Beta and deprecated Features

Beta

This page lists all features currently in beta. Beta features are functional but may change in future versions without prior notice. We encourage you to share your feedback on these features to help us improve them.

Feature	Description	Since	Planned Release
API Service	Access external data from REST APIs in the frontend, menus, forms, and HTTP controllers.	1.4.0	2.1.0
Alarm Grouping	Group alarms (or other groups) into a parent-children hierarchy. Group properties can be inherited from children or set statically.	1.2.0	2.3.0
Alarm Table grouping	Display grouped alarms in tables with hierarchical views. Alarms can be displayed by groups or all at the same level.	2.0.0	2.3.0
Alarm groups prompt for menus	New menu prompt type to retrieve alarm groups for joining alarms into existing groups.	2.0.0	2.3.0
Attachments on alarms and collections with osp-storage	Upload and attach files to alarms or collection entries. Retrieved through menus, journal entries, forms, and reports.	2.1.0	2.3.0
Collection table - User subscriptions list	Display list of users currently viewing/editing a collection entry with their last update time.	2.1.0	2.5.0
Composer environment configuration	Define and pre-configure environments and validation settings for repositories. Environment can be automatically selected when executing playbooks.	2.1.0	2.3.0
Composer template - execution rule	QuickPick now shows all available environments for playbooks with multiple environments. Execute for all matching environments.	2.1.0	2.2.0
Discovery Widget	Retrieve and display the properties of network-accessible structured devices (currently BACnet). Allows inspecting device objects and properties and exporting them.	2.1.1	2.3.0
Enrich Keycloak Token	Fetch user group information from external sources not natively supported by Keycloak and inject it into the ID token for rights management.	1.4.0	2.2.0
Helm Deployment	Deploy OnSphere using a Helm chart on Kubernetes. Covers the basic default configuration setup.	2.0.0	2.4.0
Helm Chart Values Reference	Full reference for all configurable options in the OnSphere Helm chart values file.	2.0.0	2.4.0
Icons for map - Static and dynamic icons	Display geographic data with support for static and dynamic icons on GeoJSON points.	1.2.0	2.2.0
Module restart handling (hot reload)	Avoid container recreation when configuration changes. Application still restarts completely, but more quickly.	2.1.0	2.4.0
OPC-DA	OPC Data Access protocol support for connecting to legacy industrial automation systems.	1.2.0	2.6.0
Templating Generation	Generate configuration files from templates with file inheritance support.	2.0.0	2.2.0
Unmanaged Orchestrator	Installation mode that gives full control over the application lifecycle to the integrator (installation, updates, and removal).	2.0.0	2.3.0
VSCode Composer - Template Security	Configure environment safeguard to prevent pushing templates built for one environment to another (e.g., TEST to PROD).	2.1.0	2.2.0
Milestone	Integration with Milestone xProtect VMS. Access Milestone features (cameras, video, etc.) from OnSphere dashboards.	1.2.0	2.3.0

Deprecated

This page lists features and modules that have been deprecated or removed from OnSphere.

• Deprecated — still functional but will be removed in a future version. Migrate away as soon as possible.

• Removed — no longer available.

Category	Element	Since	Status	Planned Removal	Replacement / Note
Module	osp-envoy	v2.1.0	Removed	v2.1.0	Module was unused and has been fully removed
BACnet	Fields objectType, objectIndex, property	v2.0.0	Removed	v2.1.0	Restructured into the new object field (type, instance)
Script execution	executionConfiguration.allowNativeAccess	v2.1.0	Removed	v2.1.0	Native interface access is no longer allowed in scripts
Script execution	executionConfiguration.allowHostClassLoading	v2.1.0	Removed	v2.1.0	Loading Java classes from scripts is no longer allowed
Script execution	executionConfiguration.allowInnerContextOptions	v2.1.0	Removed	v2.1.0	Loading new execution contexts from scripts is no longer allowed
Module	osp-video osp-kurento	v1.4.0	Deprecated	End 2026	Use osp-media instead (WebRTC replaced by HLS)
BACnet	Write control via BOOLEAN null value (for writing to value with prioritized array (reset to null))	v2.1.0	Deprecated	Mid 2027	Use the native BACnet null value to release a previously written state
Script API — Alarms	alarms.create() / alarms.insert() (legacy signature)	v1.4.0	Deprecated	Start 2028	Use the builder pattern instead
Script API — Alarms	operations.ignore(), operations.remove()	v1.4.0	Deprecated	Start 2028	—