The latest update for the Test Center release includes:

• Ability to purge content on the ESN when initiating a test run.
• Simplified interface for creating conditions and removing test suite associations.
• Ability to edit a test case in the context of test suites.
• Bug fixes and performance improvements for the test results’ page.

DataStream is now easy to find in Control Center!

• DataStream is directly available under the Common Services section in Control Center.
• DataStream has a new, more intuitive UI for better customer experience. DataStream’s features haven’t changed. These UI changes will make the configuration flow easy and support more modular options in the future.

Release Notes:  Announcing Simplified Product Onboarding

Over the next few months we will be rolling out a new, simplified setup process for Akamai products.

What it is

A new setup process that allows customers to get up and running with multiple product combinations, quickly and easily. The process takes you through product selection, prerequisites, basic “Hello World” product settings, activating the settings to the Akamai Edge Platform, testing and go-live, and finally directs you to the individual configuration tools where you can access the full product experience.

The new setup process is initiated from a new Get Started section on the Akamai Control Center home page as well as from a redesigned Create Property page.

Which products

The initial launch will include the Ion and DSA web performance products and the Web Application Protector security solution. Additional products will be added over time.

Who will see it

Initially, a percentage of new customers and trials will see it. We will expand this to existing customers and partners with the supported products over the next few months.

What you need to do

The new setup process is completely optional. You can continue to use all of your existing configuration tools directly. The Onboard and Configuration Assistant (OCA) will be retired towards the end of the year, but all existing OCA configurations will continue to work and will be automatically transitioned.

Release Notes:  Property Manager

New Features:

• Create Property Page.  We will be rolling out a redesigned Create Property page over the next few months, starting with new customers and trials.  Functionality remains largely the same as before but the look and feel is different, and we’re introducing a new guided setup wizard that will eventually replace Onboard and Configuration Assistant (OCA).

Bug Fixes:

• Caching: This release contains a fix for a situation when a property specifies the Caching behavior in multiple rules. When one rule has the Caching behavior configured with Caching Option Honor Origin Cache-Control or Honor Origin Cache-Control and Expires, and Honor Private is set to Yes, and a second rule has the Caching behavior configured with the Caching Option Cache and a defined Max-age time configured for the same object, the following issues could occur:

  • The content at the Tier Distribution parent is never revalidated with the origin, and so remains stale, also known as an infinite cache.
  • Cacheable content at the Edge is treated as no-store.

• Several PAPI 500 errors have been converted to more appropriate 4XX error codes.  This is part of an ongoing effort to improve the PAPI developer experience.

• Miscellaneous bug fixes and performance improvements.

The latest update to Reporting includes the following enhancements:

Report Families Alignment

The WebHelp “Reports overview” section is aligned with Report Families visible in the Akamai Control Center. Additionally, Report Families are now sorted alphabetically in the report dropdown, with the exception of Traffic Reports, which are on the top of the list. 

Sort CP Codes by Name

You can now sort CP codes by Name in the Report Filter section, with the Name as default sorting option.

Granularity updates * Additional titles to widgets names indicating AVERAGE report data rollup are available.  * In Scheduled Reports, a new option to CSV deliveries is available: “Deliver at lowest available time interval”. Once the option is checked, the report will be delivered at lowest possible granularity for the given report. 

Full screen display

You can display reports in the full screen mode.

The CloudTest 60 GA Release includes the following updates:

• Asynchronous updates for global properties.
• Split by HTTP protocol for targets/tests - The option to view target data for both HTTP and HTTP2, independently.
• Annotations for all widgets. These annotations can mark events in time, and can be commented on.
• Test Results Query API - Can be used to retrieve data generated by Cloud Test.
• Results Management API - Can be used to clean up unnecessary results.
• Added new cloud locations as follows: AWS: Hong Kong. Stockholm. Added new M5 server type to CloudTest grids. Azure: eastus2, westus2, francecentral, southafricanorth, uaenorth, eu-west–1 GCE: us-west2, europe-west6, europe-north1, asia-east2
• Bug fixes and improvements.

Upgrading from CloudTest 57/58 to CloudTest 60 may take a significant amount of time due to our upgrade to the Postgres10 DMBS. The time taken will vary and is dependent on the number of results on the customer’s system. Use the Results Management API to remove unnecessary results before migrating to CloudTest 60 to reduce the time it takes to update.

New Features:

• Mixed Mode for Object Delivery. This new feature lets you incorporate use case-based behaviors outside of the Default Rule in a Property Manager configuration. You can now set up multiple origin servers in a single property configuration, as well as set different Origin Characteristics, Content Characteristics, and Client Characteristics in different rules, with different match criteria. You can even incorporate different authentication methods for requests using the same property. See the Mixed Mode for Object Delivery document for more information.

Enhancements:

• We’ve improved delivery performance by reducing forward throttling. This enhancement looks to maximize end to end throughput. It safely raises configurable limits to improve delivery performance.

New Features:

• Mixed Mode for Download Delivery. This new feature lets you incorporate use case-based behaviors outside of the Default Rule in a Property Manager configuration. You can now set up multiple origin servers in a single property configuration, as well as set different Origin Characteristics, Content Characteristics, and Client Characteristics in different rules, with different match criteria. You can even incorporate different authentication methods for requests using the same property. See the Mixed Mode for Download Delivery document for more information.

Enhancements:

• We’ve improved delivery performance by reducing forward throttling. This enhancement looks to maximize end to end throughput. It safely raises configurable limits to improve delivery performance.

The latest update for the Diagnostic tools release includes:

• Support for MTR results in the View User Diagnostic Data tool.
• Support for the View User Diagnostic Data tool API. The API documentation can be found here.
• Minor UI improvements to offer better user experience.
• Bug fixes.

ETP Client 3.1.1 is now available

This release resolves issues in ETP Client. To support the client with ETP Proxy, you can now:

• Manually configure Mozilla Firefox to use system proxy settings. This process requires that you create a JSON file and distribute it across your organization.
• Configure an exemption in the Microsoft Edge browser to allow ETP Client connections.

For more information, see ETP Client Configuration Guide or the Enterprise Threat Protector online help.