February 2021 Summaries

Over the past month, Bump has introduced several notable product enhancements, including support for Operations servers in OpenAPI, license identification in documentation using SPDX identifiers, and webhook support in OpenAPI 3.1. Additionally, Bump has made strides in resolving external references, with a new feature now live across various platforms like their CLI, GitHub action, and web application. The Bump CLI 0.7 release also includes automatic external reference importation and minor bug fixes. On the company front, Doug Sillars has joined as a senior Developer Relations to enhance product adoption and community engagement, while Bump is actively seeking a growth engineer to expand its user base. Moreover, Bump has become a bronze sponsor of AsyncAPI, reflecting its ongoing commitment to supporting the initiative.

Version 3.1 of OpenAPI has been officially released, bringing significant enhancements to the REST API community. Key updates include the ability to describe webhooks within the OpenAPI specification, allowing server-side applications to notify client-side applications of relevant events. This feature, already supported by Bump, integrates webhooks into documentation and changelogs seamlessly. Another major improvement addresses the handling of $ref pointers, enabling the merging of sibling elements with resolved references, which simplifies specifications and reduces code duplication. Bump has also adopted this update, enhancing their support for OpenAPI 3.1. The release promises to offer a better OpenAPI experience, with ongoing efforts to support additional changes in the new version.

Bump, an early supporter of AsyncAPI 2.0, launched a beta version shortly after the specification's release in September 2019, recognizing its potential to become as significant for event-driven APIs as OpenAPI is for REST APIs. Over the past year, AsyncAPI has seen a significant rise in adoption, gaining attention in major tech publications and forming a substantial partnership with Postman. To continue supporting this growth, Bump has announced its sponsorship as a bronze sponsor, maintaining its long-standing relationship with AsyncAPI.