Release notes for IBM App Connect Operator 12.8.1

Review these release notes for information about supported versions, new features and enhancements, and known issues and workarounds.

Version information

This release relates to IBM App Connect Operator 12.8.1.

About Continuous Delivery: This version of the Operator is considered a Continuous Delivery release. Continuous Delivery releases undergo continuous testing, integration, and deployment to rapidly deliver new features, fixes, and security updates typically at monthly intervals, and offer a minimum of two years of support.

The support requirements for the IBM App Connect Operator 12.8.1 are as follows:

Option Supported requirement
Deployment platforms
  • Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform 4.12, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, or 4.17 (More information)
  • Kubernetes 1.27.x, 1.28.x, 1.29.x, or 1.30.x (More information)

    To receive support for IBM App Connect Operator 12.8.1, you must be running a supported version of the underlying Kubernetes platform. Operator 12.8.1 supports each listed Kubernetes version until it reaches end of life (EOL). After the EOL date, support is dropped for Operator deployments that run solely on the EOL version. For information about the Kubernetes support lifecycle and EOL dates, see Release History and Non-Active Branch history.

  • Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (More information)
Image Contains an image of IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.2.1
Installation
  • Compatible with IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 16.1.1
  • Supported as an independent deployment of IBM App Connect Enterprise certified container to a cluster

What's new in this release

IBM App Connect Operator 12.8.1 provides a fix to ensure that BAR file updates to a deployed integration runtime are correctly applied. When the spec.barURL setting is updated, this fix ensures that the Operator correctly analyzes all the referenced BAR files and deploys the appropriate containers.