# May 22, 2025 - New SmartREST template for reading the platform version

**URL:** <https://community.cumulocity.com/t/may-22-2025-new-smartrest-template-for-reading-the-platform-version/12328>\
**Category:** Device Management & connectivity\
**Tags:** Improvement, mqtt, device-management, device-connectivity\
**Created:** [May 29, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/may-22-2025-new-smartrest-template-for-reading-the-platform-version/12328 "2025-05-29T07:04:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![cumulocity](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/cumulocity/32/31990_2.png) [@cumulocity](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/cumulocity)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/may-22-2025-new-smartrest-template-for-reading-the-platform-version/12328/1 "2025-05-29T07:04:07Z")

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## Context

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**Change Type:** Improvement  
**Product area:** Device management & connectivity  
**Component:** MQTT  
**Deployed at:** [eu.latest.cumulocity.com](http://eu.latest.cumulocity.com), [apj.cumulocity.com](http://apj.cumulocity.com), [jp.cumulocity.com](http://jp.cumulocity.com), [cumulocity.com](http://cumulocity.com), [us.cumulocity.com](http://us.cumulocity.com)

> **Technical details**
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> **Build artifact:** cumulocity (2025.166.0)  
> **Internal ID:** DM-4706

## Description

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A new SmartREST template has been added. Using the template ID 600, it is now possible to read the platform version with SmartREST, in order to evaluate API interface compatibility and expected request behaviour.