ARender v2023.12.0 – Release Notes

Upgrade note: See v2023.12.0 for detailed instructions.

Overview

ARender 2023.12.0 is a minor release that includes important fixes and enhancements. This version resolves issues with annotations, specifically those with transparent colors or duplicate information in sticky note headers. It also addresses a configuration problem related to rendition URLs, ensuring the system now correctly load-balances across all configured URLs instead of using just one.

Prerequisites

Component Supported versions
OpenJDK 8 or 11

User Perspective

This release includes several fixes and new features that improve the user experience:

Fix annotation with transparent color
Downloading a PDF with annotations that have a transparent background no longer fails. (AR-17633)

Session Management
ARender FileNet for FlowerDocs connector no longer has session cookie issue by disable Spring Session Hazelcast. (AR-17720)

Resolved Sticky Note Display Issues
Sticky note content is now correctly displayed on hover on downloaded PDFs with FDF annotations. (AR-17630)

Eliminated Duplicate Sticky Note Headers
Sticky note headers on downloaded PDFs with annotations no longer contain duplicate information.. (AR-17624)

New Search endpoint
A new REST API endpoint has been added for search functionality. (AR-17564)

Added Optional Upload Parameter A new optional request parameter has been added to prevent the upload endpoint from failing when an unsupported format is uploaded. (AR-17533)

Configurable Web-UI REST Client Timeout New properties have been added to configure the Web-UI REST client timeout. (AR-17729)

Multiple Rendition URL Load Balancing The ARender Web-UI now correctly load-balances requests across all configured rendition URLs, improving performance and reliability. (AR-17700)

Developer / Integrator Perspective

This release introduces a few changes that may require action:

Maven Repository Update To support the extended security support with Spring 5.x/Spring Boot 2.x, developers and integrators must add the dedicated Uxopian Cloudsmith repository to their Maven settings.xml configuration file. Without this, Maven projects using ARender dependencies may fail to build correctly with only the Artifactory repositories.

Session Management Changes A change to session management was implemented to disable Spring Session Hazelcast as ARender FileNet for FlowerDocs connector already uses Spring Session Redis which caused some conflict. This may impact integrators who are using session affinity.

Exploitation Perspective

No operational-specific changes in this version.

Changelog

Summary Issue Type Key Linked Issues
Annotation transparent background color Issue AR-17633 TMAPR-6323
ARender FileNet for FlowerDocs connector Issue AR-17720 TMAPR-6189
Annotation issue with downloaded PDF with FDF annotations Issue AR-17630 TMAPR-5796
Newly search REST endpoint New Feature AR-17564
Upload REST endpoint not failing Evolution AR-17533
Timeout client REST properties Evolution AR-17729
Multiple Rendition configuration Regression AR-17700 TMAPR-6404 / TMAPR-6354

Download

Description Binary SHA-256
ARender Rendition Server installer Download SHA-256
ARender WEB-UI - Spring Boot Application - Standalone Download SHA-256
ARender HMI - J2EE EAR Application - FileNet 5.x Download SHA-256
ARender HMI - J2EE WAR Application - Content Manager 8.1 Download SHA-256
ARender plugins : IBM Content Navigator plugin Download SHA-256
ARender plugins : Alfresco Share plugin Download SHA-256
ARender plugins : Alfresco ADF plugin base for integration in ADF Download SHA-256
ARender API : Client API Download SHA-256
ARender API : Rendition API Download SHA-256