Release v1.0.0

We are thrilled to announce the first official release of RaftLock! 🎉

This release marks a major milestone, delivering a stable, fault-tolerant distributed lock service built from the ground up on the Raft consensus algorithm. v1.0.0 provides a robust foundation for coordinating distributed applications with a simple gRPC API, a Go client library, and easy-to-use Docker support for deploying a multi-node cluster.

✨ Key Highlights

• Raft Consensus Implementation: A complete implementation of the Raft consensus algorithm to ensure fault tolerance and data consistency.
• gRPC API & Go Client: A clear, efficient API for acquiring and releasing locks (raftlock.proto), with a ready-to-use Go client for seamless integration.
• Persistent Storage Layer: A durable storage engine to maintain state across node restarts.
• Docker & docker-compose Support: Easily run a multi-node raftlock cluster in a containerized environment.
• Comprehensive Test Suite: High test coverage, including unit tests, integration tests, a linter, and a formatter to ensure code quality and reliability.

✅ What's Changed

Features 🚀

• Implemented the core Raft consensus algorithm by @jathurchan in #37
• Built the persistent storage layer for durability by @jathurchan in #33
• Defined the raftlock.proto gRPC API and implemented the RaftLockServer by @jathurchan in #62, #71
• Implemented the core LockManager for handling lock state by @jathurchan in #50
• Implemented the RaftLockClient for easy integration with your Go applications by @jathurchan in #89
• Created the main application entry point for the RaftLock server by @jathurchan in #102
• Added Docker and docker-compose support for running a multi-node cluster by @jathurchan in #7, #116
• Added a payment processor example to demonstrate usage by @jathurchan in #120

Bug Fixes & Improvements 🐛

• Fixed critical race conditions to improve stability by @jathurchan in #96
• Fixed logger context fields (WithNodeID, WithTerm) by @jathurchan in #41
• Separated Raft peer and client API addresses for improved network configuration by @jathurchan in #114
• Corrected the CommandReplication integration test by @jathurchan in #111
• Fixed several miscellaneous bugs to improve reliability by @jathurchan in #129

Tooling & Testing 🛠️

• Added a linter and code formatter (golines) to the CI pipeline by @Patrice-Zhou in #93 and @jathurchan in #104
• Implemented a comprehensive suite of Raft integration tests by @jathurchan in #107
• Significantly improved test coverage across the codebase by @Patrice-Zhou in #45 and @jathurchan in #64
• Fixed CI configuration and test coverage reports by @jathurchan in #56, #58, #65, #130, #131, #132

Documentation & Legal 📚

• Added README.md files for the raft and storage packages by @jathurchan in #69, #74
• Added the MIT License to the project by @jathurchan in #92
• Finalized documentation and code in preparation for v1.0.0 by @jathurchan in #136

❤️ Contributors

This release would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of our team. A huge thank you to:

• @jathurchan (Jathurchan Selvakumar) for leading the development, implementing the core architecture, and bringing the project to life.
• @Patrice-Zhou (Patrice Zhou) for major contributions to testing, code quality, and tooling.
• @mathusanm6 for his consistent and invaluable feedback, code reviews, and guidance throughout the development process.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/jathurchan/raftlock/commits/v1.0.0