2021-11-12

New Features

• [API] You can now make snippets visible to guests, giving external collaborators access to key information they need.
• [API] Upgraded our search infrastructure to deliver faster and more accurate results when finding processes, templates, and tasks across your account.
• [API] Administrators can now control whether standard users are allowed to invite new members to keep tighter control over who joins.
• [API] You can now search and filter your processes by starter, dates, tags, and content to quickly find exactly what you’re looking for.
• [API] Added a powerful search API that lets developers quickly find blueprints, processes, and forms using flexible filters and comparison operations.

Changes

• [API] Updated login buttons with crisp, brand-compliant Google and Microsoft logos for a cleaner, more professional sign-in experience.
• [API] We’re building a much faster and more flexible search system to help you find processes and tasks instantly with better filtering options.
• [API] Improved Docker setup process for developers to reduce build errors and streamline local development environment configuration.
• [API] Users can now easily create additional organizations when needed, with clear guidance replacing confusing error messages.
• [API] You can now filter archived processes separately from active ones, making it much easier to find exactly what you’re looking for in your process list.

Bug Fixes

• [API] Fixed an error that could prevent steps from being updated properly in procedure templates, ensuring smoother template editing.
• [API] Fixed API request logging that was missing some data due to a configuration issue, ensuring complete tracking works properly again.
• [API] Fixed server stability issues that were causing occasional service interruptions, ensuring more reliable access to your workflows and processes.
• [API] Fixed a backend error that was preventing some users from accessing certain features smoothly.
• [API] Fixed error that occurred when deleting certain tasks from the Tasks view, making task management more reliable.
• [API] Fixed a bug where completing certain tasks would fail due to a missing configuration setting, ensuring all tasks can now be completed smoothly.
• [API] Fixed an issue where rapidly clicking while editing process steps could cause errors due to duplicate requests being sent simultaneously.
• [API] Fixed temporary database slowdowns that could briefly interrupt activity feed loading during high usage periods.
• [API] Fixed a rare issue where launching processes could occasionally fail due to duplicate data attempts, making process creation more reliable.
• [API] Fixed database connection issues that could cause temporary service interruptions, improving overall system reliability and uptime.
• [API] Fixed database performance issues that were causing occasional slowdowns when loading processes and templates.
• [API] Fixed duplicate API requests that were causing errors and redundant activity logs by resolving a third-party integration issue.
• [API] Fixed task deadlines to properly wait for required tasks to finish before starting their countdown timer.

Removed

• [API] Removed temporary performance monitoring tool after identifying and resolving the main speed bottlenecks affecting API response times.
• [API] Removed unused task status from database queries, making your task lists and process tracking load faster and more efficiently.

Performance

• [API] Task completion now happens instantly instead of waiting for background analytics processing to finish.
• [API] Fixed slow process launching that previously took up to 6 minutes by removing unnecessary background calculations.
• [API] Enabled PHP OpCache on all API servers, reducing response times by speeding up code compilation to under 1ms on average.
• [API] Made user, group, and guest data load faster by storing frequently-accessed information closer to you worldwide.
• [API] Database optimization improved task creation and deletion speed by removing unnecessary overhead from task operations.
• [API] Improved monitoring of checklist permissions API to ensure consistently fast response times under 2 seconds.
• [API] Optimized backend performance by removing unused sorting calculations, making the system faster when viewing template statistics.
• [API] Added advanced performance monitoring to help us identify and fix slow API responses faster.