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  • The release execution engine was revamped in 7.0, and should help reduce CPU and memory usage when there are many releases and snapshots in progress. Improvement on execution speed will be noticeable also.

  • Release execution now allows for skip of specific stages. This is supported via two options. Programmatic option allows users to define Precondition script on stage, script can be implemented as necessary. Another option is via built-in input for Skip Stages, when creating snapshot user can provide zero or more stages to be skipped. (FLEXDEPLOY-5918)

  • A new gate type, Scan Gate allows a pipeline to ensure that snapshot versions meet defined security vulnerability criteria before promotion.

  • A new step type, Promote to Release allows a pipeline to send content at this point into a new snapshot in another release.

  • Snapshot Inputs are a new way to get data into snapshots that can be different for a snapshot, but consistent across release stages.

  • The Notification Step is now able to send notifications using custom templates. This allows an Apache Velocity template to be filled in with variables unique to the pipeline. (FLEXDEPLOY-7542)

  • The Wait Step now has a role associated that can skip the wait if needed.

  • Approval, External Approval, Schedule Gates provide a view in to what will be deployed to help approver make decision on whether to approve or reject.

  • The release dashboard has a new focused mode as well as a classic mode that looks very similar to the old screen layout. Dashboard allows concise view for a snapshot and easy way to navigate to other snapshots.

  • Release dashboard actions are now displayed bit differently than before. Only Stage related actions are shown on Stage, and gate/step actions are on specific gate/step.

  • Actions like abort, approve, reject, override, skip etc. will present confirmation popup to avoid accidental clicks.

  • Snapshots can be compared with other snapshots as well as environments. Comparison with other snapshots allow for finding newer builds, whereas comparison with environment helps us understand what may deploy if snapshot was promoted to specific environment.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-3856 - Snapshot content is displayed in deployment order based on configured priority on release definition.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-4475 - Manual step can now be rejected as well and in addition it allows user to provide notes along with approve/reject action.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-5790 - Release dashboard now allows view of stage execution information for completed releases as well.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7468 - Folder paths are now shown next to the Project names in the Stage Execution Info popup on the Release Dashboard.

  • Snapshot creation can now be Aborted, this would be useful if Snapshot was stuck in Pending state.

Standalone Release

FlexDeploy 7.0 introduces concept of Standalone release. Standalone releases control the deployment of a single project or package. They are provided to simplify release management when releasing only one item, which may be applicable for emergency releases or it may be part of normal operating mode for some projects. See Standalone Releases for more details.

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  • Change history report is now extended to show changes done for Release, Pipelines, etc.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-6484 - Users can now subscribe to receive notifications on specific Flex Work Item changes. This only applies to native work items and not external work items like Jira, Azure Boards.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-6759 - Purge has been added for change history records. This is configurable on Purge Settings page, default value for Change History Purge Days is 730.

  • Completed packages can now be activated again if necessary.

  • Upload public key option has been removed from Endpoint screen.

  • Folder tree now contains folders, projects and releases. There is option to filter where only releases or projects can be viewed. Additionally, folders can now contain folders, projects and releases, previously folders and projects were not allowed to be under same parent folder.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10022 - Work item search functionality has been added to the build request form and package work items input.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-9928 - Settings - A new theme setting has been added Always Float Input Labels. When true, input labels will float to the top of the input regardless of focus or whether or not a value is provided.

Plugin Updates

  • FlexDeploy 7.0 plugins will not work with previous versions of FlexDeploy. In general, first two letters of application (e.g. 7.0) and plugin version should match for compatibility.

  • The Apigee, Maven, and XPath plugins now require Java 8, this decision was made to resolve security vulnerabilities. Flexagon understands that many customers are forced into using older Java versions by their legacy software, and will attempt to maintain Java 7 compatibility for the near future, as well as Java 6 compatibility for the EBS plugin. We also understand that other customers need to run on newer Java versions. Continue to watch the Plugin Java requirements page for updates. We welcome support tickets for concerns with Java version support.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7760 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-18640, CVE-2022-25857, CVE-2022-38749, CVE-2022-38751, CVE-2022-38752, CVE-2022-41854, CVE-2022-38750 for Kubernetes and Helm plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7759 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2022-4065 for TestNG plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7757 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2022-31159 for AWS and Docker Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7757 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-1270, CVE-2022-22965, CVE-2014-0225, CVE-2016-9878, CVE-2018-11040, CVE-2013-4152, CVE-2013-6429, CVE-2013-7315, CVE-2014-0054, CVE-2018-1257, CVE-2020-5421, CVE-2022-22950, CVE-2018-11039, CVE-2013-6430, CVE-2022-22968, CVE-2022-22970, CVE-2014-3625, CVE-2014-1904 for AWS and EC2 Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7756 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2022-36033, CVE-2021-37714, CVE-2022-29599, CVE-2021-26291, CVE-2014-3577, CVE-2020-13956, CVE-2015-5262, CVE-2021-29425, CVE-2017-1000487 for Apigee, Maven and MuleSoft plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7761 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-20444, CVE-2019-20445, CVE-2019-16869, CVE-2020-11612, CVE-2021-37136, CVE-2021-37137, CVE-2022-41881, CVE-2021-43797, CVE-2022-41915, CVE-2021-21295, CVE-2021-21409, CVE-2021-21290, CVE-2022-24823 for Oracle SaaS FSM Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7762 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2021-42550 for Docker Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7764 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2016-5725 for Git Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7773 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2018-10237 for Docker, Siebel, Jenkins Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7783 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-36374, CVE-2021-36373, CVE-2020-1945 for Ant Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7788 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-10683 and CVE-2018-1000632 for Jenkins Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7792 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-26939, CVE-2020-0187, CVE-2020-26939, CVE-2016-1000338, CVE-2016-1000342, CVE-2016-1000343, CVE-2016-1000344, CVE-2016-1000352, CVE-2016-1000341, CVE-2016-1000345, CVE-2017-13098, CVE-2020-0187, CVE-2016-1000339, CVE-2020-15522, CVE-2015-7940, CVE-2018-5382, CVE-2013-1624, CVE-2016-1000346 for PeopleSoft, OpenShift, Artifactory XRay, Oracle CPQ, PMD, Siebel, CheckMarx, OWASP Dependency Check, Acunetix, Jenkins Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7793 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2014-0114, CVE-2019-10086 for various Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7795 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-7489, CVE-2017-7525, CVE-2020-10650, CVE-2020-35490, CVE-2020-35491, CVE-2020-36518, CVE-2022-42003, CVE-2022-42004, CVE-2018-1000873, CVE-2019-14379, CVE-2019-14540, CVE-2019-14892, CVE-2019-14893, CVE-2019-16335, CVE-2019-16942, CVE-2019-16943, CVE-2019-17267, CVE-2019-17531, CVE-2019-20330, CVE-2020-8840, CVE-2020-9546, CVE-2020-9547, CVE-2020-9548, CVE-2020-10672, CVE-2020-10673, CVE-2020-10968, CVE-2020-10969, CVE-2020-11111, CVE-2020-11112, CVE-2020-11113, CVE-2020-11619, CVE-2020-11620, CVE-2020-14060, CVE-2020-14061, CVE-2020-14062, CVE-2020-14195, CVE-2020-24616, CVE-2020-24750, CVE-2020-35728, CVE-2020-36179, CVE-2020-36180, CVE-2020-36181, CVE-2020-36182, CVE-2020-36183, CVE-2020-36184, CVE-2020-36185, CVE-2020-36186, CVE-2020-36187, CVE-2020-36188, CVE-2020-36189, CVE-2021-20190, CVE-2019-12086, CVE-2019-14439, CVE-2020-25649 , CVE-2019-12384, and CVE-2019-12814 for EC2, AWS, Docker, Jenkins Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7798 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2020-28491 in AWS Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7801 - Resolved Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-27568 and CVE-2021-31684 for ServiceNow and XPath Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7802 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2020-15250 for Docker, TestNG, Cucumber, JUnit Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-9152 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2023-33201 for various plugins.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10004 - Resolved Vulnerability CVE-2023-4586 for Oracle SaaS FSM Plugin.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10409 - Updated the Docker Bench Plugin to work with newer versions of Docker Bench.

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  • FLEXDEPLOY-6828 - Resolved an issue where workflow input does not default to initial value when workflow is invoked from pipeline. Previously users needed to save stage execution information as workaround.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-7429 - Resolved an issue where attachments added when initially creating the work item would result in an error.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10481 - Dashboards - Panel titles are now capped at 100 characters and overflow correctly.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10482 - Dashboards - Resolved an issue where in certain cases editing Panel inputs in the Customize Dashboard Panel would modify inputs of already placed panels of the same type.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10457 - Integrations - Integration description length is capped at 255 max now.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10429 - Credentials - Resolved an issue where Delete credential was incorrectly disabled if you did not have UPDATE permission on Credentials.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10417 - Packages - Resolved an issue where removing files from a package would not add them back as potential files to add to the package without a screen refresh.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10403 - Folders - Resolved an issue where limited access users would not see any permission error when creating a folder (folder not created but error was not displayed).

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10391 - Groovy Code Editor - Resolved issue where editor would sometimes give suggestions for the incorrect function argument.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10369 - UI Selection - Resolve an issue where while selecting Autocomplete options by clicking, sometimes additional options would be selected in multi selection input.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10337 - Projects - Do not navigate away from project if there is an error deleting a Project.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10320 - Saved Queries - Resolved an issue where newly created and modified queries would sometimes not apply all filters and sorts.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10073 - Dashboards - Resolved a few overflow/wrapping issues on Recent Activity and Recent Work Items panels.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10011 - Workflow Request - Resolved an issue seen during submission of a workflow request incorrectly stating that Workflow Input does not exist.

  • FLEXDEPLOY-10115 - Post Refresh REST API - Resolved an issue where wrong error message was displayed when trying to refresh an environment with no differences.

Deprecated Features

Groovy Functions

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