New App Services deployments now deploy Sync Gateway 4.0.4. This release includes the following fixed issues and enhancements:

For more information about all changes within this maintenance release, see the Sync Gateway 4.0.4 Release Notes.

This release includes the following fixed issues and enhancements:

For more information about all changes within this maintenance release, see the Sync Gateway 3.3.4 Release Notes.

You can now configure Private Endpoints for App Services directly through the Capella UI. This allows you to secure your application traffic by eliminating exposure to the public internet. The UI provides a streamlined, guided experience for setting up private endpoints, making it easier to establish secure connections between your applications and App Services.

Currently, private endpoints for App Services are only available using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

For more information, see Manage AWS Private Endpoints Using the Capella UI.

New App Services deployments now deploy Sync Gateway 4.0.2. This release includes the following fixed issues:

For more information about all changes within this maintenance release, see the Sync Gateway 4.0.2 Release Notes.

You can now stream App Services operational and audit logs to Dynatrace for proactive troubleshooting and application monitoring.

Dynatrace joins the existing list of supported third-party observability platforms, including Datadog, Sumo Logic, Elasticsearch, Grafana Loki, Splunk, and custom HTTP collectors.

For more information, see Log Streaming.

For more information, see Connect OpenID Connect (OIDC) Providers.

This App Services release introduces the ability to set up bidirectional XDCR between two active App Services clusters. With this capability, you can set up App Services in active standby mode for failover and disaster recovery use cases. Couchbase Lite clients on v4.0 can seamlessly switch between App Services clusters running this version.

App Services 4.0 is compatible with Couchbase Server versions 7.6.4 and above. However, the minimum version of Couchbase Server required for the bidirectional XDCR capability is 7.6.6.

For more information about all changes within this major release, see the Sync Gateway 4.0 Release Notes.

You can now stream App Services operational and audit logs to Splunk for proactive troubleshooting and application monitoring.

Splunk joins the existing list of supported third-party observability platforms, including Datadog, Sumo Logic, Elasticsearch, Grafana Loki, and custom HTTP collectors.

For more information, see Log Streaming.

Capella App Services now offers two setup paths to make it easier for developers to get started and connect their applications:

For more information about the new setup paths, see Setup App Services Cluster.

The Connect tab has been redesigned to make it easier for developers to get started, with:

The Connect tab provides all the necessary connection parameters, prerequisites, installation instructions, code snippets, full code samples, and examples for different connection methods. For more information, see Connect App Endpoint.

A dedicated Home tab for the App Service cluster and its corresponding App Endpoints allows you to view service health and linked resources in a single place.

You can now schedule and manage App Service upgrades on your own timeline without the need to open a support ticket. This new feature offers a simplified upgrade experience. By giving you more control, you can speed up the adoption of fixes and improvements that keep your App Service up to date and performing at their best.

For more information, see Upgrade App Services.

You can now configure App Services with Private Endpoint support. With this feature, applications can connect to and sync data with App Services over a secure private endpoint. Applications can also continue to sync data over a public network. You can configure this functionality via the Capella Management API. Currently, private endpoints for App Services are only available using Amazon Web Services (AWS).

For more information, see Private Endpoints for App Services.

This minor release includes a few internal scalability, indexing, and security-related optimizations. Upgrading to this version does not require any changes to clients to take advantage of the optimizations, which are available automatically on upgrade.

Starting with Sync Gateway 3.3.0, customers can request Capella support to disable the GET /{keyspace}/_all_docs operation on their upgraded clusters. Disabling this feature improves performance and prevents potential misuse of this REST API.

For more information about all changes within this maintenance release, see the Sync Gateway 3.3.0 Release Notes.

This release includes:

For more information about all changes within this maintenance release, see the Sync Gateway 3.2.5 Release Notes.

You can now specify a JWT roles claim in the App Services OIDC user interface to assign roles to App Services users.

For more information, see OpenID Connect (OIDC).

This release includes:

For more information about all changes within this maintenance release, see the Sync Gateway 3.2.4 Release Notes.

The Eventing Service can run one or more Eventing Functions in your cluster to handle data changes according to a real-time Event-Condition-Action model. This update adds the ability to create Eventing Functions that can read and write data from a keyspace (bucket, scope, or collection) that’s linked to an App Services App Endpoint. This expands previous capabilities, which only allowed for read-only bindings.

To create an Eventing Function to use with App Services, you must enable the App Services Compatibility setting.

Deletion protection will block attempts to delete a cluster’s buckets and any linked App Services. For more information about deletion protection, see Change Your Deletion Protection.

To learn more about Audit Logging on Capella App Services, see Audit Logging.

Announcing support for Single Node App Services, tailored specifically for development, testing, and prototyping use cases that do not require high availability (HA). Users can choose from two instance types for each cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) and deploy an App Service on them:

This new offering provides an efficient and cost-effective way to develop, test, and prototype your Mobile and IoT applications. For more information about Single Node App Services, see Create an App Service.

The billing reporting experience has been updated to provide more detailed information about your credit usage among Couchbase Capella’s services, including App Services and clusters. These updates include:

You can manage your data with a high degree of granularity using Scopes and Collections in App Services. You can link collections to a given App Endpoint to make them mobile aware, allowing synchronization of data from the cloud to your mobile and IoT applications.

For more information about Scopes and Collections in App Services and their use cases, see:

New App Services deployments will now deploy Sync Gateway 3.1.8. This release includes general fixes and enhancements - including clarity of messaging for errors, fixes to cluster initialization behavior and improved messaging during the process.

App Services is now available in the Middle East Central (Dammam) Google Cloud region.

URLs associated with App Endpoint APIs now persist in the following scenarios:

Get notified in the toolset of your choice by integrating Capella alert notifications with third-party tools like ServiceNow and more, using an incoming Webhook.

Customers can now configure alert integrations in Capella at the project level using UI or public management APIs. On the receiving side, you can leverage the payload sent with cluster and App Services alert notifications to automate workflows and further meet your organizational observability needs.

For more information, see Alert Integrations.

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a core web security concept allowing users to specify how resources on App Services should be accessed from a different domain via client-side HTTP requests, such as browser-based or PouchDB applications. Users can now configure CORS in App Services on an App Endpoint basis, providing flexibility in configuring how CORS rules in their applications should interact with App Services.

For more information, see CORS Configuration for App Services

Open ID Connect (OIDC) authentications allows users' applications to use Couchbase for data synchronization, delegating the authentication to a third-party server known as the Provider, such as Google+ or PayPal. Users can now configure multiple OIDC Providers in App Services per App Endpoint and use them in their client applications. Specify a Default Provider to simplify client flows, as all client requests are handled by the Default Provider unless explicitly defined otherwise.

For more information, see Set Up an Authentication Provider.

Version 1.0.0 of Terraform Provider for Capella is now available. The first version of the Provider can be used for programmatically managing Capella resources including API keys, users, projects, cluster buckets, app services, and bucket backups. The provider will be continually enhanced to include support for further resources.

You can now store channels and roles as User Extended Attributes (XATTRs) on Capella App Services. This is a more flexible alternative that uses metadata to store access grants outside of the document content, which can then be used to make access control and document routing decisions.

Go to XATTRs for App Services to start using XATTRS for your apps.

Log Streaming provides real-time streaming of App Services operational logs to third-party observability platforms such as Datadog or SumoLogic or self-hosted HTTP logs collectors. Gain insights into application behavior, enable rapid issue detection and resolution to enhance application reliability, performance, and security.

Available at App Services 3.1.2 or higher for Dev Pro and Enterprise customers. Data transfer costs for Log Streaming are billed at the same rate as all other egress costs from App Services

Use Request prompt action for cluster recovery to pre-authorize Capella Support to quickly take remediation actions on clusters or App Services that are in a critical health state. Keep this feature enabled at all times to minimize service disruptions.

For more information, see Request Prompt Action for Cluster Recovery.

HIPAA compliance currently excludes App Services, which will follow-on in a future release.

See the Cloud Trust Center for additional information on the security controls and compliance of the platform.

App Services deployments will retain deleted documents in the server cluster for a period of 60 days following deletion.

This allows disconnected clients to sync down deleted revisions when they come back online, anytime within the 60 day period.

This only impacts clusters with linked app services deployed after this release.

You can now turn off your non-production provisioned clusters when you are not using them, allowing you to save on costs. Turning off your cluster turns off the compute for your cluster but the storage remains — this means that all of your data, schema (buckets, scopes, collections), and indexes remain, as well as your cluster configuration, including users and allow lists. You can turn on and off your cluster on-demand or using a schedule. For example, you can set a schedule for your development cluster to be on from 9 am to 5 pm on week days and off at all other times. Any linked App Service will also be turned off when the linked cluster is turned off.

Capella now automatically notifies you about upcoming upgrades and maintenance jobs on App Services clusters that you manage. A new self-serve maintenance screen enables you to upgrade your App Service, reschedule upcoming maintenance jobs or set your preferred maintenance times. For more information, see App Services Maintenance.

Capella App Services is a fully managed application backend that brings the power of Couchbase Mobile's industry-leading offline-first data sync capability to Capella. Free self-service trials are also available. Check out the App Services Getting Started guide for more details.

Capella App Services free self-service trial now supports Azure. Developers can try out App Services on Azure for free for a 30-day trial period to build mobile, desktop, and embedded apps with offline-first data sync capabilities. App Services brings the power of Couchbase Mobile as-a-service offering to Azure-hosted clusters.

App Services will be generally available in Azure in the near future.

Capella App Services is now generally available on GCP in supported regions worldwide. With this release, we bring the power of Couchbase Mobile as-a-service offering to GCP hosted clusters.