0.8.1

Version 0.8.1 is an urgent update to Release 0.8.0 to address an inability to execute the upgrade command. The upgrade command is needed for 0.8.0 Pull Request #2116 - "UPGRADE: Fix multi-use invitation performance", which is useful for (at least) deployments of ACA-Py as a mediator. In the release, the upgrade process is revamped, and documented in Upgrading ACA-Py.

Key points about upgrading for those with production, pre-0.8.1 ACA-Py deployments:

• Upgrades now happen automatically on startup, when needed.
• The version of the last executed upgrade, even if it is a "no change" upgrade, is put into secure storage and is used to detect when future upgrades are needed.
  • Upgrades are needed when the running version is greater than the version is secure storage.
• If you have an existing, pre-0.8.1 deployment with many connection records, there may be a delay in starting as an upgrade will be run that loads and saves every connection record, updating the data in the record in the process.
  • A mechanism is to be added (see Issue #2201) for preventing an upgrade running if it should not be run automatically, and requires using the upgrade command. To date, there has been no need for this feature.
• See the Upgrading ACA-Py document for more details.

Postgres Support with Aries Askar

Recent changes to Aries Askar have resulted in Askar supporting Postgres version 11 and greater. If you are on Postgres 10 or earlier and want to upgrade to use Askar, you must migrate your database to Postgres 10.

We have also noted that in some container orchestration environments such as Red Hat's OpenShift and possibly other Kubernetes distributions, Askar using Postgres versions greater than 14 do not install correctly. Please monitor Issue #2199 for an update to this limitation. We have found that Postgres 15 does install correctly in other environments (such as in docker compose setups).

What's Changed

• Adds the upgrade command YML file to the PyPi Release by @swcurran in #2179
• Add link to recorded session about the ACA-Py Integration tests by @swcurran in #2184
• Update and automate ACA-Py upgrade process by @shaangill025 in #2185
• Create UnitTests.md by @swcurran in #2183
• 0.8.1-rc0 by @swcurran in #2190
• Fix: Resolve Upgrade Config file in Container by @shaangill025 in #2193
• 0.8.1-rc1 by @swcurran in #2194
• Fix: Indy WalletAlreadyOpenedError during upgrade process by @shaangill025 in #2196
• 0.8.1-rc2 by @swcurran in #2198
• Change upgrade definition file entry from 0.8.0 to 0.8.1 by @swcurran in #2203
• Doc update and some test scripts by @ianco in #2189
• 3.7 and 3.10 unittests fix by @Jsyro in #2187
• Add Upgrading ACA-Py document by @swcurran in #2200
• 0.8.1 by @swcurran in #2207

New Contributors

• @Jsyro made their first contribution in #2187

Full Changelog: 0.8.0...0.8.1