Release 2020.017 - Vanilla Success

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Backported Fixes

The following bug-fixes initially scheduled for this release have been backported and included in 2020.017.

Fixed issue where Theme Editor themes could have been corrupted and edits would not save. support#2475
Fixed issue where converted discussion content in articles or pasting content into articles would not reflect in the saved article if you didn't make any edits after converting/pasting. support#2624
Adjusted the default for the "Groups.EmailInvitations.Add" to only be given site community managers by default. Non-enterprise sites using groups may want to validate that you have only given this permission to intended roles. vanilla-cloud#779
Fixed a bug where the /api/v2/search endpoint would only return recordID and not discussionID for discussions. support#2459
Fix SameSite secure cookies to be compatible with the latest versions of Google Chrome. vanilla-cloud#766
Fixed a bug leading to incorrect document height when using the "Foundation" theme on an embedded site. vanilla-cloud#756
Fix a bug where knowledge base memory caching wouldn't clear itself efficiently leading to sporadic 500 errors when editing articles. support#2411
Fix issues could cause the article editor to become unresponsive or crash after converting an important article. support#2373
Fix file embeds not rendering correctly in Rich Editor. support#2386

Schedule

Release 2020.017 will be released:

To staging sites, Tuesday, August 25th
To production sites, Monday, August 31st
To Enterprise customers, Monday, September 7th

Group Invitations by Email

By default, group owners, leaders or managers can invite users to join groups by searching and selecting registered usernames. With this release, we've added the ability to invite users to groups using email addresses. The invitation modal has been extended to allow you to create or submit a list of emails you would like to target with a group invitations.

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Registered users will receive a notification letting them know they've been invited to the group, and will be linked to the group where they can accept or reject the invitation.
Unregistered users will receive a notification letting them know they've been invited to the group, and will be linked to the registration page where they can create their accounts before accepting or rejecting the group invitation.

A new permission has been added to enable this capability by role. Users will need to be group owners, leaders or managers and have the Email Invitation.Add permission.

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New Notifications for Group Management

We've added 3 new notification options pertaining to group membership:

Group Invitation:

You can now receive notifications when you've been invited to join a group. This was previously handled by a private message.

Group Applicants:

Group owners and leaders can now receive a notification when a user has applied to join their groups.

Group Applicant Approval:

Users who have applied to join a group can now receive notifications when when their group membership requests have been approved.

These notification options can be configured by editing your profile:

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Bugs

Fixed missing avatars - support#2425
Fixed wrong background color on options menu hover - vanilla-cloud#245
Fixed incorrect "Last Updated" dates in KB - support#2434
Fixed error when reverting article to older revision - support#2375
Fixed banner description formatting on Foundation - vanilla-cloud#591
Fixed error on unanswered questions page - vanilla-cloud#585
Fixed table layout with usercards - vanilla-cloud#581
Fixed missing categoryID when creating poll inside a group - vanilla-cloud#568
Fixed QnA answer extraction after hook refactor - vanilla-cloud#565
Fixed group-specific permissions when deleting comments - vanilla-cloud#557
Fixed QnA querying answers on discussions that are not questions - vanilla-cloud#550
Fixed error on discussions tag option - vanilla-cloud#535
Fixed dashboard/home/unauthorized redirect permission - vanilla-cloud#534
Fixed group excerpts in the groups list - vanilla-cloud#527
Fixed keywordBlocker timeout with large array of words - vanilla-cloud#524
Fixed inability to delete discussions when Private Discussions enabled - vanilla-cloud#649
Fixed enforcing URL restrictions in Ranks - vanilla-cloud#645
Fixed too many redirects error with private community - vanilla-cloud#634
Fixed feed page missing a header - vanilla-cloud#624
Fixed reactions sending posts to moderation - vanilla-cloud#621
Fixed empty master view triggering fatal Smarty errors - vanilla-cloud#617
Fixed Keystone Cerulean styles - vanilla-cloud#611
Fixed attempting to normalize invalid user row in activity events - vanilla-cloud#609
Fixed ideation category settings UI - vanilla-cloud #595
Fixed broken password reset link - vanilla-cloud#593
Fixed the profile background color - vanilla-cloud#592
Fixed deleting spam with no recordID - vanilla-cloud#515
Fixed allowing admins to join secret groups they haven't been invited to - vanilla-cloud#517
Fixed missing microsoftaccount plugin icon - vanilla-cloud#512
Fixed caching on password reset page - vanilla-cloud#508
Fixed user ip search - vanilla-cloud#505
Fixed allowing dropdown title fields on edit profile page - vanilla-cloud#504
Fixed Attributes constructor fails with empty string - vanilla-cloud#499
Fixed pagination in invitations table - vanilla-cloud #490
Fixed redirect issue when target is set to empty string - vanilla-cloud#489
Fixed QnA follow-up modal infinity call - vanilla-cloud#487
Fixed conversation username autofill - vanilla-cloud#472
Fixed cache busting when saving using the RoleModel::insert() and RoleModel::update() - vanilla-cloud#387

Developer notes

Add the target param to the SAML button - vanilla-cloud#563
Add the ability to check category permissions in Twig - vanilla-cloud#637
Add Role request enhancements - vanilla-cloud#630
Add role request attributes validation - vanilla-cloud#481
Add ability to defer action in CategoryModel::clearCache - vanilla-cloud#378