Ignition Release Notes
Fixes, changes and features In Ignition
Version 8.1.44
Released October 22, 2024Area
Change Type
Description
Alarm Status
Alarming
Fixed an issue where an alarm event's ack user and ack notes would stop displaying in Alarm Status Table components' columns after the alarm was Cleared
Alarming
Fixed an issue where an alarm's isShelved property could remain true after the shelving period expires.
Cloud Edition
Containers
Updated Ignition Cloud Edition bundled Cirrus Link MQTT modules to version 4.0.24.
Designer
Swing
Fixed some nuisance tooltips in certain property editors obscuring content before you could interact with it. Also offset the Script Console's 'Execute' button tooltip to prevent it overlapping the button when the console window is maximized.
Drivers
Comms
Fixed an issue where ZR registers were inaccessible on Mitsubishi Q/L series devices.
Comms
Fixed an issue where a significant number of BACnet remote device connections could cause write requests to send out slower than expected.
Comms
Add setting to treat OctetString points as String.
Internal IdP
Security
Fixed Ignition Identity Provider vulnerability associated with RFID badges that applies under specific configuration and conditions.
Java - Azul
Infrastructure
Upgraded the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version to 17.0.12.
Infrastructure
Fixed an issue where an upgrade could fail during Ignition runtime file extraction.
Launchers
Foundation
Fixed a compatibility issue with Ignition Designer when certain screen readers are installed.
Perspective
Perspective
Multiple issues with the On Screen Keyboard have been addressed including focus and the keyboard displaying correctly on top of the browser window.
Perspective
Resolved identified security vulnerability BDSA-2023-2855.
Perspective
Upgraded JxBrowser to a version that is compatible with MacOS Sequoia.
Perspective
Upgrades JXBrowser for Workstation to 7.40.0 which includes chromium 127.0.6533.73. Also swaps the implementation to use Swing instead of JavaFX for a more consistent experience along with a lot of bug fixes.
Perspective
Fixed an issue that resulted in Associated Data keys being converted to title case when viewing alarm details from Perspective Alarm Journal and Status Tables.
Perspective
Dropdown selection when using an On Screen Keyboard in Perspective Workstation with search enabled now allows selection of the elements in the drop down.
Perspective
Perspective Workstation now keeps the target component visible when using the On Screen Keyboard.
Perspective
Using multiple monitors in Perspective Workstation now has a faster response time when starting to load pages on secondary monitors.
Perspective
The On Screen Keyboard in Perspective Workstation now works with spellchecker being enabled on Windows.
Perspective
Fixed a race condition that could result in views failing to load in the Designer.
Reporting
Reporting
Fixed a problem where the x-axis label property value was not preserved.
Scripting
Scripting
Fixed an issue where text in certain code editors (Python and SQL) would be sized incorrectly if you zoomed in via the mousewheel, navigated away, then reopened the editor.
Security
Security
Fixed a Null Pointer Exception that occurred if the domain property was left blank when configuring Active Directory User Sources.
Security
Fixed an issue where tag event scripts triggered from Perspective would incorrectly inherit the security context of the Perspective session. This could prevent tag event scripts from working as intended due to insufficient permissions.
Security
Upgraded bouncy castle library from 1.69 to 1.78.1
Vision
Swing
Fixes the tooltip's date range in the Week View component when displaying multi-day events
Swing
Fixes issue where snap to grid did not snap to integer values
Swing
Added support for the 'Document' data type in Vision custom properties.
Workstation
Perspective
Perspective Workstation Kiosk mode on Red Hat Enterprise Linux now opens full screen on the target monitor instead of as a small window.
Perspective
Perspective Workstation has swapped its implementation from JavaFX to Swing for the embedded browser views for a more consistent and reliable experience. This will also improve the our ability to upgrade the embedded version of chromium more frequently in the future. This also dropped support Windows 8 and older (Min requirement is Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016) and macOS Sierra 10.12 and older