1. Home
  2. Technical Guides
  3. Release Notes
  4. FABRIC Portal Release Notes

FABRIC Portal Release Notes

Release 1.7

Major Changes

  • Project related enhancements: added funding, community and matrix link support; added public project list for unauthenticated users to view.
  • Resources enhancements: added level-2 data to site detail page to show resource availabilities per worker; added time filter to view future resource data.
  • Slice Builder/ Viewer enhancements: users can specify lease start time for future slice creation; FPGA support is added.
  • New external tools: Artifact Manager app is available on the Experiments page -> Artifact Manager tab; Public Metrics, Infrastructure Metrics, Optical Data and Latency Monitor are available on the Resources page -> Measuring and Monitoring Tools.
VersionDateTagging Message
1.7.007/19/2024Updated project and resource features to support latest 1.7 Orchestrator API and Core API
1.7.108/06/2024Minor content updates and usability enhancements
1.7.209/13/2024Added FABRIC User Publications page & enhanced resources table toolbar
Releases and Tags information for v1.7

Release 1.6

Major Changes

  • Added long-lived token holder list to Project detail page; users can view a project’s long-lived token holders and request the access too; Facility operator can manage a project’s long-lived token holders;
  • Enabled another option of using ephemeral key for Web SSH feature; users can either paste their private sliver key or generate/ install ephemeral key at one click to connect to VM in browser;
  • Several static content updates including a new branding resources page for users to download various FABRIC logos, homepage component update and Portal footer navigation bar update.
VersionDateTagging Message
1.6.001/11/2024Long-lived token support, web SSH using ephemeral key, branding resources page and other UI enhancements
1.6.101/16/2024Minor content updates and usability enhancements
1.6.203/06/2024Bug fixes and content updates
1.6.303/15/2024Content updates for Leadership page and Cite FABRIC page
1.6.404/15/2024Minor updates on top navigation bar and topology map
1.6.505/08/2024Added links of measuring and monitoring tools to the Resources page
Releases and Tags information for v1.6

Release 1.5

Major Changes

  • Facility Port support in Slice Builder and Slice Viewer;
  • New feature of opening Web SSH terminal in Slice Viewer;
  • Support for multiple sliver keys when creating slice;
  • User experience enhancements in Slice Builder (set error boundary for Slice Viewer to show guidance for slices failing to render; added searchable drop-down feature for site selection);
  • Updated homepage by merging marketing website content (Recent News/ Twitter Feed/ Partners);
  • Migrated static content from FABRIC marketing website to Portal and learn site; unified the top navigation bar between portal and learn site;
  • Updated Portal navigation bar with new items and user name initial avatar;
  • Enhanced the usability of project owner/ member management UI by separating add and view/ delete users;
  • Added “Teaching Classes on FABRIC” card on Contact Us page to point to educator signup form;
  • Support of viewing Persistent Storage on project detail page;
  • Added check-cookie page for the user account issue troubleshooting workflow;
  • Project expiration time support: warning message with link to “Renew Project” for projects going to expire in one month and expired projects. (Facility Operator can modify project expiration time in portal, and other users need use FABRIC Help Portal to submit a ticket for renewing project).
VersionDateTagging Message
1.5.311/03/2023Updated partner logo list, fixed persistent storage rendering issue
1.5.211/02/2023Persistent storage, project lifetime, check-cookie page and other usability enhancements & bug fixes
1.5.109/21/2023Migrated marketing website content, updated navigation bar and enhanced usability
1.5.008/17/2023Facility Port, SSH-to-VM-slivers, multiple sliver keys, and UX enhancements in Slice Viewer/Builder; homepage update
Releases and Tags information for v1.5

Release 1.4

Major Changes

  • Slices viewed and created per-project.
  • Improvements to slice builder/viewer
    • Support for Storage attachment, Boot Script, management IP address, SSH command;
    • Download/ upload topology JSON for slice setup.
  • Support for CoreAPI features
    • User profile preference setting and public user profile page;
    • Project preference setting and public project page.
  • Session timeout modal and token auto-refresh.
  • Site maintenance information showed on map and site detail page added;
  • Search-box for people/ projects added on Portal navigation bar;
  • Project member batch update enabled for project management;
  • Office Hours booking option added on Contact Us page;
  • New Signup page for redirecting non-institutional signup users to initiate account petition in Jira ticket system;
  • UI updates and UX enhancements on SSH Key Management page and Project Detail page;
  • Slice-extend feature.
VersionDateTagging Message
v1.4.806/14/2023added slice-extend feature, updated token-generate logic
v1.4.705/26/2023added new signup page, partial-maintenance site state; improved SSH Key management UI and changed Project default tab
v1.4.605/16/2023updated site parser to show worker maintenance status, and disabled token auto-refresh
v1.4.504/21/2023new feature of project member batch update/ searching people and projects, and several content updates
v1.4.402/22/2023updated topology map, added site page and site maintenance status
v1.4.302/01/2023added portal version number at footer
v1.4.201/20/2023updated UI to manage slices by projects
v1.4.101/13/2023added session timeout modal / token auto-refresh
v1.4.012/09/2022updated Slice Builder/ Viewer to support CF 1.3
Releases and Tags information for v1.4

Release 1.3

Major Changes

  • Initially integrated with CoreAPI Service;
  • Updated User and Project Profiles;
  • Improved Slice Builder usability.
Version DateTagging Message
v1.3.611/07/2022updated user/project preference setting; added public user profile page
v1.3.510/06/2022(v1.3.5 is wrongly created and deleted)
v1.3.410/06/2022enhanced slice viewer with ssh info and updated project permission management UI
v1.3.309/14/2022updated README documentation and updated role-based project view
v1.3.209/07/2022added helper text to Slice Builder and updated role-based project view
v1.3.108/29/2022hot fixes for user profile and project pages
v1.3.008/24/2022initial integration with Core API and slice builder update
Releases and Tags information for v1.3

Release 1.2

Major Changes

  • Graphical slice builder that allows experimenters to graphically define their experiment slice topology;
  • Contact Us page and help links on project detail page.
VersionDateTagging Message
v1.2.707/27/2022added Jira help links and Trusted CI badge
v1.2.607/11/2022added help page and updated FABRIC map
v1.2.506/20/2022Hot fixes for user feedback
v1.2.406/06/2022facility updates addition for Release 1.2
v1.2.306/01/2022added guide links and enabled auto-refresh for configuring-state slices
v1.2.205/25/2022slice builder and viewer updated
v1.2.105/16/2022top navigation bar updated
v1.2.005/13/2022new feature slice builder added
Releases and Tags information for v1.2

Release 1.1

Major Changes

  • Graphical slice viewer that helps to display slices created e.g. in Jupyter Notebooks;
  • SSH key management that allows to generate/ upload/ delete users’ bastion and sliver keys.
VersionDateTagging Message
v1.1.1104/12/2022new maintenance notice
v1.1.1003/18/2022facility updates update for Release 1.1
v1.1.903/07/2022bug fix for deleting ssh key function
v1.1.803/07/2022SSH Key Management UI update and link fix
v1.1.703/01/2022bug fix for slice viewer display issue
v1.1.602/23/2022projects and slices UI updated
v1.1.502/23/2022bug fix for slice viewer, compatible with Orchestrator API v1.1
v1.1.402/22/2022node package dependencies audit
v1.1.302/21/2022bug fix for downloading public key function
v1.1.202/02/2022project page updated compatible with refactored PR
v1.1.101/31/2022minor UI updates for usability improvement, and new facility updates
v1.1.001/18/2022ssh key management added, compatible with UIS API v1.1.0
Releases and Tags information for v1.1

Release 1.0

Major Changes

  • Federated login with COmanage support;
  • Display resource availability map with real-time information on compute resources;
  • Create/update/delete projects;
  • Manage CF credential tokens.
VersionDateTagging Message
v1.0.312/02/2021slice viewer update, global role addition for Jupyterhub active members
v1.0.211/11/2021new feature of slice viewer, compatible with Orchestrator API v1.0.4
v1.0.110/14/2021resource page and JupyterHub link update, compatible with Orchestrator API v1.0.4
Releases and Tags information for v1.0
Updated on September 13, 2024

Was this article helpful?

Related Articles

Having problems?
Try searching or asking questions in the FABRIC community forums!
Go to Forums

Leave a Comment