Apache camel 4.8.1 Release

New and Noteworthy

This release is the new Camel 4.8.1 release.

Supported Java version

This version supports Java 17 and 21.

Getting the Binaries using Maven

To use this release in your Apache Maven pom.xml, import the Camel Bill of Materials (BOM) and then include the camel-core and any other components needed without specifying the version.

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
      <artifactId>camel-bom</artifactId>
      <version>4.8.1</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-COMPONENT</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

To use this release in a Spring Boot application, use Spring Boot spring-boot-dependencies and Camel camel-spring-boot-bom Bill of Materials (BOM):

<dependencyManagement>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
      <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
      <version> SPRING BOOT VERSION HERE </version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
      <artifactId>camel-spring-boot-bom</artifactId>
      <version>4.8.1</version>
      <type>pom</type>
      <scope>import</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-COMPONENT-starter</artifactId>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Apache Camel

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Git tag checkout

Release is tagged with camel-4.8.1 in the Git, to fetch it use:

git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/camel.git
cd camel
git checkout camel-4.8.1

Resolved issues

Here is a list of all the issues that have been resolved for this release

Bug (36)

CAMEL-21363: camel-whatsapp - Serialization error in MessageResponse when the Message object returns "message_status" from the endpoint.
CAMEL-21362: camel k8s run cannot find pod on openshift
CAMEL-21345: Invalid manifest with jbang camel k8s --cluster-type openshift
CAMEL-21340: camel-spring-boot - JSON validator object mapper and standalone tomcat
CAMEL-21339: camel-rest - Client request validation and empty body
CAMEL-21337: Camel-Jbang: Camel run with runtime=quarkus doesn't use group-id from config
CAMEL-21329: camel-zipfile (and camel-tarfile) - Null body is not supported by ZipAggregationStrategy
CAMEL-21328: Camel-AS2 signing MDN message with SHA1 and MD5 not sha-256
CAMEL-21318: camel-platform-http-starter executed on multiple async threads
CAMEL-21316: camel-jbang - Export with k8s secret does not include camel-kubernetes
CAMEL-21306: camel-jsonpath - Null should be accepted return value
CAMEL-21305: camel-pdf: type converter doesn't work with stream cache
CAMEL-21301: [camel-jbang] Error when running openapi contract first with Q or SB
CAMEL-21293: camel-core - Unmarshal processor should close InputStream after processing
CAMEL-21291: Camel-smb: Producer requires "FileExist" parameter and "Exchange.FILE_NAME" header to work
CAMEL-21290: camel-jbang - Export activemq should include connection pool
CAMEL-21289: camel-jbang - Export with --local-kamelet-dir
CAMEL-21287: Camel-Azure-Files: missing header for AZURE_IDENTITY
CAMEL-21283: Regression: cannot use camel-version in combination of maven repositories in Camel Jbang cli
CAMEL-21280: azure-files: Only CredentialType.SHARED_ACCOUNT_KEY is handled
CAMEL-21271: camel-jbang - Export @PropertyInject should support ENV variables
CAMEL-21269: camel-langchain4j-tokenizer: tokenizer are unusable in YAML
CAMEL-21267: camel-jbang k8s delete command may not see k8s run dir
CAMEL-21263: camel-smb: unable to read files after connection has closed
CAMEL-21256: camel-github startingSha=last does not work with large history
CAMEL-21243: camel-braintree-starter tries to use org.osgi:org.osgi.core:8.0.0
CAMEL-21240: camel-jbang - Download does not work with --source-dir option
CAMEL-21239: camel-report-maven-plugin - NPE if route does not have id
CAMEL-21238: camel-jbang - k8s run - Reloading project does not change route behaviour
CAMEL-21235: Cannot run k8s app in namespace other than default
CAMEL-21227: camel k8s run ignores output format
CAMEL-21219: camel-jms - Sending request/reply should not include temporary CamelJmsDeliveryMode header
CAMEL-21216: Apache Camel LRA does not work with Oracle MicroTX LRA coordinator
CAMEL-21211: camel-azure-servicebus - Default header filter strategy can try to propagate headers of types not supported by the Service Bus protocol
CAMEL-21210: camel-jbang - Optimized backlog tracer may miss information about which endpoint sent to
CAMEL-21209: camel-langchain4j-tools: incorrect metadata prevents usage for tooling

Dependency upgrade (3)

CAMEL-21344: Update OpenTelemetry dependencies to use out of the box thread-pool functionality
CAMEL-21231: camel-jq - The JQ library is not as active maintaned
CAMEL-21229: camel-spring-boot - Upgrade to 3.3.4

Improvement (23)

CAMEL-21357: camel-jq: Add ability to resolve the root scope from the registry
CAMEL-21349: Add support for camel spring-boot on OpenShift
CAMEL-21336: camel-kamelet - Allow Kamelets configured by EnvVars only
CAMEL-21321: camel-main - Allow configuring long ENV names using more human readable
CAMEL-21320: camel-main - Configuring camel.server should allow ENV variables
CAMEL-21309: camel-cxf - When Exchange is using otel then run synchronous to avoid leaking spans
CAMEL-21307: camel-smb: should provide the file name via header
CAMEL-21303: camel-core - Tone down logging noise for IOHelper close
CAMEL-21300: camel-platform-http - Consumer should have option to control if writing response failing should cause Exchange to fail
CAMEL-21298: camel-jbang - VersionList to output in json
CAMEL-21286: Add a cache to JAXB object factories on JAXB Marshalling/Fallback converter
CAMEL-21282: camel-file: allow creating folders one by one
CAMEL-21279: camel-jbang - Export using custom kamelets should not add not needed kamelet JARs
CAMEL-21276: camel-kamelet - ENV variable name configuration - Can we support underscore for long names
CAMEL-21273: camel-jbang can not run with the saga() dsl
CAMEL-21264: camel-smb: should use avoid leaking implementation details
CAMEL-21261: camel-opentelemetry does not use it's context propagators
CAMEL-21260: camel-cxf - Allow to configure synchronous on component level
CAMEL-21255: camel-core - Add listener for creating ThreadFactory in ExecutorServiceManager
CAMEL-21253: Camel AWS Kinesis: KCL Consumers, make the ConfigsBuilder for metrics of the Scheduler enable/disable
CAMEL-21246: camel-jbang - Export should include console & management if dev console is enabled
CAMEL-21068: Add support for `camel kubernetes run` for all runtimes
CAMEL-21063: Provide health endpoint for k8s export main

New Feature (2)

CAMEL-21242: camel-jolokia-starter - a new starter to easily expose Jolokia endpoint
CAMEL-21202: Add a ThreadPoolFactory to propagate OpenTelemetry contexts

Task (5)

CAMEL-21343: No longer possible to recreate camel-vm
CAMEL-21317: camel-jbang: Kubernetes plugin: Service exposure as Route/Ingress documentation
CAMEL-21252: Add checking for non .*-versions to sync-properties-maven-plugin
CAMEL-21236: Explicitly enable/disable quarkus image push
CAMEL-20923: camel-jbang: Camel JBang is unable to load langchain4j embeddings

Test (1)

CAMEL-21297: camel-test-infra-dispatch-router not working due to SEGFAULT in running qdrouterd

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