F5 NGINX Plus Release 35 (R35) is now available!
Learn more about the R35 release, including feature details, changes to platform support, other enhancements, and bug fixes on the official release article.
New and enhanced features in NGINX Plus R35 include:
ACME protocol support: This release introduces native support for Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol in NGINX Plus. The ACME protocol automates SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management by enabling direct communication between clients and certificate authorities for issuance, installation, revocation, and replacement of SSL certificates.
Automatic JWT Renewal and Update: This capability simplifies the NGINX Plus renewal experience by automating the process of updating the license JWT for F5 NGINX instances communicating directly with the F5 licensing endpoint for license reporting.
Native OIDC Enhancements: This release includes additional enhancements to the Native OpenID connect module, adding support for Relying party (RP) initiated Logout and UserInfo endpoint for streamlining authentication workflows.
Support for Early Hints: NGINX Plus R35 introduces support for Early Hints (HTTP 103), which optimizes website performance by allowing browsers to preload resources before the final server response, reducing latency and accelerating content display.
QUIC – CUBIC Congestion Control: With R35, we have extended support for congestion algorithms in our HTTP3/QUIC implementation to also support CUBIC which provides better bandwidth utilization resulting in quicker load times and faster downloads.
NGINX Javascript QuickJS - Full ES2023 support: With this NGINX Plus release, we now support full ES2023 JavaScript specification for QuickJS runtime for your custom NGINX scripting and extensibility needs using NGINX JavaScript.