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- Normalize `AggregateFunction` types and state representations because optimizations like [#35788](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/35788) will treat `count(not null columns)` as `count()`, which might confuses distributed interpreters with the following error : `Conversion from AggregateFunction(count) to AggregateFunction(count, Int64) is not supported`. [#39420](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39420) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)). The functions with identical states can be used in materialized views interchangeably.
- Rework and simplify the `system.backups` table, remove the `internal` column, allow user to set the ID of operation, add columns `num_files`, `uncompressed_size`, `compressed_size`, `start_time`, `end_time`. [#39503](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39503) ([Vitaly Baranov](https://github.com/vitlibar)).
- Improved structure of DDL query result table for `Replicated` database (separate columns with shard and replica name, more clear status) - `CREATE TABLE ... ON CLUSTER` queries can be normalized on initiator first if `distributed_ddl_entry_format_version` is set to 3 (default value). It means that `ON CLUSTER` queries may not work if initiator does not belong to the cluster that specified in query. Fixes [#37318](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/37318), [#39500](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39500) - Ignore `ON CLUSTER` clause if database is `Replicated` and cluster name equals to database name. Related to [#35570](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/35570) - Miscellaneous minor fixes for `Replicated` database engine - Check metadata consistency when starting up `Replicated` database, start replica recovery in case of mismatch of local metadata and metadata in Keeper. Resolves [#24880](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/24880). [#37198](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/37198) ([Alexander Tokmakov](https://github.com/tavplubix)).
- Add result\_rows and result\_bytes to progress reports (`X-ClickHouse-Summary`). [#39567](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39567) ([Raúl Marín](https://github.com/Algunenano)).
- Improve primary key analysis for MergeTree. [#25563](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/25563) ([Nikolai Kochetov](https://github.com/KochetovNicolai)).
- `timeSlots` now works with DateTime64; subsecond duration and slot size available when working with DateTime64. [#37951](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/37951) ([Andrey Zvonov](https://github.com/zvonand)).
- Added support of `LEFT SEMI` and `LEFT ANTI` direct join with `EmbeddedRocksDB` tables. [#38956](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/38956) ([Vladimir C](https://github.com/vdimir)).
- Add profile events for fsync operations. [#39179](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39179) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Add the second argument to the ordinary function `file(path[, default])`, which function returns in the case when a file does not exists. [#39218](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39218) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
- Some small fixes for reading via http, allow to retry partial content in case if 200 OK. [#39244](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39244) ([Kseniia Sumarokova](https://github.com/kssenii)).
- Support queries `CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ... (<list of columns>) AS ...`. [#39462](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39462) ([Kruglov Pavel](https://github.com/Avogar)).
- Add support of `!`/`*` (exclamation/asterisk) in custom TLDs (`cutToFirstSignificantSubdomainCustom()`/`cutToFirstSignificantSubdomainCustomWithWWW()`/`firstSignificantSubdomainCustom()`). [#39496](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39496) ([Azat Khuzhin](https://github.com/azat)).
- Add support for TLS connections to NATS. Implements [#39525](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39525). [#39527](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39527) ([Constantine Peresypkin](https://github.com/pkit)).
- `clickhouse-obfuscator` (a tool for database obfuscation for testing and load generation) now has the new `--save` and `--load` parameters to work with pre-trained models. This closes [#39534](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39534). [#39541](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39541) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Fix incorrect behavior of log rotation during restart. [#39558](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39558) ([Nikolay Degterinsky](https://github.com/evillique)).
- Fix building aggregate projections when external aggregation is on. Mark as improvement because the case is rare and there exists easy workaround to fix it via changing settings. This fixes [#39667](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39667) . [#39671](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39671) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- Allow to execute hash functions with arguments of type `Map`. [#39685](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39685) ([Anton Popov](https://github.com/CurtizJ)).
- Add a configuration parameter to hide addresses in stack traces. It may improve security a little but generally, it is harmful and should not be used. [#39690](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39690) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Change the prefix size of AggregateFunctionDistinct to make sure nested function data memory segment is aligned. [#39696](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39696) ([Pxl](https://github.com/BiteTheDDDDt)).
- Properly escape credentials passed to the `clickhouse-diagnostic` tool. [#39707](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39707) ([Dale McDiarmid](https://github.com/gingerwizard)).
- ClickHouse Keeper improvement: create a snapshot on exit. It can be controlled with the config `keeper_server.create_snapshot_on_exit`, `true` by default. [#39755](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39755) ([Antonio Andelic](https://github.com/antonio2368)).
- Support primary key analysis for `row_policy_filter` and `additional_filter`. It also helps fix issues like [#37454](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/37454) . [#39826](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39826) ([Amos Bird](https://github.com/amosbird)).
- Fix two usability issues in Play UI: - it was non-pixel-perfect on iPad due to parasitic border radius and margins; - the progress indication did not display after the first query. This closes [#39957](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39957). This closes [#39960](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/39960). [#39961](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39961) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Play UI: add row numbers; add cell selection on click; add hysteresis for table cells. [#39962](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39962) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Play UI: recognize tab key in textarea, but at the same time don't mess up with tab navigation. [#40053](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/40053) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- The client will show server-side elapsed time. This is important for the performance comparison of ClickHouse services in remote datacenters. This closes [#38070](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/38070). See also [this](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickBench/blob/main/hardware/benchmark-cloud.sh#L37) for motivation. [#39968](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/39968) ([Alexey Milovidov](https://github.com/alexey-milovidov)).
- Adds `parseDateTime64BestEffortUS`, `parseDateTime64BestEffortUSOrNull`, `parseDateTime64BestEffortUSOrZero` functions, closing [#37492](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/issues/37492). [#40015](https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickHouse/pull/40015) ([Tanya Bragin](https://github.com/tbragin)).