# Release 553 - August 2024

# New features

  • No new features

# Improvements

  • The administration backend is now a standalone app and can run outside a Tomcat container, making installation and maintenance easier.
  • Field descriptions in the UIC918.3 barcode structure document are in a more readable format.
  • Internal tooling was added to parse load balancer log files for better analysis
  • Internal communication between the loadbalancer and the backend service is now https
  • Lambda functions have been updated to NodeJS 20 and AWS sdk version 3, and packaging has been streamlined.

# Bug fixes

  • Fixed a problem where PNG images of barcodes with lesser data than usual have a white border.
  • Fixed a problem where product definitions could produce tickets which would not validate on any line number.
  • Fixed a problem where in rare cases a connection handler would not do proper cleanup after an unplanned disconnect.