eCAL 6.1.1

• Release Date: 2026-04-02

• GitHub Release Page: eclipse-ecal/ecal

Changelog

# 🚀 eCAL v6.1.1 — Release Notes

This patch release focuses on stability improvements, build system enhancements, and fixes across core modules, logging, monitoring, CI workflows, and Python bindings.

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## ✅ Highlights

### 🧱 Core Improvements
- [#2521](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2521) Enable building the eCAL core without requiring the protobuf library.
- [#2545](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2545) Add IPv4 fallback when IPv6 listener setup fails.
- [#2552](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2552) Fix client call behavior when server connections are closed.
- [#2559](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2559) Ensure deprecated monitoring fields remain serialized for backward compatibility.

### 🧪 CI & Build Enhancements
- [#2576](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2576) Update GitHub Actions to Node.js 24.
- [#2579](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2579) Additional GitHub Actions updates for Node.js 24.
- [#2585](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2585) Activate Python tests in CI.

### 📦 Protobuf & Protozero Fixes
- [#2525](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2525) Fix missing Protozero header required for Ubuntu 20 compilation.
- [#2557](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2557) Fix incorrect `MethodInformation` assignment for server.

### 🕒 Time & Plugins
- [#2527](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2527) Exclude simulation time plugin when `ECAL_USE_PROTOBUF=OFF`.

### 🐍 Python API Fixes
- [#2591](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2591) Fix `TypeError` when accessing monitoring collections in Python.

### 🔧 Utility Enhancements
- [#2593](https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/pull/2593) Add unique ID generation function.

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## 🔗 Full Changelog
https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal/compare/v6.1.0...v6.1.1

Downloads

eCAL Installer

OS	Architecture	Files
Windows	x64	ecal_6.1.1-win64.exe
Ubuntu 24.04	x64	ecal_6.1.1-noble_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 22.04	x64	ecal_6.1.1-jammy_amd64.deb
Ubuntu 24.04	ARM64	ecal_6.1.1-noble_arm64.deb
Ubuntu 22.04	ARM64	ecal_6.1.1-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)