What's New in 23.3 - 23.4

This topic describes the enhancements and fixes in Connect 23.3 and 23.4.

Performance improvements

The following performance enhancements are available with version 23.3:

Feature	Description
General performance	The following performance improvements are made: Optimized CPU and memory usage. Improved UI performance when multiple connections run in parallel. Memory usage optimization at the end of iterations. Performance improvements when using the has cross references operator.
Gzip encoding	Improved performance resulting from gzip encoding support on the network layer.
Clear Water Marks	The Clear Water Marks operation is optimized by adding it to the core synchronization and moving it to the beginning of the iteration. Clear Water Marks no longer blocks other synchronization threads.
Logging	The logging mechanism is optimized.
Web socket support	Web socket communication no longer blocks synchronization.
Deleted items	Optimization of deleted item detection for the Jira connector.

The following Usability and UI enhancements are available from version 23.3:

Feature	Description
Audit purge	Admins can now configure an audit purge through the user interface. For details, see Audit settings.
Filter validation	A new validation engine checks the filters at the type and data source levels. For details, see Manage connections.
Filter support	Named and free form filters are now supported for Jira and Azure DevOps connectors. For details, see Server-side filters per product.
Global updates	You can use the mfcFullRestClient script to make global updates or perform global searches. For details, see FullRestClient script.

The following Usability and UI enhancements are available from version 23.4:

Feature	Description
Fast connection cloning	Support was added for fast connection cloning. For details, see Clone connections.
Watermark improvements	The Watermark setting mechanism was improved to more accurately record the synchronization times. For details, see Create a connection.
Kanban project support	The Jira connector now supports Kanban projects.
Jira Service desk support	Support for Jira Service desk projects was added, by removing Jira board requirement in data source properties.