INC-161604 · Issue 631764
Corrected unreleased database connections
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
When using a custom activity that calls Dataset-execute on a database table dataset, the DSS Pega-Engine.prconfig/classmap/usemergestatement/default was set to false and the prepared statement for database table dataset was failing. Upon the failure, an exception was generated that prevented the database connection from being released. This has been corrected.
INC-161604 · Issue 631762
Node stability improved when adding relevant records
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
A node was going down after maxing out the database connection pool whenever the inbound service call was invoked. This was traced to several relevant record-related database queries being invoked within a short time for marking 'when' rules referenced in the proposition filter rule as relevant records. This has been resolved by adding 'when' rules as Relevant Records based on a DSS and not adding auto-generated 'when' rules at all.
INC-163723 · Issue 633441
Queue Processors made more robust
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
After upgrade, multiple queue processors were not running as expected. Attempting to restart them generated an error. Investigation showed that the real time data flow runs were not picking up or accepting assignments because the local node was under the impression it was still processing data. In this case, the need to synchronize the state of multiple threads caused the queue processors to become stuck in an initializing state due to a race condition that caused the data flow engine to think this run still had threads running when all threads were already stopped. To resolve this, the callback handling has been simplified and made more robust. In addition, in some cases the data flow leader node would believe the service nodes did not accept assignments even when they did. This occurred if many runs and nodes were involved, and was traced to an implicit limit on the NativeSQL query used to read the data to see which assignments were accepted. To resolve this, the key-value store in the Service Registry has been modified to allow a query of more than 500 entries at once.
INC-164581 · Issue 634154
Import UI option updated to handle data import for upgrades
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
After upgrade from Pega 8.1 to 8.5, importing data into the datasets using the Actions->Import UI option was not working. This was due to the previous save operation used in import being deprecated, and has been resolved by instituting a new save operation in import to handle this scenario.
INC-166354 · Issue 637300
Queue Processors made more robust
Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
After upgrade, multiple queue processors were not running as expected. Attempting to restart them generated an error. Investigation showed that the real time data flow runs were not picking up or accepting assignments because the local node was under the impression it was still processing data. In this case, the need to synchronize the state of multiple threads caused the queue processors to become stuck in an initializing state due to a race condition that caused the data flow engine to think this run still had threads running when all threads were already stopped. To resolve this, the callback handling has been simplified and made more robust. In addition, in some cases the data flow leader node would believe the service nodes did not accept assignments even when they did. This occurred if many runs and nodes were involved, and was traced to an implicit limit on the NativeSQL query used to read the data to see which assignments were accepted. To resolve this, the key-value store in the Service Registry has been modified to allow a query of more than 500 entries at once.
SR-69015 · Issue 619995
Unescaping characters implemented for expressions
Resolved in Pega Version 8.3.6, Resolved in Pega Version 8.4.4, Resolved in Pega Version 8.5.3, Resolved in Pega Version 8.6
An issue where expression builder statements were evaluated differently at runtime than at testing has been resolved. Pega Platform expressions with String literals(that is, sequences of characters enclosed in quotation marks) now unescape characters in strategy shapes such as Set Property or Filter.
SR-D39956 · Issue 511637
Corrected method IF use with shortcut function
Resolved in Pega Version 8.2.5
After upgrade, method IF was not working as expected when used in an expression like "@if(.totalorders_120days>0,(.remakeorders_120days/.totalorders_120days)<0.3,false)". This was caused by a missed use case for the combination of an exception-generating function in combination with a shortcut function (i.e. ternary, and, or), and has been resolved.
SR-D41207 · Issue 512087
Fallover stategy added to chat routing to keep event processor running
Resolved in Pega Version 8.2.5
Chats were becoming stuck in the queue and end users were not able to connect with the customer service representative. An excessive number of queued items were observed in a Queue Processor named "EventProcessor". This was traced to the setting "Browse from the offset" having been removed because of a retention policy. This resulted in "Browse from the end of the stream" being used instead even though browse should start from the earliest known offset. To resolve this, Stream Producer will be cached based on topic, and Stream consumer will fall over to an earliest strategy in case the requested offset isn't found so the event queue will be handled in a timely manner.
SR-D42662 · Issue 516870
Support added for auto restart of system paused nodes
Resolved in Pega Version 8.2.5
After the system paused a run, nodes had to be manually restarted by hand. Investigation showed that a node had fallen from the Hazelcast cluster due to an instability and that there was no support for an auto-restart under this condition. This has been resolved by adding a pulse task to resume runs stuck in system pause.
SR-D43912 · Issue 509737
Fallover stategy added to chat routing to keep event processor running
Resolved in Pega Version 8.2.5
Chats were becoming stuck in the queue and end users were not able to connect with the customer service representative. An excessive number of queued items were observed in a Queue Processor named "EventProcessor". This was traced to the setting "Browse from the offset" having been removed because of a retention policy. This resulted in "Browse from the end of the stream" being used instead even though browse should start from the earliest known offset. To resolve this, Stream Producer will be cached based on topic, and Stream consumer will fall over to an earliest strategy in case the requested offset isn't found so the event queue will be handled in a timely manner.