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### ClickHouse release 24.4, 2024-04-30. [Presentation](https://presentations.clickhouse.com/2024-release-24.4/), [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUqgcfOGmE)[​](#a-id244a-clickhouse-release-244-2024-04-30 "Direct link to a-id244a-clickhouse-release-244-2024-04-30")

#### Upgrade Notes[​](#upgrade-notes "Direct link to Upgrade Notes")

- `clickhouse-odbc-bridge` and `clickhouse-library-bridge` are now separate packages. This closes [#61677](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/61677). [#62114](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62114) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Don't allow to set max\_parallel\_replicas (for the experimental parallel reading from replicas) to `0` as it doesn't make sense. Closes [#60140](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/60140). [#61201](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61201) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
- Remove support for `INSERT WATCH` query (part of the deprecated `LIVE VIEW` feature). [#62382](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62382) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Removed the `optimize_monotonous_functions_in_order_by` setting. [#63004](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/63004) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
- Remove experimental tag from the `Replicated` database engine. Now it is in Beta stage. [#62937](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62937) ([Justin de Guzman](https://github.com/justindeguzman)).

#### New Feature[​](#new-feature-8 "Direct link to New Feature")

- Support recursive CTEs. [#62074](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62074) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
- Support `QUALIFY` clause. Closes [#47819](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/47819). [#62619](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62619) ([Maksim Kita](https://github.com/kitaisreal)).
- Table engines are grantable now, and it won't affect existing users behavior. [#60117](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60117) ([jsc0218](https://github.com/jsc0218)).
- Added a rewritable S3 disk which supports INSERT operations and does not require locally stored metadata. [#61116](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61116) ([Julia Kartseva](https://github.com/jkartseva)). The main use case is for system tables.
- The syntax highlighting while typing in the client will work on the syntax level (previously, it worked on the lexer level). [#62123](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62123) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Supports dropping multiple tables at the same time like `DROP TABLE a, b, c`;. [#58705](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/58705) ([zhongyuankai](https://github.com/zhongyuankai)).
- Modifying memory table settings through `ALTER MODIFY SETTING` is now supported. Example: `ALTER TABLE memory MODIFY SETTING min_rows_to_keep = 100, max_rows_to_keep = 1000;`. [#62039](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62039) ([zhongyuankai](https://github.com/zhongyuankai)).
- Added `role` query parameter to the HTTP interface. It works similarly to `SET ROLE x`, applying the role before the statement is executed. This allows for overcoming the limitation of the HTTP interface, as multiple statements are not allowed, and it is not possible to send both `SET ROLE x` and the statement itself at the same time. It is possible to set multiple roles that way, e.g., `?role=x&role=y`, which will be an equivalent of `SET ROLE x, y`. [#62669](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62669) ([Serge Klochkov](https://github.com/slvrtrn)).
- Add `SYSTEM UNLOAD PRIMARY KEY` to free up memory usage for a table's primary key. [#62738](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/62738) ([Pablo Marcos](https://github.com/pamarcos)).
- Added `value1`, `value2`, ..., `value10` columns to `system.text_log`. These columns contain values that were used to format the message. [#59619](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/59619) ([Alexey Katsman](https://github.com/alexkats)).
- Added persistent virtual column `_block_offset` which stores original number of row in block that was assigned at insert. Persistence of column `_block_offset` can be enabled by the MergeTree setting `enable_block_offset_column`. Added virtual column`_part_data_version` which contains either min block number or mutation version of part. Persistent virtual column `_block_number` is not considered experimental anymore. [#60676](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/60676) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
- Add a setting `input_format_json_throw_on_bad_escape_sequence`, disabling it allows saving bad escape sequences in JSON input formats. [#61889](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/61889) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).

#### Performance Improvement[​](#performance-improvement-8 "Direct link to Performance Improvement")