WSO2 API Manager 4.2.0 Released!

The WSO2 API Manager team is pleased to announce the release of API Manager 4.2.0.

Distribution

Users will need to build the source and generate a binary pack. The source distribution is available in the assets section. Please refer to the below document for more information about the build process.
https://apim.docs.wso2.com/en/4.2.0/reference/working-with-the-source-code/

How to run

(Ignore steps 1 and 2 if you already have JDK 17 installed on your machine)

1. Install JDK Version 17.
2. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
3. Extract the downloaded zip file.
4. Go to the bin directory in the extracted folder.
5. Run the api-manager.sh file if you are on a Linux/Mac OS or run the api-manager.bat file if you are on a Windows OS.

What's New

• JDK 17 Support
• OpenTelemetry Support
• Enabling logs without a server restart
• Ability to configure Self Signup through the Admin Portal
• Ability to configure API Lifecycle through the Admin Portal
• Gateway support for Single Usage Token
• Ability to handle accidental deletion of shared backend certificates
• API Linters for validating the API Specification
• Ability to generate API documentation automatically from OAS
• DataDog Based Analytics Solution For API Manager

Fixed Issues

See details of all the changes including improvements, and bug fixes in this release.

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Manager-4.2.0 are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Manager through WSO2 API Manager GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to security@wso2.com, not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting the security issues.

~ WSO2 API Manager Team ~