2023 11 16 release notes (core)

Release summary

The information detailed on this page refers to updates included in the following releases to the Patchworks Production environment:

Patchworks core (backend)

Release version
Release date

1.8.1

16th November 2023

Patchworks dashboard (frontend)

Release version
Release date

1.6.0

16th November 2023

New features, updates, and enhancements of note are summarised by product area, below:

Multi-company support

Type
Summary
Version & Ref #
New

Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1069

Process flows

Type
Summary
Version & Ref #
Enhancement

Email failure alert notifications

The email message received when a process

flow run fails now includes seconds in the run

date/time, and the link provided navigates

Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1480,1531

Update

Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1445

Update

Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1469

Bug

Null returns from script shape Fixed issue where the script shape did not allow null returns, causing the subsequent step to fail. A null value is now returned as: {“payload”:null}

Core 1.8.1 CPT-1441

Bug

Core 1.8.1 CPT-1095

Bug

Core 1.8.1 CPT-1582

Connector builder

Type
Summary
Version & Ref #
New

Postman importer (BETA) It's now possible to build a connector from a Postman collection. The Postman importer will attempt to:

  • create the system/connector

  • create system variables

  • create authentication type (token/api-key/basic for now)

  • create authentication variables

  • create endpoints (including variables)

Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1526

Bug

Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1526

Prebuilt connectors

The following prebuilt connectors have been added to the Patchworks marketplace since our previous release:

Last updated

#1409: Release notes - 11.12.24

Change request updated