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    Perforce P4 Code Review (Helix Swarm)

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    Sold by: Perforce 
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    P4 Code Review (formerly Helix Swarm) is a web-based code review tool that connects to your Perforce P4 server.

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    P4 Code Review (formerly Helix Swarm) is a web-based code review tool that connects to your Perforce P4 server. It unites teams to do more effective code reviews by enabling contributors to share files, comment, suggest tasks, vote up or down, and submit final work.

    Highlights

    • Custom workflows provide teams with flexibility and control over the code review process.
    • Priority filters enable teams to tackle the most important tasks first.
    • CI/CD integrations enable teams to get immediate feedback, so teams can deploy all their code in one spot.

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    Perforce P4 Code Review (Helix Swarm)

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    Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
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    P4 Code Review

    P4 Code Review is a web-based, free code review tool for P4. It unites teams to do more effective code reviews by enabling contributors to share files, comment, suggest tasks, vote up or down, and submit final work.

    CloudFormation Template (CFT)

    AWS CloudFormation templates are JSON or YAML-formatted text files that simplify provisioning and management on AWS. The templates describe the service or application architecture you want to deploy, and AWS CloudFormation uses those templates to provision and configure the required services (such as Amazon EC2 instances or Amazon RDS DB instances). The deployed application and associated resources are called a "stack."

    Version release notes

    Helix Swarm 2025.1 - AWS Marketplace Release Notes Overview

    Helix Swarm 2025.1 is the latest release of Perforce's collaborative code review and workflow platform for Helix Core. This version introduces usability improvements for developers, enhanced platform compatibility, performance safeguards, and critical security updates.

    What's New Key Features

    Independent Code Selection in Diff Panel - Copy or highlight code separately on either side of the diff view, making reviews and discussions more precise.

    Support for RHEL 9.5 - Ensures compatibility with the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.

    Library Upgrades - React updated to v18, MUI to v5, and jQuery to v3.7.1 for modernized UI and improved security.

    Enhanced Voting Tooltips - Tooltips now display the specific version where a vote was cast, reducing confusion in multi-version reviews.

    Stability & Performance Improvements

    Redis Authentication Fix - Secure password handling now works correctly.

    Large Changelist Protection - The "Request Review" button is disabled for changelists over 1,000 files to prevent out-of-memory issues.

    Optimized p4 describe - Reduces unnecessary load when displaying changelists.

    Mixed-Case Username Fix - Users on case-insensitive servers can now edit comments reliably.

    Consistent Timestamps - Default format now shows HH:MM:SS.

    Security Updates

    Patched Redis vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-46981 and CVE-2024-51741) to ensure compliance with enterprise security standards.

    Updated P4PHP to 2024.2 for compatibility with the latest Helix Core release.

    Documentation Enhancements

    Clearer installation instructions for Docker, Redis, and ImageMagick.

    Improved guidance on Workers, AI analysis, and Windows/Strawberry Perl environments.

    Review description search clarified (enabled by default without requiring Helix Search).

    Upgrade Guidance

    Back up Swarm configuration and test in staging before production deployment.

    Verify Redis settings and authentication.

    If upgrading from a version prior to 2024.2, update Helix Core to ensure full compatibility.

    Review UI customizations for compatibility with React 18 and MUI 5.

    Summary

    Helix Swarm 2025.1 strengthens usability, security, and compatibility while improving scalability for enterprise environments. This release is recommended for all customers running Swarm on AWS.

    Additional details

    Usage instructions

    To get started, you will need to install Perforce P4 first, available on AWS Marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-nw7wxff425so4 

    To connect to the Swarm server, Enter IP of the VM in the browser (IP is the "Public IPv4 address"), username is "perforce" and password is the "Instance Id of associated P4 instance" (ex: i-a123456789). Operating system username is "rocky".

    Additional Documentation:

    https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/chapter.quickstart.html 

    https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/about.html#How_to_use_this_guide 

    https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/home-swarm.html 

    https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm-user-workflow/Content/Swarm/user_workflow_overview.html 

    CloudFormation link with updated Description of Optional Parameters: https://perforce-cf-templates.s3.amazonaws.com/helix-swarm-releases/perforce-helix-swarm-1.0.0.yaml 

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    Sadaf R.

    Helix Core

    Reviewed on Aug 30, 2023
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Easy to track changelists and file history.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Managing multiples workspaces is very difficulty.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Heliz Core makes easy to track changelists and file history. We can identify the code changes snap very easily.
    Vincent B.

    P4V

    Reviewed on May 24, 2022
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Nothing special, I am just used to it and I find it pretty easy to use now
    What do you dislike about the product?
    When he fails to rename/move and when it freezes
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Not typing p4 commamd
    Paul B.

    Great product, especially with Swarm

    Reviewed on Feb 26, 2022
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    The upgrade service cost next to nothing and the upgrade to latest version, with Swarm added, is much more stable than my previous version.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    I could not be more happy with how the upgrade was run so professionally and with all questions answered as we went along. The gentleman that helped me was superb.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Stability and addition of Swarm. Great products
    Recommendations to others considering the product:
    Great product, at least give it a test drive
    Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

    Couldn't do it without Helix Core

    Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    The easy and quick access to files is most helpful
    What do you dislike about the product?
    It needs to be debugged occasionally. We have ran across minor glitching
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    The benefits are that we can have multiple users, especially with cloud supported integration.
    Recommendations to others considering the product:
    The product was great for team use. A multi-user interface helps make our integration process faster.
    HC provides good access to cloud-based files.
    HC has an excellent support team. Available when you need it. Help with fixing bugs.
    The price is semi fair, but maintenance costs are a bit high. The cost is per license (per person).
    Daniel H.

    Good standard enterprise-level version control

    Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    P4 Helix Core is a battle-tested solution that supports large file systems. All of the standard and advanced features are here including branching, merging, diffing, file locking and more.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    GUI Client is too basic and won't detect local file changes automatically. This makes missing file checkins or misunderstandings about latest version vs. local version very confusing, especially for non-engineers.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Complete and reliable file version control solution for our software project that supports small and large teams.
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