Migration Advisory
Customers using Elixir Ambience 3.x ~ 4.x/2020 ~ 2022 are advised to migrate/upgrade to Ambience 2023 and above as there will be no further patches/upgrades to the versions of Akka framework libraries from 01 Sep 2023 onwards due to changes in Akka’s commercial licensing terms:
The official Akka announcement can be found here: Akka License FAQ | Lightbend
What is the Akka framework?
Akka’s messaging framework is used in Ambience 3.x ~ 4.x to send concurrent task messages within an application at runtime while Akka’s HTTP libraries are used for web services in Ambience 2020 ~ 2022 .
The Akka framework will be fully replaced by Elixir’s proprietary web services framework from Ambience 2023 onwards.
What if I choose to continue using Ambience 3.x ~ 4.x/2020 ~ 2022 after 01 Sep 2023 onwards?
Customers who choose to continue using Ambience 3.x ~ 4.x/2020 ~ 2022 can do so. However, there will be no further patches/upgrades to the Akka framework libraries from 01 Sep 2023 onwards.
Our official migration advisory notice can be found here: