24.4.0 - Apr 11

Released: 2024-04-11

We’re pleased to announce the following updates to the Forward Networks API as part of release 24.4.0.

See also the full release notes for Forward Enterprise version 24.4.0.

Breaking change preannouncements​

• BUG-9714 NQE: In release 24.7, the commitId property of NqeQueryRunRequest will be required in conjunction with queryId to run a query that has been deleted from the Org repository.
  • Affected operation:
    • POST /api/nqe

Specification changes​

• BUG-10631 Authentication: Renamed the Basic authentication security scheme ("Email/Password" → "api_token") to eliminate a specification validation error. API behavior did not change.

Retired operations​

• FWD-31290 Network Devices: GET /api/snapshots/…/devices (deprecated since release 23.11)

  • GET /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/devices

    → GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices

• FWD-31298 Path Search: GET /api/snapshots/…/paths (deprecated since release 23.9)

  • GET /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/paths

    → GET /api/networks/{networkId}/paths[?snapshotId={snapshotId}]

  • POST /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/pathsBulk

    → POST /api/networks/{networkId}/paths-bulk[?snapshotId={snapshotId}]

  • POST /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/pathsBulkSeq

    → POST /api/networks/{networkId}/paths-bulk-seq[?snapshotId={snapshotId}]

Model changes​

• CollectorState

  • FWD-36440 Deprecated the hasDevicesConfigured, isOnline, and isIdle properties for removal in release 24.7
  • Affected operations:
    • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/collector/status

• ExistsCheck

  • FWD-35330 Removed the andBack property (deprecated since release 24.1)
  • FWD-35397 Designated checkType as required (for IsolationCheck and ReachabilityCheck too)
  • Affected operations:
    • GET /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/checks
    • POST /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/checks
    • GET /api/snapshots/{snapshotId}/checks/{checkId}