Version 1.8.3

This release adds the following bug fixes and improvements:

  • Fix serialization of TypeConsistencyEnforcementQosPolicy.
  • Bump to Fast-RTPS-Gen v1.0.2.
  • Bump to IDL-Parser v1.0.1.

Note: If you are upgrading from a version older than 1.7.0, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Previous versions

Version 1.8.2

This release includes the following features:

  • Modified unknown writers default behavior.
  • Multiple initial PDP announcements.
  • Flag to avoid builtin multicast.
  • STRICT_REALTIME compilation flag.

It also adds the following bug fixes and improvements:

  • Fix for setting nullptr in a fixed string.
  • Fix for not sending GAP in several cases.
  • Solve Coverity report issues.
  • Fix issue of fastrtpsgen failing to open IDL.g4 file.
  • Fix unnamed lock in AESGCMGMAC_KeyFactory.cpp.
  • Improve XMLProfiles example.
  • Multicast is now sent through localhost too.
  • BitmapRange now implements sliding window.
  • Improve SequenceNumber_t struct.
  • Participant’s liveliness is now asserted when receiving any RTPS message.
  • Fix leak on RemoteParticipantLeaseDuration.
  • Modified default values to improve behavior in Wi-Fi scenarios.
  • SubscriberHistory improvements.
  • Removed use of acceptMsgDirectTo.
  • WLP improvements.

Note: If you are upgrading from a version older than 1.7.0, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.8.1

This release includes the following features:

It also adds the following bug fixes and improvements:

  • Fix for get_change on history, which was causing issues during discovery
  • Fix for announcement of participant state, which was sending ParticipantBuiltinData twice
  • Fix for closing multicast UDP channel
  • Fix for race conditions in SubscriberHistory, UDPTransportInterface and StatefulReader
  • Fix for lroundl error on Windows in Time_t
  • CDR & IDL submodules update
  • Use of java 1.8 or greater for fastrtpsgen.jar generation

Note: If you are upgrading from a version older than 1.7.0, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.8.0

This release included the following features:

It also adds the following improvements and bug fixes:

  • Real-time improvements: non-blocking write calls for best-effort writers, addition of fixed size strings, fixed size bitmaps, resource limited vectors, etc
  • Duration parameters now use nanoseconds
  • Configuration of participant mutation tries (see Participant configuration)
  • Automatic calculation of the port when a value of 0 is received on the endpoint custom locators
  • Non-local addresses are now filtered from whitelists
  • Optimization of check for acked status for stateful writers
  • Linked libs are now not exposed when the target is a shared lib
  • Limitation on the domain ID has been added
  • UDP non-blocking send is now optional and configurable via XML
  • Fix for non-deterministic tests
  • Fix for ReaderProxy history being reloaded incorrectly in some cases
  • Fix for RTPS domain hostid being potentially not unique
  • Fix for participants with different lease expiration times failing to reconnect

Known issues

  • When using TPC transport, sometimes callbacks are not invoked when removing a participant due to a bug in ASIO.

Note: If you are upgrading from a version older than 1.7.0, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.7.2

This release fixes an important bug:

  • Allocation limits on subscribers with a KEEP_LAST QoS was taken from resource limits configuration and didn’t take history depth into account.

It also has the following improvements:

  • Vendor FindThreads.cmake from CMake 3.14 release candidate to help with sanitizers.
  • Fixed format of gradle file.

Some other minor bugs and performance improvements.

Note: If you are upgrading from a version older than 1.7.0, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.7.1

This release included the following features:

  • LogFileConsumer added to the logging system
  • Handle FASTRTPS_DEFAULT_PROFILES_FILE environment variable indicating the default profiles XML file
  • XML parser made more restrictive and with better error messages

It also fixes some important bugs: * Fixed discovery issues related to the selected network interfaces on Windows * Improved discovery times * Workaround ASIO issue with multicast on QNX systems * Improved TCP transport performance * Improved handling of key-only data submessages

Some other minor bugs and performance improvements.

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Allocation limits on subscribers with a KEEP_LAST QoS is taken from resource limits configuration and doesn’t take history depth into account.

Note: If you are upgrading from a version older than 1.7.0, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.7.0

This release included the following features:

Also bug fixing, allocation and performance improvements.

Note: If you are upgrading from an older version, it is required to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.6.0

This release included the following features:

Also bug fixing.

Note: If you are upgrading from an older version than 1.4.0, it is advisable to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.5.0

This release included the following features:

  • Configuration of Fast RTPS entities through XML profiles.
  • Added heartbeat piggyback support.

Also bug fixing.

Note: If you are upgrading from an older version than 1.4.0, it is advisable to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.4.0

This release included the following:

  • Added secure communications.
  • Removed all Boost dependencies. Fast RTPS is not using Boost libraries anymore.
  • Added compatibility with Android.
  • Bug fixing.

Note: After upgrading to this release, it is advisable to regenerate generated source from IDL files using fastrtpsgen

Version 1.3.1

This release included the following:

  • New examples that illustrate how to tweak Fast RTPS towards different applications.
  • Improved support for embedded Linux.
  • Bug fixing.

Version 1.3.0

This release introduced several new features:

  • Unbound Arrays support: Now you can send variable size data arrays.
  • Extended Fragmentation Configuration: It allows you to setup a Message/Fragment max size different to the standard 64Kb limit.
  • Improved logging system: Get even more introspection about the status of your communications system.
  • Static Discovery: Use XML to map your network and keep discovery traffic to a minimum.
  • Stability and performance improvements: A new iteration of our built-in performance tests will make benchmarking easier for you.
  • ReadTheDocs Support: We improved our documentation format and now our installation and user manuals are available online on ReadTheDocs.

Version 1.2.0

This release introduced two important new features:

  • Flow Controllers: A mechanism to control how you use the available bandwidth avoiding data bursts. The controllers allow you to specify the maximum amount of data to be sent in a specific period of time. This is very useful when you are sending large messages requiring fragmentation.
  • Discovery Listeners: Now the user can subscribe to the discovery information to know the entities present in the network (Topics, Publishers & Subscribers) dynamically without prior knowledge of the system. This enables the creation of generic tools to inspect your system.

But there is more:

  • Full ROS2 Support: Fast RTPS is used by ROS2, the upcoming release of the Robot Operating System (ROS).
  • Better documentation: More content and examples.
  • Improved performance.
  • Bug fixing.