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Release note: See v2023.22.0.

⚙️ Customization and Configuration​

Changed and Deprecated Properties​

No properties were changed or deprecated in this release.

New Properties​

  • annotation.compensate.jni.page.normalization (default: false): When set to true, ARender compensates for the page normalization applied by the JNIRenderer microservice so that annotations burned into pages larger than A4 are positioned and sized against the true page dimensions instead of being clipped to A4. This affects every kind of annotation (redactions, highlights, stamps, notes, drawings, …); redactions are the most critical case because a clipped redaction leaves confidential content exposed. See the Redaction section below.

Deleted Properties​

No properties were deleted in this release.

📦 Product​

Technical Changes and Security​

  • Dependencies upgraded: Embedded platform dependencies have been upgraded to address known high-severity vulnerabilities in the networking and serialization libraries. This proactive approach ensures better protection against vulnerabilities. For detailed information about the specific advisories addressed, please contact ARender support.

🔒 Redaction​

Re-redact documents redacted with an affected version​

This release fixes two redaction defects that could leave content exposed in previously published documents:

  • On scanned or image-only PDFs, a redaction now physically removes the underlying page image instead of painting a black box over it. Documents previously redacted this way keep the original image embedded and the content can be recovered.
  • On documents that mix page sizes, a whole-page or zone redaction on a page larger than A4 is no longer clipped to A4 dimensions and now covers the full page area. This defect only occurs with the JNIRenderer microservice; documents rendered with PDFOwl are not affected. Because JNIRenderer is the default renderer on the 2023.x line, applying this fix requires setting annotation.compensate.jni.page.normalization=true (see New Properties).

Action required:

  • Documents that were redacted and published with an affected version should be re-redacted and re-published with v2023.22.0 to guarantee the content is actually removed.

  • If you use the JNIRenderer microservice (the 2023.x default) and redact documents that mix page sizes, set annotation.compensate.jni.page.normalization=true on arender-document-converter (TaskConversion) so whole-page and zone redactions cover pages larger than A4.

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    This compensation must not be enabled when using PDFOwl, as it would misplace redactions.

💻 Behavior Changes​

PDF with a single non-viewable attachment now displays the PDF itself​

A PDF that carries a single non-viewable attachment (such as a .joboptions file) now displays the PDF directly, instead of presenting it as an attachment container. This matches the behavior of a PDF carrying a Factur-X file. Integrations that relied on the attachment-container presentation for such documents should verify that the new behavior fits their workflow.

URL document identifiers accept & and = in query parameters​

Documents opened from a URL whose query string contains & and = characters (for example pre-signed cloud storage links) now open correctly; these characters are no longer mistaken for the internal key-value separators used in the document identifier. No action is required — links that previously failed to open will now resolve as expected.