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Version 2.2.8- July 2024

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Bug Fix/Feature

Fixed a bug causing duplicate schema generation for Avro and JSON data types due to incorrect inferName
Added the ability to trim messages with various options: trailing, leading, both, or none.
Enabled auto-detection of AS400 format files when InfoCDC is configured

Version 2.2.7- June 2024

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Bug Fix/Feature

Enhanced special characters handling in sink connector while writing data to DQ
Explicit handling of Low-Order Nibble error specific to DB2/AS400: Connector will replace erroneous value with 0 logs a warning message

Version 2.2.6- June 2024

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Bug Fix

Release consists of an vulnerability fix on the package bcprov. Updated to v1.78

Version 2.2.5- April 2024

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features

Added the ablility to trim message explicity for specific datatypes especially Strings and Characters

Version 2.2.4- April 2024

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features

Added a Transformer for generating tombstones for deleted events. This transformer can be used to process DELETE InfoCDC events

Version 2.2.3- Feb 2024

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features

Auto support keyed DQ: If customers don't setup keys and search option on DQ and it happens to be a keyed DQ, then connector will automatically adds empty key '' and searchType as `greater than or equal``
Enabling program-call acknowledgements for source connector

Version 2.2.2- Jan 2024

Bug Fix

Vulnerability fix on package com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path

Version 2.2.1- Jan 2024

Bug Fix

Vulnerability fix on package com.squareup.okio:okio

Version 2.2.0- Dec 2023

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka or Apache Kafka	6.0.0 or higher or 2.8 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features

Compact Topic for Storing License and Artifacts
Introducing a compact topic to efficiently store license information and other artifacts.
Error Handling to "as400-error-log" Exception Topic
Errors will be routed to the "as400-error-log" exception topic for improved error tracking.
Enhanced Logging Strategy
Dynamic logging level is now configurable for an enhanced logging experience.
Load Format Files on Startup for Sink Connectors
Format files are now loaded during startup to streamline sink connector operations.
Additional Exception Handling Classes
Introduction of additional exception handling classes to categorize exceptions, treating FormatFileNotFound exceptions as non-recoverable and FormatFile exceptions as recoverable. (For sink connector)
Source Connector Retry on Connectivity Issues
Source connector will now retry indefinitely in the case of connectivity issues from the AS400 side.
Dataqueue and Format File Validation on Startup
Validation checks for dataqueue and format file existence are performed during startup.

Exception Handling Modifications

Exception Handling During Startup
Any exception raised during startup's start() will terminate the task.
Dataqueue Reading Exception Handling
For dataqueue reading:
- If a Transport Exception is raised, the connector will retry indefinitely with fixed intervals.
- For all other exceptions, the task will terminate.
Processing and Schema Generation Exception Handling
While processing and generating schema:
- Any exception raised will be handled, and the record will move to the Dead Letter Queue (DLQ).
Response Dataqueue Writing Exception Handling
If any exception is raised while writing the response to the response dataqueue, the specific record will move to the DLQ.
Dataqueue Writing Exception Handling
While writing to the dataqueue:
- If a Transport Exception is raised, the connector will retry indefinitely with fixed intervals.
- For all other exceptions, the task will terminate.
Program-Call Execution Exception Handling
During the execution of a program-call:
- If a Transport Exception is raised, the connector will retry indefinitely with fixed intervals.
- For all other exceptions, the task will terminate.
While processing sink record
- If ValidationException raised, record will be moved to DLQ
- For all other exceptions, the task will terminate

Bugfixes

Broker Unavailability Handling
Source connector will no longer read messages from the dataqueue if the broker is unavailable.
Program-Call Library List Fix
Resolved an issue where the program-call library list was not functioning correctly.
Incorrect XPATH Warning Fix
Addressed an incorrect XPATH warning for the program-call connector.
Asynchronous Response Dataqueue Sending
Responses will now be sent asynchronously to the dataqueue from the source connector.

Version 2.1.2- Sept 2023

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka	6.0.0 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features and fixes

Fix: Vulnerability issue fixed for io.netty:netty-handler (netty-handler-4.1.94.Final.jar)

Version 2.1.0 - Sept 2023

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka	6.0.0 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features and fixes

Feature: Added the ability to read license file from S3 using IAM without secrets.
Feature: Added the ability to connector should support external secrets from a file.

Version 2.0.1 - Sept 2023

Version Compatibility

Application/Service	Version
Confluent Kafka	6.0.0 or higher
IBM i / OS400	V5R4 or higher

Migrating from Older Versions

The new version of connector is fully backward compatible with older versions.

Features and fixes

Feature: Added the ability to refresh format file if It has been updated
Feature: Added support for action on errors those occur on failed mapping with format file(Format Exception Action) at Read Data Queue Processor: DISCARD, PLACE_BACK_INTO_QUEUE
Feature: Added support for dynamic format file definition for Read Data Queue Processor and Read Data Queue Listener by setting starting position for format file name(Format File Name Position) and format file library(Format File Library Position) in Data Queue message
Feature: Added the ability to reset Library List on each Program Call execution
Fix: Improved performance for Program Call operation if it executed with Library List
Fix: Improved connection reusability
Fix: Improved code for sink connector related to decimal field conversion
Fix: Updated AS400_SO_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT=10000 to 180000