Release Notes 2021

Owned by Robert Alexander Marshall
Apr 03, 2024
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Releases Notes 2021

1 December 16th 2021  | 2 December 9th 2021 | 3 October 28th 2021  | 4 October 25th 2021 | 5 October 21st 2021 | 6 October 14th 2021 | 7 September 27th 2021 | 8 September 15th 2021 | 9 August 24th 2021 | 10 July 26th 2021 | 11 July 15th 2021 | 12 June 16th 2021 | 13 June 8th 2021 | 14 May 27th 2021 | 15 May 18th 2021 | 16 April 27th 2021 | 17 April 1st 2021 | 18 March 31st 2021 | 19 March 17th 2021 | 20 March 10th 2021 | 21 March 1st 2021 | 22 February 18th, 2021 | 23 February 15th 2021 | 24 January 26th 2021

December 16th 2021 

Bugfix

  • fixed a problem in some instances to ensure the display of workflow history where Atlassian Confluence generated long contentIDs (greater than 9007199254740991)

This is related to an Atlassian issue in some instances where Atlassian generated a long contentID - it could not be correctly handled by Confluence or certain add-on apps. Atlassian has currently resolved the issue by handling the contentID as a string instead of a number.

The Comala Document Management family of apps has been updated to be able to handle the contentID as a string as well.

December 9th 2021

Update

  • maintenance update on the debug tools feature, which is a non-public (dark) feature

October 28th 2021 

Updates

  • error handling messages are now displayed when importing or exporting workflow history

  • import/export of workflow history is now logged and traced with a unique Trace id for the request containing details of the

    • user who performed the action

    • Cloud instance

    • space key

    • content id  (if applicable)

    • process type (Export or Import)

Crowdbugfix

  • resolved a problem to ensure that we wait for a successful check for user rights before doing some actions when using Confluence accessor isUserAppAdmin method

October 25th 2021

Bugfix

  • resolved a problem when enabling the inWebo e-signature authentication settings in global administration that prevented the attachment of the inWebo authentication certificate

October 21st 2021

Update

  • update related to Atlassian Connect installation lifecycle security improvements

  • update to add in-app InWebo credentials encryption when using InWebo for authentication

Bugcrowd fix

  • update to prevent users from being able to change the app configuration using the REST API

October 14th 2021

Updates

  • disabled workflow history backup and restore process

Due to customer feedback, we have temporarily disabled the workflow history backup and restore process.

Customers that are in the upgrade process should contact us.

September 27th 2021

Updates

  • the user display name is now used in workflow history when workflow parameters are used to pre-assign or assign users and/or groups to an approval

Bugfixes

  • resolved a problem displaying the workflow content byline

    • after using the Atlassian Cloud to Cloud migration process to move their entire site to a different Confluence Cloud site

    • after using the Atlassian Cloud to Cloud space import process to import a space to another Confluence Cloud site

September 15th 2021

Update

  • standardized the storage of user and assigner attributes after a workflow action occurs to accountID and displayName - ensures consistency of display in the workflow history

Bugfixes

  • resolved a problem displaying changes in space administration when there was a large number of space properties

August 24th 2021

Updates

  • when a user has been disabled or deleted, Workflow History will now display the default avatar and a user's full name (as stored as the display name) instead of the Atlassian ID

  • Back up Workflow History dialog close button has been renamed from Cancel to Close to avoid misinterpretation of the action

  • links to summary details of the Last import and the Last export of a workflow history backup now available in Workflow History in the space Document Control dashboard

Bugfixes

  • minor code patches to differentiate between upper and lowercase

  • updated typos in some UI components

July 26th 2021

Updates

  • vulnerability updates

Bugfixes

  • resolved a problem that caused resizing of the app global configuration screen

July 15th 2021

Update

 This is a major release

  • We have removed the ability to edit workflows for new installs only

    • a new install of Comala Document Control for Confluence Cloud will not have the workflow builder or the option to edit or add JSON markup. 

    • If you need the ability to fully customize a workflow please use Comala Document Management for Confluence Cloud

  • For existing installs there are no changes; the ability to edit a workflow, access workflow builder and edit/add JSON markup is still available

    • for users requiring help in an existing install of the Comala Document Control app, workflow builder documentation is available here

If you have any questions please open a support ticket.

June 16th 2021

Updates

  • you can use the Initialize states option to publish every page in a space to a target space at the same time. Comala Publishing is used to publish content in a space on a page-by-page basis.  However, you can choose to configure the Comla Publishing action on the transition to a specific state

    • the source space page hierarchy is maintained on the publish action to the target space


  • updated space document dashboard UI to include a warning when initializing states if Comala Publishing is installed



    "Note: if Comala Publishing is installed & configured for this space, Initializing states when may result in unforeseen publishing of content to the target space"

Bugfixes

  • fixed a problem that when a space admin chose to initialize states, it initialized content to the initial workflow state instead of the state selected in the space settings Document Dashboard dropdown menu

  • resolved a problem that was causing misdirected request logs

June 8th 2021

Bugfix

  • fixed a problem that caused the workflow history to be rendered empty

May 27th 2021

Bugfixes

  • fixed a problem with license validation after the license has expired

  • when no Comalatech workflows are added to a space, the workflow report now displays confirmation that the app is disabled for the space

May 18th 2021

Updates

  • Atlassian Connect framework update

  • updated space Document Management dashboard to remove reminder that enabling e-signature is found in approval settings

Bugfixes

  • updated the workflow report to display confirmation message if no Comalatech approval workflow is installed in a space

  • fixed a problem in the previous version link in the page history

  • fixed a typo in the Change state on-screen notification

  • fixed an authentication error when installing the app to a new instance

April 27th 2021

Updates

  • upgraded app security together with improvements in cache management and performance

  • update to support changes in the App migration platform   - see the  Atlassian migration model deprecation

April 1st 2021

 Maintenance update

March 31st 2021

 Maintenance update

March 17th 2021

Updates and bugfixes for inWebo authentication integration option for e-signature use for approvals

  • updated global configuration to display a visual confirmation when the inWebo Certificate has been uploaded and added



  • when using inWebo authentication removed email validation requirement from workflow popup  OTP username field to allow validation using inWebo usernames that are not an email address

  • updated global configuration to remove all inWebo configuration details when the inWebo Service ID is removed

March 10th 2021

Updates

  • send-email action in triggers updated to include additional value references @creator and @LastUpdatedBy. These complement existing use of value references such as @watchers

  • Content Expiry Workflow updated to only include @watchers as the recipients for the send-email trigger action

Bugfixes

  • fixed issue with the use of @watchers value reference when used in the  send-email action in a trigger

  • fixed issue when using clean-message action in a trigger

March 1st 2021

Comala Document Management can now use inWebo authentication as an option when e-signatures are enabled

Bugfix

  • resolved issue where sometimes status wasn't updated in byline and workflow report after a workflow change

February 18th, 2021

Workflows can now be edited* to add a select transition to a state.

Each individual state can be configured to allow users to use the workflow popup to choose a destination state and transition the workflow to this state.

One or more options for the destination state will be displayed in a dropdown menu in the workflow popup.

The destination state options displayed in the popup are configured using the transition editor in workflow builder.

The select transition cannot be used

  • in a state with an approval

  • in a final state

A select transition can be added to a state together with an expired transition and an updated transition.

A select transition will not be available to add to a state with an approval added - the transitions editor will only display the approved, rejected, updated and expired transition options.

Adding an approval to a state with a previously added select transition will replace the Submit option on the workflow popup on the content with the Approve and Reject buttons.

* Comala Document Control for Cloud release from 15th July 2021 - workflows can no longer be edited. Custom workflows can only be created and edited if you upgrade to the Comala Document Management for Cloud app.

February 15th 2021

Updates

  • When there are more than 6 reviewers assigned to an approval a read-only workflow dialog box is available to display the full list of reviewers (approval reviewers list).



The approver dialog box is read-only but the columns can be sorted and the report can be filtered.

  • The approval reviewers list can be viewed by

    • using the workflow popup on the page by choosing the +n icon

       

    • choosing a reviewer avatar in the workflow report

 

Bugfix

  • resolved issue of set-expiration macro use in a trigger

January 26th 2021

Update

  • when a state has multiple approvals, the workflow report now displays the named approval avatars rather than the assignee(s) avatars. Users can click on each approval avatar to view assigned users

Bugfixes

  • correct date format now being displayed in workflow history

  • layout issue for page report when selecting filter buttons

  • set message action amended to work when used in a workflow trigger