Original primary goals based on contributions from Nokia, Samsung, Capgemini, HCL Alexandre Huff (UTFPR), GS Lab and Abhijit G:(UTFPR), GS Lab and Abhijit G:

Theme: Make the platform more robust in handling E2AP, conflicts and A1

• Additional messages: modify src code to be more lenient in ordering of IEs in ASN.1 (RIC-1030, GS)
• tests with mock replies for subscriptions, registrations and alarms in xapp framework for Rust (RIC-1028, AG)
• Handling of E2 Error Indication from E2 node at E2M and Sub manager (RIC-1024, N)
• Graceful Handling of Unsupported E2AP Procedure at E2T (RIC-1023, N)
• Handling of SCTP Abort message from E2 Node (RIC-1022, N)  
• remove leading zeros in gnb, cu, du ID , MCC and MNC (RIC-1021, N)
• Abnormal signaling process cause E2Term crash (Bug RIC-1002, N)
• Handling of RIC Error indication _during_ E2 setup (RIC-997, N)
• E2 Conflict management between xApps (RIC-993, CG)
• implement test cases for xapp-frame-cpp (RIC-950, H)
• Support Startup/Health script demonstrating release capabilities (RIC-926, H)
• A1 mediator testing in nanobot (RIC-926, H)
• xapp testing nanobot enhancements: wider coverage of functionality, e.g., Subscription deletion (RIC-860, H)

Link to planned Jira work items: link

Achieved J release highlights = high-level release notes (2023-06-20TODO) below (note that the release image list is here: linkTODO)

Filled in end-of-release checklist: 

Status 2024-0102-05: 02: First list of planned features ready. Still expecting feedback from some subteams.

J release source code, container images and deployment instructions

The list of container images for the release ...

Code coverage: 

Mapping of new features to O-RAN Spec