Welcome to the August 2025 Platform newsletter!

This month the Agentic AI team released an enterprise version of n8n for all Trimble employees. The FileService team has released a new version of the FileService SDK. The AppXChange team continues to update and release new connectors and the Core Platform Operations team is announcing an immutable continuous customer data back-up solution for Data Ocean!

We're streamlining our release notes section and highlighting a broader array of platform content.

n8n now available for Trimble employees!

n8n is a no-code, graphical workflow automation tool for rapid prototyping of AI agent concepts. It is one component of the Agentic AI Platform capabilities currently being developed. n8n’s easy-to-use environment facilitates the iterative development, debugging and validation cycles common in the early agent proof-of-concept phase. An enterprise version of n8n is now available to all Trimble employees.

File Service SDK Release – v2.1.0

The File Service team is proud to announce the release of version 2.1.0 of the File Service SDKs.

This version introduces several new capabilities and features across all supported SDKs. We strongly recommend upgrading to this version to take advantage of the new features, stability improvements, and forward compatibility.

Check out the post on Charlie for complete details:

App Xchange Connector Updates for July

The App Xchange team is excited to announce the latest updates to connectors on the platform!

• Autodesk Construction Cloud
• Intuit QuickBooks Online
• Microsoft Power BI
• Procore
• Trimble ProjectSight
• Trimble Viewpoint Vista

Check out the post on Charlie for complete details:

Data Ocean customer data backup

The Core Platform Operations teams recently concluded a long cycle program to achieve an immutable continuous customer data back-up solution for Data Ocean. Although this solution was also built-into the subsequent FileService PaaS, implementation on DataOcean was more complicated due to the existing large data size and number of files.

Read the post on Charlie for all the details:

UPCOMING EVENTS

Trimble Identity: Account switcher feature

Trimble Identity (TID) has enhanced its My Profile page to display all accounts associated with the logged-in user. For users with multiple accounts, there is now an option to select a default account. Furthermore, any change to the default account will be reflected in the associated account ID within the User Token (JWT) in the next login. The new account switcher feature will be released to production on August 12th, read the notice for more details:

Trimble Identity: SAML Signing Certificate Change

The Trimble Identity current SAML signing certificate will expire on December 2nd and outlines the transition plan for a new certificate. The new certificate will be added to the metadata on August 7th (Stage) and August 12th (Production), with signing commencing on September 5th (Stage) and November 5th (Production). During a transition period, both old and new certificates will be present in the metadata. Read the notice to see what required action you may need to take:

IAM: Changes in the create user endpoint IAM

This is a reminder of the upcoming changes to the Identity and Access Management (IAM) create user endpoints. The POST /users endpoint will transition to supporting only users without email addresses. This change will occur in staging on August 18th and production on August 25th. Read the notice for more information: 

APICloud v2: Security Headers inclusion in Gateway

On August 19th the APICloud team is rolling out important security headers for both the Console and the API Gateway. These headers act as a crucial line of defense, protecting your applications and users from common web threats. Read the notice for complete details:

APICloud v2: API Restructuring

The APICloud team is working on new Provider workflow changes where APIs can have multiple versions and the deployments can be managed against each version. This will involve an API restructuring process for existing APIs published in Stage Console. The new Provider workflow will be pushed into Staging (August 10th) & Production (August 17th) along with this API restructuring changes. Read the notice for all the details:

IoT - Nginx Patching

On August 12th between 2025 12:30 AM UTC - 3:30 AM UTC the NetOps team will be patching the Nginx instances in stage and production. TCP/UDP comms devices are likely to expect five minutes of downtime. No message loss is expected as queued messages from devices would be processed once the service is operational.

Profilex: Upgrade RDS Engine

Profilex will conduct an RDS engine version upgrade activity in Production on August 10th, 2025, between 1:30 am UTC and 2:00 am UTC. During the RDS engine version upgrade activity, the integrators using our production environment will experience 2 minutes intermittent unavailability for invitation calls.

Invitation Service : Template update

Invitation service emails are now updated to include marketing content. Emails sent for inviting new users, existing users, and invitation cancellations will now feature a new footer. This footer will help users to explore various Trimble products. This change will occur in production on August 12th. See the notice for more details.

CDH: Removal of Insecure Address API

CDH has removed the GET /addresses/{addressId} due to security vulnerabilities identified during penetration testing. This change will occur in staging on August 12th and production on August 19th. Read the notice for more details including the recommended action:

RELEASE NOTES

Trimble Identity

• Improved the TID passkey prompt and related messaging in workflows to ensure consistency with the updated passkey prompt.
• Added support for AI tools authorization through Well-Known Configuration.
• Enabled multi-account context switching for data and security management.
• All application users can now retrieve their account ID from the User token JWT.
• Improved handling of missing function attributes in logs and upgraded powertools.
• Ensured users are always prompted for scopes configured to "Always Ask for Consent." for external applications (controlled by feature flag).
• Introduced a default scope requirement during application creation

API Cloud & Cloud Console

• We've enabled auto-scaling for our deployments in the East US and North Europe regions, boosting performance and reliability.
• Enforcing Standards with Trimble Assistant Linting.
• LLM Scoring for Qualitative Metrics.
• A new CSV dataset is now available for tracking qualitative API metrics.
• Streamlined Authorization with IAM Roles.
• Streamlined User Account Management via IAM Integration.
• Consent Configuration for External Account Teams.

File Service

• Enhanced File Expiry Management.
• Streamlined File Download Process
• Added migration functionality to support multiple files in the views folder.
• Read-Only Space Configuration.
• Polling for GET Upload and GET Job Endpoints.
• New /manifest Endpoint.
• Batch Folder Creation.

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

• Dealers can now view owner/admin users and list the address details of associated customer accounts.
• Added new endpoints for dealer account management.
• Account Owner Limitation Enforced.
• Search User by Email Endpoint.
• Enabled audience claim validation for IAM API access.
• RSQL query filter implemented for List Addresses API.

IoT

There have been many internal improvements, see the release notes for details:

Processing Framework

• Update the K8s Orchestrator to prevent continuation after Engine start wait timeout.
• Pod metrics are now being sent to the File Service.

Trimble Access Management (TAM)

• Reduced TAM appliance image size without impacting existing functionality.
• Implemented enhanced validation logic in the TAM command and control system to verify and restrict source identifiers.
• Enhanced the TAM Appliance to support OpenTelemetry (OTEL) log forwarding.
• The command and control module now uses the API Cloud URL for gateway access in non-management APIs, improving consistency and reliability.
• Reduced Unwanted Logs.
• Enhanced Package Deletion.
• Console UI Improvements.

PLATFORM SUPPORT

Important reminder, Cloud Operation Support recently implemented a new ticketing system. Please review the announcement on Charlie for complete details.