eCAL 6.0.2

• Release Date: 2026-04-02

• GitHub Release Page: eclipse-ecal/ecal

Changelog

# 🚀 eCAL v6.0.2 — Release Notes

This patch release brings important stability fixes, improved compatibility, cleaner build behavior, and multiple enhancements across core, Python, CI, and documentation.

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## ✅ Highlights

### 🧱 Core & Networking
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2388 - Fixed move operators of `CPublisher` and `CSubscriber`.
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2544 -  Added IPv4 fallback when IPv6 listener setup fails.
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2551 -  Fixed client calls occurring on closed server connections.

### 🐍 Python
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2434 -  Added support for recent protobuf versions.
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2592 -  Fixed `TypeError` when accessing monitoring collections.
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2584 - Activated Python tests in CI.
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2432 -  Updated `cibuildwheel` action to version 3.3.

### 📦 Protobuf & Build System
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2558 - Fixed incorrect setting of `MethodInformation` for Server.

### 🧪 CI & Platform Updates
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2450 - Updated macOS GitHub Actions runner from version 13 → 15.
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2580 - Updated more GitHub Actions to Node.js 24.

### 🔧 Utility Enhancements
- https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2594 - Added unique ID generation function.

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## 🔗 Full Changelog
https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/compare/v6.0.1...v6.0.2

Downloads

eCAL Installer

OS	Architecture	Files
Windows	x64	ecal_6.0.2-win64.exe
Ubuntu 24.04	x64	ecal_6.0.2-noble_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 22.04	x64	ecal_6.0.2-jammy_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 24.04	ARM64	ecal_6.0.2-noble_arm64.deb
Ubuntu 22.04	ARM64	ecal_6.0.2-jammy_arm64.deb

Python Binding

OS	Architecture	Files
Windows	x64	Python 3.14 (.whl) Python 3.14 (.whl) Python 3.13 (.whl) Python 3.12 (.whl) Python 3.11 (.whl) Python 3.10 (.whl) Python 3.9 (.whl) Python 3.8 (.whl)
Linux (All)	x64	Python 3.14 (.whl) Python 3.14 (.whl) Python 3.13 (.whl) Python 3.12 (.whl) Python 3.11 (.whl) Python 3.10 (.whl) Python 3.9 (.whl) Python 3.8 (.whl)
Linux (All)	ARM64	Python 3.14 (.whl) Python 3.14 (.whl) Python 3.13 (.whl) Python 3.12 (.whl) Python 3.11 (.whl) Python 3.10 (.whl) Python 3.9 (.whl) Python 3.8 (.whl)