Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.08 release.

Bug Fixes​

• Call Center: When an agent device is disconnected, the agent is now automatically logged out

Technical Features​

• Asterisk: Asterisk has been upgraded to 20.3.0. See the Asterisk release announcement.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.07 release.

Improvements​

• General performance improvements and restructuring in order to improve scalability
• Cleanup and refactor old code from before Bullseye

Ongoing Features​

• Scalability: Continuing optimizations to improve efficiency in order to allow for better performance with a greater number of users

For more information on the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.06 release.

New features in this release​

• Debian 11 (Bullseye): As of 23.06, the Wazo Platform is now based on Debian 11 (Bullseye). As such, the upgrade procedure is slightly different and may take a little longer than standard upgrades. See the full upgrade guide here for more information.

Technical Features​

• Python 3.9: As part of the upgrade to Debian 11, the Wazo platform now uses Python 3.9 and many Python libraries have been updated as well. So, if you have any custom script please ensure they are compatible with the newer versions.
• PostgreSQL: The database system PostgreSQL has also been upgrade from version 11 to 13.

Ongoing Features​

• Scalability: Continuing optimizations to improve efficiency in order to allow for better performance with greater numbers of users

For more information on the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.05 release.

Since Wazo Platform 19.13, the only compatible version of Debian has been Debian 10 (Buster). However, this release, 23.05, is intended to be the last to support it. The next release, 23.06, will be based on Debian 11(Bullseye). It is recommended to upgrade to 23.05 before that release to avoid a large changeset and minimize upgrade issues.

Technical Features​

• Asterisk: Asterisk has been upgraded to 20.2.1. See the Asterisk release announcement

Ongoing Features​

• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.04 release.

Technical Features​

• Asterisk: Asterisk has been upgraded to 20.1.0. See the Asterisk release announcement
• Scalability: wazo-websocketd now serves connection using multiple processes, which improves delivery speed when a high number of clients are connected
• New user API: A new high level API endpoint is now available to update a user and all of its related resources (line, extension, voicemail, incoming call) in a single HTTP request.

Ongoing Features​

• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.03 release.

New Features in This Release​

• New user API: The user creation endpoint has been revamped to be able to create all user's resources with one API call. See documentation for more info

Ongoing Features​

• New user API: We are working on a new high level API endpoint to update a user and all of its related resources (user, line, extension, voicemail, incoming call) in a single HTTP request.
• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.
• Scalability: We are adding tools to be able to observe the state of a Wazo stack

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.02 release.

Technical Features​

• Asterisk: Asterisk has been upgraded to 19.8.0. See the Asterisk release announcement
• DAHDI: DAHDI support has been removed. DAHDI was removed by default since 21.01.

Ongoing Features​

• New user API: We are working on a new high level API endpoint to create a user and all of its related resources (user, line, extension, voicemail, incoming call) in a single HTTP request.
• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Happy New Year :) Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 23.01 release.

Community​

• Chat:  We can now create a chat room with up to 100 participants (a.k.a group chat). Thanks to Mehdi Emrani and Milad Razban for the contribution

Technical Features​

• Python 3: Migrated mostly all remaining libraries/scripts to Python 3 and remove Python 2 compatibility
• Event: Mostly all services now publish directly on wazo-headers exchange

Ongoing Features​

• New user API: We are working on a new high level API endpoint to create a user and all of its related resources (user, line, extension, voicemail, incoming call) in a single HTTP request.
• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 22.17 release.

Technical Features​

• Python 3: Migrated wazo-agid and wazo-confgend services to Python 3. They were the last services written in Python 2
• Asterisk: Asterisk has been upgraded to 19.7.1. See the Asterisk release announcement

Ongoing Features​

• New user API: We are working on a new high level API endpoint to create a user and all of its related resources (user, line, extension, voicemail, incoming call) in a single HTTP request.
• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

Note that the next release will be on mid-January. Happy Holidays!

Hello Wazo Platform community!

Here is a short review of the Wazo Platform 22.16 release.

New Features in This Release​

• Provisioning: Migrated the provisioning service (wazo-provd) and all its plugins to Python 3. The provisioning plugins for all phones have also been migrated to Python 3 and are hosted on a separate URL to avoid conflicts with the Python 2 version.

Technical Features​

• Chats API: In Wazo Platform < 22.16, it was possible to create multiple chat rooms for the same participants. In Wazo Platform 22.16, this behavior has been removed and only a single room will ever be created for the same participants. This change improves developer experience and simplifies custom applications.

Ongoing Features​

• New user API: We are working on a new high level API endpoint to create a user and all of its related resources (user, line, extension, voicemail, incoming call) in a single HTTP request.
• Major upgrade: We are preparing the upgrade to Debian 11 Bullseye. This requires migrating the remaining code written in Python 2 to Python 3.

For more details about the aforementioned topics, please see the changelog.

See you at the next sprint review!