Release Notes

2023.02.10

In this release, we support the plugin management feature, so that you can load/unload plugins for the gateway cluster.

API7 Cloud

• Support the plugin management feature in Cluster > Plugin Management
• Now the password in sign up form can be visible or invisible
• Fixed some known issues to enhance the developer experience

2023.01.18

This is the last release before 2023 Spring festival. This is a release without so many new features, but with some notable changes.

API7 Cloud

• Now the concept control plane was dropped, instead, we call it cluster
• Now we use gateway instances to replace data plane instances
• Now you can configure the "include_resp_body" in file-logger plugin
• Optimize the details in user sign up
• Fixed some known issues to enhance the developer experience

Cloud CLI

Upgrade Cloud CLI to 0.25.0

• Use the new concepts: cluster and gateway instance
• Use Cloud Go SDK to communicate with API7 Cloud

2023.01.05

We made some plugin refactors in this release so that plugins are consistent with ones in Apache APISIX.

API7 Cloud

• Now resource search is case-insensitive
• Now the gateway listening ports are shown in the console
• Now the canary release rule expression is same to the API fine-grained route control
• Rename Rate Limiting plugin to Limit Count plugin
• Rename Request Rewrite plugin to Proxy Rewrite plugin
• Refactor the plugin implementation (be consistent with Apache APISIX)
• Ask users to accept privacy and term of use before sign up
• Now the resource list column width is self-adaption

Cloud Lua Module

• Support uploading listening ports to API7 Cloud

2022.12.14

We completed the user/organization data lifecycle in this release. Now you can deactivate your account or organization if you needs.

API7 Cloud

• Support folding/unfolding the left sidebar
• Support deleting user account
• Support deleting organization
• Support updating certificate resource without filling the certificate and private key (e.g., update labels)
• Optimize the organization name UI

2022.11.28

In this release, we changed the concept policy, rename it to plugin, which is close to Apache APISIX.

API7 Cloud

• Support API fine-grained route control
• Support transferring organization ownership
• Support configuring custom limit key for Rate Limiting plugin
• Support searching Applications via Hosts and Path Prefix
• Rename policy to plugin
• Now the default status for a new application is published (previously it's draft)
• Fix UI issue when the Application name is Chinese
• Fix the notification hints for Application, API operations
• Fix the data loss when switching between the Static and Service Discovery tab in Upstream.

Cloud CLI

Upgrade Cloud CLI to 0.22.0

• Introduce profile-based way to support configuring/switch between multiple control planes

2022.11.14

We refactor the service discovery feature and support the multi-cluster K8s cluster service discovery feature!

API7 Cloud

• Support duplicating Applications
• Support publishing/drafting an Application
• Support upstream health check (active, passive)
• Hosts and Path Prefix fields are shown in the Application table
• Now ID, Create Time, Update Time are shown in Consumer detail page
• Add a Type for certificate, so that the usage of certificate can be limited

Cloud CLI

Upgrade Cloud CLI to 0.21.2.

• Now TLS certificates are saved inside a tls/{control plane id} sub-directory

2022.11.1

Now we support all Apache APISIX plugin features (based on 2.15.0) and you can configure Policies on Consumer, Control Plane.

API7 Cloud

• Support configuring Policies on Control Plane and Consumer.
• Support all Apache APISIX plugin features (based on 2.15.0).
• Now the Response Rewrite policy can clear the response body.
• Now the error message in Rate Limiting policy won't be wrapped in a JSON string.
• Optimize some error messages reported on the page.

2022.10.13

We fixed some known issues and add some new features to make the product easier to use.

API7 Cloud

• Remove the restriction that the API Path field must start with /.
• Support the User Profile management.
• Support re-inviting member to an organization.
• Now an Application can configure multiple hosts.

Cloud CLI

Upgrade Cloud CLI to 0.19.2.

• Add China mirrors for downloading Cloud CLI.
• Support reloading Apache APISIX on bare-metal.
• Fix the incorrect certificate permission problem.
• Update the default APISIX version to 2.15.0.

2022.09.28

Now you can try the product tour on the API7 Cloud console.

API7 Cloud

• Support product tour.
• Support organization ownership transferring.

2022.09.14

We add some new features for this release. Also, we carve the API7 Cloud console and optimize the texts and tooltips.

API7 Cloud

• Support customizing the log format for HTTP Logger.
• Support specifying members' permission.
• Optimize the console UI for better UX.

2022.08.30

We add the control plane settings in this release so that you can control the control plane scope settings!

API7 Cloud

• Support Response Rewrite policy.
• Support Request ID policy.
• Support Control Plane settings (e.g., log rotate, custom server name, real IP replacement).
• Support Kubernetes service discovery.

Cloud Lua Module

• Support accepting Kubernetes service discovery settings from API7 Cloud.

2022.08.12

We support Kafka Logger & CSRF policy in this release!

API7 Cloud

• Support using Kafka Logger in Log Collection.
• Support CSRF policy (This is a paid feature).
• Support Redirect policy.
• Fixed some page issues and improved the user experience.

Cloud Lua Module

• Support accepting control plane settings from API7 Cloud.

2022.07.29

We publish the organization management, and OpenID connect auth in this release.

API7 Cloud

• Support Organization Management (invite/remove members, RBAC).
• Support OpenID Connect authentication.
• Now, users can see their organization name in the navigation bar.
• Optimize the login page.
• Now, users can sort the data plane instances by their uptime.

Cloud Lua Module

• Add the switch for uploading Prometheus metrics (by default, it's enabled).

2022.07.14

We publish the Basic plan and support billing & payment in this release.

API7 Cloud

• Support Log Collection feature & Logging policy.
• Support billing & plan subscription.
• Better Data Plane Instances view.
• Fix some UI problems to improve the user experience.
• Fix some problems on the server side to improve the stability.

Cloud CLI

Upgrade Cloud CLI to 0.13.0.

• Support debugging API (show the translated Apache APISIX configurations about API).
• Support customizing the HTTP & HTTPS host port.

2022.06.28

We fixed some bugs and improved some existing features in this release.

API7 Cloud

• Fix some bugs on the server-side and client-side to improve stability.
• Fix the ineffective consumer labels.
• Support using a wide variety of characters for the organization name.
• Support proxying WebSocket traffic.
• Support ACL policy.
• Support JWT policy.
• Support Request Rewrite policy.

2022.05.26

We fixed some bugs and added some new features in this release.

API7 Cloud

• Optimize the status code distribution diagram.
• Refactor the way we manage policies.
• Refactor the API details page.
• Support mTLS between Apache APISIX and clients.
• Support instance filter on the monitoring page.
• Refactor the "Add Instance" page.
• Fix some bugs on the page and improve the user experience.

Cloud CLI

• Update the default APISIX version to 2.15.0.
• Use sh compatible way in the installer.sh.
• Fix the wrong binary package name (show the version correctly).

2022.05.11

In this version, we fixed some bugs and added some improvements.

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Since this release, the minimum required version of the Apache APISIX is 2.15.0.

API7 Cloud

• Refactored the Application Details page layout and supported editing sub-resources of the Application.
• Fixed the alert due to empty Consumer description field.
• Fixed the minimum value of count to 1 when using the Rate Limiting Policy.
• Fixed the incorrect redirect port when the Application protocol is HTTPS.
• Fixed some bugs which hurt the stability.
• Optimized the API Reference.

Cloud Lua Module

• Fixed the "bad metric timestamp" bug.
• Fixed the "client body too large" problem when uploading metrics from DP instances.

Cloud CLI

Upgrade Cloud CLI to 0.9.0

• Supported releasing windows binaries (amd64, arm64).
• Fixed the incorrect command option handling for --helm-install-arg and --docker-run-arg.
• Added an installer.sh script to install Cloud CLI quickly.

2022.04.02 - First Release

We released the first version of the API7 Cloud.

See the getting-started guide to use API7 Cloud now!