WSO2 API Manager 4.5.0 Released!

The WSO2 API Manager team is pleased to announce the release of API Manager 4.5.0!

It's now available to download.

Distribution

You can download API Manager 4.5.0 from here.

• wso2am-4.5.0

How to run

Run locally

(Skip steps 1 and 2 if JDK 21 is already setup on your environment)

1. Install Java SE Development Kit (JDK) version 21.
2. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable. For more information on setting the JAVA_HOME environment variable for different operating systems refer the steps in our documentation.
3. Extract the downloaded zip file.
4. Go to the bin directory in the extracted folder.
5. Run the api-manager.sh file if you are on a Linux/Mac OS or run the api-manager.bat file if you are on a Windows OS.

New Distributions

Starting from this release, we now provide the following component distributions alongside the existing full distribution, offering more flexibility for large-scale, distributed environments.

• API Control Plane
  Manage design, lifecycle, and governance of APIs at scale
  Download

• Universal Gateway
  Secure and proxy API traffic with enterprise-grade features
  Download

• Traffic Manager
  Handle API traffic policies and rate limiting at high volumes
  Download

Refer the documentation to learn more about the component distributions

What's New

• API Governance
• Gateway Federation and Multi-Gateway Management
• Multi-Model Routing Support for AI APIs
• Generative AI Powered Design Assistant
• B2B API Management with Organization Support
• Simplified GraphQL API Creation with Schema Introspection & URL Import
• Granular Access Control for Gateway Environments
• Enhanced WebSocket Logging for Improved Monitoring & Troubleshooting
• Enhanced Audit Logging for API Document Management
• Improved Proxy Support for OAuth Endpoints

Fixed Issues

See details of all the changes including improvements, and bug fixes in this release.

Known Issues

All the open issues pertaining to WSO2 API Manager-4.5.0 are reported here.

How To Contribute

Your feedback is most welcome!

Community

You can use our Discord Channel and Stackoverflow Collective to engage with a wider audience https://wso2.com/community/

Reporting Issues

We encourage you to report issues, improvements, and feature requests regarding WSO2 API Manager through WSO2 API Manager GIT Issues.

And please be advised that security issues must be reported to [email protected], not as a GitHub issue, in order to reach the proper audience. We strongly advise following the WSO2 Security Vulnerability Reporting Guidelines when reporting the security issues.

~ WSO2 API Manager Team ~