February 11, 2022

To:            Layer7 API Management Customers
From:       The Layer7 API Management Product Team
Subject:   Announcing General Availability of the Layer7 API Developer Portal 5.1 Release 

On behalf of CA, Inc., a Broadcom Company, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services. As a part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we follow a regular, predictable release cadence to deliver updates and maintenance for our products.

Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the Layer7 API Developer Portal 5.1. This new release offers key enhancements to the product set in multiple areas, as outlined below:

• Rate Limits and Quotas for API Management - streamlined management of rate limiting & throughput quota capabilities across organizations and APIs, enabling preconfigured Rate Limits and Quotas to be reused during API publishing.  
• Portal Dashboard: Proxy Errors List - Portal administrators can now view any proxy connectivity issues and API/API key deployment issues from the dashboard using the Proxy errors list. 
• Enhanced Synchronization for API Plans and Account Plans - improved reliability for plans synchronization operations. 
• Organizational Tagging - manage and group related organizations by way of tagging. 
• Portal API (PAPI) Updates - new API endpoints and multiple improvements on existing endpoints.
• Helm Chart Improvements - configurable liveness probe & other chart improvements.
• Support for MySQL 8.0.26 - expanding support for compatibility with cloud-based MySQL versions.
• Miscellaneous library updates - addressing CVEs, including recent log4j vulnerabilities.

For a complete list of enhancements and changes, please see the release notes and product documentation for more information. Information on Layer7 API Management product roadmaps can be arranged through your Broadcom sales/support contacts. We encourage you to visit the API Management information page on the online support website. 

If you have any questions or require assistance please contact Customer Care Online where you can submit an online request using the Customer Care Request Form. You can also call CA Customer Care at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see the phone directory for the local number in your country. Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

Sincerely,

The Layer7 API Management team

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