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@MMaiero MMaiero released this 04 Dec 11:21
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Eclipse Kura - 4.1.2 - October 2020


Description:

Eclipse Kura 4.1.2 is a service release to address various discovered bugs and functional issues.

##Changes:

  • Enhancements

    • Enhanced the modem support with Ublox LARA R2
    • Improved and uniformed the Web UI Response Headers
    • Added support for the Telefonica modem IK41VE
  • Bug fixes and cleanups

    • Fixed issue with possible stale threads left by Paho during reconnections
    • Fixed capitalization of cloud services, publishers and subscribers in the Cloud Connections view
    • Fixed issue with target selection in Web UI
    • Fixed issue with Assets cloudlet where a read for all channels could lead to an empty value
    • Fixed issue with Bluetooth flags capitalization
    • Fixed issue with AT context command for Quectel modem
    • Reviewed/Updated UI servlet response headers

Compatibility:

  • Eclipse Kura v4.1.2 does not introduce API breakage with previous releases.

Target Environments:

  • Kura is released as pre-compiled binary installers for the following platforms:
    • Raspberry Pi 2/3 based on Raspbian
    • Intel Up Squared board running Ubuntu 18
    • Intel Up Squared board running Centos 7 (Experimental)
    • Rock960 ARM_64 running Ubuntu 16 (NN version only)
  • Kura is also available as a pre-built Docker container

Bug Fixes :

  • Fixed github issues:

    • #3123: Priority description is wrong in CloudPublisher
    • #3113: The iBeacon Scanner sometimes fails to detect beacons
    • #3109: Quectel modem fixed to PDP context 1
    • #3107: The upload of zip archive with folders fails
    • #3104: XSRF error when resetting a configuration with target filters
    • #3088: Encoding of passwords differ between graph snapshots and full snapshots
    • #3071: Stale threads related to Paho
    • #3068: Review/Update servlet response headers
    • #3044: Incorrect Asset status report from cloud call
    • #3022: DnsServerService doesn't work on Armbian (Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS) anymore
    • #3017: Issue while accessing properties in gatt characterstics
    • #2992: Quectel EG-25 context command is wrong
    • #2983: UI Target selection is not working in all cases
  • Merged no issue-related Pull Requests:

    • #3102: Added RTC device to clock service
    • #3094: Rollback of the CSP feature as causes problems to images in bundles.
    • #3086: Backport - Adding support for Telefonica modem IK41VE (#3083)
    • #3078: Capitalize cloudservice, publisher and subscriber names - Backport
    • #2991: Backport of #2957 to release-4.1.0

Know Issues :

  • The implementation of the CryptoService performs encryption using a
    password that is hardcoded and published.
  • Modem: Ublox Lisa U201 may not be able to establish PPP connection when CHAP/PAP authentication is required.
  • BLE also tested on the Raspberry Pi B with a Broadcom BCM20702 USB dongle and the TI SensorTag. The kernel version was
    "Linux raspberrypi 3.18.11-v7+ #781 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 21 18:07:59 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux".
    Note that on the kernel "Linux version 4.1.7-v7+ (dc4@dc4-XPS13-9333) (gcc version 4.8.3 20140303 (prerelease)
    (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1+bzr2650 - Linaro GCC 2014.03) ) #817 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 19 15:32:00 BST 2015" has a bug on
    gatttool and the BLE connection will encounter a failure.
  • WiFi on Raspberry Pi 2 has only been tested with WiPi WiFi Dongle (Realink RT5370 chipset) and official Pi USB WiFi Dongle (Broadcom BCM43143 chipset).
    AccessPoint WiFi mode not working for Broadcom chipset.
  • Hardware watchdog: not implemented on all platforms
  • Only one WAN interface is currently supported. A warning in displayed
    in the WEB UI if the user attempts to enable more than one WAN interface
  • #2414: Rock 960: cannot get client id
  • #2038: [Kura 3.2.0 QA] Package uninstallation log
  • #2013: Unsaved changes dialog triggers incorrectly
  • #1993: Search Domains Are Not Supported
  • #1932: SystemAdminService.getUptime() returns SystemAdminService#UNKNOWN on MacOS when locale is not English
  • #1663: Authentication Issue with Deploy V2
  • #1572: serial modbus has errors on some hardware
  • #1533: MqttDataTransport client-id illegal character
  • #1529: OSGI console is not redirected to Eclipse IDE with Kura 3.0
  • #1201: Wifi password incorrectly read from snapshot in Access Point mode
  • #1195: [Net] Firewall IP Forwarding rules entered in the Web UI lost on reboot
  • #1161: Incorrectly configuring a component can be irreversable.
  • #1128: [Kura 3.0.0 M1 QA] Unable to delete manually added CamelFactory services
  • #1016: ConfigurationServiceImpl creates duplicate instances
  • #797: Design of ServiceUtil is broken
  • #771: Web UI fails with INTERNAL_ERROR when WireHelperService is not registered
  • #654: Clean up static initialization around "modem" functionality
  • #645: Clean up internal dependencies in Kura
  • #522: [Net] Modem monitor should monitor interfaces, not modems
  • #486: Build environment broken on Windows
  • #406: Replace System.get* with calls to SystemService.getProperties
  • #348: WpaSupplicantConfigReader.getWifiClientConfig() should support cases where key_mgmt scheme is not set
  • #329: [DEPLOY-V2] Review/refactoring needed
  • #297: [Status led] What connection instance controls the status led?
  • #253: Check if bundle contexes correctly unget services after invoking getService
  • #222: CloudConnectionStatusServiceImpl does not cancel workers on component deactivation