Progress Chef 360 Platform & Progress Chef Courier 1.2 release notes

Release date: February 14, 2025.

New features

• This release includes several enhancements to the graphical user interface to help users perform workflows entirely without using a command line: .

  • You can now add and update tags associated with your nodes and use them in filters.
  • In the Courier Job wizard, you can select from saved node lists or filters and preview the nodes in their selection.
  • You can create a specific schedule for when a Courier job is performed.
  • The Courier job summary now includes a lot more details for easier reference.
  • While using the Courier job wizard users can now add multiple steps to the same job along with input, output variables, conditions for each step.
  • All Courier job exceptions can now be added, edited, and removed through a dedicated screen for exceptions.

• We’ve enhanced performance so users have control over how the Chef 360 Platform Server reacts to load according to their needs:

  • For users deploying with a HELM chart, there is now an option to set the maximum concurrency limit for Chef Courier Job orchestrator.
  • Node Management now sets a random splay interval for it’s calls to Chef 360 Platform Server.

• The Chef 360 Platform documentation is now shipped along with the installation package. Users who have network restrictions can access the documentation directly within their install.

Improvements

• Chef 360 Platform now captures the timestamp for when a Courier job is marked as timed out.
• You can now refresh tables on the Chef 360 Platform UI using a button and without the need to refresh the entire page.
• Chef 360 SMTP settings now supports configurations for SendGrid to send emails.
• maxVersion is now a mandatory configuration for Courier job skills used in a step.
• Tenant admins can now give other users the tenant admin role.
• We increased the Chef 360 Platform UI session timeout from 15 minutes.

Bug fixes

• The downloaded CLIs no longer appear locked upon installation.
• Courier job artifacts downloaded from the GUI now have a proper file extension.
• We fixed error notifications that were showing multiple times.
• Chef 360 Platform now correctly recognizes the URL a user-deployed Habitat Builder.
• Node enrolment on Ubuntu 18 can be performed.
• Self-signed system-generated SSL certificates now have the correct common name (CN).

Security updates

• CVE-2024-34155
• CVE-2024-45341
• CVE-2024-45336
• CVE-2024-34158
• CVE-2024-34156

Supported skill versions