This release marks the first minor update for version 4 of the Findwise i3 platform.

With the release of version 4.1.0, we introduce OpenTelemetry as a monitoring tool. This update includes a set of new features in Curate, which were previously available in SEP 2 but have now been enhanced and integrated into Curate. Several improvements have been made to enhance overall performance and user experience. The release also addresses bugs and issues present in previous versions. Additionally, security enhancements have been introduced to help safeguard the Findwise i3 platform against potential threats.

Improvements

• Upgrade Spring Boot to the latest version 3.4.4
• New monitoring with Open Telemetry
• New features in Curate:
  • Relevancy Acceptance Tester Feature
  • Relevancy Tester Feature
  • Solr Synonyms Feature
• Set of optimizations to Index service:
  • Optimized filling in the processing queue
  • Improved token pagination efficiency
  • Reworked log truncation scheduling to cron pattern

Bug fixes

• [FP-698] Documents in Error state are still picked by Elasticsearch writer
• [FP-1468] Fix Solr permissions in volumes
• [FP-1512] Fix loading models from local volume that does not work
• [FP-1509] Verify elasticsearch-support.sh scripts and make sure thet work with elasticsearch 8.x

Removals

• N/A

Versions of key components

• Java 17
• Elasticsearch 8.15.5 
• Keycloak 26.0.3 (client), 26.0.7 (reference image)
• Lucene 9.11.1
• Apache Solr 9.8.0 (client & reference image)
• MongoDB 7.0.16 (reference image)
• Docker base image 17.0.13_11-jre-jammy

Breaking Changes

• Elasticsearch has been upgraded to version 8.15.x from 8.13.x. Unfortunately, there are possible breaking changes in minor releases of the Elasticsearch client. You can review the breaking changes for 8.14 and 8.15. There are known adjustments needed, such as changed builders for queries that use generic types. Examples can be seen on the Elasticsearch page.

Changelog