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Major Enhancements in Test Suite Executions in Automation Testing: Catalyst now enables you to configure automatic re-runs of test suites upon their failure in the first execution. You can also re-run a failed test suite manually any number of times from the console. You can also configure other test suites to execute pre- or post- a specific test suite’s execution. The Automation Testing console will display detailed results of all re-runs, and pre- and post-conditions of test suite executuions.

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Automatic Disabling of Production Environment on reaching Budget: You will now be able to configure automatically disabling the production environment of your project when the threshold of a specific budget is reached in Billing . Catalyst will alert you when this happens. You can then manually re-enable the production environment after it has been disabled, if required.

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Support for HTTP OPTION in API Gateway: We have now included support for the HTTP method OPTION while configuring APIs in API Gateway . This method offers support for standard browser behavior in executing cross-origin requests through API Gateway.

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Sort, Search, and Pagination Updates in Functions List View: You can now sort the functions listed on the Functions component page in the console by their names, IDs, or by other columns. You can also search for a function using the new search bar on top of the page, as well as view them in pages containing rows of 10, 20, or 50 results.

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Anti-virus check during File Attachments/Uploads: Catalyst now provides an additional layer of security for your application files by implementing anti-virus checks on the files uploaded in the File Store, and on the attachments sent through Catalyst Mail.

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Support for Node.js v16 Functions: Catalyst now provides support for Node.js v16. You can upgrade your existing functions to the latest supported version from the remote console. You can now also select the latest runtime when you create Node.js functions from the console.

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Extension of Node.js v10 Deprecation: The deprecation phase of Node.js v10 has been ongoing since April 2021. The retirement date was announced as July 31, 2022 for the version. However, we have planned to extend the deprecation period of the version until October 31, 2022. Following the deprecation period, Node.js v10 will be retired on January 31, 2023, and Catalyst will end its support for the runtime.

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Node.js v12 Deprecation Announcement: Node.js v12 is currently in the deprecation phase. Following the deprecation period of one year until April 30, 2023, Node.js v12 will be retired on July 31, 2023, three months after the end of the deprecation period. Catalyst will then end its support for the runtime.

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Cliq Integration Functions Template Update: We have updated the default code templates of some Cliq handler classes that you initialize Cliq Integration functions . This will not affect any of your existing functions.

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Enhancements in Cron: Catalyst will now send emails each time a cron is disabled in any of the projects. The alerts will be sent to the collaborators of the project who configured the cron.

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Support for Node.js v12 and v14 Functions: Catalyst now provides support for Node.js v12 and Node.js v14 versions in your Catalyst functions. You can select any of these versions while creating a Node.js function in the remote console. You can upgrade your existing functions to the latest supported version from the remote console.

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Deprecation of Node.js v10: Catalyst is beginning the deprecation of Node.js v10, effective immediately. The deprecation period in Catalyst will be until July 31, 2022. Please ensure you upgrade your existing Node.js v10 functions to the latest supported runtime to ensure stability and security in your Catalyst application.

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New Demo App in the Console: Catalyst users can now access and test a demo app that is readily configured and populated with data. The ‘Polls’ app enables users to create polls instantly, and share them on social media. You can also vote on any polls and view real-time data reports in the app. This demo app is now available for all users in the index page of their remote console.

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Status and Time Filters in Cron Execution History: You can now filter the executions listed in a cron’s execution history based on the status or time of the executions. You can select a status such as Timeout or CodeException, and a time range such as the last 1 hour from drop-downs, to view executions matching these criteria.

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Changes in Automatic Disabling of Cron After Repeated Failures: Catalyst automatically disabled a cron job that failed to execute successfully for 50 times in a row. We have now made enhancements to include this feature only for the crons associated with an external URL through webhooks, and not for crons associated with Cron Functions.

That is, a cron linked to a Cron Function will not be automatically disabled even after consecutive failures. You can check for a cron’s execution history from the console, and disable it manually or perform fixes as needed.

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Enhancements in Circuit Compilation Error Handling: Catalyst Circuits now includes compilation error handling. Catalyst performs a compilation error check in a circuit’s configuration or structure right after you save the circuit. This will list the non-dependant and possible errors identified in a circuit’s state configurations, design, and logic flow, even before you execute the circuit.

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End of Free Trial: We are ending the free trial of the Catalyst accounts of existing production environment users on August 1, 2021. Users will be priced for their Catalyst usage from that point onward. Users who haven’t used the production environment yet will be asked to set up their Catalyst payment method and add their payment details before they deploy their first project.

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Complimentary Wallet Credits: We are pleased to offer $250 as complimentary wallet credits for all existing users. Users can use this credit amount for their Catalyst payments. This amount will be reflected in their Catalyst wallets on August 1, 2021, if they are existing production environment users . For others, the credits will be available in their wallet after they deploy their first project.

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Enhancements and Additional Features in Event Listeners: We have implemented new features in Event Listeners , such as Queued Events which display the events that are currently being processed, and Processed Events which contain the execution history of the processed events after they exit the queue.

The Event Listeners UI console has also undergone some upgrades that enhance and simplify the user experience, like the availability of the day’s stats inside an event listener’s page.

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New Query Operations and Features in ZCQL: ZCQL now includes a host of new functionalities that will improve your coding experience. You can now perform data insertion, updation, and deletion operations on the Catalyst Data Store using ZCQL, in addition to the data retrieval operations. ZCQL also offers support for additional features such as the LIKE and BETWEEN operators in the WHERE clause, and partial data insertion.

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Advanced Memory Configurations in Functions: Catalyst now enables you to configure memory allocations for each of your functions, while creating them. You can choose from a memory range of 128 MB to 512 MB to allocate for the function’s execution.

The default memory allocated for a function is 256 MB. All the functions that you created prior to this feature availability will be allocated the default memory automatically. You can modify this any time you need from the console, or from the CLI using this command .

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Domain Mappings: You will now be able to work with Domain Mappings to map your own domain addresses with Catalyst applications only in the production environment of your project.

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Inclusion of additional time ranges and other enhancements in Logs: You can now select a variety of time ranges to search for function logs, and also select a custom time range from a calendar and view records of the function executions in that range. You can also filter the logs of Cron and Event function executions by providing their unique Execution ID, and view details of that execution alone. We have also included direct links from Event Listeners and Cron executions to Catalyst Logs.

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Changes in the domain of Catalyst application URLs: The app domain of all Catalyst application URLs will now be ‘catalystserverless.com’ instead of ‘zohocatalyst.com’. That is, Catalyst application URLs will now be of the format “https://project-domain-name.catalystserverless.com”.

This change will be automatically reflected in all your function and web client URLs of your previous and future Catalyst projects. URLs with the older app domain will still work for some time and will be deprecated soon after that. We will announce the date of deprecation shortly. You can find your application URLs of both the Development and Production environments in the Environments settings of your project.

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Catalyst Web SDK version 2.0.0: We have now released a newer version of Catalyst Web SDK which comes with enhancements in the initialization script. You can now refer to an init.js file from your app’s domain which will automatically populate the essential details of your project, such as the Project ID and ZAID for the appropriate environment. You can find the latest Web SDK script in the Developer Tools settings and in the Sign-in Method section of Authentication .

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Changes in downloading configurations for Android and iOS SDK packages: We have revamped the Catalyst Android and iOS SDK packages to include a host of tools for Authentication, Data Store, Functions, and more. You will now be able to register your mobile app packages in the Catalyst console to download the configuration files to include in your mobile apps. You can also choose to download configurations for development and production environments individually, and delete mobile app packages from the console.

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Profiles and Permissions: We have introduced a new permission to add or delete mobile SDK packages for Android and iOS apps from the console.

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Catalyst Logs: We have enhanced Catalyst Logs to display contextual data relevant to the function stack that you select. Node.js functions now also have different log levels from those of Java functions.

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Data Store: We have now included the Table ID of each table included under the table’s name in the Data Store .

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Web Client: The literal ‘WebApp’ has been changed to ‘Web Client ’ in multiple places in the Catalyst console for standardization purposes.