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Backend Services v2.3

June 11, 2015

Release Notes

NEW

What's New

This section describes major new features and improvements in this release.

  • Portal
    • An ability to edit the content type's structure, permissions, and Cloud Code right from the content type browser, plus a new Refresh button
    • Images stored in content type item fields of type Files or Array of Files are being previewed when viewing the item details; in the case of mixed content only image files are previewed
    • Content types are now listed alphabetically in the Types browser
    • When viewing content type item details, user IDs in relation fields now appear as clickable links
    • The Cloud Function execution dialog box now allows you to specify query parameters
    • When executing Cloud Functions, the Execute button saves the changes made to the code
    • The user now gets a warning when trying to navigate away from a Cloud Code window that contains unsaved changes
    • Unfilled required fields are highlighted when saving a form such as when creating Users, Email Templates, or Push Notifications
    • Cloud Code tree changes—descriptive labels appear when there are no content types or functions
  • Cloud Files
    • Files can be downloaded over HTTPS even if the user's license does not allow HTTPS
  • An ability to specify a custom, non-GUID ID when creating items in Data, Users, or Files
  • Full API References for the JavaScript SDK, Cloud Code SDK, and Responsive Images SDK
  • New Getting Started documentation articles
FIXED

Resolved Defects

This section lists the major resolved defects in this release.

  • REST API: Email templates' /sendtest and /send endpoints are not responding properly for unsupported HTTP methods
  • REST API: Wrong error message when registering a user with a non-string password
  • The Users grid does not allow to filter by Display Name or Provider
  • The "More Details" link on the Subscription overview page doesn't work is the user does not have a Backend Services project
  • Unable to change the content-type header in a Cloud Function
  • The Display field is cleared when updating the content type structure
  • Content type item's file preview stops showing after editing the item permissions
  • File preview breaks on second selections of the content type item
  • Incorrect values/units displayed in the Overview statistics
  • Cloud Code logs are not always ordered by execution date
CHANGED

Changes

This section lists important changes that apply to this release.

  • As of this release, Cloud Functions are created with Anonymous permissions by default; previously their permissions were not set