Important Release Notes
Most Important Release Notes
Upgrading from 9.1.5, 9.0.22 or lower
When you wish to upgrade to 9.1 or later, you must first upgrade to 9.0.22 if you are not already on that version, then upgrade to 9.1.5. When you are on 9.1.5, it is advised to migrate to Java 11 prior to upgrading to 9.2 and later.
2023.2.0
Security fixes
- Redwood Platform now based on Apache Tomcat 9.0.75
guava
library updated to 32.0.0spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure
updated to 2.7.12- (
FasterXML
)Jackson
is upgraded 2.15.2 - (
FasterXML
)Woodstox
is upgraded to 6.5.1 Snakeyaml
is upgraded to 2.0log4j
is upgraded to 2.17.2
Full Release Notes
9.2.11
Security fixes
- OpenSSL updated to 1.1.1t
- RedwoodPlatform now based on Apache Tomcat 9.0.73
Full Release Notes
9.2.10
Security fixes
- OpenJDK updated to version 17.0.5 (HotSpot)
- Redwood Platform now based on Apache Tomcat 9.0.68
- PostgreSQL JDBC driver updated to version 42.5.1
jsoup
updated to version 1.15.3
Full Release Notes
9.2.9
- Change default memory allocator for Java
- Store the forwarded IP address in the audit trail when available
- The date/time formatter changed from
SimpleDateFormat
toDateTimeFormatter
:- The
u
switched from day number of week (SimpleDateFormat) to year inDateTimeFormatter
, usee
orc
instead. - The start of the week is not always Monday, it used to depend on the locale (Sunday by default).
- The minimum length of the first week in the month is now 4, there used to be no minimum.
- See Specifying Dates for more information.
- The
Security fixes
- Upgrade Log4j to 2.17.1
- Upgrade Redwood Platform to use Tomcat 9.0.58
- Upgrade OpenSSL to version 1.1.1q
- Update SAP JCo to version 3.1.5
- Fix potential HTML injection issue with autosuggest control
- Disable loading of XML external entities
- Updated the JDBC drivers:
- db2: 11.5.7.0
- mssql: 9.4.1
- oracle: 21.4.0.0.1
- postgresql: 42.3.1
- jt400: 10.7
important
The change in date/time formatter and parser can have consequences on time parsing and formatting. The switch from SimpleDateFormat
to DateTimeFormatter
can have an impact, please see Specifying Dates.
Full Release Notes
9.2.8
- CAR files are no longer executable JAR files; you can use api-tool.jar to import them from the command line instead.
- The XAL and XMW tabs on SAP system objects are now hidden by default, unless they were used.
- It is no longer allowed to specify the mail server on mail processes, the configured mail server will be used.
Security fixes
- Support for SAP JCo 3.1.4 was added; this version is now required for SNC connections.
- Redwood Platform now based on Apache Tomcat 9.0.52
- The JavaMail API has been updated
Full Release Notes
9.2.6
- Stability improvements on SAP BW, Data Services and some platform agent features
- Classic theme removed
- Classic Dashboard removed
Security fixes
- Redwood Platform based on Apache Tomcat to 9.0.40
- Disable loading of XML external entities
- Avoid login session fixation
- New CSRF protections
- Restrict access to Java Runtime object
- Disable changing Username
- Java 17 support added
Prerequisites
- Java version 11 or 17 (recommended) is required. SAP JCo version 3.1 is required for SAP connections. Additionally,
Execute
access to theRFC_METADATA_GET
function module is required in theS_RFC
authorization object.
Known Issues
- No known issues at the moment.
9.2.4
- Support SAP HANA (non-BTP) as a database for Redwood Platform
- Scorecard removed
Security fixes
- Redwood Platform based on Apache Tomcat to 9.0.35
- OpenSSL updated to 1.1.1g
- Java updated to 11.0.7
Prerequisites
- Java version 11 is required. SAP JCo version 3.1 is required for SAP connections.
Known Issues
- Only for customers using the PL/SQL API: if you upgrade to 9.2.4, until and including 9.2.4.3 there is a known issue with the PL/SQL API. If you use this component, please update to 9.2.4.4 or higher.
9.2.3
SOAP calls now use HTTP 1.1
SAP Inbound can connect now via message server
SAP IBP connector now uses credentials of type "SOAP"
Performance and stability improvements
Security fixes SAP IBP connector
- Support for HTTP proxy configurations which do not need user/password authentication
- Authorization header is not logged anymore
- CSRF token handling has been improved to avoid failures in IBP jobs
Prerequisites
- Java version 11 is required. SAP JCo version 3.1 is required for SAP connections.
Known Issues
- Only for customers using the PL/SQL API: if you upgrade to 9.2.3, until and including 9.2.3.6 there is a known issue with the PL/SQL API. If you use this component, please update to 9.2.3.7 or higher.
9.2.2
- SAP IBP connector supports HTTP proxy configurations which do not need user/password authentication
- Change log rotation from size to time
- Security fixes: SSO token has been removed from URL when logging in with SSO
- Performance and stability improvements
Prerequisites
- Java version 11 is required.
Known Issues
- No known issues at the moment.
9.2.1
- IE11 is no longer a supported browser
- Platform agents have the capability of running the Java script type
- Platform agent: TLS1.3 support added, SSLv2 support dropped
Prerequisites
- Java version 11 is required.
Known Issues
- No known issues at the moment.
9.2.0
- Full Java 11 support
- Redwood Platform based on Apache Tomcat 9
- Support for database foreign keys
- Support for database blob columns
- Extension point to extend the Process Runtime View
Prerequisites
- Java version 11 is required.
Known Issues
- No known issues at the moment.
9.1.5
- OpenJDK support
- Java 11 support (no Java 11 features in RedwoodScript yet)
- Platform agent improvements, amongst others, OpenSSL library updated to 1.0.2r
- JDBC - Snowflake database support
Prerequisites
- No additional prerequisites are required.
Known Issues
- Currently Lock User Settings is broken. Workaround available: edit registry entries manually.
9.1.4
- Various security and user interface fixes
- Additional scripting features in the API