Aliaksandr Valialkin

The fix for this issue has been included in [v1.99.0 release](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/changelog/). Closing it as fixed.

We observed that many users of open-source VictoriaMetrics stick to LTS releases after [their introduction starting at v1.79.x](https://victoriametrics.com/blog/lts-status-h1-2023/). This reduces test coverage of new releases by VictoriaMetrics community use cases,...

> VMAUTH: how to do with the drop_src_path_prefix_parts option which is included in 1.97.x LTS and not in the latest other LTS version w 1.96.x ? The `drop_src_path_prefix_parts` option is...

> Are LTS version becoming only chargeable? Yes, with the exception of v1.93.x LTS line - both open source and Enterprise releases will be published there until July 2024

> The latest available releases contain all bugfixes to date, as well as all the new bugs (that may cause incorrect output, service disruption, performance problems, data corruption, etc.). That's...

@rbizos , please see the follow-up commit e4eccd7074da09daf8aa6db6007aaf9fb2ffd049 .

@rbizos , no problems. The rule that all the unfetched series must be drained via `drainAllSeries()` call before returning from Graphite functions is very subtle, so we also sometimes forget...

The commit 90794e84bc75d0524c090cd57d69123f7224cf43 adds support for `-globalReplicationFactor` command-line flag to `vmselect`. This flag allows configuring the cross-group replication factor at `vmselect`, so it could continue returning full responses if up...

The commit 8f535f9e76c02b52fa1072cc1bce12f480923f4f adds support for `-remoteWrite.shardByURLReplicas` command-line flag to [`vmagent`](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent/). This flag allows setting up data replication among fault domains additionally to sharding if the number of fault domains...

The commit dc326f70b4026a802ba0db0c891b856d56b08c0d adds an ability to specify DNS SRV address inside `-remoteWrite.url` in the form `-remoteWrite.url=http://srv+some-addr/api/v1/write`. In this case the `some-addr` DNS SRV address is automatically resolved to TCP...