v.23.7Performance Improvement
Enable Default Sparse Serialization Format for Improved Performance
Enable automatic selection of the sparse serialization format by default. It improves performance. The format is supported since version 22.1. After this change, downgrading to versions older than 22.1 might not be possible. A downgrade may require to setratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization=0.937555153. You can turn off the usage of the sparse serialization format by providing theratio_of_defaults_for_sparse_serialization = 1setting for your MergeTree tables. #49631 (Alexey Milovidov).