App Building

• [User Experience] The references dialog of a variable now also displays data sources that use the variable (Read more)
• [User Experience] If a data source is changed within Application Designer, all designed Bindings in child Widgets are revalidated now
• [User Experience] Designed Bindings in properties of widgets or screens are now validated again when the item is copied or moved. Manual Bindings are not affected

Workflows

• [User Experience] IDs of Outcomes and Tasks can now be copied to the clipboard within Workflow Designer (Read more)

Business Objects

• [User Experience] Business Object Editor is not automatically closed on ‘Esc’-press anymore. On changes, there is now a prompt that has to be confirmed by the user to prevent unwanted data loss

Data Privacy and Security

• [Governance] Enhanced user permission checks are now implemented on direct calls on API for deploying and releasing Applications

Server

• [User Experience] CORS Headers are now set by Simplifier Server and do not need to be set within Reverse Proxy anymore (Read more)
• [User Experience] Improved performance on all requests sent to Simplifier Servers (Admin-UI and Apps)
• [Governance] You now need to set a default password for user admin on new installations and upgrades (Read more in the installation/upgrade guides)
• [Integration] Upgraded com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer to version 20240325.1

Currently, there are no new system requirements.

See also our General Server Requirements.

Will be published with release of Simplifier 10.

Replace Captcha Plugin

Our Captcha Plugin is deprecated and will be removed with Simplifier 10 from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides. If you are using the Plugin, you should start replacing it now so you do not have to change your applications under time pressure.

AI and similar techniques can already solve captchas. So check if other solutions like rate limits fit your use case better. If you want to stick to captchas, check our Knowledge Base on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials‘ for an alternative solution (Read more).

Activate enhanced security (optional)

Activate enhanced security for Business Objects, Templates, and Plugins, if you have deactivated them. (See documentation)

Please check if your roles are set up accordingly and contain execution permission for all required Server-side Business Objects, read permission for all the necessary Templates as well as the relevant Plugin Permissions. Take care that you explicitly use your app-relevant/project roles during testing (and not Standard-Roles like SF_Developer or SF_Administrator).

Update Standard Content

Update Standard Content to ensure you have all current fixes and features available on your instances. (Download for Simplifier 9 here; Download for Simplifier 10 will be published with Simplifier 10)

Please check the endpoint of AppWizard Connector, Standard Workflow Connectors, Login, and Captcha Connector. (Read more)

[Integration] Simplifier Mobile Client for Android on Windows

Unfortunately, Microsoft has announced the end of support for Windows Subsystem for Android on March 5th 2025. With the end of support, our Simplifier Mobile Client for Android won’t work on Windows anymore. If you have already installed the Simplifier Mobile Client in Windows Subsystem for Android before March 5th 2024 you will continue to have access to the Simplifier Mobile Client until the end of support. (Read more on microsoft.com)

Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 2; Removal March 5th 2025

[Integration] Javascript execution in PDFs created by PDF Plugin

Currently, it is possible to add Javascript to PDFs created by PDF Plugin. This is a potential risk for Server Side XSS (PDF Injection) and Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). The option to add Javascript to PDFs in PDF Plugin is now deactivated but can be activated at its own risk. The activation is subject to be removed in later Releases.

Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3; Removal tbd

[System requirements] Support of Oracle for Simplifier databases

Oracle support for your Simplifier instances has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd

[Integration] Removed setting to activate deprecated Connector API

The settings to activate deprecated Connector API will be removed with Simplifier 10 LTS. Please make sure you do not use the deprecated Connector API anymore.

Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 4; Removal tbd

[Interaction] Event tab in UI Designer

Our UI designer still has the legacy feature to add scripts to events directly in the Event tab. As we want to provide a consistent App Building we will remove this feature with Simplifier 10. Simply use our Process Designer instead.

Deprecated since Simplifier 8 EHP 3

[Integration] Captcha Plugin

Our Captcha Plugin won’t be updated anymore and was removed from the plugin list in our default installation/upgrade guides. It can still be added by hand (for details check the environmental variables list in the upgrade guides).

See our Knowledge Base article on ‘How to use Google reCAPTCHA v3 Essentials’ for an alternative solution.

Deprecated since MAKERS CHOICE 25-01; Final removal with Simplifier 11

Release Date: tbd

End of Maintenance: Long-term support until 3 months after the release of Simplifier 11

All Simplifier releases and updates are provided on Docker Hub Repository.