ARender 2023.8.0 Release Notes

Version Number: 2023.8.0
Release Date: 28-mar-2025
Download: https://www.arender.io/download/v2023

Overview

ARender 2023.8.0 is a minor release that improves platform robustness, resolves critical bugs, and enhances deployment flexibility. With a focus on compatibility, high availability, and document accessibility, this version solidifies ARender’s readiness for production environments at scale.

Highlights include better Helm chart configurability, improved support for complex documents such as XFA forms and emails, security upgrades, and bug fixes that ensure smoother integrations.

Prerequisites

This version requires the following software versions as prerequisites:

• OpenJDK 8 or 11

🔍 User Perspective

📧 Email Document Accessibility Fix

• ARender now properly opens previously unreadable and specific email documents (AR-17390).

📄 Improved Support for Specific XFA Forms

• Improved compatibility for certain XFA PDF forms that previously failed to render properly (AR-17402).

🛠 Developer Perspective

☸️ Helm Chart Enhancements

• Hazelcast configuration updated in Helm (AR-17397)

• Config map for Hazelcast is now extendable (AR-17479)

• Helm chart now supports local-path provisioner for volumes (AR-17483)

🔐 Minor Library Upgrades for Security

• Upgraded third-party libraries to address minor vulnerabilities (AR-17480)

📦Fix retrieval of document ID for altered document in High Availability environment

• Fixed an issue retrieving document IDs for altered documents in high-availability environments (AR-17481). More details in the documentation below:

  • https://docs.arender.io/installation/standalone/web-ui/configuration/#configure-cache-sharing-between-arender-web-uis

⚠️ Zombie Process Mitigation

• Resolved an issue where soffice processes weren’t closing correctly, preventing defunct process buildup (AR-15409)

Exploitation perspective

⚙️ Improved High Availability Support

• Configurable Hazelcast config maps enable full HA deployments in Helm charts (AR-17479)

📦 Helm Chart Storage Flexibility

• Local-path volume support allows ARender to be deployed locally without a cloud storage provisioner (AR-17483)

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