# MariaDB MaxScale 2.1.4 Release Notes -- 2017-07-03

Release 2.1.4 is a GA release.

This document describes the changes in release 2.1.4, when compared to
release [2.1.3](MaxScale-2.1.3-Release-Notes.md).

If you are upgrading from release 2.0, please also read the following
release notes:
[2.1.3](./MaxScale-2.1.3-Release-Notes.md)
[2.1.2](./MaxScale-2.1.2-Release-Notes.md)
[2.1.1](./MaxScale-2.1.1-Release-Notes.md)
[2.1.0](./MaxScale-2.1.0-Release-Notes.md)

For any problems you encounter, please consider submitting a bug
report at [Jira](https://jira.mariadb.org).

## Changed Features

### Masking

* The masking filter now has a default fill character `X`, which
  is used if only a _value_ has been specified and the length of
  the value does not match the length of the value received from
  the server.

  Please refer to the
  [masking documentation](../Filters/Masking.md)
  for details.

### maxadmin

* Error message for failed login attempt has been improved.

## Bug fixes

[Here is a list of bugs fixed since the release of MaxScale 2.1.3.](https://jira.mariadb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MXS%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Closed%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.1.4)

* [MXS-1308](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1308) Crash with multimaster=true in mysqlmon
* [MXS-1304](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1304) Invalid write in gw_str_xor
* [MXS-1299](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1299) CREATE TABLE LIKE fails with avrorouter
* [MXS-1296](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1296) Lowercase start transaction is not detected
* [MXS-1294](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1294) cdc_schema.py uses Python 3
* [MXS-1287](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1287) Slaves of external servers can't be used as slaves
* [MXS-1279](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1279) Runtime changes to monitor credentials expect wrong parameter names
* [MXS-1271](https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-1271) cdc.py consuming 100% of CPU and never sending to kafka

## Known Issues and Limitations

There are some limitations and known issues within this version of MaxScale.
For more information, please refer to the [Limitations](../About/Limitations.md) document.

## Packaging

RPM and Debian packages are provided for the Linux distributions supported
by MariaDB Enterprise.

Packages can be downloaded [here](https://mariadb.com/resources/downloads).

## Source Code

The source code of MaxScale is tagged at GitHub with a tag, which is identical
with the version of MaxScale. For instance, the tag of version X.Y.Z of MaxScale
is X.Y.Z.

The source code is available [here](https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/MaxScale).