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title: Hacktober, Camunda 8.1 Release, Champion Application Deadline, & More
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Here are the latest updates from the Camunda Universe. Details inside!

| View in browser Hi there,   October is here, and so are Hacktoberfest 2022, a new upcoming Camunda Champion Cohort, and CamundaCon 2022 On-Demand!   We’re so excited to participate in this year’s Hacktoberfest and to see your pull requests! To learn more about how to contribute to open source software, help plant trees where they’re needed most, and score an exclusive t-shirt, click here.   The deadline to apply to become a Camunda Champion is tomorrow, October 14. Check out what it means to become a Champion and submit your application here. VIDEO CamundaCon 2022 Is On-Demand   Our annual event was back last week, both in-person and online. If you missed it live, catch up on over 30 sessions now. Watch on-demand. BLOG   How Camunda 8 Supports Process Automation at Enterprise Scale   Learn about what scaling process automation means, both technically and at the organizational level, and how Camunda 8 was built to support both. Read now. BLOG   Zbchaos — A New Fault Injection Tool for Zeebe See what one of our senior software engineers built during this year’s Summer Hackdays and how you can run your own chaos experiments. Learn more.   NEWS FROM OUR DEVS: PRODUCT UPDATES Camunda Platform 8.1 The first minor release expands our connectors library with out-of-the-box Connectors for Amazon SQS, AWS Lambda, Google Drive, and Slack and officially introduces our Integration Framework to build custom Connectors for any system or technology with Connector SDK and Connector Templates.   Upgrades to modeler add our FEEL expression editor and intelligent code completion to map and transform data faster and more accurately.   Self-hosted environments now have official support for Amazon EKS and OpenShift, as well as a beta version of Web Modeler to experience online collaboration features. Camunda Platform 7.18 This release delivers on several requests from customers and our community. Cockpit's updated batch operations view and user experience make it easier to manage high-volume batches safely.   Enhancements to log files now offer greater context to help fix incidents efficiently; logs contain the activity name, the engine, and the process definition key.   This release extends the list of supported application servers to include IBM WebSphere Liberty and more. UPCOMING EVENTS October 18 Webinar - Camunda Platform 7.18 Release - Register Now October 25 Webinar - Camunda Platform 8.1 Release - Save Your Seat October 27 Camunda Question Corner - Join Live Later This Month View All Events COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS We are always blown away by our amazing community! Here is a contribution from the past month that we're really excited about: Thymeleaf FEEL: This project provides a simple way to evaluate Thymeleaf templates with FEEL expressions. Are you looking to connect with your local Camunda community? Then head to the Camunda meet-up page, browse through the Chapters and join one (or many)! Here are few to consider: Camunda Chapter: Brazil (Portuguese). Hybrid format in Rio de Janeiro on October 21. Sign up now. Camunda Chapter: Berlin (English). Virtually from Berlin on October 25. Sign up now. KEEP IN TOUCH Our community makes us who we are. We encourage you to ask questions and share feedback. Reach out to us at community@camunda.com. Like this newsletter? Tell your friends about it!   Luca Buchholz Community Manager at Camunda       © 2022 Camunda - All Rights Reserved Camunda Inc., Suite 1600, 475 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA, +1 415-513-0111 Manage preferences |
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