Vortex Release Version (November 9, 2025)

New Features and Updates

A new optional service fee amount field has been added to the Payment Broker card model, allowing Vortex to capture and pass service fee values through ACS Stripe and into Stripe Payment Intent metadata. This ensures accurate transmission of service fee data for supported Sale and Authorization flows.
Kafka consumer group naming has been updated across all Vortex services to include each instance ID. This enables Vortex 1 and Vortex 2 environments to independently consume the full message stream from the unified AWS Kafka cluster after the MX Connect migration, preventing unintended load balancing and preserving expected consumer behavior across environments.
Support for Visa’s updated Non-Visa Routing table has been added across DS and MXM, including parsing newly introduced fields and applying revised pinless debit logic. Updated routing rules now correctly handle new Pulse network values and return accurate pinless debit information for SMS pinless debit transactions, ensuring full compatibility with Visa’s latest file format.
The Payment Adapter has been fully refactored to TypeScript, modernizing the codebase and improving maintainability without changing existing behavior. All payment and settlement flows were regression-tested to confirm functional consistency.
Full 3DS authentication support has been added to the Payment Adapter, including APIs to initiate and complete 3DS flows. The checkout payment endpoint now seamlessly handles 3DS-enabled payments, providing secure and compliant cardholder authentication.

Impact

These updates improve data accuracy, modernize critical components, and ensure compliance with updated network and processing requirements. Environments now operate more reliably with independent Kafka consumption, enhanced routing logic, and updated payment security standards. The transition to TypeScript and expanded metadata handling further strengthen maintainability and downstream visibility across integrated systems.