The 6.2.1 release is a maintenance release which includes developer productivity, usability, security and performance improvements.
Application Template
A new Oqtane Application Template was introduced in the 6.2 release which greatly improves the developer experience when developing Oqtane applications. Based on community feedback, the template was improved in a variety of ways in the 6.2.1 release. In particular, some developers experienced inconsistent debugging behavior with the initial template in their Visual Studio environment. After a lengthy investigation the root cause was eventually identified as a missing Nuget package reference which has now been resolved. In addition, the initial version of the template included copies of the static assets from the Oqtane.Server project within the application... and in 6.2.1 the static assets are now inherited from the Oqtane.Server Nuget package. The template was also enhanced to dynamically generate unique GUIDs for projects within the solution file, unique port numbers for the development web server, and configuration was added to allow it to behave correctly within the Visual Studio / Add New Project dialog flow (the .NET CLI flow is also fully supported).
Profile Management
Profile Management allows you to dynamically define the user profile fields for a site. Oqtane already included the ability to specify options for a field so that a user could select from a list of available choices. This has been enhanced so that it is now possible to define distinct names and values for each option. In addition, it has been enhanced to integrate with the Settings API so that options can be dynamically retrieved for an entity.
Radzen Text Editor Links
A new default text editor was introduced in Oqtane 6.2 based on the Radzen UI component library. Ben Zhong (@zyhfish) enhanced the text editor in the 6.2.1 release to provide deeper integration with Oqtane's native file management capabilities. It is now possible to create links within your content to files you have uploaded to a site.
Migration History
The Oqtane Framework uses EF Core for integrating with SQL Server, SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL databases. EF Core provides capabilities for standard data access as well as schema management through data migrations. In Oqtane, data migrations are applied automatically at startup and it is sometimes useful to be able to validate that specific migrations have been applied to a database. A new feature was added to the 6.2.1 release in System Info which allows you to view all entries in the migration history table.
**Note that custom modules are not required to use EF Core, they are free to use their preferred data access approach (including SQL scripts for migrations if desired).
OIDC Single Logout (SLO)
OIDC Single Logout (SLO) is a feature that allows a user to sign out of their identity provider (IdP) and all connected applications in a single action. This process ensures all sessions are closed, providing a consistent and secure logout experience across multiple services. The 6.2.1 release provides support for Single Logout using the back-channel approach (server-to-server communication). It should be noted that not all identity providers support Single Logout and that some configuration may be required within an identity provider's settings to enable this feature.
Admin Dashboard
The Admin Dashboard within Oqtane provides access to the vast array of management capabilities offered by the framework.
Security
This release has been upgraded to the latest .NET SDK version 9.0.9 which includes security patches for any issues identified in prior .NET 9 SDK releases from Microsoft.
Open Source
To date, the open source project has recorded over 3201 pull requests from 58 contributors and has published 59 official releases, which ranks it among the most active open source projects within the .NET Foundation. The Oqtane framework continues to evolve at a rapid pace to meet the needs of the .NET community. The 6.2.1 release is available for download on Github and is running in production at https://www.oqtane.org, https://www.blazorcms.net, and https://www.blazorkit.net.