Dear Customer,
we are going to update the a9s platform during the scheduled timeframe.
Runtime
In case your platform makes use of offline buildpacks there will be no new NodeJS buildpacks for the deprecated cflinuxfs3 stack anymore.
The last available NodeJS buildpack version for the cflinuxfs3 stack will be v1.8.37.
Data Services (e.g. removal, deprecation, unsupported, new services)
Upcoming End of Support for a9s Messaging 3.12, a9s Messaging 3.13
For the release v65.0.0 (expected end of September 2025), we plan to end support for the following deprecated a9s Data Service versions:
a9s Messaging 3.12: RabbitMQ 3.12 is end-of-life by their vendor since June 2024
a9s Messaging 3.13: RabbitMQ 3.13 is end-of-life by their vendor since Sept 2024
The update procedure is structured into 3 stages:
Stage 1: Update of the Runtime
Stage 2: Update of the a9s Data Service Framework
Stage 3: Update of all existing a9s Data Service instances
The stages have the following impact:
Stage 1:
- Restart of all applications. For slow starting applications with a single instance configuration this might introduce a downtime of up to 5 minutes in addition to application startup time.
- Restart of the API. Single requests to the API might fail but subsequent requests shall pass.
Stage 2:
- Creation, update and deletion of new or existing a9s Data Services instances will be unavailable for up to 5 minutes.
- The availability of existing a9s Data Service instances will not be affected by this.
Stage 3:
- All a9s Data Service instances will be restarted which causes single instances to be not available for up to 5 minutes.
- You may see your app reconnecting to the master node while the service instance gets updated.
We'll provide an update as soon as we finish the respective stage.
Best regards,
The anynines Team
Posted on
Jul 10, 2025 - 10:26 CEST