What’s new in P4 Server 2024.2

Released: November 2024

For a complete list of what’s new in this release, see the following resources:

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New features

The Delta Transfer feature now supports p4 sync in addition to the p4 submit support introduced in the 2024.1 release. To learn more, see the updated net.delta.transfer.minsize and net.delta.transfer.threshold configurables.
If you are using P4 VFS, you can map a subset of files to be sync'd rather than having placeholders. Hotfiles don't create placeholders. The hotfiles feature requires a 24.2 server and a 24.2 client. To learn more, see p4 hotfiles and Hotfiles have no placeholder in the P4 Virtual File Service (P4 VFS) Documentation.
Support for exporting logs to an aggregation service. To learn more, see p4 logexport.
Support for unshelving from the parent stream to the sparse stream. To learn more, see the -S stream under Options in p4 unshelve.
The -l option of the p4 obliterate command might improve performance by skipping the search for any labels to remove.

For changelists: support for filtering pending and submitted changelists with enhanced search filters on the client workspace name. To learn more, see the new -E option, as well as the -c and -u options, of p4 changes.
For client workspaces: support for filtering with wildcards and the -E or --user-case-insensitive option for case-insensitivity. To learn more, see the -u option of p4 clients.
For labels and branches: support for case-insensitive matching even on a case-sensitive server. To learn more, see the --user-case-insensitive option in p4 labels, and p4 branches.

To facilitate troubleshooting with Perforce Support, a new command is introduced as a Technology Preview. To learn more, see p4 diagnostics.

The following features have been promoted from Technology Preview and are now fully supported:
- The p4 topology command.
- The set of configurables to monitor System resources.