What's new in the latest release (version 10.0.9.0)

Product files and release notes

Upgrading from API Connect 10.0.8.x

API Connect 10.0.9.0 supports upgrade only from 10.0.8.0 and 10.0.8.1

What's new for Developers

Change in behavior when creating an OpenAPI 3 draft API from an existing OpenAPI service

Creating an OpenAPI 3 draft API from an existing OpenAPI service now correctly parses the server URL, allowing it to be published and invoked on the gateway without any further modification to the OpenAPI definition, just as it works with OpenAPI 2. In previous versions, it generated URLs that included the hostname from the incoming API, which prevented invocation on the gateway.

OpenTelemetry support

You can now configure and associate Gateway services with your OpenTelemetry (OT) instance, hosted by your organization. For more information, see Creating an OpenTelemetry configuration and Associating an OpenTelemetry configuration with a gateway service.

AI Gateway functionality on DataPower® API Gateway

Enabling this feature activates AI Gateway policies on the DataPower API Gateway, allowing you to create REST proxies that utilize the AI Gateway to control access to AI models. For more information, see Using the AI Gateway to support APIs for AI applications.

Bulk import feature for AsyncAPIs from EEM

A bulk import feature is now available, enabling users to select and import multiple AsyncAPI definitions from Event Endpoint Manager (EEM) into API Connect. For more information, see Importing an AsyncAPI from Event Endpoint Management.

New statuses for tracking product lifecycle operations.

You can now track product lifecycle operations for DataPower® API Gateway-compatible products using new statuses. For more information, see Publishing a draft product.

Enhanced apis:validate and products:validate commands

Enhanced apis:validate and products:validate commands enable the validation of API and Product definitions with the Toolkit CLI. The commands now work when a Swagger/OpenAPI 3.0 or Product YAML definition is directly passed into the relevant CLI command.

Periodic subsystem health checks

The system now performs periodic health checks for each subsystem and reports warnings or errors that might require your attention. For more information, see Monitoring subsystem health checks.

Governance service updates

The following updates to the governance service are now available:

• The governance service is now available from the main navigation bar by clicking the Governance icon . Previously, the governance service was accessed from the Resources section.
• You can now run scans on your catalogs and spaces to validate the APIs that they contain by using Spectral rulesets. For more information, see Scanning your catalogs and spaces.
• The ability to create and manage product rulesets, as well as API rulesets, is now available; see Configuring governance in the Cloud Manager, and Configuring governance in the API Manager.
• You can now also run validation scans on your product documents, as well as on your API documents. For more information, see Validating an API or product document by using the governance service.
• Spectral 2.0.1 is now supported.

What's new for API product managers

New consumption report and gateway services call volume leaderboard

The analytics reports now include a consumption report and gateway services call volume leaderboard. For more information, see Accessing analytics in the Cloud Manager UI and Accessing analytics in the API Manager UI.

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

New engagement feature to create complex workflows and automate tasks

You can use the new engagement feature on the API Manager to trigger external HTTP(S) endpoints when specific criteria are met within IBM API Connect. This helps you to create complex workflows that automate tasks enhancing the overall API management experience. The engagement resources are provisioned within a specific provider organization or catalog that enables targeted access and management. For more information, see Using engagement to automate notification tasks.

What's new for API consumers

New analytics charts in the Developer Portal

The Developer Portal analytics view has two new charts at both application and consumer organization scope:

• Top APIs over time.
• Top products over time.

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 features in Consumer Catalog

The Consumer Catalog now supports the following:

• Local user registry, OIDC user registry,or LDAP registry
• Ability to view analytics for an application
• Ability to delete consumer accounts

For more information, see Consumer Catalog and Developer Portal considerations

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.

Limiting API details visibility for non-authenticated users

In the previous releases, both the authenticated and non-authenticated users can view all the API details if the respective API product is viewable. Now, you can limit the API details visibility for non-authenticated users by selecting the Show API details to anonymous users setting in the Developer Portal. For more information, see Configuring the API details visibility for non-authenticated users.

Additional options for selecting email recipients in the Portal mailing wizard

The Portal users can now select a consumer organization or groups of consumer organizations in mailing wizard. For more information, see Emailing consumer organizations.

Admin Portal updated to Drupal 10.3

The Admin Portal has been updated to Drupal 10.3 which uses a new Admin navigation. The portal tutorials and other Drupal admin related docs are updated to reflect the new Admin navigation.

What's new for DevOps

Support for restricted pod security enforcement using namespace labels

API Connect 10.0.9.0 on Kubernetes supports deploying subsystems in namespaces configured with the "enforce=restricted" policy.

VMware support exception

The API Connect 10.0.9.0 is not supported to run on VMware.

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.

Configure user limit for consumer organization and invitation resend interval

The maximum number of users allowed per consumer organization and the interval of invitation resend are now configurable. For more information, see Configure user limit and invitation resend interval for Consumer organization.