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# Release-Notes

This document provides the release notes for the release of the A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface).

- Version history A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface)

- Release Data

  - Bronze

  - Cherry

  - E Release

  - F Release

  - F Maintenance Release

  - G Release

  - H Release

  - I Release

  - J Release

  - K Release

  - L Release

## Version history A1 Simulator (previously called Near-RT RIC A1 Interface)

Date | Ver. | Author | Comment
2020-06-12 | 2.0.0 | Henrik Andersson | Bronze Release
2020-12-03 | 2.1.0 | Henrik Andersson | Cherry Release
2021-12-15 | 2.2.0 | Henrik Andersson | E Release
2022-06-29 | 2.3.0 | Henrik Andersson | F Release
2022-08-24 | 2.3.1 | Halil Cakal | F Maintenance Release
2022-12-15 | 2.4.0 | Henrik Andersson | G Release
2023-06-16 | 2.5.0 | John Keeney | H Release
2023-12-14 | 2.6.0 | John Keeney | I Release
2023-12-15 | 2.6.1 | John Keeney | I Release
2024-06-24 | 2.7.0 | John Keeney | J Release
2024-12-19 | 2.8.0 | John Keeney | K Release
2025-07-03 | 2.8.1 | John Keeney | L Release

## Release Data

### Bronze

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/64fb09fb50689f15c41ba61881d8119ea4d3c8b4
Release designation | Bronze
Release date | 2020-06-12
Purpose of the delivery | Dockerized Near-RT RIC A1 simulator that supports multiple versions of the A1 interface.

### Cherry

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/b77c6d13837acd857514cd3640dd0ca729fde1e1
Release designation | Cherry
Release date | 2020-12-03
Purpose of the delivery | Add support for ORAN Spec A1-P v2 and introduce Enrichment simulator.

### E Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/8b22a54a3ec8fd54e88b47c8a91c656ab844a4b3
Release designation | E
Release date | 2021-12-15
Purpose of the delivery | Minor updates

### F Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/595506e290356d26b8eebfab32ef8d3f625cbb0a
Release designation | F
Release date | 2022-06-29
Purpose of the delivery | Added Callout hooks towards external server for create and delete operations

### F Maintenance Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/514637b303ec7dc6390007be1a046189f7a9d169
Release designation | F Maintenance
Release date | 2022-08-24
Purpose of the delivery | Added supplemental simulator behavior interface - kafka for south bound modules

### G Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/7d52964eaddd7052a4a111d4cda468fbb4dad7c5
Release designation | G
Release date | 2022-12-15
Purpose of the delivery | Minor improvements

### H Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/5b2b9ef9df2eda1418e389f29e876bb1fe4a910f
Release designation | H
Release date | 2023-06-16
Purpose of the delivery | a1-simulator:2.5.0 Reduced Image size

### I Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/d9b25321d9bce8a3db88102c127e2aa4436d81c8
Release designation | I
Release date | 2023-12-14
Purpose of the delivery | a1-simulator:2.6.0 Minor improvements & better A1 compliance

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/ae53095259c359f532dc9d2e0056402277379e0c
Release designation | I
Release date | 2023-12-15
Purpose of the delivery | a1-simulator:2.6.1 Fixed minor issue with some Unit tests

### J Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/30a7e6cc823ce459dd750b1edb90b6309dae1401
Release designation | J
Release date | 2024-06-25
Purpose of the delivery | a1-simulator:2.7.0 Updated underlying python version

### K Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/c7911c6458a968adafc7f9a8c5f29b8234f60c45
Release designation | K
Release date | 2024-12-19
Purpose of the delivery | a1-simulator:2.8.0 Updated underlying python version

### L Release

Project | Non-RT RIC
Repo/commit-ID | a1-interface/7c905365b4532d39c34d6c8f0073c4d67d3d8d38
Release designation | L
Release date | 2025-07-03
Purpose of the delivery | a1-simulator:2.8.1 Small improvement in logging