+1 from me, looking forward to this awesome release! Thanks for RM'ing Martin!
On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM Martin Zink <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Community, > > I’d like to initiate a discussion about the next release of MiNiFi C++. The > last release was in October, and I believe it is time to officially propose > our *first stable 1.0.0 release*. > > I would be happy to take on RM duties for this release. > > This is a major milestone for the project. The most significant highlight > is the introduction of a *stable API with a full backward compatibility > guarantee*. This API (written in C) allows developers to write processors > and controller services in C/C++, Rust, or any FFI-capable language with > guaranteed ABI compatibility. > > *Notable features and improvements:* > > > - *Stable C API:* A single C header API that allows any FFI-capable > language to interoperate with MiNiFi C++ with minimal overhead. Any > extension built using the API will load with newer MiNiFi builds without > needing to be rebuilt > - *C++ bindings based on Stable API: *GCP, Kafka, Llamacpp extensions (7 > processors and 1 controller service) have already been ported to use the > stable API > - *Rust bindings based on Stable API: *We've also implemented the stable > API in Rust and reimagined several standard processors to showcase it. > There are already new Rust-based extensions in PRs waiting to be merged > - *Revamped Site-to-Site:* Added Zlib compression, optional input ports, > output-port fixes, and robust error handling. > - *Expanded Cloud Auth & Support:* Introduced Azure Credential > Configuration Strategy (Managed/Workload/Default), GCP Application > Default > Credentials, and HTTP proxy controller service support for AWS, Azure, > and > GCP > - *Python Enhancements:* Python NiFi-API processors can now run in > parallel via @concurrentTasks > - *Safer Configuration Handling:* Runtime configuration files are no > longer modified directly; overrides now live safely in *.properties.d/ > - *RunLlamaCppInference* now accepts images alongside text prompts > > Changes and Improvements > > - Record Reader/Writer support has been added to MQTT processors > - AWS S3 now uses the AWS CRT S3 client for improved performance > - RocksDB small-DB memory optimization is now enabled by default > - C2 assets now stream directly to disk with a configurable HTTP timeout > - Python Expression Language (EL) improvements > - Separated state managers for schedule and trigger threads to avoid > race conditions in stateful processors > - Fixed deadlocks and crashes occurring during concurrent C2 flow > updates and start/stop commands > > Breaking Changes > > - SSL contexts can no longer be loaded from the flow config; users must > use an SSL controller service > - Azure Managed Identity Credentials property has been replaced by > the Credential > Configuration Strategy > - AWS S3 multipart upload behavior may differ slightly due to the switch > to the CRT client > > Removed > > - Unused and unmaintened OpenCV extension (CaptureRTSPFrame and > MotionDetector) > - ExecutePythonProcessor (superseded by NiFi-API Python processors) > - Legacy bootstrap.sh and per-distro shell scripts (use Python bootstrap > or Conan instead). > > Do you agree it is time for our 1.0.0 release? Are there any blockers or > open PRs that we should definitely include in this release? > > Thanks, > > Martin Zink > [email protected] >
