Release Notes: Neo4j 3.3.2

Release Date: 22 January 2018

Neo4j 3.3.2 is a maintenance release with many important improvements and fixes.

Highlights

 

• Introduce volumetric check-pointing, where the check-point frequency is adjusted to avoid the transaction log retention policy falling too far behind. #10550
• Larger Cypher plan descriptions for really big plans #10790

Detailed Changes and Docs

For the complete list of all changes, please see the changelog. Look for 3.3 Developer manual here, and 3.3 Operations manual here.

Upgrading

Neo4j Operations Manual: Upgrade
3.3 Upgrade FAQ

When upgrading to Neo4j 3.3 for the first time, be sure to read the current upgrade instructions in the Neo4j Operations Manual, as there are additional steps and considerations.

Neo4j 3.3 supports direct upgrades from all 2.x releases (recommended to be on latest patch). Pre-2.x users need to upgrade to 2.x before upgrading to 3.3.