Workflow Engine 12.0.0

December 4, 2023

Overview

Workflow Engine 12.0.0 introduces breaking updates for MongoDB and Angular packages, together with fixes and improvements in core, Designer, and samples.

Why update

• Upgrade MongoDB integrations to driver 2.19.0 to apply security fixes and move to a modern driver baseline.
• Upgrade Angular Designer integrations to Angular 17 for compatibility with the current Angular ecosystem.
• Improve subprocess execution performance in core runtime.
• If you encountered Designer errors in Parameters, ProcessInfo, or Activity windows, this release fixes them.

Key features

• Updated MongoDB driver and Angular Designer package with breaking changes.
• Improved subprocess execution and parameter handling in core.
• Fixed Designer display errors in the Parameters, ProcessInfo, and Activity windows.
• Improved Designer zoom operation.

Changelog

Update instructions

• Update all Workflow Engine packages to 12.0.0.
• If you use MongoDB multi-server mode, ensure you run with MongoDB cluster configuration.
• If you use Angular Designer package, upgrade your environment to Angular 17 and Node 18.13.

Enhancements

• Improved performance of subprocesses execution.
• Improved Designer zoom operation.
• Updated samples: Angular sample to Angular 17 and React package compatibility to React 18.

Breaking changes

• MongoDB driver has been updated from 2.10.4 to 2.19.0. If you are using a multi-server mode, you need a MongoDB cluster.
• Angular designer package has been updated to Angular 17. This requires the Node 18.13.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the operation of parameters with names containing a space.
• Fixed an error displaying parameter types in the Parameters windows.
• Fixed an error displaying process parameters in the ProcessInfo window.
• Fixed an error displaying exceptions handling in the Activity window.

Security

• Updated MongoDB.Driver from 2.10.4 to 2.19.0, addressing CVE-2022-48282 (GHSA-7j9m-j397-g4wx, fixed in 2.19.0, affects < 2.19.0).