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2 2  {{container layoutStyle="columns"}}(((
3 3  [[image:Main.Images.Release Blog.WebHome@release-blog-intro.png]]
4 4  
5 -**Hi there, eMagiz developers!** We have done .....
5 +**Hi there, eMagiz developers!** We have done much work for state generation, so that you can derive more information from your data! Examples are enrichment, aggregation, change detection and duplicate detection. State generation functionality is only accessible for models with an add-on state generation license. Next to state generation, several improvements regarding the alignment of components have been made. Moreover, performance improvements and bug fixes have been implemented. Lastly, a change in the metrics storage duration has been performed.
6 6  
7 -== **Next Generation Architecture Default** ==
8 -With this release, the next generation architecture will become the default. New models will use this generation as default.
7 +== **State Generation** ==
9 9  
10 -[[image:Main.Images.Release Blog.WebHome@release-blog-next-gen-default.png]]
9 +//__New components__//
10 +The following components have been added:
11 +* Aggregator: reverse of the splitter, used to combine multiple messages into a single one.
12 +* Infinispan metadata outbound channel adapter: used to (temporarily) store metadata, which can be used to enrich messages, or make decisions in filters or scripts.
13 +* Content enricher: used to add properties to the payload of messages, similar to what the header enricher can do for headers.
14 +* Duplicate detector: support object used to detect duplicate messages for a certain key on an inbound channel of a flow component. Duplicates can be marked or discarded.
15 +* Infinispan support objects, supporting the aggregator, metadata outbound channel adapter and content enricher.
11 11  
12 -== **Cloud Template R11 - Single Lane** ==
13 -This release introduces a new cloud template for all our customers running in a single-lane setup on the next generation architecture. This cloud template introduces faster machine boot up and improved auto-healing. The complete release notes on the cloud template can be found here
17 +//__SpEL functions & JSON__//
18 +Added SpEL functions for:
19 +* Encoding & decoding Base64, Hex and hmac.
20 +* Date retrieval (currentDateTime, currentEpochMilli, currentEpochSecond).
21 +* Date conversion (DateTime to Epoch, Epoch to DateTime, DateTime formatter and DateTime parser).
14 14  
15 -== **Cloud Template R13 - Double Lane** ==
23 +Added support for SpEL property accessors for XML and JSON, meaning that you can read message payloads in SpEL expressions easily. For example, to retrieve the value for 'id' in the following JSON String: `{"id":"123"}`, this SpEL expression suffices: `payload.id`.
16 16  
25 +Added support for `#JsonPath` usage in SpEL expressions.
17 17  
27 +//__New image version 2.0.0__//
28 +The above functionalities are features of the new image version 2.0.0. Important to note is that the library used for Code Mappings has been changed. Changed the library used for Code Mappings. Any customer with Gen3 runtimes and code mappings is required to reset their infra flows prior to deploying on image 2.0.0.
29 +
30 +//__Component pages__//
31 +Pages to add the new components have been created. Forms have been created nicely with proper help texts. The EHCache cache manager has been removed.
32 +
33 +== **Metrics Storage Duration** ==
34 +Manage - Monitoring: We will change the retention of monitoring data of different environments. For minute level data, it will be kept for test, acceptance and production environments for 5, 7 and 30 days respectively. Then the minute level data will be reduced to hour level data then will be stored for test, acceptance and production for 3, 6 and 12 months respectively.
35 +
36 +[[image:Main.Images.Release Blog.WebHome@release-blog-207-aligned-state-metrics-storage.png]]
37 +
18 18  == **Feedback Items** ==
19 19  
20 -//__Unused properties overview__//
21 -In Deploy > Releases, it is now possible to see all unused properties of an environment. This can be viewed by clicking the three dots in the Create phase section. Here it is also possible to quickly delete all or a selection of those unused properties. Unused properties are properties that are:
22 -* Not used by any runtime that is in the Create phase release.
23 -* Not required by a flow that is in the Create phase release.
24 -* If used as nested property, none of its parent properties (checks recursively) are in the Create phase release.
40 +//__Alerting manual pause__//
41 +A few releases ago we changed the behavior of alerting in the deployment plan. Now each time when a deployment plan is executed the alerting will be automatically re-enabled when the deployer closes the deployment plan or closes the web browser. The majority of the users are happy with the new behavior, but there are some use cases that you do not want start the alerting immediately. With this release, if alerting has been paused manually, this will not be activated automatically after a release deployment.
25 25  
26 -//__Send build requests asynchronously__//
27 -The step in the deployment plan concerning the preparation of runtime images will now be executed more quickly and reliably.
43 +//__Ordering of graphs in Manage__//
44 +The graphs in Manage are now ordered according to importance. This means that runtime statistics are sorted by "Process CPU usage" (highest first), queue statistics are sorted by "Messages in queue" (highest first), and HTTP statistics are sorted by "Unsuccessful requests" (highest first).
28 28  
29 -//__Queue explorer milliseconds__//
30 -The queue browser now displays milliseconds in the timestamps.
46 +//__UTC times in Grafana panels__//
47 +All Grafana panels now show UTC times, which are normally used in eMagiz, instead of local (browser) time zones. This way, it is easier to match graphs with logging events or alerts.
31 31  
32 -//__Cancel and next buttons order__//
33 -The order of the cancel and next buttons when creating a new trigger has been changed to increase alignment across the platform. Now, all cancel buttons are placed on the right of a 'next' or 'save' button.
49 +//__Update flow designer version__//
50 +The framework used in the flow designer has been updated, improving performance.
34 34  
35 -//__Unused images__//
36 -When a release is removed, the related unused images in the on-premises machines will be removed as well.
52 +//__Carwash track TLS versions in logging__//
53 +A new logging feature will be released, enabling us to make better choices in deprecating old encryption standards.
37 37  
38 -//__Carwash logging__//
39 -A new logging feature enabling us to make better choices in encryption standards will be released.
55 +//__Moving channels in the flow designer__//
56 +Moving already attached channels in the flow designer has been made sligthly easier.
40 40  
41 -//__Static alerts queue consumers__//
42 -Alerting will now only generate alerts for queues that are created and managed by the eMagiz JMS server.
58 +//__Topic sizes description change__//
59 +In the change description (and History) when altering the topic size of a topic the new and old value were switched around creating confusion, this has been resolved.
43 43  
61 +//__Password change notification__//
62 +When an account password change request is made, even when this fails, a mail is sent to the account owner to inform the owner about the action.
63 +
64 +//__Password comparison__//
65 +When changing a password, it is compared to a list of known database breaches for security. A warning is shown when the password corresponds with a password in the database.
66 +
67 +//__Inactive user alerting__//
68 +Inactivated users are now removed from all alert settings (included “disabled“ settings) to avoid undesirable notifications.
69 +
70 +//__Alphabetical sorting on user level in HTTP statistics__//
71 +Variables in the 3rd generation runtimes HTTP statistics detail pages are now sorted case insensitive.
72 +
73 +
44 44  == **Bug Fixes** ==
45 45  
46 -//__Images rebuild__//
47 -We fixed an issue which caused the release preparation step to take longer time than necessary and caused the machine deployment steps to execute when they could be skipped.
76 +//__Flow designer styling__//
77 +The styling of the flow designer's left component panel has been restructured, solving a rare bug which would break the styling of certain functionalities.
48 48  
49 -//__Flow Designer connection line__//
50 -In the Flow Designer an issue has been fixed where the connection line for drawing channels did work well when scrolling or zooming in/out on the canvas.
79 +//__Partial search for messages__//
80 +It is now possible to search on messages partially in Manage Monitoring. For example, a search for Uptime can be done by searching for "up" "time" "ptim".
51 51  
52 -//__Portal for migrated models__//
53 -We fixed a rare case where a runtime could not start, or logging, errors and metrics could not be seen in the portal for a model that had just migrated to the next generation architecture.
82 +//__Disk usage after cloud template update__//
83 +In the last cloud template update there was an issue with disk performance. This has been resolved in this release. You can manually upgrade your cloud template, or rely on automatic updates.
54 54  
55 -//__Error channel inbounds__//
56 -We added a migration step, where we set the error channel to “errorChannel” of all inbounds in a flow if the custom error handling is set to false. Before, the error channel would be set to “errorChannel” only for the first inbound in an entry flow.
85 +//__Error handling migration__//
86 +If there is no custom error handling, when migrating to Gen3, the error channel to “errorChannel” is only created for the first inbound in an entry flow. This has been fixed by adding a migration step, where we set the error channel of all inbounds in a flow to “errorChannel” if the custom error handling is set to false.
57 57  
58 58  == **Fancy Forum Answers** ==
59 59  
60 60  As always, this is a gentle reminder to ask questions via the Q&A forum. The Q&A forum is available in the eMagiz iPaaS portal, so we can all benefit from the knowledge within the community. For some inspiration, take a look at these forum answers:
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62 -* [[Message Redelivery blank error message>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703619933||target="blank"]]
63 -* [[Timeout error kafka batch creation>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703620012||target="blank"]]
64 -* [[SFTP Connectivity: Transfering a whole folder structure>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703632587||target="blank"]]
65 -* [[Next generation architecture with dynamic file pickup / filedrop>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703632732||target="blank"]]
92 +* [[JSON Web Tokens (JWT authentication)>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703606919||target="blank"]]
93 +* [[Determining container sizes & reading architecture pages>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703594204||target="blank"]]
94 +* [[SFTP connectivity - supported algorithms>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703607141||target="blank"]]
95 +* [[Deploy property release results in missing flows in runtime>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703607354||target="blank"]]
96 +* [[MessageDeliveryException: Dispatcher has no subscribers>>https://my.emagiz.com/p/question/172825635703619797||target="blank"]]
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67 67  
68 68  == **Key takeaways** ==