incorporate Patrik’s akka-data-replication under the new module name akka-distributed-data-experimental (see akka-data-replicationmigration guide), the Distributed Data module is useful for sharing eventually consistent data (CRDTs) between nodes in an Akka Cluster
improved support for Akka Persistence event migrations by Serializer with String Manifest and Event Adapters
make Akka Persistence failure handling more robust and support rejections of events
Persistent FSM, thanks to an awesome contribution from leonidb
various improvements in Akka Persistence aiming to finalize its APIs, refer to the migration guide or closed persistence tickets for details
use custom failure detection in Cluster Client to avoid quarantining in case of transient network failures
support graceful shutdown in Cluster Sharding
various API and configuration improvements of Cluster Sharding, Cluster Singleton, Distributed PubSub and Cluster Client
Akka 2.4 未来计划
Akka 2.4.0-RC1 将会包括的新特性:
complete the Java API and the documentation for Akka Typed
finalize Akka Persistence on the Write Side (i.e. PersistentActor will be non-experimental; the work on the Read Side will be deferred until Akka 2.5)
incorporate Streams & HTTP once ready (to become an experimental module, as usual)