We are excited to share the latest updates to the Censhare Cloud platform. This release delivers two major frontend infrastructure capabilities, a set of meaningful backend improvements, and several targeted bug fixes. Read on for all the details.
What’s New: Frontend Infrastructure
Build Frontend Bundle
Frontend bundles can now be built directly inside the Censhare Cloud environment. This ensures that every build runs under the exact same runtime conditions as the deployed instance — eliminating the “works on my machine” problem once and for all.
Key benefits include:
- Reduced discrepancies between local and cloud builds
- Streamlined CI/CD automation by exposing build steps within the cloud instance
- Simpler and more consistent bundle packaging for deployment workflows
By bringing the build process closer to the runtime environment, teams can ship frontend changes with greater confidence and spend less time troubleshooting environment-specific issues.
BYO Frontend Bundle (Bring Your Own Bundle)
The platform now supports deploying externally built frontend bundles into Censhare Cloud. Whether your team uses GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or another CI tool, you can now upload your custom bundle and have it deployed seamlessly through the existing deployment controller.
Highlights:
- Uploaded bundles are validated for structure and manifest integrity before deployment
- Consistent rollout through the established deployment controller pipeline
- Smooth integration with external build systems and custom CI/CD workflows
This capability gives teams the flexibility to keep their existing build infrastructure while still benefiting from Censhare Cloud’s managed deployment processes.
Platform & Infrastructure Improvements
OpenAPI Integration Enhancements
OpenAPI-based service interactions have been meaningfully improved in this release. Updated specifications now provide more accurate schemas and endpoint definitions, and request/response payloads undergo extended contract validation.
What this means for you:
- Greater reliability for API-first development workflows
- Improved accuracy for code-generated SDKs
- Stronger interoperability with external systems that rely on OpenAPI-compliant tooling
Product Redis Migration to Valkey
The product cache layer has been migrated from Redis to Valkey, the long-term supported successor to the Redis open-source distribution. Valkey is now the default in-cluster cache engine, and all manifests and configurations have been updated accordingly.
Thanks to protocol-level compatibility, this migration is fully transparent to applications — no code changes are required on your end.
Remove Legacy Product Redis from Kubernetes
As part of the Valkey migration, the deprecated Redis component has been fully removed from the Kubernetes environment. This cleanup eliminates unused StatefulSets, ConfigMaps, and associated Secrets, reducing cluster complexity and maintenance overhead.
Permission & UserData Service Update — Kafka Message Batching
Backend services have been upgraded to the newest validated builds. This update improves performance, consistency, and stability across permission resolution flows. Additionally, known issues impacting permission resolution have been resolved in this release.
Improvements include:
- Kafka message batching for improved throughput
- Resolved issues in permission resolution flows
- Enhanced service stability and consistency
Session Timeout Configuration for Cloud Gateway
Cloud Gateway now supports configurable session timeouts. Administrators can manage this setting directly through Cockpit’s Configuration Management UI, providing greater control over session lifecycle without requiring infrastructure-level changes.
Bug Fix Highlights
This release also includes the following targeted bug fixes:
- Node-RED Instance Update Bugfix — Resolved an issue affecting Node-RED instance updates within the platform.
- WARN Logs Bugfix — Addressed a bug that was generating erroneous WARN-level log entries.
Thank you for being part of the Censhare community.
As always, we are committed to continuously improving the platform to support your workflows. If you have questions about any of these updates, please reach out to your Censhare contact or visit our community portal.