# MariaDB MaxScale 2.4.0 Release Notes

Release 2.4.0 is a Beta release.

This document describes the changes in release 2.4.0, when compared to
release 2.3.

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

## Changed Features

### Section and object names

Section and object names starting with `@@` are now reserved for
use by MaxScale itself. If any such names are encountered in
configuration files, then MaxScale will not start.

Whitespace in section names that was deprecated in 2.2 will now be
rejected and cause the startup of MaxScale to fail.

## Dropped Features

## New Features

## Bug fixes

[Here is a list of bugs fixed in MaxScale 2.4.0.](https://jira.mariadb.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20MXS%20AND%20issuetype%20%3D%20Bug%20AND%20status%20%3D%20Closed%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.4.0)

## 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. Further, *master* always refers to the latest released non-beta version.

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