v2.0.0-beta.10

2.0.0-beta.10: November 12th 2020

Announcements

• We welcome all feedback on this beta version so far. Please see the notes section for known issues.

• To install the extension, download the vsix file named ibm-blockchain-platform-<VERSION>.vsix from the GitHub releases page.
    In VS Code, switch to the Extensions view, click the hamburger menu and and select 'Install from VSIX'. Finally, select the downloaded vsix file. The extension should then install successfully.

• VS Code v1.40 or greater is now the minimum version required for using the 'v2' version of the extension.

Features & Enhancements

• Added support for connecting to IBM Blockchain Platform 2.5.1 #2791.
• Updated local environment implementation #2629

Local environments now use Microfab, making them much faster to start!

• Added a new transaction view, replacing the old submit/evaluate commands #2639

Left-click on a transaction or run the Transact with Smart Contract command to submit/evaluate transactions!

Fixes

• Reverted packaging metadata path change made in v1.0.39 #2797.

We have reverted to look for the 'META-INF' directory again - sorry for the inconvenience!

Notes

• If you already have v1.4 local environment's running, you'll need to tear them down and start them again to use them as v2 local environments.
• Debug doesn't work at moment

v1.0.40

1.0.40: November 12th 2020

Announcements

• We’re still waiting for the gRPC v1.25.0 binaries to be published so you may be affected by this issue, where gRPC fails to rebuild when using VS Code >1.40.x.

Please see this comment for a workaround. 

Features & Enhancements

• Added support for connecting to IBM Blockchain Platform 2.5.1 #2791.

Fixes

• Reverted packaging metadata path change made in v1.0.39 #2797.

We have reverted to look for the 'META-INF' directory again - sorry for the inconvenience!

v2.0.0-beta.9

2.0.0-beta.9: October 29th 2020

Announcements

• We welcome all feedback on this beta version so far. Please see the notes section for known issues.

• To install the extension, download the vsix file named ibm-blockchain-platform-<VERSION>.vsix from the GitHub releases page.
    In VS Code, switch to the Extensions view, click the hamburger menu and and select 'Install from VSIX'. Finally, select the downloaded vsix file. The extension should then install successfully.

• VS Code v1.40 or greater is now the minimum version required for using the 'v2' version of the extension.

Features & Enhancements

• Tutorials now open in webviews #2645.

Fixes

• Updated tutorials and fixed broken images #2731.
• Fixed packaging to look for 'contract-metadata' directory #2772.

Notes

• Connecting to IBM Blockchain Platform environments will not work yet as they are not using the new lifecycle yet.
• If you already have v1.4 local environment's running, you'll need to tear them down and start them again to use them as v2 local environments.
• Debug doesn't work at moment

v1.0.39

1.0.39: October 29th 2020

Announcements

• We’re still waiting for the gRPC v1.25.0 binaries to be published so you may be affected by this issue, where gRPC fails to rebuild when using VS Code >1.40.x.

Please see this comment for a workaround. 

Features & Enhancements

• New "Joining a network" tutorials #2677.

The purpose of this set of tutorials is to take you through the process of joining an existing Hyperledger Fabric network using the tools provided by IBM Blockchain Platform.

Fixes

• Fixed packaging to look for 'contract-metadata' directory #2755.
• Made the IBM Cloud Account extension optional #2713.

v2.0.0-beta.8

2.0.0-beta.8: October 15th 2020

Announcements

• We welcome all feedback on this beta version so far. Please see the notes section for known issues.

• To install the extension, download the vsix file named ibm-blockchain-platform-<VERSION>.vsix from the GitHub releases page.
    In VS Code, switch to the Extensions view, click the hamburger menu and and select 'Install from VSIX'. Finally, select the downloaded vsix file. The extension should then install successfully.

• VS Code v1.40 or greater is now the minimum version required for using the 'v2' version of the extension.

Features & Enhancements

• Added NPS survey link on first transaction submission #2210.
• Updated Node test runner to be optional #2636.
• Updated packaging to handle multiple GOPATH paths #2596.
• Updated required versions of Node #2641.

Fixes

• Fixed channel capability retrieval #2669.
• Improved prerequisites page load time #1437.
• Allow users to connect to environments & gateways with at least one v2 capability enabled channel #2540.

Notes

• Connecting to IBM Blockchain Platform environments will not work yet as they are not using the new lifecycle yet.
• If you already have v1.4 local environment's running, you'll need to tear them down and start them again to use them as v2 local environments.
• Debug doesn't work at moment

v1.0.38

1.0.38: October 15th 2020

Announcements

• We’re still waiting for the gRPC v1.25.0 binaries to be published so you may be affected by this issue, where gRPC fails to rebuild when using VS Code >1.40.x.

Please see this comment for a workaround. 

Features & Enhancements

• Updated packaging to handle multiple GOPATH paths #2596.
• Only display v1 capability channels in tree #2596.
• Perform go mod vendor for Go low-level chaincode #2689.
• Updated Node test runner to be optional #2636.
• Updated required versions of Node #2641.
• Updated OpenSSL requirements #2633.
• Updated C++ build tools check for Windows #2628.

v2.0.0-beta.7

2.0.0-beta.7: August 27th 2020

Announcements

• We welcome all feedback on this beta version so far. Please see the notes section for known issues.

• To install the extension, download the vsix file named ibm-blockchain-platform-<VERSION>.vsix from the GitHub releases page.
    In VS Code, switch to the Extensions view, click the hamburger menu and and select 'Install from VSIX'. Finally, select the downloaded vsix file. The extension should then install successfully.

• VS Code v1.40 or greater is now the minimum version required for using the 'v2' version of the extension.

Features & Enhancements

• Ability to open the IBM Blockchain Platform Console from the environment #2536.
• Automatically detect system requirements #1398.
• Read identity name from JSON file #755.
• Added command to remove extension directory #1639.
• Updated default export connection profile name to be in pascal case #2175.
• Removed required dependencies for old gRPC rebuild #2560.
• Create Fabric 2.2 smart contracts #2573.

Fixes

• Fixed IBM Cloud account selection bug #2583.

Notes

• Connecting to IBM Blockchain Platform environments will not work yet as they are not using the new lifecycle yet.
• If you already have v1.4 local environment's running, you'll need to tear them down and start them again to use them as v2 local environments.
• Debug doesn't work at moment

v1.0.37

1.0.37: August 27th 2020

Announcements

• We’re still waiting for the gRPC v1.25.0 binaries to be published so you may be affected by this issue, where gRPC fails to rebuild when using VS Code >1.40.x.

  Please see this comment for a workaround. 

Features & Enhancements

• Ability to open the IBM Blockchain Platform Console from the environment #2536.
• Automatically detect system requirements #1398.
• Read identity name from JSON file #755.
• Added command to remove extension directory #1639.
• Updated default export connection profile name to be in pascal case #2175.

Fixes

• Fixed IBM Cloud account selection bug #2583.

v2.0.0-beta.6

2.0.0-beta.6: July 30th 2020

Announcements

• We welcome all feedback on this beta version so far. Please see the notes section for known issues.

• To install the extension, download the vsix file named ibm-blockchain-platform-<VERSION>.vsix from the GitHub releases page.
  In VS Code, switch to the Extensions view, click the hamburger menu and and select 'Install from VSIX'. Finally, select the downloaded vsix file. The extension should then install successfully.

• VS Code v1.40 or greater is now the minimum version required for using the 'v2' version of the extension.

Features & Enhancements

• Updated welcome page to mention the extension uses Fabric 2 #1779
• Explain how v2 deployment works in step one of the deploy view #2429
• Recover from failed deploy #2512
• Allow user to bring output into focus on network start failure #2172.
• Docker logs shown on transaction failure #1964.
• Updated IBM Cloud group name and behaviour #2521.

Fixes

• Fixed organsation approval table error appearing on initial load #2545.
• Fallback on GitHub retrieval failure #2543.

Notes

• Connecting to IBM Blockchain Platform environments will not work yet as they are not using the new lifecycle yet.
• If you already have v1.4 local environment's running, you'll need to tear them down and start them again to use them as v2 local environments.
• Debug doesn't work at moment

v1.0.36

1.0.36: July 30th 2020

Announcements

• We’re still waiting for the gRPC v1.25.0 binaries to be published so you may be affected by this issue, where gRPC fails to rebuild when using VS Code >1.40.x.

 Please see this comment for a workaround. 

Features & Enhancements

• Allow user to bring output into focus on network start failure #2172.
• Docker logs shown on transaction failure #1964.
• Updated IBM Cloud group name and behaviour #2521.

Fixes

• Fallback on GitHub retrieval failure #2543.