Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Note: Some version numbers may be skipped to align feature set with the Java version.

Version 4.2.23, 3/12/2025

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For security, the parent state machine (namespace "model.parent") is a protected resource. It can only be shared by the primary flow and all sub-flow instances that are instantiated from it.

Version 4.2.22, 3/11/2025

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Dependency for "execa" is not required

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All sub-flows instantiated from a primary flow can access the same parent state machine using the "model.parent" namespace

Version 4.2.21, 3/9/2025

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Support flow and function for external state machine
Parent state machine for sub-flow
Validation rules to reject access to the whole model or parent namespace

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Version 4.2.18, 2/21/2025

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simple type matching feature is extended with a new string 'concat' method
default REST endpoints for /api/event and actuator services

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Sort REST endpoints for orderly loading
Drop "async.http.request" RPC traces to reduce observability noise

Version 4.2.17, 2/20/2025

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Support scanning of TypeScript source file and compiled JavaScript files with class scanners (TypeScriptClassScanner and JavaScriptClassScanner)

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preloader.js and developer guide updated

Version 4.2.16, 2/18/2025

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Improved class scanner and loader
Filter out event metadata to propagate as HTTP response headers

Version 4.2.15, 2/15/2025

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Extract version from package.json to override info.app.version in application.yml
Fork-n-Join parallel RPC request API in PostOffice

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Updated Developer Guide's Chapter 5 to describe publishing mercury-composable core library to enterprise npm artifactory

Version 4.2.14, 2/14/2025

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Log application initialization time
Two additional actuator endpoints (/info/routes and /env)

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use different route names for various actuator services to avoid hardcode of URLs
bugfix for Singleton pattern

Version 4.2.13, 2/13/2025

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Actuator REST endpoints are now configurable in rest.yaml

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Update actuator services to serve REST requests directly

Version 4.2.10, 2/11/2025

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Update Actuator function and REST automation's static HTML file handler to address 2 security vulnerabilities reported by a Snyk scan.

Version 4.2.9, 2/9/2025

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uuid v4 generator in the "simple type matching" feature
event annotation feature
tagging feature in the EventEnvelope

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The "extra" field has been retired from EventEnvelope

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Filter out protected metadata from RPC response to user functions (my_route, my_instance, my_trace_id, my_trace_path)

Version 4.2.7, 2/4/2025

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endFlow method of TaskExecutor sends event to distributed trace instead of logging

Version 4.2.6, 2/3/2025

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Added log.always feature in logger

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Update distributed trace function to log in "always" mode

Version 4.2.5, 2/2/2025

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Add 3-part syntax for Event Script's data mapping processing.

Supports the following data mapping syntax:

LHS -> RHS
LHS -> model.variable -> RHS

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Make input event immutable to PostOffice's send and request API
Consistent temporary stream folder name for Java and Node.js under /tmp/composable

Version 4.2.3, 1/28/2025

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Support of negate operator of a model value in event script added to the "simple type matching" feature

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Version 4.2.2, 1/22/2025

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For consistency with the Composable Java version, do not use pretty JSON print when log.format=text

Version 4.2.1, 1/21/2025

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reconfigure logger to json or compact format early when app starts

Version 4.2.0, 1/20/2025

This is a milestone release for consistent features and behaviors between Java and Node.js versions

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Composable methodology in developer guide
Event Script engine for event choreography
Composable example application

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Version 4.1.1, 12/22/2024

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Composable class scanner for the source folder
Added "web.component.scan" parameter to support scanning of dependency libaries

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Version 4.1.0, 12/20/2024

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AppConfig will resolve key-values from system properties and environment variables at startup

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Eliminate preload.yaml configuration file

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Streamlined configuration management
Updated preload annotation for developer to define concurrency

Version 4.0.1, 12/16/2024

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Support parsing of multiple environment variables and base system properties for a single key-value in Config Reader.

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Improved environment variable parsing logic and detection of config loops.
Compatibility with Unix, Mac and Windows OS

Version 4.0.0, 12/9/2024

Upgraded to sync with Mercury-Composable for the foundation event-driven and Event-over-HTTP design. Tested with Node.js version 22.12.0 (LTS). Backward compatible to version 20.18.1 (LTS).

Event-over-HTTP compatibility tests conducted with Mercury-Composable version 4.0.32.

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Refactored Event-over-HTTP to use standardized HTTP headers X-Stream-Id and X-Ttl
Updated OSS dependencies to latest version
Configured for EsLint version 9.16.0

Version 3.0.0, 6/10/2023

Ported composable core features from Mercury 3.0 Java version

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Unit and end-to-end tests for Mercury 3.0 Node.js and for the example app project.
For backward compatibility, added optional "setupMiddleware" method in the rest-automation module.

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Threshold feature in REST automation

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Version 1.0.0, 5/30/2022

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Minimal viable product

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