v1.1.16

Highlights

• There is a new Docker image, grist-oss. The existing grist image contains the extensions from the grist-ee image, but completely inert by default. For details, consult the README.
• Grist Electron has been renamed to Grist Desktop. Other Desktop improvements have happened, check them out!
• Webhooks can send an authorization header.
• The Docker images now use a non-root user to run Grist.
• External contributors can launch temporary Grist preview instances to showcase their changes.
• The Grist database schema has new documentation.
• Minor fixes and translations.

See the newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2024-06/

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v1.1.15

Highlights:

• A new environment variable, GRIST_TERMS_OF_SERVICE_URL is available, which can be used to display a link to your organization's terms of service.
• Improvements to the admin panel such as showing authentication method and reconciling functionality with the boot page. The boot page has been removed, as all of its features have been moved into the admin page.
• Pyodide is now another possible sandboxing mechanism available in our Docker images.
• Minor fixes and translations.

See the newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2024-05/

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v1.1.14

Highlights:

• A new environment variable APP_HOME_INTERNAL_URL for improving the self-hosted experience related to the URL of home servers behind a reverse proxy.
• Minor documentation improvements.
• Minor bug fixes.

See the newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2024-04/

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v1.1.13

Highlights:

• Grist Forms have a new design, and now support features like displaying text fields as text areas and copying an embed code for a published form.
• Support for importing and exporting TSV and DOO files. Read all about it in our monthly newsletter.
• The "Contact support" link is now customizable. Thanks @vviers!
• The export CSV and XLSX endpoints now support a title query parameter for specifying the filename of the downloaded file. Thanks @CamilleLegeron!
• An experimental environment variable, GRIST_SKIP_REDIS_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH, is now available which causes checksum check failures to be treated as warnings rather than errors. Thanks @fflorent!
• Date filter strings are now translatable in Weblate. Thanks @thomasweaver627!
• The GRIST_ALLOWED_HOSTS environment variable has been removed. Thanks @jonathanperret!
• Fix for Ctrl-C not working in Docker. Thanks @fflorent!
• A new row menu shortcut, "Use as table headers", for quickly copying the selected row’s values to their columns’ headers. Thanks @CamilleLegeron!
• Podman can now be used to build the grist-core image from the Dockerfile. Thanks @paulfitz!
• Portability improvements to various bash scripts. Thanks @tykling!
• HTTP long polling is now supported as an alternative to WebSockets. Thanks @jonathanperret!
• Doc workers now shut down automatically when they are no longer in use. Thanks @fflorent!
• Webhooks can now be configured to only trigger when a specific column changes. Thanks @CamilleLegeron!
• Additional team sites can now be created. Thanks @CamilleLegeron!
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.

See newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2024-03/

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v1.1.12

Highlights:

• An early version of a diagnostics page available at /boot. More to come later!
• Custom widgets will now only load once all required columns are mapped.
• Fix for hyphens not being escaped in snapshot URLs. Thanks @fflorent!
• Coaching call and contact urls are now configurable via environment variables. Thanks @CamilleLegeron and @vviers!
• The Access Rules page now uses more horizontal space when available. Thanks @CamilleLegeron!
• Post-release bug fixes and improvements for forms.
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.

See newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2024-02/.

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v1.1.11

Highlights:

• Forms are now available in Grist! Learn all about them in the monthly newsletter.
• The API console is now accessible from the Document Settings page.
• Fix for disabled webhooks continuing to fetch table data. Thanks @fflorent!
• Fix for deadlock with webhooks on document load. Thanks @fflorent!
• Support for overriding end_session_endpoint using environment variable GRIST_OIDC_IDP_END_SESSION_ENDPOINT. Thanks @jyio!
• Improved error message in document recovery modal. Thanks @fflorent!
• New createSite feature flag. Useful for disabling team site creation in the UI. Thanks @fflorent!
• Fix for server crash when client passes malformed JSON. Thanks @fflorent!
• Fixes for strings that were previously untranslatable. Thanks @CamilleLegeron!
• Fix for Grist process not shutting down gracefully in Docker. Thanks @fflorent!
• Support for longer TLDs in ISEMAIL and ISURL. Thanks @vviers!
• Performance optimizations for fetching workspace access. Thanks @fflorent!
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.

See newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2024-01/.

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v1.1.10

Highlights:

• In table widgets, you can now hit the spacebar to open the selected row as a record card.
• Secret /apiconsole landing page, ssh don't tell anyone.
• There are parts of a native form implementation starting to assemble behind the GRIST_EXPERIMENTAL_PLUGINS flag. Ssh again.
• Some fixes for filter link chains.

See newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2023-12/

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v1.1.9

Highlights:

• You can now open a record or referenced record in a pop-up card view. Read all about it in our newsletter.
• You can now specify the type of a new column from the "Add Column" menu.
• The calendar widget now comes pre-bundled with Grist, making it available even when offline.
• URLs that only have a docID (e.g. https://mysite.grist.mydomain.com/o/docs/{docID}) can now be used to open a document. Thanks @fflorent!
• New environment variables for configuring OpenID Connect name and email attributes, and disabling calls to the end session endpoint. Thanks @fflorent!
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.

See newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2023-11/

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v1.1.8

Highlights:

• The new menu for adding columns is now enabled by default.
• OIDC is now supported for authentication. Thanks @fflorent!
• GRIST_FORWARD_AUTH_HEADER is now only respected on login endpoints by default, with the remaining endpoints handled by sessions. GRIST_IGNORE_SESSION may be set to override this behavior. Additionally, GRIST_PROXY_AUTH_HEADER is now an alias for GRIST_FORWARD_AUTH_HEADER.
• Attachments and system files are now excluded when download a document as a template. Thanks @wunter8!
• The /download/table-schema endpoint now supports colId for the header parameter. Thanks @fflorent!
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.

v1.1.7

Highlights:

• There’s a new menu of options when adding a column, including lookup and formula shortcuts. The new menu is disabled by default and can be enabled by setting GRIST_NEW_COLUMN_MENU. It will be enabled by default in the next release.
• Popup tips are now shown throughout Grist. These can be disabled by including helpCenter in GRIST_HIDE_UI_ELEMENTS, or excluding helpCenter from GRIST_UI_FEATURES.
• A new environment variable, GRIST_PROMCLIENT_PORT, can now be set to serve Prometheus metrics on the specified port number. Thanks @fflorent!
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.

See newsletter at https://support.getgrist.com/newsletters/2023-10/