Thorben Lindhauer

We're excited to announce that Camunda Automation Platform 7.17.0 is now available with many new features.

We are proud to announce Camunda BPM Run, a new distribution of Camunda BPM that provides the Camunda web applications (Cockpit, Tasklist, Admin) and the REST API. Camunda BPM Run is highly configurable and can be operated without any Java knowledge.

Sometimes we start a process, and after some initial processing, it does not continue for no apparent reason. Usually, this happens at asynchronous continuations or BPMN timer events, so points in the process where the job executor, the process engine’s component for deferred work, takes over. While the job executor is a well-tested and battle-proven piece of software, it is not a closed system. It integrates with a relational database, an application server and the processes and applications it runs. Problems with job execution typically arise in this interaction of components. In this article, we look at common reasons why job execution can be delayed or stuck, how to diagnose, and how to resolve them.

In Camunda BPM, every process instance can have a so-called business key. This post explainsits purpose, how it compares to process variables and how it can be used.

The Case Management Model and Notation (CMMN) standard deals with unstructured work that is performed in the context of a so-called case. A CMMN model specifies the frame in which a case is handled. It expresses design time considerations, such as hard restrictions when an activity can be performed or not. Aside from that, there are often soft patterns that only emerge at runtime based on case workers’ experience. Detecting such patterns and providing insights to case workers can make dedicated case management with CMMN and Camunda especially useful.

Today, we release Camunda BPM 7.6.0-alpha1. It is primarily a release that fixes a regression in the REST API’s correlation method as present in 7.5.0. Check JIRA ticket CAM-6139 for whether this problem affects your application. Also, it provides the following improvements / features: Access DelegateExecution from Context (Thread Local) using Public API Get a correlation result response when correlating a Message Retrieve the Error Message of a thrown Error Event Read the release notes for a complete list of changes. Download Camunda For Free or Run it with Docker. Please let us know on the user forum if you find any problems.

After six months of dedicated work, we are proud to announce the release of Camunda BPM 7.5.0. The highlights are: Process Instance Migration Multi Tenancy with Tenant Identifiers Reporting API and Duration Report External Task Improvements Webapp UI/UX improvements New Supported Environments And More Download Camunda For Free or Run it with Docker. Register for release webinars held in English language and German language where we will present the new features to you. Read the update guide to learn how to update an existing installation or application. See our JIRA for a list of known issues and the section at the end of this post on issues that we are fixing in the near future.

Camunda 7.5.0-alpha4 is here and it is packed with new features. The highlights are: Transparent Multi-Tenancy Access Restrictions Improved Process Instance Migration BPMN Support Large Sets of Process Instances User Experience External Task API Triggering Error Events Prioritization Version Tags for Process Definitions Fine-Grained Task Access Permissions Historic Identity Links WildFly 10 Support 32 Bug Fixes The complete release notes are available in Jira. You can Download Camunda For Free or Run it with Docker. Find a list of known issues in Jira.