Changelog (KNIME Analytics Platform 5.6)

KNIME Analytics Platform 5.6.0

Release date: August 12, 2025

AP-19581: Microsoft Exchange Online Connector (Basic Auth deprecated in March '26) (kudos to @Sajith, @ThomasChen, @taylorpeter55 for reporting 1, 2, 3)

AP-24036: Add "now" and "today" Expression functions that returns the current zoned date time (kudos to @HansS for reporting 1)
AP-24704: Add conversion function for chemistry type to RDKit for python extensions
AP-24675: Support OAuth2 Credentials in Email Connector node
AP-24543: Agent Chat View with tool node views
AP-24524: Make Tool Message Output node aware of message cells
NXT-3551: Minimap
UIEXT-2798: (Extension Development) New API to define KNIME nodes, retiring swing-based dialogs and views
UIEXT-2474: WebUI for DB Table Partitioner (aka DB Partitioning)
UIEXT-2457: WebUI for DB Type Mapper
UIEXT-2447: WebUI for DB Row Sampler (aka DB Row Sampling)
UIEXT-2441: WebUI for SQLite Connector
UIEXT-2440: WebUI for Microsoft Access Connector
UIEXT-2602: DB Joiner - Polishing
AP-24670: Updated Jakarta Mail Library (in Email Extension) to latest version, 2.0.3
AP-24655: Create example for the experimental Python to Java PortObject conversion
AP-24338: Update Google SDK to latest version
AP-24273: Workflow Reader to output flag if workflow was reset during load
AP-23580: Deprecate legacy file handling nodes
NXT-3775: Nodelabel editing exits on pointer-up on empty canvas

AP-24726: Loops with "missing nodes" cause bad exceptions to be thrown when loaded (partially executed) (kudos to @mwiegand for reporting 1)
NXT-3849: Execution progress percentage shown in white (kudos to @trj for reporting 1)
AP-24741: Workflow becomes unloadable if variable name in Credential Configuration is empty
AP-24615: (Internals) Workflow lock is held indefinitely in case holder has OutOfMemory error in lock/unlock
AP-24568: Component update check never discards loaded components