v1.2.1 - Testing and CI Hardening

v1.2.1 - Testing and CI Hardening

This patch release strengthens test coverage, CI reliability, and developer quality gates across the MedTech reference architecture. It includes no intentional breaking changes.

Highlights

• Added reproducible Docker-based test infrastructure for build and test execution.
• Added markdown quality checks with markdownlint enforcement in local and CI workflows.
• Added stronger configuration validation tests for module contracts and argument handling.
• Added security certificate status validation tests for both system and Module 04 security trees.
• Added comprehensive pytest suites for:
  • Module 01 (build, launch, DDS communication, end-to-end flow)
  • Module 02 (recording/replay integration, XML validation)
  • Module 04 (all four threat modes, XML validation)
• Added a GitHub Actions CI pipeline with broad coverage across linting, build, and module test jobs.
• Added root and per-module Python tooling configuration for linting, formatting, and pytest.
• Added pre-commit hooks and development dependency definitions to improve local contributor workflows.

Compatibility and Impact

• Version type: PATCH (SemVer)
• Backward compatibility: Maintained
• Intended impact: Higher confidence in changes, earlier defect detection, and more consistent local/CI results

Contributors

• @franporcel - Testing infrastructure, CI workflow, GitHub CI actions pipeline
• @wcoleman - Docker test infrastructure, functional and documentation review

Full Changelog

• v1.2.0...v1.2.1

v1.2.0 — Unified Build/Launch Orchestration & macOS Support

What's New

This release overhauls how the reference architecture is built and launched,
introduces Python-based security artifact generation, and adds full macOS
(Python 3.9) compatibility.

What's Changed

Centralized Build & Launch

• New top-level build.py and launch.py replace all per-module scripts
  — usage: python3 launch.py <module> [apps] [-s]
• resource/config/scenarios.json provides declarative scenario definitions
  across all modules
• module.json descriptors added for all four modules
• resource/python/scripts/ package handles NDDSHOME resolution,
  architecture detection, OpenSSL discovery, and Connext library path setup

Security Artifact Generation

• Python-based generation via dds_security.py and security_tree.py
  with templates for CA config, governance, identity, and permissions
• Reorganized into a three-tier CA hierarchy:
  TrustedRootCa → TrustedIdentityCa → TrustedPermissionsCa
• Hierarchical ca/, domain_scope/, identity/ layout under both
  system_arch/security/ and modules/04-security-threat/security/

macOS / Cross-Platform

• Python 3.9 compatibility across all scripts (required for macOS default Python)

Build System

• Top-level CMakeLists.txt for unified CMake build orchestration
• rticonnextdds-cmake-utils converted from git submodule to CMake FetchContent

Breaking Changes

• Per-module scripts/ directories (modules 01, 03, 04) have been removed
  — use the top-level build.py / launch.py instead
• system_arch/scripts/platform_setup.py moved to
  resource/python/scripts/platform_setup.py
• Security artifact directory layout restructured — re-run setup_security.py
  and setup_threat_security.py to regenerate artifacts

Full Changelog

v1.1.0...v1.2.0

v1.1.0 — Module 04: Security Threat Demonstration

What's New

Second feature release of the RTI MedTech Reference Architecture, adding a security threat demonstration module and modernizing Module 01's Python stack.

Module 04 — Security Threat Demonstration

Two Python/PySide6 GUI applications (Threat Injector and Threat Exfiltrator) that simulate real-world DDS security attack scenarios — Rogue CA, Forged Permissions, and Expired Certificate — against the operating room bus. Includes dedicated security infrastructure (setup_threat_security.sh, OpenSSL configs, XML governance and permissions templates), DDS configuration (ThreatParticipantLibrary.xml, ThreatQos.xml), launch/kill scripts, and a local DdsUtils.py utility.

Module 01 — Changes

• Migrated Arm.py and PatientMonitor.py from PyQt5 to PySide6 (updated imports, enum-style Qt constants, Signal instead of pyqtSignal, app.exec() instead of app.exec_())
• Replaced manual execute_process codegen in CMakeLists.txt with proper connextdds_rtiddsgen_run targets for Python type generation; added refArchTypesPy custom target
• Updated README to reference PySide6 instead of PyQt5

System Architecture

• Removed volatile durability override from secure-log DataReader QoS profile in Qos.xml
• Updated rticonnextdds-cmake-utils submodule to latest commit
• Added .gitignore for Module 04 security directory to exclude generated certificates, keys, and OpenSSL CA database files

Dependencies

• RTI Connext DDS 7.3.0
• RTI Code Generator (rtiddsgen) 4.3.0
• CMake >= 3.11

Contributors

• @wcoleman — Module 04 implementation, Module 01 PySide6 migration, build and QoS fixes
• @franporcel — Functional and documentation review

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v1.0.0...v1.1.0

v1.0.0 — Initial Stable Release

What's New

Initial stable release of the RTI MedTech Reference Architecture — a modular,
DDS-based demonstration of connected medical technology systems built on
RTI Connext DDS.

Module 01 — Operating Room

Orchestrator (C++), PatientSensor (C++), ArmController (C++), PatientMonitor
(Python/PySide6), and Arm (Python/PySide6) applications demonstrating a
connected surgical environment with renovated real-time GUIs featuring waveform
rendering, arc gauges, and security status indicators.

Module 02 — Record and Playback

Recording Service and Replay Service configurations for capturing and replaying
DDS data from the operating room.

Module 03 — Remote Teleoperation

Routing Service and Cloud Discovery Service configurations supporting three WAN
communication scenarios (direct, cloud-relayed, and cloud-brokered) with
cross-platform launch scripts (bash and batch).

System Architecture

• Shared DDS type definitions (Types.xml)
• QoS profiles for secure and non-secure communication
• XML Application Creation (DomainLibrary, ParticipantLibrary)
• DDS Security infrastructure (CA, identities, governance, permissions)
• Security setup scripts for certificate generation and signing

Dependencies

• RTI Connext DDS 7.3.0
• RTI Code Generator (rtiddsgen) 4.3.0
• CMake >= 3.11

Contributors

• @franporcel — Modules 01–03, teleoperation scenarios, renovated GUIs
• @wcoleman — Refactoring, naming conventions, security consolidation, release infrastructure

Full Changelog

https://github.com/rticommunity/rticonnextdds-medtech-reference-architecture/commits/v1.0.0