Updates to the Groups.io service.
March 1, 2022
- CHANGE: On the `/membersubgroups/` page, if all of the group are configured to `Force HTML Emails`, then do not display the `Plain Digest` Action option.
- CHANGE: On the `/membersubgroups/` page, if all of the group are configured to `Disable No Email`, then do not display the `No Email` Action option.
February 28, 2022
- BUGFIX: If a message with a hashtag that has been aliased to another hashtag is sent to a group set to remove new hashtags, an erroneous error message was returned stating that a new hashtag had been used.
- BUGFIX: If a message with a new hashtag was sent to a group set to remove new hashtags, any existing hashtags would appear duplicated in the `/topics` display.
- NEW: If a message with a new hashtag is sent to a group configured to remove new hashtags, the `Sent message` activity log message now appends `with a new tag which was removed` to the entry.
- CHANGE: Changed activity log message `Message without any tags` from `sent message (SUBJECT) without any tags` to `attempted to send message (SUBJECT) without any tags`.
- CHANGE: Changed activity log message `Message with a tag only moderators can use` from `sent message (SUBJECT) with a tag that only moderators can use` to `attempted to send message (SUBJECT) with a tag that only moderators can use`.
- CHANGE: Changed activity log message `Message with a new tag` from `sent message (SUBJECT) with new tag` to `attempted to send message (SUBJECT) with new tag`.
February 25, 2022
- SYSADMIN: Upgraded elasticsearch on our search cluster in the hopes of solving the node freeze-up issue we started seeing yesterday.
- DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history), [Members Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history).
February 24, 2022
- APP NEW: Testing a Back arrow in the navbar for the /topic and /message page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/testing_back_button/89373581?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89373581,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1623444603854137242&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1623444603854137242
- NEW: Include the biller's name in group invoices if one is set.
February 23, 2022
- NEW: New `Changed topic's subject` activity log entry. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/31538
- CHANGE: Re-worded inconsistent `Moderator changed email delivery method` activity log entry blurb. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/31487
- NEW: File activity log entries and notification messages now include file paths for all actions. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/when_a_file_is_deleted_show/89162087?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89162087,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1642027092925559009&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1642027092925559009
February 17, 2022
- APP BUGFIX: On iOS, when the app wasn't running/backgrounded, clicking a link to bring up the app to a specific page, would only bring up the top level page.
- CHANGE: Allow multiple accounts to have the same push notification endpoints.
February 16, 2022
- APP BUGFIX: Clicking on a calendar event in List view caused the app to display an error message. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/calendar_issue/89171629?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89171629,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1623346038025395369&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1623346038025395369
February 15, 2022
- APP BUGFIX: Clicking on a calendar event in the app caused the app to go to your groups home page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/calendar_issue/89171629?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89171629,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1623346038025395369&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1623346038025395369
- CHANGE: Removed unused `Changed subscription plan` activity log item.
- NEW: Added member `Changed notifications` activity log.
- NEW: Added member `Changed signature` and moderator `Moderator changed signature` activity log entries. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/now_begging_add_log_entry/89002478?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89002478,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1641616849557442644&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1641616849557442644
February 14, 2022
- BUGFIX: Email delivery changes made in the /groups page were not being recorded in the Activity log.
- BUGFIX: Moderator changes to a member's message notifications and chat notifications were being recorded as `moderator permissions` in the Activity log, instead of `notification settings`.
February 11, 2022
- CHANGE: A file or folder in the Files section will now have its `Updated` date changed only when: changing the description or uploading a new version of the file. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/after_file_move_upload_date/89049862?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89049862,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1641359610745687230&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1641359610745687230
February 10, 2022
- CHANGE: Changed `Uploaded` column header in the Files section to `Updated`, added the `Created` column, and made the table scroll horizontally if there isn't enough room.
February 4, 2022
- NEW: The `Hashtags` dropdown on the Topics page now has checkboxes to indicate which hashtags to filter on, and which hashtags to exclude.
February 3, 2022
- DOCS: Updates from Nina. https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history
February 2, 2022
- NEW: Added 'Ré:' and 'Objet :' to the algorithm that detects subject replies. We also now ignore '[EXT]' and '[EXTERNAL]' in subject line prefixes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_more_prefix_ignore_cases/88788615?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,88788615,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1639640198395194941&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1639640198395194941
January 28, 2022
- DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history), [Members Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history), [Getting Started Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/gettingstarted/1/revision-history), [FAQ History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/faq/1/revision-history), [Glossary History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/glossary/1/revision-history).
January 27, 2022
- APP: New version 1.2 Build 95 of the app is live in the app stores, that fixes renaming Files https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/network_error_when_trying_to/87589351?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,87589351,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1622208653518433720&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1622208653518433720), links in Databases [Discussion](https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/link_in_database_not_working/88244499?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,88244499,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1622208653518433720&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1622208653518433720), and viewing Files and Photos [Discussion](https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/cannot_open_files_error/84428132?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,84428132,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1622208653518433720&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1622208653518433720
January 26, 2022
- CHANGE: Member notice emails will now use the group title in the From: line if there is one.
January 24, 2022
- NEW: In the group profile pages, there is a new `Report Profile` button, which behaves similarly to the other content reporting buttons. This is to comply with Google's requirement to have a reporting mechanism for user-generated content.
- APP: In the app, when not logged in, no longer have the `Find a Group` link in the navbar. This is to comply with Google's requirement to have a reporting mechanism for user-generated content.
- APP BUGFIX: Clicking a group in the group search results page would cause the top navbar to overlap the rest of the page until the app was restarted.
- INTERNAL: Replaced an open source package we were using for parsing JWT tokens in the apiserver because of a security issue.
- INTERNAL: Upgraded an open source package we were using for defanging HTML because of a security issue.
- API: Temporarily disabled the Apple Login endpoints because an open source package we rely on depended on another package with a severe security issue.
January 21, 2022
- BUGFIX: Paying a group invoice was being recorded as a group plan change in the activity log.
- BUGFIX: Changing group payers was not being recorded in the activity log.
- CHANGE: Moved `Paid group invoice`, `Changed group plan` and `Changed group payer` activity log entries from `Moderator Activity` to `Payment Activity`.
- CHANGE: Changed the Activity Log blurb `Upgraded group` to `Changed group plan`, changed `Changed payer` to `Changed group payer`, changed `Paid invoice` to `Paid group invoice`.
- CHANGE: In Files, if you don't have permission to upload, the `New/Upload` dropdown will no longer appear. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/members_still_see_options_to/88559182?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,88559182,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1638811475597947311&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1638811475597947311
- CHANGE: In Files and Photos, if the group is out of space, and you attempt to upload a file/photo, a new `Out of Space` dialog will pop up instead. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/pop_up_a_banner_when_user/88561342?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,88561342,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1638811475597947311&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1638811475597947311
January 18, 2022
- BUGFIX: The permission checking was wrong on database CSV imports, leading to people not being able to import rows. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/importing_csv_file_to/88502872?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,88502872,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1637816582371070376&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1637816582371070376