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Flexible and modular backend framework/server for object persistence, API development and authentication.
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1.54.5
Feature
Notable features
- Mermaid diagrams can now be rendered in Markdown using Flexmark
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22226199 Release 1.54.5.
7e7e72c8 added Mermaid support in Markdown (via Flexmark)
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1.54.4
Maintenance
Minor fixes and improvements.
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cca12ebd fixed javadocs
c5b6115a fixed error in ParaClient
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1.54.3
Feature
Notable features
- ParaClient now supports fire‑and‑forget hybrid async requests where calling async methods sends a sync request to Para but does not wait for completion
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57455fac added new capability to ParaClient - fire-and-forget feature with hybrid async requests where calling async methods sends a sync request to Para but doesn't wait for it to finish
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1.54.2
Maintenance
Notable features
- Added async methods in ParaClient
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023fd807 updated dependencies
8aef28ee added async methods in ParaClient
d060c325 cleaned up JavaMailEmailer
9ef29a6d updated commons-lang
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1.54.1
Bug fix
Notable features
- Executor service now uses virtual threads
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24110c32 changed Para's executor service to use virtual threads
593fafc3 updated logback.xml
68f812dc fixed 400 error when chunkSize=0 and readAll() called with 1000+ keys (URL length limit exceeded)
102b55ac updated App.setSettings() to prevent exception
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1.54.0
Breaking risk
Breaking changes
- Renamed `ParaMCPServer` to `MCPResources`
Notable features
- Added MCP server implementation based on Spring AI
- Automatic MCP listing of all available tools
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da54db9a added MCP server implementation based on Spring AI, fixed all javadoc
a7929618 fixed minor issues around javadocs and tests
1aa0d4db updated reachability-metadata.json
403d6d81 updated plugins
ab3e019d updated captcha verification to log scores
ba983abe minor edits to ParaConfig docs
69e7f799 added automatic MCP listing of all available tools
8437b591 refactoring - renamed ParaMCPServer to MCPResources
bdc9ae3d fixed one potential NPE and one ConcurrentModificationException
f086a969 minor fix when checking for empty file in form submission
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1.53.0
Bug fix
Notable features
- Added email validation error handling for /_emails API endpoint
- Exposed sendEmail() method in ParaClient
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0325c397 updated Spring Boot to 4.0.4
8d000a07 updated plugins
5d6efaab added integration tests for paraClient.sendEmail(), fixed API response on error
f5e0ce12 added email validation error handling for new /_emails API endpoint, exposed sendEmail() method in ParaClient
e38f2575 fixed form handling of files via JSON API
04fcb781 fixed personal name not shown in emails from Para
56b34b57 fixed issues with BufferedRequestWrapper being called too early, breaking data binding for multipart requests
ed8a8f14 added Form core class, form sumbission handling, /_emails and /_forms API endpoints
f974b8be updated dependencies
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1.52.5
Breaking risk
⚠ Upgrade required
- Deprecation: `para.core_package_name` config property is deprecated; use `Para.registerCoreClasses()` instead.
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6902ac18 fixed content-type header on md2html function in Api1
7a6bcc77 fixed another bug in ManagedDAO
583fbc8d deprecated para.core_package_name config property, in favor of Para.registerCoreClasses()
9d4ca5a4 fixed bug in ManagedDAO
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1.52.4
Bugfix
Fixed GitHub Actions permissions and verifier token escaping in TwitterAuthFilter.
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c367c56f Fixed CycloneDX SBOM generation goal
5099d80f fixed GitHub Actions permissions
dad16ad6 fixed verifier token escaping in TwitterAuthFilter
2678708a fixed executable JAR generation should not be done by default, only if profile fatjar is activated
b686607a pom.xml cleanup
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v1.52.3
Bug fix
Fixed NPE when overloading load/store methods and calling `config.renderConfigDocumentation()`.
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bd029b76 fixed NPE when overloading load/store methods and trying to call config.renderConfigDocumentation()
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v1.52.2
Bug fix
Fixed Config class to store system property overrides in the config file.
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e95c75b2 updated Spring Boot to 4.0.2
daec9934 fixed bug in Config preventing system property overrides from being stored in config file, closes Erudika/scoold#473
0041f2c6 fixed Dockerfile init arguments, fixing warnings
627d20be added a simple test for base64 util method
d47e0240 fixed update method in API controller
94e96f81 fixed minor exception in ParaClient
d35c5492 updated plugins in para-server
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v1.52.1
Maintenance
Minor fixes and improvements.
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0f28c3d7 [maven-release-plugin] prepare for next development iteration
8cd28011 [maven-release-plugin] prepare release v1.52.1
44e85423 added utility method in ParaConfig
50a970a7 updated plugins in para-server
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v1.52.0
Breaking risk
Breaking changes
- Minimum Spring Boot version increased to v4.0
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e5dde647 upgraded Spring Boot to v4.0
169e99a5 major refactoring and cleanup: migrated from Jersey to Spring REST, removed old classes and filters, updated security configuration, added static pages for errors and intro
f0e7a707 major refactoring and cleanup: removed AWS SDK from para-server, split up AWS-backed implementations of Para interfaces into separate modules, removed commons-io library, moved Apache HTTP-Client into para-core
899c3950 major refactoring and cleanup: removed Guice dependency, removed ClassGraph, removed para-jar sub-project, added native-image support and reachability-metadata.json
14ee2dd4 refactored Config class to allow for easier overriding of both load() and store() methods
1606955d refactored SAML authentication filter to use Spring SAML
d69e9486 removed javax.naming import, replaced with custom exception
43692367 added revision metadata to intro API response
9e24657e fixed some javadoc errors
be372a81 fixed health utils for failing cache checks
df28c956 fixed access log configuration on startup
fdd2eae0 fixed API utility methods returning 404 if not called with specific Accept header
1eb95847 fixed Caffeine cache initialization
5fce5a73 minor fixes and logging configuration tweaks
c12cd722 fixed Para landing page controller should be disabled if not running from JAR file directly
a10e7d00 added static getter method for Emailer in Para class
6e6a92b1 added new config option to allow CSRF protection for SPA frontends
8a63f66f minor refactoring in API class to allow for app overrides
c0757625 improved PasswordlessAuthFilter by allowing it to set auth cookies and redirect properly
54a7360b updated config documentation rendering to omit @Deprecated config properties
8c453e97 updated Para plugins