v2.4.0

What's Changed

• Add merr package to utilize milvus error by @congqixia in #645
• feat: support alter index by @yah01 in #634
• enhance: add nightly-ci for v2.3.x branch by @congqixia in #647
• enhance: adjust workflow for merr & branches by @congqixia in #652
• test: case error msg change by @ThreadDao in #659
• enhance: Suport GPUCagra & GPUBruteForce index type by @congqixia in #660
• Reapply "feat: support enabling mmap for collection (#632)" (#635) by @yah01 in #661
• enhance: Support Search GroupBy feature by @congqixia in #662
• enhance: Support hybrid search multiple vector fields by @congqixia in #663
• Adding float16 and bfloat16 support by @tedxu in #664
• fix: Use latest error message for range_filter and radius check by @congqixia in #666
• enhance: Remove varchar column cannot use auto ID constraint by @congqixia in #665
• Add test cases for groupby search by @ThreadDao in #672
• fix: Load collection before delete by expr by @congqixia in #677
• fix: Support retry on milvus errors and retry on ErrInconsistentRequery by @bigsheeper in #675
• Fix: Adapt bf16/fp16 in row-based API by @congqixia in #678
• fix: Skip TestSearchGroupByFloatDefault case by @congqixia in #680
• enhance: Bump milvus-proto/go-api to v2.4.0-rc.1 by @congqixia in #682
• fix: Rectify Weighted Rerank params by @congqixia in #683
• enhance: Support Sparse Embedding by @congqixia in #684
• Update autoindex level check by @chasingegg in #687
• fix: Use corrent place holder type for fp16 vector by @congqixia in #688
• fix: Filter index info base on provided field name by @congqixia in #690
• fix: Allow specify scalar index type by @congqixia in #691
• Fix: cannot find the latest amd image tag by @ThreadDao in #692
• Add test cases for fp16, bf16, hybrid search by @ThreadDao in #685
• fix: Build binary index on binary field and skip some cases by @congqixia in #700
• fix: Pass index type for Scalar indexes by @congqixia in #696
• Add test cases for Inverted scalar index by @ThreadDao in #703
• Fix hybrid search case and response check by @congqixia in #706
• fix: Return non-implemented error for connect by @congqixia in #704
• enhance: Add collection Properties field for describe collection by @congqixia in #711
• fix: Use corrent idx when converting SparseVector by @congqixia in #712
• fix: Pass extra params when creating Index by @congqixia in #713
• Revert: "fix: Support retry on milvus errors and retry on ErrInconsistentRequery" by @bigsheeper in #717
• fix: Parse group by value for each rows of resultset by @congqixia in #721
• enhance: Export AlterIndex API in client interface by @congqixia in #722
• enhance: Add Sparse Index type enum by @congqixia in #723
• Update some skipped cases by @ThreadDao in #719
• Add test cases for mmap by @ThreadDao in #715
• enhance: Support offset in hybrid search outer request by @congqixia in #727
• fix: Use correct idx when Serialize Sparse vector by @congqixia in #729
• Add test cases for sparse vector by @ThreadDao in #720
• fix: Return empty resultset for empty nq and related testcases by @ThreadDao in #732
• fix: Fix recent behavior change caused case failure by @congqixia in #736
• fix: Use correct index range for refect Slice method by @congqixia in #735
• fix: Pass offset param in rerank params for HybridSearch by @congqixia in #737
• Fix resource group failed cases in nightly by @ThreadDao in #738
• enhance: Add Describe User methods by @punkerpunker in #697
• fix: Make custom DialOption overwrite default ones by @congqixia in #739
• enhance: Bump sdk & proto verison to v2.4.0 by @congqixia in #740

New Contributors

• @tedxu made their first contribution in #664
• @punkerpunker made their first contribution in #697

Full Changelog: v2.3.6...v2.4.0