1.6.0, Beta 1

NOT FOR PRODUCTION USE

This is a BETA release, to be used for testing only.

Full Changelog

Implemented enhancements:

• Upgrade to Mapbox Nav SDK 2.10.0 #882
• Consider supporting static token authentication #730

Fixed bugs:

• Retry behaviour improvements for Ably API calls #927
• Publisher.remove() fails during several connectivity faults #905
• Adding a trackable stalls forever if presence.enter() is interrupted by a disconnection #896
• Publisher crashes when location data has NaN value #861
• Subscriber, upon losing connectivity, continues to show the Publisher as online #833
• Unexpected exceptions fail the worker queue and silently break the SDK #830
• Fix the logic responsible for deciding if an enhanced location update is predicted #828
• Java users cannot build a publisher due to type issue #826
• NPE from ably-java SDK #809

Closed issues:

• Reduce publisher location check polling interval #946
• Flakey test: com.ably.tracking.publisher.NetworkConnectivityTests > faultDuringTracking[NullTransportFault] #943
• Make NetworkConnectivityTests verify expected side-effects of operations publisher SDK claims was successful #925
• Reduce complexity of state transition assertions in NetworkConnectivityTests #901
• connect - when channel fetched is in DETACHED state and attach fails causes emulator to hang #900
• createAndStartPublisherAndSubscriberAndWaitUntilDataEnds IndexOutOfBoundsException #899
• Flakey test: when an unexpected exception is thrown by worker's async work, the queue should call worker's unexpected async exception method #888
• Investigate documented ConnectionException thrown by Publisher.Builder.start and how users are meant to handle it #876
• Investigate ConnectionException thrown by Publisher.stop and whether we can remove it #873
• Try simulating networking problems during core use cases #865
• Sending presence leave event times out whilst still connected #862
• shouldNotEmitPublisherPresenceFalseIfPublisherIsPresentFromTheStart (PublisherAndSubscriberTests) failing with "first publisherPresence value should be true" #845
• staticTokenAuthenticationShouldCreateWorkingConnectionBetweenPublisherAndSubscriber (AuthenticationTests) failing with "Expectation 'subscriber received a location update' unfulfilled." #844
• Replace deprecated package attribute in manifest file #837
• Test issue for sync #834
• Enable logging in the example apps by default #818
• Update workflows to stop using the set-output command #817
• Update workflows to stop using Node.js 12 actions #816
• Refactor Publisher EventQueue to match Subscriber #781
• Consider if we should allow to create multiple publisher instances #464
• Flakey Test: createAndStartPublisherAndSubscriberAndWaitUntilDataEnds (PublisherAndSubscriberTests) #259

Merged pull requests:

• Fix publish.stop() hang when no trackables added #952 (jaley)
• Increase back-off when querying history in test #949 (AndyTWF)
• Reenable disconnect failed resume faults #947 (ikbalkaya)
• Change publisher and subscriber stop operation to always succeed #945 (KacperKluka)
• Fix flakey publisher test #944 (AndyTWF)
• Change publisher's remove operation to always succeed #942 (KacperKluka)
• Reset fault state for each test function #941 (jaley)
• Upgrade core Ably SDK dependency to version 1.2.23 #940 (QuintinWillison)
• Switch to CIO ktor engine #937 (jaley)
• Improve testing in respect of JVM version underlying Gradle #936 (QuintinWillison)
• setting log level for test location source AblyRealtime instance #935 (davyskiba)
• Improve NetworkingConnectivityTest assertions #933 (jaley)
• Fix swapped error codes when creating the malformed message exception #930 (KacperKluka)
• Add methods for detecting retriable and fatal Ably exceptions #929 (KacperKluka)
• 901 simplify transition assertions #916 (davyskiba)
• Upgrade build tools to make Layer 7 proxy branch work #915 (QuintinWillison)
• Write further unit tests for DefaultAbly #914 (lawrence-forooghian)
• wait for publisher emissions before performing test assertion #911 (AndyTWF)
• Update workflow status badges #904 (QuintinWillison)
• Add mapbox testing information to contributing guide #895 (AndyTWF)
• Wrap ably-java’s ChannelStateChange in our own type #894 (lawrence-forooghian)
• Publisher and Subscriber builders start method throws exception descr… #893 (davyskiba)
• Use different locations in test data file #892 (AndyTWF)
• Add timeout on verification in WorkerQueueTest #890 (AndyTWF)
• Document Java version requirements for running ./gradlew #889 (lawrence-forooghian)
• coroutines and coroutines-test dependency updated to 1.6.4 #887 (davyskiba)
• Layer 7 Proxy for Network Connectivity Tests #886 (jaley)
• Subscriber gets immediate publisher online state flakey test #884 (QuintinWillison)
• Upgrade Mapbox Nav SDK to version 2.10.0 #881 (KacperKluka)
• Upgrade Ably core SDK dependency to improve testing capability #880 (QuintinWillison)
• Write black-box tests for DefaultAbly.connect #878 (lawrence-forooghian)
• Add dedicated unexpected error handling to certain workers #877 (KacperKluka)
• Static token auth flakey test #875 (QuintinWillison)
• Remove TimeoutCancellationException from Publisher.stop #874 (lawrence-forooghian)
• Handle unexpected exceptions in the worker queue #872 (KacperKluka)
• Networking connectivity integration test using local proxy #866 (jaley)
• location: sanitize locations from mapbox #864 (mschristensen)