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P4 CLI Documentation | 2026.1

# What’s new in P4 Server 2024.2

Released: November 2024

For a complete list of what’s new in this release, see the following resources:

- Release notes

- What’s new in P4 administration in the P4 Server Administration Documentation

- What’s new in the P4 Virtual File Service (P4 VFS) Documentation

## New features

- The Delta Transfer feature now supports `p4 sync` in addition to the `p4 submit` support introduced in the 2024.1 release. To learn more, see the updated `net.delta.transfer.minsize` and `net.delta.transfer.threshold` configurables.

- If you are using P4 VFS, you can map a subset of files to be sync'd rather than having placeholders. Hotfiles don't create placeholders. The hotfiles feature requires a 24.2 server and a 24.2 client. To learn more, see p4 hotfiles and Hotfiles have no placeholder in the P4 Virtual File Service (P4 VFS) Documentation.

- Support for exporting logs to an aggregation service. To learn more, see p4 logexport.

- Support for unshelving from the parent stream to the sparse stream. To learn more, see the `-S stream` under Options in p4 unshelve.

- The `-l` option of the p4 obliterate command might improve performance by skipping the search for any labels to remove.

## Enhanced filtering for changes, clients, labels, and branches

- For changelists: support for filtering pending and submitted changelists with enhanced search filters on the client workspace name. To learn more, see the new `-E` option, as well as the `-c` and `-u` options, of `p4 changes`.

- For client workspaces: support for filtering with wildcards and the `-E` or `--user-case-insensitive` option for case-insensitivity. To learn more, see the `-u` option of `p4 clients`.

- For labels and branches: support for case-insensitive matching even on a case-sensitive server. To learn more, see the `--user-case-insensitive` option in `p4 labels`, and `p4 branches`.

## Technology preview

- To facilitate troubleshooting with Perforce Support, a new command is introduced as a Technology Preview. To learn more, see p4 diagnostics.

- The following features have been promoted from Technology Preview and are now fully supported:

  - The p4 topology command.

  - The set of configurables to monitor System resources.

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