Factory releases

Below is the factory change log across

Armel 1.8

Armel 1.8.1 - March 2025

• Factory Core:
  • Add new application services
    • Download a file (see documentation)
    • Extract files (see documentation)
  • Fixes on auto rebuild support
    • Fix ‘noarch’ rpm publication problem
    • Fix repository publication problem on some auto-rebuilds
    • Enhancement on DB management for auto-rebuild
  • Image build enhancement (no ‘origin’ suffix is needed anymore for kickstart branch)
  • Fix problem seen on big image build (checksum)
  • Fix error on container project creation
  • Fix board connection event problem for OTA
  • Fix for build logs access without being authenticated
  • Add the possibility to have ‘/’ character in gitpkg branch names
• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • Enhance builds display in project overview
  • Add missing features for OTA (pagination for boards, members for model boards, etc.)
• Local builder:
  • Fix the bug preventing to build locally spec-files containing %load or %include macros
• rp-cli fixes and improvements:
  • Add new sub-commands in rp-cli boards command
  • Display the user behind the last update of a(n) project/app/image
  • Enhance live build status display
  • Fix corruption of local build configuration file after a fetch
• Documentation
  • Add documentation about SBOM/CVE integration in the factory
  • Enhance application services documentation

Armel 1.8.0 - February 2025

• Factory core:
  • OTA (Over The Air) support for deployments on boards (see documentation)
  • Auto rebuild support for packages, based on dependencies
  • Support SBOM and CVE report generation for custom images
  • Full support of podman for local builder container (see documentation)
  • Add the possibility to retrieve any files generated during CI tests on target (coverage for example)
  • Simplification of “active-branch” workflow for gitpkgs files
  • Fix build logs handling
  • Add support for “executable” flag for gitpkgs files
  • Add new service to handle nodejs package dependency
• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • Add management of model boards and boards in the webUI (for OTA)
  • Add deployment management in the webUI (for OTA)
  • Fix build logs display
  • Fix build stats performances and memory problem
  • Display which user updated last an application, project or image
• Local builder:
  • Reduce the size of docker and podman local builder image
  • Get rid of the “privileged” option for docker command line
• rp-cli fixes and improvements:
  • Enhance model boards handling (board-models sub-commands)
  • Update package branch management for apps
  • Support new files actions (rename and executable flag)
• Documentation
  • Add documentation about Zephyr support in redpesk factory
  • Add documentation about OTA process

Armel 1.7

Armel 1.7.2 - November 2024

• WebUI fixes
  • fix error while retrieving users to invite in a team
  • fix table results of security audit tests that also displays onboard tests
• rp-cli fixes and improvements:
  • fix uploading files
  • fix full offline mode support for local package build command
  • add new local package diff command

Armel 1.7.1 - October 2024

• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • fix long app name in card title
  • fix application bookmark display in applications page
  • fix source tarball regeneration when copying an application
  • fix display of .gitignore file in git packaging
  • add alphabetic ordering support in card view mode for applications list
  • improved specfile diff when a change by another user is detected
  • remove status and health icons in application list to avoid performances issues (temporary change while waiting a fix)
• Localbuilder and rpcli:
  • CTRL+C let zombie / defunc processes in localbuilder
  • correctly cleanup all build logs between two builds
  • local package commit command without argument commits all files
• rp-cli:
  • loacl package status fixes and improvements (support .gitignore, ignore .redpesk/*, …)
  • local build/exec : the project and application is now optional if current directory
  • local check-setup make output error less obscure
  • support whole distro update through distribution sub commands
• fix audit tests type Flawfinder result with only 1 LOW error is not correctly reported
• fix autorebuild flag not allowed when importing a project
• fix error when enabling a new distribution in project settings
• file transfer speed improved by supporting gzip compression Content-Encoding
• fix time-out pop-up when uploading files greater than 2Go

Armel 1.7.0 - September 2024

• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • SRPM build : let user to know and customize when SRPM build is automatically trigger
  • improved upload mechanism to support large files (> 1GB) in git packaging
  • fix export/import project in order to support large files/archives size
  • support Zephyr RTOS build within factory
  • add new services and clarify documentation see here
  • add new icon near SRPM build to identify SRPM build mode (Manual/Hybrid/Automatic)
  • save filter settings in browser local storage to keep settings on refresh
  • refactor build logs display and split live logs per file
  • fix and improve file editor (including specfile) to avoid to lose changes when two users work on the same application
  • fix text selection in file editor that is no longer highlighted
  • fix restart build button state (disable/enable)
  • fix audit results links about CWE that are considered as unsafe
• rp-cli:
  • group all actions (including package file actions) under sub-commands of applications (see rpcli applications --help)
  • enhance test coverage and code cleaning
  • add all/selected project images build
  • fix tests stats sub command that does not display the application slug
  • fix end of command execution if only one build is cancelled
  • fix “crash” while uploading large file size
• Localbuilder and rpcli:
  • Provide localbuilder as an OCI container (docker / podman) (see documentation)
  • proxy support (eg. ZScaler), for more details refer to documentation here
  • add new commands to manage / use with localbuilder :
    • local check-setup : check that the host is correctly set-up to use the local-builder
    • local package clean : delete all the directories created for local building
    • local package commit : upload files that have been modified/added/deleted in your working directory, to the remote gitpkg in the redpesk factory
    • local package fetch : fetch content from the redpesk factory, create or update a local working directory
    • local package metadata : set application metadata value
    • local package service : set application service value
    • local package status : show the status of files in the ‘gitpkgs/’ directory used to local build the application
  • add new option --force to local package init in order to overwrite gitpkgs/ and gitsources/ content
  • improve and add more options in local package build command
• include submodules in git packaging archive
• support SBOM and CVE report generation (for now, only available on redpesk pre-built images)

Armel 1.6

Armel 1.6.1 - June 2024

• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • fix expired token deletion
  • board tests : improved detection and reported error when no redtest package found
  • fix no up-to-date latest builds widget in dashboard
  • add pagination in prebuilt images page
  • build filters improvements in project and application overview and monitoring pages

Armel 1.6.0 - May 2024

• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • dynamic packages info for distributions per architectures
  • improve cancel of application or image build and cancel of tests
  • new statistics widget in dashboard and more filters on project/apps/builds/tests
  • add possibility to choose apps & distro when triggering an application rebuild
  • be able to add comment/tag on application or image build
  • add new viewer (readonly) role on project
  • remove auto-navigation to build that is awkward in some case
  • better handle build already exists (add new specific status)
  • publishing steps of application build : better display steps (tag, create repo) and give access to logs
  • fix delete project’s member
  • fix saving changes pop-up display without any reasons
• rp-cli enhancements and fixes:
  • new commands:
    • allow to rebuild all (or selected) apps for all (or selected) distributions of a project: projects build
    • distributions packages info: distributions list|get|packages
    • applications and projects statistics: applications builds stats, projects builds stats, applications tests stats, projects tests stats (also support new --fail-only flag)
  • enhance output during apps/image builds
  • fix connections error with an empty alias
• rework and improve internal mechanism that handle auto SRPM rebuild and dependencies checking
• support script wrapper (in addition to initial mail service) to handle team invitation messages (on-prem usage)
• fix vendor folder creation for rust and go application services

Armel 1.5

Armel 1.5.1 - February 2024

• fix incorrect error handling during login process
• packaging linter: create SOURCES when missing
• fix board test result “SUCCESS” when no test was run
• fix state (disable) of “build all apps” button
• fix end date of board tests when test has been canceled
• support empty git package url in application settings

Armel 1.5.0 - January 2024

• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • widgets’ dashboard height is now adjustable (Small/Medium/Large)
  • application services improvements: more inline doc and new choices list for parameter
  • add new button in “Monitor” application view to rebuild all applications at a time
  • add new filter (by status, by project) in monitor and overview views
  • improve build logs view:
    • add new button to auto-scroll to start / end / last error in log file
    • improve log file colorization
  • improve file editor:
    • fix syntax highlighting/colorization for .py, .sh and .json file
  • test log views
    • add new buttons to download security raw logs, and automatically scroll to top, bottom or last error
  • allow error popup management in user settings and allow to close all opened popups with one click
  • improve project import wizard and reported error message
• Authentication (dex): integrate security fixes and improve state validation and error detection during sign-up process
• Applications builds (SRPM and RPM build) :
  • fix “ghost” (undefined, canceled) state during build start up
  • fix too many SRPM automatic rebuild when changing specfile
  • fix auto-release increment mechanism on failed build
  • fix not launched RPM build after SRPMs and check dependencies succeeded
  • fix missing RPM with emulated build
• rp-cli enhancements and fixes:
  • early detect impossible build (like disable distribution)
  • improve paging interaction with the user (space key as next, …)
  • add possibility to specify app slug for image test
  • add fish shell completions support
  • indicate current connections by “>” in connections list
  • change output for app/image builds to be more comprehensible with several distributions
• Fix on-board TAP log parsing when version is not set in one TAP file
• Fix application copy into an image project
• Forbid project deletion when any child (inheritance project) exists
• Download sources service : correctly report incorrect URL
• Fix incorrect detection of finished import status

Armel 1.4

Armel 1.4.0 - October 2023

• WebUI fixes and improvements:
  • dashboard now customizable (possible to change the layout, select and define widgets position)
  • support large log files (>50MB) in build result and improve commands/errors/warnings coloration
  • improve dark mode
  • improve team overview by adding tabs
• Package manager fixes and improvements:
  • fix simultaneous files upload
  • fix package linter ‘No sources’ error
• rp-cli enhancements and new commands:
  • support new command to refresh git packaging environment including source tarball (applications refresh-files-pkg)
  • optimize output pagination
  • enhance local package clean and local package build commands
  • make --source-url optional in add application command
  • add cancel builds command (applications builds cancel, images builds cancel) and display reason
  • add --zip` option to download logs of applications or images builds, tests
• Increase supported size of imported project
• Limit SRPM builds number by canceling the previous/irrelevant ones
• Add internal timeout to cancel dependency check and fix instability detection of dependency check result
• Improvements and fixes in Localbuilder installation process (now support hosts: AlmaLinux, Fedora 38, Linux Mint, OpenSUSE 15.5)
• Improve usability between rpcli and WebUI (allow ID or alias copy/paste for project, application, …)

Armel 1.3

Armel 1.3.1 - July 2023

• Fix package linter error ‘Unknown tag’
• Fix incorrect install_repo.sh file content (not support multiple distributions) provided by download server
• Bugs fixes and improvements in Web UI :
  • private teams don’t appear in menu
  • cannot delete release image in some case
  • fix search input in project image view
  • add both board and audit tests and more filters in tests view
  • display more information SRPM build table view

Armel 1.3.0 - July 2023

• Update Source RPM processing to improve build time and early error detection (see documentation here)
• Add used flag to enable/disable service usage and improve services management in UI (more details in application services documentation)
• Web UI improvements :
  • add ACTIONS tab in projects/applications/images to group all available actions
  • various Web UI ergonomic, style improvements (uniform tables colors and cells ,more filters, …)
• rp-cli - enhancements and new commands:
  • Add support for ‘build type’ field in ‘applications’ and ‘projects’ commands
  • Add images test and image tests commands
  • Add cancel commands for image and application builds
  • Change local package run to local package build
  • Add the local connections sub-commands
  • Add possibility to refresh packages app files (applications refresh-files-pkg <app-ID>)
  • Local Builder support improvements

Armel 1.2

Armel 1.2.0 - April 2023

• Check package dependencies (error reporting)
• Easily workflow to copy an application to another project
• Github actions support to trig build or test (more details here)
• Better handler for secrets/passwords
• Local builder improvements
• Web UI improvements (ergonomic, style)
• Statistics and information about factory usage resources (number of projects, applications, images)

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Armel 1.1

Armel 1.1.1 - January 2023

• Git packaging fixes (default branch and default release & version settings)
• Download server fixes (large file support)
• Build default branch when not set

Armel 1.1.0 - December 2022

• Handle application git packaging branches (more details here)
• Fix boot_efi flag for x86_64 build images
• Bug fix in internal cross build system
• Improve live logs during image build
• Redpak project container management through web ui & RP-CLI (more details here)
• Web UI workflow improvements (ergonomic, filtering, sorting, pagination)
• Gitlab CI pipeline support to trig build or test (more details here)

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Armel 1.0

Armel 1.0.5 - October 2022

• Bugs fix gitpkg files cache
• Bugs fix and improvements in file packaging manager (better handler in macro name, support import of source rpm)
• Import/export bug fixes (with short release naming projects)

Armel 1.0.2 – September 2022

• Project overview re-design to support large number of applications
• Fix image build and release (missing bootefi option)
• Fix download URL value returned in local builder configuration
• Other minor bugs fixes

Armel 1.0.1 – August 2022

• Simplify image creation (auto-settings mode for kickstart)
• Local builder improvements (including image build support, mender/OTA tools and scripts, …)
• Minor bugs fixes and improvements

Armel 1.0.0 – May 2022

• Export / Import projects (more details here)
• Custom image build from rp-cli or from WebUI (more details here)
• Security Audit tools (security weaknesses tools - flawfinder, gcov) (more details here)
• Add release projects and release images process (see project release and image release documentation chapters)
• Enforce repositories protection within redpesk download server (based on access tokens)

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Older versions

0.15.0 – release candidate 15 – February 2022

• WebUI improvements to manage large number of projects, apps, …
• Support packages with large number of files or large size (eg. kernel)
• Enable packages signing based on GPG signature (more details here)

0.13.0 – release candidate 13 – November 2021

• Add deployment instructions within WebUI
• Multi-language: add Spanish support
• Support packages with large number of files or large size (eg. kernel)
• Improve internal/external specfile support

0.11.3 – release candidate 11.3 – September 2021

• Support of release Arz 1.0
• Log view improvements and fixes
• Minimal browser version warning
• Project releasing within UI for administrator and manager

0.11.2 – release candidate 11.2 – August 2021

• Project releasing for manager
• Images management – step 1 (smack/selinux selection)
• Deployment instructions in UI
• Services packaging configuration within settings view

0.11.0 – release candidate 11 – June 2021

• UI improvements (project filters/sort/list view; file manager, log viewer)
• Early release of project releasing for administrator
• rp-cli early support for localbuilder Arz