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title: Manufacturing Connect 2.17.0
slug: manufacturing-connect-2170
docTags:
createdAt: 2024-04-03T17:25:21.705Z
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Release Date: April 11, 2024
Review the current list of [Limitations](docId:1zpbUPVyAO0qAUHR8GPNw).
## Enhancements and Improvements
| **Description** |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **System**:
* You now have the option to set up OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication and add Workload Identity Federation as a method of authentication when provisioning the Google Pub/Sub connector during initial setup of Manufacturing Connect. |
| **Admin Console Settings: **
* In *Cloud *settings:
- When configuring Cloud Credentials, you now have the option of configuring GCP Workload identity federation (OIDC) for authorization.
- During account service key rotation, mpc-sync service account keys are also rotated as well.
* In *Domain/SSL* settings:
- The **Let's Encrypt Webroot mode** option is now available.
- the SSL Settings log now displays more information for update operations in SSL settings.
* In *Email *settings, when the Enable SMTP toggle is disabled, any existing SMTP settings are now removed. |
| **Cloud Management**:
* The following items have been added to real-time metrics:
- Tag-received rate for the last minute, 5 minutes, and last hour
- The last 10 values received |
| **Support**:
* The build version of Manufacturing Connect is now included in support bundle files. |
| **Edge Devices**:
* When the Manufacturing Connect base-domain name is updated, respective activation URLs for Edge devices are automatically updated based on the new domain name.
* Upgrades are now restricted to VM-based Edge devices. Upgrades on Docker-based Edge devices are not allowed.
* The Nginx limit for the activation endpoint of 10 rps (requests per second) is now removed, allowing for more Edge devices to be processed at one time. |
| **Templates**:
* Templates for Edge devices are now included in Manufacturing Connect backups. If a Manufacturing Connect backup is restored, Edge device templates are also restored. |
## Resolved Issues
| **Description** |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Templates**:
* Fixed issue with duplicate template names being allowed. Template names must now be unique. |
| **Software Updates: **
* Fixed issue with upgrades through update files failing because of insufficient disk space. **** |
| **Storage Settings**:
* Fixed issue with features not working properly after switching between local and cloud storage. |
| **Alerts**:
* Fixed issue with not being able to set the *Verify SSL* setting to **false**. |
| **Security**:
* Multiple vulnerabilities have been resolved as part of this release. |
| **User Interface**:
* Fixed issue with the user interface loading before Keycloak is ready to run. |
| **Support**:
* Fixed issue with `no such directory` errors during support bundle generation. |
| **Integration**:
* Fixed issue with data (OMA and RAW) from multiple projects not being successfully loaded into tables (dev\_parent\_pretty\_name columns) in Tabix. |
| **Edge Management**:
* Fixed issue with unsuccessfully trying to create a backup for an edge device. |
| **Upgrade**:
* Fixed issue with the *Upload UPD *dialog not closing after a successful upload. |
| **Admin**:
* Fixed issue with the Admin user interface not successfully downloading keycloak JWKS. |
| **Applications**:
* Fixed issue with an empty list displaying after filtering the list of applications by catalog. |
| **Tokens**:
* Fixed issue with not all associated projects being automatically selected when you select **\[Company name] \[All projects]**. |
| **Data Lifecycle**:
* Fixed issue with charts causing text to be cut off. |
## Deprecated Components and Features
| **Description** |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Edge Devices**:
* The following deprecated services are no longer available from the **Manage edge device(s) services** option:
- DeviceHub Service
- BACnet Server
- Flows
- Remote Access |