Updates to the Groups.io service.
September 16, 2022
- INTERNAL: Switch the other half of database replica/read-only requests to use the new database cluster.
- BUGFIX: Direct adding someone to a subgroup would not copy the correct subscriber color. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/member_colour_not_always_set/93654952?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,0,93654952,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1661540701758911605&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1661540701758911605
September 15, 2022
- INTERNAL: Changed the database queries for the muted and followed topics pages to reduce the load on the database.
September 14, 2022
- INTERNAL: Switch half of database replica/read-only requests to use the new database cluster.
- CHANGE: Clicking the `View/Reply Online` link in digests no longer brings up the reply box by default. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/view_reply_online_link/93307240?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,93307240,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1659710944680589077&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1659710944680589077
September 13, 2022
- BUGFIX: Fix broken HTML after export group submit.
- BUGFIX: Sometimes with broken mailers, we will get bounce reason strings that contain invalid UTF-8. Sanitize the strings so we don't get errors in the database.
September 12, 2022
- BUGFIX: Export group was timing out on some larger datasets. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/export_group_data_no_longer/93617511?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,93617511,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1659155192866649793&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1659155192866649793
August 12, 2022
- SYSADMIN: Increased the file descriptor limits for the pgbouncer process responsible for the main database in hopes that it fixes the problem that led to this morning's downtime.
- BUGFIX: We were not indexing user names in the member search index, so you could not search members by user name. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/searching_for_user_names_in/92989679?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92989679,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1657563284957654146&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1657563284957654146
- BUGFIX: You can now delete profile images, extra member data images and database images. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/33196
- BUGFIX: Image uploading to database rows was not working. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/92983285
August 11, 2022
- NEW: Paging through the Members page now remembers the checkbox settings from the `Visible` drop up. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/33082
- NEW: Paging through a Database now remembers the checkbox settings from the `Visible` drop up.
August 10, 2022
- CHANGE: When merging accounts, we now transfer ownership of any messages posted by the merged from account to the merged to account. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/merging_accounts_loses/92902393?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92902393,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1657236850585578349&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1657236850585578349
- CHANGE: The `Visible` dropdown on the database and member pages has been changed to a dropup. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/database_field_list_on/92893668?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92893668,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1625094524415195769&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1625094524415195769
- BUGFIX: When merging accounts, we were not properly resetting subscription user names and display names.
August 9, 2022
- BUGFIX: On mobile, don't display extra member fields in the `Members` page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/extra_member_data/92779156?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92779156,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1657231775366697496&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1657231775366697496
August 8, 2022
- BUGFIX: After adding at least one extra member data field, you could not fully delete all extra member data fields.
August 5, 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: The `Extra Member Data` section on the Default Sub Settings page is now collapsable.
- NEW: There is a `Visible` button on the Members page when extra member data is displayed.
August 3, 2022
- BUGFIX: Do not send the group calendar list of events email for lists that have been locked. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/archived_group_sent_calendar/92798479?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92798479,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656979729803306269&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656979729803306269
- INTERNAL: Upgraded to latest version of the Go compiler.
- NEW: New database column type `Number`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_numeric_data_type_to/92681862?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92681862,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656806671586922240&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656806671586922240
August 2, 2022
- NEW: Premium groups can now specify extra member data. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/extra_member_data/92779156?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92779156,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656806671586922240&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656806671586922240
July 29, 2022
- SYSADMIN: Upgraded kernels and software on several of the machines in the cluster.
- BUGFIX: Fix the admin statuspage.io API integration for easily creating new downtime incidents.
- 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).
- CHANGE: The message `View Source` function is now available to all members of the group. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/allow_message_more_view/92629331?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92629331,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656507316277204101&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656507316277204101
- BUGFIX: Moderator changes to a member's fullname were not causing that field to be marked as change, causing those changes to be reverted the next time the member updated their subscription. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/change_in_signature_settings/92591624?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92591624,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656507316277204101&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656507316277204101
- BUGFIX: Plain text paragraph fields in database tables were not being indexed by the search engine. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/database_search_function/92680210?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92680210,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656507316277204101&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656507316277204101
July 28, 2022
- INTERNAL: When attempting to send an email, if we are unable to look up an MX record during the first attempt at sending the message, return a temporary failure instead of the default behavior of trying to look up an A record. This is to hopefully guard against temporary DNS resolution issues which would cause a message to be improperly delivered to the wrong server.
- NEW: Added `Re.` subject prefix. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/another_new_reply_identifier/92367025?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92367025,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656337785126675386&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656337785126675386
July 27, 2022
- INTERNAL: Improved development tools for defining searches in Elasticsearch.
July 22, 2022
- INTERNAL: Rolled out improvements to database search as part of the project to add extra member fields.
July 21, 2022
- BUGFIX: In certain instances, the country field in an address column in a database could be erased.
July 20, 2022
- CHANGE: Add <span class="sr-only"> tags to the More hamburger menus to hopefully aid with screen readers.
July 15, 2022
- BUGFIX: Merging accounts with + aliases did not work. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/92406872
- CHANGE: Newly uploaded photos will now have max gallery dimensions of 1024x1024, down from 2048x2048. This does not affect the downloadable photo.
- BUGFIX: For events with long names, the start times would be obscured in the Calendar month view. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/start_times_truncated_in/87758830?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,87758830,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1655430894749695064&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1655430894749695064
- CHANGE: `Account Changes` moderator notifications are now grouped together by user, not subscription.