Akka.Cluster 1.0.6.17-beta

• • Akka.Remote (>= 1.0.6)
  • Google.ProtocolBuffers (>= 2.4.1.555)
  • System.Collections.Immutable (>= 1.1.37)

Maintenance release for Akka.NET v1.0.5**
This patch consists of many bug fixes, performance improvements, as well as the addition of two brand new alpha modules for Akka.Cluster users.
Akka.Cluster.Tools** and **Akka.Cluster.Sharding**
The biggest part of this release is the addition of [Akka.Cluster.Tools](http://getakka.net/docs/clustering/cluster-tools) and [Akka.Cluster.Sharding](http://getakka.net/docs/clustering/cluster-sharding), both of which are available now as pre-release packages on NuGet.
```
PM> Install-Package Akka.Cluster.Tools -pre
```
and
```
PM> Install-Package Akka.Cluster.Sharding -pre
```
Respectively, these two packages extend Akka.Cluster to do the following:
1. Distributed pub/sub (Akka.Cluster.Tools)
2. `ClusterClient` - subscribe to changes in cluster availability without actually being part of the cluster itself. (Akka.Cluster.Tools)
3. `ClusterSingleton` - guarantee a single instance of a specific actor throughout the cluster. (Akka.Cluster.Tools)
4. Sharding - partition data into durable stores (built on top of Akka.Persistence) in a manner that is fault-tolerant and recoverable across thecluster. (Akka.Cluster.Sharding)
Check out the documentation for more details!
http://getakka.net/docs/clustering/cluster-tools
http://getakka.net/docs/clustering/cluster-sharding
Fixes & Changes - Akka.NET Core**
[Fix incorrect serialization of Unicode characters in NewtonSoftJsonSerializer](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1508)
[Fixed: Supervisorstrategy does not preserve stacktrace](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/1499)
[added initial performance specs using NBench](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1520)
[Add wire back as contrib package + Serialization TestKit](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1503)
[Implemented the RegisterOnTermination feature.](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1523)
[Increased performance of DedicatedThreadPool](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1569)
[#1605 updated Google.ProtocolBuffers to 2.4.1.555](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1634)
[Clear current message - fixes #1609](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1613)
[Rewrite of the AtomicReference ](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1615)
[Implemented WhenTerminated and Terminate](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1614)
[Implemented StartTime and Uptime](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1617)
[API Diff with fixed Approval file](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1639)
[Fixed: NullReferenceException in Akka.Util.Internal.Collections.ImmutableAvlTreeBase`2.RotateLeft](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/1202)
Fixes & Changes - Akka.Remote & Akka.Cluster**
It should be noted that we've improved the throughput from Akka.NET v1.0.5 to 1.0.6 by a factor of 8
[Akka.Cluster.Tools & Akka.Cluster.Sharding with tests and examples](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1530)
[Added UntrustedSpec](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1535)
[Akka.Remote Performance - String.Format logging perf fix](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1540)
[Remoting system upgrade](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1596)
[PublicHostname defaults to IPAddress.Any when hostname is blank](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1621)
[Removes code that overrides OFF log level with WARNING.](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1644)
[fixes issue with Helios message ordering](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1638)
[Fixed: Actor does not receive "Terminated" message if remoting is used and it is not monitored actor's parent](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/issues/1646)
Fixes & Changes - Akka.Persistence**
[Fixed racing conditions on sql-based snapshot stores](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1507)
[Fix for race conditions in presistence plugins](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1543)
[Fix #1522 Ensure extensions and persistence plugins are only registered/created once](https://github.com/akkadotnet/akka.net/pull/1648)
A special thanks to all of our contributors for making this happen!
18 contributors since release v1.0.5
| COMMITS | LOC+ | LOC- | AUTHOR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 22 | 3564 | 28087 | Aaron Stannard |
| 15 | 1710 | 1303 | rogeralsing |
| 6 | 569 | 95 | Silv3rcircl3 |
| 6 | 53594 | 4417 | Bartosz Sypytkowski |
| 5 | 1786 | 345 | Sean Gilliam |
| 3 | 786 | 159 | maxim.salamatko |
| 2 | 765 | 277 | JeffCyr |
| 2 | 44 | 53 | Chris Constantin |
| 2 | 14 | 2 | Simon Anderson |
| 1 | 84 | 4 | Bart de Boer |
| 1 | 6051 | 27 | danielmarbach |
| 1 | 6 | 2 | tstojecki |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Ralf1108 |
| 1 | 27 | 0 | Andrew Skotzko |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | easuter |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Danthar |
| 1 | 182 | 0 | derwasp |
| 1 | 179 | 0 | Onat Yiğit Mercan |