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layout: default_md title: New Features in 5.4 title-class: page-title-activemq5 type: activemq5

Features > New Features > New Features in 5.4

New Features in 5.4.1

• Encrypted passwords
• Added selector support in Ajax

New Features in 5.4

• Delay and Schedule Message Delivery
• Message Priority
• WebSockets
• Better OSGi support
• Broker side options for updating failover clients automatically of new brokers joining and leaving the cluster - see Failover Transport Reference
• Enhanced Shell Script - for starting, stopping and managing the broker in a Unix environment
• Easy way to configure Web Console
• Selectors for Ajax and REST consumers
• JaasDualAuthentcationPlugin
• Anonymous users
• Ajax Adapters
• ... and much more