Version 2024.1.

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Frontend

• Timing issues fixed that did not show created comment after save

• Timing issues fixed that did not show “no comment” after delete

• Performance optimization for the contexts page in the admin UI

• Editor overlapping buttons fixed

• Edit contexts on comment fixed in admin UI

• Update of edit mode for row in admin UI fixed to fix cases of comment deletion after update

• Data context with text creation in admin UI fixed

• Authorization duplication and delete error fixed

• Existing contexts can be choosen while creating comments

• Minor UI improvements

• Group creation in admin UI fixed

Backend

• Performance optimization for use cases with many authorizations

• Role Mapping for admin role fixed for restricted routes

• Unusable authorization sort fixed

• Postgres downgrade to be compatible to old data

• Nginx Buffer changes to prevent large http data issues

• Authorization order index null fixed

Migration from Version 2024.1.0

• Replace commenting.jar / commenting.war with version from new bundle

• Replace “iframe” and “administration” folder with contents from new bundle

Version 2024.1.0

Frontend

• Internal default roles from keycloak hidden

• View history of changes from a comment

• Message for an existing comment without the right to view it changed

• Password policy fulfilling displayed

• Added “edit-own” and “delete-own” as auth actions

Backend

• Dependencies updated

• Auth with the “Backend for Frontend (BFF)” schema providing state of the art security

Migration from Version 2023.4.X

• Keycloak “frontend” client can be changed to be not public, but then the client secret from the keycloak UI has to be provided by shipped text file in docker-compose or kubernetes secret. A restart after setting the client secret is mandatory.

• For docker-compose the docker-compose.yaml file has to be changed according to the changed or added lines in the docker-compose.yaml provided in the new sources.

• New files and folders from the release have to be added.

• In the Kubernetes variant, the new “bff” container has to be build according to Dockerfile.

• Change PostgreSQL95Dialect to PostgreSQLDialect in docker-compose.yaml (in docker variant).

• External URL in docker-compose.yml or kubernetes config has to be changed according to the real external URL.

• Frontend URL has to be set via the keycloak realm UI for the “master”-realm to the external URL + “/auth”.

Version 2023.4.X

Frontend

• Comments with underlined text

Backend

• Fixed changing of groups assigned to an existing user in Admin UI

• Newest Keycloak version from official docker repository and migration

• Sub roles from groups and role composites are now used for authorization

• Authorization wildcard contexts applying to a context with specific key and all values or specific value for all keys

• Full context on hover as tooltip

• Password not anymore required when creating new user

• “Are you sure?” for deleting any entity in Admin UI

• Button for deleting context disabled when Authorization is assigned

• Checkbox bulk delete of comments in Admin UI

• 37 Chars Authorization-Name Limit fixed -> 255 chars and UI restriction

• Edit context assignments to existing comment

• Default Keycloak roles are hidden in Admin UI

Migration from 2023.2.X

1. Old “comments-keycloak-theme” folder has to be deleted and replaced with new one

2. Changes in Kubernetes config

   1. DB_VENDOR renamed to KC_DB

   2. DB_ADDR splitted and renamed to KC_DB_URL_HOST and KC_DB_URL_PORT

   3. DB_DATABASE renamed to KC_DB_URL_DATABASE

   4. DB_SCHEMA renamed to KC_DB_SCHEMA

3. Changes in Kubernetes secrets

   1. DB_USER renamed to KC_DB_USERNAME

   2. DB_PASSWORD renamed to KC_DB_PASSWORD

   3. KEYCLOAK_ADMIN added duplicating KEYCLOAK_USER

   4. KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD added duplicating KEYCLOAK_PASSWORD

Version 2023.2.X

Frontend

• New editor options “Title” and “Hyperlink”

• Enable and disable features based on authorizations

• “Are your sure?” dialog for deleting comments

• Scrolling fixed

• Base font size configurable

• UI improvements

Backend

• Database scheme normalized to unique contexts

• Routes secured on backend side based on authorizations by contexts

• Visible comments filtered by authorizations by contexts

• Definition of user roles in Admin UI

• Definition of user groups in Admin UI

• Assingment of user groups to user in Admin UI

• Definition of “Authorizations by Contexts” in AdminUI

• User JSON import in Admin UI

• Backend UI improvements

Version 2023.1.X

• UI improvements

• Performance improvements

• Configurable visibility of contexts

• More specific comments display configurable

• Font family configurable

• Initial text for unset comment configurable

• User edge hidable

• Editor text formatting as title

• Editor text with embedded hyperlink

• Compatibility with data point and visualisation comments improved

Backend

• CSV Export with better formatting and more information

• Filter von Author and Date fixed

• Pagination showing strange result lists fixed