v1.2.0

Authentication Service – v1.2.0

Date - 2025-10-10

🚀 What's New in v1.2.0

🛡️ Enhanced Security

• Implemented XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) protection using input sanitization utilities across request-handling layers.
• Strengthened validation functions to prevent malicious input attacks and ensure safe user data handling.
• Hardened cookie and session configurations for stricter compliance with secure cookie policies.

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⚙️ Improved Error Handling

• Centralized and standardized exception handling with consistent HTTP error responses.
• Introduced detailed validation messages to enhance debugging and API reliability.
• Replaced generic errors with structured error models for better client-side interpretation.

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🧹 Code Quality Improvements

• Removed unnecessary imports and redundant logic across modules for cleaner code.
• Ensured PEP8 compliance and improved readability across the codebase.
• Enhanced modularity and maintainability by refactoring configuration and validation utilities.

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🔐 Security & Stability

• Conducted a full review of the authentication and token handling logic to ensure no security leaks.
• Validated secure cookie, CORS, and session management configurations for production readiness.

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Note:

• This release marks a significant step toward achieving a more secure, stable, and production-ready authentication system.
• The improvements in security, error handling, and code quality make the service more resilient, developer-friendly, and future-proof for upcoming integrations.

v1.1.0

🐳 v1.1.0 – Full Docker Support

Date: 2025-08-17

🚀 Key Highlights

• Full Dockerization: The authentication service can now run entirely in containers with minimal setup. Dependencies like Redis, Kafka, and MongoDB are orchestrated via docker-compose.
• Environment Flexibility: Easily switch between local and docker configurations using environment variables.
• Persistent Storage: MongoDB volumes ensure data persists across container restarts.
• Automated Setup: Dependencies are installed and built automatically inside Docker for consistent and reliable environments.

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🔧 Improvements

• Restructured project folder layout for containerized workflows, making the codebase cleaner and more maintainable.
• Adjusted service ports and Docker network bindings to avoid conflicts with local host services.
• Centralized configuration via .env files to reduce hardcoding and improve environment management.

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🐛 Bug Fixes

• Resolved Kafka connection timeout issues by adding a startup wait script to ensure all dependent services are ready before launch.

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📦 Upgrade Instructions

1. Pull the latest changes from the repository.
2. Update your .env file with Docker-compatible settings.
3. Run the service:

docker-compose up --build

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Note:

• This release significantly improves deployability, scalability, and reliability.
• Developers should now rely on the Docker workflow for setup, testing, and deployment.

v1.0.2

📦 Release v1.0.2 – Documentation Improvements

Date: 2025-08-11

🔄 Changed

• Enhanced Readme for better instructions.

📜 Impact
This update significantly improves onboarding for developers.

v1.0.1

📦 Release v1.0.1 – Documentation & Setup Improvements

Date: 2025-08-10

🔄 Changed

• Enhanced guidance for setting up environment variables in the .env file.

📜 Impact
This update significantly improves onboarding for developers by:

• Reducing environment configuration errors.

v1.0.0

🚀 Initial Release – v1.0.0

Date: 2025-07-07

This is the first stable release of the Auth microservice, built with FastAPI and designed for secure, scalable authentication using modern practices like JWT, Google Sign-In, Redis caching, Kafka, Celery, and email-based OTP verification.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• FastAPI + Pydantic
• MongoDB for user storage
• Redis for OTP & rate limiting
• Kafka for event-based communication
• Celery + Mailhog for async mail tasks
• JWT and Google OAuth2 authentication
• Docker and Docker Compose for containerization

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✨ Features

• JWT-based login & session management
• Google Sign-In with OAuth2
• Email-based OTP verification
• Redis-backed Bloom Filter & rate limiting
• Kafka-based event producers & consumers
• Celery workers with background email support
• Full HTML UI for auth flows
• Load testing with Locust

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✅ Status

This release is stable and ready for development use in microservice architectures.