Evanescence release

• 1: Evanescence release changelog
• 1.1: Aura system components version
• 1.2: Aura Authentication API changelog
• 1.3: Aura bot changelog
• 1.4: Aura bridge changelog
• 1.5: Aura channels changelog
• 1.6: Aura Configuration API changelog
• 1.7: Aura deployment changelog
• 1.8: Aura File Manager changelog
• 1.9: Aura Gateway API changelog
• 1.10: Aura Groot changelog
• 1.11: Aura KPIs Uploader changelog
• 1.12: Aura Mocks Server changelog
• 1.13: Aura NLP changelog
• 1.14: Aura utilities changelog
• 1.15: Aura documentation changelog
• 2: Evanescence Release Notes
• 3: Scheduled updates in Aura components

1 - Evanescence release changelog

Evanescence release changelog

1.1 - Aura system components version

Aura system components versions

Components versions

All components in the table below run over AKS cluster version 1.29

Name	Namespace	Image deployed
alertmanager	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/alertmanager:v0.26.0
elastic-operator	aura-system	docker.elastic.co/eck/eck-operator:2.7.0
elasticsearch-es-aura	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/elasticsearch:8.7.1
elasticsearch-exporter	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/elasticsearch_exporter:v1.5.0
fluent-bit-aggregator	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/fluent-bit:2.2.0
grafana	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/grafana:10.3.3
kibana-kb	aura-system	docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:8.7.1
prometheus	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/prom/prometheus:v2.48.0
mongodb-atlas-operator	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/mongodb-atlas-kubernetes-operator:2.1.0
redis-exporter	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/redis-exporter:1.6.1
redis	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/redis:6.0.19
thanos-store-gateway	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/thanos:v0.32.5
atlas-logger	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/atlas-logger:2.0.0
azure-logger	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/azure-logger:1.4.0
pushgateway	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/pushgateway:v1.4.1
thanos-querier	aura-system	devopstf.azurecr.io/tools/thanos:v0.32.5

Additional information

Information regarding Aura system components end-of-life (EOL) and next updates is included in the document Scheduled updates in Aura components. Find it in the Aura releases section of your corresponding release.

1.2 - Aura Authentication API changelog

Aura Authentication API changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura Authentication docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-authentication-api and aura-tac-api docker images to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

1.3 - Aura bot changelog

Aura Bot changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura Bot docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-bot, aura-minibot and aura-configuration-updater docker images to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

2024-05-13 - Update Bot Framework version

• Update of Bot Framework version to version 4.22.1, to keep Aura platform up to date.

2024-05-13 - Aggregated libraries

• Reduction of the number of internal libraries to improve and streamline the platform release generation process.

2024-05-10 - Guidelines for the migration of a use case to Evanescence 9.0.0

• The updates involving Node.js and Bot Framework versions, along with the libraries grouping require specific changes in local use cases: dialogs created in previous releases must be migrated to be compatible with this version.
• Affected documents:
  • Migrate a use case to Evanescence 9.0.0 release

2024-05-10 - Migration from QNA to Semantic Search

• Microsoft is going to deprecate the QnA technology in June 2024. In the experiences that used QNA for recognition purposes, this technology has been replaced by OpenAI embeddings. In this framework, several modifications are required within aura-bot:
• Affected documents:

1.4 - Aura bridge changelog

Aura bridge changelog

Changed

2024-05-14 - Update Aura Bridge docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-bridge and aura-bridge-outbound docker images to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

2024-05-14 - Updated Baikal SDK version

• Updated baikal-sdk version from 0.11.1 to 1.13.2. This new version came with the 0.26.1 version of axios library, which solves an issue with ECONNRESET errors, that caused a problem with tokens refreshing, as Kernel response is not treated as an error.

2024-04-24 - Changed OpenAPI specification handler to openapi-backend

• Replaced oas-tools to openapi-backend for handling swagger specification in aura-bridge.
• Affected documents:
  • aura-bridge server: use openapi-backend

1.5 - Aura channels changelog

Aura channels changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Current channel model

• Aura channel model will be the only version available from now on to eliminate the extra effort of maintaining the platform internal components using different channel models.
• Affected documents:
  • Aura channel model

2024-05-09 - Updated Aura channel model types

• Some parameters and types have been updated in Aura channel model as a consequence of the unification of parameters in only one version.
• Affected documents:
  • Current channel model

1.6 - Aura Configuration API changelog

Aura Configuration API changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura Configuration API docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-configuration-api docker image to to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version. Changelog of Aura Configuration API component for Evanescence Aura Platform release

2024-04-29 - Changed OpenAPI specification handler to openapi-backend

• Replaced oas-tools to openapi-backend for handling swagger specification in aura-configuration-api.
• Affected documents:
  • aura-configuration-api: use openapi-backend

1.7 - Aura deployment changelog

Aura deployment changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - QNA disabling and replacement by OpenAI

• Microsoft is going to deprecate the QNA technology in June 2024. Due to that:
  • In aurak8s installer, QNA related code has been removed.
  • QNA has been disabled for all profiles and, consequently, OpenAI has been enabled.
  • All references to QNA have been removed from the installer documentation.
• Affected documents:
  • Installer aurak8s

2024-05-10 - Deactivation of Aura Context in Spain

• Aura Context component has been disabled in Spain, as it is not currently in use in this OB, with the purpose of preserving resources and preventing high latencies in other components and procceses.

2024-05-08 - Updated AKS version

• The AKS version has been updated to 1.29.2 that includes innovative features such as ReadWriteOncePod, PersistentVolume access mode, Node volume expansion Secret support for CSI drivers, etc.
• Affected documents:
  • Aura system components versions
  • Scheduled updates in Aura components

2024-05-08 - Added next domains creation

• Added a way to create a set of domains for testing before the current DNS change.
• Affected documents:
  • Installer aurak8s: Next DNS endpoints

1.8 - Aura File Manager changelog

Aura File Manager changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura File Manager docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-file-manager docker image to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

1.9 - Aura Gateway API changelog

Aura Gateway API service changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura Gateway API docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-gateway-api docker image to node:20.12.2-bookworm-slim version.

2024-04-29 - Changed OpenAPI specification handler to openapi-backend

• Replaced oas-tools to openapi-backend for handling swagger specification in aura-gateway-api.
• Affected documents:
  • aura-gateway-api: use openapi-backend

1.10 - Aura Groot changelog

Aura Groot changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura Groot docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-groot and aura-mini-groot docker images to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

2024-05-13 - Update Bot Framework version

• Update of Bot Framework version to version 4.22.1, to keep Aura platform up to date.

1.11 - Aura KPIs Uploader changelog

Aura KPIs Uploader changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Update Aura KPIs Uploader docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-kpis-uploader docker image to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

1.12 - Aura Mocks Server changelog

Aura Mocks Server changelog

Changed

2024-03-11 - Update Aura Mocks Server docker image to the latest Node.js version

• Update of Node.js to version 20.12.2 to keep Aura platform up to date.
• Updated aura-mocks-server docker image to node:20.12.2-alpine3.19 version.

1.13 - Aura NLP changelog

Aura NLP changelog

Added

2024-05-10 - Migration from QNA to Semantic Search

• Microsoft is going to deprecate the QnA technology in June 2024. As many of the pipelines in Aura generic questions experiences make use of this NLP stage, Aura Global Team has carried out the migration of the OBs use cases from QNA to the OpenAI embeddings recognizer stage, based on OpenAI embeddings within a process in which the NLP model components (pipelines, configuration files, training and test set files, etc.) have been adapted to the requirements of this new recognition stage.

Changed

2024-05-06 - Updated Qdrant version

• Qdrant version is updated to 1.8.4.
• For a continuous versioning control, Qdrant has been added to the document “Scheduled updates in Aura components”
• Affected documents:
  • Scheduled updates in Aura component

1.14 - Aura utilities changelog

Aura utilities changelog

Changed

2024-05-14 - Aura common utilities

• Within the process for the aggregation of libraries included in the current release, the old aura-utilities and api-clients are grouped into a new repository called aura-common-utilities.
• Documentation has been adapted and updated to this modification and adds guidelines for the installation of a package and the import of an utility.
• Affected documents:
  • Aura common utilities
  • Aura API clients

1.15 - Aura documentation changelog

Aura documentation changelog

Changed

2024-05-13 - Delete references to QNA throughout Aura Technical Documentation website

• Microsoft is going to deprecate the QNA technology in June 2024. Due to that, all references to QNA in documents and flowcharts throughout the website have been deleted and replaced by the corresponding information of the OpenAI embeddings recognition stage.

2024-05-13 - Review of tags and categories

• Review of wrong or missing tags and categories and set new ones adapted to the project.

2024-05-10 - Update prompt injection best practices

A new document has been generated with best practices for avoiding prompt injection when building experiences with automated generation of content through Azure OpenAI.

• Affected document:
  • Best practices for prompts edition

2024-05-09 - Update aura-gateway-api flowcharts

• The communication protocol flowchart for aura-gateway-api has been corrected, including the NLP plugin.
• Affected document:
  • Aura Gateway API communication protocol

2024-05-09 - Updated README.md

• The README.md document has been updated including the new tags and categories available in the corresponding clouds.
• Affected documents:
  • README.md

2024-05-03 - Documents fixes and corrections

• Throughout the website, different links, styles, weights and typos have been modified and/or corrected, for a continuous improvement of Aura Platform documentation.
• Tags and categories are reviewed in every release in order to maintain the adequate taxonomy for the classification of documents.

Fixed

2024-05-16 - Links to swagger files in API definition

• The links to swagger files in API definition documents have been fixed, so you can download directly the corresponding swagger from the page.

2 - Evanescence Release Notes

Evanescence Release Notes

3 - Scheduled updates in Aura components

Scheduled updates in Aura components

Future updates

Aura Component	Dependency	Current Version	EOL	Max frequency	Next update	EOL Info
Aura System	aks/kubernetes	1.29.2	End of support: 31/01/2025	Twice a year	2024Q4	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/supported-kubernetes-versions?tabs=azure-cli#kubernetes-versions
Aura System	elasticsearch	8.7.1	10/08/24	Once a year	2024Q3	https://www.elastic.co/es/support/eol
Aura System	grafana	10.3.3	N/A	Once a year	2025Q2	https://community.grafana.com/t/support-policy-for-previous-releases/53350
Aura System	kibana	8.7.1	10/08/24	Once a year	2024Q3	https://www.elastic.co/es/support/eol
Aura System	prometheus	2.48.0	N/A	Once a year	2024Q4	https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/release-cycle/
Aura Bot	mongodb	7.0	08/26	Once a year	2024Q4	https://www.mongodb.com/support-policy/lifecycles
Aura System, Aura Bot 1	node docker image	node:20.12.2-alpine3.19	04/26	Once a year	2025Q2	https://endoflife.date/alpine
Aura System, Aura Gateway API	node docker image	node:20.12.2-bookworm-slim	04/26	Once a year	2025Q2	https://endoflife.date/alpine
Aura System, Aura Context	redis	6.X (azure)	08/24	Once a year	2024Q1	https://endoflife.date/redis
Aura Bot	nodejs	20.12.2	04/26	Once a year1	2025Q2	https://endoflife.date/nodejs
Aura Bot	typescript	5.0.0	12/24	Once a year	2024Q4
Aura Bot	botbuilder	4.22.1	N/A	Once a year	2025Q2
Aura Bot	joi	17.6.0	N/A	Once a year	2024Q2
Aura Bot	superagent	9.0.2	N/A	Once a year	2025Q2
QA Tool	python	3.8/3.9	14/10/24 (3.8)	Once a year	2024Q3	https://endoflife.date/python
Aura Cognitive	python	3.9/3.11	05/10/25(3.9) 24/10/27(3.11)	Every 2 years	2024Q2	https://endoflife.date/python
Aura Cognitive	python packages dependencies	N/A	N/A	Every 2 years	2025Q2	(python - 1 year)
Aura Cognitive	ubuntu	22.04 LTS	01/04/27	Every 5 years	2026Q4	https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle
Aura Cognitive	local tool containers	N/A	N/A	Every 2 years	2024Q1
Aura Cognitive Abacus	react	17.0.2	🔴 29/03/22	Every 3 years	2024Q4	https://endoflife.date/react
Aura Cognitive Abacus	typescript	4.1	N/A	Every 3 years	2024Q4
Aura Cognitive	Qdrant	1.8.4	N/A 2	Once a year	2024Q2	https://github.com/qdrant/qdrant/blob/master/docs/roadmap/README.md