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@SamTV12345 SamTV12345 released this 20 Jun 15:02
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v1.9.0
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Notable enhancements and fixes

  • Windows build:
    • The bundled node.exe was upgraded from v12 to v16.
    • The bundled node.exe is now a 64-bit executable. If you need the 32-bit
      version you must download and install Node.js yourself.
  • Improvements to login session management:
    • express_sid cookies and sessionstorage:* database records are no longer
      created unless requireAuthentication is true (or a plugin causes them to
      be created).
    • Login sessions now have a finite lifetime by default (10 days after
      leaving).
    • sessionstorage:* database records are automatically deleted when the login
      session expires (with some exceptions that will be fixed in the future).
    • Requests for static content (e.g., /robots.txt) and special pages (e.g.,
      the HTTP API, /stats) no longer create login session state.
  • The following settings from settings.json are now applied as expected (they
    were unintentionally ignored before):
    • padOptions.lang
    • padOptions.showChat
    • padOptions.userColor
    • padOptions.userName
  • HTTP API:
    • Fixed the return value of getText when called with a specific revision.
    • Fixed a potential attribute pool corruption bug with
      copyPadWithoutHistory.
    • Mappings created by createGroupIfNotExistsFor are now removed from the
      database when the group is deleted.
    • Fixed race conditions in the setText, appendText, and restoreRevision
      functions.
    • Added an optional authorId parameter to appendText,
      copyPadWithoutHistory, createGroupPad, createPad, restoreRevision,
      setHTML, and setText, and bumped the latest API version to 1.3.0.
  • Fixed a crash if the database is busy enough to cause a query timeout.
  • New /health endpoint for getting information about Etherpad's health (see
    draft-inadarei-api-health-check-06).
  • Docker now uses the new /health endpoint for health checks, which avoids
    issues when authentication is enabled. It also avoids the unnecessary creation
    of database records for managing browser sessions.
  • When copying a pad, the pad's records are copied in batches to avoid database
    timeouts with large pads.
  • Exporting a large pad to .etherpad format should be faster thanks to bulk
    database record fetches.
  • When importing an .etherpad file, records are now saved to the database in
    batches to avoid database timeouts with large pads.

For plugin authors

  • New expressPreSession server-side hook.
  • Pad server-side hook changes:
    • padCheck: New hook.
    • padCopy: New srcPad and dstPad context properties.
    • padDefaultContent: New hook.
    • padRemove: New pad context property.
  • The db property on Pad objects is now public.
  • New getAuthorId server-side hook.
  • New APIs for processing attributes: ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/attributes
    (low-level API) and ep_etherpad-lite/static/js/AttributeMap (high-level
    API).
  • The import server-side hook has a new ImportError context property.
  • New exportEtherpad and importEtherpad server-side hooks.
  • The handleMessageSecurity and handleMessage server-side hooks have a new
    sessionInfo context property that includes the user's author ID, the pad ID,
    and whether the user only has read-only access.
  • The handleMessageSecurity server-side hook can now be used to grant write
    access for the current message only.
  • The init_<pluginName> server-side hooks have a new logger context
    property that plugins can use to log messages.
  • Prevent infinite loop when exiting the server
  • Bump dependencies

Compatibility changes

  • Node.js v14.15.0 or later is now required.
  • The default login session expiration (applicable if requireAuthentication is
    true) changed from never to 10 days after the user leaves.

For plugin authors

  • The client context property for the handleMessageSecurity and
    handleMessage server-side hooks is deprecated; use the socket context
    property instead.
  • Pad server-side hook changes:
    • padCopy:
      • The originalPad context property is deprecated; use srcPad instead.
      • The destinationID context property is deprecated; use dstPad.id
        instead.
    • padCreate: The author context property is deprecated; use the new
      authorId context property instead. Also, the hook now runs asynchronously.
    • padLoad: Now runs when a temporary Pad object is created during import.
      Also, it now runs asynchronously.
    • padRemove: The padID context property is deprecated; use pad.id
      instead.
    • padUpdate: The author context property is deprecated; use the new
      authorId context property instead. Also, the hook now runs asynchronously.
  • Returning true from a handleMessageSecurity hook function is deprecated;
    return 'permitOnce' instead.
  • Changes to the src/static/js/Changeset.js library:
    • The following attribute processing functions are deprecated (use the new
      attribute APIs instead):
      • attribsAttributeValue()
      • eachAttribNumber()
      • makeAttribsString()
      • opAttributeValue()
    • opIterator(): Deprecated in favor of the new deserializeOps() generator
      function.
    • appendATextToAssembler(): Deprecated in favor of the new opsFromAText()
      generator function.
    • newOp(): Deprecated in favor of the new Op class.
  • The AuthorManager.getAuthor4Token() function is deprecated; use the new
    AuthorManager.getAuthorId() function instead.
  • The exported database records covered by the exportEtherpadAdditionalContent
    server-side hook now include keys like ${customPrefix}:${padId}:*, not just
    ${customPrefix}:${padId}.
  • Plugin locales should overwrite core's locales Stale
  • Plugin locales overwrite core locales
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