow as these types of statements were executed. The memory would only be released when closing the [SQL session]({% link v24.2/show-sessions.md %}). This bug has been present since v23.1. [#127760][#127760]
+- Fixed a bug in [debug zip]({% link v24.2/cockroach-debug-zip.md %}) generation where an error was produced while fetching unstructured/malformed [logs]({% link v24.2/log-formats.md %}). [#127883][#127883]
+- Fixed small memory leaks that occur during [changefeed creation]({% link v24.2/create-changefeed.md %}). [#127899][#127899]
+- Fixed a [known limitation]({% link v24.2/physical-cluster-replication-overview.md %}#known-limitations) in which [fast cutback]({% link v24.2/cutover-replication.md %}#cut-back-to-the-primary-cluster) could fail. Users can now protect data for the [default protection window]({% link v24.2/physical-cluster-replication-technical-overview.md %}) of 4 hours on both the primary and the standby clusters. [#127892][#127892]
+
+<div class="release-note-contributors" markdown="1">
+
+<h3 id="v24-2-0-rc-1-contributors">Contributors</h3>
+
+This release includes 29 merged PRs by 21 authors.
+
+</div>
+
+[#127696]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127696
+[#127760]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127760
+[#127770]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127770
+[#127883]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127883
+[#127892]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127892
+[#127899]: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pull/127899