[maven-release-plugin][skip ci] prepare release 23.4.0.3

* [MNT-24124]: Adding nodeReferences in loggers

* [MNT-24124]: Adding nodeReferences in loggers

* [fix/MNT-24124] Adding-nodeReferences-inLogger

---------

Co-authored-by: Mohit Singh <mohit.singh4@globallogic.com>
Co-authored-by: mohit-singh4 <mohit.singh@contractors.hyland.com>

README.md

@@ -2,38 +2,57 @@
 
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo/actions/workflows/master_release.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo/actions/workflows/master_release.yml)
 
-#### Alfresco Core
+## Table of Contents
+1. [Content](#content)
+2. [Artifacts](#artifacts)
+3. [Setup](#setting-up-and-building-your-development-environment)
+4. [Branches](#branches)
+5. [Contributing](#contributing-guide)
+6. [Helpful links](#helpful-links)
+
+
+## Content
+Alfresco Community Repository contains following libraries:
+
+### Alfresco Core
+Core is a library packaged as a jar file which contains the following:
 
-Alfresco Core is a library packaged as a jar file which contains the following:
 * Various helpers and utils
 * Canned queries interface and supporting classes
 * Generic encryption supporting classes
 
-#### Alfresco Data Model
-Data model is a library packaged as a jar file which  contains the following:
+### Alfresco Data Model
+
+Data Model is a library packaged as a jar file which  contains the following:
+
 * Dictionary, Repository and Search Services interfaces
 * Models for data types and Dictionary implementation
 * Parsers
 
-#### Alfresco Repository
+### Alfresco Repository
 
 Repository is a library packaged as a jar file which contains the following:
+
 * DAOs and SQL scripts
 * Various Service implementations
 * Utility classes
 
-#### Alfresco Remote API
+### Alfresco Remote API
 
 Remote API is a library packaged as a jar file which contains the following:
+
 * REST API framework
 * WebScript implementations including [V1 REST APIs](https://hub.alfresco.com/t5/alfresco-content-services-blog/v1-rest-api-10-things-you-should-know/ba-p/287692)
 * [OpenCMIS](https://chemistry.apache.org/java/opencmis.html) implementations
 
-#### Artifacts
+## Artifacts
+
 The artifacts can be obtained by:
-* downloading from [Alfresco maven repository](https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public)
+* downloading from [Alfresco maven repository](https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/#browse/browse:public)
 * as Maven dependency by adding the dependency to your pom file:
-~~~
+
+~~~xml
+
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
   <artifactId>alfresco-core</artifactId>
@@ -64,34 +83,46 @@ The artifacts can be obtained by:
     <version>version</version>
     <type>war</type>
 </dependency>
+
 ~~~
+
 and Alfresco maven repository:
-~~~
+
+~~~xml
+
 <repository>
   <id>alfresco-maven-repo</id>
   <url>https://artifacts.alfresco.com/nexus/content/groups/public</url>
 </repository>
+
 ~~~
+
 The SNAPSHOT versions of the artifact are not published.
 
 ## Setting up and building your development environment
-See the [Development Tomcat Environment](https://github.com/Alfresco/acs-community-packaging/tree/master/dev/README.md)
-page which will show you how to try out your repository changes in a local tomcat instance.
-If you wish to use Docker images, take a look at the aliases ending in `D` and the docker-compose files in this
-project's test modules.    
+
+See the [**Development Tomcat Environment**](https://github.com/Alfresco/acs-community-packaging/tree/master/dev/README.md)
+page which will show you how to try out your repository changes in a local Tomcat instance or using Docker containers. 
 
 ## Branches
-This project has a branch for each ACS release. For example the code in ACS 6.2.1 is a
-branch called `releases/6.2.2`. In addition to the original 6.2.2 release it will also contain Hot Fixes
-added later. The latest unreleased code is on the `master` branch. There are also `.N` branches, such as 
-`releases/7.1.N` on which we gather unreleased fixes for future service pack releases. They do not indicate
+
+This project has a branch for each ACS release. For example the code in ACS 6.2.2 is a
+branch called **`release/6.2.2`**. In addition to the original 6.2.2 release it will also contain Hot Fixes
+added later. The latest unreleased code is on the **`master`** branch. There are also **`.N`** branches, such as 
+**`release/7.1.N`** on which we gather unreleased fixes for future service pack releases. They do not indicate
 that one is planned.
 
 For historic reasons the version of artifacts created on each branch do not match the ACS version.
-For example artifact in ACS 7.2.0 will be `14.<something>`.
+For example artifact in ACS 7.2.0 will be **`14.<something>`**.
 
-The enterprise projects which extend the `alfresco-community-repo` use the same branch names and leading
+The enterprise projects which extend the **`alfresco-community-repo`** use the same branch names and leading
 artifact version number.
 
-### Contributing guide
-Please use [this guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) to make a contribution to the project.
+## Contributing guide
+
+Please use [**this guide**](CONTRIBUTING.md) to make a contribution to the project.
+
+## Helpful links
+
+- [Alfresco Content Services Documentation](https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/latest/)
+- [Alfresco Platform](https://www.hyland.com/en/products/alfresco-platform)

amps/ags/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-amps</artifactId>
-      <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>23.4.0.3</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>

amps/ags/rm-automation/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>23.4.0.3</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>

amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-automation-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>23.4.0.3</version>
    </parent>
 
    <build>

amps/ags/rm-community/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>23.4.0.3</version>
    </parent>
 
    <modules>

amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>23.4.0.3</version>
    </parent>
 
    <properties>

amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-repo/test/resources/alfresco/version.properties

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Version label
 version.major=23
-version.minor=3
+version.minor=4
 version.revision=0
 version.label=
 

amps/ags/rm-community/rm-community-rest-api-explorer/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-governance-services-community-repo-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <build>

amps/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>

amps/share-services/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-amps</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>

core/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
       <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-      <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>23.4.0.3</version>
    </parent>
 
    <dependencies>

core/src/main/java/org/alfresco/util/transaction/TransactionListener.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2023 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2024 Alfresco Software Limited.
  *
  * This file is part of Alfresco
  *
@@ -67,4 +67,14 @@ public interface TransactionListener
      * be used only for cleaning up resources after a rollback has occurred.
      */
     void afterRollback();
+
+    /**
+     * Allows to provide a custom listener's order.
+     * See {@link org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport#COMMIT_ORDER_NORMAL}
+     * @return custom order or null for the default one
+     */
+    default Integer getCustomOrder()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
 }

data-model/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>

mmt/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>

packaging/distribution/pom.xml

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 </project>

packaging/docker-alfresco/Dockerfile

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# Fetch image based on Tomcat 9.0, Java 17 and Rocky Linux 8
 # More infos about this image: https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-docker-base-tomcat
-FROM alfresco/alfresco-base-tomcat:tomcat10-jre17-rockylinux8-202306291245
+FROM alfresco/alfresco-base-tomcat:tomcat10-jre17-rockylinux9@sha256:395664f9d9be0c9f73d3b722a58fd559ee7231609b263dfe19502617652740e3
 
 # Set default docker_context.
 ARG resource_path=target
@@ -14,6 +13,9 @@ ARG USERID=33000
 # Set default environment args
 ARG TOMCAT_DIR=/usr/local/tomcat
 
+# Needed for installation but make sure another USER directive is added after
+# this with a non-root user
+USER root
 
 # Create prerequisite to store tools and properties
 RUN mkdir -p ${TOMCAT_DIR}/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/mimetypes && \
@@ -61,13 +63,7 @@ RUN sed -i -e "s_appender.rolling.fileName\=alfresco.log_appender.rolling.fileNa
     sed -i -e "\$a\grant\ codeBase\ \"file:\$\{catalina.base\}\/webapps\/alfresco\/-\" \{\n\    permission\ java.security.AllPermission\;\n\};\ngrant\ codeBase\ \"file:\$\{catalina.base\}\/webapps\/_vti_bin\/-\" \{\n\    permission\ java.security.AllPermission\;\n\};\ngrant\ codeBase\ \"file:\$\{catalina.base\}\/webapps\/ROOT\/-\" \{\n\    permission org.apache.catalina.security.DeployXmlPermission \"ROOT\";\n\};" ${TOMCAT_DIR}/conf/catalina.policy
 
 # fontconfig is required by Activiti worflow diagram generator
-# installing pinned dependencies as well
-RUN yum install -y fontconfig-2.13.1-4.el8 \
-                   dejavu-fonts-common-2.35-7.el8 \
-                   fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-22.el8 \
-                   freetype-2.9.1-9.el8 \
-                   libpng-1.6.34-5.el8 \
-                   dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-7.el8 && \
+RUN yum install -y fontconfig-2.14.0-2.el9_1 && \
     yum clean all
 
 # The standard configuration is to have all Tomcat files owned by root with group GROUPNAME and whilst owner has read/write privileges, 

packaging/docker-alfresco/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>

packaging/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>

packaging/tests/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>

packaging/tests/tas-cmis/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <organization>

packaging/tests/tas-email/pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>

packaging/tests/tas-integration/pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>

packaging/tests/tas-restapi/pom.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>

packaging/tests/tas-webdav/pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-tests</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <developers>

packaging/war/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo-packaging</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <properties>

pom.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-    <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Alfresco Community Repo Parent</name>
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <acs.version.major>23</acs.version.major>
-        <acs.version.minor>3</acs.version.minor>
+        <acs.version.minor>4</acs.version.minor>
         <acs.version.revision>0</acs.version.revision>
         <acs.version.label />
         <amp.min.version>${acs.version.major}.0.0</amp.min.version>
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
         <dependency.alfresco-server-root.version>7.0.1</dependency.alfresco-server-root.version>
         <dependency.activiti-engine.version>5.23.0</dependency.activiti-engine.version>
         <dependency.activiti.version>5.23.0</dependency.activiti.version>
-        <dependency.alfresco-transform-core.version>5.1.3</dependency.alfresco-transform-core.version>
-        <dependency.alfresco-transform-service.version>4.1.3</dependency.alfresco-transform-service.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-transform-core.version>5.1.4</dependency.alfresco-transform-core.version>
+        <dependency.alfresco-transform-service.version>4.1.4</dependency.alfresco-transform-service.version>
         <dependency.alfresco-greenmail.version>7.0</dependency.alfresco-greenmail.version>
         <dependency.acs-event-model.version>0.0.27</dependency.acs-event-model.version>
 
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@
         <dependency.jakarta-json-path.version>2.9.0</dependency.jakarta-json-path.version>
         <dependency.json-smart.version>2.5.1</dependency.json-smart.version>
         <alfresco.googledrive.version>4.1.0</alfresco.googledrive.version>
-        <alfresco.aos-module.version>3.1.0-A1</alfresco.aos-module.version>
-        <alfresco.api-explorer.version>23.2.0</alfresco.api-explorer.version> <!-- Also in alfresco-enterprise-share -->
+        <alfresco.aos-module.version>3.1.0</alfresco.aos-module.version>
+        <alfresco.api-explorer.version>23.3.0</alfresco.api-explorer.version> <!-- Also in alfresco-enterprise-share -->
 
         <alfresco.maven-plugin.version>2.2.0</alfresco.maven-plugin.version>
         <license-maven-plugin.version>2.0.1</license-maven-plugin.version>
 
-        <dependency.postgresql.version>42.6.0</dependency.postgresql.version>
+        <dependency.postgresql.version>42.7.3</dependency.postgresql.version>
         <dependency.mysql.version>8.0.30</dependency.mysql.version>
         <dependency.mysql-image.version>8</dependency.mysql-image.version>
         <dependency.mariadb.version>2.7.4</dependency.mariadb.version>
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-community-repo</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>23.4.0.3</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
                     <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.43.4</version>
+                    <version>0.45.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>

remote-api/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>

repository/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.alfresco</groupId>
         <artifactId>alfresco-community-repo</artifactId>
-        <version>23.3.0.87-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>23.4.0.3</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>

repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/download/DownloadStorage.java

@@ -157,9 +157,10 @@ public class DownloadStorage
          
         if (log.isDebugEnabled())
         {
+            String downloadNodeRefString = "Download-NodeRef=" + downloadNodeRef;
             StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
             msg.append("Created Download. ")
-               .append("', Download-NodeRef=");
+                    .append(downloadNodeRefString);
             log.debug(msg.toString());
         }
         return downloadNodeRef;
@@ -221,6 +222,11 @@ public class DownloadStorage
         Long total = (Long)properties.get(DownloadModel.PROP_TOTAL);
         Long filesAdded = (Long)properties.get(DownloadModel.PROP_FILES_ADDED);
         Long totalFiles = (Long)properties.get(DownloadModel.PROP_TOTAL_FILES);
+
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            log.debug("Status for Download-NodeRef: "+downloadNodeRef+": done: "+done+", total: "+total+", filesAdded: "+filesAdded+", totalFiles: "+totalFiles);
+        }
         
         return new DownloadStatus(DownloadStatus.Status.valueOf((String)properties.get(DownloadModel.PROP_STATUS)),
                                   done != null ? done.longValue() : 0l,
@@ -239,6 +245,10 @@ public class DownloadStorage
 
     public void updateStatus(NodeRef nodeRef, DownloadStatus status)
     {
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            log.debug("Updating status for Download-NodeRef: "+nodeRef+" to status: "+status.getStatus());
+        }
         validateNode(nodeRef);
         
         nodeService.setProperty(nodeRef, DownloadModel.PROP_STATUS, status.getStatus().toString());

repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/download/ZipDownloadExporter.java

@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ public class ZipDownloadExporter extends BaseExporter
         
         try
         {
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled())
+            {
+                log.debug("Archiving content for nodeRef: "+nodeRef+" with contentURL: "+contentData.getContentUrl());
+            }
             // ALF-2016
             ZipArchiveEntry zipEntry=new ZipArchiveEntry(getPath());
             zipEntry.setTime(zipTimestampCreated.getTime());

repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/event2/EventGenerator.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * #%L
  * Alfresco Repository
  * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2023 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2024 Alfresco Software Limited
  * %%
  * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
  * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ public class EventGenerator extends AbstractLifecycleBean implements Initializin
         setAssociationBehaviour(BeforeDeleteAssociationPolicy.QNAME, "beforeDeleteAssociation");
     }
 
+    private boolean isSendingEventBeforeCommitRequired()
+    {
+        return eventSender.shouldParticipateInTransaction();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Disable Events2 generated events
      */
@@ -546,23 +551,40 @@ public class EventGenerator extends AbstractLifecycleBean implements Initializin
 
     protected class EventTransactionListener extends TransactionListenerAdapter
     {
+        @Override
+        public void beforeCommit(boolean readOnly)
+        {
+            if (isSendingEventBeforeCommitRequired())
+            {
+                sendAllEvents();
+            }
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void afterCommit()
         {
-            if (isTransactionCommitted())
+            if (!isSendingEventBeforeCommitRequired())
             {
-                try
-                {
-                    sendEvents();
-                }
-                catch (Exception e)
-                {
-                    // Must consume the exception to protect other TransactionListeners
-                    LOGGER.error("Unexpected error while sending repository events", e);
-                }
+                sendAllEvents();
             }
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public Integer getCustomOrder()
+        {
+            return isSendingEventBeforeCommitRequired() ? getBeforeCommitOrder() : getAfterCommitOrder();
+        }
+
+        protected Integer getBeforeCommitOrder()
+        {
+            return 3;
+        }
+
+        protected Integer getAfterCommitOrder()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         /**
          * @return true if a node transaction is not only active, but also committed with modifications.
          * This means that a {@link TransactionEntity} object was created.
@@ -572,6 +594,21 @@ public class EventGenerator extends AbstractLifecycleBean implements Initializin
             return nodeDAO.getCurrentTransactionCommitTime() != null;
         }
 
+        protected void sendAllEvents()
+        {
+            if (isTransactionCommitted())
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    sendEvents();
+                } catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    // Must consume the exception to protect other TransactionListeners
+                    LOGGER.error("Unexpected error while sending repository events", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         private void sendEvents()
         {
             final Consolidators consolidators = getTxnConsolidators(this);
@@ -623,10 +660,17 @@ public class EventGenerator extends AbstractLifecycleBean implements Initializin
             final REF entityReference, final CON eventConsolidator, final TriPredicate<REF, CON, EventInfo> entityToEventEligibilityVerifier)
         {
             final EventInfo eventInfo = getEventInfo(AuthenticationUtil.getFullyAuthenticatedUser());
-            transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction((RetryingTransactionCallback<Void>) () -> {
+            if (isSendingEventBeforeCommitRequired())
+            {
                 eventSender.accept(() -> createEvent(entityReference, eventConsolidator, eventInfo, entityToEventEligibilityVerifier));
-                return null;
-            }, true, true);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction((RetryingTransactionCallback<Void>) () -> {
+                    eventSender.accept(() -> createEvent(entityReference, eventConsolidator, eventInfo, entityToEventEligibilityVerifier));
+                    return null;
+                }, true, true);
+            }
         }
 
         /**

repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/event2/EventSender.java

@@ -49,4 +49,9 @@ public interface EventSender
     {
         //no initialization by default
     }
+
+    default boolean shouldParticipateInTransaction()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
 }

repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/rendition2/script/ScriptRenditionService2.java

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * Alfresco Repository
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * %%
+ * This file is part of the Alfresco software.
+ * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
+ * the paid license agreement will prevail.  Otherwise, the software is
+ * provided under the following open source license terms:
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * #L%
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.rendition2.script;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.alfresco.repo.jscript.BaseScopableProcessorExtension;
+import org.alfresco.repo.jscript.ScriptNode;
+import org.alfresco.repo.rendition2.RenditionService2;
+import org.alfresco.service.ServiceRegistry;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.ChildAssociationRef;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+/**
+ * The {@code ScriptRenditionService2} class provides a scripting interface for working with Rendition Service 2.
+ * It allows rendering source nodes with specified rendition definitions and retrieving renditions associated with a node.
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings({"PMD.ProperLogger", "PMD.FieldNamingConventions"})
+public class ScriptRenditionService2 extends BaseScopableProcessorExtension
+{
+    private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ScriptRenditionService2.class);
+
+    private ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry;
+    private RenditionService2 renditionService;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the {@link ServiceRegistry} to be used by this script object.
+     *
+     * @param serviceRegistry The ServiceRegistry to be set.
+     */
+    public void setServiceRegistry(ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry)
+    {
+        this.serviceRegistry = serviceRegistry;
+        this.renditionService = serviceRegistry.getRenditionService2();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Renders the specified source node with the given rendition definition.
+     * Since renditionService2 is designed to asynchronous, no result is returned.
+     *
+     * @param sourceNode The source node to be rendered.
+     * @param renditionName The name of the rendition definition, like "pdf".
+     */
+    public void render(ScriptNode sourceNode, String renditionName)
+    {
+        if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+        {
+            String msg = "Rendering source node '" +
+                    sourceNode +
+                    "' with renditionDef '" + renditionName +
+                    "'";
+            logger.debug(msg);
+        }
+        this.renditionService.render(sourceNode.getNodeRef(), renditionName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves an array of {@link ScriptNode} objects representing renditions associated with the specified node.
+     *
+     * @param node The node for which to retrieve renditions.
+     * @return An array of {@code ScriptNode} objects representing renditions.
+     */
+    public ScriptNode[] getRenditions(ScriptNode node)
+    {
+        List<ChildAssociationRef> renditions = this.renditionService.getRenditions(node.getNodeRef());
+
+        ScriptNode[] renditionObjs = new ScriptNode[renditions.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < renditions.size(); i++)
+        {
+            renditionObjs[i] = new ScriptNode(renditions.get(i).getChildRef(), serviceRegistry);
+        }
+
+        return renditionObjs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves a {@link ScriptNode} object representing the rendition with the specified name associated with the given node.
+     *
+     * @param node The node for which to retrieve the rendition.
+     * @param renditionName The name of the rendition.
+     * @return A {@code ScriptNode} object representing the specified rendition, or {@code null} if not found.
+     */
+    public ScriptNode getRenditionByName(ScriptNode node, String renditionName)
+    {
+        ChildAssociationRef result = this.renditionService.getRenditionByName(node.getNodeRef(), renditionName);
+        return result == null ? null : new ScriptNode(result.getChildRef(), serviceRegistry);
+    }
+}

repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/transaction/AlfrescoTransactionSupport.java

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * #%L
  * Alfresco Repository
  * %%
- * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2024 Alfresco Software Limited
  * %%
  * This file is part of the Alfresco software. 
  * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of 
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ public abstract class AlfrescoTransactionSupport extends TransactionSupportUtil
         {
             bound = bindListener(listener, COMMIT_ORDER_CACHE);
         }
+        else if (listener.getCustomOrder() != null)
+        {
+            bound = bindListener(listener, listener.getCustomOrder());
+        }
         else
         {
             bound = bindListener(listener,  COMMIT_ORDER_NORMAL);

repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/rendition-services2-context.xml

@@ -176,4 +176,11 @@
 
 <!-- The definitions are read from json files (possibly added to a volume via k8 ConfigMaps) -->
 
-</beans>
+    <!-- JavaScript API support -->
+    <bean id="renditionService2Script"
+          class="org.alfresco.repo.rendition2.script.ScriptRenditionService2"
+          parent="baseJavaScriptExtension">
+        <property name="extensionName" value="renditionService2" />
+        <property name="serviceRegistry" ref="ServiceRegistry" />
+    </bean>
+</beans>

repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 repository.name=Main Repository
 
 # Schema number
-version.schema=19200
+version.schema=19300
 
 # Directory configuration