2024 Releases

September - November 2024

Improvements

• General bug fixes to enhance stability and user experience.

• Comprehensive security patch to ensure your data remains safe and secure.

• Performance optimizations for faster and smoother operations.

Looking Ahead

Hyperspace Version 2.0 (In Development):

• Work is underway on our next-generation detailed architecture, designed to deliver enhanced scalability, reliability, and performance in future updates.

August 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• Geo-point Support in DSL: Added the ability to use geo-point types in documents and search operations.

Performance Improvements

• Script Score Optimization: Implemented multithreaded script scoring for faster performance.

• Candidate Generation Optimization: Reduced candidate generation through cardinality-based optimization.

Security

• Security Patch: Applied essential security enhancements.

July 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• min_score Support: Introduced support for the min_score functionality to improve query filtering.

• Optimized Document Updates: Enabling more efficient document updates.

Performance Improvements

• Query Duplication Elimination: Removed redundant query execution to enhance performance.

• Accelerated Script Score Optimization: Optimized script scoring for faster query processing.

• Complex DSL Query Support: Enabled support for longer and more complex DSL queries.

System Stability and Bugs

• General Bug Fixes: Addressed various bugs for improved performance.

• Stability Improvements: Enhanced system stability and reliability.

Security

• Security Patch: Implemented critical security updates.

Jun 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• Free Text Processing: Integrated the Porter-Stemmer into the Hyperspace Analyzer to allow additional text processing capabilities.

API Updates

• dslSearch() API: Updated the dslSearch() API for full compatibility with standard search API

• updateDocument() API: Introduced new functionalities to the updateDocument() API.

Performance Improvements

• Indexing Field _id: Removed the option to use arbitrary unique identifier field names. Only _id field will be supported for full compatibility with standard tools.

May 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• Free Text Search: Implemented free text search functionality, allowing for more versatile and user-friendly search capabilities.

• Dynamic Cardinality Group Decision: Introduced dynamic cardinality group (CG) decision-making, with the ability to dynamically select between indices for optimal performance.

Performance Improvements

• New Hash Entry Implementation: Developed and implemented a new hash entry system to improve overall performance and efficiency.

April 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• Support for Match All Queries: Added support for match_all queries, ensuring comprehensive query capabilities.

• Update by Query: Added support for updating multiple documents by query, streamlining bulk update operations.

• Terms Aggregation: Added support for terms aggregation along with comprehensive tests to ensure accuracy and reliability.

• Exact Cardinality Aggregation: Implemented support for exact cardinality aggregation.

• Global Document ID Mechanism: Developed and implemented a global document ID mechanism, standardizing document identification across the system.

• Crash Recovery Solution: Launched the first release of a crash recovery solution, significantly improving system robustness and data recovery processes.

Updates to Hyperspace Client

• Node.js Client: Introduced the Node.js client, expanding language support and enabling a broader range of application development.

• Conditional Updates: Added support for conditional updates, providing greater flexibility and control over data modifications.

• Conditional and Partial Update: Enhanced the Node.js client with support for conditional and partial updates, ensuring reliable and precise data handling.

March 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• Inline Configuration and Score Function: Enabled sending inline configuration and score functions from the API as a string directly from the client.

• KNN Between Different Vector Fields: Enhanced the KNN functionality to support calculation between different vector fields.

Performance Improvements

• Data Nodes Performance: Improved the speed of distributed search by optimizing the multi node performance.

System Stability

• Auto Recovery Mechanism: Released automated recovery mechanism, aiming to enhance system robustness and data recovery capabilities.

February 2024

New Features and

• Term Matching on Non-String Fields: Support for term matching on non-keyword fields, including struct type lists.

• Query Throughput: Support for a query throughput of 500 Q/S while maintaining low latency.

• SW Debug Info: Support for debug information for better software troubleshooting and diagnostics.

Enhancements

• Performance Tuning: Continued improvements to query latency and throughput for optimal performance.

• Document Updates: Enhanced support for document updates, streamlining the update process.

January 2024

New Features and Enhancements

• Performance Tuning: Improved query latency and throughput for better performance.

• Aggregation Support: Added support for term aggregations in DSL query syntax.

• Nested Objects Parsing: Enhanced the real-time compiler to support nested objects in DSL queries.

• Distance and KNN Filter: Introduced distance and KNN filter functionalities in hybrid search, allowing the construction of complex logic and filtering by vector search score..

Bug Fixes

• Error Handling: General bug fixes and improved stability