Upcoming Changes

[ankraft]

The following changes can be expected for the next release.

New Features

• Added support for the [credential] ManagementObject specialization.
• Added check if the operation execution time (oet) is after rqet or rset.
• Added fset build-in command to set an alias to functions and lambdas in the script interpreter.
• Added support for <Subscription>'s enableEventNotificationOriginator attribute. This implements SDS-2023-0096 and SDS-2023-0143.
• Made onboarding available as an extra application that can be started via the command line.

Improvements

• Added support for other data types (int, float, bool, list, dict) for the <ContentInstance>'s content attribute. Until now, only string was supported as a valid data type.
• Added support for the revised FlexContainer and FlexContainerInstance resource types.
• Added configurable default settings for mia attribute in <Container>, <FlexContainer> and <TimeSeries> resources.
• Many small optimizations and improvements in the CSE's internal handling, especially for internal resource object creation.

Fixes

• Fixed partial attribute retrieval for <flexContainer> specializations.
• Improved stability of the CoAP protocol binding in case of listening errors.
• Fixed regression bug when using newer versions of the isodate package.
• Hiding the "Requests" tabs in the TUI when request recording is disabled.
• Adapted to Textual release 1.0.0.

Breaking Changes

Misc

• Added support for enabling/disabling syntax highlighting in the resource editor of the text UI. The syntax package is now not installed by default because it is not available on all platforms. It be installed afterward if needed.
• For tests: Added cmdline argument to disable the check and use of the Upper Tester interface.