What's new in the latest release (version 10.0.8.2)

Find out about the newest features and the latest updates in API Connect.

IBM® API Connect 10.0.8.2 is a Support Cycle-2 release, and is the follow-on release to 10.0.8.1. Support Cycle-2 (SC-2) is the new name for Long Term Support (LTS), such as the 10.0.5.x and 10.0.1.x. releases.

Attention: IBM has identified and addressed an issue that may occur during upgrades to API Connect version 10.0.8.2, affecting database encryption transformation.

To resolve this issue, we have released v10.0.8.2-ifix1 as a full installation image.

  • New deployments: Perform a fresh installation using v10.0.8.2-ifix1 to avoid encountering this issue.
  • Existing deployments: If you have already upgraded to v10.0.8.2 and are experiencing this problem, upgrade directly to v10.0.8.2-ifix1 ( a complete replacement, not an incremental patch). If you have not yet upgraded to 10.0.8.2 then upgrade directly to v10.0.8.2-ifix1.

Before upgrading to APIC v10.0.8.2-ifix1, you must run the apicops preupgrade command to check for:

  • Recent encryption-related issues
  • Invalid gateway-extensions

For detailed upgrade or installation steps, refer to the IBM documentation.

Product files and release notes

  • Access the latest files from IBM Fix Central by searching for the API Connect product and your installed version. Full installation files for IBM API Connect can be downloaded from Passport Advantage.
  • For details on the specific APARs that are included in this release, links to downloads, and additional blogs and conference notices, see the IBM API Connect 10.0.8.2 Support Announcement page.
  • For more details about support lifecycle policies at IBM, such as Support Cycle-2, see IBM Software Support Lifecycle Policies.

Upgrading from API Connect 10.0.5.x

If you're upgrading to 10.0.8.x from 10.0.5.x, you should also note the major updates that were delivered to API Connect in versions 10.0.6.0 and 10.0.7.0. For a list of the key changes, see Upgrading to 10.0.8.x from 10.0.5.x.

IBM API Connect 10.0.8.2 includes the following enhancements.

What's new for Developers

AI Gateway functionality on DataPower® API Gateway

Previously, there was a restriction that prevented you from enabling AI Gateway if your own gateway-extension was deployed on the gateway, and vice-versa. This limitation has now been removed starting with version 10.0.8.2.

With this change, you can now deploy your own gateway-extension and enable AI Gateway on the same gateway instance without any restrictions

For more information, see Using the AI Gateway to support APIs for AI applications.

Out-of-the-Box (OOTB) gateway policy deployment

Starting in IBM API Connect 10.0.8.2, when a DataPower API Gateway is created (registered) in IBM API Connect, the system will automatically deploy out-of-the-box (OOTB) gateway policies.

For this release, the following OOTB policy is deployed upon gateway registration: Token Mediation policy.

When upgrading to IBM API Connect 10.0.8.2, all existing DataPower API Gateways will automatically receive the new OOTB policy(ies) after the API Management subsystem upgrade.

AI Gateway feature adds support for Gemini
API Connect now provides a policy that enables your API to send requests to Gemini, and supports the following operations:
  • POST models/[model]:generateContent
  • POST models/[model]:countTokens
  • POST models/[model]:embedContent
  • POST models/[model]:batchEmbedContents
  • GET models/[model]
  • GET models

For more information, see Using the AI Gateway to support Gemini APIs.

What's new for API product managers

API Product recommendation for consumers

The new API Product Recommendations block on the Developer Portal displays product recommendations for the API consumers. The API products are suggested to the users based on the current subscription plan and browsing history. For more information, see Configuring API product recommendations.

New analytics filter operators

Analytics filters now include two new operators: isset and isnotset.

  • isset: This filter displays only fields that have any value, including non-empty strings, numbers, or any other non-null value.
  • isnotset: This filter displays fields that contain empty strings or null values.

For more information, see Filtering displayed data.

Enhanced table sorting in analytics discover view

You can now sort the discover table in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column headers. For more information, see Discover view.

Enhancements to Analytics detail reports
Analytics detail reports have been enhanced to include charts for data sent and received. This improvement applies to reports for the following:
  • APIs
  • Products
  • Applications
  • Consumer organizations
For more information, see Reports view.

What's new for Developer Portal site administrators

New Case Studies Module in the Developer Portal

The Developer Portal now has a new module which introduces a new content type called Case Modules. This will help community managers and API Product business owners to promote and highlight API Products socialized in the Developer Portal. For more information, see Adding a case study.

What's new for DevOps

Configuring analytics offload plugins with a password-protected keystore

You can now use a secret to provide the password to be used with a password-protected keystore for storing the CA certificate for the target offload server instead of providing the password in plain text. For more information, see Configuring offload server certificates on Kubernetes and OpenShift.

Cert-manager is upgraded to version 1.16.3
API Connect 10.0.8.2 uses cert-manager 1.16.3. If your environment requires a manual installation or upgrade of cert-manager, the instructions are included as part of the API Connect installation and upgrade procedures.

Support for external annotation and label configuration

You can now configure external annotations and labels to route and ingresses. For more information, see Adding external annotation to routes and ingresses.