Netcetera Demo Merchant - Release Notes - Version 2.8.0.0

Overview

Published: 05.02.2025

Version 2.8.0.0 is a major release of the Netcetera Demo Merchant.

For documentation about this release please refer to the documentation site.

Compatibility

This version has a breaking change and is not compatible with previous version of the Netcetera Demo Merchant.

Important notification

License format and validation update This release changes the NDM application licenses format and licenses validation mechanism. Old licenses are incompatible with this release. Be sure to receive new license before installing this version.

End-of-support for Java 17 Please note that we no longer support Java 17 and earlier versions of Java. Minimum supported Java version as of version 2.8.0.0 of the Netcetera Demo Merchant is Java 21.

Changes

New Features

  • Replaced Log4j2 configuration with Logback.
  • Introduced Application Challenge Flow CRes overriding through the use of a JSON configuration file which will override the specified fields. More information can be found under Custom Application Challenge Flow CRes Configuration.
  • Updated card range configuration to include support for customizable supported message extensions. More information can be found under Card Range Data Configuration.

Improvements

  • The challenge pages have been redesigned.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed a NullPointerException that occurred when the notificationURL field was not sent in the Authentication Request. The notificationURL field is not sent in the Authentication Request when the device channel is Application or 3RI.