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 Versity ScoutFS Release Notes
 =============================
 
+---
+v1.19
+\
+*Jan 30, 2024*
+
+Added the log\_merge\_wait\_timeout\_ms mount option to set the timeout
+for creating log merge operations.  The previous timeout, now the
+default, was too short for some systems and was resulting in consistent
+timeouts which created an excessive number of log trees waiting to be
+merged.
+
+Improved performance of many in-mount server operations when there are a
+large number of log trees waiting to be merged.
+
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 v1.18
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