Release notes

2023.10 Release

October 2023. 35 changes across the platform.

QA release
Oct 3, 2023
Production release
Oct 17, 2023
Changes
35

Screens and User Experience

Notification Platform

The 2023.10 release features a major new feature for the Fuuz platform: a simplified and integrated notification system, streamlining the process of configuring and sending notifications and alerts from Fuuz, no eye of newt or summoning charm required. To read more about the new notification system, see the documentation on Notifications . The process starts on the new Notification Channels table, where app builders …

Screens and User Experience

Tab Bar Screen Element

The October 2023 release also includes a new screen element which will support a wide range of rich UI designs: in-screen tab bars! This element allows app builders to easily create a panel which changes content as users click through the available tabs - no witchcraft required. To read all about the configuration properties available in the new element and download an example screen, check out the documentation: Tab…

Edge and Gateway

MQTT Broker Driver

This month's release also includes a new Edge Gateway driver: an MQTT Broker. This driver complements the existing MQTT client driver, allowing the Edge Gateway to run an MQTT server which can receive connections and messages from any MQTT client. IT administrators can then configure a device subscription for those message streams to run data flows as messages arrive, supporting real-time monitoring, control, or data…

Screens and User Experience

Console Component Improvements

The 2023.10 release features several improvements to the console UI used in both the data flow designer and developer mode. First, unexpanded objects now include a preview of properties inside the object, improving visibility into the structure of the data and simplifying the process of locating properties inside nested objects: Second, large arrays are now grouped into chunks of 100 records. This allows the console …

Security and Administration

Authentication Event Request IP Tracking

Finally, the October 2023 release adds a new field to the existing Authentication Events system: the IP address the request originated from. This field allows administrators and auditors to narrow down the origin of a request, identify potentially malicious traffic, or investigate issues with IP restriction rules on policies. Spooky!

Edge and Gateway

New

  • Added MQTT Broker server-type device driverIntegration Team › Edge Gateway

Fixed

  • Corrected issue with configuration schema for MQTT client that was preventing device configuration UI from renderingIntegration Team › Edge Gateway
  • Corrected a bug causing the Edge Gateway to log an unexpected error when starting up when not logged inIntegration Team › Edge Gateway

Integration and Connectors

Improved

  • Improved error messages when endpoints return unsupported HTTP 3XX status codesIntegration Team › Integration Connectors

Orchestration and Data Flows

New

  • Added snippets for the $executeSavedQuery bindingOrchestration Team › Scripting Language

Improved

  • Updated flow designer and developer mode consoles to display a preview for un-expanded objectsOrchestration Team › Data Flow Designer
  • Updated flow designer and developer mode consoles to group large arrays into chunks of 100 records to reduce render loadOrchestration Team › Data Flow Designer
  • Updated $getCalendar binding to support passing an array of calendars to retrieveOrchestration Team › Scripting Language
  • Updated tenant migration collection cleanup to use scheduler service scheduleOrchestration Team › Scheduler Service

Security and Administration

New

  • Added request IP to authentication event loggingData Team › Security

Data Models and API

New

  • Added modelReferences query to return computed relations for GraphQL schemaData Team › Core APIs
  • Added tenant type-based API restrictions for admin tenantsData Team › Core APIs

Improved

  • Updated schema generation to reuse static model map to reduce generation timeData Team › Core APIs

Screens and User Experience

New

  • Added a Tab Bar screen elementUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added "Multiline" configuration option for plain text inputsUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added "skeleton" during screen loading and generationUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Added support for treemap visualizationsUser Interface Team › Components
  • Added userRoles to $metadata available in screen transformsUser Interface Team › Framework

Improved

  • Updated drag handle font to correctly respect theme modeUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Updated flow buttons to allow the same flow to be used in multiple elements on a screenUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Updated Options and Select inputs to work nicely with default screen "save" functionalityUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Updated to AG Grid v30User Interface Team › Components
  • Updated role menu persistence to persist role menus across tabs by name rather than IDUser Interface Team › Framework
  • Updated default value for system theme mode from "dark" to "light"User Interface Team › Framework

Fixed

  • Corrected a bug when trying to open a screen when no screen was currently openUser Interface Team › Screen Designer
  • Corrected a bug causing the screen designer to fail to generate screens from data models with Rich Text fieldsUser Interface Team › Components
  • Corrected a bug causing color inputs to not be clearableUser Interface Team › Components

Platform and Infrastructure

New

  • Added additional logging on service request timeoutsDevOps Team
  • Added a system for managing and sending outbound notifications from FuuzIntegration Team › Notifications

Improved

  • Updated to latest load balancer controller, cluster autoscaler, and external DNS chartsDevOps Team