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1.8.1

September 27, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.8.1.

What’s New

  • The External Authorization policy now provides the Failure mode allow, Max message timeout, and Allow mode override parameters to further configure Flex Gateway’s communication with the external authorization service.

    See External Processing Policy.

  • The Flex Gateway documentation now provides Flex Gateway limits outlining Flex Gateway specifications for information such as max APIs per gateway, contracts per API, and request header payload size.

    See Limits.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

The severity level of the Details are not recognized as violation message is decreased from WARN to DEBUG.

W-15844673

Vulnerabilities detected by scanners are now fixed.

W-16844648

1.8.0

August 14, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.8.0.

What’s New

  • Flex Gateway now provides a readiness probe to ensure that a Flex Replica is configured correctly and ready for incoming traffic. Use the readiness probe to enable external entities, such as load balancers, to perform gateway health checks to ensure traffic only reaches healthy gateways.

    See Configuring a Readiness or Liveness Probe.

  • The Flex Gateway documentation now provides architecture diagrams detailing best practices for multiple-region, high availability, and disaster recovery deployments.

    See Flex Gateway Multiple Region Deployments.

  • Flex Gateway deployments deployed in Docker containers are now distroless images. Distroless images improve security by only containing the essential runtime components to reduce potential attack surface.

  • The JWT Validation Policy now supports multiple JWKS servers.

    See JWT Validation Policy.

  • The Mastering API Integration: Salesforce, Heroku, and MuleSoft Anypoint Flex Gateway blog provides details for running Flex Gateway on the Heroku platform.

  • Fluent Bit is now updated to version 3.0.6.

  • Flex Gateway no longer supports Ubuntu Bionic, Debian Buster, and RHEL 8.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Flex Gateway now enables you to remove the Server header via the FLEX_REMOVE_SERVER_HEADER environment variable.

W-13961645

Flex Gateway no longer fails to download assets from Anypoint Platform after an upgrade or downgrade.

W-15665983

Flex Gateway no longer fails to start after an upgrade on RPM-based systems.

W-16285842

The JSON Threat Protection policy no longer fails on Windows systems when the payload contains escape characters.

W-16124513

1.7.2

August 27, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.7.2.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Vulnerabilities detected by scanners are now fixed.

W-16188012

The JSON Threat Protection policy no longer fails on Windows systems when the payload contains escape characters.

W-16124513

1.7.1

June 26, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.7.1.

What’s New

  • Flex Gateway now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 for x86_64 and IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) architectures.

    For more information, refer to Downloading Flex Gateway.

  • The Message Logging policy now supports additional DataWeave expressions.

    For more information, refer to Message Logging Policy DataWeave Support.

  • Configure the FLEX_FORWARD_CLIENT_CERT_DETAILS environment variable to handle x-forwarded-client-cert (XFCC) HTTP headers. Possible values include the following strings:

    • SANITIZE

    • FORWARD_ONLY

    • APPEND_FORWARD

    • SANITIZE_SET

    • ALWAYS_FORWARD_ONLY

      The FLEX_FORWARD_CLIENT_CERT_DETAILS environment variable configuration applies to all API instances.

      For more information, refer to Envoy documentation.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Flex Gateway certificate renewal command no longer fails.

W-15870723

Flex Gateway no longer fails when an upstream uses the P-384 or P-521 ECDH curves.

W-15666251

Vulnerabilities detected by scanners are now fixed.

W-15895967

Flex Gateway running in Connected Mode no longer fails if an asset name is too long.

W-15941334

The severity level of the Details are not recognized as violation message is decreased from WARN to DEBUG.

W-15844673

Flex Gateway no longer supports the TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA cipher because Envoy stopped supporting the cipher.

W-16151550

1.7.0

May 6, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.7.0.

What’s New

  • Flex Gateway now supports RHEL 9 for IBM PowerPC (ppc64le) architecture.

    For more information, refer to Downloading Flex Gateway.

  • Flex Gateway now supports Debian Bookworm and Amazon Linux 2023.

  • Flex Gateway no longer supports Amazon Linux 2.

  • Flex Gateway now supports the following container orchestration services:

    • Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)

    • Azure Container Service (ACS)

    • Google Cloud Run

    • AWS Fargate

  • The flexctl check connections command enables debugging issues with network and registration.

    For more information, refer to Troubleshoot Platform Connections.

  • The flexctl check http command enables client URL requests.

    For more information, refer to Troubleshooting Request Connection.

  • External Authorization policy now supports configuring upstream headers and timeouts.

  • Envoy is now updated to version 1.29.3.

  • Fluent Bit is now updated to version 2.0.11.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Flex Gateway now sends logs under Anypoint Platform downtime conditions.

W-14899674

Flex Gateway now sets the log lines date correctly in VMs.

W-14659532

OAuth policy no longer fails to initialize in the ABI WASM.

W-14388776

Client ID Enforcement policy no longer uses a different shared data partition when a new policy instance is added.

W-14584415

HTTP Caching policy no longer generates a duplicate serialization.

W-14557325

OAS policy no longer tries to deserialize non-YAML or non-JSON files.

W-15243907

Flex Gateway no longer fails when the same TLS context is used for inbound and outbound requests.

W-14328663

The default connection timeout is now increased to 5 seconds.

W-14865784

Vulnerabilities detected by scanners are now fixed.

W-14856151

The performance of config processing is improved.

W-14821830

Flex Gateway now properly handles removed contracts.

W-14920631

Schema Validation policy now returns a 404 status code for resources that do not exist in the API specification.

W-14801480

Rate Limit policy defined using a Selector in Local Mode no longer applies an incorrect quota when matching multiple APIs.

W-13797100

Message Logging policy now attempts to parse messages using Windows-1252 charset if it fails to parse messages as UTF-8.

W-14801403

Flex Gateway now blocks traffic when a policy can’t be applied.

W-14669249

Fixed vulnerabilities detected by security scanners.

W-14686172

Flex Gateway now prevents files from being automatically deleted during OS cleanup.

W-14583807

The flexctl dump command no longer shows an error when there are no resources to dump.

W-11194730

Healthcheck policy no longer fails if Flex Gateway is installed on a namespace other than default.

W-14506137

OAS policy no longer fails when attempting to define an enum for integers.

W-14496441

Healthcheck and JWT Validation policies no longer use HTTP for external requests when on TLS.

W-14389347

Logging policy now correctly handles DataWeave expressions with variables returning null.

W-14423354

Header Removal policy is now able to remove the Accept header.

W-14417832

Logging policy no longer fails when trying to print a log with non-utf8 characters.

W-14707180

Flex Gateway now force-kills Fluent Bit ten seconds after a term signal is sent.

W-14189688

Flex Gateway no longer sends empty log lines to the platform.

W-14658813

Flex Gateway no longer supports the TLS_RSA_WITH_NULL_SHA cipher because Envoy stopped supporting the cipher.

W-16151550

1.6.2

February 29, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.6.2.

What’s New

  • Flex Gateway now supports Debian Bookworm.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

The default connection timeout is now increased to 5 seconds.

W-14865784

Vulnerabilities detected by scanners are now fixed.

W-14856151

The performance of config processing is improved.

W-14821830

Flex Gateway now properly handles removed contracts.

W-14920631

Schema Validation policy now returns a 404 status code for resources that do not exist in the API specification.

W-14801480

Rate Limit policy defined using a Selector in Local Mode no longer applies an incorrect quota when matching multiple APIs.

W-13797100

Message Logging policy now attempts to parse messages using Windows-1252 charset if it fails to parse messages as UTF-8.

W-14801403

Flex Gateway no longer crashes when configuring the External Authentication policy’s Allowed headers parameter.

W-15058123

1.6.1

January 10, 2024

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.6.1.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Flex Gateway now blocks traffic when a policy cannot be applied.

W-14669249

Fixed vulnerabilities detected by security scanners.

W-14686172

Flex Gateway now prevents files from being automatically deleted during OS cleanup.

W-14583807

The flexctl dump command no longer shows an error when there are no resources to dump.

W-11194730

Healthcheck policy no longer fails if Flex Gateway is installed on a namespace other than default.

W-14506137

OAS policy no longer fails when attempting to define an enum for integers.

W-14496441

Healthcheck and JWT Validation policies no longer use HTTP for external requests when on TLS.

W-14389347

Logging policy now correctly handles DataWeave expressions with variables returning null.

W-14423354

Header Removal policy is now able to remove the Accept header.

W-14417832

Logging policy no longer fails when trying to print a log with non-utf8 characters.

W-14707180

Flex Gateway now force-kills Fluent Bit ten seconds after a term signal is sent.

W-14189688

Flex Gateway no longer sends empty log lines to the platform.

W-14658813

1.6.0

November 29, 2023

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.6.0.

What’s New

  • A Flex Gateway instance now supports 600 APIs.

  • The certificate that Flex Gateway uses to connect to Anypoint Platform expires January 15th, 2024. You can ensure the continued operation of your applications by renewing registration. Flex Gateway now includes two CLI commands:

    • To renew your registration, use flexctl registration renew.

    • To verify (inspect) the status of your registration certificate, use flexctl registration inspect.

    For information about these CLI commands, refer to Renewing Flex Gateway Registration.

  • You can now configure Flex Gateway to send formatted runtime and access logs to a Dynatrace environment HTTP output.

  • You can now configure connection idle timeout through the FLEX_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS environment variable.

  • Envoy is now updated to version 1.25.16.

  • Flex Gateway now supports configuring shared storage with Redis Sentinel.

    For Flex Gateway running in Connected Mode, refer to Configuring Shared Storage for Flex Gateway in Connected Mode.

    For Flex Gateway running in Local Mode, refer to Configuring Shared Storage for Flex Gateway in Local Mode.

  • You can now disable log forwarding to Anypoint Platform via the logging.runtimeLogs.outputs.default and logging.accessLogs.outputs.default options in the Configuration resource.

    For more information, refer to Disabling Flex Gateway Log Output to Anypoint Platform.

  • Flex Gateway now supports forwarding incoming client HTTP requests to an external authentication service.

    For more information, refer to External Authorization Policy

  • Flex Gateway now supports forwarding HTTP requests or responses to an external gRPC service, for applying transformations.

    For more information, refer to External Processing Policy

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Policies making external HTTP requests now include a User-Agent header.

W-13824390

Upgrading Flex Gateway in a VM now correctly upgrades policies.

W-13837035

Downloading custom policies no longer fails when a forwarding proxy is used.

W-13887045

Fixed vulnerabilities detected by security scanners.

W-13804226

The Header Removal policy can now remove the User-Agent header.

W-1393110

Flex Gateway now supports configuring stream_idle_timeout through the FLEX_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS environment variable.

W-13952107

Flex Gateway no longer fails when a long regex is used in path matching.

W-13969574

The Message Logging policy no longer freezes when the JSON payload is over a certain size.

W-13873251

Flex Gateway now uses legacy DNS resolver in Fluent Bit to reduce timeout errors.

W-14067930

Flex Gateway no longer fails due to corrupted Fluent Bit chunks.

W-14111714

The Fluent Bit process now only restarts when required.

W-14149240

The OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection policy no longer uses HTTP when on TLS and the authority now contains the port for external requests.

W-14337518

To work with legacy systems, the JWT Validation policy now accepts floats for the exp field.

W-14274716

The Header Removal policy is now able to remove the x-forwarded-proto header.

W-14262338

Flex Gateway now fails if an invalid regex is used while configuring routing conditions.

W-13966293

Flex Gateway no longer fails when defining an invalid policies list in the ApiInstance resource.

W-14162165

Flex Gateway no longer experiences downtime with Redis when the Redis configuration is unchanged.

W-13946014

Flex Gateway no longer fails when the Exchange asset name contains non-supported characters.

W-12720868

Flex Gateway now correctly fails when using a non-supported apiVersion.

W-13965772

1.5.4

November 08, 2023

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.5.4.

What’s New

  • You can now configure connection idle timeout through the FLEX_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS environment variable.

  • Envoy is now updated to version 1.25.3.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

The Fluent Bit process now only restarts when required.

W-14149240

Vulnerabilities detected by security scanners are fixed.

W-14355714

The OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection policy no longer uses HTTP when on TLS and the authority now contains the port for external requests.

W-14337518

To work with legacy systems, the JWT Validation policy now accepts floats for the exp field.

W-14274716

The Header Removal policy is now able to remove the x-forwarded-proto header.

W-14262338

The Message Logging policy no longer freezes when the JSON payload is over a certain size.

W-13873251

Flex Gateway now fails if an invalid regex is used while configuring routing conditions.

W-13966293

Flex Gateway no longer fails when defining an invalid policies list in the ApiInstance resource.

W-14162165

The flexctl registration create and flexctl registration renew commands no longer generate empty registration files on error.

W-14415582

Flex Gateway no longer experiences downtime with Redis when the Redis configuration is unchanged.

W-13946014

1.5.3

October 04, 2023

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.5.3.

What’s New

  • The certificate that Flex Gateway uses to connect to Anypoint Platform expires January 15th, 2024. You can ensure the continued operation of your applications by renewing registration. Flex Gateway now includes two CLI commands:

    • To renew your registration, use flexctl registration renew.

    • To verify (inspect) the status of your registration certificate, use flexctl registration inspect.

    For information about these CLI commands, refer to Renewing Flex Gateway Registration.

  • You can now configure Flex Gateway to send formatted runtime and access logs to a Dynatrace environment HTTP output.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Flex Gateway no longer fails when a long regex is used in path matching.

W-13969574

The Message Logging policy no longer freezes when the JSON payload is over a certain size.

W-13873251

Flex Gateway now uses legacy DNS resolver in Fluent Bit to reduce timeout errors.

W-14067930

Flex Gateway no longer fails due to corrupted Fluent Bit chunks.

W-14111714

1.5.2

August 30, 2023

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.5.2.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Policies making external HTTP requests now include a User-Agent header.

W-13824390

Upgrading Flex Gateway in a VM now correctly upgrades policies.

W-13837035

Downloading custom policies no longer fails when a forwarding proxy is used.

W-13887045

Fixed vulnerabilities detected by security scanners.

W-13804226

The Header Removal policy can now remove the User-Agent header.

W-1393110

Flex Gateway now supports configuring stream_idle_timeout through the FLEX_STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS environment variable.

W-13952107

1.5.1

July 24, 2023

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.5.1.

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

Flex Gateway now correctly shows policy violations in Monitoring Center.

W-13804327

1.5.0

July 20, 2023

MuleSoft announces the release of Anypoint Flex Gateway 1.5.0.

What’s New

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

API Manager now correctly shows message logs for Flex Gateway running in Connected Mode.

W-12658860

Resource creation no longer fails due to a name length error for Flex Gateway running in Connected Mode.

W-12667439

The JSON Threat Protection policy no longer considers valid JSON payloads invalid.

W-12594181,W-12594229

API Manager and Monitoring Center now correctly format message logs for Flex Gateway running in Connected Mode.

W-12637178

Flex dump now includes Service policies.

W-12736424

OAS schema is now downloaded once.

W-12636298

Schema Validation Policy now returns a JSON response on failure.

W-12740457

Schema Validation Policy headers and query parameters validation is now case insensitive.

W-12636158

Rate Limiting: SLA-Based Policy now refreshes tiers correctly.

W-12651022

Flex Gateway no longer fails after deleting an API Instance with applied policies in Connected Mode.

W-11731962

The PolicyBinding spec.targetRef field is now correctly validated.

W-12347158

The Fluent Bit default buffer size has been increased.

W-12489632

ALPN is now respected when establishing a TLS connection to upstream services.

W-12285581

Ingress classes are now respected by the Ingress.ingressClassName field.

W-12726534

Already applied deployments from Connected Mode are no longer reprocessed.

W-12727484

OpenID Connect OAuth 2.0 Token Enforcement Policy no longer fails on token validation when used with a REST API in Connected Mode.

W-13091548

Flex Gateway no longer initiates a new connection when deployment parsing fails.

W-13039766

Flex Gateway no longer creates multiple replicas in Runtime Manager when there are changes in the networking configuration.

W-12976264

Flex Gateway pods in Kubernetes no longer freeze if the process crashes.

W-12289578

Schema Validation Policy no longer throws an invalid bad request error when another API is updated on the same port.

W-13081833, W-13080942

Flex Gateway no longer crashes due to a memory leak in Fluent Bit.

W-13071770

Forward Proxy with outbound TLS policies no longer crashes.

W-13498787

JWT Validation policy no longer fails when using a token with the x5t field.

W-13074446

Schema Validation policy no longer floods logs when failing to parse a specification.

W-12636271

Schema Validation policy no longer fails to match the correct path when similar paths are defined.

W-13599735

Schema Validation policy now correctly handles encoded paths and parameters.

W-13599735

Schema Validation policy now avoids re-fetching of specifications when possible.

W-13217895

Schema Validation policy no longer rejects requests with content types containing properties.

W-13639309

CORS policy now allows the X-Forwarded-For header for simple requests.

W-13603025

Flex Gateway stops properly after the exit signal is received if the registration file is missing or incorrect.

W-13636262

Custom policies in Connected Mode no longer fail with "invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value".

W-13736558