Release notes

4.10.0 (March 19th 2024)

• All items from 4.10.0-rc1

• Fixed issue with transfer of date values within Nested Content, Block List or Block Grid properties #209

• Fixed issue where templates could incorrectly cause schema mismatch errors when running in production mode #187

• Fixed issue where importing invalid variant property data would cause a not supported variation exception #8

• Fixed deserialization issue causing problems with the compare content feature #212

4.10.0-rc1 (March 5th 2024)

• Add IArtifactTypeResolver to allow custom type resolving when deserializing to IArtifact (used by Deploy Contrib, see PR #60)

• Add base migrators for importing legacy artifacts (used by Deploy Contrib)

• Restored ability to overwrite content properties with empty values

• Improved error UX and messaging to only show technical detail option if available

• Require a valid license when importing

• Remove Microsoft.Owin.Cors and Microsoft.AspNet.Cors dependencies

4.9.4 (February 20th 2024)

• Removed the no-longer supported "live edit" feature (Deploy on Cloud only).

• Fixed issue where the removal of a master template couldn't be deployed #201

• Ensured configuration for behavior following a "path too long" exception is respected for handling image cropper values #200

• User experience and message improvements on content flow exception #202

• Fixed issue with transfer of empty values to overwrite non-empty ones.

4.9.3 (January 16th 2024)

• Added configurable option to avoid overwriting of dictionary items with empty values #191

  • For more details see the page on Deploy's settings.

• Fixed regression issue with transfer of date values.

4.9.2 (January 9th 2024)

• Fixed issue with transfer of content using language variants #193

4.9.1 (December 21th 2023)

• Fixes the display of the selected schedule date on queue for transfer.

• Fixes parsing property values within Nested Content and Block List that were previously saved by the Contrib value connectors.

• Fixed incorrectly including media files in export when 'Content files' wasn't selected.

• Add maximum file size validation to import file upload.

4.9.0 (December 11th 2023)

• All items from 4.9.0-rc1.

4.9.0-rc1 (November 27th 2023)

• Added feature of content import and export with migrations.

• Added a new configuration option of ResolveUserInTargetEnvironment to allow resolving of user accounts in target environments (see Deploy Settings).

• Added a new configuration option of AllowPublicAccessDeploymentOperations to amend the behavior of public access rule transfer (see Deploy Settings).

4.8.4 (October 10th 2023)

• Fixed regression issue introduced in 4.8.3 with deployment of properties of content templates #182

4.8.3 (September 19th 2023)

• Updated the transfer of user picker values to resolve the user by username in the target environment #180

• Also updated the logic for the member picker to ensure values representing members that don't exist in the target environment are cleared.

• Added configuration option to ignore missing languages when deploying translation items #176

• Ensured consistent sort of translations within dictionary items .uda files #175

• Ensured that alt text for images placed in grid cells are transferred #174

• Further fix to logic for creating redirects on content deployment for variant content #170

• Resolves issue with grid media items in a batched deployment operation.

• Increased size of database fields storing references to account for longer values used in package data Commerce #428

• Include published name in content transfer data to avoid overwriting with draft name if different.

• Optimized content transfers to include only draft and published versions when they exist.

4.8.2 (August 1st 2023)

• Corrected logic for creating redirects on content deployment for variant content.

• Ensured consistent rendering of trailing zeros when using the rounded decimal converter.

• Reduced some logging to debug to reduce noise in log files.

4.8.1 (May 23rd 2023)

• Added configuration for batch package processing and omitting post operation notification handlers.

• Handled use of trailing slash in configured environment URLs.

• Added sort option for the "is up to date" column in the schema comparison #165.

• Ensured artifacts serialized to disk are no longer processed when the entity is configured to be transferred as content.

• Handled updates to serialized document types on deletion of data types.

4.8.0 (April 11th 2023)

• Tidied up the Deploy dialogs for transfer, compare and restore to align with CMS conventions and remove redundant options.

• Added a database lock to the persistent transfer queue, removing any risk of concurrency issues when adding or removing items from the queue.

4.7.4 (March 21st 2023)

• Fixed issue with datatype not found on cache rebuild #157

4.7.3 (February 21st 2023)

• All items listed under the 9.5.3, 10.1.3 and 11.0.1 releases (other than those indicated as only applying to higher versions).

4.7.2 (November 15th 2022)

• Added batch settings option providing resolution to large content or media transfers hitting Azure service limit #128

4.7.1 (October 18th 2022)

• Resolved issue with media restore when database items exist and files don't (backport fix to V4) #123

• Fixed issue with use of HTTP timeout setting (V9+)

4.7.0 (September 22nd 2022)

• Fixed issue with scheduled publish date being time shifted on deployments when source and target servers are running in different timezones.

• Fixed issue with transfer for members of a given type (V10 only) #139

• Introduced and used caching in deploy operations to improve performance.

• Increased default and added setting for disk operation timeouts #135

• Single language content transfers #132

• Scheduled content transfers.

• Corrected transfer of unpublished content status #131

• Improved UX and descriptions in backoffice settings dashboard #118

• Added ability to download Deploy artifacts (.uda files) as a zip archive from the management dashboard.

• Added sort options to the schema comparison view in the management dashboard #115

• Indented the JSON representation of Data Type configuration details in the .uda files for ease of review #85

• Fixed issue with transfer of Forms prevalue sources from text files that include captions.

• Ensured Document Type validation messages are transferred between environments #137

4.6.2 (August 16th 2022)

• Aligned Git URL displayed in backoffice with that in Cloud Portal (V4 only) #136

• Fixed issue with deployment of root node value for Umbraco Forms's "save as Umbraco node" workflow #133

• Fixed incorrect availability of workspace restore in production environment (V9 and V10 only)

• Added close button to "Transfer now" dialog

• Resolved registration of deployable types to support configuration for "backoffice edition".

4.6.1 (July 12th 2022)

• Resolved issue with media restore when database items exist and files don't #123

• Added details of failed deployment to deploy dashboard #120

• Added copy button for deploy log in the backoffice #121

• Fixed typo in UI #113

• Ensured signature refresh on Data Type move into or out of folder #125

• Fixed selection of workspace for compare dialog

• Optimized existence checks in connectors

• Restore missing partial restore option in content and media tree roots (V9+)

• Fixed extract trigger URL in PowerShell script distributed with Deploy On-Premise (V9+)

• Improved deserialization of exceptions for clearer reporting (V9+)

4.6.0 (April 26th 2022)

• Retained compact JSON formatting when transferring grid values

• Enhancements to content comparison dialog #101

• Partial restore for Forms and third-party plugins #100

• Display of configuration information and schema comparison on the deploy "settings" dashboard.

• Deployment of culture & hostname details #107

• Optional, automated clear of memory cache

• Resolved issue with empty value deployment of content based on the tags property editor #104

• Resolved issue with redirect functionality when records are deployed between environments (part of CMS #10066)

• Surfaced information about configuration for the ignore of broken dependencies in the dialog that presents the error information

• Fixed a CSS rendering issue for the deploy content dashboard's workspace display, when more than four environments are available.

• Fixed issue with deployment of empty tags data #104

4.5.0 (February 15th 2022)

• Content comparison dialog #65

• Backoffice deployment of members and member groups.

• Added support for deployment of history clean-up settings on Document Types (V4 only)

• Fixed bug with deployments of templates involving alias renames

4.4.4 (February 15th 2022)

• Fixed content transfer issue when public access login and error pages are created below the protected page #99

• Fixed issue with clashing permission letter for "queue for transfer" menu option (V4 only) #95

4.4.3 (January 25th 2022)

• Fixed ambiguous match exception when deploying forms (V4 only) #97

• Fixed issue with "live edit" component and scheduled publishing (V9 only) #98

• Amends to timing of file operation initialization to ensure third party components complete setup (V9 only).

• Added .NET 6 version of environment variable syntax for Umbraco Cloud configuration settings.

4.4.2 (December 21st 2021)

• Fixed issue with extractions triggered from uda files generated from older versions without property group aliases. #92

• Fixed timing issue for initiation of reading of file system triggers impacting third party Deploy integrations. #91

4.4.1 (December 7th 2021)

• Fixed issue relating to deployment of image alt text within the rich text editor. #87

4.4.0 (November 2nd 2021)

• Separate operations for "tree" and "workspace" restore #66

• Finer configuration options for ignoring broken dependencies #81

• Removed the redundant and misleading deploy operations available on the form "entries" menu item. #83

• Fixed issue with operations involving Form prevalue sources using XPath. #69​

• Fixed issue with restore options when Forms 8.8 is used with form definitions stored on disk. #76

• Improved reliability of extractions triggered from Umbraco Cloud git deployment operations by introducing a new marker file used only on start-up.

• Improved reliability of extractions on new Cloud infrastructure by wrapping and throttling the file system watcher events.

• Fixed issues with styling and scripts on the custom “no content” page displayed when Deploy is used.

• Fixed issue with language deployment when fallbacks are configured.

• Improved the error reporting when authorization fails between environments (V9 only). #77

• Fixed issue with restore of empty tab alias #84

4.3.0 (October 7th 2021)

• Added support for deployment of CMS tabs and groups

• Fixed issue with JSON detection causing issues using square brackets in grid content #70

4.2.0 (August 19th 2021)

• Added support for deployment of form folders #75 (Forms)

• Added support for backoffice transfer of data from custom packages or solutions

• Provided option for deploying dictionary items "as content" #17 #56

• List multiple dependency errors when deploying or restoring #5

• Add additional detail about deployment errors into logs #40

• Alter structure of .uda files to put name and alias at the top #50

• Fixed issue with removal of used macro parameter when restoring #53

• Add deep-link to deploy dashboard from transfer queue, so will be shown on click from "open transfer queue" (if CMS version supports deep dashboard links) #57

• Added value connector for new media picker #58

• Added refresh button to queue #61

• Fixed issue with changing casing of template aliases #63

• Added clear signature operation for minor updates of Deploy or CMS

• Fixed issue with forms deployment where workflows are deleted via code.

• Fixed issue with deploying Form prevalues with Forms versions < 8.5 #23

4.1.4 (September 7th 2021)

• Resolution of issue with failed extractions on vNext infrastructure.

4.1.3 (August 3rd 2021)

• Resolution of issue with failed extractions on vNext infrastructure.

4.1.1 (April 27th 2021)

• Added serialization converter for control of number of decimal places - #465 (internal)

• Resolved issue with deployment of content schedule - #445 (internal) and #31

• Resolved issue with unnecessary empty records being created in destination database - #444 (internal)

• Resolved issue with transfer of content templates when variants are enabled - #385 (internal)

• Resolved issues with content restore progress not updating when custom dashboards are installed - #39 and #47

• Resolved issue with deployment of changes to default language - #32

• Resolved issue with deployment of empty values not replacing previously entered content - #1

• Removed "transfer now" button from users that don't have permission to "queue for transfer" - #25

• Added deployment of member only property type properties (e.g. "view on profile") - #21

• Cleared pre-values cache on form deployments - #43

• Ensured datatype move action triggered serialization and allows deployment to target environment - #10

• Resolve UI issue where dialog closes if not accurate on selecting node from target environment for restore - #4

4.1.0 (March 25th 2021)

• Management dashboard for triggering and viewing status of deployment operations

• Release of Deploy On-Premises

4.0.1 (March 23rd 2021)

• Enabling Deploy 4 to work in new Cloud infrastructure

4.4.0 (August 15th 2024)

• All items from 4.4.0-rc1

4.4.0-rc1 (July 19th 2024)

• Skip empty pre-values #63

• Add DocTypeGridEditor Data Type configuration connector #65

4.3.0 (March 16th 2024)

• All items from 4.3.0-rc1

4.3.0-rc1 (March 5th 2024)

• Add legacy migrators and type resolver to allow importing from Umbraco 7 in #61

4.2.1 (February 21st 2023)

• Add additional caching using IContextCache in #59

4.2.0 (September 22nd 2022)

• Fixed issue with transfer of nested content string values using item templates (which is commencing with "{{") that were erroneously considered as JSON in #56

4.2.0-rc001 (September 7th 2022)

• Used caching in value connectors to improve performance.

4.1.3 (July 12th 2022)

• Optimized existence checks in connectors

4.1.2 (April 26th 2022)

• Fixes issue with deployment of nested content properties within Document Type grid editor values in https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco.Deploy.Contrib/pull/49 (fixes issue #82)

4.1.1 (February 14th 2022)

• Fixes NullReferenceException when parsing Block Editor values without settings

• Reduced Nested Content value connector logging level to debug

4.1.0 (September 17th 2021)

• Added in codes for the DTGE (Doc Type Grid Editor) cell value connector in #39

4.0.0 (May 28th 2021)

• Make ToArtifact/FromArtifact virtual in #47