# Meta releases RocksDB 11.13.2 with data loss fixes and manifest tracking

> **Key takeaway:** RocksDB 11.13.2 introduces experimental manifest-based options tracking and resolves critical data loss bugs related to range tombstone conversion.

**Published:** 2026-11-04T00:35:04+00:00 
**Source:** Meta RocksDB Key-Value Store 
**Category:** bigtech-foss 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/meta-releases-rocksdb-11132-with-data-loss-fixes-and-manifes.html 

## Summary
Meta has released RocksDB version 11.13.2, an update to its high-performance embeddable key-value store. This release focuses heavily on data integrity, addressing several bugs in previous versions that could lead to accidental data loss during external file ingestion or specific iterator operations.

Beyond stability fixes, the update introduces an experimental feature for tracking options file numbers within the MANIFEST, improving how database configurations are persisted and recovered after crashes. The release also includes performance optimizations for performance context counters and fixes for asynchronous I/O handling in MultiGet operations.

## Technical improvements in RocksDB 11.13.x
- **Data Integrity:** Fixed critical data loss scenarios where `min_tombstones_for_range_conversion` could incorrectly insert range tombstones, deleting live keys during external file ingestion or when using specific `ReadOptions::read_tier` settings.
- **Configuration Management:** Introduced an experimental `DBOptions::track_options_file_number_in_manifest` rollout option for C and Java bindings, allowing the database to durably commit OPTIONS file numbers to the MANIFEST for safer crash recovery.
- **I/O and Concurrency:** Resolved a bug where `MultiGet` with `async_io` returned `NotSupported` during `io_uring` failures by implementing a fallback to synchronous reads, and fixed a corruption issue in blob direct writes during concurrent column family flushes.
- **Resource Accounting:** Addressed multiple memory and size leaks in `SstFileManager` trash accounting that occurred when file deletions failed or directories were renamed, which previously required a restart to clear.
- **Performance:** Optimized performance context counters and timers, reducing the cost of counter updates by approximately 60% when `kEnableCount` is active.

## Why it matters
As a foundational component for many large-scale distributed systems and databases, these stability and data integrity fixes are vital for production environments. The new manifest tracking and offline repair tools via `ldb` provide system administrators and database engineers with more robust recovery options during catastrophic failures.