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)
1.8.1
16th November 2023
Patchworks dashboard (frontend)
1.6.0
16th November 2023
New features, updates, and enhancements of note are summarised by product area, below:
Multi-company support
Introducing multi-company support
It's now possible to manage multiple, linked companies via a single multi-company profile. Team members can easily switch into linked companies from their own dashboard to complete required tasks.
Multi-company profiles
Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1069
Process flows
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
directly to the affected run log.
Email notifications for failed process flow runs
Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1480,1531
Cache maintenance (cache content) UI
When you access existing caches and choose to view details for a cache, the cache content panel has been updated.
Cache maintenance
Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1445
Process flow overview tracked data
Links have been removed from in/out numbers in the tracked data panel.
Process flow home page
Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1469
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
Assert payload from route
Fixed issue where the assert shape could fail if included in a route shape path.
Assert payload shape
Core 1.8.1 CPT-1095
Map shape warnings
Fixed issue where the map shape showed a configuration warning in error. An error icon is only shown if a process flow is deployed with an un-configured map shape, or if a process flow is duplicated and mapping re-configuration is needed.
Map shape
Core 1.8.1 CPT-1582
Connector builder
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)
enable the authentication type for all endpoints.
Documentation coming soon
Core 1.8.1 Dashboard 1.6.0 CPT-1526
New 'text' body content type for endpoints
When adding body content for an endpoint, a new text option can be used.
Connector builder endpoints
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:
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