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The following section outlines the technical release notes for the maintenance releases of Experience Manager as a Cloud Service associated with 2024.10.0 feature activation.

Release 18175 release-18175

Summarized below are the continuous improvements for maintenance release 18175, which was publicly released on October 10, 2024. The previous maintenance release was release 17964. Release 18099 has been made private because of an issue.

The 2024.10.0 feature activation will provide the full feature set for this maintenance release. See the Experience Manager Releases Roadmap for more information.

Enhancements enhancements-18175

ASSETS-38322: Enabling http request event for AEM.
ASSETS-41448: Update auth.ims bundle to support FI to group mappings.
ASSETS-41684: Add OOB OSGI configs to define FI to group mapping for Assets, Foundation, Sites, and Forms.
ASSETS-43015: Update to latest auth.ims bundle.
CQ-4356633: Add extra character in “Content Only” tooltip.
GRANITE-50948: Integrate repository service into AEM Support for repository service.
GRANITE-52454: Adding support helper 0.1.2.
GRANITE-52454: Upgrading Support Helper GRANITE-52454 upgrading support helper to use latest release for AEMaaCS.
GRANITE-53287: Updating security-privileges integration test version.
GRANITE-53485: Support Service Principal authentication for replication Azure Blob Storage.
GRANITE-53514: Treeactivation updated to version 1.0.26.
GRANITE-53870: Create internal mechanism to skip max JVM version check for the quickstart.
GRANITE-53914: Fix Platform test failures with Java 17 Updated module version.
GRANITE-53966: Use separate thread pool for content-distribution.
GRANITE-54006: update Jackson to 2.17.2.
GRANITE-54038: Add the Creative Cloud Enterprise IMS client to the AEM IMS client allowlist.
GRANITE-54054: Environment variable for com.adobe.granite.repository.impl.SystemUserValidation warnOnly.
GRANITE-54266: Production SDK missing Search Suggestor service.
GRANITE-54274: Accept Firefly IMS client.
GRANITE-54300: Update Oak to latest public release (1.70.0).
GUIDES-19069: Add guidesPeerLinkIndex for aem guides add on.
SITES-23584: Fix failing test for Foundation component on Java 17.
SKYOPS-69768: SlingModels do not deserialize ResourceResolvers.
SKYOPS-76378: Improve thread-safety of ResourceBundle registration/deregistration in i18n.
SKYOPS-79285: Update Sling XSS to 2.4.2.
SKYOPS-82383: Expose the ‘helm-values’ convert-merge-analyse result in the command execution descriptor.
SKYOPS-84810: skip “40-initialize-publish.sh” execution on startup for RDE.
SKYOPS-84951: Fix Mutable content checksum generation code.
SKYOPS-85335: Update org.apache.sling.jcr.repoinit to 1.1.52.
SKYOPS-85336: Update Sling Commons Threads to 3.3.0.
SKYOPS-86329: updating versions of platform test modules for java 21 sdk support.

Fixed Issues fixed-issues-18175

CNTBF-298: Remove jcr:uuid from CC exported packages.
SKYOPS-83910: Fix concurrency issues found in SKYOPS-82371.
GRANITE-52876: Update to com.adobe.granite.ui.content 0.8.1448.
GUIDES-14445: Native PDF generation fails with an error related to getting dependencies for Node.js.
GUIDES-16961: The title with <conref> doesn’t resolve in the Baseline and Translation dashboards of the Web Editor.
GUIDES-17283: When selecting the Use metadata added in the topicmeta option, the metadata properties are not propagated in the document proprieties of the Native PDF output.
GUIDES-17793: The referenced PDF isn’t activated from the Bulk Publish Dashboard during the Bulk Activation of published content.

For more information about the new and enhanced Guides features and issues fixed in the release, view the Experience Manager Guides release roadmap.

Known Issues known-issues-18175

FORMS-15818: Component descriptor entry OSGI-INF/com.adobe.aemfd.docmanager.impl.*.xml not found statements in server logs. These are harmless log statements.

Deprecated Features and APIs deprecated-18175

Deprecated and removed features and APIs in AEM as a Cloud Service are detailed in the Deprecated and Removed Features and APIs document.

The following is a summary of recently-deprecated features or those in the process of deprecation.

JavaScript Use API

The JavaScript Use API is officially deprecated due to challenges users have debugging and maintaining code that leverages the API, as well as performance limitations compared to the Java alternative.

You should should transition to the Java Use API, which offers better performance, easier debugging, and greater long-term support.

com.day.cq.wcm.api

Please note that Adobe is in the process of updating com.day.cq.wcm.api. Some of its methods and classes have been marked as @Deprecated in the current release. These will be removed in future releases. Please consider switching to their suggested alternatives.

org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.blob

GRANITE-54165: Deprecate org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.blob in public API.

Security Fixes security-18175

AEM as a Cloud Service is dedicated to optimizing your platform’s security and performance. This maintenance release addresses 2 identified vulnerabilities, reinforcing our commitment to robust system protection.

Embedded Technologies embedded-tech-18175

Technology

Version

Link

AEM Oak

1.70.0

Oak API 1.70.0 API

AEM SLING API

2.27.6

Apache Sling API 2.27.6 API

AEM HTL

1.4.24-1.4.0

HTML Template Language Specification

AEM Core Components

2.27.0

AEM WCM Core Components

Release 17964 release-17964

Summarized below are the continuous improvements for maintenance release 17964, which was publicly released on September 25, 2024. The previous maintenance release was release 17689. Release 17882 has been made private because of an issue.

The 2024.10.0 feature activation provides the full feature set for this maintenance release. See the Experience Manager Releases Roadmap for more information.

Enhancements enhancements-17964

ASSETS - 37750: [Priority 4] [GraphQL] Support for DM scene7 URLs: image smart crops.
CQ - 4354583: [AEMaaCS] Send translation process events via Adobe Pipeline.
CQ - 4357642: Update MSFT credentials in OOTB Connector.
CQ - 4358217: Deserialize request body from request entity.
CQ - 4358342: Register RequestProcessors on only one HTTP method.
FORMS - 10781: Enhance rule editor to create rules for next/prev item in a panel.
FORMS - 14595: [Browserless Feature] Values are missing in the DoR when prefilled data is used to compute the DoR for Browserless rendering.
FORMS - 15619: AEM Forms Updated Translation Kit.
FORMS - 16113: [Adobe Sign]Unable to update agreement status by a different user.
FORMS - 16155: [Rule Editor] Implement Async function.
GRANITE - 53872: Add new env vars for IMS Client ID.
SITES - 23738: Release Core Components 2.27.0.
SITES - 16610: Content Fragments: Get launch details endpoint.
SITES - 16614: Content Fragments: Rebase Launch endpoint.
SITES - 16615: Content Fragments: Promote Launch endpoint.
SITES - 24215: Content Fragments: Implement Get Launch sources endpoint.
SITES - 20336: Content Fragments: Improve validation when deleting a Content Fragment Model.
SITES - 21090: Content Fragments: Add support for fractional min/max values for number fields
SITES - 21658: Content Fragments: Upgrade to use UUID-references.
SITES - 23054: Content Fragments: Copy Content Fragment Models.
SITES - 23264: Content Fragments: Create a static schema of a model.
SITES - 23265: Content Fragments: Expose the static schema of a model through the UI schema GET endpoint.
SITES - 23266: Content Fragments: Ability to add constraints to Content Fragment Models.
SITES - 23778: Content Fragments: Search Content Fragment Models should allow searching for models that have never been published.
SITES - 23335: Content Fragments: Add support for external asset references.
SITES - 24626: Content Fragments: RTC: Permissions for UUID migration: 2.
SITES - 24786: Content Fragments: Enhancements for referencesTree endpoint.
SITES - 24833: Content Fragments: Remove the validation of HTML input against a list of allowed HTML tags.
SITES - 23380: GraphQL: use proper API to read asset metadata.
SITES - 22864: [Edge Delivery] Universal editor with new AEM content structure integration H2 2024.
SITES - 23584: Foundation component tests fail on Java 17.
SITES - 23662: Eventing: User that triggers a publish request cannot be extracted from JCR log statements in server logs.
SITES - 23301: Add support for starting a new workflow to create folder structures when creating Translations of Content Fragments.
SITES - 23336: Content Fragments: Add support for external asset references
SITES - 24091: MSM content package split: master.
SITES - 24114: isSourceRenderCondition: Reduce error log message to DEBUG.
SITES - 24166: Remote assets mitigation for Touch-UI editor.
SITES - 24409: Register all request processors on only one HTTP method.
SITES - 25008: Improve handling of PersistenceExceptions and permissions problems.
SITES - 24821: Make aem.page / aem.live the default.

Fixed Issues fixed-issues-17964

CQ - 4356887: Inconsistency in Translation Project Status for Akamai Technologies Inc.
CQ - 4357878: Translation framework is not setting error state upon vendor failure translation .
CQ - 4358028: Failed to create project if thumbnail is uploaded.
CQ - 4358290: Target Setting is NOT Working on Published Page.
FORMS - 13173: Dropdown list misalignment in Adaptive Form > Rule Editor > Drop object field.
FORMS - 13873: AFv2: (“-”) in the name of component result in failure of rules.
FORMS - 14340: Error in instantiation of FormsAndDocumentOmniSearchHandler and CloudStorageSubmitActionInserter.
FORMS - 15363: Displayed Name in Rule Editor.
FORMS - 15381: UI enhancement of Authorization Scope message.
FORMS - 15595: AEM Form TnC Component Consent Text line break issue.
FORMS - 15623: AEMaaCS Forms - Alternatives to Update Multiple Tables in Dynamics with One POST.
FORMS - 15682: AEM Forms - Unable to bind DOR to Dynamics FDM.
FORMS - 15799: Adobe Sign GovCloud Signature page does note render in iframe.
FORMS - 15835: Post-submission form URL rewrite issue.
FORMS - 16091: Consuming the restructured Binary.java.
FORMS - 16096: Forms User does not have access to restendpoint dialog.
FORMS - 16139: Adding required logging for DoR in core-components form.
FORMS - 6935: State of active component lacks 3 to 1 contrast ratio.
FORMS - 7018: Empty element receives focus.
GRANITE - 53028: NPE In ExternalProcessPollingHandler.
GRANITE - 53907: Unable to identify service user as workflow super user.
SITES - 24405: Content Fragments: Extended Info for enums should be more resilient
SITES - 23024: Content Fragments: Enumeration does not return locked: true in GET fragments.
SITES - 23269: Content Fragments: Creating Content Fragments allows setting locked fields.
SITES - 23337: Content Fragments: Batch endpoint with body fails with casting exception.
SITES - 23474: Content Fragments: Pagination should exclude broken resources in Search Content Fragments.
SITES - 23615: Content Fragments: Content Fragment copy AuthoringInfo is not updated
SITES - 23668: Content Fragments: Patch live copy with multifield fails with 400
SITES - 23695: Content Fragments: Tab description is not available in UiSchema
SITES - 23704: Content Fragments: Multi-value enums not supported in _extendedInfo
SITES - 23781: Content Fragments: Duplicate values not allowed in enumeration fields
SITES - 24150: Content Fragments: Content Fragment Version Authoring data about creation is missing
SITES - 24230: Content Fragments: Fix filtering after modified replication status in Search Content Fragment Models
SITES - 24233: Content Fragments: Filtering by publishedBy can include unpublished resources in Search Content Fragment Models
SITES - 24355: Content Fragments: Live Relationship is not respected for folder created Content Fragments
SITES - 24816: Content Fragments: ValidationStatus messages order inconsistent.
SITES - 23896: Eventing: More events are coming together with a Page Moved event
SITES - 23899: Eventing: Page events are delayed or not generated at all
SITES - 23961: Eventing: Creating Content Fragment Models with references fails when configuration folder is present
SITES - 23963: Eventing: Page deleted events are sometimes not coming
SITES - 23443: GraphQL: GraphQL Cursor query inconsistent behavior.
SITES - 10994: Keyboard focus order is not logical.
SITES - 16357: AEM: Button is truncated in Setup Analytics tab from Sites menu.
SITES - 19836: Ghost component in container is displayed on publish and preview instances.
SITES - 22348: Live Copy Overview page fails to load if their are above 100 live copies for a project.
SITES - 22960: Unclosed resource resolver in ContentFragmentModelOmniSearchHandler.
SITES - 23284: URL encoding causing blank path browser dialog.
SITES - 23505: Components show incorrect URLs when the page is moved to another location.
SITES - 23574: Not able to preview / compare to current versions for many pages
SITES - 23585: Issue with Restoring Inheritance for components having cq:responsive node
SITES - 23650: Discrepancy in Incoming Links Count in AEM Author Environment
SITES - 23659: Content Language Servlet regression caused by the toggle FT_* SITES - 9757
SITES - 23759: Assets added on experience fragment are not published with Launches
SITES - 24025: 302 Redirects in AEM returning location header using internal DNS instead of public DNS
SITES - 24036: Investigation needed for AEM RTE Persisting Characters in ASCII Format
SITES - 24317: Proxy Configuration not working with Basic Authentication
SITES - 24918: fix 504 errors returned occasionally when using dedicated ip egress.

Known Issues known-issues-17964

FORMS - 15818: Component descriptor entry OSGI-INF/com.adobe.aemfd.docmanager.impl.*.xml not found statements in server logs. These are harmless log statements.

Deprecated Features and APIs deprecated-17964

Deprecated and removed features and APIs in AEM as a Cloud Service are detailed in the Deprecated and Removed Features and APIs document.

The following is a summary of recently-deprecated features or those in the process of deprecation.

JavaScript Use API

You should should transition to the Java Use API, which offers better performance, easier debugging, and greater long-term support.

com.day.cq.wcm.api

Security Fixes security-17964

AEM as a Cloud Service is dedicated to optimizing your platform’s security and performance. This maintenance release addresses 16 identified vulnerabilities, reinforcing our commitment to robust system protection.