CockroachDB 1.1 introduces significant enhancements aimed at facilitating seamless migration from legacy databases, improving cluster management, and boosting performance in cloud environments. The release addresses migration challenges by enhancing import functionality for large data sets and expanding SQL coverage to better support ORMs such as Hibernate and ActiveRecord. Cluster management is improved with new features like the jobs table and the SHOW QUERIES command, providing operators with real-time insights and control over cluster activities. Performance upgrades include reduced latency and increased throughput, particularly for high concurrency key-value workloads, and significant improvements in distributed backup and restore capabilities. These updates underscore CockroachDB's commitment to transforming data management and continuing performance enhancements in future releases.