Release Notes 2023

27th Dec 2023

Updates

• library maintenance update

19th Dec 2023

Updates

• maintenance update for Confluence API v2

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem loading the correct version of the Basic Approval workflow as the default workflow in the space document dashboard

14th Dec 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an error when installing the app

11th Dec 2023

Updates

• maintenance update

5th Dec 2023

Updates

• updated our in-app support links to the Appfire support portal

29th Nov 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue displaying the current state details in the workflow popup

24th Nov 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved an issue displaying the Read the guide link in the app onboarding screen

23rd Nov 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem when trying to install the app

13th Nov 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem displaying an expiry date in the document activity report when a state expiration was set

8th Nov 2023

Updates

• maintenance updates including deprecation of some elements of use of the Confluence API v1

6th Nov 2023

Updates

• updates for Confluence API v2

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem accessing workflow builder in a personal space

2nd Nov 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved a problem displaying the user correctly in the workflow popup for a pre-assigned reviewer for an approval when the popup for the state was opened for the first time

31st Oct 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem displaying the destination state option in the workflow popup for a select transition when there is only the choice of a single destination state

25th Oct 2023

Updates

• app user displayed with app icon in document activity report

Open

23rd Oct 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem displaying the on-screen message notifications on an approve or reject decision

11th Oct 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem in the workflow builder visual editor dragging and dropping states to change the state order

• resolved an issue that prevented data being displayed by the document activity macro if the approval state name included a “?“ character

• update to display the onboarding interactive animation

6th Oct 2023

Updates

• changed the app Content Security Policy from report mode to enforce mode

2nd Oct 2023

Updates

• maintenance updates

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem causing the Document activity to reset on some pages

27th Sept 2023

Updates

• minor update for Confluence API v2

26th Sept 2023

What’s New?

New Onboarding feature with access to use cases and interactive demonstrations.

Open

Accessed through the Apps options in the Confluence left-side or top menu.

25th Sept 2023

Updates

• updates to increase usage of Confluence API v2

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem displaying custom workflows in the Add workflow dialog box on choosing the Manage Workflows option in the space document dashboard

15th Sept 2023

What’s New?

We have updated our Comala Document Management Cloud app logo and in-app icons.

Updates

• added further log details if the notification of a state change fails

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem identified by Atlassian that sometimes displayed some static resources to a logged in user instead of only the admin user

13th Sept 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved an error in the log that occurred when a page macro is added to the page

29th Aug 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem sending emails to users who are the @lastUpdatedBy and/or @creator when these references are used as recipients for the send-email trigger action

24th Aug 2023

Updates

• space settings document management dashboard is now accessed from space settings App links

22nd Aug 2023

Bugfixes

• the workflow popup progress bar tooltip is now displayed below the progress line to avoid overlapping with any other content in the popup

17th Aug 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem when viewing the app onboarding ‘Getting Started’ page available on initial installation of the app

• resolved an issue opening the workflow debug tools console (dark feature)

10th Aug 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem displaying approval icons in the space document report when there are multiple approvals are in a single workflow state

• when the applied space workflow is changed, resolved an issue updating the workflow details displayed in the state workflow popup on each page in the space

9th Aug 2023

Updates

• added button options in the workflow builder navigator panel to toggle between the visual editor and the code editor

1st Aug 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue saving changes to a custom workflow after editing

27th July 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an error that occurred when installing the app

• resolved a problem when using Comala Document Management with Comala Publishing to publish a page to a target space on an expired transition to the workflow final state

18th July 2023

Updates

• updated our vendor name in Manage apps to Appfire

23rd June 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved a problem displaying the Approval Signing Code Admin page in global administration

• v3.45.18

15th June 2023

Updates

• workflow builder does not now accept a change in an approval name that includes a reserved character such as “/”

• the Confirm Remove Page Workflow dialog now displays all its content without requiring a user to scroll

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue in the workflow popup display to ensure

  • the states selector and submit button are only displayed when the state has a select transition

  • the comment option is only displayed when the state has a select transition or an approval

• fixed an issue to ensure that the state transition defaults to a select transition to any state in the workflow when the state has no explicit transitions or an approval

• v3.45.14

12th June 2023

Updates

Updated space document management dashboard UI

• document activity Clear button is now grey

• changing the space workflow option is now Manage Workflows button

• Edit Workflow dropdown menu options are now

  • Use Visual Builder and Use Code Editor

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue that required reloading the page to display users pre-assigned as reviewers in the workflow popup

• fixed a problem initializing states using the space document management dashboard

8th June 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a display problem after adding multiple values in the Set parameters dialog box

• fixed a server log error when a document approval page macro is added to a page

1st June 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an error when a document approval page macro is added to a page without a workflow status (for example, if added to the space homepage)

30th May 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an error when manually setting a state expiry due date

29th May 2023

What’s New?

New Document Activity reporting page macro and updated document activity report.

The document activity page macro can be added to a page or blog post to display the dynamic information for the lifecycle of the workflow events on the document.

The macro can be configured to display one or more of the following:

• the User associated with the document activity

• workflow document Action

• the workflow State

• any user Comments related to the document activity

• the Date of the document activity

• the document Version

The version includes a link to the document version.

25th May 2023

Updates

• maintenance and library updates

22nd May 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem using the select transition

15th May 2023

Updates

• improvements in logging

Bugfixes

• fixed an error in the Add parameter/Edit parameter dialog box in workflow builder and the space document dashboard Set Parameters option that allowed the addition of another workflow parameter as a parameter value

11th May 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue in the Quality Management Systems workflow that did not disable the Approved button in the workflow popup for an assigned reviewer after undertaking their approved decision for the approval

9th May 2023

Improvements

The on-screen message notification displayed to an assigned user on viewing the page now includes the approval name and assigner.

Updates

• maintenance updates

Bugfixes

• resolved an issue causing unnecessary notifications

• fixed a problem generating notification messages when a user is assigned to an approval and when content is rejected

4th May 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a broken link in the document activity report

• resolved a problem printing the document activity report and the document report to a pdf using the browser

2nd May 2023

Updates

• improvements in recording some events in the log, for example email notifications to a disabled or deleted user

27th April 2023

Improvements

• updated some app user interface buttons to prevent multiple user clicks and subsequent errors

For example, when choosing the Apply button to add a workflow using the workflow picker, a spinner is now displayed and the Cancel button is disabled whilst workflow is applied.

Updates

• maintenance updates to improve performance and stability

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue that closed workflow builder when saving a change to a state whilst whilst creating a custom workflow using the Basic Approval Workflow template

• resolved an error rendering the Document Report when using the report filter buttons or choosing to display more entries

25th April 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a error when trying to view the final state version using the View approved link in page history

• fixed a problem that sometimes prevented a user removing an on-screen message notification

18th April 2023

Updates

• maintenance update

17th April 2023

Improvements

• better permission control for some operations

• improved error handling when checking restrictions

Bugfixes

• fixed an issue that allowed a read-only user to undertake some restricted actions such as remove an on-screen message notification

12th April 2023

Updates

• maintenance update for stability and performance

Bugfixes

• fixed a support link to the documentation in workflow builder

10th April 2023

Updates

• maintenance updates

5th April 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved some error handling problems in the log

3rd April 2023

Updates

• maintenance updates

30th March 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed an error handling problem when using one-time password authentication

29th March 2023

Updates

• maintenance and library updates

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem that prevented the use of a select transition to move to an existing workflow state if the applied workflow was edited and the current state removed

28th March 2023

Updates

• maintenance updates for stability and performance

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem displaying the contextual error message for an applied workflow on a page when there is an incorrect change in the workflow configuration (for example, current state removed, missing due date for a set expiry)

• resolved an error in the audit log after initializing a state

23rd March 2023

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem (introduced in Comala Document Management Mar 15, 2023) that prevented some error messages. For example, when trying to save a custom workflow with the same name as one of the bundled workflows

22nd March 2023

Updates

• general performance improvements

20th March 2023

Updates

• updated audit logging for updated events and log entries for email errors

15th March 2023

Updates

• maintenance update

14th March 2023

Updates

• maintenance update for stability and performance

13th March 2023

Updates

• compatibility for Atlassian lifecycle event when app is enabled after installation or upgrade

• minor updates to improve app performance and stability

14th February 2023

What’s New?

• in the app UI we have renamed the following

  • Workflow History (the report that shows the workflow lifecycle of the document) is now Document Activity

  • Workflow Report (the report that shows the workflow activity in a space) is now Document Report

Improvement

• each Document Activity report entry now includes a link to the document version at the date and time of the activity

Updates

• updated error messaging for the app in the global admin migration screen to include a link to Appfire Comala support

Bugfixes

• fixed the document activity (workflow history) report display of the color for each workflow state indicator status

30th January 2023

Updates

• maintenance update to improve stability and performance

Bugfixes

• fixed a problem that allowed a user with view-only permission to approve or reject an approval

27th January 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved a problem setting a workflow parameter value in the Document Management dashboard if the value had previously been been set in the workflow

25th January 2023

Improvements

• users can now view the full workflow history for a page using the Load More option in workflow history (in case the number of total entries exceed the limit)

Updates

• a server side problem during migration will now stop the migration process and display the FAILED status and an error message in the global App migration progress screen

• maintenance updates to improve stability and performance

18th January 2023

Bugfixes

• resolved a problem when adding or removing an inline comment that incorrectly caused a transition if the current workflow state included the Updated transition

• fixed a problem assigning a Confluence group to an approval if the group name included one or more spaces

• fixed a problem that allowed a user with view-only permission to add a workflow to a page

• resolved a display error that occurred when viewing the page workflow history after the applied workflow and workflow history is removed

• fixed a problem applying a space workflow when a space parameter used in the workflow has a null value in the Document Management dashboard

• a space initialization now retains the View approved link next to the page state byline if a previous transition to the workflow final state has occurred