The "UNDER DEVELOPMENT" section of the Mattermost changelog appears in the product's `master` branch to note key changes committed to master and are on their way to the next stable release. When a stable release is pushed the "UNDER DEVELOPMENT" heading is removed from the final changelog of the release.
- **Release candidate anticipated:** 2015-12-10
- **Final release anticipated:** 2015-12-16
### Improvements
Performance
- Updated getProfiles service to return less data
Messaging & Comments
- Added in-line previews for links from select websites and for URLs pointing to an image
- Added a "Help" link for messaging
Onboarding
- Added various small improvements to the tutorial
User Interface
- Visually combined sequential messages from the same user
- Added ability to rename "Town Square"
#### Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug where the member list only showed "20" members for channels with more than 20 members
- Fixed bug where the channel sidebar didn't order correctly on Postgres databases
- Fixed bug where search results did not highlight when searching with quotation marks, wildcard, or in: and from: modifiers
- Fixed bug with the cancel button not properly resetting the text in some account settings fields
- Fixed a bug where editing a post to be empty caused a 404 error
- Fixed issue where refreshing the page with the right hand sidebar open caused "..." to show up in place of usernames
#### Contributors
Many thanks to our external contributors. In no particular order:
Mattermost v1.2.1 is a bug fix release addressing a security issue in v1.2.0 affecting a newly introduced outgoing webhooks feature. Specifically, in v1.2.0 there was a check missing from outgoing webhooks, so a team member creating outgoing webhooks could in theory find a way to listen to messages in private channels containing popular words like "a", "the", "at", etc. For added security, Mattermost v1.2.1 now installs with incoming and outgoing webhooks disabled by default.
To limit the impact of this security issue, Mattermost v1.2.0 has been removed from the source repo. It is recommended that anyone who's installed v1.2.0 upgrade to v1.2.1 via [the procedure described in the Mattermost Upgrade Guide](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/install/Upgrade-Guide.md).
- Mattermost users can now interact with external applications using [outgoing webhooks](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/integrations/webhooks/Outgoing-Webhooks.md)
- An [application template](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-integration-giphy) demonstrating user queries sent to the Giphy search engine via Mattermost webhooks now available
- Adding search term `in:[channel_url_name]` now limits searches within a specific channel
- Adding search term `from:[username]` now limits searches to messages from a specific user
- Tip explaining search options when clicking into search box
Integrations
- [Outgoing webhooks](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/integrations/webhooks/Outgoing-Webhooks.md) now available
- Made available [application template showing outgoing webhooks working with Mattermost and external application](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-integration-giphy)
User Interface
- Member list in Channel display now scrollable, and includes Message button to message channel members directly
Multiple settings were added to [`config.json`](./config/config.json). These options can be modified in the System Console, or manually updated in the existing config.json file. This is a list of changes and their new default values in a fresh install:
- Added: `"EnableOutgoingWebhooks": false` to control whether outgoing webhooks are enabled
- Changed: `"EnableIncomingWebhooks": true` to `"EnableIncomingWebhooks": false` to turn incoming webhooks off by default, to increase security of default install. Documentation updated to enable webhooks before use.
The following is for informational purposes only, no action needed. Mattermost automatically upgrades database tables from the previous version's schema using only additions. Sessions table is dropped and rebuilt, no team data is affected by this.
##### Channels Table
1. Renamed `Description` to `Header`
2. Added `Purpose` column with type `varchar(1024)`
##### Preferences Table
1. Added `Preferences` Table
##### Teams Table
1. Added `InviteId` column with type `varchar(32)`
2. Added `AllowOpenInvite` column with type `tinyint(1)`
3. Added `AllowTeamListing` column with type `tinyint(1)`
- When navigating to a page with new messages as well as message containing inline images added via markdown, the channel may move up and down while loading the inline images
- After upgrading to v1.2 existing users will see the newly added tutorial tips upon login (this is a special case for v1.2 and will not happen in future upgrades)
- Channel list becomes reordered when there are lowercase channel names in a Postgres database
- Member list only shows "20" members for channels with more than 20 members
- Searches containing punctuation are not highlighted in the results (including in: or from: search modifiers and searches with quotations)
- Media files of type .avi .mkv .wmv .mov .flv .mp4a do not play properly
- Editing a post so that it's text is blank (which should delete it) throws a 404
- No scroll bar in centre channel
- Theme color import from Slack fails to import the “Active Channel” selection color
- **Final release:** 2015-11-16 (**Note:** This release was removed from public availability and replaced by v1.2.1 owing to a security issue with the new outgoing webhooks feature. See v1.2.1 Release Notes for details).
This is a bug fix release (v1.1.1) and recommended only for users needing a fix to the specific issue listed below. All other users should use the most recent major stable build release (v1.1.0).
[View more information on Mattermost release numbering](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/install/release-numbering.md).
### Release Purpose
#### Provide option for upgrading database from Mattermost v0.7 to v1.1
Upgrading Mattermost v0.7 to Mattermost v1.1 originally required installing Mattermost v1.0 to upgrade from the Mattermost v0.7 database, followed by an install of Mattermost v1.1.
This was problematic for installing Mattermost with GitLab omnibus since GitLab 8.0 contained Mattermost v0.7 and GitLab 8.1 was to include Mattermost v1.1
Therefore Mattermost v1.1.1 was created that can upgrade the database in Mattermost v0.7 to Mattermost v1.1 directly.
Users who configured Mattermost v0.7 within GitLab via the `config.json` file should consult [documentation on upgrading configurations from Mattermost v0.7 to Mattermost v1.1](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/install/Upgrade-Guide.md#upgrading-mattermost-v07-to-v11).
#### Removes 32-char limit on salts
Mattermost v1.1 introduced a 32-char limit on salts that broke the salt generating in GitLab and this restriction was removed for 1.1.1.
Mattermost now supports incoming webhooks for channels and private groups. This developer feature is available from the Account Settings -> Integrations menu. Documentation on how developers can use the webhook functionality to build custom integrations, along with samples, is available at http://mattermost.org/webhooks.
### Improvements
Integrations
- Improved support for incoming webhooks, including the ability to override a username and post as a bot instead
Documentation
- Added documentation on config.json and System Console settings
Multiple settings were added to [`config.json`](./config/config.json) and System Console UI. Prior to upgrading the Mattermost binaries from the previous versions, these options would need to be manually updated in existing config.json file. This is a list of changes and their new default values in a fresh install:
- Under `ServiceSettings` in `config.json`:
- Added: `"EnablePostIconOverride": false` to control whether webhooks can override profile pictures
- Added: `"EnablePostUsernameOverride": false` to control whether webhooks can override profile pictures
- Added: `"EnableSecurityFixAlert": true` to control whether the system is alerted to security updates
#### Database Changes from v1.0 to v1.1
The following is for informational purposes only, no action needed. Mattermost automatically upgrades database tables from the previous version's schema using only additions. Sessions table is dropped and rebuilt, no team data is affected by this.
##### ChannelMembers Table
1. Removed `NotifyLevel` column
2. Added `NotifyProps` column with type `varchar(2000)` and default value `{}`
In addition new command line tools are available for managing Mattermost system roles, creating users, resetting passwords, getting version info and other basic tasks.
Run `./platform -h` for documentation using the new command line tool.
A large number of settings were changed in [`config.json`](./config/config.json) and a System Console UI was added. This is a very large change due to Mattermost releasing as v1.0 and it's unlikely a change of this size would happen again.
Prior to upgrading the Mattermost binaries from the previous versions, the below options would need to be manually updated in your existing config.json file to migrate successfully. This is a list of changes and their new default values in a fresh install:
- Moved: `"SiteName": "Mattermost"` which was added to `TeamSettings`
- Removed: `"Mode" : "dev"` which deprecates a high level dev mode, now replaced by granular controls
- Renamed: `"AllowTesting" : false` to `"EnableTesting": false` which allows the use of `/loadtest` slash commands during development
- Removed: `"UseSSL": false` boolean replaced by `"ConnectionSecurity": ""` under `Security` with new options: _None_ (`""`), _TLS_ (`"TLS"`) and _StartTLS_ ('"StartTLS"`)
- Renamed: `"Port": "8065"` to `"ListenAddress": ":8065"` to define address on which to listen. Must be prepended with a colon.
- Removed: `"Version": "developer"` removed and version information now stored in `model/version.go`
- Removed: `"Shards": {}` which was not used
- Moved: `"InviteSalt": "gxHVDcKUyP2y1eiyW8S8na1UYQAfq6J6"` to `EmailSettings`
- Moved: `"PublicLinkSalt": "TO3pTyXIZzwHiwyZgGql7lM7DG3zeId4"` to `FileSettings`
- Renamed and Moved `"ResetSalt": "IPxFzSfnDFsNsRafZxz8NaYqFKhf9y2t"` to `"PasswordResetSalt": "vZ4DcKyVVRlKHHJpexcuXzojkE5PZ5eL"` and moved to `EmailSettings`
- Removed: `"AnalyticsUrl": ""` which was not used
- Removed: `"UseLocalStorage": true` which is replaced by `"DriverName": "local"` in `FileSettings`
- Renamed and Moved: `"StorageDirectory": "./data/"` to `Directory` and moved to `FileSettings`
- Renamed: `"AllowedLoginAttempts": 10` to `"MaximumLoginAttempts": 10`
- Renamed, Reversed and Moved: `"DisableEmailSignUp": false` renamed `"EnableSignUpWithEmail": true`, reversed meaning of `true`, and moved to `EmailSettings`
- Added: `"EnableOAuthServiceProvider": false` to enable OAuth2 service provider functionality
- Added: `"EnableIncomingWebhooks": false` to enable incoming webhooks feature
- Renamed: `"AllowPublicLink": true` renamed to `"EnablePublicLink": true` and moved to `FileSettings`
- Removed: `AllowValetDefault` which was a guest account feature that is deprecated
- Removed: `"TermsLink": "/static/help/configure_links.html"` removed since option didn't need configuration
- Removed: `"PrivacyLink": "/static/help/configure_links.html"` removed since option didn't need configuration
- Removed: `"AboutLink": "/static/help/configure_links.html"` removed since option didn't need configuration
- Removed: `"HelpLink": "/static/help/configure_links.html"` removed since option didn't need configuration
- Removed: `"ReportProblemLink": "/static/help/configure_links.html"` removed since option didn't need configuration
- Removed: `"TourLink": "/static/help/configure_links.html"` removed since option didn't need configuration
- Removed: `"DefaultThemeColor": "#2389D7"` removed since theme colors changed from 1 to 18, default theme color option may be added back later after theme color design stablizes
- Renamed: `"DisableTeamCreation": false` to `"EnableUserCreation": true` and reversed
- Added: ` "EnableUserCreation": true` added to disable ability to create new user accounts in the system
The following is for informational purposes only, no action needed. Mattermost automatically upgrades database tables from the previous version's schema using only additions. Sessions table is dropped and rebuilt, no team data is affected by this.
##### Users Table
1. Added `ThemeProps` column with type `varchar(2000)` and default value `{}`
##### Teams Table
1. Removed `AllowValet` column
##### Sessions Table
1. Renamed `Id` column `Token`
2. Renamed `AltId` column `Id`
3. Added `IsOAuth` column with type `tinyint(1)` and default value `0`
##### OAuthAccessData Table
1. Added new table `OAuthAccessData`
2. Added `AuthCode` column with type `varchar(128)`
3. Added `Token` column with type `varchar(26)` as the primary key
4. Added `RefreshToken` column with type `varchar(26)`
5. Added `RedirectUri` column with type `varchar(256)`
6. Added index on `AuthCode` column
##### OAuthApps Table
1. Added new table `OAuthApps`
2. Added `Id` column with type `varchar(26)` as primary key
2. Added `CreatorId` column with type `varchar(26)`
2. Added `CreateAt` column with type `bigint(20)`
2. Added `UpdateAt` column with type `bigint(20)`
2. Added `ClientSecret` column with type `varchar(128)`
2. Added `Name` column with type `varchar(64)`
2. Added `Description` column with type `varchar(512)`
2. Added `CallbackUrls` column with type `varchar(1024)`
2. Added `Homepage` column with type `varchar(256)`
3. Added index on `CreatorId` column
##### OAuthAuthData Table
1. Added new table `OAuthAuthData`
2. Added `ClientId` column with type `varchar(26)`
2. Added `UserId` column with type `varchar(26)`
2. Added `Code` column with type `varchar(128)` as primary key
2. Added `ExpiresIn` column with type `int(11)`
2. Added `CreateAt` column with type `bigint(20)`
2. Added `State` column with type `varchar(128)`
2. Added `Scope` column with type `varchar(128)`
##### IncomingWebhooks Table
1. Added new table `IncomingWebhooks`
2. Added `Id` column with type `varchar(26)` as primary key
2. Added `CreateAt` column with type `bigint(20)`
2. Added `UpdateAt` column with type `bigint(20)`
2. Added `DeleteAt` column with type `bigint(20)`
2. Added `UserId` column with type `varchar(26)`
2. Added `ChannelId` column with type `varchar(26)`
2. Added `TeamId` column with type `varchar(26)`
3. Added index on `UserId` column
3. Added index on `TeamId` column
##### Systems Table
1. Added new table `Systems`
2. Added `Name` column with type `varchar(64)` as primary key
Following the release of Mattermost v0.6.0 Alpha, GitLab 7.14 offered an automated install of Mattermost with GitLab Single-Sign-On (co-branded as "GitLab Mattermost") in its omnibus installer.
New features, improvements, and bug fixes recommended by the GitLab community were incorporated into Mattermost v0.7.0 Beta1--in particular, extending support of GitLab SSO to team creation, and restricting team creation to users with verified emails from a configurable list of domains.
#### Slack Import (Preview)
Preview of Slack import functionality supports the processing of an "Export" file from Slack containing account information and public channel archives from a Slack team.
- In the feature preview, emails and usernames from Slack are used to create new Mattermost accounts, which users can activate by going to the Password Reset screen in Mattermost to set new credentials.
- Once logged in, users will have access to previous Slack messages shared in public channels, now imported to Mattermost.
- Slack does not export files or images your team has stored in Slack's database. Mattermost will provide links to the location of your assets in Slack's web UI.
- Slack does not export any content from private groups or direct messages that your team has stored in Slack's database.
- The Preview release of Slack Import does not offer pre-checks or roll-back and will not import Slack accounts with username or email address collisions with existing Mattermost accounts. Also, Slack channel names with underscores will not import. Also, mentions do not yet resolve as Mattermost usernames (still show Slack ID). These issues are being addressed in [Mattermost v0.8.0 Migration Support](https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/PLT-22?filter=10002).
Special thanks to the GitLab Mattermost early adopter community who influenced this release, and who play a pivotal role in bringing Mattermost to over 100,000 organizations using GitLab today. In no particular order:
*Note: While use of Mattermost Preview (v0.5.0) and Mattermost Alpha (v0.6.0) in production is not recommended, we document compatibility considerations for a small number of organizations running Mattermost in production, supported directly by Mattermost product team.*
