0.7.4

0.7.4 is a significant release focused on stability and production deployments. As the "patch" release number (0.7.3 to 0.7.4) indicates, there were no breaking changes in the Admin API, but a huge volume of updates and improvements. Highlights of this release include:

• A major performance and stability improvement resulting from the now recommended use of Aries Askar instead of the Indy-SDK.
• There are significant improvements and tools for dealing with revocation-related issues.
• A lot of work has been on the handling of Hyperledger Indy transaction endorsements.
• ACA-Py now has a pluggable persistent queues mechanism in place, with Redis and Kafka support available (albeit with work still to come on documentation).

In addition, there are a significant number of general enhancements, bug fixes, documentation updates and code management improvements.

This release is a reflection of the many groups stressing ACA-Py in production environments, reporting issues and the resulting solutions. We also have a very large number of contributors to ACA-Py, with this release having PRs from 22 different individuals. A big thank you to all of those using ACA-Py, raising issues and providing solutions.

More details about this release, including the major updates and a categorized list of PRs, can be found in the Change Log file.

What's Changed

• Doh....update the date in the Changelog for 0.7.3 by @swcurran in #1592
• Added missed new module -- upgrade -- to the RTD generated docs by @swcurran in #1593
• Update aries-askar patch version to at least 0.2.4 as 0.2.3 does not include backward compatibility by @acuderman in #1603
• Replace blank credential/presentation exchange states with abandoned state by @andrewwhitehead in #1605
• DID updates for endorser by @ianco in #1601
• Update aiohttp dependency by @acuderman in #1606
• style: format with stable black release by @TimoGlastra in #1615
• feat: enable webhook events for mediation records by @TimoGlastra in #1614
• Auto-promote author did to public after endorsing by @ianco in #1607
• Upgrade ConfigArgParse to version 1.5.3 by @WadeBarnes in #1627
• Fix for non-revoc proof with no timestamp by @ianco in #1628
• Move database operations inside the session context by @acuderman in #1633
• feat: query connections by their_public_did by @TimoGlastra in #1637
• Fix auto connection response not being properly mediated by @dbluhm in #1638
• Pin markupsafe at version 2.0.1 by @andrewwhitehead in #1642
• feat: accept taa using startup parameter --accept-taa by @TimoGlastra in #1643
• Update Endorser documentation by @chumbert in #1646
• Performance demo updates by @ianco in #1647
• Fixes and cleanups for issue-credential 1.0 by @andrewwhitehead in #1619
• Fix usage of send_credential_ack by @andrewwhitehead in #1653
• Add cred_def_id to metadata when using an Endorser by @frostyfrog in #1655
• docs: supported features attribution by @TimoGlastra in #1654
• Revert change to send_credential_ack return value by @andrewwhitehead in #1660
• Add "sent" key to both Schema and Cred Defs when using Endorsers by @frostyfrog in #1663
• fix: always notify if revocation notification record exists by @TimoGlastra in #1665
• Fixes for credential details in issue-credential webhook responses by @andrewwhitehead in #1668
• Qualify did exch connection lookup by role by @ianco in #1670
• Add pre-commit as optional developer tool by @dbluhm in #1671
• [#1674] Add basic DOCKER_ENV logging for run_demo by @tdiesler in #1675
• Remove references to play with von by @ianco in #1688
• Endorser support for updating DID endpoints on ledger by @frostyfrog in #1696
• platform target in run tests. by @burdettadam in #1697
• Fix DIF PresExch and OOB request_attach delete unused connection by @shaangill025 in #1676
• Fix: DIF proof proposal when creating bound presentation request [Issue#1687] by @shaangill025 in #1690
• Add auto_verify flag in present-proof protocol by @DaevMithran in #1702
• Fix: update IndyLedgerRequestsExecutor logic - multitenancy and basic base wallet type by @shaangill025 in #1700
• Allow use of SEED when creating local wallet DID Issue-1682 by @DaevMithran in #1705
• Add an integration test for mixed proof with a revocable cred and a n… by @ianco in #1672
• Multitenancy Docs Update by @MonolithicMonk in #1706
• Feature/undelivered events by @mepeltier in #1694
• Fix: present-proof v2 send-proposal [issue#1474] by @shaangill025 in #1667
• run_docker start - pass environment variables by @shaangill025 in #1715
• Fix DIFPresFormatHandler returning invalid V20PresExRecord on presentation verification by @rmnre in #1645
• Fixes for v7.3.0 - Issue#1597 by @shaangill025 in #1711
• Fix order of operations connecting faber to endorser by @ianco in #1716
• did-exchange implicit request pthid update & invitation key verification by @shaangill025 in #1599
• Prep for adding the 0.7.4-rc0 tag by @swcurran in #1722
• Duplicate checking for schema and cred def by @ianco in #1721
• Adds support to faber demo for returning json response in connectionless proof-requests by @amanji in #1720
• Allow deletion of invalid V20PresExRecord - failing schema validation by @shaangill025 in #1718
• Use provided connection_id if provided by @ianco in #1726
• feat: create new JWT tokens and invalidate older for multitenancy by @TimoGlastra in #1725
• Allow specifying key derivation method on sub-wallet create by @dbluhm in #1719
• feat: allow querying default mediator from base wallet by @dbluhm in #1729
• Fix iteration over key list, update Askar to 0.2.5 by @andrewwhitehead in #1740
• Fixes logic for web hook formatter in Faber demo by @amanji in #1739
• Documentation on existing language wrappers for aca-py by @etschelp in #1738
• Updates to Changelog for 0.7.4. RC1 release by @swcurran in #1747
• Fixing the intro paragraph and heading in the changelog of this 0.7.4RC1 by @swcurran in #1752
• 0.7.4-RC1 Changelog intro paragraph - fix copy/paste error by @swcurran in #1753
• Added async with for mediator record delete by @dejsenlitro in #1749
• fix: Resolve Revocation Notification environment variable name collision by @frostyfrog in #1751
• [#1745] Fetch from --genesis-url likely to fail in composed container… by @tdiesler in #1746
• Redis PQ Cleanup by @shaangill025 in #1659
• Some ReadTheDocs File updates by @swcurran in #1770
• 0.7.4-rc2 update by @swcurran in #1771
• Adds transport_id variable assignment back to outbound enqueue method by @amanji in #1776
• Replace async workaround within document loader by @frostyfrog in #1774
• Feature: Add the ability to deny specific plugins from loading by @frostyfrog in #1737
• Document impact of multi-ledger on TAA acceptance by @ianco in #1778
• fix: add a close statement to ensure session is closed on error by @reflectivedevelopment in #1777
• Fix tails server upload multi-ledger mode by @ianco in #1785
• Feat/revocation notification v2 by @frostyfrog in #1734
• feat: Add filter param to connection list for invitations by @frostyfrog in #1797
• feat: support connectionless exchange by @TimoGlastra in #1710
• Additional endpoints to get revocation details and fix "published" status by @ianco in #1783
• Fix: Duplicated schema and cred_def - Askar and Postgres by @shaangill025 in #1800
• Fix: Inbound Transport is_external attribute by @shaangill025 in #1802
• Adjust revocation registry update procedure to shorten transactions by @andrewwhitehead in #1804
• Fix put_file when the server returns a redirect by @andrewwhitehead in #1808
• Fix missing webhook handler by @ianco in #1816
• Changelog, version and ReadTheDocs updates for 0.7.4-rc3 release by @swcurran in #1817
• Fix IssuerCredRevRecord state update on revocation publish by @andrewwhitehead in #1827
• Fix: Present Proof v2 - check_proof_vs_proposal update to support proof request with restrictions by @shaangill025 in #1820
• Fix external Outbound Transport loading code by @frostyfrog in #1812
• Prover - verification outcome from presentation ack message by @shaangill025 in #1757
• Fix: present-proof v1 send-proposal flow by @shaangill025 in #1811
• Add troubleshooting document, include initial examples - ledger connection, out-of-sync RevReg by @swcurran in #1818
• Update POST /present-proof/send-request to POST /present-proof-2.0/send-request by @lineko in #1824
• Update pyjwt to 2.4 by @andrewwhitehead in #1829
• Update changelog and version for 0.7.4-rc4 by @swcurran in #1830
• Enable pip-audit by @ryjones in #1831
• Use local deps only by @ryjones in #1834
• Multi-tenancy stale wallet clean up by @dbluhm in #1692
• Improve typing of settings and add plugin settings object by @dbluhm in #1833
• 0.7.4-rc5 changelog, version and ReadTheDocs updates by @swcurran in #1838
• Set prefix for integration test demo agents; some code cleanup by @andrewwhitehead in #1840
• Only run on main repo by @ryjones in #1845
• Fix handling of non-revocable credential when timestamp is specified (askar/credx) by @andrewwhitehead in #1847
• Use default wallet type askar for alice/faber demo and bdd tests by @ianco in #1761
• Fix a typo in DevReadMe.md by @feknall in #1844
• Update the Supported RFCs document for 0.7.4 release by @swcurran in #1846
• 0.7.4 Release Changelog and version update by @swcurran in #1849

New Contributors

• @frostyfrog made their first contribution in #1655
• @tdiesler made their first contribution in #1675
• @MonolithicMonk made their first contribution in #1706
• @mepeltier made their first contribution in #1694
• @rmnre made their first contribution in #1645
• @etschelp made their first contribution in #1738
• @reflectivedevelopment made their first contribution in #1777
• @lineko made their first contribution in #1824
• @feknall made their first contribution in #1844

Full Changelog: 0.7.3...0.7.4