Updates to the Groups.io service.
April 18, 2022
- CHANGE: For groups with `Normalize HTML` set, we now include `pre` tags in the set of tags that we defang.
April 14, 2022
- INTERNAL: Refactor the message search interface to elasticsearch and add tests.
April 13, 2022
- DOCS: Update from Nina. [FAQ](https://groups.io/helpcenter/faq/1/revision-history).
April 12, 2022
- CHANGE: Changed instances of `group member notice` in the activity log to `member notice` for consistency. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/tiny_working_tweak_change/90399574?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90399574,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1646337773435273153&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1646337773435273153
- CHANGE: Dialog confirmation wording change. https://beta.groups.io/g/docs/message/417
April 11, 2022
- API BUGFIX: The `/getevents` endpoint was returning events from up to 24 hours before the start time and up to 24 hours past the end time. https://beta.groups.io/g/api/topic/questions_on_get_events/90396206?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90396206,previd%3D1649687552342841852,nextid%3D1565042864990713926&previd=1649687552342841852&nextid=1565042864990713926
- INTERNAL: Upgraded to latest version of the Go compiler.
April 8, 2022
- NEW: `Updated` sort by option for photo albums. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/sort_photo_albums_by_updated/90306906?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90306906,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645853692856985607&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645853692856985607
- CHANGE: We have always ignored some calendar invite responses (Accepted/Tentative/etc), but not others. We now ignore all of them.
April 7, 2022
- NEW: Ability to view individual Group Sponsorship and Donation Payment receipts from the Account > Billing page.
- SYSADMIN: Switched the Elasticsearch cluster to use dedicated coordinator nodes, to avoid further issues with frozen data nodes not being removed from queries.
April 6, 2022
- NEW: When changing your account password, log out of any other session, as a security measure.
- NEW: We no longer allow email addresses from the following free top level domains: ".tk", ".ml", ".ga", ".cf", ".gq"
- CHANGE: Removed the daylight savings time information from the timezone dropdowns. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/timezone_drop_down_menu_in/90132691?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90132691,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645667331872832994&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645667331872832994
April 5, 2022
- NEW: Renamed the activity log `Expired Topic` to `Expired Hashtag` and we are now including the hashtag that expired in the log entry (new log entries only). https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/expired_topic_or_expired/90132725?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90132725,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645667331872832994&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645667331872832994
- BUGFIX: `Lock On Post` did not work if the message was moderated. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/lock_topic_after_posting/90193902?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90193902,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645667331872832994&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645667331872832994
- CHANGE: Add additional warnings/information to the account page where you can enable two factor authentication. https://beta.groups.io/g/docs/topic/2_factor_authentication/90245028?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90245028,previd%3D1649090604766253647,nextid%3D1610212090337060287&previd=1649090604766253647&nextid=1610212090337060287
April 4, 2022
- BUGFIX: We were not checking whether a user had permission to close or delete a chat (they must be the creator of the chat or a group moderator).
- INTERNAL BUGFIX: Fixed a race condition that lead to a deadlock in the webhookd process.
March 29, 2022
- BUGFIX: Directory search was not working. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/directory_search_not_working/90103794?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90103794,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1644642554941196704&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1644642554941196704
March 28, 2022
- BUGFIX: Changing a topic's hashtags would not be reflected correctly in the activity log entry. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/activity_log_mistake_when_a/90009571?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90009571,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1644537553988664952&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1644537553988664952
March 24, 2022
- CHANGE: When RSVPing to an event, allow up to 20 additional guests to be specified. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/rsvp_guest_count/90006079?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90006079,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1644347917887341747&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1644347917887341747
- BUGFIX: We weren't properly setting the Cache-Control header for logged in pages.
March 23, 2022
- APP BUGFIX: On some Android devices, clicking the Admin sidebar tab would generate a network error. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/message/764
- APP BUGFIX: Use absolute URLs to fix viewing event issue with the app. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/calendar_links_not_working/89502636?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89502636,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1624477664290982113&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1624477664290982113
March 18, 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).
- NEW: Enterprise groups that pay annually can now opt to be invoiced Net-30 instead of requiring a credit card charge.
March 17, 2022
- NEW: The download members function now obeys the user's date format when generating the CSV file. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/a_date_format/89844011?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89844011,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643940335806631747&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643940335806631747
- BUGFIX: `Upload Folder` no longer errors out if there's an empty folder. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/bug_upload_folder_doesn_t/89494410?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89494410,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643940335806631747&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643940335806631747
March 14, 2022
- CHANGE: Allow qq.com email addresses that consist solely of numbers to be direct added to groups. We generally don't allow those addresses because they are a big source of spam.
March 11, 2022
- INTERNAL: Work on improving the internal testing infrastructure of web templates and notifications.
- BUGFIX: Fix paths in notifications and activity log entries for files and folders uploaded via the `Upload Folder` function. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/31665
- NEW: In the Group Settings page, there is a new text field `Additional Payment Information` to specify additional information to be included in group invoices and receipts.
March 9, 2022
- BUGFIX: The activity log entry for creating subgroups contained an invalid URL.
March 8, 2022
- NEW: Locked groups now display a banner at the top of every page: `This group is locked. No changes can be made to the group while it is locked.` https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/what_happens_when_a_group_is/89625967?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89625967,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643063665495319946&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643063665495319946
- BUGFIX: People could still subscribe to free groups with 100 members via email. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/what_happens_when_a_group_is/89625967?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89625967,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643063665495319946&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643063665495319946
- BUGFIX: The emails sent when catching up on a followed topic were missing their attachments. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/manually_following_a_topic/89598281?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89598281,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643063665495319946&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643063665495319946