Release Notes 2.8

What’s New

Support for Java 25 and Apache Tomcat 11

With this version of smart.finder, Java 25 and Apache Tomcat 11 are additionally supported. Support for Java 17 is no longer available.

Support for map.app 4.20

This version of smart.finder supports map.apps version 4.20 and higher (LTSS version). It is no longer possible to use map.apps versions lower than 4.20.

Separate storage of secrets

To separate secrets from the application configuration, you can now create the file secrets.properties alongside the file application.properties in the {product_name}. You should store configuration parameters with sensitive information such as passwords in this file, while non-sensitive configuration parameters remain in the file application.properties. This increases security because the file secrets.properties can be protected and managed separately.

We recommend moving the following configuration parameters from the file application.properties to the file secrets.properties:

  • secret.security.user.admin.pw

  • mailing.password

Update Notes

If you skip several versions during the update, please also follow all update notes of the intervening versions.

None.

Discontinued Features

None.

Deprecated Features

  • The standalone client of smart.finder will be discontinued with versions 3.

  • The security.mode ONLY_AUTHN will be discontinued in a future versions.

  • Support for the omnisearch bundle will be discontinued with version 3.

  • As of version 3, map.apps Smart Search is no longer managed as an independent extension but is a functional component of smart.finder.

Known Limitations

SNR-1030

[Accessibility] Implement accessibility in sf-resultcenter app

SNR-797

[Mobile] Support for mobile devices is limited

SNR-582

[Facet Search] Improve algorithm in order to be more consistent

Changelog

2.8.0

New Features and Improvements

SNR-1178

[System] map.apps 4.20 compatibility

SNR-1179

[System] Tomcat 11 and Java 25 compatibility

SNR-1192

[Config] Support secrets.properties and config-templates

Fixed Issues

None.