Changelog 2023

December 2023

New Features

AsyncStreamingAction

• Added AsyncStreamingAction for handling streaming responses

• Added StreamingDialogOptions for customization

• Added AuthenticatedRequest support on AsyncStreamingAction

• Improved dialog options with default properties

.NET 8.0 Support

• Added .NET 8.0 support

• Updated packages to .NET 8

Builder Enhancements

• Exposed more information on IBuilder interface

• Better introspection capabilities

Fixes

• Fixed ScimHandler not handling NameInUse correctly

• Fixed PostgreSQL invalid SQL

• Re-enabled TypeForwardedAttributes

• Fixed IgnoreProperty for Entity Framework Core

• Improved disposal of ActionHandlers

Maintenance

• Removed Eazfuscator obfuscation

• Better handling of POA column/columnspan

• Updated Web3

• Added benchmarker for performance testing

November 2023

New Features

Vidyano.Abstractions Package

• Added new Vidyano.Abstractions package

• Moved ServiceLocator to Abstractions

• Moved IUpdatableLog/LogType to Abstractions

• Added NullUpdatableLog implementation

API Enhancements

• Added ApiArgs.HttpContext for better request context

• Added reload when action is changed in Management

RepeatingJob Features

• Added RepeatingJob.CanExecute for conditional execution

• Better job control

Testing Support

• Added CustomActionArgs constructors for testing purposes

Fixes

• Remove starting, duplicate and end separators from Program Units

• Reset ObjectId on Save if it failed

• Correctly dispose CustomAction if created

• Temporarily disabled TypeForwardedTo for obfuscator support

Maintenance

• Updated packages

• Improved nullability annotations for Manager.GetUser

• Fixed version for Vidyano.Abstractions

October 2023

New Features

Security Enhancements

• Added IRepositoryUserRevocationStore interface

• RavenDB: Use in-memory revocation store

• RavenDB: Added IRepositoryUserRevocationStore support

Settings Builder

• Added ISettingsBuilder.AsReadOnly for read-only settings

Export Features

• Added ExportToExcelArgs.IncludedIdColumnName

• Customize ID column naming in Excel exports

Tools

• Added Tool FindMissingDefaultTranslations

• Helps identify missing translations

Fixes

• SECURITY: Fixed F-2023-0639 - Information leakage vulnerability

• Resolved target context of PO based on context type of POActions (#366)

Maintenance

• Keep client code in-sync for Boolean ToDisplayValue

• Various performance and nullability improvements

• Updated test projects to Web3

September 2023

New Features

Import/Export Enhancements

• Added Import/Export of Descriptions

• Added IncludeId feature for ExportToExcel

• Better data portability

MetadataDescription

• Added MetadataDescription for better metadata handling

ProgramUnitEx

• Added ProgramUnitEx for extended program unit functionality

Fixes

• Fixed issue #365

• RepeatingJobHost: Handle TaskCanceledException

• Fixed loading entity from index in RavenDB

• Fixed handling of null RemoteIpAddress in GetClientIpAddress

Maintenance

• Prefer literal contains for better performance

• Help developer when reference points to value object

• Improved fullTypeName handling

• Let Poll also check that cache is loaded

August 2023

New Features

ObjectId Enhancements

• Added ObjectId.FromServiceString method

• Easier object ID conversion

Fixes

• Fixed log type modification bug in DefaultRepositoryProvider

• Fixed NRE in RavenDB

• Advanced.IsValidImage fix for .NET 7

Maintenance

• Better default logging to exclude EF logging in Console

• Added RepositoryDocumentSession for separate session management

• RavenDB: Use correct session when cleaning up verbose log entries

• Keep SQL CacheUpdates backwards compatible

• Updated packages

July 2023

New Features

Manager Enhancements

• Added Manager.EnsureSettingsExist

• Added Manager.GetRequiredSetting methods

• Show virtual settings for easy changing

Entity Framework Improvements

• GetNextUserVersion support

• Fix for EF7 (extra SaveChanges)

• Support for intercepting Vidyano EF modelbuilder (#361)

Fixes

• Fixed issue with Web2Cdn being triggered before initializing schema

• Fixed SQL connection string in tests

Maintenance

• CalculatedAttribute requires at least 1 dependentOn property

• Tweaked parameter naming for PO.AddQuery method

• Ignore EqualityContract property from records

• Updated packages

June 2023

New Features

OpenAPI 3.1 Support

• Added OpenAPI 3.1 support (#162)

• Better API documentation

Program Unit Enhancements

• Added new ProgramUnitItem Separator type

• Added Comment to CollectionNameAttribute

Fixes

• Fixed NRE (Null Reference Exception)

• Fixed separator issue when OnBuildProgramUnits is used

Maintenance

• Changed some RavenDBOptions properties to be only set once

• Added comments for better code documentation

May 2023

New Features

Translation Service

• Added MicrosoftTranslatorService.BaseAddress

• Make sure new language is added in correct sorted position

Report Access Control

• Added MinimumReportAccessLevel config

• Better control over report access

Hooks

• Added RepositoryVerboseLogStore.EntryStored hook

• Added Advanced.OnImpersonate hook

Fixes

• Fixed ExportToCsv functionality

• Missing ExecuteMethodOperation.OpenUrl

• Use correct typehint for Web3 colors

Maintenance

• Also detect [KeyValueList] on nullable enum

• Updated packages

April 2023

New Features

QR Code Generation

• Added IQRCodeGenerator interface

• Added basic BmpEncoder for QR codes for non-Windows platforms

Task Extensions

• Added TaskExtensions.FireAndForget for async operations

Fixes

• Fixed Web3 issue overwriting UserSettings

Maintenance

• Keep required rules for new POAWR

• Keep max visibility for query types

• Added Icon

• Don't check for POActions´2 as base class

• TODOs and code cleanup

March 2023

New Features

Extra Assembly Support

• Added support for discovering types in extra assemblies (#357, #358)

Performance

• Performance improvement to ClaimSet Add

Fixes

• Allow UseAuthorization to be called inside UseVidyano

• Allow custom suffix for split value objects

• Make sure EntityType is set on POAWR.Lookup.PO

Maintenance

• EFCore: Enable AsNoTracking and ignore detached lazy loading warning

• Fallback exception logger to ILogger on anything but Windows

• Set correct TargetContextActionsType

• Small tweaks and TODOs

• Updated packages

February 2023

New Features

Configuration Enhancements

• More IVidyanoConfiguration comments

• Changed EnableJobs to be enabled by default

TypeCache Service

• Exposed TypeCacheService for type management

Query Features

• Added DistinctValuesArgs.IncludeNullIfNullable

• Better null handling in queries

Fixes

• Fixed issue with VAT as label

• Fixed index out of range exception

• Don't fail when trying to open content for in-memory verbose log

• Fixed issue with Api method not correctly logging exceptions

• Fixed NRE inside SetValueFromObject

• Fixed issue with Web3 not being detected from custom pages

Maintenance

• Prefer file scoped namespaces throughout codebase

• Use NuGet package icons

• Better default handling of WhereEntity

• Updated Web3

• Updated packages

• Bump copyright year

January 2023

New Features

Query Type Support

• Added QueryType for better query categorization

• QueryType fixes and improvements

Advanced Features

• Added Advanced.CorrectionOffset

• More calls to ApplyDataSecurity when needed

Datadog Integration

• Added EnableDatadog ClientOperation

• Better monitoring support

Rich Custom Logs

• Added UseRichCustomLogs

• Enhanced logging capabilities

Fixes

• Fixed issue with GroupBy not working on interfaces (RavenDB)

• Fixed KeyValueList on QueryType only, and KeyValueList on read denied

• Fixed reference files

• Make sure POA.Id stays in sync with name change

• Skip custom queries for wrong entity type

• Datadog sometimes failed when getting HttpRequest information

Maintenance

• Show attribute visibility during synchronize (query vs read+new)

• Set account before starting verbose log threads

• Verify against UtcNow

• Added signedPermissions on GetSharedAccessSignatureUrlForBlob

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Note: Commits marked with (test) or [skip ci] have been excluded from this changelog as they are internal testing commits.