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Fusion 5.9
    Fusion 5.9

    Fusion 5.6.0

    Release date: August 10, 2022

    This release removes support for Pulsar. Any existing workflows using Pulsar will no longer function when upgrading to 5.6.

    Component versions:

    Component Version

    Solr

    8.11.1

    ZooKeeper

    3.7.1

    Spark

    3.2.1

    Kubernetes

    GKE, AKS, EKS 1.22

    Rancher (RKE) and OpenShift 4 compatible with Kubernetes 1.22

    OpenStack and customized Kubernetes installs not supported.

    See Kubernetes support for end of support dates.

    Ingress Controllers

    Nginx, Ambassador (Envoy), GKE Ingress Controller

    Istio not supported.

    More information about support dates can be found at Lucidworks Fusion Product Lifecycle.

    Looking to upgrade?

    Check out the Fusion 5 Upgrades topic for details.

    New Features

    Predictive Merchandiser

    Predictive Merchandiser users can now fire templates and rules at every facet level.

    Hierarchical template triggers allow you to fire a search configuration template or rules at a parent or child level in a hierarchy, and even at a faceted level.

    Ways to use hierarchical templates:

    • For a sale on "Winter Coats," you can fire a template at the "Outerwear" level or at any of its children.

    • For an overstock on a particular clothing size, you could fire a template directly at the “Women’s Outerwear, Size Small” filter.

    • When rolling out a new company policy, you could fire a zone on all pages from the homepage down so everyones sees the most important links and documents for the new policy.

    See Predictive Merchandiser Templates for more information. For instructions on how to use Templates, see Use Predictive Merchandiser Templates.

    Fusion

    • Users can now manage API keys from their browser. See API Keys for more information.

    • Added a new query pipeline stage, Graph Security Trimming Stage.

      The Graph Security Trimming stage restricts query results according to the user ID as an alternative to Security Trimming Stage. Whereas the Security Trimming stage has one Solr filter query per data source, Graph Security Trimming uses a single filter query for all data sources.

    Fusion Connectors

    • Added a new connector, the SharePoint Optimized V2 Connector. The SharePoint Optimized V2 connector retrieves content and metadata from an on-premises SharePoint repository. This connector replaces the SharePoint V2 Connector in Fusion 5.6.0.

    • Added a new connector, the LDAP-ACLs Connector. This connector replaces the LDAP V2 Connector.

    Bug Fixes

    Fusion

    • The Jobs panel no longer refreshes constantly while a job is running.

    • The fieldList property in Index stages now displays the designated title and description.

    • Fixed an issue that caused Spark jobs to fail when Fusion 5 was deployed using Gatekeeper service on Kubernetes.

    • Configured Realms now maintain sign in information.

    • In App Import, the Import button is no longer inactive if the wrong file type is selected.

    • Fixed an issue that caused the Job History API to display inaccurate job status information.

    • Fixed an issue that caused stage information to be deleted after moving them in the pipeline and saving.

    • The f5-monitoring-kube-state-metrics service tooltip now displays.

    • Fixed an issue that caused jobs to not run after adding a new schedule.

    • Fixed an issue that caused an internal server error when creating a new app using numbers as an app name.

    • Attempting to access the Rules page with a developer role no longer causes a forbidden error.

    • Using the pipe symbol as a Field Delimiter in the Apply Rules query pipeline stage no longer causes a forbidden error.

    • Fixed an issue that caused the timezone value to not save.

    Predictive Merchandiser

    • Fixed an issue that caused published templates to not display when clicking Start Task on the Merchandiser page.

    Removals

    • Removed Selection of Solr Cluster on the Create New Collection screen in the Admin UI.

    • Removed support for Apache Pulsar and replaced it with Apache Kafka. As a result:

      • Logging via Pulsar has been removed and is replaced with a preconfigured monitoring stack.

      • The Log Viewer has been removed from the Admin UI.

      • Remote connector support via Pulsar is no longer possible. This functionality will be replaced in a future release.

      • The ability to access Pulsar from the Subscriptions API has been removed. You are no longer able to create a custom subscription topic.

      • The Send to Message Bus index stage has been removed.

    Known issues

    • New Kerberos security realms cannot be configured successfully in this version of Fusion.

    • Helm chart deployments will fail unless you pass the following values during the Helm install:

      job-launcher:
  logstashEnabled: false

job-rest-server:
  logstashEnabled: false

    • A bug was discovered in the Spark 3.2.x component that prevents signal aggregation for signals stored in the cloud in Parquet format. For more information about the issue, see the Spark bug report.

      This issue is fixed in Fusion 5.7.1.

    • The link to the Banana dashboards in the Fusion UI does not work. You can access Banana dashboards using a direct link at https://FUSION_HOST:FUSION_PORT/admin/banana/index.html#/dashboard/.

      This issue is fixed in Fusion 5.7.0.