Eclipse Tractus-X Release 25.09 – Preview & Highlights

[stephanbcbauer]

The upcoming Tractus-X Release 25.09 is packed with advancements in data sovereignty, connector improvements, traceability, developer tooling, and real-world interoperability. Below is a curated overview of what’s being delivered for our community and adopters.

Based on the planned features (open planning for release 25.09) we expect the following features/benefits been implemented in release 25.09

🔐 Data Sovereignty & Secure Data Exchange

• Support for multiple wallet providers to avoid vendor lock-in:
  #1169 – Implementation of Onboarding Process for Multiple Wallet Providers

• BYOW (Bring Your Own Wallet) onboarding process for increased decentralization:
  #1160 – Implementation of Onboarding Process and DCP Issuance Flow for BYOW

• New policy constraints and catalog scope adaptations from the Data Sovereignty Expert Group:
  #1311 – Provide support for additional policy constraints
  #1310 – Adapt Default Scope for catalog requests

• Data plane for push-style provider transfers, removing current anti-patterns:
  #1150 – Implementation of Dataplane that supports Non-Finite Provider Push Transfers

🔁 Business Partner & Master Data Enhancements

• Extended BP search with better filtering & characteristics:
  #1318 – Extension of BP search function (Portal FE Part)
  #1319 – Portal FE Implementation of Enhanced BPDM Search Function
  #1148 – Set up access to ALL BP data records in CX-Pool

• Support for successor/predecessor relationships, improving lifecycle tracking:
  #1231 – Create Business Partner Successor and Predecessor Relationships

• Hierarchical management of BPNLs and legal entity linkage:
  #1181 – BPNL Hierarchy Implementation
  #907 – Add legal entity in own company data via Portal UI

📦 SDKs, Use Cases & Developer Enablement

• TX SDK usage for data consumption and contract reuse (do_get, do_post):
  #1314 – Data Consumer Capabilities with do_get & do_post

• Industry Core Hub UI enhancements to show real use cases like DPP or Certificates:
  #1315 – Implement first use case Add-on in Industry Core Hub UI
  #1313 – Industry Core Hub Data Consumption

• Test automation and code coverage standardization:
  #1320 – Cypress Test Automation Enhancement
  #1300 – Code Coverage Measurement and Reporting per Tractus-X Project

📈 Connector & Compatibility Improvements

• Improved compatibility between connector versions to reduce integration issues:
  #1188 – Improve Compatibility Tests

• Connector testing and structured logging for better diagnostics:
  #1270 – Improve Connector testing
  #1280 – Implement structured logging in tractusx-edc
  #1305 – Provide event information in logs

• Support for latest interoperability standards (CX-0018, DCP 1.0, DSP 2025-1):
  #1269 – Support of DCP 1.0
  #1268 – Support of DSP version 2025-1 with DID as identifier

🔍 Traceability & Quality in the Supply Chain

• Traceability enhancements for defect/root cause analysis across the value chain:
  #1244 – Implementation of new DT qualityTask in existing Traceability KIT

• Support for block notifications and visualizations of part relationships:
  #1176 – Implement Block Notification Functionality
  #1172 – Show & Export relationships between own parts and supplier parts

• Traceability KIT extensions for simulations and notifications:
  #1293 – Adaption of Traceability KIT - Block Notification
  #1265 – DCM: KIT - Simulation Content

☁️ Infrastructure & Deployment

• Umbrella HELM Chart deployment improvements for production-readiness (TRL7):
  #1303 – Cloud Deployment Readiness for the Umbrella HELM Charts

• Vault-based secret management and TLS for secure deployments
  (included in the Umbrella HELM enhancements above)

🧰 General Enhancements

• #721 – Support Mass Data Files as Submodels of Digital Twins
• #720 – Harmonization of Catena-X Aspect Models
• #812 – Better Support of Company Short Names
• #960 – Enable Shared IDP in OSP invite api

🧪 KIT Updates & Maintenance

Several KITs will be updated or released in 25.09, including:

• Data Trust and Security KIT
  #1281 – Release of Data Trust and Security KIT

• Requirements KIT
  #1282 – Release of Requirements KIT

• Customs KIT
  #1296 – Adaption of Customs KIT with further technical details

• DCM KIT
  #1264 – DCM: KIT Maintenance

📊 Overall Release Goals

• Improve developer experience
• Enable reliable and scalable data exchange
• Support compliance and sovereign data governance
• Enhance traceability and business partner transparency
• Provide standardization across tools and APIs

🗓 Expected Release Date: September 2025
🔗 For full issue tracking and contributions: Tractus-X on GitHub