# DuckDB v0.2.4 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** DuckDB (https://duckdb.org)
- **Version:** v0.2.4
- **Released:** Feb 02, 2021
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/duckdb/updates/v0.2.4/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
DuckDB v0.2.4. Source highlight: This preview release of DuckDB is named "Jubata" after the Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata). Binary builds are listed below. Feedback is very welcome.

## New Features
- #1301: `CHR` and `ASCII` functions & #1252: Add `GAMMA` and `LGAMMA` functions
- #1230: Add support for parallel scanning of pandas data frames
- #1204: Add support for blobs to the R API and #1202: Add blob support to the python api

## Improvements
- #1287 and #1275: Improving JDBC compatibility
- #1260: Rework client API and prepared statements, and improve DuckDB -> Pandas conversion

## Bug Fixes
- #1209: Write shell history to file when added to allow crash recovery, and fix crash when .importing file with invalid