2021 Changelog

- Fix redundant reconnects to ZooKeeper and the possibility of two active sessions for a single clickhouse server. Both problems introduced in #14678. [#21264](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21264) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix error `Bad cast from type ... to DB::ColumnLowCardinality` while inserting into table with `LowCardinality` column from `Values` format. Fixes #21140 [#21357](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21357) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
- Fix a deadlock in `ALTER DELETE` mutations for non replicated MergeTree table engines when the predicate contains the table itself. Fixes [#20558](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20558). [#21477](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21477) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix SIGSEGV for distributed queries on failures. [#21434](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21434) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Now `ALTER MODIFY COLUMN` queries will correctly affect changes in partition key, skip indices, TTLs, and so on. Fixes [#13675](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/13675). [#21334](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21334) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fix bug with `join_use_nulls` and joining `TOTALS` from subqueries. This closes [#19362](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/19362) and [#21137](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21137). [#21248](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21248) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
- Fix crash in `EXPLAIN` for query with `UNION`. Fixes [#20876](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20876), [#21170](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21170). [#21246](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21246) ([flynn](https://github.com/ucasFL)).
- Now mutations allowed only for table engines that support them (MergeTree family, Memory, MaterializedView). Other engines will report a more clear error. Fixes [#21168](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21168). [#21183](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21183) ([alesapin](https://github.com/alesapin)).
- Fixes [#21112](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21112). Fixed bug that could cause duplicates with insert query (if one of the callbacks came a little too late). [#21138](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21138) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
- Fix `input_format_null_as_default` take effective when types are nullable. This fixes [#21116](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21116) . [#21121](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21121) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- fix bug related to cast Tuple to Map. Closes [#21029](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21029). [#21120](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21120) ([hexiaoting](https://github.com/hexiaoting)).
- Fix the metadata leak when the Replicated\*MergeTree with custom (non default) ZooKeeper cluster is dropped. [#21119](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21119) ([fastio](https://github.com/fastio)).
- Fix type mismatch issue when using LowCardinality keys in joinGet. This fixes [#21114](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/21114). [#21117](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21117) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- fix default\_replica\_path and default\_replica\_name values are useless on Replicated(\*)MergeTree engine when the engine needs specify other parameters. [#21060](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21060) ([mxzlxy](https://github.com/mxzlxy)).
- Out of bound memory access was possible when formatting specifically crafted out of range value of type `DateTime64`. This closes [#20494](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20494). This closes [#20543](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20543). [#21023](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21023) ([alexey-milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Block parallel insertions into storage join. [#21009](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21009) ([vdimir](https://github.com/vdimir)).
- Fixed behaviour, when `ALTER MODIFY COLUMN` created mutation, that will knowingly fail. [#21007](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/21007) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
- Closes [#9969](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/9969). Fixed Brotli http compression error, which reproduced for large data sizes, slightly complicated structure and with json output format. Update Brotli to the latest version to include the "fix rare access to uninitialized data in ring-buffer". [#20991](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20991) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
- Fix 'Empty task was returned from async task queue' on query cancellation. [#20881](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20881) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- `USE database;` query did not work when using MySQL 5.7 client to connect to ClickHouse server, it's fixed. Fixes [#18926](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/18926). [#20878](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20878) ([tavplubix](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
- Fix usage of `-Distinct` combinator with `-State` combinator in aggregate functions. [#20866](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20866) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
- Fix subquery with union distinct and limit clause. close [#20597](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20597). [#20610](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20610) ([flynn](https://github.com/ucasFL)).
- Fixed inconsistent behavior of dictionary in case of queries where we look for absent keys in dictionary. [#20578](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20578) ([Nikita Mikhaylov](https://github.com/nikitamikhaylov)).
- Fix the number of threads for scalar subqueries and subqueries for index (after [#19007](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/19007) single thread was always used). Fixes [#20457](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20457), [#20512](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20512). [#20550](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20550) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
- Fix crash which could happen if unknown packet was received from remove query (was introduced in [#17868](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/17868)). [#20547](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20547) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Add proper checks while parsing directory names for async INSERT (fixes SIGSEGV). [#20498](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20498) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Fix function `transform` does not work properly for floating point keys. Closes [#20460](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20460). [#20479](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20479) ([flynn](https://github.com/ucasFL)).
- Fix infinite loop when propagating WITH aliases to subqueries. This fixes [#20388](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20388). [#20476](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20476) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- Fix abnormal server termination when http client goes away. [#20464](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20464) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Fix `LOGICAL_ERROR` for `join_use_nulls=1` when JOIN contains const from SELECT. [#20461](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20461) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Check if table function `view` is used in expression list and throw an error. This fixes [#20342](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/20342). [#20350](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20350) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- Avoid invalid dereference in RANGE\_HASHED() dictionary. [#20345](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/20345) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).