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Updates are made periodically and will automatically be available in your Confluence Cloud instance.
Check out the **[latest releases](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631734515)**[ ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631734515)to see what we have been working on recently.
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## Earlier Releases 2022
Release Logs 2022
### 13th December 2022
**What's New?**
**This is our ****[new documentation space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL)**** for Comala Document Control Approval Cloud!**
We have updated the in-app links to this new **[documentation space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL)**.
:info: The old documentation space at [appfire.net/wiki](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL) will no longer be updated for Comala Document Approval Cloud.
If you have any questions please open a ticket with our [support team](http://appf.re/support).
Updates
- maintenance update to improve stability and performance
### 30th November 2022
**What's New?**
New **[document approvals macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689602838)**.
Add one or more [document approvals macros](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689602838) to a document to display approval information for a selected approval state. The macro can be configured to display the overall approval status in the approval state, the assignees for the review, each reviewer’s decision status, and the date of the last decision for each reviewer.
:blue_star: The [document approvals macro](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689602838) is compatible with the Confluence **page properties** and **page properties report** macros.
### 27th September 2022
**What's New?**
New **[document state](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689832842)** page macro.
Add the **document state** macro to a document to display one or both of the current approval workflow state and the date the state changed.
:blue_star: The macro is compatible with the Confluence **page properties** and **page properties report** macros.
### 1st September 2022
Bugfixes
- fixed an issue that caused a document with an applied approval workflow in a [Comala Publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL) configured target space to be published to an another (un-configured) space when the applied approval workflow on the document in the target space was transitioned to the final state
### 23rd August 2022
Bugfixes
- fixed a problem preventing email notifications from being sent for the approval with assignees if one or more of the assignees were invalid (for example the user account is disabled; the user does not have view permission)
### 10th August 2022
Update
- error handling and logging improvements
Bugfixes
- fixed an issue that caused the '**View approved**' byline link to be removed after editing content in the final state
- **Add workflow** options displayed on a page are now appropriate to the user permission (admin, edit, view)
### Aug 2nd 2022
Update
- security improvement limiting permission scopes (`admin`; `space_admin`) requested by the app if not required
Bugfix
- fixed a problem that prevented a user with space admin permission from choosing to delete approval history when removing a page workflow
### June 1st 2022
**What's New?**
To better **understand what business case** our **evaluation** customers are seeking to achieve when installing Comala Document Approval the workflow picker now has the option to select a business use option from a drop-down menu before applying the approval workflow.
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A user can choose the option to **Skip** the request.
This business use option will be available in our evaluation version each time the approval workflow is added to the content. It is aimed to help in the development of features within the Comala Document Approval app.
### May 12th 2022
**What's New?**
Users now have the ability to see what workflow is currently added and applied to the page.
- new **Show workflow** option in the workflow popup dialog actions (ellipsis) menu
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Choosing **Show workflow** opens a dialog box displaying a visual workflow diagram for the current workflow applied to the content.
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:blue_star: Users can also view the current workflow by choosing the **Show workflow** option in the page tools menu
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### May 5th 2022
Updates
**What's New?**
- updated space settings [Document Approval dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689735195) UI
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:info: Only the **Reindex workflows** option is displayed if the approval workflow is disabled in the space.
### April 27th 2022
Update
- maintenance update to improve stability and performance
### April 11th 2022
Update
- vulnerabilities update
### March 24th 2022
Update
- a user cannot now clear **[Approval History](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631898362)** from an individual page - the **Reset Approvals **button** **has been removed from the page **[Approvals History report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631898362)**
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:warning: **Approval History** is stored as an attachment to a document. This attachment can still be deleted by a user with **edit **or **admin** permission and this will clear the document **Approval History** for the individual document.
:info: A space admin will still have the option in the[ space settings Document Approval dashboard ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689735195)to **Clear **approval history for all documents in the space.
Bugfixes
- updated **[Approvals Report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631898362)** to display "**You have no approval workflows applied in this space**" when no Comalatech approval has been applied to any content in a space
- improved the display of multiple assignees of a specific approval in the **Approvals Report** dialog box
### March 14th 2022
Updates
- maintenance and backend improvement updates
Bugfixes
- long state names displayed in the workflow popup are no longer simply truncated but are now displayed with an ellipsis and a tooltip to show the full name on mouse-over
- resolved a problem displaying the **[page workflow history](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631898362)**
- fixed a problem that prevented the assignment of a user as a reviewer in the workflow popup and displayed an error
- update to ensure consistent styles are used across dialog boxes in the user interface
### February 17th 2022
Bugfixes
- resolved a problem that prevented access to the workflow report if the space home page was deleted
- fixed a bug causing the breakup of the style for some of the app dialog boxes
### February 14th 2022
Bugfixes
- fix to ensure workflow **Updated** transition works in any instance where Atlassian Confluence generates a long **contentID**
- resolved a problem that created duplicate notifications in the Workflow History when initializing states space-wide
### February 9th 2022
Bugfix
- resolved a problem that caused the [initialization of states](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/612893493/Space+Administration#Initialize-states) in a space to fail if the space had no homepage
### February 2nd 2022
Bugfixes
- fixed a problem that caused inconsistencies in workflow states after a space-wide initialization of the states
- when adding a workflow, it is no longer applied to the space home page†
† Previously the workflow was applied to the space home page but due to the limitations of Atlassian Confluence Cloud there was no access to the workflow or display of any workflow breadcrumbs
### January 17th 2022
Bugfixes
- updated [approvals report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631898362) to display details of any content that is under the root level of the space (except space homepage)
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## Earlier Releases 2021
Release Logs 2021
### December 16th 2021
Bugfix
- fixed a problem in some instances to ensure the **display of workflow history** where Atlassian Confluence generated long **contentID**s (*greater than 9007199254740991*)
> ℹ️ This is related to an Atlassian issue in some instances where Atlassian generated a long **contentID** - it** **could not be correctly handled by Confluence or certain add-on apps. Atlassian has currently resolved the issue by handling the **contentID** as a string instead of a number.
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> ℹ️ The Comala Document Management family of apps has been updated to be able to handle the **contentID** as a string as well.
### December 9th 2021
Update
- maintenance update on the debug tools feature, which is a non-public (dark) feature
### October 28th 2021
Updates
- error handling messages are now displayed when importing or exporting workflow history
- import/export of workflow history is now logged and traced with a unique **Trace id** for the request containing details of the
- user who performed the action
- Cloud instance
- space key
- content id (if applicable)
- process type (**Export** or **Import**)
Crowdbugfix
- resolved a problem to ensure that we wait for a successful check for user rights before doing some actions
### October 21st 2021
Update
- update related to Atlassian Connect installation lifecycle security improvements
Bugcrowd fix
- update to prevent users from being able to change the app configuration using the REST API
### October 14th 2021
Updates
- disabled workflow history backup and restore process
Due to customer feedback, we have temporarily disabled the workflow history backup and restore process.
Customers that are in the upgrade process should [contact us](http://appf.re/support).
### September 27th 2021
Bugfixes
- resolved a problem displaying the [workflow content byline](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689570358)
- after using the Atlassian Cloud to Cloud migration process to move their entire site to a different Confluence Cloud site
- after using the Atlassian Cloud to Cloud space import process to import a space to another Confluence Cloud site
### September 15th 2021
Update
- standardized the storage of user and assigner attributes after a workflow action occurs to `accountID` and `displayName` - ensures consistency of display in the workflow history
Bugfixes
- resolved a problem displaying changes in space administration when there was a large number of space properties
### August 24th 2021
Updates
- when a user is disabled or deleted, [Workflow History](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/631898362) will now display the default avatar and a user's full name (as stored as the display name) instead of the Atlassian ID
- **Back up Workflow History** dialog close button has been renamed from **Cancel** to **Close **to avoid misinterpretation of the action
- links to summary details of the **Last import** and the **Last export** of a workflow history backup now available in **Workflow History** in the [space Document Approval dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/689735195)
Bugfixes
- minor code patches to differentiate between upper and lowercase
- updated typos in some UI components
### July 26th 2021
Updates
- vulnerability updates
Bugfixes
- resolved a problem that caused resizing of the app global configuration screen
### June 16th 2021
Updates
- You can use the** Initialize states** option to ***publish every page in a space to a target space*** at the same time. Comala Publishing is used to publish content in a space on a page-by-page basis. However, you can choose to configure the Comla Publishing action on the transition to a specific state
- the source space page hierarchy is maintained on the publish action to the target space
- updated space document dashboard UI to include a warning when initializing states if Comala Publishing is installed
*"Note: if Comala Publishing is installed & configured for this space, Initializing states when may result in unforeseen publishing of content to the target space"*
Bugfix
- resolved an issue that was preventing the status of pages from being updated in the Approval Report when the workflow was removed at space or page level
- fixed a problem that when a space admin chose to initialize states, it initialized content to the initial workflow state instead of the state selected in the space settings Document Dashboard dropdown menu
- resolved a problem that was causing misdirected request logs
### June 8th 2021
Bugfix
- fixed a problem that caused the approval history to be rendered empty
### May 27th 2021
Bugfix
- fixed a problem with license validation after the license has expired
- when no Comalatech workflows are added to a space, the approvals report now displays confirmation that the app is disabled for the space
### May 18th 2021
Updates
- Atlassian Connect framework update
- updated space Document Management dashboard to remove reminder that enabling e-signature is found in approval settings
- removed inWebo OTP configuration option
Bugfixes
- updated the approval report to display confirmation message if no Comalatech approval workflow is installed in a space
- fixed a problem in the previous version link in the page history
- fixed a typo in the **Change state** on-screen notification
- fixed an authentication error when installing the app to a new instance
### April 27th 2021
Updates
- upgraded app security together with improvements in cache management and performance
- update to support changes in the App migration platform - see the [Atlassian migration model deprecation](https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/app-migration/release-notes/deprecation-migration-model/)
### April 1st 2021
Maintenance update
### March 31st 2021
Maintenance update
### February 24th 2021
Fixed issue in Approvals Report listing when space workflow disabled and other bugfixes
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## Earlier Releases 2020
Release Logs 2020
### August 25th 2020
Multiple UI enhancements and bugfixes
### August 4th 2020
Fixed an issue where approving a page with a pre-assigned group not working
Fixed an issue where the workflow report was not showing correct data, now it is searching on every user action
### June 15th 2020
Update to handling of expired subscriptions to improve error messages where app functionality will not be available.
### June 4th 2020
Workflow report has been renamed from **Document Report** to **Approvals Report**. Sidebar menu link and report title updated.
### May 18th 2020
New Welcome Tour feature added with useful information and links for new users.
### May 15th 2020
Option to disable individual user usage tracking added to the global admin configuration menu.
:info: This option is only available for paid licenses, not during trial. Site wide feature usage statistics will still be compiled by Comalatech for all license types to help understand usage trends and prioritise future feature development.
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## Earlier Releases 2019
Release Logs 2019
### November 26th 2019
Introducing Comala Document Approval (formerly Comala Approvals)
The new name unites Comala Document Approval with our other apps in the Comala Document Management family. Renaming the apps makes it easier for our customers to understand how they are related, and better explains their scope and use.
This update also includes a bug fix that was preventing page approvals from being added to pages in some situations without resetting the space configuration.
### October 29th 2019
Bug fix, updates, including:
- Fix for emojis in approval/assign comments causing an error.
### September 26th 2019
- Bug fix updates, including:
- Fix for in page notifications on page approval/rejection
- Fix on description in the activity history for assigned/unassigned entries.
- Fix for the state dialog that was showing the internal user ID on assigned users.
### June 13th 2019
- **Improved Approvals Dialog Layout**
The visual design of the Approvals Dialog Pop-up has been improved. It's now easier to use, and is up to date with the latest Confluence styling.
### March 18th 2019
- Minor UI updates and Atlassian API changes for GDPR compatibility.
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## Earlier Releases 2018
Release Logs 2018
### December 14 2018
- Introducing Comala Approvals Cloud. The Easiest Way to Add Reviews and Approvals to Confluence