Pre-Release: CIB seven 2.1.0-alpha

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CIB seven 2.1.0-alpha Release Notes

We're excited to announce the pre-release of CIB seven 2.1.0-alpha, bringing significant enhancements, new features, and improvements to both the core engine and webclient components.

🚀 New Features

Core Engine

• Wildfly 28 Support: Added complete WildFly 28 distribution support for enterprise deployments (#135, #138)
• Migration Enhancements: Implemented migration capabilities for serialized objects (#95)
• Groovy Scripting: Added CibSevenScriptEngineUtil for enhanced Groovy script execution (#118)
• REST API Improvements: Enhanced OpenAPI integration and engine REST path configuration (#103)

Webclient

• Ukrainian Language Support: Complete localization support for Ukrainian language (#233)
• SSO Authentication: Added access token-based login capabilities (#322)
• Embedded Forms:
  • Support for Camunda-generated forms #383
  • File upload functionality via Camunda Forms file picker #390
  • Enhanced form deployment support (#247)
• Enhanced Navigation:
  • Auto-scroll to selected tasks via URL (#239)
  • Improved subprocess navigation
  • Tab-based navigation with query parameter support (#310)
• Decision Management: Enhanced decision instance and definition version components
• External Tasks: Comprehensive external task management moved to Community Edition (#295)
• Dashboard Improvements: Auto-updating statistics and enhanced UI mockups (#391)
• API Enhancements: New translations download endpoint (JSON format) (#309)

🐛 Bug Fixes

Core Engine

• Dependency Updates: Fixed Groovy version inconsistencies across modules (#116, #119)
• Configuration: Resolved webapp version property issues in POM files (#114, #121)
• Wildfly Integration: Fixed Jackson module exclusions for older WildFly versions (#128)
• Test Improvements: Enhanced test coverage and fixed JWT test exclusions for JDK 11

Webclient

• Variable Handling:
  • Fixed StringBuilder variable updates (#203)
  • Resolved deserialized variable loading issues (#202)
  • Improved variable state management (#408)
• UI/UX Fixes:
  • Fixed BPMN viewer styling and navigation issues (#242)
  • Resolved Bootstrap migration visual problems
  • Improved table sorting and pagination (#300, #326)
• Form Processing:
  • Fixed embedded form submission issues (#337)
  • Improved error handling during form initialization
• Authentication: Enhanced permission handling and authorization management (#213, #235, #349)
• Performance: Optimized process definition queries and reduced duplicate requests (#324)

🔒 Security Updates

• CVE-2025-53506: Updated Tomcat and Spring Boot versions to address security vulnerability (#130)
• Dependency Updates:
  • Updated form-data package to version 4.0.4 (#376)
• Cache Security: Improved cache control settings for HTML files (#291)

🔧 Technical Improvements

Core Engine

• Build System: Simplified CI/CD pipeline and improved Jenkins configuration
• Documentation: Updated CONTRIBUTING.md links and Modeler download references
• License: Updated license documentation and copyright information

Webclient

• Architecture:
  • Refactored component structure for enterprise edition extensions
  • Improved router configuration with custom route support
  • Enhanced translation handling and loading functions
• Performance:
  • Optimized table rendering with external sorting
  • Reduced unnecessary API calls
  • Improved caching mechanisms
• Developer Experience:
  • Added watch mode for library builds
  • Enhanced build process with better dependency management
  • Improved code splitting and library bundling

📦 Dependencies & Compatibility

• Spring Boot: Updated to 3.5.4
• WildFly: Added support for WildFly 28
• Groovy: Standardized to version 4.0.27
• Vue.js Ecosystem: Updated vue-i18n and related packages
• Build Tools: Enhanced Vite and esbuild configurations

🤝 New Contributors

We welcome our new contributors to the CIB Seven community:

• @eglushenko - Ukrainian language translations
• @os-cib - Backend API improvements

📋 Breaking Changes

• Moved SevenWebclientContext from cibseven-bpm-spring-boot-starter to cibseven-bpm-spring-boot-starter-webapp-core
• Updated REST endpoint responses to return HTTP 204 No Content for appropriate operations
• Enhanced permissions model with improved authorization handling

🔮 What's Next

This alpha release sets the foundation for the stable 2.1.0 release. We encourage testing and feedback from the community to ensure the highest quality for the final release.

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Download: Available through our standard distribution channels

Documentation: Updated documentation available here

Support: For issues and questions, please use our GitHub issue tracker

GitHub Releases:

• CIB Seven Core
• CIB Seven Webclient