Version 5.18 updates

Version 5.18.0

• Released on 2026-07-07

General

• Feature add ECF_DIRNAME/ECF_BASENAME generated variables ECFLOW-2071

• Feature enable state propagation for Mirror attribute, via new --propagate option GH#353

• Feature enable ecflow_client --query variable /:name to retrieve variables attached to the server itself ECFLOW-2108

• Improvement add username to failed Authentication/Authorisation messages ECFLOW-2097

• Improvement suppress noisy Mirror poll debug messages ECFLOW-2098

• Improvement add GitHub Action and Dockerfile to build/publish the ecFlow Docker image

• Fix correct Resource values (memory/page size) in Server Information panel to match expected units ECFLOW-2096

REST

• Feature add new .../info endpoint to provide node information ECFLOW-2105

Python API

• Improvement enable dynamic attributes on ecflow Python objects ECFLOW-2100

• Improvement allow creating Variables with any Python integer ECFLOW-2100

• Improvement reorganise and improve the Python API documentation ECFLOW-2101

• Fix correct comparison/equality operators and string conversion of enums for invalid values ECFLOW-2100

ecFlowUI

• Feature automatically reload and scroll to the latest job output content, with new “Output refresh rate” Preference ECFLOW-2065

• Improvement replace boost::property_tree with new (drop-in) ecf::PTree implementation ECFLOW-1922

Documentation

• Improvement add Related Tools section to the User Manual

• Improvement clarify the Cron attribute documentation

• Improvement improve the description of Suite variables GH#354

• Fix correct ECF_JOB_CMD definition in documentation GH#360