Prod Release Date: 2024-09-08, Cloud, Self-Hosted

Core Version: 6.1.2309.0504

Front End Core Functionality

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where the Notifications Settings digest frequency dropdown was not working on Firefox. (60464)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where there were sometimes duplicate page view entries in App Insights. (57281)
• Fixed an issue where links were sometimes not opening for iPads in landscape mode. (61544)
• Fixed an issue with the OrgChartWidget where it was sometimes not loading. (61169)
• Fixed an issue where embedded forms were sometimes rendering multiple times. (61176)

Front End Content Manager Functionality

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where SharePoint groups were not being saved in the People Picker.

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-07-23, Cloud, Self-Hosted

Core Version: 6.1.2309.0503

Front End Core Functionality

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where the Notifications Settings digest frequency dropdown was not working on Firefox. (60464)

Front End Content Manager Functionality

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue on sites where the default language is not en-US where the current app selection in Structured Content would sometimes be lost when navigating.
• Folders in Asset Library are now sorted in alphabetical order. (60744)
• Fixed an error that occurred when publishing content in Menus when a choice field was hidden. (60698)
• Fixed an error that occurred when deleting from asset library on headed sites without Frontend Settings configured. (61062)

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-07-01, Cloud, Self-Hosted

Core Version: 6.1.2309.0503

Front End Core Functionality

Improvements

• Added SearchQueryCacheStrategy App Setting for kql query caching. This setting is currently used for caching in the NewsWidget.
• Removed extra call to the permissions endpoint when loading the page.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with the RenderChildWidgets method that caused child widgets to re-render every 10 seconds. (60686)
• Fixed an issue with saving content in HTMLContentWidget.
• Fixed an issue with the GenericSearchListWIdget where clicking 'See all results' from the typeahead was causing an error. (60381)
• Fixed an issue where recurring events were not represented correctly in ICS export files. (57629)
• Fixed an issue where recurring events that spanned a DST change sometimes showed the wrong time. (59189)
• Fixed an issue where the profile background image wasn’t loading if it was set on a different delivery site. (59306)
• Fixed an issue where the countdown widget showed NaN on iOS/macOS. (59517)

Front End Content Manager Functionality

Improvements:

• Made action buttons static for Asset Library and Structured Content. (60282)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue in Structured Content that was causing an error when publishing items if the list had a space in the name. (58534)
• Fixed an issue that could cause the folder selection dropdown to not be visible when creating a new page.
• Fixed an issue with the Marketing Message where dismissing the marketing message from voice still displayed the message in App Manager.
• Fixed an issue that was causing Newsletter read receipts to be displayed incorrectly. (60487)
• Fixed an issue that prevented pages from being deleted in subsites in certain situations. (59691)
• Fixed an issue that prevented page previews from displaying in Headed sites.
• Fixed an issue that allowed a user to click save multiple times when creating a root node in the Menus module. (59783)
• Various UI enhancements.

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-05-16, Cloud, Self-Hosted

Core Version: 6.1.2309.0502

Front End Content Manager Functionality

Improvements:

• Added various missing tooltips.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that allowed the user to click ‘Save’ multiple times when creating a root node in the Menus module. (59783)
• Fixed an issue in Headed sites that prevented previews from working. (48905)
• Fixed an issue that prevented pages from being deleted in subsites. (59691)

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-05-04, Cloud, Self-Hosted

Core Version: 6.1.2309.0502

Front End Core Functionality

Improvements:

• Added the ability to search SLW collections to the GenericSearchListWidget. If you would like this feature, contact Support for assistance with configuration.
• Added language mapping file for Spanish - Latin America (es-419). (59839)
• Added the ability to set a nonce attribute on scripts in Headless. (59053)
• Added support for querycallback to the Launchpadwidget. (59317)
• Added customizability to QuicklinksWidget featured item. (59778)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue in headless where relative document links were being rewritten with the headless URL. (59972)
• Fixed an issue in FS3 where the NewsDetailWidget wasn't considering DST for the start date. (57448)
• Fixed an issue in subsites where widget properties were sometimes cached incorrectly. (59739)
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the Headless version from displaying on the Debug panel.
• Fixed an issue where no results were found when searching with an apostrophe. (58883)
• Resolved a problem where adding apps on Mission Control would fail apps list is persona enabled. (57675)
• Fixed an issue where users could not edit a hyperlink on an image in CKEditor 5. (58881)
• Fixed an issue in FS3 that prevented the manager name from displaying on the EmployeeDetailWidget. (59686)
• Fixed an issue with the GenericSearchList date range filter where some languages were not able to filter dates correctly. (59217)
• Fixed an issue where Persona priority was not being saved correctly in some situations. (59083)
• Fixed an issue causing editing permissions to not work correctly on the Discussion Board.
• Enforced https:// for SLW URL validation. (58797)
• Fixed an issue with NewsWidget, EventsWidget, and MediaWidget that was causing unnecessary calls to translate tags while in English.
• Fixed an issue with the default view that was causing a blank site alert to appear in FS3 when all site alerts were removed. (59512)
• Fixed an issue in FS3 with the Default.html view for the CalendarWidget where the calendar disappears after changing the month. Please reach out to Support to apply this fix if required. (59112)
• Fixed an issue where the display of the highlight colour from CKEditor5 was not respected in some widgets. (43447)
• Fixed an issue where the insert content modal for the HTMLContentWidget was missing styles in FS3. (59220)
• Added a button to the CKEditor to move the 'more items' toolbar to the left or right. This is used when editing pages in situations where parts of the toolbar are not visible. (57961)

Front End Content Manager Functionality

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue in Curated apps that prevented the selection of an item with the same ID in a list with the same name on a different site. (59311)

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-04-05, Cloud, Self-Hosted

App Manager Version: 6.1.2312.1824

App Manager Functionality

Improvements:

• Added In operator support to text and dropdown fields in the Persona Builder.
• Added support to add new site collections to existing Curated content apps. (59174)
• Added support for validation of required checkbox fields in Author content apps. (59194)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that was preventing successful publishing in the HTMLContentWidget in certain situations when on a subsite. (58712)

Prod Release Date: 2024-03-19, Cloud, Self-Hosted

Core Version: 6.1.2309.0502

App Manager Version: 6.1.2312.1821

Front End Core Functionality

Improvements:

• Improved WCAG accessibility in Mission Control.
• Various UI enhancements. ​​​

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue in FS3 where some Font Awesome icons were not displayed correctly. (59047)
• Fixed an issue where mailto links were not working correctly in Headed. (58985)
• Fixed an issue where ICS import failed when importing to the new version of Microsoft Teams. (59002)
• Added querycallback support to the PeopleDirectoryWidget. (58592)
• Fixed an issue where dismissing a site alert on one site dismisses the alert with the same ID on another site. (59041)
• Fixed an issue where XLTX results in GenericSearchList have broken links. (58254)
• Fixed an issue on Headed where you were sometimes unable to save notification settings. (58804)
• Fixed an issue where showPriority = false was not working on ActivityStreamFilter. (58811)
• Fixed an issue in some situations where there was an error when publishing pages.
• Fixed an issue where if there were two NewsWidgets on the page, sometimes only one loaded on an uncached load. (58419)
• Changed the behaviour of the search refiners in the GenericSearchList to sort by the order specified in the refiner widget property rather than alphabetically.
• Changed the behaviour in the GenericSearchList to use only the sorting options defined in the Sharepoint Sort Field property, rather than appending them to the default sort options.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the responsive mobile menu from collapsing after clicking a category with a link. (58615)

Front End Content Manager Functionality

Improvements:

• Removed the ability to edit the file extension on the Save As modal in Asset Library. (59127)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue in Asset Library that caused the file to remain checked out in SharePoint when using Save As.
• Fixed an issue in Asset Library that caused a save conflict when editing images in Picture Libraries. (59128)
• Fixed an issue in Asset Library that sometimes prevented some fields from being saved correctly when editing images.
• Fixed an issue where the recurrence field was not hidden correctly. (58885)
• Fixed an issue where the user was able to add video links with more than 255 characters, which caused an error when publishing the item. (58801)
• Fixed an issue which prevented the Publish button from being shown in some scenarios. (58678)
• Fixed an issue where incorrect versions of widgets would be cached when using ‘Copy as new’ to create a page version. (58362)

App Manager Functionality

Improvements:

• When a broadcast center message is deleted, the system will now delete all its associated notifications. Notifications should be removed overnight. (58997)
• Updated RestSharp.dll (58523)
• Implemented shared cache keys for the spfile cache. List must be set in SharedCacheKeysForListsOrLibraries in App Settings Management.
• Various UI enhancements. ​​​​

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that prevented Notification Digest emails from being sent. (59125)
• Fixed an issue that caused the FriendlyUrlSearch callback to not work. (59061)
• Fixed an issue that caused a List View Threshold Limit when filtering the Asset Library by file type with over 5000 images in a library. (58982)
• Fixed an issue where adding widget instances to Mission Control required an App Manager cache clear before being visible on the front end. (59088)
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused Broadcast Messages to remain in published status after their end date. (55861)
• Fixed an issue that prevented some Broadcast Center notifications from being removed on the Broadcast Message end date. (58919)

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-02-21, Cloud, Self-Hosted

App Manager Version: 6.1.2312.1818

App Manager Functionality

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue where the spfile endpoint sometimes returned stale images. (58981)
• Fixed an error that sometimes occurred when selecting an image in App Manager.
• Fixed an issue in the Asset Library where retrieving items from a folder was sometimes timing out for folders with a lot of items.

 

Prod Release Date: 2024-02-08, Cloud, Self-Hosted

App Manager Version: 6.1.2312.1815

App Manager Functionality

Improvements:

• Improved performance when publishing a page and clearing page cache. (58824)
• Improved Redis cache performance.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that could occur in the Asset Library when uploading large image files.
• Fixed an issue where some lists could not be auto-translated due to FriendlyUrlSearch field. (58604)
• Fixed an issue where stale page data was sometimes shown in live mode. (58746)
• Improved performance of the ‘Add list items – 1033’ step in Site Creator to prevent timeouts when deploying sites.

 

Newsletters

A new module was added to the Broadcast Center to send customizable Newsletters to a targeted audience.

Features include:

• Customize and save recipients lists with the ability to send to the entire company, specific Personas, specific users, AAD groups, or use a custom query.
• Customize and save Newsletters templates.
• Preview the Newsletter in desktop, mobile view, or a test email before sending it.
• Schedule when the Newsletter will be sent.
• Analytics to understand how recipients interact with a Newsletter.
• Multilingual and workflow support.

Documentation for Newsletters can be found at /community/newsletters/

Mobile Push Notifications

Mobile push notifications are now available to send Broadcast Message push notifications to users with the mobile app installed.

Mobile SMS Notifications

SMS notifications are now available to send Broadcast Message notifications via text message to users with a mobile phone number synced to their profile.

Release Dates:

AppManager release date (Dev): 2023-10-28

AppManager release date (Prod): 2024-01-12

Front-end CDN release date: 2024-01-19