Relay 0.67.0

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Relay runs repeatable media workflows on the machines that can reach your files, storage, and services. Use the visual desktop editor to connect triggers, actions, and flow controls. Then test a workflow before you put it into service. The background Relay service does the work and keeps a record of each run. Control Room installs, licenses, and updates Relay on supported Mac and Windows machines.

Start work from a watch folder, a schedule, a manual run, a webhook, or an Amazon SQS queue. Workflows can copy, move, rename, and clean up local files. They can transfer data with S3 or SCP, call HTTP services, use native Iconik actions, and read or update CatDV clips. Switch rules route work by names, patterns, numbers, and other values. For Each loops process collections, and steps inside a loop can read single fields of the current item. Variables carry values between steps. A workflow test shows the data each step received, so you can check inputs and results before you enable recurring work.

S3 uploads of 100 MiB or more use multipart upload, so Relay can send files larger than 5 GiB. After a failure or a cancellation, Relay tries to remove the unfinished upload.

Job history shows the file, Iconik asset, or batch that each job processed, with its outcome and any error, so you can investigate a failed run. Job detail shows live progress and recent speed for Copy, S3, and SCP transfers. Completed jobs keep a summary of each transfer. Workflow queues give you control over waiting work. Saved credentials let workflows use a connection without putting its secret into every action. One editor can also manage separately installed and licensed remote Relay nodes on supported Mac and Ubuntu machines.

Compatibility

Relay supports macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon and Intel, Windows 11 x64 (build 22000 or later), Windows Server 2019 or later with Desktop Experience, and Ubuntu 24.04. Control Room installation and updates are available on Mac and Windows. Ubuntu uses a .deb package that you install by hand. Windows Relay is managed locally and cannot be enrolled as a remote node.

The service account needs access to the folders, shares, and services that your workflow uses. On Mac, grant the required privacy access before you use protected folders or network and removable volumes. Each node needs its own license and must contact the license server at least once every 72 hours to keep running. A service stop can take up to one minute while Relay finishes the writes it started. Do not force Relay to quit during a stop.

Upgrade

Start with the installation guide and first workflow. For existing installations, read the licensing and update guide before you update. Updates require an explicit action. Relay does not install them automatically. Keep backups and the same Windows service account through an update. A Relay update can require a newer Control Room. In that case, Control Room tells you which version to install. Ubuntu updates require that you install the new package by hand.

Known issues

Connect Iconik with the documented credential setup for native Iconik actions. Read the user guide for connection requirements, error handling, and platform-specific troubleshooting before you enable a production workflow.