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title: "Release Notes 2023"
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Installing the Comala Publishing for Confluence Cloud app is a straightforward process; you [install it right inside your Confluence Cloud instance](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646611155). 

Updates are made periodically and will automatically be available in your Confluence Cloud instance.

> ℹ️ Check out the [latest release logs](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/694289289) to see what we have been working on recently.

## Releases 2023

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**13th December 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | New [Onboarding](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646611155/Install+Comala+Publishing+for+Cloud#Onboarding) feature for new users with access to [use cases](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646807819) and interactive demonstrations.<br>![image](media://428af1be-ca00-41b9-9308-ef5b92a3abbf)<br>Accessed through the **Apps** options in the Confluence left-side or top menu.<br>![image](media://13bd6c47-e337-4ab3-a4d3-6f2d313d1717) |
| **Updates** | - updated [source space publishing dashboard](/wiki/spaces/CPCD/pages/14125465601)
- updated in-app support links to the [Appfire support portal](http://appf.re/support) |

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> 12/13/2023 CPC 1.13.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**23rd Nov 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - Confluence API v2 updates |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem that prevented the setup of Comala Publishing in a personal space |

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> 11/23/2023 CPC 1.12.5

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**6th Nov 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - Confluence API v2 updates |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed an error publishing a page after a change of publishing target space configuration
- resolved a problem that caused the publishing [set-up wizard tool](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646774970) to stop working |

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> 10/26/2023 CPC 1.12.3
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> 11/6/2023 CPC 1.12.4

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**25th Oct 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - Confluence API v2 updates
- library maintenance |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed an error using the [Space publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578843) option when a space has no homepage |

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> 10/25/2023 CPC 1.12.4

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**16th Oct 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - an admin user in the source space who does not have the required permissions in the target space has the [source space dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089) options disabled and is displayed a message confirming that they do not have enough permissions in the target space
  - change target space option
  - enable/disable Publishing
  - clear configuration option<br>> ℹ️ This update replaces an error message displayed when a user tried to change the target space configuration but did not have the required target space permissions. |

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> 10/16/2023 CPC 1.12.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**9th Oct 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | New [space publishing configuration set-up wizard tool](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646774970) available when first setting setting up a space for publishing.<br>![image](media://102f6df0-31ce-442f-a57e-4c4830059ed5)<br>Access the configuration set-up tool by choosing the new **Configure Publishing** button option in the space settings publishing dashboard.<br>![image](media://79acbfe7-038c-4958-9de3-6cafafb0838d) |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved an issue displaying the warning message when changing the target space if no pages had been published
- resolved an issue reporting error messages |

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> 10/9/2023 CPC 1.12.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**6th Oct 2023**</span> |
| **Improvements** | - updates to our publishing process to use Confluence REST API v2 |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed some errors in the log when publishing a single page |

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> 10/6/2023 CPC 1.11.3

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**3rd Oct 2023**</span> |
| **Improvements** | - updated our background publishing process used to publish the whole space and reindexing a space to improve stability and performance |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved an issue that caused a page to be duplicated in the target space instead of being replaced when a new page in a source space was published that had an existing page with the same name in the target space
- updated the message displayed on publishing a child page of a unpublished parent page to include a warning that the page has been published to the root of the target space |

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**27th Sept 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed an error that occurred when reindexing
  - a personal space
  - or a space with a spacekey beginning with a numeric character
- fixed a problem causing a page to be duplicated when published and there was an existing page with the same name in the target space |

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> 9/27/2023 BPS 1.2.5

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**21st Sept 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - the [single page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988) on-screen publishing success message is now shown only once. The success message now disappears and is not displayed again
  - after the page is refreshed
  - on a subsequent page view if the message is cleared by a user
  - on returning to the page after using the **View published version** link
- [target space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/647004780) configuration information has been updated from **Edit configuration on Draft Space** to display **Edit configuration on the Source Space** |
| **Bugfixes** | - updated publishing progress bar to correctly display the duration of the publishing process |

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> 9/21/2023 CPC 1.11.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**6th Sept 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - updated the app name to Comala Publishing in space settings **App links**<br>![image](media://b2beac73-e02a-4fc0-8dbb-a55d9d376b63) |
| **Bugfixes** | - publishing status no longer changes to **Out of Sync** when a personal label is added/removed, for example, when a user chooses to **Star this page** for later |

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> 9/6/2023 CPC 1.11.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**29th August 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem displaying the on-screen confirmation when [a target space is initially added to the source space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646219345)<br>![image](media://e0707d68-e274-4236-8500-fc3a6124d175) |

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> 8/29/2023 CPC 1.10.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**24th August 2023 **</span> |
| **What’s New?** | When configuring a target space in the space publishing dashboard in a new source space, if the space selected from the target space dropdown menu is already configured as an existing Comala Publishing source space or target space, the **Change** target space button will be disabled and a warning message is displayed.<br>![image](media://2fca0cdc-dc41-4f7f-8754-1768e1df1e78)<br>> ℹ️ Selecting the warning message displays a link to the space to clear the publishing configuration in the selected space. |
| **Updates** | - **No pages to publish** message is displayed when there are no **NEW** or **OUT OF SYNC** pages to publish on a space publish action and now includes<br>![image](media://240cc038-2062-45d6-9de4-63c7faa5ab33)<br>> ℹ️ Warning message updated to include following text  ‘Either this space is empty or all the pages are already :check_mark: Synced.’ |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem displaying the **View** **Source version** link button in the target space publishing popup
- resolved an issue that repeatedly displayed a **No pages to publish** warning message on space publishing actions from a space with a new single page |

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> 8/24/2023 CPC 1.10.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**17th August 2023 **</span> |
| **What’s New?** | Unlinking a source space and a target space now completely [clears the publishing configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317) for each space.<br>> ℹ️ This new feature includes a new publishing dashboard [Clear Publishing configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646742317) actions menu option in both the source and the target space publishing settings. This single action clears the publishing configuration of both the source and target spaces.<br>![image](media://6b22a118-1caf-476f-a038-ba87b57c46f2) |
| **Updates** | - the space publishing dashboard can now be found using **Space Settings>Apps Links**<br>![image](media://d9540321-8cc2-4a1c-b80c-397cc7e6da18)<br>![image](media://f815a37d-9d33-4267-975f-792cc1be120b)<br>- updated our vendor name in the **Manage apps** screen to [Appfire](https://appfire.com/) |

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> 8/1/2023 CPC 1.8.7
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> 8/17/2023 CPC 1.9.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**20th July 2023 **</span> |
| **Updates** | - when [migrating Comala Publishing from server to cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646643910), if a source space page or the linked target space page have page restrictions,  migration now sets the page publishing status in the cloud source space to **NEW **to avoid misaligning the publishing status for these pages |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed an error that occurred for pages with restrictions during a space publishing reindex |

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> 7/20/2023 CPC 1.8.6
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> 7/20/2023 BPS 1.2.4

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**19th July 2023 **</span> |
| **Improvements** | The source space publishing dashboard [target space dropdown menu](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646219345) now automatically displays the last 10 spaces accessed by the current user.<br>![image](media://6e8632e1-fbc6-4177-b470-3b11f34b507a)<br>> ℹ️ If the user has accessed less than 10 spaces, the spaces preloaded into the menu will be back filled with the last created spaces. All spaces in the instance are searchable using the menu. |
| **Updates** | - updated message notification displayed when trying to [edit a page in a target space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/647038156). The message is also now displayed when creating a page in a target space<br>![image](media://f330b4f2-b961-4629-93ef-7e8be07eb972) |

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> 7/19/2023 CPC 1.8.5

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**4th July 2023 **</span> |
| **Updates** | - library maintenance updates
- added a column to the **Incomplete tasks** page issues table in the [space publishing report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=cpcd&title=Space%20publishing%20report&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=694059114)  to display the space for each listed page<br>![image](media://72b2665f-94d5-4c47-b994-4906244216db) |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem displaying warning flag message notifications in the target space when a user
  - ** **edits a previously published page in the target space
  - creates a new page in the target space |

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> 7/4/2023 CPC 1.8.3
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> 6/22/2023 CPC 1.8.2 [ROLLBACk]
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> 6/22/2023 BPS 1.2.3 [ROLLBACk]

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**21st June 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved an issue that prevented the publishing of a single page (using [single-page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988)) |

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> 6/23/2023 [ROLLBACk to CPC 1.8.1]

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**14th June 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - library maintenance updates
- app version installed is now displayed in the space publishing dashboard |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed an issue when publishing a whole space that caused some child pages to be published to the root of the target space |

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> 6/15/2023 CPC 1.8.1
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> 6/15/2023 BPS 1.2.2

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**5th June 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | ### Migration<br>Comala Publishing for Data Center/Server can now be [migrated to Cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646643910) using the Atlassian Migration Assistant.<br>> ℹ️ Migration can be undertaken to migrate the linked source space and target space for publishing to a Confluence Cloud site.<br>> ℹ️ Comala Publishing Data Center/Server [v3.1.0+] is required.<br>[Comala Publishing Migration Guide](/wiki/spaces/MIGCP/pages/632029408)<br>[Product Comparison - Comala Publishing Data Center/Server and Cloud](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646219289)<br>### Copy content properties<br>New [Copy content properties](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646775243) in the space settings [space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089) to enable or disable the copying of the content properties when publishing.<br>![image](media://e792ec7f-4ddb-458e-9126-f2e75cac4a24)<br>The **Copy content properties** option can be disabled if you don’t want to override a content property from any other 3rd party app in the target space. For example, if a workflow from the Comala Document Management family of apps is applied in the source space and in the target space, the **Copy content properties** option should be disabled to avoid overriding the workflow applied in the target space. |

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> 6/5/2023 CPC 1.8.0
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> 6/5/2023 BPS 1.2.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**31st May 2023**</span> |
| **Improvements** | Improvements to the [space publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089) and [single-page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988) user interfaces including<br>- progress bars display time elapsed and remain blue if errors are found on completion
- space publishing progress bar and [space publishing report](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=cpcd&title=Space%20publishing%20report&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=694059114) display the names of the source and the target spaces
- last space publication summary in the [source space publishing dashboard ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089)now includes the number of pages published; the name of the target space and the full date and time of publication |
| **Updates** | - minor updates in the [space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646644089) to improve user experience |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem publishing to the correct hierarchy a previously published source space page when it is moved from the source space root to be a child of the home page* |

> ℹ️ * If the parent of the published page does not exist in the target space, the page will still be published under the root.

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> 5/31/2023 CPC 1.7.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**24th May 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved a problem that prevented the update of the publishing sync status when an attachment was added
- when several publish and sync actions occur in a short time period the latest version is published and synced |

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> 5/24/2023 CPC 1.6.1
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> 5/24/2023 BPS 1.2.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**2nd May 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | - new progress bar showing publishing status update progress when [changing the target space](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646971563) after publishing<br>![image](media://91239652-7ae5-41e7-93ff-adeb7cdde5b9) |

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> 5/2/2023 BPS 1.1.4
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> 5/2/2023 CPC 1.6.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**19th April 2023**</span> |
| **Improvements** | - improved context details in error logs |
| **Updates** | - general performance updates |
| **Bugfixes** | - adding or removing labels in the target space now sets the publishing status to **Out of Sync**
- fixed a problem displaying some UI elements in the source space publishing dashboard |

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> 4/19/2023 CPC 1.5.4
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> 4/19/2023 CPC 1.5.5

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**13th April 2023**</span> |
| **Improvements** | - updated publishing process to better support publishing a page to a target space with an applied Comala workflow |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved a problem that displayed a 404 error and caused some problems when scrolling down a page
- source space target space is now cleared if the target space is deleted or does not exist (for example after the source space has been imported) |

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> 4/13/2023 CPC 1.5.3

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**5th April 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem that sometimes prevented the successful publishing of some pages |

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> 4/5/2023 CPC 1.5.2 (Hotfix)  
> 4/5/2023 BJS 1.1.3 (Hotfix)

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**27th March 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - general performance improvements |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed an error when the app was uninstalled
- amended [space publishing dashboard](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646252290) button to **Save** when adding a target space for the first time
- updated an error message displayed if a [single-page publishing](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988) action did not succeed
- added a warning flag in the message displayed to a user when a page is published with no parent in the target space<br>![image](media://7ca435cc-a564-4309-958c-3114fe8a49fd) |

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> 3/27/2023 CPC 1.5.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**16th March 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved a problem that occasionally generated an incorrect error message when a page was successfully published using single-page publishing |

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> 3/16/2023 BJS 1.1.2

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**14th March 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | Comala Publishing Cloud now supports the application of a Comala Document Management family of apps workflow on pages in a space configured as a target space for publishing |
| **Updates** | - Atlassian Cloud Connect toolkit compatibility update |

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> 3/14/2023 CPC 1.5.0
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> 3/14/2023 BJS Batch Job Service 1.1.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**9th March 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | - After changing the target space a publishing action now publishes all pages to the new target space
  - this includes any pages previously published to a different target space |
| **Updates** | - new **Publish** confirmation dialog box after choosing to publish a whole space<br>![image](media://0d9b7b67-8dc8-4ee8-967e-1da536cab4de)<br>- when publishing a space all other publishing by users in the space (both page and space publishing) is disabled until the space publishing is complete
- maintenance updates to improve performance and stability |

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> 3/9/2023 CPC 1.4.0
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> 3/9/2023 BJS Batch Job Service 1.1.0

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**2nd March 2023**</span> |
| **Updates** | - archived pages in the publishing source space are no longer included in the space publishing action
  - [What is published?](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/697469115)
  - [What is not published?](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646088074) |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed a problem publishing some pages correctly when publishing all the pages in a space with a large number of pages |

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> 3/2/2023 CPC 1.3.0
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> 3/1/2023 BJS Batch Job Service 1.0.5

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**22nd February 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - fixed the source space link in the target space space publishing dashboard when the target space is a personal space |

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> 2/22/2023 CPC 1.2.1

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**8th February 2023**</span> |
| **What’s New?** | Updated the UI when [publishing a single page](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/646578988) using the **Publish** option in the on-page publishing popup. The popup now displays<br>- the publishing progress<br>![image](media://78c2444b-1371-4abe-af8b-12964ab2ac2e)<br>- confirmation of a successful copy to the target space<br>![image](media://136990ac-af40-442a-a246-bc4459b42ee3) |
| **Updates** | - maintenance updates to improve stability and performance |

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> 2/8/2023 CPC 1.2.0
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> 3/8/2023 BJS Batch Job Service 1.0.3

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| ### <span style="color: #ffffff">**30th January 2023**</span> |
| **Bugfixes** | - resolved a problem that allowed a user without space admin permission to publish a space
- fixed a problem that allowed a user without view permission to publish an individual page
- resolved an issue that prevented a source space page and target space page moving to [OUT OF SYNC] if a page with restrictions was updated |

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> 1/30/2023 CPC 1.1.1

## Earlier releases

- [Releases 2022](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/682656678)
- [Releases 2021](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/682688876)
- [Releases 2020](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CPCL/pages/682330809)