Groups.io: Changelog

BUGFIX: Fixed an internal issue where we were holding an image cache lock too long which in some cases was causing site slowness.

BUGFIX: Some videos sent as attachments would play upside down on the website.

BUGFIX: The code that detected which requests were from bots was missing some bots, causing extra load on the systems from should-be-banned bots.
CHANGE: Banned some new bots and IP addresses that were abusing the service.
CHANGE: When blocking a bot, we now return the Forbidden HTTP status; previously we were returning Not Found.
APP CHANGE: When entering a chat, there were instances where, even if the app has permission to send notifications, we weren't storing the notification token correctly, and therefore not sending notifications.

SYSADMIN: Doubled the capacity of the web servers to work to address site sluggishness issues.

BUGFIX: In the app, in some instances in dark mode, you could not gain focus of the editor.
BUGFIX: In the app, in chat, if you uploaded a photo, you were required to type something before the send button would appear.

BUGFIX: When going to a https://groups.io/g/GROUPNAME/join link while logged in, redirect to the group home page.
BUGFIX: Users that are banned by the system can no longer email +owner addresses. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/109217106#msg38834

CHANGE: On narrow screens, reduce the left and right margins.
CHANGE: Increase the speed of drawer and modal transitions from 0.3s to 0.2s.
BUGFIX: Fix several instances of broken breadcrumbs.

CHANGE: Changed the message dropdown menus to behave better on mobile.
BUGFIX: Fixed the All Actions selector in the activity log pages to behave better on mobile.
CHANGE: Added Back buttons to several pages on mobile for better navigation.
BUGFIX: We were missing about 20 strings for localization due to a bug in the localization pipeline. I also fixed some mismatched case issues and standardized a couple of strings.

CHANGE: Changed the group /topics dropdown menus to behave better on mobile.

BUGFIX: We were not allowing messages sent to +owner that had Private: in the subject line. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/38822
NEW: Revamped the long press reaction menu in Chat and added the ability to DM people.

NEW: Added Left To Right and Right To Left text direction options in the editor advanced toolbar.

BUGFIX: If you did not already have a Github integration defined, it was not possible to add another Github integration.

BUGFIX: Some user sidebar items were not highlighting.
CHANGE: When creating a group, changed the first field from 'Group Name' to 'Group Email Address' to hopefully reduce confusion.
BUGFIX: Try to prevent a user's name to be set to just spaces. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/108936030#msg38796
CHANGE: Updated the Brazilian Portuguese translation.
BUGFIX: When splitting a topic, the new topic should have the same attributes as the original topic and should not generate any extra activity log entries. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/38794
CHANGE: Add a note to the upcoming annual billing email saying no payment is due if the group is fully sponsored. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/38785

CHANGE: Changed how the file upload widget works in the Files section to hopefully be more clear. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/108874005#msg38790

BUGFIX: We were not using the Brazilian Portuguese translation file; we were instead defaulting to the European Portuguese translation file.

UPDATE: Updates to the Brazilian Portuguese localization of the site, along with some minor fixes to all of the translations.

BUGFIX: The Reject Notices dropdown was missing when rejecting a pending message from the edit pending message page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/38782

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