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Changelog: 8.x.x Releases
Robert Mischke edited this page Aug 13, 2019
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- Decoupled the distribution of TiGL Viewer from RCE (i.e., it is not included in RCE releases anymore)
- Made the path of the TiGL Viewer configurable
- Migrated all remaining uses of Jackson 1.x to Jackson 2.x (9.x.x backport)
- Upgraded Jackson 2.9.8 to Jackson 2.9.9
- Updated license information
- Fixed minor NPEs
- Significantly reduced the RAM usage of workflow and component hosts
- Added rate limiting for remote component initialization to prevent network timeouts in complex workflows
- Fixed an issue that prevented workflows from being cancelled in the "preparing" state
- Addressed several security issues by upgrading libraries and securing the way archives are unpacked internally ("Zip Slip" vulnerability)
- Improved, compacted and reduced log output
- Added unit tests for internal archive handling
- Added automatic debug-level logging of large network messages
- Upgraded external librariers (Apache MINA, SSHD) to fix an SSH connection issue that occurs due to changes in Java version 8u161
- Fixed a bug in the Optimizer component. Lower and upper bounds were not applied properly when using the input data type Vector
- Minor fix in the TiGL Viewer process handling
- Minor logging and other internal improvements
- Added a new workflow component 'XML Values' to read and write values from XML files
- Improved UI support for exporting simulation data into projects
- Fixed a performance issue in complex workflows with nested loops
- Restored the default SSH inactivity timeout of 10 minutes which was accidentally set to 10 seconds in 8.1.0
- Added the missing 'Queue' input handling to dynamic inputs of integrated CPACS tools
- New workflow component: XML Values
- Enhanced the XPath chooser dialog
- OutputWriter: Added UI support to set the root location relative to the current workspace
- OutputWriter: When writing to a workspace relative root location a placeholder makes the location explicit; relative paths without this placeholder will be rejected in RCE 9 and later.
- Added 'Import...' and 'Export...' menu entries to the file menu
- Added the Command Console to the views that are openen by default with a fresh profile
- Integrated PDF viewer (PDF4Eclipse): Set a different default renderer to enhance compatibility
- Improved the sorting options of the Workflow Data Browser
- Improved the Timeline view to avoid zooming and refreshing issues
- Added Workflow Data Browser support for exporting to the currently selected folder in the Project Explorer
- Fixed and improved the automatic separation of host and port when filling in the network connection dialog using copy-and-paste
- Updated and improved the developer guide regarding Eclipse formatter settings and the Workspace Mechanic plugin
- Fixed a performance issue with nested loops that caused workflows with large numbers of inputs/outputs to slow down drastically, sometimes resulting in time outs
- Script components are now also properly reset within nested loops between loop iterations
- Improved stability when shutting down RCE instances quickly after their startup
- Added an internal BDD test scripting feature (still under development) with basic documentation
- Added "--use-default-workspace" launch option for skipping the GUI workspace chooser dialog
- Various improvements to the "Instance Management" feature (still in development), e.g. proper handling of aborted downloads
- Improved TiGLViewer process handling to prevent UI freezes on first start
- Fixed a bug that prevented the execution of workflows with nested loops if there was a high number of connections between the components within the nested loop.
- Fixed some rare unit test failures
- Various code quality, log output, and build process improvements
- Internal improvements to enhance building RCE as an external developer
- Improved and expanded the user and developer guides
- Fixed bugs in fault tolerant loop's button activation and runtime behavior
- Fixed a bug that caused tools and workflows executed via SSH connections to create an additional (incorrect) directory level when writing to an output
- Fixed a bug in CPACS Tool Integration that caused tool imitation mode not to work properly
- Several minor fixes
- Bidirectional connections in a workflow are now separated to improve visual clarity
- Added a dialog for profile selection at start up ("rce -p"), which also supports changing the default profile
- Dropped support for 32-bit operating systems
- Enhanced zooming capabilities
- Changed depiction of bidirectional connections to two separate lines
- Added functionality to export the workflow as an image file
- A small icon in a component indicates if it runs "Local only" or in "Tool imitation run mode". That icon is now also shown in Runtime Workflow Editor.
- Added capability to receive the table for custom table design method as input at runtime
- Start values of forwarding inputs can now be declared as constant
- CPACS Tool Integration: Fixed logical path of output file existence check
- Enhanced templates for CPACS tools
- Fixed temporary SCP folders not being deleted after Remote Access sessions
- Added option to customize the SSH session timeout (which must be set for RA tools that run longer than the default of 10 minutes)
- Added a dialog to select a profile to start with (command line: "rce -p")
- Improved error handling during startup
- Fixed a startup crash issue when starting several RCE instances at once
- Reduced disk activity on startup
- Fixed a bug which assigned the wrong owner to a log file during installation of the RCE daemon
- Fixed a bug which erased the selected target execution instance during a workflow update
- Fixed an issue in the network view (Published components' subtree was not shown in some cases)
- Fixed handling of expanded states of nodes in the Network View and Workflow Data Browser
- Temporary files for remote tool access are now cleaned up after successful execution
- Added an Eclipse-style popup for successful exports from Workflow Data Browser
- Major changes to the source repository structure and the handling of external binaries (Dakota/TiGLViewer)
- Completely removed support for 32-bit builds (which were only disabled before) for maintainability
- Eliminated the need to copy the Dakota binaries to a temporary location on every start
- Migrated the build process to JDK 8 and Maven >= 3.2.0 (which are now also required for building RCE)
- Fixed a bug in the CPACS Tool Integration which resulted in a failed output mapping, if the CPACS tool was configured to "Use a new working directory on each run" and to "Copy tool to working directory on each run" and the "Only run on changed inputs" feature was enabled
- Fixed a bug in the CPACS Tool Integration which prevented the correct forwarding of additionally cached values, if the "Only run on changed inputs" feature was enabled
- Minor adjustments to debug and log messages
- Fixed a bug in Script component's help which showed another component's help
- Fixed a bug when deleting forwarding inputs of driver components (Converger, Design of Experiments, Optimizer, Parametric Study)
- Fixed a bug in the Design of Experiments component where design values were not stored correctly in the data management. As a result the nodes "table.csv" and "result.csv" in the Workflow Data Browser showed wrong content. Nevertheless the correct design values were sent to the workflow.
- Semi-automated workflow execution: Added capability to make workflow execution semi-automated, i.e. a tool integrator can approve or deny tool results before they are sent further to succeeding workflow components
- Workflow Editor: Added capability to move components and labels before or behind each other
- Removed 32-bit version of RCE from the build process so they are not available anymore
- Many minor fixes and improvements
- Added loop level information of inputs/outputs to their respective tables of workflow driver components
- Added a read-only version of the Workflow Editor to inspect workflows from the Workflow Data Browser
- Added capability to move components before or behind each other. The same holds for labels. Components are always placed "before" labels
- Tool Run Imitation Mode:
- Tools that are configured to run in the Tool Run Imitation Mode, are now marked with a small "I" and have a blue background color
- Tool Run Imitation Mode can be enabled and disabled via the component's context menu
- Added F1 help for connections, the workflow editor and workflow labels
- Enhanced properties of workflow labels, e.g. adding an optional header for every label
- Fixed caret positioning in workflow labels
- Fixed a bug with undo/redo in combination with component endpoints
- Design of Experiments: Added output "Number of samples"
- Evaluation Memory: Added capability to be used in nested loops
- Optimizer: Added capability to load default values in the "Algorithm Properties" dialog
- OutputWriter: Improved error handling when writing files with names which are forbidden by the operating system
- Parametric Study and Design of Experiments: In case the workflow is cancelled they now stop sending design values. It caused problems in case they are used without any loop
- Parametric Study: Fixed a bug that caused the ordering of the results in the Workflow Run editor to become inconsistent
- Parametric Study: Fixed issues with descending sampling
- Script: Added a validation consistent indentation usage. Only either whitespaces or tabs are allowed as mixing them caused problems
- SQL components: Removed deprecated components SQL Reader, SQL Writer and SQL Command. For accessing databases the Database component can be used.
- TiGL-Viewer: Fixed an issue that caused RCE to freeze occasionally
- XML Merger: User specified messages using the XSLT command xsl:message are now displayed in the Workflow Console
- Added support to select the shell that is used to execute commands in the Linux execution window
- Added capability to use properties as placeholders in the scripts. They are defined on the properties page
- Fixed a bug with tool and working directory relative root paths
- Fixed a bug when using iteration directories
- Fixed a bug when adding a new launch setting to tool configuration
- Added a constraint that working directories must be absolute because relative ones caused problems in some setups
- Data types of inputs now show the converted data type instead of the original one in case of conversion. Additionally a hint about the conversion is shown.
- Added a marker to the icon of a component in case the component run failed
- Fixed "Refresh selected" hotkey
- Fixed unintuitive behavior when expanding leaf nodes via double click
- Removed the "Loop done" approach for nested loop configuration, i.e. the user does not have to add a connection between loop drivers anymore to estabilish a nested loop setup
- Added capability to make workflow execution semi-automated, i.e. a tool integrator can approve or deny tool results before they are sent further to succeeding workflow components
- Fixed a bug that caused the timestamp in a workflow run name to get broken, so all subsequent workflow runs had the same name in the workflow data browser
- Changed the behavior when saving passwords: When you uncheck the "save" option and execute the workflow the saved password will be discarded
- When starting RCE in headless mode the splash screen is now automatically disabled
- Added an option to copy the full path of resources in the Project Explorer via its context menu
- Added line numbers to script text fields, i.e. in the Script component, Cluster component and the Tool Integration wizard
- Enhanced layouts of the property views of Script component, workflow labels and components of integrated tools
- Added a validation for the configured python executable location
- Added a validation report that is shown when a workflow to be executed contains validation errors
- Moved validation code to backend
- Replaced regular expression-based SSH roles with predefines ones
- Added an option to include system information (average CPU load, free RAM) in tool list queries; that is useful for monitoring and load balancing
- Fixed an issue where clients could not connect to a server if their system clocks were out of sync
- Instances in a network now recognize when another instance in the network was restarted, which ensures consistent behavior
- Made the network more robust in case of duplicate instance identifiers (which can occur when profile folders are mistakenly copied and reused)
- Added support for splitting each instance into multiple "logical" instances. As a first use case, this is used to ensure consistent behavior when forwarding components via SSH Remote Access.
- Reduced management overhead when forwarding workflow console output in larger networks
- Updates are now fetched via HTTPS
- Minor performance improvements
- Removed 32-bit versions of RCE from build process
- Added the capability to send e-mails (useful in conjunction with semi-automated workflow execution)
- Added the capability to start RCE from an arbitrary working directory
- Fixed a minor shutdown issue that had no impact but caused warnings in the log
- Scripts can handle Infinity/NaN values
- Fixed a bug when using outputs of type "not a value"
- Various minor fixes and improvements