1.4.10

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1.4.9

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1.4.8

Release Notes - Version 1.4.8

Release notes for actor4k version 1.4.8, covering changes since version 1.4.6.

🚀 Features & Enhancements

• Actor Termination: Introduced a formal terminate feature for actors. This includes:
  • Enhanced Actor lifecycle management with proper handling of termination states.
  • Support for graceful shutdown and state transitions.
  • New terminate() methods in ActorRef and LocalRef.
  • Integrated termination support in ClusterActorRef and RPC services.
• Multiplatform Support:
  • Added iosSimulatorArm64 target support across all multiplatform configurations.
  • Added iosX64 target support across all multiplatform configurations.

🛠 Dependencies Updates

• Kotlin: Bumped from 2.3.0 to 2.3.10.
• Ktor: Bumped from 3.3.3 to 3.4.0.
• Kotlinx Serialization: Bumped from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0.
• Log4k: Bumped from 1.1.2 to 1.3.2.
• Gradle Wrapper: Updated from 9.2.1 to 9.3.1.
• Maven Publish Plugin: Bumped from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0.

📝 Documentation

• Updated documentation and API reference for version 1.4.7.

🧪 Testing

• Added comprehensive tests for the new Actor termination feature (ActorTerminateTests.kt)

Full Changelog: 1.4.6...1.4.8

1.4.7

Release Notes - Version 1.4.7

Release notes for actor4k version 1.4.7, covering changes since version 1.4.6.

🚀 Features & Enhancements

• Actor Termination: Introduced a formal terminate feature for actors. This includes:
  • Enhanced Actor lifecycle management with proper handling of termination states.
  • Support for graceful shutdown and state transitions.
  • New terminate() methods in ActorRef and LocalRef.
  • Integrated termination support in ClusterActorRef and RPC services.
• Multiplatform Support: Added iosSimulatorArm64 target support across all multiplatform configurations.

🛠 Dependencies Updates

• Kotlin: Bumped from 2.3.0 to 2.3.10.
• Ktor: Bumped from 3.3.3 to 3.4.0.
• Kotlinx Serialization: Bumped from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0.
• Log4k: Bumped from 1.1.2 to 1.3.2.
• Gradle Wrapper: Updated from 9.2.1 to 9.3.1.
• Maven Publish Plugin: Bumped from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0.

📝 Documentation

• Updated documentation and API reference for version 1.4.7.

🧪 Testing

• Added comprehensive tests for the new Actor termination feature (ActorTerminateTests.kt)

Full Changelog: 1.4.6...1.4.7

1.4.6

Release Notes - Version 1.4.6

This release introduces configurable shutdown delays, major dependency upgrades, and improvements to test stability and documentation.

🚀 New Features & Improvements

• Configurable Shutdown Intervals: Added new configuration options to ActorSystem.Conf to fine-tune the shutdown process:
  • shutdownInitialDelay: Initial wait before starting the shutdown.
  • shutdownPollingInterval: Frequency of checking for remaining active actors.
  • shutdownFinalDelay: Delay after shutdown completion before resetting system status.
• Actor System Lifecycle: Updated the shutdown method to utilize these new configurable delays, providing better control over application termination.

🛠 Maintenance & Dependency Upgrades

• Kotlin 2.3.0: Upgraded the project to Kotlin version 2.3.0.
• Gradle 9.2.1: Upgraded the Gradle Wrapper to version 9.2.1.

⚙️ Refactoring

• Minor cleanups in Actor behavior checks and test parameter naming.
• Adjusted i

What's Changed

• Make shutdown polling intervals configurable by @darren-gibson in #75

New Contributors

• @darren-gibson made their first contribution in #75

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1.4.5

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1.4.4

Release Notes — actor4k v1.4.4 (2025-12-01)

Highlights

• New builders for routers: routerActorOf and tellOnlyRouterActorOf for more flexible router creation.
• Simpler actor creation: simpleActorOf introduced for concise setup with state and lifecycle handlers.
• API refinements in core actor APIs and protocol definitions, plus updated examples and docs.
• Dependency updates and CI maintenance.

Added

• routerActorOf and tellOnlyRouterActorOf to create router actors with clearer message flow semantics. (84f8034)
• simpleActorOf helper for streamlined actor creation. (0f458e9)
• actorOf extension function variant and documentation. (34dcaf1)

Changed

• Refined parameter naming and simplified onActivate signature in actorOf. (2859ec8)
• Distinct message kind handling in ActorProtocol. (84f8034)
• Renamed SimpleActorMessage/SimpleActorResponse → SimpleMessage/SimpleResponse. (2859ec8)
• Documentation refresh for actor builders; examples aligned with new APIs. (3c859ae, 84f8034)

Migration notes:

• If you relied on actorOf lifecycle hooks, move that logic to explicit handlers provided by simpleActorOf or manage lifecycle via your actor state and message handling.
• Update imports and types: replace any usage of SimpleActorMessage/SimpleActorResponse with SimpleMessage/SimpleResponse.
• Adjust code to the simplified onActivate signature where used.

Dependencies & Build

• Bump ktor from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3. (55f7d8f)
• CI: actions/checkout bumped from 5 to 6. (13ba0f0)
• Gradle build script cleanups and dependency tidy-up. (235b40e)

Documentation

• Added documentation for version 1.4.4. (7eadf5f)
• Refined actor builder docs and examples. (3c859ae, 84f8034)

Full commit list (since 1.4.3)

• 7eadf5f — Added documentation for 1.4.4.
• 55f7d8f — Bump ktor from 3.3.2 to 3.3.3.
• 3c859ae — Refactor actor builder documentation and examples.
• 84f8034 — Add routerActorOf and tellOnlyRouterActorOf; improve message kind distinction in ActorProtocol; update examples/docs.
• 2859ec8 — Refactor actorOf and related: parameter names, simplified onActivate, rename SimpleActorMessage/SimpleActorResponse → SimpleMessage/SimpleResponse; update README and add tests.
• 0f458e9 — Add simpleActorOf for simplified actor creation.
• a59bd2c — Remove lifecycle hooks from actorOf; replace MutableStateFlow with MutableState; update docs.
• 34dcaf1 — Add actorOf extension function and documentation.
• 13ba0f0 — Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6.
• 235b40e — Build scripts refactor and dependency updates; bump project version to 1.4.3.

Full Changelog: 1.4.3...1.4.4

1.4.3

What's Changed

• Bump dokka from 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #69
• Bump kotlin from 2.2.20 to 2.2.21 by @dependabot[bot] in #70
• Bump ktor from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #71

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1.4.2

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1.4.1

What's Changed

• Bump kotlin from 2.2.10 to 2.2.20 by @dependabot[bot] in #63
• Bump ktor from 3.2.3 to 3.3.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #64
• Bump gradle/actions from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #65
• Bump io.github.smyrgeorge:log4k from 1.1.0 to 1.1.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #66
• Bump io.github.smyrgeorge:log4k from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #68
• Bump ktor from 3.3.0 to 3.3.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #67

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