| name | mta-release-notes |
| metadata | {"author":"rhoai3-coding-demo","version":"1.0.0","platform-family":"mta","platform-baseline":"repo","ocp-baseline":"repo","skill-group":"Application Modernization"} |
| description | Use when checking MTA 8.2 release notes, new features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated features. Do NOT use for installing (use mta-install), using tools (use mta-cli/mta-ui), or AI features (use mta-lightspeed).
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MTA Release Notes
Use this skill to ground Migration Toolkit for Applications release information
in the official Red Hat MTA 8.2 release notes.
Source Grounding
Read references/source-capture.md before using product behavior. Official Red
Hat documentation is product authority.
Release Summary
Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA) 8.2 accelerates large-scale
application modernization across hybrid cloud environments on Red Hat OpenShift.
The 8.1 release builds on MTA 8.0 with centralized configuration management,
LLM proxy service support, new Developer Preview features, and multiple bug
fixes.
Key releases covered:
- MTA 8.2.0 — centralized configuration, LLM proxy, C# provider, VS Code
extension pack
- MTA 8.0.1 — pre-generated Maven index, Cloud Foundry fixes, FQN matching
- MTA 8.0.0 — Developer Lightspeed, platform awareness, asset generation,
new VS Code plugin, Solution Server (TP), Agentic AI (TP)
Key Topics
- New features: centralized configuration management (profiles and custom
rules), LLM proxy service via Keycloak JWT, C# provider (Developer Preview),
VS Code extension pack (Developer Preview)
- Technology Preview / Developer Preview: C# source-only provider, VS Code
extension pack with language-specific extensions, Solution Server, Agentic AI
- Known issues: Gradle dependency violations not triggered in UI
- Fixed issues: Source Control credential character limit, non-UTF-8 static
report display, Cloud Foundry service binding discovery
- Removed features (8.0): XML rules removed, Eclipse IDE plugin removed
Workflow
- Confirm the active baseline in
docs/PLATFORM_BASELINE.md.
- Read
references/official-doc-extraction.md.
- Identify whether the question concerns:
- new features in MTA 8.2.0 or 8.0.x
- Developer Preview or Technology Preview features
- known issues and workarounds
- fixed issues across 8.0.0, 8.0.1, and 8.2.0
- removed or deprecated functionality
- Use exact feature names and issue IDs from the extraction.
- When advising on MTA 8.x features, distinguish between GA features,
Technology Preview, and Developer Preview support scopes.
Related Skills
- Use
mta-install for installing MTA Operator, UI, and CLI.
- Use
mta-cli for CLI usage and analysis workflows (planned).
- Use
mta-ui for UI usage and assessment workflows (planned).
- Use
mta-lightspeed for Developer Lightspeed AI features (planned).
References
references/source-capture.mdreferences/official-doc-extraction.md
