Release Notes

Here you can see the full list of changes between nameko versions. Versions are in form of headline.major.minor numbers. Backwards-compatible changes increment the minor version number only.

Version 2.11.0

Released: 2018-08-09

  • Compatibility with kombu 4 and pyamqp 2+, minimum supported kombu version is now 4.2 (#564)

Version 2.10.0

Released: 2018-08-06

  • Bump the minimum supported eventlet version to 0.20.1 (#557)

Version 2.9.1

Released: 2018-07-20

  • SSL connections now supported by all AMQP extensions, configurable using the AMQP_SSL config key. (#524)
  • Restore compatibility with eventlet 0.22+ (#556)
  • Log unhandled worker exceptions at ERROR level instead of INFO (#547)

Version 2.9.0

Released: 2018-05-30

  • RPC reply queues are now set to expire rather than auto-delete, and are no longer exclusive, allowing clients reconnect. Fixes #359.
  • It’s now possible to accept messages in multiple serialization formats. Adds config-based mechanism for specifying custom serializers. See #535.
  • Enhanced environment variable substitution including recursive references. See #515.

Version 2.8.5

Released: 2018-03-15

  • Workaround for a Kombu bug causing new sockets to sometimes have short timeouts. (#521)

Version 2.8.4

Released: 2018-02-18

  • Fixes a bug where the container crashed if the connection to RabbitMQ was lost while an AMQP entrypoint was running (#511)
  • Correction to WorkerContext.immediate_call_id which actually referred to the id of original call. Adds WorkerContext.origin_call_id to replicate the previous behaviour.

Version 2.8.3

Released: 2018-01-12

  • Restrict eventlet to <0.22.0 until we’re compatible.

Version 2.8.2

Released: 2017-12-11

  • Remove the pytest –log-level argument added by the pytest plugin since this conflicts with newer versions of pytest (>= 3.3.0). For older versions this can be restored by installing the pytest-catchlog package.

Version 2.8.1

Released: 2017-11-29

  • Added the ‘show-config’ command which will print the service configuration to the console, after environment variable substitution.

Version 2.8.0

Released: 2017-10-31

  • Environment variables substituted into config files are now interpreted as YAML rather than bare values, allowing use of rich data types.

Version 2.7.0

Released: 2017-10-07

  • Set stopped flag in register_provider() to allow PollingQueueConsumer object reuse [fixes #462]
  • Refactor of AMQP message publishing logic into nameko.amqp.publish
  • Exposes delivery options and other messaging configuration to AMQP-based DependencyProviders. [addresses #374]
  • Class attributes for configuring use_confirms, retry and retry_policy have been deprecated from the Publisher, EventDispatcher, and RPC MethodProxy classes. If you were subclassing these classes to set these options, you should now set them at class instantiation time.

Version 2.6.0

Released: 2017-04-30

  • Environment variables are now interpreted as native YAML data types rather than just strings
  • The WSGI Server now uses an explicit logger so it can be controlled using a logging config
  • Drops several backwards-compatibility shims that were marked as being maintained only until this release

Version 2.5.4

Released: 2017-04-20

  • Don’t block the QueueConsumer thread on the worker pool, which could cause service deadlock and occasional dropped AMQP connections [fixes #428]
  • Revert prefetch count change from 2.5.3 and ack messages outside of the QueueConsumer thread. [fixes #417 more robustly]

Version 2.5.3

Released: 2017-03-16

  • Bump the amqp prefetch_count by 1 to max_workers + 1 to fix throughput issue. [fixes 417]

Version 2.5.2

Released 2017-02-28

  • Improves teardown speed of the rabbit_config pytest fixture
  • Support for providing an alternative reply listener to the standalone RPC proxy

Version 2.5.1

Released 2017-01-19

  • Adds a DependencyProvider to give services access to the config object
  • Internal refactor to make all worker lifecycle steps run in the same thread

Version 2.5.0

Released 2016-12-20

  • Enables publish confirms by default for all AMQP message publishers
  • Refactors common AMQP connection code into nameko.amqp

Version 2.4.4

Released 2016-11-28

  • Adds AMQP heartbeats to Consumer connections
  • Handles an uncaught exception caused by a fast-disconnecting client under Python 3 [fixes #367]

Version 2.4.3

Released 2016-11-16

  • Pins kombu back to a compatible release (<4) [fixes #378]
  • Fixes compatibility with latest bpython and ipython shells [fixes #355 and #375]
  • Fixes socket cleanup bug in websocket hub [fixes #367]

Version 2.4.2

Released 2016-10-10

  • Added support for environment variables in YAML config files

  • Enhanced entrypoint_waiter(). The new implementation is backwards compatible but additionally:

    • Gives you access to the result returned (or exception raised)
    • Adds the ability to wait for a specific result
    • Doesn’t fire until the worker is completely torn down

Version 2.4.1

Released 2016-09-14

  • Enhanced :class: ~nameko.web.server.WebServer with get_wsgi_app and get_wsgi_server to allow easy usage of WSGI middleware and modifications of the WSGI server.
  • Enhanced replace_dependencies() to allow specific replacement values to be provided with named arguments.

Version 2.4.0

Released 2016-08-30

  • Add dictionary access to standalone.rpc.ClusterProxy to allow the proxy to call services whose name is not a legal identifier in python (e.g. name has a - in it).
  • Add the ability to specify a custom ServiceContainer class via config key. Deprecate the keyword arguments to ServiceRunner and run_services for the same purpose.
  • Deprecate the keyword arguments to run_services, ServiceContainer and ServiceRunner.add_service for specifying a custom WorkerContext class. Custom WorkerContext classes can now only be specified with a custom ServiceContainer class that defines the worker_ctx_cls attribute.
  • Remove the context_keys attribute of the WorkerContext, which was previously used to “whitelist” worker context data passed from call to call. It was a feature that leaked from a specific implementation into the main framework, and not useful enough in its own right to continue to be supported.
  • Refactor ServiceContainer internals for better separation between “managed” and “worker” threads. Improved logging when threads are killed.

Version 2.3.1

Released 2016-05-11

  • Deprecate MethodProxy.async in favour of MethodProxy.call_async in preparation for async becoming a keyword
  • Add support for loading logging configuration from config.yaml

Version 2.3.0

Released 2016-04-05

  • Add support for loading configuration file in nameko shell via --config option
  • Changed HttpRequestHandler to allow override how web exceptions are handled
  • Enabled reliable delivery on broadcast events when combined with a custom broadcast_identity. Reliable delivery now defaults to enabled for all handler types. It must be explicitly turned off with broadcast mode unless you override the default broadcast_identity.
  • Update bundled pytest fixtures to use a random vhost in RabbitMQ by default
  • Now requires eventlet>=0.16.1 because older versions were removed from PyPI

Version 2.2.0

Released 2015-10-04

  • Add support for alternative serializers in AMQP messages
  • Add pytest plugin with common fixtures
  • Fix examples in documentation and add tests to prevent future breakage
  • Fix bug handling non-ascii characters in exception messages
  • Various documentation fixes

Version 2.1.2

Released 2015-05-26

  • Refactor the standalone queue consumer for more extensibility

Version 2.1.1

Released 2015-05-11

  • Nameko shell to use bpython or ipython interpreter if available
  • Support for marking entrypoint arguments as sensitive (for later redaction)

Version 2.1.0

Released 2015-04-13

  • Changed default AMQP URI so examples work with an unconfigured RabbitMQ.
  • Heuristic messages for AMQP connection errors.
  • Added six to requirements.
  • Minor documentation fixes.

Version 2.0.0

Released 2015-03-31

  • python 3 compatibility
  • Added HTTP entrypoints and experimental websocket support (contributed by Armin Ronacher)
  • Added CLI and console script
  • Introduction of nameko “extensions” and nomenclature clarification
  • Removal of DependencyFactory in favour of prototype pattern
  • Complete documentation rewrite
  • Spun out nameko.contrib.sqlalchemy into nameko-sqlalchemy as a community extension.
  • Spun out nameko.legacy package into nameko-nova-compat
  • Rename the standalone rpc proxy to ServiceRpcProxy and add a ClusterRpcProxy, using a single reply queue for communicating with multiple remote services.
  • Make the standalone event dispatcher more shell-friendly, connecting on demand.

Version 1.14.0

Released 2014-12-19

  • Remove parallel provider in favour of async RPC
  • Update worker_factory() to raise if asked to replace a non-existent injection.
  • Add various __repr__ methods for better logging
  • Support for timeouts in the (non-legacy) standalone RPC proxy
  • Add helper for manipulating an AMQP URI into a dict

Version 1.13.0

Released 2014-12-02

  • RPC reply queues now auto-delete.
  • Extra protection against badly-behaved dependencies during container kill
  • Make legacy NovaRpcConsumer more robust against failures in the NovaRpc provider.

Version 1.12.0

Released 2014-11-25

  • Add ability to make asynchronous rpc calls using the rpc proxy.
  • Add a new nameko context key user_agent to support including such info in the rpc header.

Version 1.11.5

Released 2014-11-18

  • Have the standalone rpc proxy mark its reply queues as auto-delete, to stop them staying around after use.

Version 1.11.4

Released 2014-11-10

  • Make RpcConsumer more robust against failures in the Rpc provider.
  • Add a new exception MalformedRequest that RPC providers can raise if they detect an invalid message. Raise this exception in the default Rpc provider if args or kwargs keys are missing from the message.
  • Fix issues in queue consumer tests against non-localhost brokers.
  • Upgrade to eventlet 0.15.2.
  • Include pyrabbit in requirements.txt (no longer just for tests).
  • Catch dying containers in the entrypoint_hook to avoid hangs.
  • Add expected_exceptions kwarg to the rpc entrypoint to enable different exception handling (in dependencies) for user vs system errors.

Version 1.11.3

Released 2014-10-10

  • Add more logging for workers killed by kill().

Version 1.11.2

Released 2014-09-18

  • Add a default implementation for acquire_injection (returning None) for dependency providers that are used for side-effects rather than injecting dependencies.

Version 1.11.1

Released 2014-09-15

  • New test helper entrypoint_waiter() to wait for entrypoints (e.g. event handlers) to complete.

Version 1.11.0

Released 2014-09-01

  • Raise a specific RpcTimeout error in the RPC proxy rather than socket.timeout to avoid confusing kombu’s Connection.ensure
  • Improve logging helpers
  • Use inspect.getcallargs instead of shadow lambda for RPC argument checking
  • Add default retry policies to all publishers
  • Stricter handling of connections between tests
  • Workarounds for RabbitMQ bugs described at https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rabbitmq-users/lrl0tYd1L38/discussion

Version 1.10.1

Released 2014-08-27

  • Inspect the service class (instead of an instance) in worker_factory(). Works better with descriptors.
  • Explicitly delete exc_info variable when not needed, to help the garbage collector.

Version 1.10.0

Released 2014-08-14

  • Entrypoint providers’ handle_result is now able to manipulate and modify and return the (result, exc_info) tuple. This enables default post-processing (e.g. serialization, translations)
  • Added serialization safety to legacy RPC entrypoint.

Version 1.9.1

Released 2014-08-12

  • Bugfix to exception handling in nameko.legacy.dependencies

Version 1.9.0

Released 2014-07-15

  • No longer relying on eventlet for standalone RPC proxy timeouts.
  • Introduced RPC entrypoints compatible with the ‘legacy’ proxy.

Version 1.8.2

Released 2014-07-07

  • Documentation generator accepts a function listing event classes and adds to output accordingly.

Version 1.8.1

Released 2014-06-23

  • Adding wait_for_worker_idle test helper.

Version 1.8.0

Released 2014-06-13

  • Now passing exc_info tuples instead of bare exceptions to worker_result and handle_result, to enable exception processing in non-worker greenthreads.

Version 1.7.2

Released 2014-06-10

  • _run_worker() now calls any handle_result method before dependency teardown.
  • Serialization errors now generate a specific error message rather than bubbling into the container.
  • Minor change to nameko_doc output.

Version 1.7.1

Released 2014-05-20

  • Added language, auth_token and user_id dependency providers to make context data available to service workers.
  • Refactored constants into their own module.
  • Minor test changes to enable testing on shared rabbit brokers.

Version 1.7.0

Released 2014-05-07

  • spawn_worker() now throws ContainerBeingKilled if a kill is in progress, since some providers may already be dead. Providers should catch this and e.g. requeue rpc messages. There is a race condition between completing the kill sequence and remaining entrypoints firing.

Version 1.6.1

Released 2014-04-03

  • Revert changes to legacy exception serialization to maintain backwards compatibility with old clients.
  • Add forwards compatibility for future clients that wish to serialize exceptions into more data
  • Promote conftest rabbit manipulations to test helpers

Version 1.6.0

Released 2014-03-31

  • Rename instance_factory to worker_factory
  • Raise IncorrectSignature instead of RemoteError: TypeError if an RPC method is called with invalid arguments.
  • Raise MethodNotFound instead of RemoteError: MethodNotFound if a non-existent RPC method is called.
  • Let log handlers format warning messages so that aggregators group them correctly.
  • Expose the entire dependency provider (rather than just the method name) to the worker context.

Version 1.5.0

Released 2014-03-27

  • Improvements to kill() enabling better tracebacks and cleaner teardown:

    • Using sys.exc_info to preserve tracebacks
    • No longer passing exception into kill(), removing race conditions.
    • No longer requiring exc in kill()

Version 1.4.1

Released 2014-03-26

  • Adds the nameko_doc package, for easing the creation of service-oriented documentation.

Version 1.4.0

Released 2014-03-20

  • RPC calls to non-existent services (no queues bound to the RPC exchange with the appropriate routing key) now raise an exception instead of hanging indefinitely. Note that calls to existing but non-running services (where the queue exists but has no consumer) behave as before.

Version 1.3.5

Released 2014-03-05

  • Increased test resilience. Force-closing existing connections on rabbit reset

Version 1.3.4

Released 2014-03-05

  • Use MagicMock for dependency replacement in test utilities
  • Use autospec=True wherever possible when mocking
  • Merge ServiceContainers into a single class

Version 1.3.3

Released 2014-02-25

  • Bugfixes enabling reconnection to the broker if the connection is temporarily lost.

Version 1.3.2

Released 2014-02-13

  • Dropping headers with a None value because they can’t be serialized by AMQP

Version 1.3.1

Released 2014-01-28

  • Add event_handler_cls kwarg to the event_handler entrypoint, for using a custom subclass of the EventHandler provider

Version 1.3.0

Released 2014-01-23

  • Standalone RPC proxy interface changed to class with contextmanager interface and manual start() and stop() methods.