Release Notes
In our June release, Edge has been updated to JupyterHub 4. This update requires adjustments to the routing configurations of Edge Native applications to include URLs ending with a forward slash (/).
For detailed instructions on updating your Native applications, please refer to: https://docs.enthought.com/edge-docs/docs/Reference/JupyterHubRouting/.
Should you have any questions, please reach out to the Edge Customer Success Team at http://edge-support.enthought.com/.
If you are not developing or maintaining any Edge Native Applications, no action is required at this time.
To improve clarity and align with its use in application creation, the
AppKindEnum.External field has been renamed to AppKindEnum.Kubernetes. This
update reflects the terminology used in the application version form and may
impact your existing API calls related to application versions.
To accommodate this update, running the upgrade-edge script should update your
environment accordingly and ensure compatibility with the new API structure.
We recently upgraded Edge to Python 3.11, moving from version 3.8. Currently,
the Analysis app kernel still uses Python 3.8. To update to Python 3.11, you can
run the reset-edge command from the terminal as described in this
section.
This will successfully update your environment and ensure your JupyterLab kernel
is running Python 3.11.
2.24.2 (Dec. 11, 2024)
Bug Fixes include resolving an issue where the reset-edge operation now correctly restores existing environments and updates them to the latest Python 3.11 version.
2.24.1 (Dec. 10, 2024)
Bug Fixes include resolving an issue where users removed during the migration to keycloak.enthought.com were still present in the Edge database, causing role audits to fail. The fix includes adding fault tolerance for non-existent users and implementing an audit to identify and reconcile mismatched users. This ensures smoother role audits and improved system reliability.
2.24.0 (Dec. 10, 2024)
This release introduces new features, improvements, and bug fixes designed to enhance user experience, performance, and stability. Key highlights include enhancements to the Edge CLI, and advancements in compatibility with Python 3.11 and SQLAlchemy 2.
Added a support and feedback link to each Edge organization home page, allowing users, developers, or organization admins to submit suggestions or support requests specific to their organization.
Added the command edge env build to the Edge CLI to rebuild the EDM
environment that allows a user to re-create that environment without having to
create a new project.
Developed a custom logging method to ensure all logs follow a structured and consistent format that enhances log readability, simplifies parsing for debugging, and improves compatibility with our log aggregation tools, making it easier to identify and resolve issues efficiently.
Upgraded @actions/artifacts to v4 to improve CI/CD pipeline reliability and efficiency, with faster speeds and new features that accelerate development workflows.
Updated Edge to run fully on Python 3.11 to fully taking advantage of latest features and performance enhancements. This update also includes an upgrade to SQLAlchemy 2, ensuring alignment with current database standards and improving query efficiency and code maintainability.
Bug Fixes include resolving application version tests issues, fixing billing configuration tests for unit verification, ensuring proper sequencing of policy detachment before deletion by using the correct Terraform resource, adding the appropriate Terraform secrets to trigger a pod restart when needed, and an incorrect default value for the S3 bucket to prevent the use of an unintended bucket.
2.23.0 (Nov. 11, 2024)
This release brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes to enhance the user experience, stability, and performance of Edge. Key highlights include updates to the Edge System Activity page, Edge CLI enhancements, and improvements in caching and dependency management.
Improved System Activity tracking by adding creation timestamps to placeholder activities and displaying messages for empty tables in system activities, ensuring users have a clear view of logged actions.
Added new activity report email for organizational admins providing a snapshot of the current status of placeholders within the organization to enhance oversight and management.
Modified the reset-edge command to reduce its destructiveness, providing a safer and more reliable way to reset the platform when needed.
Refined dependencies in the analysis app to reduce image sizes and improve performance.
Updated Edge to use EDM 4.0 and made improvements to the CI configuration, enhancing consistency in the edm.yaml file for more efficient build management.
Enhanced Edge CLI to improve user experience with clearer messaging and more robust error handling, providing informative feedback across all operations.
Bug Fixes include resolving inconsistencies in storage usage types across zones to ensure unified S3 storage metrics, fixing upgrade-edge dependency issues, and adding Python checks in CLI app initialization to prevent deployment errors and simplify setup. Additionally, licenses are now managed as Kubernetes jobs within accounting tasks for accurate and automated tracking.
2.22.1 (Oct. 8, 2024)
Bug Fixes include resolving an issue with reconciliation where the delta was incorrectly computed due to improper parsing of existing resources, ensuring more accurate resource comparisons.
2.22.0 (Oct 8, 2024)
This release introduces new features and updates, highlighting the new Edge CLI command-line tool, enhancing integration with external services, and improving overall stability and performance.
Introduced a new command-line tool called Edge CLI, allowing users to interact with the Edge platform directly from the terminal. With the edge_cli package, users can create, manage, and deploy applications on Edge via the command line, simplifying workflows and improving efficiency.
Removed automatic EDM token provisioning to facilitate the migration to Keycloak v24. This change ensures better compatibility and integration with Keycloak's latest version.
Updated build and publish pipelines to support Python 3.11, ensuring compatibility and up-to-date dependency management for the enthought_edge and edge_cli packages, allowing them to leverage the latest Python features and improvements.
Adjusted dynamic versioning to improve caching efficiency, reducing unnecessary rebuilds and enhancing performance. This update ensures that only modified components are rebuilt, improving the internal development experience by preventing full cache invalidation with each commit.
Bug Fixes include resolving an issue with Edge running against Keycloak v24, addressing integration problems with the updated authentication service. A truncation cutout was added to prevent image links from being cut off in the UI. Dependencies between namespace creation and usage were also added to prevent deployment issues. Additionally, the $ currency symbol was included in the UI to improve clarity in billing, enhancing the user experience when viewing price-related data.
2.21.2 (Sept. 16, 2024)
Added a new Terraform variable istio_quit_endpoint with a default value set to the standard Istio port, allowing configuration flexibility for different Edge deployments.
2.21.1 (Sept. 12, 2024)
Added Edge Prefix and Project Name to the Quay organization structure to mimic the naming convention used in Vault, preventing collisions in type 2 deployments that share the Enthought Quay system.
2.21.0 (Sept. 5, 2024)
This release introduces a range of updates and enhancements, focusing on optimizing processes, reducing dependencies, and improving overall system reliability and efficiency.
Enhanced the Analysis App Idle Timeout to be dynamic, based on the custom timeout value chosen by the user, with a default of 120 minutes to ensure more consistent and predictable behavior during application sessions.
Simplified the URL structure for accessing the Edge Pricing Sheet to make it more intuitive for organization administrators to access and download Edge global pricing data easily.
Introduced Automated and On-Demand Accounting Jobs with internal enhancements for managing accounting tasks, enabling scheduled automated operations through cron jobs and the ability to trigger jobs on demand for greater efficiency.
Implemented On-Demand Accounting Container Organization Deletion to enable the deletion of individual organizations on demand, rather than relying on a scheduled cronjob.
Switched from the Requests library to HTTPX to utilize advanced HTTP client features, offering enhanced asynchronous support and improved performance.
Bug Fixes include improved datetime management by enforcing timezones and setting UTC as the default to ensure consistent time handling across the platform, enhanced error management for POST/PUT operations to presigned URLs in S3 to improve robustness in file upload processes, and resolved issues in the Edge Log Service to ensure reliable logging for built-in and native applications.
2.20.0 (Aug. 1, 2024)
This release provides significant updates and improvements, with a strong emphasis on security enhancement and performance optimizations.
Added a link to download the Edge Services pricing sheet to provide organization admins easy access to detailed cost information for deployments being used by Edge.
Refactored environment variable-based configuration in favor of ConfigMaps for better management. This change simplifies internal configuration handling and improves maintainability.
Removed jupyter labextension install in favor of native Python packages for faster Analysis App installation and performance.
Upgraded the Analysis App to JupyterLab version 3.6.7. This upgrade brings improved features and stability to the application.
Addressed unallocated usage types by adding BoxUsage:t3a.small and BoxUsage:t3a.medium to Billing, including SpotUsage. This update ensures accurate billing and resource allocation.
Expanded the culling organization job to also find and delete PVCs associated with that organization. This enhancement helps in freeing up storage and maintaining clean environments.
Bug Fixes include corrections at the Accounting and Vault level to cull Edge organizations properly and avoid conflicts with deployments in different clusters, respectively.
2.19.1 (July 12, 2024)
Bug Fixes include corrections that restore the ability to create multiple placeholders across various organizations.
2.19.0 (July 11, 2024)
This release provides significant updates and improvements, with a strong emphasis on security enhancements, performance optimizations, and user experience improvements.
New Edge-managed secrets using the Vault secrets manager to provide an interface for storing and retrieving secrets via EdgeSession, enabling secure management with separate access controls for User secrets and Organization secrets. This implementation also powers the data connectors and the application server info for additional security.
Introduced the "Verify Docker Image" feature to allow developers and administrators with a Developer license to verify the validity of Docker images and the provided server information required for Edge to access the repository when running a Native Application Version.
Extended the idle inactivity timeout for the Terminal session in the Analysis app to 120 minutes, aligning it with the application's idle timeout. This change provides users with a more convenient and consistent workflow.
Replaced edgelib calls with EdgeSession to make the Edge API container the primary trusted agent for all operations, significantly reducing security credential, configuration, and dependency duplication across other containers.
Upgraded our system to use Rocky Linux 8 images to enhance our system's security, stability, and performance.
2.18.0 (June 6, 2024)
This release delivers significant updates and enhancements, focusing on security improvements, performance optimizations, and user experience enhancements.
Upgraded to JupyterHub 4 to enhance security and improve user experience. These changes, mostly invisible to users, enhance the application's functionality. Please refer to the notice above for more details.
Updated EDM version to 3.7.0 in the Analysis app, enabling users to utilize the Python 3.11 available runtimes.
Renamed 'proxy_kind' field to 'framework' in Application API to more accurately reflect its use in application creation and align with the terminology used in the application version form.
Introduced 'upgrade-edge' command to allow users to update the 'enthought_edge' package in their default EDM environment while preserving all custom Python packages and environments.
Ensured consistency accross all application versions by replacing invalid icons with the default Enthought icon, improving the creation and editing of application versions.
Upgraded Jupyter AI and Jupyter AI Magics dependencies to version 1.6.0 and 2.6.0, respectively.
Bug Fixes include corrections to the Edge System Activity page to ensure proper styling and the correction of text cases.
2.17.0 (May 8, 2024)
This release delivers substantial updates and enhancements, with a focus on critical security improvements and performance optimizations, as well as enhancements to the user experience.
Improved the placeholder creation experience by updating the Placeholder form to clearly communicate that applications with "matching default profiles" will launch using the "profile" selected during placeholder creation.
Enhanced image retrieval processes to operate exclusively on designated nodes, improving system efficiency and resource allocation. This update significantly speeds up the launch of Data and Analysis apps.
Improved the application version creation process by updating the Version form to clearly display the available frameworks users can use when creating their applications.
Enhanced the Service Approval Notifications process by automating the notification process when a service is requested for activation to server administrators. Organizations have the option to specify an alternative support email address by updating their settings in the server administration panel.
Addressed a caching issue in the Data app through Github Actions, enhancing performance and reducing build times for greater reliability.
Enhance the audit versions logic to effectively manage icon upgrades, guaranteeing consistency across all app versions.
Upgraded to Rocky Linux 8 and updated CUDA drivers to the 12.x series in our analysis environment to support Python 3.11 and modern deep learning processes, ensuring improved performance and compatibility.
2.16.0 (Apr. 4, 2024)
This release introduces significant updates and enhancements, focusing on built-in and custom applications, internal maintenance and performance optimizations, and improvements to the user interface experience.
Introduced multiple comprehensive data management enhancements in Analysis and Data apps. These include support for uploading large files, enabling folder uploads via control menu and drag-and-drop, and incorporating recursive delete functionality. These features collectively improve the management of extensive data sets and cater to the needs of users handling large volumes of information.
Refined the application versioning process to support only PNG or JPEG files for icons, making icons optional. Should a version be created without a specific icon, the default Enthought icon will be used, simplifying the creation and editing of application versions.
Discontinued external application authentication support for Edge. Registration of external OAuth clients in JupyterHub is no longer supported by the Edge Session and the Edge Python API. Users are advised to adopt OAuth2-proxy for future authentication needs.
Bug Fixes include fixes to prevent unauthorized addition of versions to built-in apps; and a resolution for dependency requirements in kernel operations for the edge-keepalive script.
2.15.0 (Mar. 7, 2024)
This release introduces significant updates and enhancements, focusing on the new Edge Pricing/Invoicing model, internal performance optimizations, and improvements to the user interface experience.
Updated the Edge Pricing/Invoicing model to provide more flexibility and efficiency in managing the user's subscriptions and billing processes.
Introduced a Services section in the Cloud Watcher Control designed to provide a designated place that displays the various groups of billable items that may be approved for an organization's use.
Custom Applications in the Workbench are now automatically sorted in alphabetical order based on their associated last version title. Users can reorder their applications simply by modifying the titles even after applications have been defined.
Retired the experimental OpenAPI data connector. This update involves the removal of the OpenAPI data connector widget and browser from the Data App, as well as the OpenAPI Connector from the Edge Python API.
Bugfixes include fixes to the Edge application version form, ensuring that the correct required fields are triggered upon submission.
2.14.0 (Feb. 9, 2024)
This is a feature release focusing mainly on internal performance improvements and Analysis App enhancements.
Improved Kubernetes compatibility by introducing internal enhancements aimed at aligning seamlessly with the latest Karpenter update, to accommodate changes in provisioner representation and the transition to a dual model, which now incorporates node classes and node pools.
Enhanced Cloud Watcher monitoring and control by introducing internal improvements to the billing and services features based on the Edge billing model.
Updated default bash prompt in Analysis app terminal session to exclusively display the current directory. This change allows both the default bash prompt and terminal tab name to just display the current directory for a better user experience within the Analysis app.
Bugfixes include fixes to the Edge login page registration and "set your password" links to point to the correct identity service for the customer's deployment.
2.13.0 (Jan. 11, 2024)
This is a feature release focusing mainly on internal performance improvements and user-interface optimization.
Improved and expanded enforcement of cost caps to optionally allow running applications to be killed when the organization goes into a disabled state
edge-keepalive script added to the Analysis app for the user to run in order to allow an individual analysis app to survive past the defined culling time.
Bugfixes include fixes to the Start As menu ensuring disabled profiles are not displayed; fixing styling for the day picker in cloud watcher by maintaining a proper width and height; fixing budget processing in accounting; fixes for the workbench grid layout and application icons; and ensuring that normal users are only able to see visible versions of approved custom applications.
2.12.1 (Dec. 6, 2023)
This is a bugfix release.
Bugfixes include fixing the active highlighting in breadcrumbs; fixing the saving load behavior in app's general settings; and fixing the app relaunch functionality.
2.12.0 (Nov. 30, 2023)
This is a feature release focusing mainly on internal performance improvements and user-interface optimization.
The Edge user interface has been updated for improved ease of use, which includes moving all "addition" action links to the top of their respective columns. We have also updated the internal React code to make actions in the UI faster and more reliable, particularly on initial load of the Workbench.
Improved testing of the Kubernetes layer should reduce the risk of misbehavior (launch delays, missing instances) particularly after a new version deployment.
Bugfixes include fixes to the license auditing; fixing the app restart page for the Data App so that it can be re-launched like other apps in the system; significantly reduced Workbench loading latency; fixes for the audit app version definition, and ensuring that the "recommended profile" option is preserved for built-in compute profiles.
2.11.0 (Oct. 5, 2023)
This is a feature release focusing mainly on user experience and Analysis App enhancements.
The Analysis App was upgraded to JupyterLab version 3.6.5, and EDM (Python package manager) version 3.6.0.
The Jupyter AI extension is now available in the Analysis App. You can read more about the AI extension at its official site.
Implemented custom email templates for inviting users, allowing for a more personalized experience. You may set a custom e-mail template to be used when sending an invitation to a user for your organization.
Bugfixes include resolving scrolling issues by implementing responsive scrolling for individual Sidebar Navigation and Content Panes; enhancing user interaction by maintaining Sidebar items open when active; adding accurate app description tooltips for built-in apps in the Workbench; allowing GPU placeholders to cohabitate with GPU applications; and ensuring that Edge is accessible and loads successfully on Firefox and Safari browsers.
2.10.1 (Sept. 12, 2023)
This is a bugfix release.
Bugfixes include fixing an error on the server admin license install page when uploading a license file; fixing profile auditing on startup; and fixing the logic for Kubernetes provisioners.
2.10.0 (Sept. 7, 2023)
This is a feature release focusing mainly on license management.
Added the ability to manage licenses in Edge. A license file can now be loaded into the system, and quotas can be set by the server administrator for each organization within Edge. Additionally, each user now has a "home" organization, which is used as the billing destination for their license.
Applications in Edge will now gracefully shut down if unused, in order to avoid accidentally incurring unwanted compute charges. However, previous versions of Edge used a hardcoded value (4 hours) for the timeout. It is now possible to set the timeout on a per-application basis. There is still an Edge-wide "backup" timeout of 24 hours to ensure applications are not accidentally left running for very long periods of time.
UI improvements include updating the Settings page to group Cloud Watcher functionality into Monitoring and Control categories. Added tooltips to all sidebar entries. Added the ability to recursively delete folders in the Analysis App.
Bugfixes include fixing the cluster activity page in the server admin dashboard; providing a better error message when attempting to delete a non-empty org; fixing the image puller, and tags, for built-in Analysis and Data apps; better error pages when accessing an unauthorized organization.
2.9.0 (Aug. 2, 2023)
This is a feature release focusing mainly on the Analysis App ease-of-use and improving Cloud Watcher.
Automatically configure Python in the Analysis App. If the user's EDM
Python installation has not been configured in
the Analysis App, Edge will automatically set it up. This includes adding a
token to the .edm.yaml configuration file in the home directory. This ensures
that users of the Analysis App are free to install packages (including packages
from private repositories) as soon as they start the app.
Improve launch speed for the Analysis App. Multiple optimizations have been made to the Analysis App startup speed. As a result, the launch time (not including VM allocation) has been reduced to approximately 30 seconds.
Cloud Watcher activity display page. Organization administrators can now view activity (running applications, placeholders, and virtual machines) under the Cloud Watcher tab in Settings.
