Version 0.12.0 brings notable enhancements to observability and security across the platform. New dashboards and Prometheus metrics have been added for the Core App, Block Access Service, Messaging Facility, and multiple plugins including Publisher, Subscriber, and Verification. This release also introduces full metrics coverage for the block provider tiers (Files.Recent and Files.Historic), Server Status, and a comprehensive Summary Full History dashboard — providing deeper insights into system behavior.
In addition to metrics work, key developer and CI improvements include support for GPG signing during protobuf publishing and Nexus configuration fixes. Documentation has been updated to reflect the new multi-publisher protocol extension, and a series of dependency bumps keep the stack current and secure. The release also adopts StepSecurity’s best practices, highlighting a continued commitment to secure development workflows.
What's Changed
🐛 Bug Fixes
- fix: Add nexus config to enable protobuf publish by @Nana-EC in #1188
- fix: external logging.properties can be set without sacrificing colorful logging metrics when running locally by @AlfredoG87 in #1200
📝 Documentation
- docs: Update the publisher protocol document to include the multi-publisher extension by @jsync-swirlds in #1175
🔒 Security
- chore: [StepSecurity] Apply security best practices by @stepsecurity-app in #1248
🔧 Improvements
- chore: rename
publishertostream-publisherby @georgi-l95 in #1181 - fix: Add gpg logic for protobuf jar publish job by @Nana-EC in #1198
- feat: Add Metrics and Provisioned Dashboards for Core App, BlockAccessService and MessagingFacility by @AlfredoG87 in #1211
- feat: Adding Metrics and Dashboard for Publisher, Subscriber and Verification Plugins by @AlfredoG87 in #1222
- feat: Add Metrics for Block-Providers Files.Recent, Files.Historic, Server Status and Summary Full History Dashboard by @AlfredoG87 in #1235
⬆️ Dependency Upgrades
- build(deps): bump step-security/close-milestone from 2.1.2 to 2.2.0 by @dependabot in #1215
- build(deps): bump docker/build-push-action from 6.17.0 to 6.18.0 by @dependabot in #1216
- build(deps): bump com.google.cloud:libraries-bom from 26.60.0 to 26.61.0 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot in #1206
- build(deps): bump mockitoVersion from 5.17.0 to 5.18.0 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot in #1205
- build(deps): bump protobufVersion from 4.30.2 to 4.31.0 in /hiero-dependency-versions by @dependabot in #1204
- build(deps): bump step-security/ghaction-import-gpg from 6.1.0 to 6.3.0 by @dependabot in #1224
New Contributors
- @stepsecurity-app made their first contribution in #1248
Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.12.0