Unit4 Identity Services 223.2.5 release notes
About this release
This release is version 223.2.5 of the Unit4 Identity Services (U4IDS). These release notes contain important information about U4IDS and provide an overview of features included in this release, important information, bug fixes and known issues.
New features and enhancements
IDS core
- Implemented functionality to clear an Identity Provider's SAML metadata from cache (see
Cache command API endpoint
). - Created a new lightweight version of AdminSDK.
- Security improvements.
IDS Portal
- Implemented functionality to clear an Identity Provider's SAML metadata from cache from IDS Portal (see
Execute cache command from IDS Portal
). - Improved administration of Users in IDS Portal (see
Administration of Users in IDS Portal
) . - Security improvements.
Deprecated functionality
Admin SDK
Admin SDK has been deprecated as it is legacy code and will no longer be maintained. The new IDS DTO (U4.IdentityServices.DTO) package must be used. This contains IDS Data Transfer Objects similar to the ones used by Admin SDK but without the repository factory classes and methods.
Bugs fixed in this release
- When IDS had invalidated SAML metadata for an IdP cached, all incoming authentication requests were rejected. This issue is fixed by implementing functionality that allows the SAML metadata for an IdP to be cleared from the cache.
Patches
No patches have been created in this release.
Known issues
There are no known issues in this release.