3.9 Major Release Items
What's New
Introducing the New In-line & Free Text Masking
Introducing a new Presidio-powered masking capability designed for unstructured fields such as descriptions, comments, and notes. This enhancement brings data protection to free text content, extending masking coverage beyond traditional structured columns and strengthening overall data privacy.
Smart Readiness Indicators
New status tiles have been added to the Execution Console page, allowing users to quickly verify system readiness before execution.
Pre-Execution Review for Profiling and Masking
A new confirmation step has been added before running Profiling or Masking jobs. This review screen highlights key configuration details, helping users verify settings and prevent accidental executions.
Expanded Multi-Cloud Data Source Support
We've broadened our data connectivity options to support more cloud platforms, enabling greater flexibility for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Newly supported connections include:
- Google AlloyDB
- Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
- Amazon Aurora MySQL
Validation Revolution
Validation has been completely re-engineered to run in real time, validating each column immediately after it's masked rather than waiting for the entire job to finish. Results are written live into the report, giving users instant visibility into masking accuracy as the process runs.
The new parallelised validation engine now supports all masking functions - including custom logic - ensuring complete, consistent validation coverage across every data scenario.
Changes
Centralised Logging and Backup
All file-based logs and output backups are now stored in a single global logging directory, making it easier to manage and retain backups - especially in recycled or containerised environments where persistent file mounting is required.
Dynamic Bulk Upload Data Sample
Bulk upload samples now auto-adjust to match the selected Data Source Type, providing the correct format instantly and streamlining multi-source setup.
Fixed-width Data Source
A new footer configuration option has been added for Fixed-width data source connections, bringing greater consistency across all file-based connection types.
Fixed Issues
MYSQL Masking
- Improved performance for chunked fixed-value masking operations, significantly reducing execution time.
Oracle Profiling
- Corrected an issue where row count data was occasionally not captured during profiling.
MongoDB Profiling
- Resolved a condition where column statuses could remain in Queued state after scans completed.
Deprecation Notice
Parameter Field in Pattern Configuration
As announced in the previous release, the Parameter field in the Pattern Configuration UI has now been fully deprecated and is no longer supported starting from this release (v3.9). This enforcement is part of our system-wide update to streamline and standardise masking logic via structured configuration options under Additional Configuration.
What You Need To Know
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Any existing configurations that still rely on the Parameter field will not function as expected.
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All masking logic or values previously set under the Parameter field are migrated into the appropriate fields, such as Fixed Value, Chunk Size, or other relevant options.