CKAN v2.7.7 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-04-15 // about 4 years ago
  • General notes:

    • Note: This version does not requires a requirements upgrade on source installations
    • Note: This version does not requires a database upgrade
    • Note: This version does not require a Solr schema upgrade
    • Note: This version includes changes in the way the SameSite flag is set on the auth_tkt authorization cookie. The new default setting for it is SameSite=Lax, which aligns with the behaviour of all major browsers. If for some reason you need a different value, you can set it via the :ref:who.samesite configuration option. You can find more information on the SameSite attribute here <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies#SameSite_cookies>_.

    ๐Ÿ›  Fixes:

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix for number of datasets displayed on the My organizations tab (#3580 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/3580>_)
    • Password reset request - generally tighten it up (#4636 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/4636>_)
    • Add missing get_action calls in activity actions (#4967 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/4967>_)
    • Fix datetime comparison in resource_dict_save (#5033 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5033>_)
    • Allow vocabulary_id in /api/2/util/tag/autocomplete (#5071 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5071>_)
    • Fetch less data for get_all_entity_ids (#5201 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5201>_)
    • ๐Ÿ‘‰ Show error in text view if xhr failed (#5271 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5271>_)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix code injection in autocomplete module (#5064 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5064>_)
    • Check for the existence of tracking summary data before attempting to load it (#5030 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5139>_)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix broken translation in image view placeholder (#5099 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5116>_)
    • Filter revisions shown according to dataset permissions
    • โšก๏ธ Update JS vendor libraries
    • ๐Ÿ‘‰ Use returned facets in group controller (#2713 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5167>_)
    • ๐Ÿ‘ Samesite support in auth cookie (#5255 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/5255>_)
    • ๐Ÿ– Handle missing resources in case we have a race condition with the DataPusher (#3980 <https://github.com/ckan/ckan/pull/4918>_)
    • โž• Add the g object to toolkit