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Release 17.0 - Key Features
Architecture Upgrade
Login Authentication and Opt-In Permissions
Login password now spans all editions
Email Opt-Ins now tied to login email address, as opposed to login
Email “Troop” emails is not specific to each edition
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Bug Fixes
COMMISSIONERS: Email invites were missing from the list of “Account” | “Sections”
COMMISSIONERS: Can't approve an all-day AAF on the day of… a scouter can *submit* it but the GC can't approve it
PACK/TROOP: Many PAB's didn't have checkboxes beside the SPICES names
Patch (2021-06-21)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Bug Fixes
SCHEMA: Found more unmigrated SQL references
SCHEMA: Cleaned up references to only
API parameters in client
SCHEMA: Added live migration of server requests to avoid errors
SCHEMA: Added renamed files to service-worker manifest files
SCHEMA: Reversed date format back to yyyy-mm-dd
SS-3435: Unable to add qualifications
SS-3416: COMMISSIONERS: Bunch of bug fixes associated with displaying/approving AAF's
SS-3418: “Group by Year” wasn't working in some reports (e.g., Wall Chart)
SS-3410: Couldn't add/modify custom qualifications
SS-3437: Personal Events and non-favourite events were being excluded from per-youth rollups in Personal Journey Cards
Iterating over sparsely-populated list of collab accounts wasn't considering missing indices
SS-3444: Restored “view other schedules” functionality
SS-3442: If you went to Email | Quick Pick, and selected “by Patrols”, you couldn't see any youth who weren't assigned to patrols
Couldn't change the signup member grouping of unsaved events
Patch (2021-06-24)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Stop uselessly creating duplicate custom quals when transferring/linking members (was causing a “this youth has changed” message upon cancelling edits)
Eliminated misleading message box when deleting a member's headshot
Improved the feedback when moving/linking up members
Bug Fixes
SS-3451: Per-member cost overrides were throwing an exception
SS-3421: Problems moving up youth
SS-3419: SCHEMA: Awarded event crests weren't migrated properly
SS-3408: Bugs/improvements associated with the “Who's working on What” report when previous progression levels aren't complete
SS-3455: Multi-day events from other schedules were being displayed as single-day events (also affect “hello” calendar)
SS-3452: AAF: Getting a cryptic/unhelpful message when trying to approve AAF's from a different Group
SS-3452: AAF: Potential database deadlock on sending archiving message
Couldn't change “Account” | “Public Profile” details
SS-3445: Couldn't add “Important Date” events to the schedule
Patch (2021-06-28)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Bug Fixes
Youth roles were listed twice
Home patrol was being ignored when merging youth
SS-3427: Tally credit from the previous-previous section could be ignored when merging
SS-3468: National Standing report wasn't filtering national numbers by edition
SS-3469: Can't edit draft AAF's when no youth attending, and emergency list appended
Removed dependence on database connection to email sending, to potentially avoid deadlock when submitting AAF's
Detect failure to create DB session, and restart the server when that happens
Patch (2021-07-05)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Parse the uploaded ScoutsTracker code version from the server request and record it in the presence record
Added remigration routines to detect/fix collided outing ID's
Removed Scoutcraft Skills 9.3 requirement (chainsaws) as this is no longer part of the Canadian Path
Bug Fixes
Unchecking the “Show other schedules” was taking you to the schedule picker, rather than just unchecking the checkbox
Approving AAF could misleadingly look like it failed, even though it was just that the request timeout due to
HTML→plaintext conversion
Better handling of AAF's with missing attendees
COMMISSIONERS: SS-3473: Problems using the “Connect” button to access other sections' accounts
SS-3476: Could not create new section account with previously-unused email address
SS-3477: AAF: Initial creation of form could have problems selecting names
Patch (2021-07-13)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug selecting additional logins for a youth
SS-3482: Login failures after moving up
SS-1834: Youth's email contacts list display not being updated after adding a new login (i.e., required a refresh)
SS-3488: Wasn't processing batch email webhooks fast enough
SS-3343: A login's “can see private information” checkbox appeared unticked for non-admins, even when they had been granted that permission
AAF: SS-3490: Approval timestamp was showing submission timestamp
COMMISSIONER: Fixed a couple of issues with auto-generated AAF submission deadline events for events in section accounts
COMMISSIONER: SS-3487: Push selection checkboxes weren't ticked for not-shown sections, even if they had subscribed to the event
Patch (2021-07-26)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Use a semaphore to reduce the risk of StaleStateExceptions when discarding drafts (when a background save could be happening)
Shortcut attempts to update account properties if no login ID
Added “Copy Session Details” to Help, even when you're not logged in
Updated Stage 2 and Stage 4 pandemic text to accommodate slight wording changes made on scouts.ca
Bug Fixes
SS-3494: Do a sync before edit events or managing signup/attendance, to pick up latest changes
COLLABORATION: SS-3495: Group Commissioner Account not showing in organizations you belong to (and therefore, Shared Group inventory wasn't working)
IOS: SS-3496: Troubles signing in
SS-3512: Using cursor keys to change cursor position in non-allday multi-day events was giving the impression that it was changing the (apparent) start date of the event
SS-3510: First attempt to send an email when your email address wasn't verified wasn't actually sending
SS-3514: Can sometimes get an error pushing events to multiple sections
Patch (2021-09-01)
Miscellaneous Enhancements
Prevented possible creation of redundant DbApi objects upon startup
SS-3565: Can change a “Friend/Family (youth)” other participant into a full-fledge youth member (e.g., Cub)
Bug Fixes
Prevented a StaleStateException on processing PendingSyncs
News Feed Post view statistics weren't showing
SS-3562: Parent/Guardian Consent Form submitted from RSVP landing page wasn't saving
SS-3461: Catch exception generated on older versions of Firefox and Safari were generating on loading (scaled photos)
SS-3566: Can update BCC login flag, and have parent records updated as scouter records (which then erroneously creates stub scouters)
As support, go to “Account” | “Cubs” | <some cub> | “Add login” and untick “invitations”. You'll get a warning message about unsubscribing