Release Notes for
Helix Swarm
Version 2024.4
Introduction
Helix Swarm (hereafter referred to as "Swarm") enables collaboration
and code review for teams using Helix Core that will help your teams ship
quality software faster.
This document lists all user-visible changes to Helix Swarm for
Release 2024.4.
Perforce numbers releases YYYY.R/CCCCC, for example, 2024.4/123456. YYYY is the
year; R is the release of that year; CCCCC is the bug fix change level.
Each bug fix in these release notes is marked by its change number.
Any release includes (1) all bug fixes of all previous releases and (2)
all bug fixes of the current release up to the bug fix change level.
The most up to date version of these release notes can be found here:
* http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/user/swarm_relnotes.txt
Please send all feedback to support@perforce.com.
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Important Platform End-of-Life Notice
Swarm no longer provides an OVA.
Dropped support for PHP 7.* as of 2024.3
Dropped support for the below Operating Systems:
- CentOS 7 and 8
- Ubuntu 16 and 18
- RHEL 7
- Amazon Linux 2
As of 2024.3, Swarm has discontinued support for PHP 7.* shifting its focus to PHP 8.x,
which addresses significant security issues and potentially improves Swarm's performance.
This reflects our dedication to retiring platforms that have reached End-of-Life (EOL).
Upon upgrading Helix Swarm, consider migrating to PHP version 8.x.
Swarm will drop support for PHP 8.0 in 2024.5 release.
This is part of our commitment to move away from using versions of platforms that have
reached End-of-Life (EOL).
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Important Notes
We are deprecating APIs older than v9, with a plan to remove them
from Swarm following the 2022.2 release. We recommend that anything that
uses the Swarm APIs is updated to use at least v9 by then. This
includes Helix Core Visual Client (P4V) 2021.3 or older as it uses v9
of the Helix Swarm API.
v9 is the latest complete set of APIs. The v11 APIs are not yet complete,
and might undergo refinement in the upcoming releases.
Review Page
You can switch back to the Classic view seamlessly using the classic view toggle.
Task Stream Reviews
Pre-commit reviews in a task stream are not supported.
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Upgrading from earlier versions
In the Swarm 2024.3 release, Redis binary has been upgraded to version 7.2.4. As a result
of this upgrade, the kernel and glibc requirements have automatically changed from
version 2.6 to 3.10. If you need to run Redis under kernel version 2.6, you can do either
of the following:
- Compile Redis from sources on the target host meeting the target kernel.
- Or use your own older Redis installation.
Please see the upgrade section of the documentation:
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/v24.4/swarm/Content/Swarm/chapter-setup-upgrade.html
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Platform Notes
Swarm supports the following client web browsers at the latest stable
browser version:
* Apple Safari
* Google Chrome
* Microsoft Edge
* Mozilla Firefox
We recommend the use of the latest stable version of the browsers
listed above for the best experience when using Swarm.
Other web browsers might also work, including prior, development or
beta builds of the above web browsers, but are not officially
supported.
Swarm requires that JavaScript and cookies are enabled in the web
browser.
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Supported Platforms
Linux (x86_64)
Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04
Rocky Linux 8 and 9
RHEL 8 and 9
The above platforms are tested and subject to regression testing on a frequent basis.
Errors or bugs discovered in these platforms are prioritized for correction.
Any platform not listed above is not actively tested by Perforce.
Swarm may run on other platforms that are not actively tested.
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Installation
We recommend installing Swarm using packages. This takes away all the
complication of installing all the required packages and software used
by Swarm.
Please see the installation section of the documentation:
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/v24.4/swarm/Content/Swarm/chapter.setup.html
Support for Ubuntu 16.04 has been dropped from release 21.1 onwards and
support for CentOS 7 has been dropped from 2024.3.
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Upgrading from Swarm 2019.1 and earlier
Swarm 2019.2 introduced a Redis in-memory cache to improve performance and
reduce the load on the Helix Core server. This replaces the file-based cache
that was previously used by Swarm.
On Swarm systems with a large number of users, groups, and projects, the
initial population of this cache can take some time. If you have a large
Swarm system you should read through the Redis section of the documentation:
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/v24.4/swarm/Content/Swarm/admin.redis.html
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Technology Preview features:
Features offered in Technology Preview are experimental and not
guaranteed to always work as expected. If you have feedback and
functionality suggestions, email techpreview@perforce.com.
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Interoperating With Previous Releases
Swarm is tested against all supported Helix Core Server at the time of release.
We test new releases of Swarm against the versions of Helix Core that are under
standard maintenance at the time of the release.
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/v24.4/swarm/Content/Swarm/setup.dependencies.html#Helix_Core_Server_requirements
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Documentation
Swarm Release 2024.4 documentation is included in the distribution
under the "public/docs" folder. To access it locally, edit the URL to point
to the docs directory on your local system. The documentation can be accessed from
within Swarm from the "Help" icon in the toolbar when you are logged in.
Additionally, the documentation is available online:
* http://www.perforce.com/manuals/v24.4/swarm
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License
Please see the separate "license" file, a peer to this file, or:
https://www.perforce.com/perforce/r24.4/user/swarm_license.txt
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Bugs fixed in 2024.4 Patch 1
#2699910 (Bug #124141)
Fixing the hard coded expiry date for the classic page switch
cookie.
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Major new functionality in 2024.4
#2637040 (Bug #121474)
Restrict users from editing project-level workflows if they do not
have access to any branch paths when the 'permission_check'
configurable is set to true.
#2628051 (Bug #121465)
Helix Swarm users that do not have access to a branch path are not
allowed to delete it when the 'permission_check' configurable is set
to true.
#2628027 (Bug #121361)
Added activity logs regarding the clean-up of deleted user across
projects, groups, test definition, workflow, user profile.
#2627430 (Bug #118853)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Helix Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the project followers
list.
#2627397, #2625222, #2625190, #2624719 (Bug #121498)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Helix Swarm now
appends the suffix 'deleted' to their username. This assists in
identifying deleted users in Helix Swarm.
#2626488 (Bug #121358)
Added an API endpoint 'Check for user deletion or add user for
deletion in Swarm' for administrators to verify the successful
cleanup of a deleted user across the system components such as
workflow, test definition, projects, groups, and user profile.
#2626163 (Bug #118852)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Helix Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the projects associated
branch default reviewers list.
#2625594 (Bug #118851)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Helix Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the projects associated
branch moderators list.
#2625155 (Bug #121298)
Helix Swarm now supports using Slack integration through a proxy
server.
#2624163 (Bug #118630)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the groups.
#2623338, #2623906, #2627430 (Bug #118628)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the user profile.
#2623183 (Bug #121461)
Added syntax highlighting support for the Haxe programming language.
#2622632, #2623605, #2623763, #2624362, #2624418 (Bug #118631)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the projects.
#2621690 (Bug #118645)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the workflows.
#2621594, #2621554 (Bug #118644)
When a user is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Swarm now
automatically removes the deleted user from the test definitions.
#2616745, #2619728, #2620154 (Bug #118709)
Extended the existing filter or validator functionality of the branch
path to validate the branch path if the 'permission_check'
configurable is set to true, and then perform the permission check of
the branch paths.
#2614959 (Bug #118708)
Added a new 'permission_check' configurable to allow users to enable
or disable branch path permission checks.
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Minor new functionality in 2024.4
#2640887 (Bug #120350)
The PHP memory limit of the Docker container is now set to 2
gigabytes (GB).
#2631006 (Bug #121160)
We can link automatically to reviews using the format
'review-<review-id>'.
#2630996 (Bug #121509)
Fixed returning errors when the user doesn't have permissions within
the protections table.
#2623716, #2615231 (Bug #120686)
Added a new configurable 'cookie_samesite' to prevent the web browser
from sending the cookie in cross-site requests.
#2620991, #2620259, #2619198, #2616697 (Bug #120614)
Added a new content_security_policy configurable in the
SWARM_ROOT/data/config.php file with a default value to enhance
security, which can be customized as needed.
#2620259, #2617744 (Bug #120616)
Added new security configurables to the SWARM_ROOT/data/config.php
file, including headers for X-XSS-Protection, X-Content-Type-Options,
Referrer-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, Subresource-Integrity,
Content-Security-Policy, and Permissions-Policy, which can be
customized as needed.
#2615008 (Bug #120617)
Implemented a security enhancement to disable autocomplete for
password fields in web forms by setting the autocomplete attribute to
"off," preventing browsers from storing passwords.
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Bugs fixed in 2024.4
#2642372 (Bug #122059)
Updated documentation to clarify that when using on-prem with PAT,
the user field must be left blank.
#2642370 (Bug #121986)
Fixed an issue where the Swarm reviews api/v11/reviews API endpoint
in the Helix Swarm Guide incorrectly listed "committed" as a valid
state.
#2640859 (Bug #121574)
Added instructions to the Helix Swarm guide for the required steps to
be completed when HTTPS is implemented.
#2637759 (Bug #121966)
Updated the upgrade instructions in the Helix Swarm Guide for Ubuntu
20.04 system as it requires the installation of PHP 8.* before
upgrading Swarm.
#2636136, #2636074 (Bug #121584)
Updated the release notes and Helix Swarm Guide to indicate that the
Helix Swarm 2024.3 release upgrades the Redis binary, implicitly
changing kernel and glibc requirements from 2.6 to 3.10.
#2635642 (Bug #121737)
Enhanced the Helix Swarm Guide by including examples for Depot
permission, Private Project, and TestRun API.
#2632750 (Bug #121448)
The Helix Swarm guide now includes details about the API to rerun a
specific test in Helix Swarm.
#2630996, #2625094 (Bug #121319)
Helix Swarm now automatically creates new Helix Core server users
upon login if they exist in LDAP, provided the
'auth.ldap.userautocreate' setting is enabled in the Helix Core
server configuration.
#2628507, #2628507 (Bug #121632)
Fixed an issue where notifications were not being sent immediately
when notification_delay_time configurable was set to 0.
#2628422, #2625137 (Bug #121486)
When you rename a file, edit it, and request a review, now only the
edited content is highlighted in the diff panel.
#2623384, #2623225 (Bug #120684)
Fixed an issue where clicking the expand arrow navigated to the
Participant tab instead of expanding the branch definition if the
Depot paths in the Branch definition contained a blank line when
adding a new branch.
#2621333 (Bug #121291)
Fixed an issue where, when a branch had the 'Inherit from project'
setting for a workflow, Helix Swarm incorrectly ignored the project
level setting. This issue occurred only when the 'Inherit from
project' option for the workflow was selected manually.
#2621333 (Bug #120118)
Fixed an issue where an edited file was bypassing the workflow rules.
#2620766, #2620368, #2620155, #2590461 (Bug #115024)
Fixed an issue where Helix Swarm incorrectly ignored user settings
when the username was in mixed case within a group.
#2619161 (Bug #112018)
Fixed an authorization issue that was preventing Helix Core Server
users from creating reviews in Helix Swarm, eliminating the need for
workarounds and improving the review workflow.
#2617719 (Bug #120688)
In the Helix Swarm guide, added details about how to hide Apache
version and Operating System (OS) details from HTTP headers and
server-generated pages. This includes steps for viewing current
server information, modifying Apache configuration, and restarting
the server to improve security by obscuring system details.
#2617699 (Bug #120613)
In the Helix Swarm guide, added that when using HTTPS, Port 80 should
be disabled to prevent exposure to unencrypted HTTP traffic and
associated security risks.
#2521356, #2514766 (Bug #119648)
Fixed an issue where the long changelist descriptions in the default
review page were being clipped.
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Bugs fixed in 2024.3 Patch 2
#2628162, #2628035, #2628034, #2628033 (Bug #121663)
Removed the French translations included by mistake. They are
gibberish for internal testing only.
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Bugs fixed in 2024.3 Patch 1
#2620766, #2620368, #2620155, #2590461 (Bug #108392)
Fixed an issue where notifications were not sent for private projects
with mixed-case usernames if the Helix Core Server was
case-insensitive.
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Major new functionality in 2024.3
#2609563 (Bug #120352)
Added support for PHP 8.3.
#2603194, #2599201 (Bug #120247)
When a user clicks outside of a comment box, it will now close
instead of staying open.
#2600507, #2600454 (Bug #120687)
Upgraded some NPM libraries to ensure that Swarm is using the latest
version of all libraries.
#2599318, #2596988, #2596454 (Bug #117622)
Upgraded Laminas to support PHP 8.2 due to a header bug in older
version of Laminas.
#2596454 (Bug #120097)
Swarm now uses the latest Laminas version, which requires a minimum
PHP 8.0.
#2585658 (Bug #111023)
For Jira on-premises, added support to login using a Personal Access
Token (PAT)
#2582551 (Bug #120094)
Swarm has dropped support for PHP 7.X.
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Minor new functionality in 2024.3
#2603824, #2598050 (Bug #120556)
Fixed an issue where the new SSO integration login page prevented
logins with a mixed-case username.
#2603623, #2603636, #2603648, #2603654, #2603664, #2603668, #2603684,
#2603718, #2603734, #2603742, #2603754, #2603758, #2603858, #2603949,
#2604366, #2604509, #2604912, #2605885, #2605922, #2606192 (Bug #120412)
Added support for Ubuntu 24.04.
#2597502, #2597403, #2597403, #2597137, #2597137 (Bug #120665)
Upgraded jQuery from version 3.2.1 to 3.5.1 to resolve any Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE).
#2587627 (Bug #118193)
You can now exempt users from linking their changes to a Jira issue.
#2582446, #2578000 (Bug #116985)
Upgraded the Redis binary shipped with Swarm to version 7.2.4.
#2582440 (Bug #120029)
The syntax highlighter on the review page now supports GoLang.
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Bugs fixed in 2024.3
#2604917 (Bug #118427)
An error was displayed in the Swarm UI when the max_size configurable
was set to a low value. This occurred because the file content was
truncated, and the diffing library used by Swarm did not receive
enough data. This issue has been resolved.
#2599964 (Bug #119670)
Fixed an issue where the Swarm update project API endpoint would
disable both toggle switches in the Participants tab, affecting which
actions would send a notification.
#2599958 (Bug #110072)
Fixed an issue where the workflow rule of auto approve review based
on minimum vote count approved reviews even when
disable_approve_when_tasks_open parameter was set to true.
#2599945 (Bug #120218)
Fixed an issue where the user had to select Alt+T twice to open a
file in a new tab.
#2598589 (Bug #120449)
Fixed an issue where reviewers weren't receiving email notifications
for post-commit reviews created by a workflow.
#2594767 (Bug #119117)
Fixed an issue where a reviewer received an incorrect link for the
edited reviewers in the Swarm notification email.
#2594749 (Bug #117581)
Swarm now ignores multiple matches of "#review" in a changelist
description if a #review with a changelist number is detected.
#2591172 (Bug #119645)
The Helix Swarm Guide now includes more details about how to set up
Slack notifications from Swarm to private channels.
#2590777 (Bug #118548)
Fixed an issue where the review page would flicker.
#2590461 (Bug #108392)
Fixed an issue where notifications were not sent for private projects
with mixed-case usernames if the Helix Core Server was
case-sensitive.
#2590217 (Bug #120260)
Fixed an issue where a changelist description containing a markdown
hyperlink to a Jira issue with no spaces between the brackets and the
string would result in Swarm not adding a web link to the Jira issue.
#2587746 (Bug #119916)
Updated the Helix Swarm Guide to include details about the
resultOrder parameter in the reviews API endpoint.
#2587075 (Bug #119629)
The Helix Swarm Guide now includes more details about how the Slack
integration uses the project ID instead of the project name.
#2585036 (Bug #117251)
Fixed an issue where Swarm did not display the file diff when the
review page was opened from the Activity page.
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Minor new functionality in 2024.2
#2579948 (Bug #119930)
The Swarm documentation set will now point to external manual pages.
This is part of our effort to correct and update the Swarm
documentation quicker without causing a full product release.
#2579937, #2579944 (Bug #119956)
My dashboard now displays a maximum of 25 reviews instead of the
default 1000. This is part of our effort to improve performance of
the dashboard page.
#2579187 (Bug #119952)
Upgraded all Swarm node modules to latest patched version of
libraries.
#2575467 (Bug #113669)
Added keyboard shortcut ALT + C to show or hide inline file comments.
#2575467 (Bug #113668)
Added keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + F to expand the Diff view to
full screen or collapse the Diff view.
#2575467 (Bug #113667)
Added keyboard shortcut Alt + D to show or hide whitespace diffs for
all files in a review.
#2575467 (Bug #113666)
Added keyboard shortcut Alt + W to show or hide whitespace and tab
characters for all text files in a review.
#2575467 (Bug #113665)
Added keyboard shortcut Alt + L to show diffs in-line or
side-by-side.
#2575467 (Bug #113664)
Added keyboard shortcut Alt + T to open file in a new tab.
#2575467 (Bug #113662)
Added keyboard shortcut Alt + R to mark a file as read.
#2575467 (Bug #113661)
Added a shortcut dialog that displays a list of all the keyboard
shortcuts for Swarm. Use keyboard shortcut Alt + H to open the
shortcut dialog.
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Bugs fixed in 2024.2
#2579381 (Bug #119991)
In the Helix Swarm Guide, improved the description of "afterUpdated"
parameter for GET /api/v11/reviews API endpoint.
#2578335 (Bug #119871)
The file list in the review page was not displayed correctly. This is
now fixed.
#2578221, #2576730 (Bug #119888)
Swarm now uses the maximum value when fetching moderators records on
the dashboard. This improves the performance of the dashboard.
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Minor new functionality in 2024.1
#2571045, #2568831, #2568605, #2567690, #2567631, #2564949, #2564912,
#2564911, #2561085, #2560054, #2560033, #2559561, #2559303, #2557294,
#2555221, #2554739, #2554713, #2553609, #2553607, #2552611, #2552611,
#2550649 (Bug #113873)
Swarm now supports the Helix Authentication Service (HAS). This
feature improves the Swarm login process for customers using a Single
Sign-On (SSO) provider.
#2558169, #2556449 (Bug #119339)
Updated the P4PHP version bundled with Swarm to the latest P4PHP
version 2023.2.
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Bugs fixed in 2024.1
#2565435 (Bug #119550)
Updated the Helix Swarm Guide to include details about the Perforce
package key for Ubuntu 22.04.
#2560327 (Bug #119222)
The performance of My dashboard page has been improved when loading
the page.
#2558616 (Bug #119250)
The show more context button showing incorrect numbers is now fixed.
#2554495 (Bug #118213)
Updated the "Configuration overview" topic of the Helix Swarm Guide
with the correct tick marks for boolean values.
#2552655 (Bug #118241)
Updated the "Review cleanup" topic of the Helix Swarm Guide to fix
any ambiguous phrases.
#2551682 (Bug #119118)
Performance of the Manage reviewers dialog when handling large sets
of users and groups is improved.
#2551514 (Bug #119175)
Performance of the review page has been improved when handling large
number of groups.
#2546184 (Bug #118652)
Added a new topic called "State change restrictions without
moderation" to the Helix Swarm Guide outlining the behaviour of
changing the state of any review associated with a project that has
no moderation.
#2546181 (Bug #118094)
Updated the "Uninstall Swarm" topic of the Helix Swarm Guide to
include the correct information about the Swarm properties.
#2543715 (Bug #118093)
Updated the "Uninstall Swarm" topic of the Helix Swarm Guide to
include additional details for a web server uninstall.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.4 Patch 1
#2543783 (Bug #118933)
Updated the P4PHP version bundled with Swarm to the latest P4PHP
version 2022.2.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.4 Patch 1
#2544201 (Bug #119071)
Fixed an issue with the error output when a review fails to create.
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Major new functionality in 2023.4
#2527463, #2516090 (Bug #115918)
In the default review page, introduced the ability to expand or
collapse all files in a review using an option in the Diff actions
button. This feature allows for seamless navigation by expanding all
files at once and collapsing them when necessary.
#2514766, #2514766 (Bug #113649)
In the default review page, the review description is now limited to
allow users to focus more on the review files. If the review
description size exceeds the 25% of the page, then only the initial
part of the review description is displayed. Use the Expand
description button to view the full review description.
#2508519, #2509653 (Bug #117674)
In the Information panel of the default review page introduced a new
Blocking Commit section for pre-commit reviews. If a review has been
approved but not committed and a new requirement is added to the
review, then it is displayed in the Blocking Commit section.
#2505554, #2499797 (Bug #117495)
In the default review page, the Blocking Approval section is no
longer displayed for a review in the approved state.
#2505503, #2505502 (Bug #117356)
The Swarm Review page (preview) has now become the default review
page. The old review page is now referred to as the classic review
page.
#2502299, #2500506 (Bug #115974)
When opening the default review page for the first time, the file
list panel and the information panel are hidden to maximize the
screen size for viewing the code.
#2411577, #2410180, #2408208 (Bug #109209)
In the default review page, a new "Show full context" button is added
to the File content panel header. This feature simplifies the code
review process by allowing users to expand all diff chunks within a
file without having to navigate through individual differences.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.4
#2523728, #2523728 (Bug #117533)
In the default review page, for a truncated file, we disable the show
full context button due to performance issues of viewing large diffs.
#2523464 (Bug #117933)
In the default review page, when a file is truncated, a message is
displayed in the File diff panel.
#2516113 (Bug #117728)
In the default review page, when reviewing large files, the File
content panel header is always displayed for the file that is
currently open for review.
#2515432 (Bug #117716)
In the default review page, images of type SVG were being rendered as
XML files.
#2514759 (Bug #117229)
In the default review page, improved the Tasks dialog to show
tool-tips for the task related icons.
#2513013, #2513010 (Bug #117795)
The Swarm log file has been improved and includes more information to
help trace events. Each request contains the URI (Uniform Resource
Identifier), PID (Process ID), worker ID (only for a worker), task
details, IP address of the remote host, and originating IP address of
a client (if a request is forwarded).
#2500658 (Bug #116663)
The validation for the Replace review participants v11 API endpoint
has been improved to ensure that no bad or missing data is accepted.
#2493726 (Bug #116228)
Swarm 2023.4 release is tested with and supports the latest stable
RHEL 9 release 9.2.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.4
#2525506, #2525506 (Bug #114649)
Running the Docker container section of the Helix Swarm Guide is
improved to specify that if a user wants to run Swarm on a different
port than the default port 80 then it must be updated in the
SWARM_HOST parameter.
#2524730, #2524724, #2524722, #2524722, #2522093 (Bug #117874)
When the the review which is approved first and committed later,
there will be no repeated extra activity and the notification of the
same review approval now, The issue of user getting the same
notification twice is resolved.
#2518424 (Bug #117839)
Updated the Docker setup scripts to use Ubuntu 22.04 version and
default to PHP 8.1 version.
#2516934 (Bug #117796)
In the default review page, when a user scrolled away from an open
comment in a file they were auto-scrolled back to the open comment.
This is now fixed.
#2508535 (Bug #117850)
Some API endpoints would fail if payload was sent with invalid JSON
within the POST requests. This is now fixed.
#2503072, #2503072 (Bug #117666)
The Helix Swarm Guide is updated to include more details about the
parameters required when adding a test.
#2503013, #2503023 (Bug #117425)
Improved the Install and configure Swarm on CentOS/RHEL section of
the Helix Swarm Guide. The Swarm Guide now has install instructions
on separate pages for each operating system.
#2496223 (Bug #117226)
In the Helix Swarm Guide, added information about the Helix
Authentication Service (HAS) versions supported by Swarm.
#2495762 (Bug #116851)
The Helix Swarm Guide is updated to clearly state that a group owner
is not a member of their group and that they can be added as a member
of a group.
#2492517 (Bug #117221)
Upgraded the Swarm Docker image operating system to Ubuntu 22.04 to
resolve the Apache HTTPD vulnerabilities.
#2488910 (Bug #116793)
Fixed an issue where the review route would loop due to only
detecting reviews within the default review page routing logic.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.3 Patch 1
#2544272 (Bug #119074)
Updated the P4PHP version bundled with Swarm to the latest P4PHP
version 2022.2.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.3 Patch 1
#2544907, #2521418 (Bug #118216)
Swarm project patch v9 endpoint was mistakenly taken out.
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Major new functionality in 2023.3
#2463816 (Bug #116353)
Swarm is now able to manage reviews with large changelists. The
review page (preview) uses lazy loading and only shows the files that
the user has expanded to view.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.3
#2482628 (Bug #115333)
Added a new configurable in the Swarm Helix Core Server Extensions
global configuration to allow users to set the file path containing
CA certificates for validating the Swarm Helix Core Server's
certificate.
#2480668 (Bug #116830)
You can now add a Thumbs Up emoji to like a comment.
#2480391 (Bug #116677)
When using the v11 create a review API endpoint, you can now add
reviewers, requiredReviewers, and reviewerGroup details. These
parameters affect the output of participants and participantsData
parameters of the review data.
#2476229, #2474853, #2474853 (Bug #115648)
Swarm email notifications now contain the complete test URL to enable
users to directly navigate to the tests.
#2470206, #2470105 (Bug #115571)
The Swarm review page (preview) now shows the total number of
file-level comments.
#2470177 (Bug #116355)
Introducing two new v11 comments API endpoints that enable you to add
and remove a thumbs up emoji to a review comment.
#2468256 (Bug #112804)
Added a scrollbar to the file list in the Swarm review page (preview)
to allow users to see the full list of files.
#2467492 (Bug #116158)
For a review that is already approved, the Change Review to Commit
dialog now shows the correct button to commit a review.
#2465872 (Bug #114350)
Added a new v11 API endpoint that enables you to create a review.
#2465259, #2465111 (Bug #115108)
Added a new configurable that enables you to configure Swarm linkify
to open a URL in the same tab or a new tab.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.3
#2482509 (Bug #117184)
Swarm release notes is updated in reference to the Bug #111151 and
Bug #112673 to reflect Swarm’s correct Helix Core Server Extensions
script (swarm-extctl.sh).
#2480723, #2477977 (Bug #116565)
In the review page (preview), the @mention was adding a trailing
character when clicking the user name resulting in an invalid URL.
#2480413, #2475783, #2475783 (Bug #115601)
Swarm incorrectly reported the manual tests as running even though
they were not triggered to start.
#2479453, #2479453 (Bug #116730)
In the Swarm guide, the v9 Projects API endpoint example response
code had incorrect branches data. This is now fixed.
#2478276 (Bug #116448)
Swarm was not handling groups correctly when calling the Dashboard
API. This resulted in the Dashboard page to display a 500 internal
error.
#2476579 (Bug #116937)
The Swarm guide now specifies in the Jira integration section that
the Jira Cloud user can be an email address.
#2475788 (Bug #116515)
When a user following a project was deleted from the Helix Core
Server, sometimes the user was not deleted from the followers list.
This is now fixed.
#2461336 (Bug #116091)
The Slack integration documentation in the Swarm guide now uses a
single type of brackets to keep the document simple and consistent.
#2461290, #2461257 (Bug #116163)
Adding a file-level comment would sometimes add an unrelated code
block.
#2456616 (Bug #116252)
The Swarm guide now clearly states where the rpl.forward.login
parameter should be set for the P4V Authentication
#2449476 (Bug #115891)
Improved the handling of non-standard ASCII characters.
#2426784 (Bug #116035)
Improved the handling of reviews that have a mix of pre-commit and
post-commit changelists.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.2 Patch 2
#2548992 (Bug #119126)
Updated the P4PHP version bundled with Swarm to the latest P4PHP
version 2022.2.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.2 Patch 2
#2547239, #2544907, #2521418 (Bug #118216)
Swarm project patch v9 endpoint was mistakenly taken out.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.2 Patch 1
#2462536 (Bug #116383)
Removed a rewrite rule in the Apache configuration that was
causing performance issues for web browsers using the en-US
locale.
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Major new functionality in 2023.2
#2424434, #2424791, #2425926, #2426746, #2426784 (Bug #109680)
In the Review page (preview), you can now view multiple files at once
under File stack. You can expand files one-by-one and keep the
previous file in view.
#2413090, #2414217, #2414230, #2415241 (Bug #110953)
Swarm now supports P4PHP 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.2
#2450545 (Bug #113389)
Added a new v11 Reviews API endpoint for archiving inactive reviews.
This API allows you to archive inactive reviews since a specific
date.
#2449393 (Bug #115220)
The locale files for language code en-US do not exist. Swarm
now redirects to the default language code en. This helps remove the
404 errors that were being displayed.
#2429155 (Bug #114854)
In the Review page (preview), the File list header is now available
on the full screen Diff view. This enables users to easily exit full
screen mode.
#2425583, #2423551 (Bug #98772)
Improved the Swarm HTML email to render markdown as we render
it within the web pages.
#2423550 (Bug #115157)
Jira linkify on the legacy page now opens in a new tab instead of
opening in the current Swarm tab.
#2423375 (Bug #115130)
The Review page (preview) now supports ActionScript, Powershell, and
Batch file syntax highlighting.
#2423197, #2423197 (Bug #115032)
Swarm can now post notifications to Slack for a restricted
changelist using the bypass_restricted_changelist configurable. The
default value is false. To allow Swarm to post restricted information
to your Slack workspace change the default value to true.
#2416352 (Bug #114429)
The total number of read files has been moved to the File list header
from the File content panel header.
#2414480, #2415207, #2415219, #2415243, #2415634, #2415641, #2415676,
#2415717, #2415728, #2415775, #2416336 (Bug #114428)
In the Review page (preview), the new Diff actions menu enables you
to setup your Diff view before you browse through the files within
your review.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.2
#2440992 (Bug #114803)
Sometimes a comment block with the highlighted red text would hide
behind the scrollbar. This is now fixed. The highlighted red text now
wraps around ensuring that the user can see the full comment.
#2428100 (Bug #115169)
Swarm is moving to a new UI written in React. Users with custom
modules that modify the UI might find their custom modules no longer
work. We recommend that you contact us through the Perforce Support
portal. This will help us to understand your custom module and see if
we can productize the feature to enhance the Swarm offering.
#2428035, #2428035 (Bug #115277)
The Maximum files limit section of the Swarm Guide has been
updated to clear up any ambiguous information.
#2420340 (Bug #114534)
In the Review page (preview), when the view whitespace option was
selected, the whitespace and tab characters in a diff view were not
spaced correctly. The alignment is now fixed, and the tab space
defaults to four spaces.
#2419743, #2419743 (Bug #114560)
The Swarm documentation has been updated to include more
information about the enableStrict setting of the Swarm Helix Core
Server extension.
#2416373, #2416373 (Bug #114441)
In the Review page (preview), the review version selector dropdown
menu was not truncating a long user name.
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Major new functionality in 2023.1
#2406939, #2406921, #2405935, #2405908, #2405260, #2405259, #2403467,
#2403325 (Bug #105331)
A new config "max_files" is added to reviews section in the
SWARM_ROOT/data/config.php file. This allows Swarm
administrators to set the maximum file number limit for a review. If
a request exceeds the maximum file number then a review is not
created or updated. We recommend that the user should not set the
"max_files" to a low number as this will allow commits to bypass
workflow and moderators blocking approval. This feature is useful for
large commits like branching or merging of large changelists that are
too big to be reviewed. By default, "max_files" config is set to 0.
#2390841, #2390274 (Bug #90878, #95465, #104510)
Introducing the new Blocking Approval panel in the Swarm Review page
(preview) to show what needs to be addressed before a review can be
approved. This panel displays a summary of all the pending actions
that could be preventing a review from moving from its current state
to Approved state. This panel provides details about any pending
moderator votes, individual required votes, group required votes, or
if a test is failing that needs to pass before the review can be
transitioned into Approve state. Depending on the config, this panel
can also display if any pending comment tasks are blocking the
review.
This feature is implemented to give a single place to quickly view
why a user is unable to transition a review to Approved state. When
we present the list of states, we assume you would have up voted the
review with your state change. This allows Swarm to check that you
have fulfilled all review requirements to transition the review to
Approved or another state.
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Minor new functionality in 2023.1
#2412320, #2411572, #2409411 (Bug #84775)
You can now undelete a project that was previously deleted using the
/api/v11/projects/{{PROJECTID}}/undelete endpoint.
#2412168, #2412133, #2412133, #2408850 (Bug #111477)
Added the ability to set the bypass exclusive locking option as part
of the Swarm install so that user does not end up with a broken
review.
#2408590, #2406966 (Bug #114052)
In Swarm, when a user created a review with a retained default
reviewer that was later deleted, there was no way to remove the
retained default reviewer from the reviewers list. This is now fixed
and if a user or group is deleted from the Helix Core Server, Helix
Swarm does not include them into the review as a participant.
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Bugs fixed in 2023.1
#2410871 (Bug #114456)
The Swarm log file would report the Jira pass/token if there was an
error. The Jira pass/token has now been removed from the Swarm log
and is not exposed to systems reading the log file.
#2410340, #2410340 (Bug #112522)
The Swarm documentation now includes the correct custom module
listener directory.
#2410268 (Bug #114233)
Updated the Swarm documentation to specify that the Helix Core
Server client P4V version 2021.3 or older does not work with Helix
Swarm 2022.3 or newer versions. You must upgrade the Helix Core
Server client P4V to work with Swarm.
#2409833 (Bug #114290)
The Swarm documentation now specifies that when upgrading from
Swarm 2022.2 the default value of emulate_ip_protections is
set to false.
#2409429, #2408675, #2408675 (Bug #111812)
The "tasksOnly" field for the v11 api endpoint for comments is now
included and only returns comments that have a task on them.
#2406966, #2388892 (Bug #112309)
When trying to join, leave, or edit participants of a review that had
an author or participant that was deleted in the Helix Core Server,
Swarm would reject the change or action. This is now resolved by
checking the participants of the review and removing any deleted user
or groups before validating the request and saving it to the
database.
So now if a user was a required reviewer and has been deleted, next
time someone joins, leaves, or edits participants of a review, the
deleted user that was required will not be present on this review
anymore.
#2403227 (Bug #114124)
When a review spanned across two projects of which one project is a
public project and the other one is a private project, the tests
associated with the public project were being ignored.
#2403196 (Bug #114248)
When using the /api/v11/change/<ID>/files endpoint, Swarm was
using the admin connection to fetch the list of files for a
changelist. This is now fixed and Swarm uses the users
connection to make the request.
#2402720, #2400343 (Bug #114131)
If a Swarm project had a branch with Minimum up vote set, it
was not possible to remove this.
#2394595 (Bug #114039)
Swarm was not picking up some translation files automatically.
This is now fixed by adding a release version as a query parameter to
these requests so that it invalidates the old requests.
#2391508 (Bug #113720)
After upgrading Swarm, in some instances a “Linear layout”
button appears. This occurred because the Swarm legacy code was
picking up config changes and presenting old cache JavaScript code.
This is now fixed by adding a release version as a query parameter so
the users get the latest files every time.
#2388443 (Bug #112708)
An extra / was being inserted when the server side extension called
the /queue/add endpoint in Swarm.
#2386655 (Bug #113653)
In the Project Settings page, the alignment of some buttons in the
accordions was misplaced.
#2385104, #2385099, #2383170 (Bug #113647)
When deleting a project, the warning message showed an extra dot at
the end.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.3 Patch 1
#2396329 (Bug #114074)
In the review page preview, performing actions like voting, state
change, or author change caused private projects to be removed if the
user performing the action did not have permission to view them. This
resulted in reviews being able to commit without previous private
project workflow rules applied.
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Major new functionality in 2022.3
#2374791 (Bug #112421)
Swarm no longer supports the legacy front-end URL /project/add
endpoint used to create a project. Creating a project with automation
must now use the new project APIs.
#2371844 (Bug #111617)
Swarm no longer supports API versions older than v9.
#2357865, #2243726 (Bug #100229)
You can now expand the diff view to fill the entire screen,
minimising all other components on the page. This allows better use
of screen space when reviewing code.
#2330721 (Bug #111932)
The Swarm project settings page is redesigned to provide better
usability to our users.
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Minor new functionality in 2022.3
#2363756, #2358237 (Bug #112860)
Obliterating a review in a multiple-Helix Core Server instance system
did not redirect to the correct page.
#2362364 (Bug #112701)
The project Settings page is now visible to everyone who can view
that project.
#2358878, #2358859, #2358684 (Bug #108488)
The Try It Out option has been added to the review actions button in
the Swarm review preview page.
#2355484 (Bug #112531)
Non-members of a project can now view most of the settings for a
project in read-only mode. This helps non-members to get a clear view
of the current members of a project and which depot paths the project
covers.
#2355184, #2321269, #2321269 (Bug #109526)
The state of the file list on the review page is now remembered on a
page refresh.
#2354112, #2353466, #2350384 (Bug #112286)
Improved the error message displayed when trying to vote on an out of
date review.
#2348137 (Bug #108387)
There is now an option to update the pending changelist when a review
description is updated.
#2347059 (Bug #112177)
The Swarm reviews transitions API endpoint is updated to return
information on what is blocking a review.
#2345302 (Bug #111356)
Adding new v11 APIs for managing the updating of project details.
#2345128 (Bug #111468)
Added a new API to allow notifications for a review to be disabled.
#2344919 (Bug #109610)
The add change dialog on a review page now filters out invalid
changelists.
#2342752, #2340002 (Bug #109499)
You can now change the state of your voting requirement on a review.
#2338318 (Bug #111438)
A new PATCH endpoint has been added to the v11 project API. This
allows part of the project meta data to be updated, without having to
pass the full data set.
#2338198 (Bug #107165)
You can now disable notifications for a review in the Swarm review
preview page.
#2333690 (Bug #111353)
Adding a new project now uses an updated UI.
#2330291 (Bug #111737)
Added a new delete endpoint for the v11 project API. This API deletes
a project.
#2329085 (Bug #111930)
Added a new followers API endpoint for the v11 project API. This API
updates the followers of a project.
#2323899, #2327881, #2330804 (Bug #111815)
Added a new branch API endpoint for the v11 project API. This API
modifies the project branches.
#2322149 (Bug #94422)
Commit of a review is disabled if there are no files in the review.
#2308396, #2315709, #2316052, #2316946, #2318126, #2322783 (Bug #111346)
Project API endpoints have been migrated to v11.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.3
Bug #74482
Adding comments to a review no longer resets the keyboard navigation.
Bug #109379
The reviewers group list was not showing a loading indicator while
loading the list of groups.
Bug #108443
When a user was @mentioned in the review description then a
notification email was not being sent to them.
Bug #104679
Toggling the ignore whitespace option on the review page no longer
causes the diff in the inline comments to vanish.
Bug #103607
The Swarm review preview page would sometimes miss out lines from the
top of the diff.
#2373535, #2370223, #2356805 (Bug #112383)
The Swarm workflows API was not allowing super users to view all
workflows.
#2369436, #2358536, #2358536 (Bug #112905)
Editing a review description to have no content seemed to work on the
front end, though it silently failed on the back end. The review
description no longer allows an empty description.
#2366644 (Bug #109761)
Multiple comment icons were being displayed on the same line in the
inline diff view.
#2359334, #2358650 (Bug #112524)
When a user updates a review description and sets the
"updateOriginalChangelist" parameter to false, this would still
update the original changelist description.
#2358506, #2357880 (Bug #112855)
A long review description without any space resulted in the
description to overflow the display.
#2357432, #2352371 (Bug #112260)
Deleted files were displayed on all versions of a review.
#2356724, #2356218 (Bug #112744)
Obliterating a review now redirects the user to the list of reviews
instead of showing a loading page.
#2356194, #2356084 (Bug #112285)
Swarm no longer allows the users to change the state of a review if
the user's information is out-of-date.
#2354174, #2354164 (Bug #112392)
In the Swarm review preview page, it was not possible for a user to
make their own vote required or optional unless they had permission
to edit the reviewers.
#2352533 (Bug #112673)
The swarm-extctl.sh script was not picking up the correct p4port and
p4user when running a ping command.
#2345292 (Bug #112033)
Swarm project names were not displayed with the correct case on the
project page header.
#2342707 (Bug #112136)
Message notifications to Slack have been updated to include missing
text.
#2338844 (Bug #112258)
Retained default reviewers could not be removed from a review, even
if the project settings were later changed to no longer require that
reviewer.
#2338838 (Bug #105667)
Diff blocks in a commit were sometimes obscured when navigating with
'p' and 'n' keys.
#2338068 (Bug #112077)
When a project member approved and committed a review, the correct
activity message was not being created.
#2337089, #2337089, #2335869 (Bug #108455)
The review complexity was being calculated twice when a review was
created.
#2336907 (Bug #111355)
The behaviour when trying to vote up an out of date review has been
fixed. The user is now warned that the page is out of date.
#2336200 (Bug #111279)
A task menu on a comment is no longer displayed if it is empty.
#2335918 (Bug #110283)
Zip archives were not being properly updated in a multi-Helix Core
Server instance environment.
#2335896 (Bug #111715)
The Swarm review preview page was missing the 'on behalf of' text in
the activity feed.
#2334413 (Bug #73705)
Shortcut keys for moving backwards and forwards through a diff no
longer reset to the top or bottom of the page if the view is
currently in the middle of the diff.
#2332588 (Bug #102224)
Some components in the Swarm review preview page were not being
refreshed when a review was committed.
#2330242 (Bug #111427)
We now check to ensure that a client workspace has not been deleted
before trying to use it.
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Major new functionality in 2022.2
#2332687 (Bug #111230)
You can now run Swarm using a Docker container in a production
environment.
#2320021, #2320031, #2320043, #2320186, #2320190, #2320470, #2320689,
#2320868, #2320905, #2322867, #2323335, #2323383 (Bug #111246)
Swarm now includes Slack integration as a core part of the
product. Threaded notification messages will now be sent to Slack
when events occur on reviews. Notifications can be sent to different
Slack channels according to the project they are associated with.
#2305590 (Bug #111195)
You can now configure Swarm with specific settings for each
instance of a multi-Helix Core Server. The top level config.php file
defines the connection details for the instances, and any default
configuration settings. The specific config.php files can be added
within each server directory which will override configuration set at
the top level.
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Minor new functionality in 2022.2
Bug #102560
Keyboard shortcuts to navigate diffs no longer cycle around a file
when the beginning or end of the file is reached.
Bug #102229
We now display the revision of a file when it is added to a commit.
#2322785 (Bug #111666)
The file controls were wrapped to the next line for a narrow page.
This is now fixed and the file controls now appear on the same line.
#2314514 (Bug #111167)
Keyboard navigation has been added for moving around within a review,
allowing users to move quickly between diffs within a file.
#2307972 (Bug #111151)
You can now manage your Swarm's, Helix Core Server extension with
the swarm-extctl.sh script. Commands to enable, disable, install,
and delete the script are available, along with options to manage
its configuration.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.2
Bug #104287
When navigating between diffs within a review, it was possible to get
in a state where a diff wasn't visible. This is now fixed.
#2335081 (Bug #112049)
The test run UUID was being displayed in the data retrieved through
the API when it should only display in the first call to execute a
test. The UUID is now removed from all data returned by the APIs.
#2334579 (Bug #109250)
The comment count was not always correctly taking the number of
archived comments into account.
#2327375, #2327036 (Bug #111940)
The handler for the shelve delete event in the extension was not
correctly expanding some characters in filenames. This is now fixed.
#2327046 (Bug #111788)
When a review was rejected the vote down state was not updated on the
page. This is now fixed.
#2327000 (Bug #111831)
The v11 review API to allow someone to join or leave a review,
allowed anyone to be added or removed from the review. This is now
limited to affect the current user only.
#2314393 (Bug #109475)
Sometimes Swarm displayed a version 0 in the comment header
description at the top of the review page.
#2310930 (Bug #107287)
The wording of in-page notifications when voting on a review has been
improved.
#2306610 (Bug #111254)
In the review page, a comment that consisted of a long line of text
with no spaces would break the page layout. This is now fixed.
#2306541 (Bug #111189)
In the review page, if you added a comment and switched tabs without
saving your changes, any changes to the comment were lost. This is
now fixed.
#2306407 (Bug #111255)
In the review page, renaming an image file was resulting in a failure
to load the image. This is now fixed.
#2306407 (Bug #111180)
In the review page, the diff footer would sometimes erroneously
report that there were more lines to be displayed. This is now fixed.
#2306368 (Bug #111239)
When a comment reply was archived, the 'mark as read' button was
still available. This is now fixed.
#2306368 (Bug #111207)
Children of archived comments were not being displayed. This is now
fixed.
#2306317 (Bug #111145)
Pressing alt+n or alt+p too quickly would sometimes cause unexpected
behaviour when navigating through the file list. This is now fixed.
#2306259 (Bug #111153)
The task menu on the review page would sometimes hide behind other
elements on the page. This is now fixed.
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Major new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 4
Bug #109012
The "p4 groups" call checks if a group exists on the Helix Core
Server. This was causing a high lock contention. The "p4 groups" call
is now optimized to reduce server load.
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Minor new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 4
#2311397 (Bug #110908)
When there are a large number of groups, the index size of the
activity feed can become excessive. A new option enables you to
reduce the index size by no longer tracking certain activities in the
activity feed.
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Major new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 3
#2301077 (Bug #108485)
The links to JIRA issues are now correctly linkifyed from the review
page.
#2295479 (Bug #109396)
In the review page, you can now view side-by-side diffs for PDF and
Office files.
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Minor new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 3
Bug #106657
The default setting of the emulate_ip_protections configurable in the
SWARM_ROOT/data/config.php file is now set to false. With modern
Helix Core Servers, this is no longer required as it can cause
inferior performance in environments with complicated protection
tables. However, if required you can set the emulate_ip_protections
configuration item to true.
#2302988 (Bug #111046)
The WebLinks section in JIRA is updated when a submitted change
description is edited.
#2299242, #2297695 (Bug #110664)
You can now mark a comment as read with a single click.
#2298002 (Bug #110959)
In the review page, when you add a job to the review, the list of
Perforce jobs is filtered by the project that the review belongs to.
#2292020, #2291343, #2291343, #2291326 (Bug #108675)
In the review page, you can now re-calculate the project membership
from the Refresh Projects option in the Review actions button.
#2291997, #2293332, #2296169, #2296945 (Bug #100292)
You can now send all comment notifications immediately from the
review page.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.1 Patch 3
Bug #111162
Jira links are now visible on the preview review page.
Bug #110716
Links to users with double quotes in their user name are now created
correctly.
#2304998, #2304998 (Bug #106422)
The log data for a Helix Core Server instance in a Multi-P4D system
was some times written to the wrong log file. This has now been
fixed.
#2302416 (Bug #111146)
Attachment thumbnails are now displayed correctly for all Helix Core
Server instances in a Multi-P4D system.
#2301873 (Bug #110624)
The prevent_login configurable in the SWARM_ROOT/data/config.php file
now works correctly for mixed case user names.
#2301737, #2297907 (Bug #109027)
When the display_fullname configurable is set to true in the
SWARM_ROOT/data/config.php file, the collapsed icons no longer
display the user names incorrectly.
#2300265, #2300249 (Bug #111101)
The Time Display information about how long ago events happened is
now correctly translated in non-English locales.
#2299020 (Bug #110129)
When using the Safari web browser, the list of files remains
collapsed when navigating between files in the review page.
#2296208 (Bug #110924)
Private projects that were visible to non-project members in the
review summary has been fixed.
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Major new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 2
#2292671, #2292656, #2292568, #2292074 (Bug #110646)
The diff colours used in the review page have been changed to make
the text more readable. Previously, the combination of diff colours
and syntax highlighting was causing readability problems.
#2285869, #2284645, #2279851 (Bug #109253)
You can now open a file in a new window from the new review page.
#2284127 (Bug #108390)
You can now view image files on the new review page. A slider on the
image enables you to move between the old and new version of the
image.
#2281887 (Bug #100302)
You can now mark all comments as unread on the new review page.
#2281887 (Bug #100300)
You can now mark all comments as read on the new review page.
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Minor new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 2
Bug #102077
Added an API to mark a file in a review as read.
#2288369 (Bug #110740)
TCL syntax highlighting is now supported.
#2287571, #2285193 (Bug #108429)
Configuration options for which users are included in @mention drop
downs on the new review page are now being honored.
#2287449 (Bug #109679)
You can now resize the file list width on the review page by dragging
the panel divider.
#2286957, #2286664 (Bug #110622)
Support has been added for displaying vsdx, dotx and odt files.
#2281978 (Bug #110532)
There is now an API endpoint to mark all comments as read or unread
on a review.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.1 Patch 2
#2290191 (Bug #110575)
File level comments were being attached to the wrong version of the
review.
#2289591 (Bug #109891)
When updating the task state of a comment, an email is sent to say
that a comment has been added, rather than that the task state has
been changed.
#2288366, #2288366 (Bug #110761)
The new task list was causing an error if trying to filter on an
empty list.
#2287769 (Bug #110751)
The Jenkins configuration was trying to guess if a URL was remote or
relative, and was too specific in its checking. This resulted in some
remote URLs being interpreted as relative. The check now assumes
anything that has a protocol prefix is a remote URL.
#2287373 (Bug #110684)
Long user and group names were breaking the Information panel on the
right side of the review page by forcing the addition of scroll bars.
Long names are now truncated in the display.
#2287042 (Bug #110729)
The Swarm server-side extension was not always honoring the value of
the ignoreErrors flag, and was sometimes blocking server events if
Swarm was unavailable when it shouldn't.
#2287024 (Bug #110286)
Activity links were not going to the right instance in a multi-p4d
environment.
#2286663, #2286663 (Bug #110644)
Backslash characters (\) in usernames were being written as
forward-slash characters (/) when generating the URL from the
required reviewers list on the review page.
#2286336, #2285916, #2285916 (Bug #110687)
The use of double quotes in user names was causing problems with the
rendering of review pages.
#2285356, #2285332, #2283544, #2283407 (Bug #110576)
The complexity calculation for reviews was incorrectly calculating
the value for the previous version of the review for reviews with
multiple versions.
#2285191, #2281478 (Bug #110557)
If a moderator approved a review, and the review's state was later
changed back to 'Needs Review', then the moderator wouldn't be able
to approve the review again.
#2284101 (Bug #109859)
The icons on test runs have been updated to make their function more
obvious.
#2283329, #2283329, #2282860 (Bug #110533)
The mark file as read option wasn't being persisted after a page was
reloaded. Marking files as read is now remembered.
#2281456 (Bug #109262)
The comment count on a review wasn't including replies to comments on
the description.
#2279530 (Bug #109255)
You could edit archived comments. This does not make sense and has
been fixed.
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Major new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 1
#2275474 (Bug #109717)
On the review page, attachments are displayed as thumbnails for
supported filetypes. This makes it easier to see what the attachments
are without opening them.
#2273132, #2271667 (Bug #109718)
On the review page, it is now possible to delete an attachment when
the comment is being edited.
#2272804, #2269811 (Bug #109740)
On the review page, you can now add attachments to comments. Files
can be dragged onto a comment while it is open for edit.
#2268773, #2266663 (Bug #109714)
On the review page, comment attachments are displayed as icons. This
enables multiple attachments to be displayed concisely.
#2263189 (Bug #108538)
Swarm validates the current user's ticket with the Helix Server
whenever a new request comes from the client. This results in a large
number of "login -s" calls. Because a web page can make multiple API
requests, this can result in many login calls for a single page. This
ticket information is now cached by default by Swarm for a period of
10 seconds. This cuts down on the number of "login -s" calls made.
Swarm has a new configurable that controls the cache time: session
=> user_login_status_cache
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Minor new functionality in 2022.1 Patch 1
Bug #109184
On the review page, you can now remove jobs from a review.
Bug #104655
On the review page, you can now add a comment that just has an
attachment. You do not need to have any text in your comment.
#2279079, #2276796, #2276796 (Bug #108998)
On the review page, a link to a comment from an activity entry or an
email now takes you directly to the comment.
#2278142 (Bug #109558)
On the review page, you can now access some of the right-hand menu
functionality when the menu is collapsed.
#2276759, #2276759 (Bug #110185)
On Swarm installation, the configuration script now automatically
creates a .swarm depot for storing attachments if the user requests
it. Protections are also automatically set on the depot to secure it.
#2275618, #2276202, #2276712, #2276820, #2277124 (Bug #110003)
On the review page, comment attachment thumbnails are created for
non-image files. For example, PDF files.
#2272418, #2272419, #2272868, #2273037, #2274695 (Bug #109723)
On the review page, Swarm now creates thumbnails for images attached
to review comments.
#2271473, #2270878, #2270677 (Bug #109720)
On the review page, we have added an option to download comment
attachments.
#2270544, #2273465, #2274499 (Bug #109713)
A new GET endpoint has been added to the API to fetch a comment
attachment thumbnail.
#2266010, #2266013, #2266022, #2266393, #2266472, #2267252, #2268246 (Bug
#109721)
On the review page, when an attachment is added to a comment, a
low-quality 'blur' of the attachment is created which can be
displayed quickly on the review page.
#2263907, #2264346, #2264470, #2265335 (Bug #109711)
A new POST endpoint has been added to the API to upload comment
attachment content.
#2262482, #2263023, #2263839 (Bug #109712)
A new GET endpoint has been added to the API to fetch the content of
a comment attachment.
#2260470, #2259640, #2259099, #2259034 (Bug #109724)
A new GET endpoint has been added to the API to fetch information on
comment attachments.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.1 Patch 1
Bug #95581
On the review page, comment attachments can now be added to inline
and file-level comments.
Bug #110528
Fixed problem where the user's avatar icon would disappear if the
user had been deleted.
Bug #104635
If a comment is edited, attachments are no longer being erroneously
removed.
#2280752 (Bug #110512)
The libreoffice executable was not being correctly found on RHEL 8,
so display of office documents was not functioning correctly.
#2280707, #2280707, #2278688 (Bug #110367)
If there were multiple replies to a comment, the later ones could not
be marked as a task.
#2279551 (Bug #109944)
Quick URLs for a specific review version were not working correctly.
#2279509 (Bug #110497)
The PHP version check would always report an error since it was
looking for the wrong version string.
#2279079, #2276796 (Bug #110296)
Linking to comments was not working correctly on the review page.
Improvements have been made to how we create and follow links to
comments on a review.
#2279056 (Bug #110051)
If a review was updated by another user whilst the review page was
open, switching versions could end up showing files for the wrong
version of the review.
#2276713, #2276541 (Bug #109864)
On the review page, test results were not displayed correctly for
iterating tests.
#2274680 (Bug #110279)
The php-fpm service on RHEL/CentOS was being referenced by the wrong
name so it wasn't being restarted correctly on install.
#2273634 (Bug #110266)
The shelvedel trigger was not correctly ignoring deletes performed by
Swarm itself in a multi-P4D environment.
#2272228, #2269776 (Bug #110033)
On the review page, filenames containing % characters could be
displayed incorrectly.
#2272176 (Bug #110034)
On the review page, the tooltip for the filename is now
left-justified against the file list on the review.
#2271699, #2269634 (Bug #109628)
On the review page, the state changes in the Change state menu have
been updated to use the correct tense.
#2270004 (Bug #110060)
The count of changed files was incorrect on a review when an
integration was performed.
#2268709, #2268709 (Bug #109691)
On the review page, error messages were not being cleared when the
edit reviewers dialog was closed and reopened.
#2268208 (Bug #110079)
Links for review tasks on multi-P4D environment have been fixed.
#2265602 (Bug #109964)
Previously, any changes to the Redis configuration would be
overwritten by the packages when swarm was upgraded. The redis
configuration file is now marked properly as a configuration file.
#2264300 (Bug #109836)
On the review page, the scrollbar was obscuring the last file in the
file list.
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Major new functionality in 2022.1
Bug #94544
Added support for Amazon Linux 2.
#2240369 (Bug #109271)
There is a new switch on the review page that allows a user to toggle
between the original view of the page and a preview of the new page.
The preview does not yet have feature parity with the original page
but has some new features not previously available.
#2183047 (Bug #101689)
The post-installation configuration script now has the option to
install extensions when configuring Swarm.
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Minor new functionality in 2022.1
Bug #97839, #97838
The display of the current review status has been made clearer by the
use of color, icons, and their placement on the review page.
Bug #97838
We have added an icon and text above the description on the review
page to label the review as pre-commit or post-commit.
Bug #94590
We are making the avatar less important in the display of activity
and reviews, ensuring that the user's name is also clearly visible.
Bug #94483
Button toggle states on the review pages are now clearer.
Bug #90547
Code snippets in comments are now syntax highlighted.
Bug #87906
Comments now move as the code lines above them are changed.
Bug #86589
All comments on a file are now also displayed beneath the file. This
means they can all be viewed in one place, even if the line they are
attached to no longer exists.
Bug #78183
Swarm now expands lines of code around comments to avoid missing
comments.
Bug #72207
Comments not close to a diff change are now shown properly.
Bug #107328
Added an API to create a reply to a comment.
Bug #105689
Long diff lines are now wrapped, so horizontal scrolling is no longer
required.
Bug #105568
The default avatar in the new UI has changed from an image to the
first letter of the user's name.
Bug #102397
The current review state is now shown separately from the new "Change
state" button. The new "Change state" button is used to set the state
of the review. This makes changing the review state more intuitive.
#2239747, #2240379, #2240865 (Bug #100320)
The list of review tasks is now displayed in the new review
information panel on the right side of the review page.
#2239661, #2240380, #2241001, #2241006 (Bug #109229)
There is a new dialog for displaying and editing the reviewers on a
review. This makes it easier to view and edit the users, with a
clearer indication of their required status.
#2238199 (Bug #109125)
Improvements have been made to how we track line changes when
displaying comments. A comment will now be moved to account for
deletions or insertions in the lines above it within a review.
#2235950, #2236153, #2236312, #2236533, #2237950, #2238244, #2238250,
#2238327, #2238799, #2240276 (Bug #107316)
There is a new dialog for adding jobs to a review.
#2229433 (Bug #108911)
The version of Redis shipped as part of the Swarm package has been
updated to 6.2.
#2222717 (Bug #108587, #105260, #90061)
An inline comment in a diff that isn't near any changed lines of code
is now displayed properly on the review page.
#2214676 (Bug #77665)
The configuration script no longer forces you to set an email host
during installation. If no host is set, Swarm will use local email
configuration (such as Sendmail) instead of routing via an external
server.
#2204114 (Bug #108197)
Hostname configuration in the trigger configuration should not have
trailing slashes. We now automatically remove them if they are
present.
#2201566 (Bug #92474)
Added support for syntax highlighting of VHDL files in the review
page.
#2196930 (Bug #107034)
Added an API to mark comments as read or unread.
#2196904, #2198663, #2201612, #2201768 (Bug #105417)
Added an API to mark files as read and unread in a review.
#2196813, #2198234, #2201528 (Bug #105418)
Added a new API to send all outstanding notifications for a review.
#2196186, #2201859, #2202373 (Bug #108071)
Have added an API endpoint to get the read/unread status of files in
a review.
#2195895, #2196621, #2196874 (Bug #107036)
Added an API to archive and unarchive comments.
#2193408, #2193477, #2194314, #2195662 (Bug #106750)
The review description now supports GitHub flavored Markdown format.
#2188739 (Bug #100313)
Reviewers and their votes are now displayed in the new review
information panel on the right side of the review page. This makes
the voting status for individuals and groups much clearer.
#2185029 (Bug #99425)
Swarm now supports syntax highlighting for a variety of languages on
the new review page.
#2182309, #2182847, #2182943, #2184340, #2186275 (Bug #107864)
Added an API endpoint to get information on a group.
#2163585, #2164408, #2164825, #2164944, #2166112, #2168198, #2170047 (Bug
#107445)
Added an API to fetch list of files associated with a change.
#2142050, #2143512, #2146405, #2150823, #2153354 (Bug #105439)
A new v11 API for getting the list of activity events has been added.
#2137008 (Bug #106311)
A new GET API for comments has been added, making it consistent with
the rest of our new API framework.
#2132879, #2133446, #2137152, #2137153 (Bug #101919)
A new API endpoint has been added to allow comments to be edited.
#2131132, #2133475, #2135726, #2135842, #2137793, #2138106, #2138700,
#2139117, #2139293 (Bug #101918)
A new POST API for comments has been added which allows comments to
be created.
#2124696, #2124792, #2125097, #2125473, #2126335, #2127276, #2127304,
#2127308, #2127389, #2127398, #2127464, #2127492, #2127542, #2127547,
#2128110 (Bug #106500)
v10 APIs have been uplifted to support v11.
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Bugs fixed in 2022.1
Bug #97705
The visibility of toggle button states has been improved.
Bug #96892
If a review has an error on submit, the error message no longer
obscures the actual state of the review.
Bug #92783
Comments added when changing the status of a review are now
automatically added to the current page.
Bug #92768
If an individual is only a member of a review via a group, they are
no longer shown under the list of individual members.
Bug #91817
Markdown changes have improved how single backtick marks are handled.
Bug #90061
Comments on a review that are not close to a diff section are now
correctly displayed.
Bug #69443
There were problems with the horizontal scroll bar not being visible
in the diff view. This has been resolved by wrapping long lines
rather than requiring the use of a scroll bar.
Bug #62810, #90061
The position of Inline comments on diffs are now moved to track
changes in lines above the comment.
Bug #108400
Non-ASCII characters are less likely to break the review display on
non-Unicode servers.
Bug #108353
Display of hypertext links in markdown has been improved.
Bug #106262
Spaces in URLs in markdown text were breaking links.
Bug #105788
The first lines of a diff are no longer scrolled out of view when the
diff is opened.
Bug #105262
Fixed the list of possible review transitions shown after a review
has failed to submit. Previously, invalid transitions were being
shown when a review was in an error state.
Bug #105260
Comments added to a review which were not near to changed lines were
not being displayed by default. This has now been fixed.
Bug #105207
Problems with horizontal scrolling in the diff view resolved by
wrapping long lines instead.
Bug #104560
The right end of lines in a review were being hidden off the page due
to the use of multiple scrollbars. This has been resolved.
Bug #104306
Block quote syntax in comments was not always working properly. The
markdown engine has been changed and this is no longer a problem.
Bug #104195
URL content in review comments were sometimes displaying badly if the
content matched an emoji sequence. This has been resolved.
Bug #102965
Markdown in comments for links with multiple words in the link text
is now displayed correctly.
Bug #102727
Unusual characters in comments were causing problems in the activity
feed. Handling of these characters has been improved.
Bug #102629
Display of HTML characters in comments has been improved.
Bug #100971
The review description no longer incorrectly encodes ";" in URLs.
Bug #100192
Fixed the display of special characters in markdown for inline code
blocks.
#2258078, #2254437 (Bug #106946)
It was not possible to remove a deleted user from the list of
reviewers if the deleted user had already voted for the review.
#2256447, #2256447 (Bug #109768)
The Swarm configuration script was overwriting the Apache site
configuration file whenever it was run. It now takes a copy of any
previous site configuration files in case custom changes had been
made.
#2252660 (Bug #109657)
Sometimes the project cache would not be fully populated.
#2231707, #2228884 (Bug #108995)
Fixed bug where upvotes from users with non-lowercase usernames
weren't being counted towards votes on a review on a case insensitive
server.
#2195825 (Bug #103610)
Support for tables in markdown has been improved.
#2189436 (Bug #107915)
Fixed bug when getting a diff for a stream spec that predated recent
server changes.
#2171559 (Bug #107625)
Fixed issue with the zip utility not being found on some RHEL
systems.
#2157869, #2157869 (Bug #106993)
We have removed old unsupported versions of p4php from the
distributions.
#1510874 (Bug #89680)
Links that contained parenthesis were not displaying correctly in the
markdown used in comments. The markdown engine has been updated, and
this has been fixed.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.2 Patch 5
#2211823 (Bug #108650)
When logging users in using SSO, email addresses were being compared
using a case sensitive match. They should be case insensitive. This
has now been fixed.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.2 Patch 4
#2192270 (Bug #106587)
When a test is re-run, or an OnDemand test is run, the {projectNames}
and {branchName} fields are not populated if they are used in the
request. With this fix, OnDemand tests and tests that are re-run will
have the {projectNames} and {branchName} fields populated if they are
used in the request.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.2 Patch 3
#2181115 (Bug #107777)
There was a small timing hole immediately after a review was created
where it was possible to approve the review before projects and
workflows were attached to it. This allowed the workflow validation
rules to be skipped. New reviews now cannot be approved until they
have finished being processed.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.2 Patch 2
Bug #107564
A combination of Apache alias and virtual-host configuration together
with base-url configuration in Swarm could prevent some options on
the navigation bar from being displayed.
#2167029 (Bug #107187)
If a review was updated whilst tests for the review were still being
started, then it was possible for test data to go missing from the
review. This was unlikely to happen unless the tests were taking a
long time to start.
#2166123, #2165784 (Bug #107371)
If a client browser was using a locale for which there weren't
localisation files, then the request for the files would be forwarded
to P4D to check for any matching groups, users, jobs etc. This was
causing a performance hit, so now any requests for locale files are
forced to be served only from the file system.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.2 Patch 1
Bug #107049
Left click on the test results on the review page were not being
processed correctly, you had to middle/right click (open in new page)
to open a link to the test results.
Bug #105221
Some non-ASCII/non-UTF8 characters from a non-unicode P4D server
could break the review page. An extra pass is now performed to
convert characters to UTF-8.
#2151183, #2150323 (Bug #107103)
If there are a large number of groups and subgroups, performance
could be poor because Swarm was trying to perform the group
membership calculations itself. This was an attempt to reduce the
number of calls to P4D. However, P4D does this significantly
quicker, so these operations have been moved back to P4D.
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Major new functionality in 2021.2
#2120931 (Bug #97170)
A new #wip keyword has been added to Swarm which, when added to a
shelved changelist description, prevents any review associated with
that changelist from being updated. This allows changes to be shelved
without creating a new review version each time. Remove the #wip
keyword and update the shelf to update the review. The keyword can be
changed or disabled.
#2120605 (Bug #105234)
There is now an option on a test definition that allows a single test
to be run multiple times against a review if that review spans
multiple projects or branches. The test iterates over the list of
applicable projects and branches, running a new instance of the test
for each one.
#2114081, #2115533 (Bug #105236)
When a test is added to a workflow, it is now possible to define that
test to block approvals. This means that the test must pass
successfully before any reviews in that workflow can be approved.
#2107739, #2108116, #2108177, #2109121, #2110505, #2110863, #2111436,
#2112361, #2114040 (Bug #105235, #70247, #66541)
You can now configure a test to be "On Demand". These tests are not
run automatically but are added to the review and a user can start
them manually. They are for optional or heavyweight tests that don't
need to be run every time a review is updated. This also allows any
test to be re-run manually without having to update the review.
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Minor new functionality in 2021.2
#2120033, #2120033 (Bug #106288)
In the case of a misconfiguration in Swarm, the error page has been
updated with a list of the more common problems that can cause Swarm
to fail to start.
#2115015, #2115385 (Bug #105826)
Within a workflow, it is now possible to define a test to block a
review from being approved until the test has passed successfully.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.2
#2133363 (Bug #106608)
Fixed problems caused by a workflows when a submit is performed
against an edge server. The workflow pre-submit triggers were unable
to locate content in a changelist if that changelist was on an edge
server, even if changelists had been promoted.
#2130461 (Bug #106658)
In IE 11, double cancel buttons would sometimes be displayed in drop
down boxes on the dashboard and review pages.
#2129520, #2123864 (Bug #106303, #106596, #106583, #106561)
Fixed problem with legacy javascript content not being properly
removed when browser forward button was used.
#2128388 (Bug #106643)
On some browsers the logo on the main navigation bar would appear as
corrupt. This has been fixed.
#2127425, #2127418, #2127404 (Bug #106624)
Buttons to add or cancel a test definition in a Swarm workflow were
missing from the workflow page on IE11.
#2125491, #2121688 (Bug #106293)
There were errors in the way that email notifications were sent out
after tests had completed, causing too many emails to be sent. Now
emails should only be sent on test failure, or on first success after
failure.
#2114315 (Bug #105478)
The new review GET API did not support the ability to define which
fields were returned in the response. This has now been updated.
#2113640 (Bug #106069)
Notifications were blocking the main menu, preventing it from being
clicked on. The notifications have now been reduced in size.
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Major new functionality in 2021.1
#2084993, #2086477, #2090297 (Bug #105055)
A new option has been added to the SSO support to allow a user to
choose whether they use SSO or not. This allows a mix of SSO and
non-SSO users in the system. Previously, if SSO was enabled then all
users would be immediately redirected to the IdP.
#2076187 (Bug #105324)
The Swarm OVA has been upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, and the mechanism
used to build the OVA has been changed to make it easier to upgrade
it in future.
#2075386 (Bug #105230)
When a changelist spans multiple streams across imports, and the
client is on an edge server, Swarm could miss files that were in the
review. Swarm now works out the full list of files from all the
clients.
#2073559 (Bug #105289)
The dashboard page has been updated to the new UI style that is being
used by Swarm. This includes the addition of review Complexity data
and vote/comment data to the dashboard.
#2067012, #2067012, #2067011 (Bug #104589)
The activity feed has been given its own top level position in the
main navigation bar. It was previously a sub-tab on the dashboard.
#2062046, #2062755, #2076284, #2079138, #2079738 (Bug #99976)
The search component has been updated to take advantage of the new
API calls provided by P4Search, and to fit in better with the new
page style.
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Minor new functionality in 2021.1
Bug #90758
The project filter on the dashboard should provide a text search of
the filters, just like the filter on the reviews list page.
Bug #104088
P4PHP has been updated to support threading, which means parallel
sync behaviour within Swarm should be improved.
#2108393, #2108393 (Bug #106036)
We have changed the HTTP headers so that if IE is being run in
compatibility mode then Swarm will be correctly identified as a site
that should be interpreted in Edge mode.
#2104842 (Bug #105965)
The unzip library is now included in the OVA so that the Download ZIP
functionality will be enabled by default on the OVA installation of
Swarm.
#2095055, #2094995 (Bug #105649)
The text search bar on the reviews list page has been changed to be
dependent on the tab ('open' or 'closed') selection. This allows each
tab to have its own search criteria.
#2093118, #2093121 (Bug #104599)
It is now possible to select and filter on multiple projects at a
time on the reviews list and dashboard pages.
#2087613 (Bug #105632)
Compression of Javascript content has been enabled in the Apache
configuration provided with Swarm. This can greatly reduce the time
to load Swarm pages across a network
#2083199, #2076857 (Bug #104440)
Jira integration now supports a second URL which is only used for API
calls. This allows links which users use to have one URL, and for API
calls that update Jira tickets to use a second URL. If the API URL is
not configured, then the normal user URL is used instead.
#2082964, #2087280, #2088063 (Bug #105374)
The Swarm OVA has been updated with some minor improvements to aid in
usability and make it easier to investigate connectivity problems.
#2081764, #2081764 (Bug #105323)
Sometimes workers would fail on start, and the job would be put back
into the queue to be retried. The logging error when this happens has
been changed to a WARN from an ERROR.
#2078673 (Bug #104576)
The swarm package installations now provide a configuration in
/etc/logrotate.d which by default will rotate the Swarm logs daily
and keep them for 14 days. This configuration can be changed if
desired.
#2078497, #2078578, #2078656, #2078839, #2079480, #2080939, #2080940,
#2080979 (Bug #105348)
The list of filters for the dashboard has been updated to bring them
in line with what is now available on the reviews list page. This
includes the addition of a text search filter.
#2076931, #2076931 (Bug #105349)
A new "My Dashboard" menu option has been added to the navigation bar
to make the user's dashboard easier to find.
#2074431 (Bug #105232)
Have added descriptive titles to all the web pages in Swarm which
were missing a title.
#2073424, #2077499 (Bug #104588)
Created a new v10 version of the dashboard API to support the new
dashboard page.
#2070182, #2069402, #2068796 (Bug #104641)
The project filter on the reviews list page will now search on both
project names and project ids. Previously it was only searching on
the name of the project. This may make a difference if the project
has been renamed since creation.
#2067982 (Bug #94656)
There is now a facility to recalculate which projects a review
belongs to. This has always been done whenever a review is updated,
but if a new project is created after the review, updating all old
reviews could be problematic. There is an option on the review page
to recalculate the project membership for the current review, and
also an API endpoint so that it can be scripted for many reviews.
#2065487 (Bug #103173)
It is now possible to receive email notifications for spec changes by
use of the 'honor_p4_reviews' option.
#2065300 (Bug #104913)
The version of Redis packaged with Swarm has been upgraded to 6.0.10.
#2064071, #2071638 (Bug #104377)
Added a new v10 API endpoint for retrieving a list of users.
#2063657 (Bug #104360)
Documented how to strip the @mention from a review description using
the existing configuration options.
#2062767 (Bug #104986)
The Swarm configuration script which is run on first install was
saving the Swarm password in clear text if the P4D security setting
was lower than 3.
#2062303, #2062514 (Bug #104961)
Cleaned up Javascript console errors which were being caused by the
interaction between the React code and legacy javascript. This would
sometimes show up as oddness in how pages were displayed.
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Bugs fixed in 2021.1
Bug #105095
If the reviews list page was opened after viewing the dashboard page,
an extra API request was being made to the server. This has been
removed.
#2112510 (Bug #106088)
Fixed bug where strict workflow rules would not always catch changes
when multiple files were being submitted.
#2108395 (Bug #105985)
Fixed type issues in the workflow API where the id was sometimes an
int and sometimes a string, leading to incorrect equality
comparisons.
#2107693 (Bug #106011)
Fixing the inconsistently cropping in email subject line.
#2106862 (Bug #106005)
Fix bug where the Log in text on the login dialog gets split between
two lines on IE once text was entered into the fields.
#2105024, #2102441 (Bug #105865)
When using a Windows P4D server if the case of a userid in a group
differs from the case of the actual user id, then emails were not
being sent to that user. This has been fixed.
#2100958 (Bug #105288)
Newline characters at the end of a changelist description could
sometimes cause an extra event record to be created within Swarm.
Newlines are now trimmed from the end to prevent this.
#2098230 (Bug #105825)
When trying to repeat a search in the global search bar, the search
would not be run a second time. This has been fixed.
#2090949 (Bug #105641)
Usernames with a slash ("/") in them were causing problems due to the
URL not correctly handling them. Support for slash in usernames has
now been improved, and the Apache configuration has been updated to
include the "AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode" option. The Apache site
config file will not be automatically upgraded when Swarm is updated,
so if you need this option you will need to copy it manually from the
new perforce-swarm-site.conf file in /opt/perforce/etc
#2088853 (Bug #105463)
Reviews could be displayed in the wrong date order on the reviews
list, depending on the order in which various links and buttons were
clicked. This has been fixed.
#2087743, #2084660 (Bug #105543)
The logout_url was no longer working with the new login dialog. This
has been fixed.
#2086861 (Bug #105618)
When Swarm initially loads the user can see either a blank page or a
page header/menu bar with blank content while the javascript bundles
load and initialise. There should be a visual indication that the
application is loading.
#2084943 (Bug #105506)
If a user had a backslash "\" in their username, then errors would be
raised when clicking on their profile due to the way that the URL was
being escaped. We now allow backslashes and slashes to be escaped in
the URLs.
#2083726 (Bug #105479)
The UserAPI was validating each user multiple times and also failed
to cope with a user who has been deleted. These issues have been
resolved.
#2083561 (Bug #105368)
Not all page headers were using internationalisation text.
#2083323 (Bug #103653)
Searching for UTF-8 content against a Helix Search server was not
returning any results. This has been fixed.
#2082084, #2077756 (Bug #104621)
Under some circumstances a test result would simply show a failed
result without actually re-running a test. This has been fixed.
#2080908 (Bug #105475)
Previously the /review URL would just show a bank page, whereas other
similar URLs (/project, /group) would give a 404. The /review page
has been updated to be consistent with other pages.
#2076067 (Bug #105386)
If a review mentions users who have since been deleted, Swarm would
give a 400 error. We now cope with this situation by allowing users
that don't exist in the user list.
#2074365 (Bug #105350)
We have re-enabled the rendering of 3D models by default in Swarm.
#2073457 (Bug #105098)
In small browser windows the review description was sometimes being
cut off on the reviews list page without providing a "..." expander
option. This has now been fixed.
#2069928 (Bug #105073)
Fix to the padding on the reviews list page when it is opened after
viewing a different page.
#2067866 (Bug #105181)
Fixed bug where the "I have commented on" filter on the reviews list
page would not always show the full list of reviews due to a mismatch
in type comparisons.
#2062072 (Bug #103683)
The updated time of the review was being shown twice on the reviews
list - once in the column if the 'Updated' sorting was selected, and
once in the review description. If reviews are sorted by 'Updated'
time, we now hide the time in the description.
#2061211 (Bug #103512)
Notifications were still being sent when silenceNotifications was
enabled when adding a comment via the API. This has been fixed, and
the silenceNotifications flag is now correctly honoured.
#2061146 (Bug #104455)
Updated the v10 reviews API endpoint to allow a list of fields to be
specified, to limit the amount of data returned.
#2060257 (Bug #104972)
Removed unwanted selection borders around some elements of the login
dialog.
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Minor new functionality in 2020.2 Patch 1
#2061611 (Bug #104737)
Improvements to how the reviews list is displayed when sorting by
activity date when there are a very large number of reviews modified
on a single day.
#2059484 (Bug #104922)
Added option to always run project tests even if nothing has changed.
#2058472 (Bug #104413)
Once the reviews list has run out of results to show, it now displays
a 'nothing more to display' message at the bottom of the list.
#2057747, #2057747 (Bug #99329)
If p4search was enabled, then file search would still perform an
inefficient search against P4D even though this was no longer
required.
#2056823, #2056823, #2053938 (Bug #104640)
The role filter on the reviews list page was only searching on the
user's full name. It now searches on both the full name and user id.
#2055656 (Bug #104887)
When there were a large number of users, the processing of the Swarm
queue could be slow. Have improved the performance of the user
processing in these situations.
#2055607 (Bug #104858)
We have changed the text of the "I have not voted on" reviews list
filter to make it clear that it only applies to reviews that you are
participating in.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.2 Patch 1
Bug #99401
Fixed display of chevrons in reviews.
#2064474 (Bug #105038)
Some of the CSS styling on the global dashboard had been broken by
some of the new styles introduced in 20.2.
#2060336 (Bug #105006)
Setting a filter directly from the URL would sometimes result in
incorrect values being set on the reviews list.
#2059951, #2059414 (Bug #104720)
When a reviews list text filter had no text in it, the clear icon was
still appearing even though it is not needed.
#2059694 (Bug #104974)
When the search filter was used on the reviews list page, the
'loading' message never went away even if there were no more results
to fetch.
#2059207, #2059207 (Bug #103414)
Fixed an issue where some non-ASCII characters would not be shown at
all in a diff view for non-UTF-8 content.
#2059152 (Bug #104924)
When bookmarking the reviews list page, though the content of the
search field was recorded, it was not re-populated when the bookmark
is used.
#2056590 (Bug #104867)
The configure-swarm script would store the plain text password in
Swarm's config.php if the P4D server had a security level of 4.
#2056045, #2054532 (Bug #104581)
Added a clear icon to the review search field. This allows the
current content of the field to be easily cleared.
#2056038, #2051298 (Bug #98820)
If a Job Id was a pure numeric (1234 rather than job1234), then
attaching them to reviews would cause commit of the review to hang
due to validation checks failing.
#2055269 (Bug #104894)
Fixed intermittent error on the reviews page that would appear in the
console log.
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Major new functionality in 2020.2
Bug #102978
We have added Linux packages to support installation of Swarm on
Ubuntu 20.04. This includes support for PHP 7.4 on this platform.
Bug #102977
We have added Linux packages to support installation of Swarm on RHEL
8. Swarm now depends on the Remi PHP repository, allowing the use of
PHP 7.4 on this platform with the standard Apache server.
Bug #102976
We have added Linux packages to support installation of Swarm on
CentOS 8. Swarm now depends on the Remi PHP repository, allowing the
use of PHP 7.4 on this platform with the standard Apache server.
#2007047 (Bug #103181)
The reviews list page has been updated to take advantage of the new
Javascript framework, providing a more modern look and feel. Extra
information has been added to the page, in a clearer format, to
enable choices to be made about which reviews need to be worked on.
This is part of our work to move all of Swarm to the new framework
over the coming releases.
#1990244, #1993528, #1999257 (Bug #103043)
We now display an estimate of the complexity of a review on the
reviews list page, to allow reviewers to see which reviews are most
likely to be simple, and which complicated. The complexity is based
on the number of lines changed across all the files in the review.
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Minor new functionality in 2020.2
Bug #96005
We have added the ability to see usernames on the reviews list page
without needing to wait for hover text from an avatar.
Bug #92918
There are problems on CentOS with different versions of PHP. Swarm
has been updated to make use of the Remi PHP packages, which should
provide a more consistent experience.
Bug #87695
We are moving to displaying full user names rather than just user ids
on the new reviews list page. This change will be applied to all
pages as they are updated over the coming releases.
#2050841 (Bug #104800)
The default 'page size' of results returned in the reviews page has
been changed from 50 to 15. This reduces the time before initial data
is returned to the user on large systems.
#2045520, #2044073 (Bug #104485)
The Role filter on the reviews page has been updated to now include a
"Reviews I'm an individual reviewer of", which will list all reviews
that a user has been directly added to, as opposed to those they've
been added to by being a member of a group.
#2042375, #2040681 (Bug #104115)
If Swarm is unable to start properly, the error page now recommends
checking any SELinux settings since these are a common source of
problems.
#2027613, #2024020, #2024020 (Bug #103757)
It is now possible to retrieve a workflow using the API by providing
its name rather than only by its id.
#2012218, #1999922, #1999663 (Bug #100037)
We have upgraded CentOS and RHEL packages to use the Remi package
repository for PHP 7.4. This allows all our supported CentOS and RHEL
releases to be using the same version of PHP.
#1990065, #1996234, #1996329 (Bug #103101)
A v10 version of the reviews API has been added to support the new
reviews list page. This follows the same structure as the existing
v10 APIs, and is a replacement for the old v9 reviews API.
#1984569, #1984589, #1985386 (Bug #102949)
When a review is created or updated, we now calculate a complexity
value which is stored against the review. This is based on the number
of lines changed in the files, and provides an indication of how
complicated the review might be.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.2
Bug #104607
The reviews list page shows a count of the number of reviews in the
open and closed tabs. This is possibly an over estimate of the number
to display. Swarm now updates this number as the user scrolls down
the page as more information becomes available, so the number can
change to something more accurate.
#2050437 (Bug #104771)
Users who are members of a group were not being counted when checking
minimum votes were needed for approval. Members added to a project
via a group should now count towards votes.
#2048113, #2048113 (Bug #104710)
The menu navigation bar was fetching information on private projects
that it shouldn't be able to see. Private projects that a user does
not have permission to see are no longer be returned to the client by
the navigation APIs.
#2046648, #2044745 (Bug #104582)
When expanding a multi-depth stream spec in a review, Swarm would
return a '500 internal server' error. This has been fixed.
#2041954 (Bug #104477)
The help button on the login page was missing a message translation.
This has now been fixed.
#2038602, #2036927, #2036927 (Bug #103649)
Added 'branchName' back into the documentation for test parameters,
since it is required by Jenkins. It was always present, just not
listed in the documentation.
#2038241 (Bug #104288)
New Javascript UI was not honouring the translator->locale option in
the config.php.
#2037180, #2037180 (Bug #104416)
Private projects with numeric user ids would cause warning messages
to be output into the logs. This has now been resolved.
#2034440 (Bug #103939)
Private projects were not being properly listed on case insensitive
servers. This has now been resolved.
#2027650 (Bug #103977)
When the CentOS/RHEL packages were updated to use the SCL version of
PHP, the ImageMagick dependency had been moved from the optional
package to the core package. It has now been moved back to make
things consistent with the Ubuntu packages.
#2024431 (Bug #103877)
On CentOS during package upgrade, the Swarm package shutdown the
Redis server when the old package is removed. This happens last in
the sequence, so Redis would then need to be manually restarted. The
Redis server is now only shutdown on uninstall, not on upgrade.
#1990682 (Bug #102938)
If the login fields were pre-filled by a browser, then the Login
button would be greyed out, requiring two clicks to activate it. This
has now been fixed.
#1988355, #1985176 (Bug #101523)
If Swarm was running without HTTPS behind a proxy which was using
HTTPS, then avatar requests would incorrectly use HTTP rather than
HTTPS. This has now been resolved.
#1986420, #1984303, #1984303 (Bug #98769)
When a ZIP file is downloaded from a case insensitive P4D server that
is running on Linux, some pathnames could produce errors. A check is
now made for the case sensitivity setting of the server and the
correct string operations performed.
#1984579, #1984579 (Bug #102866)
Text columns on the system info page sometimes overlap in small
browser windows. This has been resolved.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.1 Patch 4
#2028501 (Bug #104118)
If there were invalid characters in a job description, then Swarm
would fail to return those jobs when requested to by the API. The job
content is now passed through our UTF-8 filter to cope with invalid
characters.
#2028485, #2027037 (Bug #104166)
The Dashboard incorrectly lists reviews from a project if the user is
a moderator on any branch in the project.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.1 Patch 3
Bug #103793
Resolved some performance issues when workflow was disabled. Swarm
was checking for workflows every time it checked a project path,
rather than once at the start and dropping out early.
#2021749 (Bug #103991)
When 'Log in' is clicked when Swarm is using a P4D instance that has
sso_enabled => true the Swarm log in is displayed instead of the user
being redirected to the IDP.
#2021739 (Bug #103963)
If a review belongs to multiple branches, then we display each branch
for that review, as a link to the project. This means we can have
many links to the same location. On complicated reviews spanning
dozens or hundreds of branches, this consumes screen space, is slow
to render and doesn't add much benefit.
With this fix a single link will be created for each project with the
branches as part of the link text
#2019121, #2018709 (Bug #103928)
When Swarm checks to see if content has changed in a review, if that
content had RCS text then the checks could produce a false positive.
We now perform a second (slower) diff2 check if a ktext file is
determined to be different.
#2017620 (Bug #103890)
If a large number (thousands) of projects are configured to sync with
Jira, the PHP regexp matching was failing. The project list is now
broken down into smaller chunks and each chunk is processed
individually to get around the PHP limitation.
#2017537, #2017537, #2011844 (Bug #103701)
The check to see whether a test should be re-run on the submit of a
review was incorrectly flagging the review as having changed since
the previous test run. This has been fixed.
#2017186 (Bug #103892)
Fixed bug where the login logo would not appear if a baseUrl was
configured, and the default Apache DocumentRoot was not pointing at
the Swarm directory.
#2016747 (Bug #103845)
When baseUrl is configured, errors were being displayed in the Swarm
logs. This has now been resolved.
#2016724 (Bug #103712)
With a Windows P4D server in case insensitivity mode, Swarm was not
correctly comparing user names for user membership tests. This has
now been resolved.
#2015542 (Bug #103792)
If a review belongs to multiple branches, then a workflow rule check
can be carried out multiple times for the same project and branch
combinations. On complicated reviews spanning dozens or hundreds of
branches, this can lead to unnecessary calls that slow down display
of pages.
#2014926 (Bug #103775)
When baseUrl and Apache's DocumentRoot are configured, some of the
Swarm icons were broken. This has been resolved.
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Minor new functionality in 2020.1 Patch 2
#1995433, #1990714, #1990714 (Bug #103203)
When deciding whether a test needs to be run on submit, we check to
see if any content in the review has been changed. In order to
improve performance on large systems with complicated reviews, the
scope of the diff has been tightened and unnecessary data is no
longer being retrieved from the server.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.1 Patch 2
#1997601, #1997601 (Bug #103287)
Links in comments would be incorrectly escaped if they were longer
than 256 characters. There is a maximum length limit for which we
consider when looking for URLs, and this has been increased to 1024
characters.
#1996785 (Bug #103374)
When base_url was set in the configuration, a null would be shown in
place of the server id. This has now been fixed.
#1996127 (Bug #103361)
The default timeout for http calls has been increased from 5 seconds
to 10 seconds. Sometimes tests would fail with a default of 5 seconds
if Jenkins was slow to respond.
#1991513 (Bug #103271)
It was not possible to login if a base_url had been set in Swarm.
This has now been fixed.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.1.1
Bug #103114
There were problems with package dependencies on some RPM based
distributions, in particular dependencies for the ImageMagick
library. ImageMagick is now not installed by default, but see the
documentation on how to enable it on platforms where it is supported.
Bug #102966
If using multi-p4d, then the verification option for the Redis
server would hang. This has now been fixed.
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Major new functionality in 2020.1
#1966171, #1965117 (Bug #102344)
Test Definitions which are associated with a workflow are now
displayed on the workflow's configuration page. This is also true for
the global workflow.
#1965117 (Bug #102367)
It is now possible to associate a test definition with a workflow, so
that the test will be executed when reviews affected by that workflow
are updated.
#1963290, #1963245 (Bug #102187)
When a review is submitted, any test definitions that are applied to
a workflow as 'OnSubmit' will be executed. These are executed after
the review has been submitted, and will be executed even if the
content of the review has not changed.
#1963189, #1960593 (Bug #102120)
Added the ability to edit Test Definitions within the UI.
#1963189, #1960593 (Bug #102119)
It is now possible to create a new Test Definition in Swarm within
the UI. Test Definitions can be added to a workflow which defines how
they are executed.
#1962497, #1962561, #1962580, #1963083, #1963245, #1963290 (Bug #102185)
Any test definitions that have been added to a workflow as 'OnUpdate'
will be executed whenever the content of a review is updated. These
tests will not be run on a submit unless the content of the review
has changed between the last successful test run and the submit.
#1961233 (Bug #102117)
Added a page which displays a list of all the Test Definitions that
can be viewed and used by the user.
#1956746, #1955154 (Bug #102162)
It is now possible to configure the global workflow configurations
from within the UI of Swarm, rather than editing the config.php. Who
has permission to do this can be controlled by the workflow itself.
#1956498, #1955275 (Bug #102160)
The global workflow settings are now displayed on the workflows page
within Swarm, where it will be possible to edit them through the UI.
Any configuration in config.php will be automatically migrated.
#1954764, #1953985 (Bug #102058)
Any global tests which are defined in config.php will be migrated to
key data the first time that they are used. This brings them under
the control of the UI, and after this point the definitions in
config.php will no longer be referenced.
#1947289 (Bug #70408)
Added the ability to edit a text file directly from the file page
within Swarm. This is currently a technical preview feature.
#1938617, #1920608 (Bug #101354)
Allow the inline editing of text files to be disabled or enabled from
the configuration file. System owners who do not want users to have
this feature can disable it system wide.
#1935827, #1928649 (Bug #101532)
Added a file API to support the updating the content of files
directly from within Swarm.
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Minor new functionality in 2020.1
Bug #97672
It is now possible to pass more information to CI systems when a test
is run, such as the status and version of the review.
Bug #102310
Added an option to specify XML content type when executing a test.
Previously only JSON and URL encoded were allowed.
#1973686, #1965117 (Bug #102368)
Added the ability to modify the tests definitions which are
associated with a workflow.
#1972872, #1967353 (Bug #99591)
We now display the state of any Redis verification to admin users,
and allow them to run a new verification immediately.
#1969720, #1970158 (Bug #102404)
An automatic process has been put in to perform a validation of index
data for projects and workflows when they are saved. This will repair
any invalid index data which may have been caused by bug #102353
#1968482, #1967442 (Bug #102503)
Create an activity event when a test definition is updated.
#1967419, #1966767 (Bug #102369)
Added ability to remove test definitions from a workflow.
#1964728, #1963995 (Bug #102179)
Swarm now logs an activity event when a workflow is deleted.
#1959604, #1958970 (Bug #102142)
We have reduced the number of notifications sent out for test result
updates, so users are only notified on important changes to state.
#1958008 (Bug #102252)
Workflows definitions now include the list of tests that are
associated with them, along with any rules for those tests.
#1952998, #1952996, #1952996 (Bug #101120)
application.config.php has been added to the list of configuration
files in the rpm and deb packages, so that it is not overwritten when
Swarm is upgraded. This allows the config caching to be disabled
without it being overwritten each time.
#1947904 (Bug #102063)
Updated package to include the latest 19.2 versions of P4PHP
libraries.
#1944027, #1944248, #1944331, #1944675, #1945460, #1947784, #1947972,
#1948679, #1949443 (Bug #101945)
The Workflow API has been upgraded to v10, to make use of the new
standardised json format that Swarm is moving to. The v9 API will be
marked as deprecated at some point in the future, before being
removed completely.
#1942691, #1944655 (Bug #101929)
The first time that Workflow data is requested after an upgrade to
20.1, the system will automatically migrate any configuration in
config.php to key data.
#1942651, #1942720, #1942895, #1942971, #1944276, #1947173 (Bug #101953)
The default workflow configuration in config.php has now been defined
as a Global Workflow object in key data.
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Bugs fixed in 2020.1
Bug #102780
Now that menu items use SVG icons, there is a new way to customise
those icons. See
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/extending.clients.html
#1976932 (Bug #102819)
Improve performance when working out review transitions by not
fetching information on all the groups in the system.
#1974100 (Bug #102778)
Swarm was handing mixed case user names incorrectly on case
insensitive servers. This has now been fixed.
#1970284 (Bug #102666)
There was a bug where if a branch was added to a project, then it
wasn't possible to add a workflow to that branch until the Project
had been saved and re-edited. This has now been fixed.
#1965705 (Bug #102533)
Swarm now uses PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7. This fixes a problem where a
required PHP library was not available natively on CentOS 7 for PHP
7.1, which forced us to use a CentOS 6 version of the library which
sometimes caused errors.
#1962431 (Bug #102501)
The format of the data returned by the reviews/<review_id>/testruns
API endpoint has been corrected so that it fits the format of the
other APIs.
#1959613, #1950017 (Bug #101931)
Fixed bug where a workflow would pick up the current excluded users
list when it was created. This could have unexpected behaviour if the
list was changed later, especially since excluded users on individual
workflows isn't supported in the front end but would be applied on
the server.
#1957437 (Bug #102353)
Fixed a bug where index values were not being removed from indexed
key data. If an indexed value on a key is changed, the index is
updated to include the new value, but not to remove the old value, so
the key will still be found when searching for old values. This
caused an efficiency problem where more workflows than necessary were
returned when pre-filtering them, though functional behaviour was
still correct.
#1953953, #1953953 (Bug #102085)
When setting the name of a workflow, if it had spaces in it then the
duplicate name check was not functionality correctly. This has been
fixed.
#1951989, #1951989 (Bug #102045)
If an automated test failed to communicate with the CI system, then
an error would be displayed in the test results, along with the URL.
If this URL contained authentication tokens, then they would be
displayed to all users. Swarm now strips out anything other than the
basic hostname and path before displaying the URL.
#1949333 (Bug #101968)
Deleting files from a shelf when specifying an absolute file path
rather than a depot path would incorrectly prepend the cwd to the
path when processing the shelvedel trigger event. This has now been
fixed.
#1942722 (Bug #101782)
We would sometimes report that a running test was failed in the
activity and notification email. This has now been fixed.
#1936411 (Bug #101225)
Swarm was being over eager in its escaping of URLs in test calls when
using JSON encoding. We have reduced the amount of escaping so that
it is JSON safe in these cases.
#1928698 (Bug #101326)
Fix problem when removing files from a review whilst in the root of a
Windows file system. The trailing backslash on c:\ was escaping the
closing quote on command line arguments to the trigger. Also resolved
an issue that was causing infinite recursion of the trigger script on
Windows if any argument had a space in it.
#1928697, #1928697 (Bug #101626)
For large shelvedel operations, with a long list of filenames, data
from the trigger was being truncated at 1024 bytes. The limit has now
been removed so that a shelvedel argument list should now only be
limited by the operating system.
#1922395 (Bug #101448)
A change has been made to fetch user data from Redis rather than P4D,
which will reduce excessive load on the server for busy systems.
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Minor new functionality in 2019.3 Patch 2
#1908924, #1908924 (Bug #100656)
Improved visibility of button state. Previously it was quite hard to
tell what state a button was in because the color change was small.
This mostly affects buttons on the review page.
#1908879 (Bug #100826)
The depot path shown at the top of the 'Files' page used to have
spaces inserted into it between path elements. If it was copied and
then pasted into the command line it would not be valid. These spaces
have been removed from the underlying text, so when copied the depot
path is valid.
#1908826 (Bug #100619)
The redis-cli-swarm binary has been added to the path when installing
from packages, to make it easier for administrators to access the
Redis server from the command line.
#1906480 (Bug #101027)
The 'non_utf8_encodings' configurable in the translator array is now
documented, see
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/admin.locale.html.
Previously it was undocumented.
#1897025 (Bug #100850)
The curl utility has been added to the Swarm OVA packages by default,
so that it is available for administration and support use in an
environment that doesn't have access to the public internet.
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Bugs fixed in 2019.3 Patch 2
#1912733 (Bug #101199)
The emulate_ip_protections configurable can now be set for each P4D
instance in a multi-P4D setup.
#1912410, #1912206 (Bug #101101)
It is now possible to define the proxy_mode for each individual P4D
in a multi-P4D setup. Previously, all connections had to have the
same setting. By default this is true, which means the IP address of
the user is considered when resolving protection table restrictions
in P4D. Setting this to false means that P4D will only consider the
IP of the Swarm server in the protections table.
#1911508, #1911459, #1908672 (Bug #92625)
Fixed a bug when marking up URLs in comments and other text. If there
was an '&' in the URL then it would be displayed as '&' instead
of being displayed as a simple '&'.
#1911444 (Bug #100844)
Fixed a bug where project names with UTF-8 characters stopped the
'Test in progress' icon being displayed.
#1908316 (Bug #101069)
Fixed a bug where a very long list of Jira projects caused the PHP
limit on RegEx size to be exceeded. The project list is now split
into sections before generating the RegEx to prevent the size from
being exceeded.
#1908239, #1906930 (Bug #100913)
Fixed bug where a period (.) followed by an upper case character in
the depot name prevented the branch path from being recognised.
#1907358 (Bug #100843)
Fixed bug where Unicode characters in the branch path of a main
branch would prevent the overview tab being displayed for a project.
#1907277 (Bug #100972)
Fixed a bug where filtering projects with UTF-8 characters on the
dashboard did not work.
#1902045, #1893605 (Bug #100631)
The package removal script was not properly checking which version of
PHP to clean up on Ubuntu. We now check for the PHP version before
trying to remove the Perforce PHP module.
#1897363, #1896897 (Bug #100811)
If a group had associated key data, for example, because
notifications had been configured against it, then only admin users
would be able to modify or delete the group.
#1893621 (Bug #95670)
Fix problem with comments not being displayed in reviews even though
they were displayed in the project activity.
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Bugs fixed in 2019.3 Patch 1
#1885227, #1884757 (Bug #100496)
Fix issue where usernames with mixed case on a case-insensitive
server were always being converted to lower case. After upgrading,
you will need to flush your user cache by either making sure that
Redis has been restarted or if your Redis cache is being persisted to
disk then you will need to clear your user cache directly. See the
documentation on deleting the user cache here:
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/swarm-apidoc_endpoint_config_cache.html#Redis_cache_delete
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Major new functionality in 2019.3
#1854311 (Bug #97139)
Added new API endpoints (v10) for managing automated tests within
Swarm. Allows extra information to be passed back to test results for
a review, and for an external system to attach their own test
results to an existing review.
#1849256, #1850356, #1850672, #1850711 (Bug #97140)
Allow a review version to display the results of multiple tests that
have been executed on the code changes, for when a code change causes
tests to be run from both multiple projects and system wide global
tests. A history of test results can now be viewed on each version
of a review, to see which revisions failed or passed the tests.
#1847306, #1847410, #1847480, #1847507, #1847785, #1848038, #1848118,
#1849387 (Bug #97797)
Added new system wide configuration options to define global CI tests
that will run when any review is created anywhere in the system,
regardless of whether it is part of a project.
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Minor new functionality in 2019.3
Bug #97840
Provide a history of test jobs for each version of a review with a
link and a pass/fail status for each one.
Bug #91045
Add an ability to link test status to a version of a review.
#1862167, #1861501 (Bug #99945)
Add support for extra parameters in web hooks to test systems when a
test is executed. You can now reference a review's status and
changelist description.
#1860032 (Bug #99268)
Swarm now allows a configurable HTTP timeout to be specified when
invoking test URLs to an external system such as Jenkins.
#1858307 (Bug #89120)
Test results are displayed for each version of a review, so that a
record of successes and failures for older versions remain visible.
#1858294 (Bug #99282)
Global tests are executed whenever a review is created anywhere in
the depot, regardless of which project (if any) that a review belongs
to.
#1845665 (Bug #94115)
Add ability to auto-create users when logging in to Swarm, if
auto-create is enabled on the P4D server and the user exists in LDAP.
This is to handle situations where the user exists in LDAP but hasn't
been synced to the P4D server yet. The user will now be synced when
the login is attempted.
#1844645, #1842780 (Bug #96549)
Fix UTF-8 characters in mail headers which were causing Office365 to
reject Swarm emails.
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Bugs fixed in 2019.3
#1868080 (Bug #100087)
Swarm 19.2 cannot handle (:@{}()) characters in data such as user and
group names, and throws 500 errors on the reviews page. This is due to
the serialisation at the Redis backend. Error handling in this area is
now improved, and a workaround provided in situations where use of
these characters can't be avoided.
#1862763 (Bug #100021)
When Swarm is upgraded from the packages, the configuration cache is
not updated so we get 404 errors when trying to access new (uncached)
modules. Package upgrades now clear the config cache. The config
cache is automatically rebuilt when Swarm restarts.
#1844992 (Bug #99567)
Fixed issue where if a review was updated in a browser page, if the
review diffs were accessed in an another browser page they would
result in 404 errors. This was because the links were stale.
#1843214 (Bug #99351)
If Redis has been restarted and is still loading its dataset from a
file, then Swarm would give a 500 error message. Have improved error
detection so that Swarm provides a friendly message that it is
starting up.
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Major new functionality in 2019.2
#1838181 (Bug #99449)
Performance improvements for the 'Projects' page when dealing with
a project data set with a large number of branches and paths
#1834789, #1838131 (Bugs #99335, #99461)
New event listeners that detect if the Redis cache is in need of
verification and update.
#1830208 (Bug #99330)
Enabling workflow triggers by default, and removing reference to
them as technical preview.
#1826865 (Bug #99083)
Adding Support for Stream spec changes within a review.
#1823119, #1831052 (Bugs #98258, #99116)
Included a config option that allows Admins to setup a list of
users and groups that will be ignored by workflow rules. Any
user or group defined within this will not be gated by workflow
rules. Example of alice bob and eve being ignored would be:
'workflow' => [
'workflow_rules' => [
'user_exclusions' => [
'rule' => ['alice', 'bob', 'eve'],
'mode' => 'policy'
],
]
]
If you want to have all members of the managers group exempt you
would define that within the group_exclusions section:
'workflow' => [
'workflow_rules' => [
'group_exclusions' => [
'rule' => [managers'],
'mode' => 'policy'
]
]
]
#1785857 (Bug #97934)
Swarm now connects to a Redis server to store a local cache.
#1780587 (Bug #95203)
Added the ability to blacklist groups like you can with users.
This allows you to do a regex pattern.
#1777990 (Bug #97591)
Including a compiled version of Redis server and cli within swarm.
This helps ensure that the version of Redis that is used is the
same as we have verified and tested against.
Minor new functionality in 2019.2
#1834020 (Bug #99308)
New API endpoint to trigger the Redis cache verification process.
Just calling '/api/v9/verify' will trigger the verify to start. If
you append a context of "user, group, project or workflow" it will
only trigger for that context. If Swarm finds differences between
the data it holds in its cache and the data in the Perforce
Server, it will update the cache.
#1832149 (Bug #99334)
Config settings to support cache integrity checking. By default
this is set to '03:00' and will trigger a verify daily at 3 am.
This takes input of 24 hour clock or number of seconds.
#1826202 (Bug #94779)
You can now use regular expressions in the mainline branch
identification configurable. The project overview markdown file
no longer needs to be in the mainline branch of the project.
This allows you to set a standard php regex pattern that matches
your preferred mainline. For example if you don't use the default
'main', 'mainline', 'trunk' or 'master' but have branches like
'Secret-code-main' or 'library-main' you could add a regex like
'.*-main' This would match both of these branches and use library
readme if it had one. By default we do an exact match on your
string within the mainlines config first. Using the two previous
branch names and adding 'secret-code-main' to the mainlines config
then we would find the readme from that branch. As we put an ^
(caret) at the begin of every string and an $ (dollar sign) at the
end. This means you get the freedom to write any regex pattern you
wish.
Be aware we do not remove the four default entries, your new
mainline patterns are appended not replacements. The first branch
(alphabetical by Branch Name) that is found with a readme will be
used.
#1826076 (Bug #98885)
Config option added to allow you to change the location Swarm puts
the links under in Jira. By default Jira puts links within the
"links to" section if you have setup Jira to work with Swarm.
#1823924 (Bug #98224)
Swarm will now put an activity feed entry into Project Activty if
you are creating or updating a project. This is to help track who
is changing the project settings.
#1816178 (Bug #98676)
The new blacklist config is now respecting group and users
blacklist by default.
#1810331 (Bug #94767)
Adding the ability to allow members of a Project to view the
project settings page even if they are not allowed to edit
them.
This allows members to see who the required reviewers, default
reviewers and moderator are for a given project or branch.
To enable this feature edit the config to this:
'projects' => [
'allow_view_settings' => true
],
By default we hide the deploy and test settings from members.
Owner and Admins can still see and change them.
#1808334 (Bug #98802)
Implemented a new API that allows you to clear the redis cache.
If you provide a context of "user, group, project or workflow"
Swarm will clear the cache for each of them. If you do not
provide a context it will clear all of them.
#1789762 (Bugs #98139, #98447)
Update the ui to provide a running icon on the review list, to use
an svg icon and to make the button neutral in colour
#1787850 (Bug #94745)
Added the ability for Authors of a review to sync their review
description back to the associated changelist. Only available if
you are editing the description of a pre-commit review and you are
the original author of the changelist that created the review.
#1786907 (Bug #90633)
Swarm reports a more meaningful message when a user tries to
access a private project that the user is not a member or
moderator of.
#1780656 (Bugs #98158, #98159)
We now cache the config.php file, this is for performance
purposes. This does mean that if you tweak the config.php you will
need to clear the cache using the new API that clears the config
cache. This is a "DELETE" method only endpoint.
<swarmhost>/api/v9/cache
#1762882 (Bug #97857)
A few enhancement to help with logging.
- Updating the public/queue.php file to work with multiple P4Ds to
log the add task.
- Adding logging into queue manager to output the queue status
when we shutdown an event.
- Adding a log entire into Swarm log when we add a task to the
queue list.
Bugs fixed in 2019.2
#1839357 (Bug #99495)
Fixed the review approval logic that should have prevented
approval if someone votes the review down.
#1830503 (Bug #98232)
Handle the case of a user not being present on a pass/fail test
callback URL
#1830175 (Bug #99185)
Swarm 2019.1 mails not sent if headers contain non-ascii: Invalid
header value detected errors
#1829765 (Bug #99126)
An email should be sent for 'A committed change comment is
created'
#1809271 (Bug #86472)
Spaces in protections and clicking to download a zip generates a
500 error and throws InvalidArgumentException error.
#1782802 (Bug #97330)
Swarm log, report if notification emails are not sent due to
restricted change
#1776907 (Bug #98049)
Catch the exception about project or group name being too long
from spec depot.
Dropping max bytes down to 950 as this ensures we don't hit the
identify error we were getting.
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Bugs fixed in 2019.1 Patch 1
#1829459 (Bug #99283)
Always render comment markdown in safe mode, to prevent xss
#1826690 (Bug #99198)
Fixed a non-blocking operation that was causing the group cache to
become locked.
#1826282 (Bug #99082)
Swarm cache file for Jira project wasn't being created or updated.
Fixed the issue where if the Jira project cache hadn't been
created we wouldn't link to change, commits, jobs or reviews.
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Major new functionality in 2019.1
#1769492 (Bug #91389)
Add a 'Markdown' view option in the Files section of Swarm that
obeys the 'markdown' configuration settings. This will enable
files to have an additional Markdown view in the 'Files' section of
Swarm.
#1747980 (Bug #97027)
Upgrade Zend Framework to latest and improve our internal setup
to support PHP 7.0 and greater.
Minor new functionality in 2019.1
#1771944 (Bug #94210)
Archiving/Unarchiving comments now puts events into the activity
stream.
#1770668 (Bug #85252)
Putting a 'started' status on tests to highlight that a test has
been fired off and then show this on the review as a blue spinner
icon.
#1770625 (Bug #72068)
Making the activity feeds follow the display_fullname logic. If
enabled show full name if not enabled show only the ID.
#1770603 (Bug #97932)
Review page, display prominently which revision is being viewed
and total number of revisions.
#1764671 (Bug #91997)
Making the html email contain the markdown rendered version of a
comment instead of pure text.
#1762929 (Bug #91391)
Add more markdown file extensions for project overview
#1762088 (Bug #91440)
Upgrading the Parsedown to 1.7
#1746372 (Bug #97282)
Add an api/session endpoint for create/get/delete of session data.
Bugs fixed in 2019.1
#1773031 (Bug #79931)
Jira issue ID's will not linkify unless surrounded by whitespace
See comments on Jira card for implementation notes
#1771954 (Bug #95392)
Add activity for when a workflow is created or updated.
#1770828 (Bug #97821)
Large refactoring of the event listener order and priority level.
For more information on this please do reference the documentation.
#1770225 (Bugs #93752, #95148)
Ensure we credit the user that has changed the description in the
history tab.
#1770062 (Bug #97936)
Fix issues with mixing Emoji's and markdown.
#1768841 (Bugs #93983, #93984)
Creating a project or group with a name over 950 characters causes
a 500 error on the page.
#1764615 (Bug #97935)
Fixing a typo in our Emoji for disappointed
#1764161 (Bug #97915)
Configuration to support markdown and raw view for files/project
readme.
#1762063 (Bug #93208)
Fix issue where error messages coming back from Jira are causing
json encode errors in the logging process.
#1760510 (Bug #91088)
Fixing swarm diff issue when filetype has been changed between
revision.
If the file type was set to utf8 and then shelved for review and
then in the next revision changed the filetype to text swarm won't
have displayed the content change if any. It will now use the diff2
option of '-t' which force context diff even if filetype are
different.
#1745267 (Bug #97342)
Re-instate the 'groups' stored on a review
#1745119 (Bug #97327)
Fix emoji's for multi p4d
#1745078 (Bug #97256)
Adding the OBJLoader.js to allow Obj files to be rendered.
#1744877 (Bug #97271)
Added support for @mention of unicode user names.
#1740186 (Bug #97239)
Add sso_enabled to Server definition in react
#1739272 (Bug #96994)
Putting a loading icon onto each of the instances.
If you login to a server and hit reload the turning arrows will
appear till it has checked the connection and helps prevent being
able to double connect.
#1739259 (Bug #97228)
Missing subproject with parent activity can fail to show projects
page
#1733247 (Bug #97108)
Prevent server list overlap when error message is shown
#1733196 (Bug #97073)
Global dashboard keyword search should include review id
#1732755 (Bugs #97070, #97071)
Better support for Okta as an SSO test instance, handle
require_login=true
#1729542 (Bugs #96992, #97032)
Correctly filter dashboards by instance, using a class rather than
excluding servers as the latter results in a re-mount when
reinstated. Use blank strings rather than un-i18n for empty
filters, the net effect of the un-i18n strings was that the filters
were never being not applied, but the filtered list contained the
correct data.
#1728925, #1729010 (Bugs #96473, #96517)
Server side changes to support SAML
#1728877 (Bug #97047)
Update the iconset and correct missing usage thereof.
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Bugs fixed in 2018.3 Patch 1
#1746000 (Bug #97332)
Fixing the data attribute selector to allow multi P4D to have
different CSS or JS run against.
#1745600 (Bug #97223)
Adding a login form to the global dashboard top navigation bar.
#1740955 (Bug 97129)
Additional feature with the new SSO login, if you require a
custom logout URL you can now define this for Swarm. By default
this is set to null and is ignored. To set your own please use
the following:
'environment' => array(
'logout_url' => <http[s]://your/redirect/logout/url>,
),
#1738681 (Bug 96359)
Introduced a new config to allow the ability to show full names
instead of user IDs. This is a config under 'users', by default
is disabled. To enable, add the following to your config:
'users' => array(
'display_fullname' => true,
),
This is used on page such as Settings pages, Commit pages and
the Edit reviews dialog.
#1738259 (Bug #97228)
Added some logic around the project data to ensure we can
display project when they are missing.
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Major new functionality in 2018.3
#1710576 (Bug #96470)
If your Helix Core Server is configured for SAML SSO, Swarm now
supports Single Sign-On (SSO) using Security Assertion Markup
Language (SAML).
#1710560 (Bug #96366)
You can now connect a single Swarm server instance to
multiple-Helix Server instances.
If Swarm is connected to more than one Helix Core Server instance,
your Global Dashboard displays a list of reviews that you may need
to act on for each of the Helix Server instances connected to
Swarm.
Minor new functionality in 2018.3
#1714885 (Bug #96373)
Display the Queue info status in the System info page, this is the
same information that is displayed by the /queue/status page
request.
Added a new endpoint of /queue/future that allows you to see what
future tasks are left to process. This is also displayed in the
Queue info tab to enable better debugging of queue workers.
#1714765, 1725435 (Bugs #96582, #96922)
Updating the compiled latest patched P4PHP against 2018.2 API. Also
requiring an upgrade to the P4PHP if you manually install the PHP
extension.
#1707219 (Bug #89892)
Your dashboard now displays a Refresh button when new content is
available for your dashboard.
Bugs fixed in 2018.3
#1704671 (Bug #91070)
Fix the download zip of a review that contains files in multiple
folders.
#1701752 (Bug #96339)
Removing the default maximum fetch value and setting it to 0
#1701133 (Bugs #95933, #96157)
Fixed an issue where review revision would be false. Swarm is now
able to handle these values and display the review revision
correctly.
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Major new functionality in 2018.2
#1685903 #1687010 #1693690 (Bugs #95811, #95968, #95984, #96172)
Prevent default reviewers being removed from reviews associated
with projects, and branches with Retain default reviewers enabled
#1684341 (Bugs #81136, #91070, #95771)
Allow exclusionary mapping in Project branches.
Removing the overlay client spec for branch views. Zip for reviews
has been improved, the zip archive no longer flattens the folder
structure.
The project branch view was built using the "+" overlay sign. This
means that the client view would look strange when browsing to
http://Swarm-host/project/PROJECT/files/BRANCH/ Removing the +
notation from the client means that you will get extra folder
structure if the common path is higher or lower than the first
branch path.
#1669829 (Bug #95426)
If you create a review with multiple branches with different
moderators, we have introduced a configuration option that allows
you to choose if any moderator can approve or if you require a
moderator from each branch to approve.
By default it is set to "any" which means if any moderator from
any branch on a review approves the review it will be approved.
If you use the option of "each" this means that a moderator from
each branch needs to have approved the review before the review
will move to approved state.
#1659857 (Bug #72443)
Implemented a way for Authors or Admins to Obliterate a review
from Swarm. An obliterated review cannot be reinstated. By
default, obliterate is disabled for authors. This is to prevent
authors obliterating reviews by mistake.
To enable this feature for authors you must enable the the option
in the reviews section of config.php:
"allow_author_obliterate" => true
This allows authors to obliterate their own reviews.
WARNING: There is no way to recover these obliterated reviews
if this is used.
#1654107 (Bugs #93924, #94453)
Make projects as an item in the top menu with a separate page.
Tech preview in 2018.2
Technology Preview features are currently unsupported, might not be
functionally complete, and are not suitable for deployment in
production. Technology preview features are subject to change and
may be removed before they become fully supported features.
These features are provided to the customer to solicit interest and
feedback, with the goal of full support in future releases. Customers
are encouraged to provide feedback and functionality suggestions for
Technology Preview features before they become fully supported.
Implementing Workflow rules for a project or branch. This has
introduced lots of different ways to restrict the way in which a
review or commit is processed.
New trigger entries have been implemented to deal with these
workflows and must be enabled to allow workflow to work correctly.
By default this new feature has been turned off. To enable this
feature you need to enable:
'workflow' => array(
'enabled' => true,
),
Then you will also need to include the three new trigger lines:
swarm.enforce, swarm.strict and swarm.shelvesub
You can get the correct output for these by running the trigger
example output:
perl <SWARM-DIR>/p4-bin/scripts/swarm-trigger.pl -o
You can include the "-c" flag and the conf file location. This
will give you examples of the trigger lines.
If you previously used the enforce or strict triggers you will
need to comment these out to use workflow triggers.
Minor new functionality in 2018.2
#1695162 (Bug #96183)
Introduce a short term cache for project data to improve
performance.
#1692714 (Bug #96151)
Added configurable for the trigger timeout, on both HTTP::Tiny
and curl.
Added configurable to control what happens on either a timeout,
or a missing Swarm server. Admin has the option to ignore such
errors so they don't prevent a commit if they are taking too
long, or if Swarm is down.
New trigger options are:
TIMEOUT=30
IGNORE_TIMEOUT=0
IGNORE_NOSERVER=0
Also updated the errors returned when unusual events happen, to
hopefully simplify and clarify.
#1689661, #1691533 (Bug #95939)
Adding the logic to the transition method to check if the minimum
number of up votes have been met.
#1688912 (Bug #95954)
Disable the voting requirements menu when a sticky minimum is set
to required and an existing review minimum of 1 is increased to
required.
#1667459 (Bug #94705)
API endpoint to support voting
#1657916 (Bug #94615)
Adding a new API endpoint to allow you to fetch a list of users
and their details. Ability to limit by a list of users or limit
the fields that are returned.
#1687349 (Bugs #95942, #95943)
Adding the UI and the filter for minimum up vote work
Bugs fixed in 2018.2
#1698992 (Bug #96241)
Remove unnecessary 1201 search
#1698600 (Bug #95711)
Last moderator has the option to approve the review without voting.
#1697033 (Bug #95048)
Ensuring the Overview tab is shown on all pages within the project
view if a readme.md is present. An individual review page will not
show the project toolbar if the review spans multiple projects.
#1696896 (Bug #95466)
Ensuring the upgrade path doesn't throw an error if the review
hasn't been defined. This normally happens if the upgrade is rerun.
#1696314 (Bug #95509)
Added Alt text for home and help icons in the toolbar.
#1695676 (Bug #95993)
Removing the need to run 2012 key search from the users page.
#1695184 (Bug #95640)
Improve handling of moderation on the dashboard by only showing
reviews that the moderator can action.
#1693692 (Bug #95554)
Reload the reviews page on login
#1693667 (Bug #96195)
Fixing API docs bug with broken table due to use of pipe in
parameter description.
#1692748 (Bug #96165)
Change the getAffectedByChange from using the handler to using a
foreach as this seems to improve performance.
Additional performance improvements are:
- Keeping a hash of all the maps we are using for branches
- Keeping a hash of all paths being used.
Both of these are improvements to help us not issue additional
calls we don't need to.
#1692723 (Bug #95701)
If the digest is missing for a ktext file, skip comparison. This
occurs if a file has been deleted as part of this changelist, so
we don't need to do a digest comparison.
#1692721 (Bugs #95969, #96181)
Default retained reviewers are kept on the review when an update
to a review is done or reviewers are modified.
#1692055 (Bug #96164)
Optimise Project isInvolved to avoid unnecessary calls
#1691973 (Bug #96146)
Project fetch by ids should not clone the entire cache before
filtering
#1691357, #1691981 (Bug #96145)
Filter by ids should not modify the cached iterator
#1691251, #1692094 (Bug #95727)
Use p4 counters instead of the cache for getting individual
projects. This is a performance improvement in 2 scenarios where
there are a high number of projects: 1) Project save will not need
to wait for the cache to reload prior to the page refresh 2) Where
we get data for individual projects the cache file will not need
to be loaded into memory
#1687016 (Bug #95981)
Use array_keys/array_flip instead of array_unique on change/review
job list. This avoids having gaps in the array passed to
change->setJobs, which in turn prevents a core dump on save.
#1686998 (Bug #95857)
Enforce that branch name is provided in the UI
#1686467 (Bug #95940)
Adding the new MinimumUpVotes to Project model.
#1685923 (Bug #95813)
Prevent UI elements from reducing the minimum voting requirements
for reviewers(user&groups) that are sticky(i.e. have a
minimumRequired value)
#1684941, #1685656 (Bug #95792)
Optimisation of the calls to find which projects are affected
by a given changelist.
#1684315 (Bug #95810)
UI for default reviewer retention
#1683848 (Bugs #95814, #95844)
Add default reviewer retention property to project and branch
models.
#1683367 (Bug #95737)
Home page performance has been improved.
#1679236 (Bug #95617)
Do not send batched email notifications for comments if all the
comments have been closed
#1675488 (Bug #95543)
Prevent a review becoming approved or committed when there are
still moderator approvals needed, remove approve from moderators
who have approved already
#1674364 (Bug #95618)
Validate stream query parameter passed to activity call
#1673664 (Bug #95427)
Take account of new moderator approval rules
#1673065, #1673377 ,#1691958 (Bug #95287)
Prevent unwanted mail notifications when the role on a project
cannot be determined
#1671988 (Bug #95504)
prepend link with fully qualified base
#1671950 (Bug #95204)
Update a review's branch membership on content change
#1671363 (Bug #95236)
Putting in some locking to help prevent the review listener
from taking control of the review before the commit has
finished processing the task.
#1670024, #1671954 (Bug #95425, #95428)
Support the approvals field in the Review model; allows
get/set/approve. This is to help with the multi branch
moderator approval feature.
#1669912 (Bug #95511)
Project review branch filter search box shows "Project" not
"Branch" with no search term entered
#1664399 (Bug #95037)
Creating a new endpoint that allows you to see the next transition
state.
/api/v9/review/{id}/transitions
{ isValid: true, transitions: { needsReview: "Needs Review" } }
#1663905, #1666401 (Bug #95209)
Fixing the double line ending when expander is used.
#1663853 (Bug #95235, #95269)
Projects page add button should be privileged and have the correct
link
#1663667, #1666444 (Bug #95238)
Fixing the dashboard dropdown to contain the correct data to
display the project name rather than the project ID.
#1662517 (Bug #95207)
Adding %quote% tag around shelve-delete trigger.
#1656048 (Bug #88953)
Removing the old add activity endpoint and moving it to API only.
Allow non-admin users to create their own events
#1655197 (Bug #94135)
Silence notifications when specified
#1654199 (Bug #95056)
Delayed comment notifications were always seen as comment edits
#1654149 (Bug #93971)
Fixing the username and email wrapping problem on the user page.
#1653515 (Bug #93743)
Fixing the Group vote icon when the review is updated and the
vote becomes stale. This is now reflected in the review page.
#1652700 (Bug #94626)
A description comment should indicate that it was made on a
description
#1652689 (Bug #94206)
Changing the wording on the history tab when a user replies to a
comment. It used to read "5 days ago bob commented on review
23456801" after this change it will read "5 days ago bob replied
to a comment on review 23456801"
#1651426 (Bug #94507)
Removing the likes from a comment when the content of the comment
has been edited.
#1644280 (Bug #94815)
Don't remove the inReplyTo header from an email if this is the
first email in a thread. This header shouldn't be needed in the
first email, but removing it seems to cause problems for
Thunderbird, in that it fails to thread correctly if it's missing.
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Bugs fixed in 2018.1 Patch 2
#1699267 (Bug #96277)
Diff is not shown after garbled characters.
#1691958 (Bug #95287)
Prevent unwanted mail notifications when role on a project cannot
be determined.
#1688445 (Bug #096053)
If the Operating system does not have HTTP::Tiny installed for perl,
the Swarm trigger falls back to using Curl instead. The payload
that was generated for the shelvedel, wasn't being attached to the
curl request.
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Bugs fixed in 2018.1 Patch 1
#1659947 (Bug #95186)
Fixing the Timestamp display time.
Timestamp was displaying the wrong time and date on the review
revision selectors.
#1657813 (Bug #95127)
Fixing the show more lines button at the bottom of a file.
Instead of showing a few extra lines, it was mistakenly showing
all of the lines to the end of the file.
#1656932, #1657772 (Bug #95108)
Fixing swarm-trigger.pl which was not handling extra parameters
being passed to it. Also put some extra checks around the
processing of the shelvedel event to ensure we do not empty a
review by mistake.
#1656897 (Bug #95056)
Delayed comment notifications are always identified as comment
edits even if all comments are new.
Fixed to only be identified as edits if there are any edited
comments.
#1650837 (Bug #95016)
Comments have lost their width restriction on rendering
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Major new functionality in 2018.1
#1635329, #1635613 (Bug #91807)
Enhancing the delay comment email feature.
By default the delay tick box is being removed and all comments
will be delayed by 30 minutes/ 1800 seconds. If you want the
comment emails to go out without any delay time, you can set the
new config option to 0 and this will send notification immediately
as comment is posted. Each time a comment is added or edited the
delay time will be reset to 30 minutes. Once the last comment is
add or edit and 30 minutes has passed Swarm will automatically send
all delayed comments out in one email batch.
#1623050 (Bug #89713)
The review revision slider bar has been changed into two drop downs
to allow users to select the two revisions they would like to
compare. We have also introduced the additional options of being
able to select the base revision of the review to diff against or
the head revision of the review. Head was added to allow users to
see if their review needs resolving.
#1620890 (Bug #94101)
Updating trigger to cope with the shelve-delete case. Adds a number
of new arguments to the trigger script, since we have to pass CWD,
CLIENTNAME, USERNAME and list of file arguments to the trigger now.
Process the file arguments to ensure they are all beneath the same
root. This requires checking for and removing any .. parts of the
path, and changing the CWD to account for this.
Some file arguments may be depot paths, and they will be passed to
Swarm as depot paths. There could potentially (though unlikely) be
a mix of local filenames and depot paths.
Adding the following prerequisites to the triggers: Ubuntu:
libjson-perl CentOS: perl-JSON Windows: Already included as part of
Strawberry Perl.
Perl CPAN module: JSON
#1619070 (Bug #94103)
The event listener for the delete shelf trigger. This will handle
the event and remove file(s) from a review depending on if we are
able to.
#1614852 (Bug #94102)
Adding the config option to enable shelf deletion detection. By
default the trigger will be turned off with an empty states array.
If you want to be able to delete files from specific review states
add the state(s) you want to include in the states array. Valid
review states are:'needsReview','needsRevision','rejected',
'approved' We don't recommend that you add the approved:commit and
archived states to the lists. The reason for this is that when you
want to tidy up your own pending changelist you might mistakenly
update the review with the deletion of all the files in the review.
#1612156 (Bug #92266)
Adding the ability to use the second factor authentication in P4D
server within Swarm.
#1604122 (Bug #64898)
Adding threaded comments to Swarm.
You can now create a threaded comment to a depth of 4. The thread
depth can be increased or decreased at a system level.
Minor new functionality in 2018.1
#1640585 (Bug #93964)
Adding check for the server version to the trigger script. If the
server version is too old, or not patched, then the shelvedel part
of the trigger is not supported. To do this, we need to parse a
%serverVersion% argument to the trigger, so that we can check the
major and patch level.
We have an array of patch levels for the versions we support.
Anything older than 2016.1 is rejected, and anything newer than
2018.1 will be automatically accepted. For versions in between we
need to check the patch level (changelist number) for that version.
#1639013 (Bug #91986)
Allow user to choose if they see dates in Timeago format or
Timestamp.
This is selectable in the user’s settings page. By default we
keep it as Timeago. If admins want to have timestamp as the default
this can be done in the config.php file.
#1638416 (Bug #94592)
Spawn a child process on Windows because fork() is not available.
Because Windows does not have a fork() it is necessary to spawn a
child process to simulate what fork() would have done. To achieve
this, a new undocumented option (-z) has been added, and the code
skips past the fork call if -z was passed. The -z is added when the
script is being run on Windows and is about to invoke fork().
Instead of fork(), Win32::Process::Create() is called, launching
perl.exe, passing the script and its options (and -z) as arguments.
#1638315 (Bug #94753)
Making the pop up text for mark comment/file read/unread clearer.
#1637379 (Bug #94138)
Add the action that caused the email to be sent to the mail header.
This will help people filter emails based on the action that
caused the email.
#1636747 (Bug #94692)
Adding a post and notify button to each of the comment boxes to
allow users to send their comments immediately.
#1635642 (Bug #94885)
Added the ability to mark all comments as read.
There are now two new buttons on the top bar of the review that
allow you to mark all the comments within this review as read or
unread.
#1634173 (Bug #87696)
Enhanced the file expanders used to show more context.
You can now show 10 lines above or below current diff with two
separate buttons, you can show all of the content between two diffs
with a another button. Added the ability to show all lines to the
top of file and to the bottom of file using two separate button.
This allows users to control how much of the file they want to see.
#1633429 (Bug #66560)
Added the ability to mark a comment as read.
This is very similar to how mark a file as read works and it just
greys the comment out and limits the amount of space it uses while
viewing the files within the review.
#1631768 (Bug #94215)
Removed the project sidebar opacity on member count.
Swarm was making the members count on the sidebar on the home page
fade out and when you get to large numbers of projects you almost
could not read the member count.
#1631061 (Bug #94478)
Introducing a new configurable at the system level to change how
many lines the "show more context" buttons can display.
We default to 10 as this seems to be an acceptable number of lines
to understand the context of the change.
#1630870 (Bug #72451)
Support added to allow users to comment on change and review
descriptions.
#1626174 (Bug #84866)
The review history page now includes the version the activity
happened against. This gives you a clear view of what happened on
each revision of the review.
#1623437 (Bug #94284)
Adding the ability to add a pending changelist to a pre or post
commit review.
#1623067 (Bug #94329)
Sort owners and members on the Group settings page
#1621863 (Bug #77332)
Adding the ability to clearly see if a review is post commit or pre
commit review type. Displaying this by using the same icons as P4V
uses for pending and committed.
#1620929, #1621914 (Bug #88951)
Project edit page should show members etc in alphabetical order.
#1617842 (Bug #94058)
Lift all api controllers to support v9
#1617796 (Bug #68470)
Front end work to show the ability to add a new changelist as
append or replace.
#1617441 (Bug #93962)
Support append and replace within the changelist description in the
same way we support #review.
To append the files within your changelist to existing review you
add #append-XXXX. This will add your files to that review.
To replace the files within the review with your current files you
can add #replace-XXXXX. This will replace all the files within that
review with your files in your changelist.
#1615959 (Bug #93959)
Add support for a new parameter, mode=[append|replace] , to the
/api/v9/reviews/:id/changes endpoint
#1613704, #1613740 (Bugs #61441, #94007, #94008)
UI for user review preferences and their application to changes and
reviews
#1613258 (Bug #67406)
Make "My Projects" the default on the dashboard page.
For authenticated users, who have not yet set their default
projects view (my vs all), default to "my" projects rather than
"all".
#1613254 (Bug #94007)
Allow diff/review preferences to be stored against a user
#1610131 (Bug #93403)
When you save a group/project you now remain on the settings page
for them. This allows user to verify what they saved is what they
wanted changed.
#1605657 (Bug #87242)
Prevent approval for a review with outstanding tasks (configurable
to keep the old behaviour by default)
#1604157, #1604159 (Bug #93423)
Adding the ability to link back to P4 jobs when using JIRA.
If you would like to be able to link your JIRA cards to P4 Jobs
then this is possible by turning on “link_to_jobs” and also
having P4DTG enabled.
#1603058 (Bug #93314)
Some work to get same functionality out of Swarm that p4review2 had
that notified people if they had //depot/jobs in their review spec
it would send them an email about it.
#1602144 (Bug #92742)
'My projects' to include projects that I own
#1601014 (Bug #92626)
Work to make the hover over user userid show full name.
#1600771 (Bug #93578)
Better support of charsets
Bugs fixed in 2018.1
#1643364 (Bug #94581)
p4 protects -m should not run for every comment
#1642759 (Bug #94516)
Eliminate unnecessary p4 search (1202) commands for project lists
#1642187 (Bug #94803)
Fixing an issue when the setting for “display_change_email” is
disabled could result in an error about no email templates.
#1639957, #1643301 (Bug #94674)
Adding some loading status to the transition dialog to help user
know that Swarm is still processing the work in the background.
This helps prevent closing of the transition dialog when approve
and commit happens and leaving swarm review in a "committing..."
state.
#1638383 (Bug #94508)
Enhancing the email notifications for private projects.
If the private project has unticked the send all members and
moderators and email on review creation, then we ensure we do not
include them.
#1635695 (Bug #93926)
Fixing an javascript error you could get when inputting text into
reviews page search boxes.
#1631631 (Bug #94502)
Swarm was not sending emails out to reviewers of the review when
the review was committed outside of Swarm.
#1631630 (Bug #94170)
Fixed an issue when you added a filename into a project branch
mapping it could cause Swarm to not display the project.
#1625385, #1626126 (Bug #94217)
Fixed an issue were if you were to edit a group notification you
would get an error about must have owner. This was fixed for older
version of PHP that works differently.
#1622116 (Bug #94327)
The apple ⌘ key was mistakenly being escaped and showing html
encoding in the shortcut dialog
#1621915, #1623987 (Bug #92244)
Treat inline `code` the same as block ```code``` in linkify.
Otherwise, comments with `<` or other HTML entities are escaped and
become < in the rendered text.
#1619592 (Bug #90815)
Trim _ and * from words in linkify code to handle markdown better.
When encountering something like _word @user_ the linkify code
would not recognize the @user and would produce unexpected results
(link would be HTML escaped and it had the wrong reference). This
change strips underscores and asterisks from the word to better
recognize the @mention. The drawback is that users and groups
cannot have trailing _ and * and still be referenced correctly.
#1617772 (Bug #94140)
Remove the 'Check all' from user preferences
#1617736 (Bug #)
Updating the compiled latest patched p4php against 2016.2 API
#1617547 (Bug #93623)
Special case _url config values and do not lowercase their values.
The customer states that when the avatars URL values are retrieved
from the config, they are lower cased. This is problematic. However,
it seems that Swarm wants to lowercase values for easy comparison.
As such, special case any config value whose path ends with _url.
#1615266 (Bug #90604)
Avoid URI limits in reviews request for users with many projects.
The reviews page was sending every project identifier that the user
was a part of on the URL, and exceeding the default Apache
LimitRequestLine value. This change replaces that filter-value with
a new "projects-for-user" along with a user ID, which the reviews
controller then replaces with the actual project IDs. This avoids
any drastic changes to the code.
#1612538 (Bug #)
Fixing the mistakenly logging users out when closing any modal
dialog. Also noticed the success.png wasn't been found when in
partial mode so resolved this.
#1604561 (Bug #93687)
Fix email notifications for opt_in users that have no role
#1604163 (Bug #93753)
Tooltip adjustments to show id and full name
#1604100 (Bug #93491)
Adjust the wrapping for id/description columns in dashboard.
#1603741 (Bugs #93764, #93788)
Improved the display of group names that are long. They now wrap to
allow display of the other information on the page.
#1602047 (Bug #90443)
Do not show moderator role on the dashboard if the review cannot
be approved yet.
#1600772 (Bug #91741)
When calling projects API with option fields readme should only
return when listed
#1600757 (Bug #93620)
User name tooltip to be consistent
#1596793 (Bug #90087)
Improved the scrolling of review transition dialog, when you have
lots of different job status.
#1597534 (Bug #89230)
Fixing Inline comments not breaking when lines are very long
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Bugs fixed in 2017.4 Patch 2
#1622027 (Bug #94142)
Fixed the scenario when a user is added as a reviewer but is not a
member or follower of the project, the user will not receive the
commit email. The user will now receive an email.
#1621905 (Bug #94371)
Updated the P4PHP binary included with Swarm to fix an issue in
the API. Users without a password were rejected because crypto
exchange expects a token. Users without a password can now log in
to Swarm.
#1621582 (Bug #94228)
Improved handling of comments with no revision number. Now when
you click on a comment without a revision number the latest
revision of the review is opened.
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Bugs fixed in 2017.4 Patch 1
#1607458, #1608076 (Bugs #93764, #93806, #93928)
Improve long Group/Project name wrapping for Microsoft browsers.
#1606326 (Bugs #93863, #93901, #93905)
Fixes to the JavaScript to better support Microsoft browsers.
- Unable to make a default reviewer a required reviewer via the
branch drop-down setting dialog on Internet Explorer.
- No drop-down dialog appears when '+Add Branch' button in project
settings page is clicked on Internet Explorer.
- 'Map' is undefined JavaScript error on Internet Explorer 10.
#1605687 (Bug #93687)
A non-member of a project does not receive email notifications
when a review spec is setup and honor_p4_reviews is true
#1605669, #1609142, #1610151 (Bug #93846)
Projects with a member project can fail notifications
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Major new functionality in 2017.4
#1590566 (Bug #92193)
Add support for default reviewers at the branch and project level.
#1587857 (Bug #92780)
Adding the ability to @@mention a group auto adds them to the
review participants list. If you @@* it adds the group as require
all. If you @@! it adds the group as require one.
Minor new functionality in 2017.4
#1595196, #1595203 (Bugs #93504, #93506)
API endpoint to get a list of default reviewers for a given
changelist ID
#1594153 (Bug #90292)
Provide a configurable to enable swarm to support more encoding
types.
#1593079 (Bug #93415)
Add an api endpoint to provide projects affected by a changelist
#1592102 (Bug #92839)
Show dashboard role as reviewer if user is in a quorum group that
has met criteria
#1592081 (Bug #92596)
Prevent use of moderators-groups as a project in the API
#1591817 (Bug #93350)
Give the author change block a right margin, used the same value as
tasks so that the spacing will be the same with change review author
disabled
#1591640 (Bug #93062)
Create an API for changes including default reviewers
#1591638 (Bugs #92195, #92196)
Project API request to include default reviewers for version 8
#1590126 (Bug #92991)
Adding the ability to remove all followers from your own user page
or another user's page if you are admin or super.
#1589583 (Bug #93325)
Project display name should be shown in auto-suggest
#1588528 (Bugs #92402, #93239)
"Show More Context" row no longer appears at the end of the file 1.
Re-instated the 'Show more' bar 2. Improved the messaging when
diffs are truncated
#1584512 (Bug #89741)
Configurable for test disable on approve and commit
Bugs fixed in 2017.4
#1595827 (Bug #93554)
Fixing performance issue with projects fetching readme and searching
too deep down the depot tree structure.
#1595336 (Bug #91034)
Fixing the issue when swarm is running against a Windows P4D server
the unzip can fail due to camel case protections.
#1594753 (Bug #93508)
Dashboard performance improvements. Modified a few of the dashboard
queries to make them more efficient and improve loading speed.
#1593203 (Bug #93389)
Improved the Upgrade of swarm key data to not update the review
last updated date when issuing the upgrade endpoint.
#1592554 (Bug #92922)
Prevent linkify parsing off the end of code blocks and ignoring
subsequent @mentions
#1592082, #1593106 (Bug #93412)
Wrap items in the project sidebar rather than let them overflow the
dashboard. Applied the existing .force-wrap class to the sidebar
project attributes
#1591346 (Bug #92570)
Don't offer the current group in the members dropdown
#1589558 (Bug #92781)
Putting Display name onto Groups and projects.
#1589542 (Bug #93327)
Observations on Show more Context fixes
#1587990 (Bug #93312)
Fix to remove the $this->p4 from the closure and pass the
connection in instead.
#1587727 (Bug #93096)
Fixing an issue where the change will return an event of mail with
no template. This meant it was causing an ERR about no valid
template.
#1584513 (Bug #93059)
Reduce the amount of calls to fetch the timezone of the connected
P4D, now cache the timezone to help reduce performance impact.
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Major new functionality in 2017.3
#1576709 (Bugs #92887, #92890)
Expand projects into groups then groups into members when the group
is not using a mailing list.
#1574656 (Bug #92805)
Removing the users avatars from the review page if they are a
member of a group which is a participant on a review.
#1573690 (Bug #92461)
Now only show group avatars in project sidebar instead of exploding
the group out into individuals.
#1573175, #1574693 (Bug #92650)
Update the api version docs to v7 and allow anonymous /api/version.
#1570712 (Bug #92203)
UI for group notification settings.
#1569595 (Bug #92681)
Make approve and commit take account of groups.
#1569358 (Bugs #92635, #92720)
When the current logged in user is a part of the review due to
being a member of a group that is a reviewer, their menu items will
be shown differently.
Currently they will be shown the menu items of: Vote Up, Vote Down,
and Join Review.
The reason they get "join review" is due to them as individuals not
being a participant until they cast their vote.
If they click the "Join review" button their menu items become:
Vote Up, Vote Down, Disable Notification, and Leave Review.
Disable Notifications will prevent them from getting notifications
sent directly to them for this review, though they will still get
notifications sent to a group mailing list (if there is one defined).
Leaving the review will clear any of their votes and remove them as
a direct participant. However, they will still be a member of the
review via the group.
#1569194 (Bug #92206)
Allow group_notification_settings to be saved in group metadata.
#1569165 (Bug #92205)
Update notification settings to work with groups.
#1567846 (Bug #92190)
Added groups to be included in the @mention list and only show
groups if you start typing @@
#1567844 (Bug #91173)
Mentioning a group in a review description using @@(*|!) will link
to that group and add it as a participant.
@@ = add the group as a reviewer @@* = add the group as all
required reviewers @@! = add the group as one required reviewer.
#1567037 (Bugs #92229, #92230)
Improved the dashboard to now include actions you as an individual
have to take due to being apart of a group.
#1563741 (Bugs #92149, #92179)
Ability to view groups as reviewers from the API request. Each
group will be prefixed with 'swarm-group-'GroupID. The GroupID is
the perforce group name.
#1563243 (Bug #92198)
Groups can now be viewed on the review page alongside the
individual’s reviewers that have been added. The group reviewer
has a menu to show all the direct and subgroup members. Users also
have the ability to change the group role on the review from
optional, Require One or Require All. The group avatar will show
the correct vote state based on the members of that group.
#1561671, #1563195 (Bug #92201)
Groups can now be added as reviewers to a review.
#1557483 (Bug #92493)
Groups now have the ability to use an avatar in the same way users
can.
#1553115 (Bugs #92207, #92247)
Added the ability to change the email address in the group settings
page.
#1552877 (Bug #92208)
Added the ability to add a group email address via the API.
#1548638 (Bug #72452)
Configurable added to set the default sort order on the reviews
page. This can be set to 'updated' or 'created', to list reviews
by most recently activity first, or by most recent created date
first.
#1546810 (Bug #91718)
Changing the roles filter of review search, so user can filter
reviews according to whether I am "just an Author", "a Participant
but not an author", or "a Participant or Author".
Minor new functionality in 2017.3
#1573194 (Bug #92809)
Dynamically manage the overflowing and scrolling of the edit
reviewers modal; so that autosuggest never disappears but lots of
reviewers still allows scrolling to the form buttons.
#1571516 (Bug #92586)
Autocomplete allows * or ! before the username or group in at
mentions.
#1569931 (Bugs #92511, #92594)
Adding additional global notification settings.
- review_opened_issue
- review_required_vote
- review_optional_vote
These can only be set at a global level.
#1566967 (Bug #92633)
Removing the bell icons from the groups page.
#1560222 (Bug #90023)
Better distinction between users and groups by showing a title
above each grouping.
#1557324 (Bugs #90018, #92491)
Enhanced the user page to show the user's email address on the
sidebar.
#1553022 (Bugs #91719, #92429)
Add additional Notifications for Global and User:
- I am the moderator of a review, and files in the review are
updated.
- I am the author of a review, and the review is committed.
- I have changed the state of a review (should default to false).
- I am the author of a review, and tests on the review have
completed (tests have passed, or tests have failed).
#1552908 (Bug #91999)
The progress bar for the reviews page has been improved.
#1551363, #1551811 (Bugs #92180, #92181)
Update the API doc to include the moderators-groups as a field in
the branches.
#1549768 (Bugs #92172, #92174)
Allow groups to be added as modertators in a project moderator
branch.
#1543562 (Bug #70512)
Allow a deleted project to be undeleted with a curl request
#1543281 (Bugs #86639, #92285)
Add X-Swarm-Review-Id/Author headers to allow emails to be
filtered and set utf-8 encoding.
Bugs fixed in 2017.3
#1556959 (Bug #92529)
Added some validation to ensure that project members where not
being added to the notification list when a review was updated.
#1553867 (Bug #92448)
Added some handling around the reviews page fetching more records
then it required to load the page.
#1552791 (Bug #92432)
Put some handlers in place to deal with unexpected character
encoding that swarm did not handle. If Swarm does not understand
the encoding will convert the character into ? to allow the show
more button to continue to work
#1550088 (Bug #92444)
Fixed the review State Filters that was not working in IE11
#1548609 (Bug #91969)
Users interested in a project did not always get commit emails if
opt_in_review_path is set
#1542425 (Bug #92019)
Fix to resolve the reviews not updating. The issue is due to
workspaces having files in pending changelist when it should have
been cleaned up.
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Bugs fixed in 2017.2 Patch 2
#1549954 (Bug #92444)
Review state filters in the Reviews page on Swarm/2017.1
and Swarm/2017.2 show a console error with MS IE11.
#1550085 (Bug #92285)
Re-instate MIME encoding of email headers removed
after Swarm 2016.1.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bugs fixed in 2017.2 Patch 1
#1539964 (Bug #92340)
Fixed an undeclared property which was failing when accessing
users fullname against no unicode enabled servers.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major new functionality in 2017.2
#1532256 (Bug #92061)
Fix issues with display of limited diffs.
#1529588, #1529647, #1533980 (Bugs #90654, #91642, #91650, #91769)
Improve the user experience when reviewing large files. Two new
configurables have been created to allow admins to tune and
improve the page load time.
Size of the file in bytes displayed in the browsing
'files' array(
'max_size' => 1024 * 1024,
),
Number of diffs shown before file is truncated
'diffs' => array(
'max_diffs' => 1500, // maximum number of diff lines
// without manual user override
),
#1524707 (Bug #91782)
Improve performance for the Vote up and down filter. This means
the request only fetches reviews which the logged in user is a
participant of. This helps limit the amount of data we have to
process on post filter.
#1524597 (Bug #91756)
Introduce a new configurable to limit the number of files to be
displayed.
This configurable controls if 'Expand all' is available for
reviews by specifying a file limit over which the option will not
be available. 0 signifies always on.
'reviews' => array(
'expand_all_file_limit' => 10,
),
#1523805 (Bug #91798)
Zend have a built in cache class which helps improve load time of
pages. We have configured Swarm to use the cache class loader.
#1521677, #1524714, #1525522 (Bugs #91673, #91695, #91755, #91780, #91781,
#91782, #91811)
Removing the resetting of the FETCH_MAXIMUM which was causing us to
fetch all the reviews and hit memory limits. This does cause the
reviews page to do lots of Ajax calls to try and fill the page up
if you have fewer reviews for X filter.
#1520113, #1520876 (Bug #90952)
Implementing the 'I have not voted' filter for reviews. This is to
allow the user to get a list of reviews they are participating in
and have not yet voted or their vote has gone stale.
Minor new functionality in 2017.2
#1523878, #1524740, #1524624, #1533964 (Bugs #91833,#91834, #91835,
#92130, #92145)
Re-branding of product updated.
#1531205 (Bug #91930)
The comments filter now includes the author as a participant when
fetching reviews.
#1529997 (Bug #89066)
Allow longer time to download a file - configurable value default
to 30 minutes same as archive
'files' => array(
'download_timeout' => 1800, // Time allowed before download of a
// non archive file will error default
// 30 minutes (must be in seconds)
),
#1528515, #1528516 (Bugs #87586, #89689, #90701, #90702, #91286, #91953,
#92053)
Removing the need for curl/wget in the swarm trigger script. This
should simplify configuration and installation, especially on
Windows.
VERIFY_SSL - Defaults to 1, if 0 then will not verify SSL
certificates, allowing self-signed certs to be used on a web
server.
Also now outputs the error reason if there is a non-200 response
from the server, and checks to ensure that no content has been
returned even if there is a 200 response. Since the Swarm endpoints
don't return any content from a trigger call, if we see content
then possibly we're not configured to talk to the correct web
server.
#1528166 (Bug #91240)
Introduced a review cleanup script as example of how to tidy up
reviews that may have many pending changelists associated with them.
This can be found in the API section of the documentation.
#1520123 (Bug #90855)
Moving the activity stream to its own page if a readme.md is
present or not disabled.
#1520087, #1521604 (Bug #91627)
Added feature to check if group tab is disabled. If it is disabled
we remove groups from the search box.
#1519006 (Bug #91670)
Ensuring that shelved changes in Swarm only show the @mention users
based on the mentions mode that has been set.
#1519005 (Bug #91598)
Upgrading Jquery to 3.2.1
#1517927 (Bugs #91395, #91432, #91433, #91434)
Making sure the mention mode for pages like reviews/changes and
jobs have taken effect.
Bugs fixed in 2017.2
#1533627 (Bug #79136)
Fixing bug with trigger SSL verification, and making sure a ping
command outputs any errors to the console.
#1532234 (Bug #91857)
Fix to make the state buttons on the reviews page sticky.
#1532216 (Bug #91962)
Corrected the display of file history where in some edge case
integrations were being left off or displayed incorrectly.
#1531115 (Bug #91839)
Email threading not working correctly for outlook users. Corrected
the threadIndex and added additional debug output.
Also added new configurable to allow the threadIndex to be turn off
or on.
'mail' => array(
'index-conversations' => true,
),
Some mail application and servers can deal with the indexing
themselves.
#1530952, #1531161 (Bug #91866)
When using the delay email (batching) it wasn't taking the
configuration option 'notify_self'. This meant that the Author wasn't
being added to the recipients list.
#1530881, #1530904 (Bug #92033)
Upgraded Zend to 2.2.10 due to PHP 5.3.3 compatibility limits.
#1530040, #1532193 (Bugs #92002, #92003, #92004)
Fixes for cleanup API return values both with and without the
reopen parameter.
#1530007 (Bugs #91417, #91612, #92141, #92159)
Comments mentions and project owners/members search should use user
full name.
#1529630 (Bug #89986)
Improved the frequent calls to the groups command, which now uses a
local cache to help speed the request up. This also helps lower the
number of Perforce commands Swarm issues.
#1529623 (Bug #91913)
If a review author has been deleted we don't log this as an error when
getting the review.
#1529616 (Bug #91860)
Fix review index storage when a review commit fails. If a review is
approved:committed and it fails (perhaps due to resolution needed)
the review state index remains at approved. This is because the
indexes get updated before the commit runs. If the commit fails we
should roll back to the previous state so the index value and the
review agree.
#1529602, #1529923 (Bug #91783)
Fix the global search functionality that wasn't able to fetch data
from the cache.
#1526033 (Bug #91742)
Fixed the mail module that would exit without warning if the Perforce
user was deleted.
#1523803 (Bug #91640)
Fixed Unicode character issues searching full name.
#1518979 (Bug #91549)
Add some defensive code to cope with user clone errors.
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Bugs fixed in 2017.1 Patch 2
#1516348 (Bug #91548)
Dashboard incorrectly showing user as Moderator.
#1516683 (Bug #91510)
URL to documentation from pending changelist dialog is not
correct if Swarm is running on non-default URL root.
#1517575 (Bug #91613, #91592)
Comment boxes at the bottom of files are not visible, making it
difficult to add comments in this situation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bugs fixed in 2017.1 Patch 1
#1514634 (Bug #91503)
Fix to documentation for the new notifications configuration.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major new functionality in 2017.1
#1507398 (Bugs #91013, #91014)
Added User settings UI page for email notifications.
#1504132 (Bug #90741)
Adding new functionality that allows the automation of cleaning
up user's pending changelist, if settings are enabled.
#1502499, #1503697, #1504157 (Bug #89906)
Added support for Global notification configuration.
#1499167 (Bug #90426)
Implemented the support to display Readme.md file for Projects.
#1496945, #1508873 (Bug #86498, #90885)
Added support for Markdown in comments. Markdown in comments is
limited to syntax which doesn't break the flow of the page.
#1493811, #1496152, #1496156 (Bug #90559, #90562, #90671, #90672)
Additional review filters have been added to allow users to
filter their reviews list based on: If they have commented on a
review and if they have voted on a review.
#1488307 (Bug #89886)
Implemented Action Dashboard on home page to allow user to see
what reviews require their action.
#1485432, #1485462, #1489449 (Bug #86758)
Added support for PHP7 in P4PHP and Swarm.
#1481965 (Bug #89025)
Adding functionality to change the author of a review.
To enable this feature you need to change this to true.
'allow_author_change' => false,
Minor new functionality in 2017.1
#1510372 (Bug #91320)
Added ability to disable and limit what markdown is rendered.
Settings will be:
'projects' => array(
'readme_mode' => 'restricted' // Modes, "disabled", "restricted",
// "unrestricted"
);
Disabled = means now markdown rendered at all. Restricted = Will
render default markdown but not html elements Unrestricted = Will
render everything it can in the file with no restrictions.
#1508474 (Bug #90730)
Remove old legacy trigger scripts.
#1507806 (Bugs #90584, #90759)
Configurable project sort order for 'All projects' on the home page
#1507137 (Bug #90795)
Changed the Reviews page a little to allow it to display a reviews
with lots of reviwers on it. Also made it so the actionable buttons
like Tasks, Author change and Reviewers buttons go onto a new line
once a screen size is too small.
#1503645, #1503754, #1503714 (Bug #91012)
Implemented user notification settings storage
#1499644 (Bug #90703)
Adding the ability to cleanup the users pending changelist related
to a review when committing the reviews.
#1496624 (Bug #90637)
Remove the fullname of users from the buttons when added to project
so they don't look like the name is being truncated.
#1496523 (Bug #90388)
Changes to email headers.
This change changes how email headers are constructed for reviews.
Previously we were assigning random timestamps to emails coming out
of reviews, this resulted in users not being able to filter the
email notifications coming out of Swarm.
Main principle is - all messages should have proper Message-ID and
In-Reply-To headers - if this is a new review then the email should
only have a Message-ID. All messages coming out of a review should
have the header of In-Reply-To pointing to the message-ID of the
first email in the chain (new review being requested). All comments
to the review itself should be accumulated under one thread, all
comments to a specific line in a file in a specific version should
have their separate thread. All other messages - actions taken on
the review - should have a distinguishable value ie.
"action-voted_up" and a timestamp to avoid confusion between
messages.
The part after "@" sign should be configurable and default to
'swarm'.
#1492280, #1498080 (Bug #88949)
Enhance Swarm RESTful API to allow retrieving a list of inactive
reviews and archiving the inactive reviews in bulk.
#1492207 (Bug #87136)
Autosuggest dropdown with users for @mentions in comments.
Added jquery plugin to enable user dropdown in comments on
files/reviews/jobs with new configuration options: 'mentions' =>
array( 'mode' - either global(default)/projects/disabled
'usersBlacklist' - array of user id's that should not appear on
the dropdown
It uses a two-fold approach - if we have enabledAll - all comment
boxes in all pages in Swarm - the data is fetched from js with an
ajax call and then passed down to the plugin. If we have
enabledInProjects only comment boxes in reviews that are part of a
project will have a list of users that are either a participant on
that review or a member of a project.
By default the dropdown is disabled.
#1490507 (Bug #90062)
Review Participants API endpoint
This endpoint will enable listing, adding, removing, and updating
participants on reviews.
It will also allow the API caller to define required participants
and place votes.
#1488227, #1489225 (Bug #89362)
Review page project filtering enhancement to maintain consistency.
Added an input field on the projects filter.
#1486271, #1490338 (Bug #89614)
Updated P4PHP to 2016.2 release which contains a fix for not
requiring login -a.
#1485328 (Bug #89885)
Action Review API to support action Dashboard
#1480084, #1487008 (Bug #72450)
Add option to sync change/review descriptions.
If "sync_descriptions" was enabled and we have updated a change
description on a changelist all previous changelists would have
their description changed.
#1479671, #1486253 (Bug #87275)
Only show groups tab for super users.
#1479414, #1486693 (Bugs #74561, #80804)
Modify the message behaviour on commit failure.
Previously we were discarding all messages coming out of p4 and
passing down the first line of the message.
Modify the behaviour to pass the whole message except the last line
for jQuery to render. If message will have more than two lines use
the extender to hide the additional output. It will pass down
anything coming out of Perforce - so it will also pass any
user-defined messages - like messages coming out of triggers - to
the frontend.
#1478138 (Bug #85037)
Override expander to allow any part of the table cell containing
the shortened description to be clicked.
#1477010 (Bug #63571)
Implemented a global 'ignore whitespace' button that toggles
ignore off/on. Initially whitespace is not ignored - when you click
the global button all files that were not ignoring whitespace and
changed to ignore whitespace Similarly when you toggle the global
button off all files ignoring whitespace are switched to not ignore
whitespace
Bugs fixed in 2017.1
#1510345 (Bug #76755)
Fixed abstract API controller when the implementing controllers
simply return null instead of a json model.
#1510048 (Bug #90177)
Fixed an issue to allow users the ability to unlink jobs from a review.
#1509403 (Bug #91047)
Swarm PATCH API endpoints - cannot unset array based parameters
#1508938 (Bug #91015)
Differentiate mail instance name when in a multi server environment
#1507768 (Bug #91100)
Tweaked the cache reader to handle failures from fetching all
users better and improved performance.
#1506970 (Bug #90564)
Increased the API version to V6 for all the new API endpoints.
#1503190 (Bug #90941)
Handle if dm.keys.hide is set and fetch review data as the user
running Swarm and validate the normal permissions with the user
requesting the zip.
#1500863 (Bug #90690)
The Swarm home page was giving a bad link for RSS feeds. Fixed the
javascript that handled this.
#1500020 (Bug #90785)
Enhanced the archive API endpoint to allow Super user to change the
transition of the review state using the Bulk review archive API
endpoint.
#1499188 (Bug #90783)
Improved the date validation for inactive search as well as archive.
#1497510 (Bugs #90717, #90733, #90735)
It introduces a configuration option to restrict the number of
action items on the dashboard (defaulting to 1000).
#1496055 (Bugs #90560, #90586)
Improved the review description formatting to break at new lines.
#1494480, #1497544 (Bug #90307)
If your P4 admin is mis-configured or its ticket has expired,
will result in the user now getting a meaningful error message.
#1493869 (Bug #89988)
Bookmark reviews filter.
As we cannot reliably do the same thing for all browsers a decision
has been made to include a button on the reviews page to save the
url - this button should have a tooltip informing users of an
option of saving the current filters by using the browsers built-in
function to create bookmarks.
#1492312 (Bug #87180)
Fixing temporary file creation while handling ktext files.
Trigger script was creating a file and trying to run a p4 print
against an open file - which would understandably fail. The message
returned was not helpful to the customer at all.
Changed it so instead of creating a file it creates a filename that
later is used with the print command - should fix the problem and
it should now be possible to recalculate digests for unexploded
ktext files.
#1492205 (Bug #90376)
Fixing the issue where the project typeahead would auto close when
clicking inside the input. This was due to the multiPicker checking
if authenticated first then dropping out instead of preventing the
closure of the input box first. This has only been introduced
because no multipicker was accessible unless logged in.
#1491907 (Bug #90380)
If you have navigated to a private project and decided to logout,
you will now be redirected to the home page instead of a 403 error.
#1491863 (Bug #90217, #90218)
Make the global whitespace buttons stick between pages.
#1490000 (Bug #89983)
Filter reviews by participant role only Filter reviews by
participant role only On the 'Reviews' page selecting "I'm a
participant" should not also return all the views I authored
#1489999 (Bug #80507)
We should attempt to line break long descriptions to prevent the
whole description from appearing in bold.
#1487039 (Bug #90243)
This change prevents the user from adding a non-committed change to
a review from the 'Add commit...', 'Already committed...' dialogs.
#1484420 (Bug #89829)
Defensive code for trigger script to ensure argument are defined.
#1483093, #1490001 (Bug #89908)
Perforce admin users should not see all projects Perforce super
users should see all projects Perforce admin users should not see
all projects; they should be subject to permissions when it comes
to project filtering
#1481962 (Bug #80366)
Close our confirm popover when clicked outside.
Before, the only way to close the popover was by clicking on the
'Cancel' button inside it. This could be problematic when the DOM
structure changes as it could cause the popover being visually
detached from the element.
#1481527, #1482019, #1483208 (Bug #89801)
PHP 7.0-compatible .htaccess and build.xml files
#1480955 (Bug #89891)
Make sure if someone updates a review, they get properly credited
for the work.
Previously if user 'foo' created a review, all updates to that
review would be credited to that user. This should make sure anyone
who at any point updates the review with a new shelf, is credited
for the work, instead of the review author.
#1480702 (Bug #88630)
Show a better error for invalid group name created via the API
#1480070 (Bug #89622)
Allow owners to delete a project without needing to be a member
#1479660 (Bug #65237)
Make branch id in sync with branch name
#1474448 (Bug #89662)
Fixed a bug where review version slider was always rendered in
scrolling mode if review page was loaded with 'Files' tab not
active.
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Major new functionality in 2016.3
#1467868, #1471434 (Bug #87694)
Implemented horizontal scrollbar for the review version slider.
The scrollbar appears if the number of revisions is so high that the
distance between revision nodes would be smaller than 30 pixels.
Along with the scrollbar Swarm also shows left/right buttons beside
the scrollbar to visually indicate that there are more revisions on
the plot that cannot all fit in the visible scroll area.
#1467839, #1471273 (Bug #87137)
Users can opt-out from receiving notifications from a specific
review without leaving the review itself. The user receives
notification if someone @mentions them again, but otherwise all
activity notifications are disabled.
#1464475, #1467862 (Bug #76662, #89337)
Added a new Tasks dialog for Reviews, filterable by reporter and task
states (Open, Addressed, Verified).
#1462877, #1468505, #1469467 (Bug #89076, #89487)
Swarm Comments API:
- New filters when listing comments:
- ignoreArchived (boolean)
- tasksOnly (boolean)
- taskStates (array of strings: comment, open, addressed, verified)
- Results can be limited to specific review versions using the new
context[version] filter when listing review topics.
The API version has been bumped to V5 to accommodate these changes.
#1460511, #1461108, #1466651, #1467799, #1467866, #1468376, #1471350
(Bugs #67282, #89145, #89146, #89209, #89242, #89384, #89492)
Added a button to download the contents of Reviews and Commits
as .zip archives.
#1458591 (Bug #87390)
Added an option to view only comments attached to the current
review version.
#1452353, #1453328, #1464507 (Bugs #86857, #88891)
Added feature to filter reviews by a specified user.
Minor new functionality in 2016.3
#1467904, #1471347 (Bug #89151)
When a project is converted from Public to Private, followers are
removed to prevent them from accessing the project and receiving
project notifications. A warning to this effect is displayed when a
project has existing followers and the 'Private' checkbox is checked.
#1464600 (Bug #87260)
Add a config option to control the default "ignore whitespace"
setting for file diffs.
$config['diffs']['ignore_whitespace_default'] can now be set to true
or false to control this behaviour.
#1464415 (Bug #79156)
Add hyperlink for review on Commits page.
#1462721 (Bug #78162)
Configuration option ('mail' -> 'notify_self') allowing users to
receive emails for their own comments.
#1462538 (Bug #89067)
Include a call to cleanFiles() in updateFromChange() - this should
help Swarm keep better track of its managed workspaces.
#1459119 (Bugs #70655, #88082)
Update user profile pages to display more information about project
membership.
#1453538, #1467872, #1467881 (Bug #67131, #89340, #89371)
Added the ability to display line endings (CR, LF, and CR+LF) along
with other whitespace characters.
#1462197, #1467459 (Bug #72504)
Adding a 'My Projects' entry to the project filter drop-down based
on customer request.
Bugs fixed in 2016.3
#1471099 (Bug #89514)
The "Edit Reviewers" dialog now requests a fresh list of reviewers
from the server when it opens.
#1470023 (Bug #89544)
Eliminated some PHP notices and warnings when Swarm is processing
review commits.
#1467769, #1467783 (Bugs #77869, #79019, #85255)
Improvements to Swarm's handling of case-insensitive P4D instances.
- Fixed a problem where on a case insensitive server you can end up
with duplicate reviewers.
- Fixed a bug where a user could approve their own review
on a case insensitive server.
#1467529 (Bug #70431)
Leave files expanded when switching between review versions.
#1466334 (Bug #88952)
Tweaked searching in reviews queue to include records with literal
ID match in results.
#1464587, #1465462, #1467647 (Bug #85143)
Swarm now treats users and groups containing '/' with more care.
#1464505 (Bug #71838)
Project followers count shown in the tooltip on the home page is now
more accurate.
#1455427 (Bug #87983)
CSS update to help make it easier to scroll certain files in
diff views.
#1455374 (Bugs #88652, #88724)
Migrate threejs from r64 to the most recent version r81.
#1452571 (Bug #87759)
Updated Review listener to lock processing the review task via our
advisory record lock.
This should eliminate a race condition where 2 processes (2
different workers) are trying to process the same review task,
which can for example happen when a review is requested from P4V.
#1452069 (Bugs #84131, #86502)
Activity stream on the user's Profile page now works with usernames
containing "\", such as "foo\bar".
#1449548 (Bug #88141)
Improve load time of Changes page.
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Major new functionality in 2016.2
#1438253
New features in Swarm API V4:
- Private Projects support
- Support for File-Level and Line-Level Inline Comments
#1437756, #1438482, #1441898, #1444540, #1444540 (Bugs #87883, #88471,
#88548)
The Swarm Comments API now supports making file-level and
line-level inline comments on changes and reviews.
By specifying the new parameters "context[rightLine]" and
"context[file]", API clients can now add line-level comments in
Swarm reviews and changes. Specifying only "context[file]" will
add a file-level comment.
The parameter "context[version]" can also attach the comment to a
specific review version (otherwise it defaults to the latest
version). To apply the comment to the left side of the diff, use
"context[leftLine]" instead of "context[rightLine]".
Swarm attempts to build the "context[content]" value itself, but
you can optionally provide the five lines of diff output for the
line-level comment yourself. This is used in the Swarm UI to
detect if the code has been modified since the comment was placed,
and will render the "old" code as a preview on the comment.
#1436048, #1437222, #1437569, #1437686, #1437750, #1437752, #1438054,
#1438237, #1439324, #1440324, #1440706, #1444542 (Bugs #87098, #87729,
#87730, #87930, #87994, #88029, #88132, #88360, #88402, #88418, #88523)
Swarm now supports the concept of "Private Projects". These are
projects that are only visible to Administrators, Super users,
Project Owners, Project Members, and Project Branch Moderators.
The underlying files are still visible in P4D, unless protections
are put in place to hide the files from non-project-members.
Private projects can be visually distinguished from regular ones
by the "Closed Eye" icon that denotes limited visibility.
Swarm attempts to hide the reviews, changes, activity, and comments
attributed to Private Projects in various places, such as the list
of changes on jobs, and the comments API.
If reviews, changes, activity, or comments are related to both a
private project and a public project, they are visible to users
as though they belonged only to the public project.
Reviews with no projects attached are assumed to be public.
Change pages do not show request/view review buttons if the change
is associated to a review that is not accessible by the current
user, or if the resulting review would not be visible to the user.
Private Projects cannot have "Followers". Setting a public project
to private will conceal the existing unused followers list. Setting
it back to public will re-enable the followers.
Email notifications are modified for private projects. Links to
private projects are filtered out of change-commit and review
email notifiactions.
Important: When setting boolean values in the API (such as the new
"private" flag for private projects), form-encoded requests require
using "0" or "1" instead of "false" or "true". The string "false"
is considered non-zero and is implicitly (and confusingly)
converted to a "true" value.
Minor new functionality in 2016.2
#1440162 (Bug #87991)
Group name validation now performs more thorough server-side
validation.
#1438479, 1439663, #1439742 (Bugs #88400, #88536)
Extended sanity check in index.php to allow validation of Swarm
configuration file.
This should produce nicer errors if values for these options look
invalid.
At the moment, this handles 2 cases:
- show error if config.php doesn't return array
- show error if short_links are mis-configured
(i.e. ensure that [environment][external_url] is set if
[short_links][external_url] is set).
#1438069 (Bug #87622)
Added [short_links][external_url] option to allow specifying custom
scheme and/or port for generating short links.
This setting is only honoured if [environment][external_url] is
also specified, otherwise Swarm might not be able to resolve the
short links to correct URLs.
#1439046 (Bug #88287)
Change the placeholder of 'key=value' to 'property=value' in
project edit page.
Bugs fixed in 2016.2
#1446331 (Bug #88629)
ThreeJS fixes for Base URL support when rendering 3D models.
#1438201 (Bug #88438)
Minor UI tweak on groups overview page to not show a tooltip with
'You are not a member' on users count badge for anonymous users
(they are always non-members).
#1437684 (Bug #87644)
Comments API: Fixing an internal server error when listing comments
on an invalid topic.
#1437356 (Bug #87210)
Group descriptions are now properly shown in global search.
#1437317 (Bug #87851)
New warning popover on project save shown when we detect that
the user might not be able to edit the project after save.
Additionally, project form buttons are disabled when the popover is
shown.
#1434985 (Bug #88326)
Fixed a bug where adding job(s) for changes may not have worked if
Swarm is running under a Base URL configuration.
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Major new functionality in 2016.1
#1349976, #1354369, #1359795, #1363946, #1365396, #1369116, #1371461,
#1372479, #1372656, #1372707, #1373228, #1374179, #1374273, #1375065,
#1375073, #1375075, #1375228, #1375498, #1375504, #1375648, #1375649,
#1375718, #1376051, #1376062, #1377591, #1378119, #1378785, #1378791,
#1379330, #1383350, #1385018, #1385382 (Bugs #84966, #84967, #84968,
#84969, #84971, #84974, #84975, #84976, #84977, #84978, #84979,
#84981, #84982, #84983, #84984, #85311, #85602, #85914, #86004,
#86059, #86121, #86131, #86232, #86263, #86274, #86372, #86449)
Added support for managing user groups in Swarm.
You can now view, list, search, add, edit and delete groups.
Each group can have notifications enabled so that members
of the group get emails anytime another member of the group
creates a review or commits a change.
When viewing a group you may see activity performed by any member
of the group and reviews created by any member of the group.
When listing groups, groups that you own or are a member of
appear first, groups with notifications enabled appear second
and lastly, groups are ordered by name.
#1334616, #1334641, #1334707, #1334746, #1336388, #1336866, #1363026,
#1365608, #1368601, #1380898 (Bugs #84462, #85188, #85402, #85411)
Users can like comments. At the bottom of each comment Swarm now
displays the number of likes and a heart icon. The icon can be
clicked to 'like' the comment.
When a comment is liked, Swarm records the activity and sends an
email notification to the author of the comment.
#1325760, #1330654, #1338383, #1349339, #1353543, #1353982, #1354643,
#1356548, #1356781, #1359595, #1363405, #1374135, #1374751, #1374758,
#1375435, #1375931, #1377876, #1378137, #1379283, #1383321, #1383679,
#1385021, #1385190 (Bugs #76774, #84359, #84458, #84852, #85003,
#85010, #85129, #85307, #85391, #85492, #85537, #85570, #85620,
#86060, #86119, #86225, #86350)
Added version 2 of the RESTful API (ie. /api/v2/).
Version 2 adds the following functionality: list activity, list
groups, fetch a group, create a group, update a group, delete a
group, fetch a project, create a project, update a project,
delete a project, transition a review and commit a review.
Minor new functionality in 2016.1 Service Pack 1 (since 2016.1.1/1400199)
#1429617 (Bug #87938)
Administrators may now set $config['environment']['external_url'].
This setting allows generated URLs to point to a custom Swarm host,
including a specific schema and port number, in case Swarm is being
run in a complex environment.
Example: 'external_url' => 'https://swarm.example.com:8443'
#1416420 (Bug #87634)
Increasing Swarm API version to "v3" because of new functionality.
#1412045, #1417249, #1427139 (Bugs #79296, #86783, #87913, #88054)
Comments API added which allows users to list, create, and
edit comments through the Swarm API.
This also enables flagging comments as tasks and archiving of
comments.
In addition to the comment "body", the parameter "topic" is
required when creating a comment, and should look like this:
- For changes: changes/1234
- For reviews: reviews/1234
- For jobs: jobs/job001234
Comment attachments, votes, likes, and file- and line-level comments
are not supported in this initial version.
#1417855 (Bug #86453)
Show the group id below name on "Groups" listing page if they
differ.
#1417297, #1429100, #1427946, #1429616, #1430908, #1434985 (Bugs #85030,
#87887, #88128, #87622, #88326)
Make Swarm behave more consistently when using a BaseURL
configuration.
Under the 'environment' configuration key, a new 'base_url'
key allows you to define which directory Swarm lives in. Some
web server configuration changes are necessary to ensure that
Swarm is actually reachable at the defined Base URL.
Additionally, for calls to $.ajax() that do not need explicit
baseURL logic, a new option has been added to the prefilter.
You can specify 'skipBaseUrl: true' to avoid double-encoding
of URLs.
#1400125 (Bugs #86718, #86719)
Added 'worker.loop' event fired periodically during the worker
lifetime cycle (before the task event).
Minor new functionality in 2016.1
#1382157 (Bug #84535)
Improved performance for the Swarm blame button. Using a 20,000
line test file, this change reduces the rendering time from
~60s to ~2s in Firefox and Chrome. Internet Explorer 10 improves
from ~730s to ~8s.
#1380885 (Bug #86341)
Swarm now requires users to be logged in by default.
To restore the previous behavior edit config.php and set
array('security' => array('require_login' => false))
#1379290 (Bug #84420)
Added a "My Reviews" dropdown button to the Reviews page. This
allows reviews to be filtered by those that you authored or those
that you are participating in.
#1374066 (Bug #86011)
Added an option to disable Swarm's auto-registration of the
P4.Swarm.URL property. The new option can be set in config.php:
array('p4' => array('auto_register_url' => false))
#1372999 (Bug #81339)
The X-Frame-Options header is now configurable. This header
controls when Swarm can be embedded in frames. To disable the
header edit config.php and set:
array('security' => array('x_frame_options' => false))
#1368888, #1372690 (Bugs #85380, #85542, #86050)
Improved performance with large numbers of users or groups.
Testing with 10000 users and a comment thread with 100 comments,
page load times were reduced from 7s to 250ms.
#1361367 (Bug #86519)
Updated language files for JA, KO and ZH.
#1356521 (Bug #85314)
Renamed config options for adding projects to be more consistent
with other options. Existing settings are still honored.
The 'security -> add_project_admin_only' option becomes
'projects -> add_admin_only'. The 'security -> add_project_groups'
becomes 'projects -> add_groups_only'.
#1351847, #1352325, #1352326, #1356409 (Bug #81285)
Updated the precompiled P4PHP binaries that come with Swarm to
use P4API 2015.2/1340214.
#1323467 (Bug #77725)
To assist with troubleshooting email configuration problems Swarm
now logs successful emails at the DEBUG log level.
#1321796 (Bug #84384)
Updated the project toolbar to look more modern.
Bugs fixed in 2016.1 Service Pack 1 (since 2016.1.1/1400199)
#1433837 (Bug #88290)
Project Add action now explicitly passes P4Admin to the blank
project object.
This fixes a rare situation where the browser could wait
indefinitely when trying to load the Add Project form.
#1427904 (Bug #87793)
Search now works for SSL-enabled Perforce servers.
The P4TRUST path in search.php is now set to the trust file
under the data directory. This will work provided that Swarm
has already auto-trusted the server and generated this file.
#1427343 (Bug #77474)
Fixed scaling issue when diffing images in specific versions of
Firefox and IE.
#1427066 (Bug #84960)
Deleted projects are no longer shown in search results.
#1425846 (Bug #88069)
Fixed Projects API bug that accidentally erased member lists
when editing a project and a list of members was not provided.
#1418164, #1424799 (Bugs #87821, #87869)
Fixed Groups API to ignore Swarm-managed project groups.
Groups that begin with "swarm-project-" are managed by Swarm and
should only be modified using the Projects API.
#1417924 (Bugs #86836, #87590, #87591, #87617)
Refreshing configure-swarm.sh to provide a better user experience.
Also fixes the way configure-swarm.sh generates cronjobs so that
they work better with Base URL configurations.
#1417831 (Bug #84762)
Removing oversized attachments is now possible. Previously there
was a small problem with the way error state was detected that
prevented clicking the "X" icon.
#1416134 (Bug #85907)
Searching by keywords fixed for values such as usernames that
happened to contain a dot.
#1414580 (Bug #85256)
Improved validation of branches in project configuration. Swarm
now produces a human-friendly error if the path contains null
directories ('//depot/main//branch') or relative paths ('.' and
'..').
#1413309 (Bug #87640)
Small fix for an anonymous function in the Emojify filter. Its
syntax is now compatible with older versions of PHP.
#1408661 (Bug #86458)
Unknown fields passed to PATCH methods in the Swarm API are now
silently ignored.
#1400199 (Bug #86950)
Older versions of the 'zip' command do not support the long flag
'--symlinks', so Swarm now uses the shorter '-y' flag when
archiving files for download.
Bugs fixed in 2016.1 Patch 1 (since 2016.1/1386839)
#1399779 (Bug #87077)
Fixed an XSS vulnerability where labels in search results were
not being escaped correctly.
#1398683, #1398909, #1399266, #1399692, #1400199 (Bugs #86663,
#86950, #87024)
Fixed multiple vulnerabilities involving symlinks. The system now
refuses to preview, archive or delete the target of symlinks.
Previously, symlinks could be abused to disclose data or remove
files on the Swarm server that the user does not have permission
to access.
Note: The archive feature now requires the 'zip' command.
Support for PHP's 'zip' extension has been removed. If the 'zip'
command cannot be found, the archive button will not appear.
#1394659 (Bug #86805)
Fixed an XSS vulnerability where HTML in project descriptions was
not being escaped correctly on the home page.
Bugs fixed in 2016.1
#1380942, #1381570, #1384005 (Bug #85965)
Fixed a bug that could produce two reviews for a single change
under certain conditions. If a review was created using both the
'#review' keyword and via the P4V integration, there was a race
condition that could result in two reviews being created.
Now Swarm temporarily locks each change before starting a new
review. These locks are Swarm specific and only limit the creation
of reviews.
#1372509 (Bug #85872)
Fixed a minor issue where double-clicking on project settings
checkboxes could cause the checkbox to become out of sync with
the form.
#1365277 (Bug #84965)
Fixed a bug where links to users in search results did not work
for usernames that contained backslashes.
#1359574 (Bugs #80107, #85454)
Fixed a bug where ZIP downloads did not work on pending files.
#1359011 (Bug #85423)
Fixed a problem where URLs with no TLD were not linkified.
Swarm no longer requires a TLD in the hostname to linkify a URL.
#1355979 (Bug #81600)
Reduced the severity of Basic Authentication failures to 'debug'.
This should reduce noise in the log file.
#1352055 (Bug #76075)
Fixed an issue where the buttons on an archived comment could
become hard to click if the window was too narrow.
#1350832, #1351299 (Bug #85191)
Fixed a bug where the user dropdown menu could be partially
hidden behind the header on some pages.
#1350733 (Bug #85176)
Fixed a bug where the branch moderators tooltip on the project
settings page did not correctly list moderators.
#1349386 (Bug #84995)
Fixed a 500 error that could occur when viewing a user's shelved
changes if 'dm.keys.hide' was set and the current user was not an
administrator.
#1338808 (Bug #84906)
Fixed a bug that caused the jobs search to throw an exception for
queries that start with '^' (not).
#1327917 (Bug #84622)
Fixed a problem where the test status of a review was not updated
if the tests were re-run without making any changes to the review.
#1327209, #1327378 (Bug #84629)
Fixed a problem that could occur with existing cache files when
upgrading Swarm. We now verify that the schema in the cached
objects matches the current schema.
#1318968, #1330724 (Bug #84650)
Fixed a bug where the common path was not being displayed for
shelved changes.
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Major new functionality in 2015.4
#1308891, #1308998, #1309707, #1310199 (Bug #63187)
Users can now add groups as project members. All members of these
groups (or any of their subgroups) become members of the project.
Any changes to these groups are automatically reflected in the
project. This is designed to ease user management.
#1308890 (Bug #71597)
You can now diff arbitrary versions of a review. Previously you
were limited to comparing consecutive versions of a review. The
version slider can be pulled apart to span a range of versions.
If you grab the connector then both version markers will move in
lockstep.
#1307207, #1308095 (Bug #78222)
Added packages for RHEL/CentOS 7 and Ubuntu 14.04.
#1265420, #1308568, #1309189 (Bug #66264)
The user's profile page now has a tab for shelved changes.
This makes it easier to request reviews of shelved changes
or to see the review status of changes that are in progress.
Minor new functionality in 2015.4
#1309162, #1309659, #1309729 (Bug #77809)
Introduced a button to show whitespace characters (space and tab)
in diff output. When enabled these characters appear as muted dots
and arrows respectively.
#1255119 (Bug #84195)
Added support for previewing the Keynote, Pages and Numbers
document formats via the LibreOffice module.
Bugs fixed in 2015.4 Patch 1 (since 2015.4/1317923)
#1326721 (Bug #84612)
Fixed a regression where projects could not be added on Perforce
Servers older than 2012.1.
#1326575 (Bug #70714)
Fixed a problem affecting edge/commit server deployments. If Swarm
was configured to talk directly to an edge server, reviews created
by that instance of Swarm could not be updated. This is because
the change was being bound to the edge server. Now, edge server
instances forward review creation to the commit server instance.
#1322454 (Bug #84108)
Fixed a bug where the user picker could list groups for fields
that do not allow groups to be selected (e.g. Project Owners).
Bugs fixed in 2015.4
#1316264 (Bug #84197)
Fixed a bug in the Perl trigger where posting to Swarm could
fail on Windows Perforce Servers. This would only occur when
wget was installed but curl was not.
#1307838 (Bug #83660)
Fixed a bug where links in RSS feeds did not work in some feed
readers. RSS feeds now use the fully qualified Swarm URL.
#1306055 (Bug #83608)
Fixed a bug introduced by the 'edit_branches_admin_only'
option. When enabled, this feature unintentionally restricted
editing of projects to administrators.
#1265682 (Bug #83602)
Fixed a bug in the Perl trigger script where the strict check
erroneously prevented committing a review in some cases.
Specifically: reviews with a single file marked for delete and
reviews with moved files.
#1265015 (Bug #83589)
Fixed an issue where Swarm did not recognize the new utf8 file
type as text and therefore failed to render diffs and previews.
#1262908 (Bug #77369)
Fixed a bug where +l files were silently dropped from reviews.
Note this fix requires Perforce Server version 2014.2 or newer
with the filetype.bypasslock server configurable enabled.
#1261960 (Bug #83277)
Fixed a performance problem that could occur if the .git-fusion
depot contained changes with more than 10k files.
#1255309 (Bug #84196)
Adjusted the styling of text file previews so that the page
does not shift around when syntax highlighting large files.
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Major new functionality in 2015.3
#1241320 (Bug #66921)
Enhanced the Perl trigger to run under Windows. There is now a
single trigger script for all supported server platforms.
#1239352 (Bug #70542)
Introduced a search box that looks for projects, users and files.
A search input now appears in the top-right of the toolbar and
searches as you type. Results are grouped by type. It looks for
projects, users and files that match your keywords. Project and
user searches use Swarm's cache. File searches use 'p4 fstat'
and P4 Search (if it is installed).
#1230860, #1240881 (Bug #64899)
Email notifications for review comments can now be delayed and sent
in a single batch email later. The add comment form now has a
'Delay Notification' checkbox. When a new comment is posted with
this box checked, the email notification is delayed until a comment
is posted with the box unchecked.
Minor new functionality in 2015.3
#1241441 (Bug #79003)
Added a PHP 5.6 build of P4PHP. All P4PHP builds have now been
updated to use P4API 2015.1/1240625
#1241268 (Bug #81066)
Updated to the new hex-shaped Swarm logo.
#1237763, #1239247 (Bug #77648)
The 'My Reviews' button now filters reviews to show only those
authored by the current user.
Added a new author filter to the list reviews API endpoint
(GET /api/v1.2/reviews). This bumps the version for all endpoints
to v1.2.
#1231387, #1231395 (Bug #78004)
The project sidebar now displays owners and moderators.
#1229476, #1230017, #1230262, #1230490 (Bug #80185)
The test status tooltip now shows when the results were reported.
Internally, Swarm now tracks the start time and average running
duration for automated tests.
#1219887 (Bug #80322)
Improved handling of multiple or out-of-order test results.
Previously the last result would win. Now results for old versions
are rejected and we preserve the results of the first failure
if we receive multiple results for a given version of a review.
#1215329 (Bug #81449)
We now show a hard-disk icon for depots when browsing the root of
a server (previously depots were represented with a folder icon).
#1214788 (Bug #81450)
Moved the logout link to the bottom of the user dropdown menu.
Bugs fixed in 2015.3
#1241158, #1247062 (Bug #81061)
Fixed a bug where sub-groups that reference parent groups caused
infinite recursion and exhausted all memory.
#1240050 (Bug #81042)
Fixed a bug where the Perl trigger script could emit a 'Use of
uninitialized value' error when the config file was not specified.
#1235955, #1236887 (Bug #80784)
Fix a bug where file downloads were not always streamed resulting
in excessive memory consumption. This was due to output being
double buffered in some cases. We now clear all output buffers
when streaming output.
#1231393 (Bug #81458)
Fixed a bug where the number of moderators was not being displayed
next to each branch on the project edit form.
#1230829 (Bug #80351)
Fixed a 404 that could occur when marking a file as read when
diffing two versions of a review if the file was previously shelved
and had since been removed from the review.
#1230827 (Bug #80538)
Fixed an illegal offset warning that could occur when diffing two
versions of a review. This would happen if a file that existed in
the earlier shelved version of the review was removed in the later
version.
#1228298 (Bug #80404)
Fixed a regression bug where the follow project link did not work.
#1225869 (Bug #80501)
Fixed a layout issue that occurred if the text input for inline
comments was resized horizontally. Now the text input can only
be resized vertically.
#1220502, #1220960, #1222664 (Bug #77401)
Fixed problems that affected the extensibility of the Linkify
filter. The last word variable is now updated and passed
correctly to Linkify callbacks.
#1216034, #1235980, #1241414 (Bug #80348)
Pending comments are now preserved when comments are refreshed
while editing a comment or adding a comment from the comments tab.
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Major new functionality in 2015.2
#1071421, #1203684, #1204593, #1206600, #1207516, #1207537 (Bug #64896)
Comments are now editable. If you are logged in as the user that
authored a comment, you will now see an 'Edit' link in the comment
footer. Clicking this link presents an in-place edit form that
allows modification of the comment body and attachments.
#1206282, #1207388 (Bugs #79595, #79596)
Added localizations for Simplified Chinese and Korean.
Incoming JA, KO, and ZH-CN localizations from AlphaCRC, along with
changes to the assembleLocaleData.php script to process the new
languages.
#1100113, #1205196, #1206305, #1206658, #1331177 (Bugs #70714, #79174)
Added support for multi-site deployments. Swarm is now compatible
with edge and commit servers. Use of the new Perl-based trigger
is required.
#1099584, #1101368 (Bugs #75355, #75653, #76342, #77572)
Added a new version of the Swarm trigger implemented in Perl.
The usage of this trigger is compatible with the existing bash
trigger. The new version of the trigger adds support for edge
servers and fixes a bug with the strict enforcement mode and ktext
files.
Minor new functionality in 2015.2
#1212292 (Bug #80033)
Updated the Swarm trigger package to use the new Perl trigger.
#1207511 (Bug #79934)
Changed the subject for change submit email notifications from
'Change @54321' to 'Commit @54321'.
#1206503, #1207071 (Bug #78167)
IP protections emulation now includes proxy rules. Previously,
proxy rules were not taken into account. Now, we treat Swarm
as an intermediary and apply proxy rules according to the end
user's IP address.
#1206494 (Bug #78996)
Added an option to limit configuration of project branches to
admin users. With the projects > edit_branches_admin_only option
set to true, only admins are able to configure branches.
#1205521, #1205762 (Bug #72454)
We now list jobs and changed files in review email notifications.
#1204727, #1207016 (Bugs #78995, #78996)
Added an option to limit editing project names to admin users.
With the projects > edit_name_admin_only option set to true, only
admins are able to rename projects.
#1202977 (Bug #79396)
Added an option to the Swarm trigger to skip the enforce and strict
checks if the change only contains files of the specified type(s).
File types to skip can be specified via the EXEMPT_EXTENSIONS
config option.
#1202975 (Bug #79609)
Moderators now receive email notification for commits and reviews
against branches they moderate even if they are not members of the
affected projects.
#1198459, #1198806, #1206279 (Bug #79295)
Refreshed the login page. Added a nice background image of some
fine folks having coffee and doing important creative work.
#1197879, #1197890, #1198475 (Bug #66465)
Moved the project edit button to the project toolbar and renamed it
to 'Settings'. Tweaked the project form to render with the project
toolbar and sidebar when editing.
#1171636 (Bug #70542)
Swarm now generates host-unlocked tickets on login. This is needed
to integrate with other Perforce services like p4-search.
#1171629 (Bug #79944)
Tweaked line hash handling (ie. #l123) to position the targeted
line 1/4 of the way down the page. Previously it was positioned
100px down the page which often felt too high.
#1149485 (Bug #78994)
Added an option to the Swarm trigger to skip the enforce and strict
checks if the change contains more than a given number of files.
The number of files can be specified via the new EXEMPT_FILE_COUNT
config option.
#1126994, #1144472, #1206760 (Bug #79386)
Fixed a performance problem that could occur with large numbers
of users, groups and projects. With 5000 users, 5000 groups and
500 projects load times for the project listing have been reduced
by >20x.
#1099546, #1100888, #1101371, #1101414 (Bug #79315)
Simplified the email notification template. The revised template
eliminates the grey border and reduces margins.
#1072284, #1197886 (Bug #79214)
Renamed the 'History' tab and 'History' links to 'Commits'.
#1071674, #1073354 (Bug #79203)
Comment counts now reflect the number of open (non-archived)
comments. Hovering over the number of comments shows the number
of archived comments. Previously we only showed the total number
of comments for a given topic.
#1069597 (Bug #79182)
Improved the visibility of 'more context' rows. We now render a
horizontal grey line help delineate diff chunks.
#1068547, #1209330 (Bug #73003)
Updated rules for review transitions to optionally deny authors
approving their own reviews. If the reviews > disable_self_approve
option is true, then authors are not able to approve their own
reviews (even if they are also moderators).
#1067114 (Bug #76362)
Imagick module now converts ".tif" files. Previously, only the
".tiff" extension was recognized.
Bugs fixed in 2015.2
#1214397 (Bug #80087)
Fixed a problem where Swarm could continuously reload a review if
it had unexpected commit-status data (due to a race condition).
#1208398 (Bug #76535)
Fixed a bug where OVA setup script did not work with SSL enabled
Perforce servers.
#1207465 (Bug #79269)
Fixed a bug where our handling of Emojis was not compatible with
newer versions of Gemoji.
#1207464 (Bug #79856)
Fixed a bug where some of our 'infinitely scrolling' lists were not
loading more items. At some zoom levels Chrome reported a lower
than expected scroll position. This caused our code to conclude the
user had not reached the bottom of the page. Now we consider the
user to have scrolled to the bottom if they are within a couple of
pixels.
#1206727 (Bug #79800)
Fixed a bug where attempting to archive a specific version of a
file resulted in a 500 error.
#1205188 (Bug #79945)
Fixed an issue where the project save button could be erroneously
enabled if a project name is entered and user data has not yet
loaded (despite having no project members).
#1152722, #1205188 (Bug #79945)
Fixed a bug where the project save button could be enabled when
it should be disabled. Specifically, this could occur when the
list of users had not yet loaded, or while waiting to redirect
to a newly created or updated project page.
#1066846 (Bugs #74987, #76629)
Fixed a bug where file and directory names could be missing
characters if they contained non-ascii bytes and the web-server
was using to a non-UTF-8 locale.
We now detect the available system locales and explicitly select
one that supports UTF-8.
#1065005 (Bug #78165)
Fixed a bug where notification emails were not threading properly
in Microsoft Outlook. Outlook uses a non-standard 'Thread-Index'
header to group 'conversations' and Swarm was not sending this
header.
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Major new functionality in 2015.1
#1024336, #1027042, #1035289, #1035631, #1039648 (Bug #66715)
Added support for localization. User-facing strings now run
through a translation component that supports string replacement,
escapement and pluralization. The default and fallback locales can
be set in the configuration file. The user's locale is detected
from the browser's HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE header automatically
(this behavior can be disabled).
Both the web browser and the web server support translation.
The same methods are available in each environment and behave
in the same way. The same messages are available in both
contexts and whichever locale is configured or detected on
the server will be selected in the browser.
#993239, #1003694, #1029826, #1034069, #1038235 (Bug #71596)
Files and folders can now be downloaded as ZIP archives.
Any depot path can be archived, however, it must not be larger
than the archives => 'max_input_size' setting. The default value
for this setting is 512 MB.
Archives are built in the background and a progress bar is
presented to the user as files are synced and compressed.
Each archive is cached for 12 hours (by default) before being
erased. This ensures that subsequent requests to download the
same archive go quickly.
The archives => 'archive_timeout' setting controls how long
a process can spend building a ZIP archive (default is 30m).
#1034946, #1035427, #1039713 (Bugs #66965, #77519)
We now limit the number of files displayed in a changelist.
Previously if you viewed a particularly large change (many
thousands of files) Swarm might run out of memory. Now limit
the number of files displayed to 1000 (by default). This can be
adjusted via the p4 => 'max_changelist_files' setting.
If the P4D server is 2014.1+ the number of files will be limited
in Perforce. Otherwise they will be limited in Swarm. In the
latter case, Swarm can still run out of memory on large changes.
However, the threshold has been raised because the list of files
is trimmed fairly early.
Minor new functionality in 2015.1
#1038843 (Bug #77610)
Enhanced JIRA integration to better find references to issues
when they are surrounded by punctuation. Specifically, Swarm
now detects JIRA issues that are wrapped in round brackets '()'
and curly braces '{}'.
#1033167 (Bug #78159)
Improved the XHProf module to automatically clean-up old report
files. Previously if XHProf was enabled, the number of log files
would continue to grow over time. Due to their large size these
files could end up consuming a significant amount of disk space.
Note: XHProf is a profiler developed by Facebook.
#1011531 (Bug #77468)
Added a reviews => 'commit_timeout' setting to provide control
over how long processes can spend submitting files to Perforce.
By default this is set to 30 minutes.
#1006502 (Bug #67720)
We now detect errors connecting to Perforce and report them as 503
(service unavailable). This should assist in debugging p4 port,
user and password problems.
#1003872, #1005554 (Bug #78347)
Minor visual refresh. User avatars now appear rounded. Rows in
tables no longer appear with alternating background colors.
These changes are purely aesthetic.
#1001768, #1006500 (Bug #77277)
Added a notice to the top of the home page if there are no
workers running. This should assist in debugging a common server
configuration problem.
#991098 (Bug #76671)
Improved the rules governing review state transitions. Authors
are now permitted to approve or reject their own reviews if they
are branch moderators.
Bugs fixed in 2015.1
#1039199 (Bug #74656)
Fixed an issue where version 1.1 of the web-services API added
a new required reviewers field and erroneously made it available
to version 1.0 of the API. We no longer accept required reviewers
on v1.0.
#1035544, #1035560 (Bug #66917)
Fixed an issue that can cause a commit to be partially processed.
In some cases if a user unshelved files in a review and one or
more of those files had pending resolves, Swarm would be unable to
remove files from the review and would abort processing the commit.
If the server version is 2014.2+, we now use the -f flag to ensure
that we are able to remove shelved files. Additionally, we ignore
the error that will occur if this situation arises on an older
version of P4D.
#1033935 (Bug #78332)
The blame button is now disabled for files that have no content.
Previously an error would occur if blame was used on an empty file.
#1022486 (Bug #76571)
Fixed javascript error occurring when switching to History tab
while viewing a file in Swarm.
#1022324 (Bug #77803)
Removed legacy rewrite rules for adding tasks to the queue.
These rules were left there temporarily for backwards
compatibility. Currently, the tasks are added to the queue via
posting to http://<swarm-host>/queue/add/<swarm-token> that has a
separate rewrite rule.
#1019647 (Bug #77678)
Fixed a bug where the swarm-trigger's optional 'strict' and
'enforce' modes did not work against a unicode enabled server.
#1016421 (Bug #71596)
Fixed an issue where progress bar status text was not legible until
the bar was at least as wide as the text. Now the text appears in
black over the background and white over the finished portion of
the progress bar.
#1011943 (Bug #78436)
Fixed a performance regression where the projects sidebar could
take a long time to load. This was most prominent when there was
a bad link between Swarm and the Perforce server. In some cases,
the projects sidebar now loads 8x faster.
#1006678 (Bug #77394)
Improved validation of branches in project configuration.
Previously the server would accept branches that had no paths
defined. Now the server-side validation matches the client-side
validation and such branches produce an error.
#1003822 (Bug #78437)
Attempting to access the '/view' or '/download' URIs for a folder
(not a file) now produces a 404 response.
#997596, 1015136 (Bug #77206)
Minor aesthetic fixes. Adjusted the position of popover and tooltip
arrows when the browser's view is magnified. Improved the contrast
of keyboard shortcut hints.
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Major new functionality in 2014.4
#982485 (Bug #76736)
Swarm is now distributed under a BSD-style two-clause license.
#965185 (Bug #76239)
Performance has been significantly improved for sites with a
large number of protections entries. This should be particularly
noticeable when browsing files.
#905488, #962547 (Bug #73830)
Added options to disable sending emails to all project members for
commits and new review requests. The project edit page now has two
checkboxes that can control project notification emails.
Minor new functionality in 2014.4
#986364 (Bug #76961)
Added 'apiVersions' to the output of the 'version' endpoint. This
field includes a list of all of the api versions supported by the
instance of Swarm (e.g. 1, 1.1).
#970399 (Bug #70284)
It is now possible to limit the range of changes shown on the
history tab to a specific range using change numbers, dates,
labels, etc.
#968015 (Bug #66742)
Project creation can be limited to only users under specific
group(s) by setting 'add_project_groups' under the 'security'
config. This feature is disabled by default.
#967909 (Bug #76291)
Swarm can now be configured to leave reviews in an approved state
even if they are updated with modified files. By default, reviews
will still revert to 'needs review' when they are updated with
modified files. To have reviews stay approved even when modified
files are added set 'unapprove_modified' to false under the
'reviews' configuration.
#965024 (Bug #74656)
It is now possible to specify required reviewers when creating
reviews via the API.
Bugs fixed in 2014.4 Patch 1 (since 2014.4/988814)
#1000792 (Bug #77218)
Fixed an issue where the workers could stop running if upgrading
from 2014.2 via RPM packages.
#991899, #992629 (Bug #77048)
Fixed an issue where the RPM packages could erroneously disable
the Perforce PHP extension on upgrade.
#990382 (Bug #76971)
Fixed an issue where the RPM packages did not require the DOM
or mbstring extensions needed for RSS feeds and multi-byte strings.
Bugs fixed in 2014.4
#986536 (Bug #76569)
Fixed a problem where buttons did not always disable properly when
submitted. This only affected some browsers and appeared to be
caused by a race condition between the click and blur events.
#985713 (Bug #76963)
Fixed an issue with our icon sprites. Previously when scaling up
your browser view, some icons would erroneously show pixels from
adjacent icons. Now the sprites have generous spacing to avoid this
issue.
#972442 (Bug #76382)
Fixed an issue where the submit button on the "Add a Commit" and
"Already Committed" dialogs could erroneously stay disabled
after a change had been selected.
#968046, #969029 (Bug #74760)
When emulating IP protections, enabled by default, Swarm will
now correctly treat protection entries as as case-insensitive
when dealing with a case-insensitive Perforce server.
#968037 (Bug #75488)
Fixed an issue where @mentioned and @*mentioned users were not
added as reviewers when creating a review using the API.
#967896, #967998 (Bug #73701)
Fixed an issue where committing to a streams depot via the Swarm
web interface could erroneously report 'No files to submit'.
#950565 (Bug #72392)
Fixed an issue where LibreOffice could become unresponsive.
Generating doc previews should now be significantly more reliable.
#939315 (Bug #74463)
When a 'strict' or 'enforce' Swarm trigger fails due to bad
credentials, include the active P4PORT setting in the error message
to help diagnose problems more easily.
#933049, #933477 (Bug #74860)
Updating an approved review with unchanged ktext files will no
longer cause it to erroneously revert to the needs review state.
Note, this fix only works when operating against a 2012.2 or
newer Perforce server.
#898943 (Bug #72908)
Fixed an issue where the horizontal scrollbar could disappear if
a collapsed file toggled between side-by-side and inline diff.
#897986 (Bug #66554)
Fixed an issue where logging in to comment on the left hand side
of a side-by-side diff would collapse the comment row.
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Major new functionality in 2014.3 Patch 2 (since 2014.3/958056)
#967594 (Bug #75006)
Swarm is now free of charge for all Perforce users.
A Swarm license file is no longer required for operation.
Major new functionality in 2014.3
#890602 (Bug #66725)
Added the option to show 10 more lines of context on diffs by
clicking on the blank row that separates the diffs.
#889932 (Bug #73703)
When a review is updated with modified files, existing votes will
now be marked as 'stale'. Stale votes will be shown with a faded
icon and will not count towards up-votes or down-votes.
#889492 (Bug #63260)
It is now possible to mark files in reviews as 'read'. To mark a
file as read, click the 'eye' button on the far right of the
file header. The read flag is remembered independently for each
user along with the version and file digest information. If the
contents of the file change, the 'read' flag automatically clears.
This feature can be helpful when reviewing lots of files.
#884641, #887942, #889744, #890743 (Bug #63263)
Swarm now supports treating comments as light-weight tasks. Tasks
can be marked as 'addressed' and may optionally be 'verified'.
#877136 (Bug #73157)
If a change has been associated to a review, Swarm will always
update the review when files are shelved or the change is
committed.
Previously, if the #review-123 or [review-123] style keyword
wasn't present, the review would not have been updated.
#854977, #863042, #873042, #875837, #876579, #889563 (Bug #70664)
Swarm now has an API that exposes and documents various tasks
that were previously difficult to accomplish.
The API supports listing reviews, retrieving information about an
individual review, creating a review from an existing pending or
submitted change, adding a change to a review (making it the new
Head revision of that review), listing projects, and creating new
entries in the Activity list.
Authentication is handled using standard HTTP Basic Auth, with
either a password or a ticket. Note that passwords will not work
in higher-security configurations, so a ticket may be required.
Minor new functionality in 2014.3 Patch 1 (since 2014.3/896879)
#957494 (Bug #74292)
Added support for optional POST params when configuring automated
tests on a project. Data can be specified in either get=param
style or as {"json" : "values"}
Minor new functionality in 2014.3
#886023 (Bug #73067)
Comment attachments will now be cached by the browser for 12 hours.
This will decrease jumpiness when rendering attached images.
#882741 (Bug #73058)
The Swarm cron script now supports starting workers on SSL-enabled
Swarm hosts that utilize a self-signed certificate.
#879274 (Bugs #62048, #69646, #71743, #72202)
The Reviews page now updates the URL to reflect search terms. This
allows users to bookmark or share searches and ensures the search
results are shown correctly when navigating browsers history.
#878436 (Bug #73357)
Swarm will now linkify occurrences of "changelist <#>" in comments
and changelist descriptions.
#878206, #878814, #879346, #879579 (Bug #72736)
The Swarm OVA is now built using Swarm packages. This allows the
user to more easily upgrade Swarm.
#875126 (Bug #66253)
The jobs page now updates the URL to reflect search terms. This
allows users to bookmark or share searches and ensures the search
results are shown correctly when navigating browsers history.
#871859 (Bug #66355)
Dropdown menus in Swarm can now be operated via the keyboard.
#870337, #870357 (Bugs #70905, #71325, #72767)
Several enhancements have been made to the Swarm JIRA module. JIRA
Swarm links now include a snippet of the change/review description.
Additionally, editing a submitted change description or
adding/removing jobs on a change or review will update JIRA Swarm
links. Note, old links are not automatically updated to include
descriptions.
#862937, #870621 (Bug #69205)
Swarm now has a default tab-size of 4 in Chrome, Firefox and
Safari. Internet Explorer does not support tab-size and will
still display a tab width of 8.
#860398 (Bug #66357)
Added a 'system' avatar for activity not associated with a
particular user (for example when tests pass or fail).
#860346 (Bug #73032)
Swarm now allows changes by specific users to be ignored from the
perspective of starting and updating reviews. This is enabled by
specifying 'ignored_users' under the 'reviews' config.
#860321 (Bug #73057)
Mainlines are now listed first under the Review queue's branch
filter.
#855740 (Bug #67654)
Added support for rendering SVG images in file preview, file diffs
and comment attachments.
#853423 (Bug #72412)
The #review keyword is now more forgiving of nearby punctuation.
#848771 (Bug #72359)
Swarm now automatically reverts review state back to 'Needs Review'
when approved reviews are updated with modified files.
#846902 (Bug #72448)
Added a swarm of bees that fly around your cursor on the error
page. As you move your mouse more bees surround your cursor. Over
time, if you hold your mouse still, the bees go away.
#842916, #851529 (Bug #72559)
We now do a case insensitive lookup for @mentioned jobs.
#842660 (Bug #73720)
Basic Auth is now a supported means of authentication. This means
that actions which previously required 2 steps (performing a login,
writing the resulting cookie to a cookie jar, and then performing
the actual action) can now be streamlined into a single request.
The username must match a valid perforce user with permissions to
perform the action, and the password can be a valid ticket or the
user's password.
Note: Some p4d security levels only allow the use of tickets in
this context.
#840855 (Bug #72696)
Upgraded jQuery to 1.11.1 and added the jQuery sourcemap.
#839881 (Bug #72704)
Adjusted the sorting of files and directories when browsing to put
hidden (e.g. '.foo') files and directories last.
#836802 (Bug #72385)
For inline comments, the row will now collapse when the last open
comment is archived.
Bugs fixed in 2014.3 Patch 2 (since 2014.3/958056)
#967444 (Bug #73582)
Fixed an issue where the Debian packages could fail to properly
install the Perforce PHP extension. The Debian packages now work
correctly on Ubuntu 13.10, 14.04, 14.10.
Bugs fixed in 2014.3
#893456 (Bug #73882)
Fixed an issue where URL-encoded characters could erroneously show
up in filenames under the activity feed or comments tab.
#892728 (Bug #73833)
Logging in with the incorrect cAsE user id on a case insensitive
p4d will no longer prevent transitioning and approving reviews.
#892681 (Bug #73832)
Fixed an issue where using characters like % and # in your filename
would cause errors when trying to show full context.
#892564 (Bug #73824)
Fixed an issue where placeholder text in IE erroneously acted as
default values for new inline comments under sideways diff mode.
#892532 (Bug #73826)
Fixed an issue where the comments could overlay code lines if the
comment was wide enough to wrap and diff scrollbars were showing.
#891999 (Bug #73759)
Swarm will display a warning if thread-safe PHP is detected. This
is because P4PHP is does not support threaded operation.
#891941 (Bug #71531)
Ensure all emails are set to use UTF-8 encoding so extended
characters display properly.
#890428 (Bug #71549)
Attempting to commit a review with out of date files no longer logs
an exception. An error is still shown to the user in the Swarm UI.
#890422 (Bug #72918)
If Swarm encounters a task file it cannot delete; it will no
longer process it and will abort the worker. This will prevent
endlessly reprocessing the task.
#890342, #892319 (Bug #73718)
The windows trigger script now wraps the path to curl in quotes
allowing curl.exe to be under a path with spaces.
#888871 (Bug #73599)
Fixed an issue where using the context menu to paste content
into the comment form would fail to enable the post button.
#887895 (Bug #71805)
Adding a new comment will no longer show files that were attached
to a previously posted comment.
#886698 (Bug #73581)
Performance improvements for rendering larger files in IE.
Performance was increased by about 30% for the rendering of the
side-by-side Diff mode. For files with more than 1000 lines this
can still be very slow, we plan to continue making improvements.
#880741 (Bug #65586)
Introduced tab history tracking for IE9. Previously IE9 would load
the correct tabs for urls with tab ids but would not insert tab
ids when navigating tabs in Swarm.
#879459 (Bug #67480)
ARIA labels have been added to the filter buttons on the Reviews
Queue in order to expose their meaning to screen readers.
#877109 (Bug #73296)
Swarm will no longer enter an endless loop when the 'swarm' group
references recursive sub-groups.
#873881 (Bug #73084)
Fixed an issue where users would sometimes be required to login to
comment despite having recently logged in.
#863379 (Bug #66712)
Swarm will no longer fail to update reviews when the Swarm admin
user has changed.
#861147 (Bug #73037)
The json output for projects no longer leaks automated test and
deploy settings. These values can include sensitive data such as
auth tokens.
#860313, #861755 (Bug #73056)
Improved handling of empty descriptions in commit and review email
notifications. We no longer append a trailing '-' to the subject
and we no longer output an empty description block in the body.
#855747 (Bug #72716)
Fixed a bug where selecting the already active project/branch
filter would erroneously clear the filter.
#860349 (Bug #61897)
We now prevent service and operator type users from logging in.
#851970 (Bug #72825)
Fixed an issue where Swarm was generating 'Unknown command' errors
on Perforce Server's using structured logs. Instead of running a
null command, we now run 'help' to avoid the error. Further, we
only test the connection if it appears necessary which should
provide a minor performance boost.
#849546 (Bug #72860)
Following an inline comment link to a file open for 'add' no longer
produces a JavaScript error.
#848957 (Bug #72845)
The trigger script will now fallback to curl if wget returns an
exit code of 126 or higher. Previously we only fellback for 127.
#842648 (Bug #72680)
We now correctly detect files of type 'import' as being adds.
#842413 (Bug #72707)
Reviews now only reference projects/branches impacted by the
current version.
#841620 (Bug #70219)
Invalid/non-existent jobs added to a change no longer result in a
HTTP-500 error.
#841606 (Bug #71843)
Uploading a directory now results in an error message, not an
unreadable white bar.
#836796 (Bug #72523)
IE11 is no longer erroneously detected as being Firefox by Swarm's
generic error handling code.
#836814 (Bug #72435)
Modal dialogs now display on top of tooltips, previously they could
erroneously overlap the dialog.
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Major new functionality in 2014.2
#825537, #825687 (Bug #72144)
Reviews can now optionally have required reviewers. A review cannot
be approved until all required reviewers have up-voted the review.
To aid in managing reviewers and defining who is required, a new
'Edit Reviewers' dialog has been added. The review author, perforce
admins and perforce super users are always able to edit reviewers.
Additionally, the following individuals may edit reviewers:
- If the review is moderated, the moderators
- If the review is part of a project, but not moderated, all
project members
- If the review is not part of a project, any authenticated user
Lastly, individuals may now leave a review, make their vote
required or make their vote optional by clicking their own avatar
under the reviewers listing. This is in addition to the existing
options to join, vote-up and vote-down.
#823254, #825263 (Bugs #67052, #67054)
Branches can now optionally have moderators. If moderators are
defined, only those users are allowed to 'approve' or 'reject'
reviews under the branch.
When a review is associated with a moderated branch:
- Only moderators can approve or reject the review; they can also
perform all other transitions.
- Authors can move between needs-review/needs-revision/archived and
can attach commits; they cannot approve or reject review (even if
they are a moderator)
- Members can move between needs-review/needs-revision and can
attach commits; they cannot approve/reject or archive.
- Users that are not project members, moderators or the author
cannot perform any transitions.
Note, for the author and project members, if the review is not
presently in one of their permitted states (e.g.: it is rejected)
they cannot transition it.
#805100, #805438 (Bug #66173)
By default, reviews that are committed via the Swarm web UI will
now be credited to the review author. Activity and email
notifications will include both the committer and review author's
details. This is a configuration option which defaults to true.
#804532, #820256 (Bug #67053)
A project can now optionally specify one or more owners. When a
project has owners, only the owners (as well as admin or super
level users) can edit the project.
#796111, #796324, #804292, #803304 (Bug #69605)
Comment boxes now support file attachments via drag-and-drop
upload. To enable this feature create a "//.swarm" depot or set the
depot storage base path to a location Swarm can write to.
Minor new functionality in 2014.2
#834780 (Bug #72549)
Updated the P4PHP binaries to be built with a patched P4API that
does not reference the Heartbleed-vulnerable OpenSSL version.
#825849 (Bug #66469)
The Swarm favicon is now larger.
#824751 (Bug #72388)
Fixed a bug where trigger tokens were not protected from non-super
users that requested JSON formatted '/about' output.
#820025 (Bug #71330)
Multiple Swarm instances can now safely operate on the same machine
where the address only varies by port, even if SERVER_PORT is
misreporting.
#811552, #814057, #814086 (Bug #67051)
Project creation can be limited to admin users by setting
'add_project_admin_only' under the 'security' config. This feature
is disabled by default.
#810137, #812142 (Bug #66408)
Ensured the horizontal scroll bar is always visible when viewing a
change or review diff.
#805410, #805415, #805458 (Bug #72039)
Upgraded Zend Framework from 2.1.4 to 2.2.6 for a number of fixes
and enhancements.
#805070 (Bug #72042)
Enhanced the queue status to report future-tasks separately.
#801759 (Bug #71598)
Added support for GitHub style line links (e.g.: '#L123') and
highlighting of linked line; additionally, if you specify a range
of lines (e.g.: '#10-20'), Swarm will highlight all of the lines in
the range.
#800253 (Bug #71712)
Improved the configuration error message to alert the user if the
data directory is unwriteable, or no php.ini is found.
#797479, #799428, #800567, #801819 (Bugs #71679, #71718)
Added a new URL shortening feature. This adds a small 'bookmark'
button to the file browser page. Clicking the button generates a
short URL and displays it in a small popover dialog that the user
can easily copy from. A short link like this will redirect the user
to a (presumably) much longer address. Also added support for a
dedicated short-link hostname; this is a domain to use for short
links to make them even shorter. Short links are handy for email,
chat, etc.
#796834, #803372 (Bugs #71521, #71738)
Enhanced the trigger script to operate with in-place edits, or
externalized configuration (implicit and explicit via -c config).
This is helpful so that configuration can be more easily separated
from the script itself.
#791347 (Bug #71159)
Expose a configuration setting to allow suppressing the Reply-To:
email header field. This is helpful when you don't want to expose
Perforce user email addresses in email notifications.
#790928 (Bug #71396)
When copying lines of text from a review or changes page, line
numbers in diff no longer end up in your clipboard. All supported
browsers still display the line numbers. IE still copies the line
numbers if you multi-select lines.
#790472 (Bug #71366)
Remove the border styles from the diff table to provide a cleaner
look, and also reduce visual glitches to table borders.
#789318 (Bug #71717)
Swarm now compresses JSON sent to the browser for better
performance.
#789217, #789221 (Bug #66706)
Upgraded jQuery from 1.9.1 to 1.11.1 for performance improvements.
#787961 (Bug #70991)
Workers will effectively restart if Swarm detects the config.php
file has been changed. This helps prevent the long running workers
from using stale config.php settings.
#782170, 794566 (Bugs #71160, #71327)
Improved the performance of the home page, particularly when there
are large numbers of projects or activity events.
#781997 (Bug #70687)
Display a tip at the bottom of review and change pages indicating
the user can use the N and P keys to move between the changes.
#781805 (Bug #71393)
Upgraded JSRender from 1.0pre to 1.0.0beta.
Bugs fixed in 2014.2 Patch 2 (since 2014.2/841040)
#853220 (Bug #72903)
Administrators can now disable system info along with the related log
and php info pages by setting 'disable_system_info' to true under the
'security' config. By default, system info is still accessible to
authenticated admin or super level users.
#853054, #853496, #853533 (Bug #72881)
The CSRF token is now passed as a POST param not a GET param. This
should reduce the risk of exposure in logs, referrers, etc.
#846204, #853041 (Bug #72805)
Fixed a local XSS vulnerability in error messages when posting
forms in Swarm.
Bugs fixed in 2014.2 Patch 1 (since 2014.2/835154)
#840956 (Bug #72712)
Made the details about changes to reviewers (e.g. 'Added user as a
required reviewer') easier to distinguish from the description of
the review in email notifications.
#840731 (Bug #72698)
Adjusted edit reviewers activity to clearly report when users are
added. Previously we just stated 'Made user a required reviewer';
it was unclear if they were being added or edited.
#839300 (Bug #72658)
When upgrading Swarm, browsers would sometimes hold onto outdated
CSS and JavaScript potentially resulting in errors. Links to the
minified CSS/JS now include the Swarm patch number to avoid this.
#838036, #838043, #838150 (Bug #61429)
Added CSRF protection to all mutative actions. For authenticated
users, requests that are not a GET (e.g. POST, DELETE, PATCH, etc.)
must now include a valid _csrf token. Actions which are
'login_exempt' or 'csrf_exempt' do not require the token to be
passed.
#835869 (Bug #72611)
Fixed an issue where Swarm was not setting the 'Remember me' cookie
with the secure flag when appropriate.
#835868 (Bugs #72548, #72568)
Swarm can now be used in deployments where a proxy/balancer handles
encryption and forwards plain HTTP traffic on to the Swarm server.
When 'https_strict' is enabled, we now always send the HSTS header
and we always flag cookies as secure only. Additionally, we now
allow the administrator to disable the HTTPS redirect for HTTP
clients by setting 'https_strict_redirect' to false under the
'security' config.
#835821 (Bug #72565)
We now only start a session when needed (e.g. anonymous users don't
get a session until they try to login). We also attempt to clear
the session cookie on logout or session expiration.
#835815, #835866 (Bug #72678)
The diff endpoint will now produce a 404 error when attempting to
diff a non-existent file. Previously a 500 error was produced.
#835789 (Bug #72566)
Swarm now supports specifying a session lifetime. If the session is
not accessed for the specified duration, the user will be logged
out. By default the duration is 30 days but can be adjusted by
setting the 'gc_maxlifetime' under the 'session' config. This
feature will apply when using the default file based session
storage. Other storage backends are presently unverified.
#835577 (Bug #72564)
Swarm no longer sends two Set-Cookie headers for the SWARM session
ID on login. There is no functional change, this is just an
aesthetic improvement to the response.
#835554 (Bug #72571)
Fixed an issue where toggling the 'Remember me' checkbox on login
did not correctly adjust the session lifetime.
Bugs fixed in 2014.2
#833850 (Bug #72510)
Fixed an issue on Safari 5.1 where comment user avatars were not
being sized correctly.
#833609 (Bug #72505)
Fixed an issue to ensure commits via Swarm keep the restricted or
public type of the authoritative shelf.
#827517 (Bug #72362)
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to @mention a user that
contained a backslash (such as an AD domain user).
#826264 (Bug #72378)
Fixed an issue with the job dialog automatically refreshing when
attempting to select a row.
#821123 (Bug #72390)
Fixed a race-condition where automated tests for a review could
fail if the pending review was committed before the tests ran.
#821027 (Bug #72248)
Fixed an issue where you could not change the review status of a
review that was somehow stuck. Now, such a review can be
transitioned to Needs Review, Needs Revision or Archive to clear
the status.
#820630 (Bug #72225)
Fixed an issue in Firefox where the archive comment tooltips would
get orphaned.
#820120 (Bug #72391)
Fixed an issue where the reviews queue would reload when the search
input loses focus, even if the search value had not changed.
#820005 (Bug #71764)
Fixed an issue where Safari 5.1.x would throw a JavaScript error
when navigating files using the back or forward buttons.
#819959 (Bug #71459)
Fixed a bug where protection table entries with spaces caused
errors.
#819822 (Bug #72224)
Fixed an issue where no error message was displayed for
browser-to-Swarm network errors.
#814092, #824517 (Bug #64793)
Fixed an issue where timezones were incorrect when Swarm was
connected to a Windows p4d server.
#813797 (Bug #72064)
Fixed an issue where modal cancel buttons were being marked as
ARIA-hidden.
#809521 (Bug #71986)
Fixed an issue with the 3D model viewer where it was looking at
0,0,0 instead of the center of the model.
#804290 (Bug #71851)
Fixed a bug where the reviews page would issue excessive XHR
requests, impairing browsing performance.
#800358, #801075 (Bug #72003)
Adjusted avatar styles to only show the default avatars when the
user's Gravatar has finished loading. This prevents a momentary
flash of the default avatar that could sometimes occur if Gravatar
was slow.
#799622 (Bug #71367)
Swarm now normalizes the hostname specified in the config file to
properly handle schemes and non-standards ports.
#799558 (Bug #71680)
Swarm no longer prevents the browser from handling control/command
clicks in the Swarm File Browser.
#794840 (Bugs #70317, #70295)
Fixed several small issues with the file browser. Previously the
handling of what controls were shown on different tabs was spread
out and inconsistent. We also previously missed detecting all the
cases where the tab had changed.
#792725 (Bug #65644)
Fixed an issue on IE9 where the archived comments area would toggle
twice the first time it was clicked, so you would need to click
again.
#792034 (Bug #71138)
Fixed an issue where certain special characters, like '@', '#', and
'%' were escaped in email depot paths.
#790454 (Bug #70231)
Fixed an issue where linking to an archived comment did not expand
the collapsed archive area to scroll to the comment.
#790437 (Bug #71372)
Enhance the N/P keydown listener to only handle one keydown per
keypress. This should prevent issues with the focus moving further
than expected.
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Major new functionality in 2014.1
#774422, #775409 (Bug #70659)
Swarm now renders 3D model files (.STL, .OBJ or .DAE) in the file
browser and diff. The viewer will attempt to pull in referenced
resources, including MTL files, in the model objects, but will only
be able to display textures if they are web-safe images (e.g.: .PSD
textures will not render). If using a modern browser, and hardware
acceleration is available, the viewer should run smoothly. If using
a modern browser, and there is no hardware acceleration available,
the viewer will run without WebGL, and may be slow; we don't
auto-rotate in this case to reduce CPU utilization. If you are not
using a modern browser, you will just receive a 'viewer not
supported' message.
#772465 (Bug #68885)
Git users may now perform pre-commit reviews using Swarm, via
Perforce Git Fusion. To start a pre-commit review, simply push to
/reviews/master/new, where 'master' is the target branch. More
details on usage are available in the Swarm documentation.
#767962, #775774, #776148 (Bug #66723)
Restricted changes are filtered from the UI if the user does not
have permission to view them.
Minor new functionality in 2014.1
#775670 (Bug #65494)
Swarm checks for the existence of the config.php file and if not
present, displays a suitable error to the user.
#775412 (Bug #68201)
RTF files, although text, will now be rendered through the
LibreOffice module if present.
#772469 (Bug #70803)
The strict and enforce trigger types can now be scoped to just
changes in a review using the -r flag. This allows unreviewed
changes to proceed, but changes in a review must be approved.
#771462 (Bug #70758)
When calling automated tests for a review, Swarm now lists only
branches impacted by the current change in the {branch} and
{branchName} keywords.
#770126 (Bug #70798)
The amount of time and memory that worker processes use is now
constrained. Previously, a worker could use an unlimited amount of
memory and run for ever (no limits). Now, the limits for a worker
can be set in the config file and default to 1GB and 30min
respectively. The 30min timeout is reset for each task. No task
can spend more than 30min of CPU time.
#765295 (Bug #70583)
For a project's branches listed on the project page, the mainline
branches are displayed first, and the remaining are now sorted
alphabetically.
#762726, #763003, #770626, #773997 (Bugs #70611, #70612, #70613)
Further reduced memory consumption in the processing of users and
groups. For example, with 10,000 users and over 1,000 groups, Swarm
previously used ~140MB of memory when populating the caches and
~120MB when reading from the caches; with these changes, memory
usage drops to ~35MB and ~12MB respectively.
Bugs fixed in 2014.1
#777472 (Bug #70940)
Fixed an issue where improper permissions on the token directory
would result in an infinite loop.
#774788 (Bug #70842)
Fixed an issue in Chrome when viewing a large image retrieved from
cache would cause the page to continually refresh.
#773886 (Bug #70813)
Fixed display issues in IE with the filename bar on a review page.
#772345 (Bug #70774)
Improved the scrolling performance in Chrome on Review pages by
manually instructing the browser which areas to repaint when
scrolling a file.
#769901 (Bug #70797)
Fixed an issue where filenames with special characters were
improperly displayed in a comment tagline.
#769859 (Bug #69623)
Fixed an IE11 performance issue when viewing the Reviews page.
#766082 (Bug #70599)
Fixed an issue when browsing project files would cause a HTTP 500
error if one of the project's branch definitions contained a path
ending with a slash (as opposed to '/...').
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Major new functionality in 2013.3
#749961, #750778, #751112 (Bug #69119)
Swarm now allows participants to vote up or down on a review. The
reviews page replaces the participants columns with an up/down
votes column.
#730156, #747698, #748957 (Bug #69279)
Swarm can now emulate IP-based Perforce protections. Swarm will
check the user's IP address and use it to apply any necessary
restrictions, such as when browsing files, viewing file content,
viewing & adding comments on files.
#724625 (Bug #60905)
Added ability to comment at the file-level on reviews and changes.
Files in changes and reviews will now have a footer to display and
add comments similar to the existing inline comment interface.
Minor new functionality in 2013.3
#751165 (Bugs #68207, #69624)
Eliminated redundant commit activity and email notification. This
would occur when a change linked to a review was committed. Now,
the commit is reported only once.
#751085 (Bug #69749)
Old invalidated cache files are now cleared out periodically.
#750074 (Bug #70114)
Swarm will log warnings when Perforce commands take longer than a
prescribed time. By default, the print, submit, sync, shelve, and
unshelve commands' threshold is 10 seconds; for all others, it is 3
seconds.
#749100 (Bug #70023)
Swarm will perform XHProf profiling if the 'xhprof' PHP extension
is present and requests take longer than a prescribed time (by
default, 3 seconds). Data collected will be placed in the
data/xhprof directory.
#748526 (Bug #70110)
When browsing a project's branches, mainlines now appear first and
are bolded as they are the most frequently accessed codelines.
#747404 (Bug #70017)
The Swarm distribution now includes P4PHP binaries for PHP 5.5.
#745637 (Bug #69980)
Commit email notifications now include a link to their associated
review.
#734207, #751251 (Bug #69487)
Swarm can now display deleted files and folders when browsing
files.
#732930 (Bug #69636)
Added support for hashtag (more formally known as "octothorpe"!)
style review keywords; e.g. #review or #review-1234. Note the
keyword is only honoured if it is preceeded and followed by either
whitespace or EOL/SOL. Unlike the square-bracket convention
[review], the hashtag style review keyword can appear anywhere in
the description, not just at the beginning or end.
#728989 (Bug #60909)
Users can now comment on jobs in Swarm under the new 'Comments' tab
on the job page. When there is a new comment, Swarm will send an
email notification to users listed in 'user' fields in the job,
@mentioned in the job description and users of associated changes.
#728163 (Bug #69542)
Avoid session locking to improve performance when making multiple
simulatenous requests. This should improve the ability to browse in
other tabs while file previews are being converted/transferred.
#723845 (Bug #64834)
Added a system information page (/info), accessible to users with
admin privileges. The page displays Perforce Server information,
PHP info, and the Swarm log, which can be downloaded.
#722080 (Bug #69406)
Enhanced the 'jobs' route to automatically prepend 'job0...' if the
given ID is numeric and doesn't exactly match an existing job. For
example, /jobs/12345 will resolve to /jobs/job012345.
#721850 (Bug #69380)
Added a new 'disable_commit' option under the 'reviews' section in
the configuration. Enabling this option will remove the "Approve
and Commit" and "Commit" options from the Swarm web interface.
External commits via traditional Perforce clients will still be
possible. This setting is false by default.
#720456 (Bug #69290)
If a user adds themselves as a review participant, Swarm will no
longer email the new participant, though all other participants
will still be notified.
#719792, #719938 (Bug #69245)
Added icons next to changes listed on the jobs page to indicate
their type (review, commit, pending).
#718564 (Bug #69206)
Added new 'http_client_options' configuration. This allows
administrators to specify HTTP communication options (particularly
useful for HTTPS related options) either globally, or host-
specific.
#716765 (Bug #65289)
Improved HTTPS support via a 'strict_https' option. When enabled,
viewing an HTTP link will include a meta-refresh to the HTTPS
version, a strict transport security header will be included for
all HTTPS requests (pinning the browser to HTTPS for 30 days), all
qualified URLs will use HTTPS for the scheme, and cookies on HTTPS
connections will be flagged HTTPS-only
#716542 (Bug #66938)
Updated the Jobs page to allow selecting and re-ordering columns
representing job fields.
Columns can now be selected via the 'Select Columns' drop-down
button located beside the search box. Users can select columns to
show in the table below by checking them in the drop-down (showing
all available fields, where the selected ones are always located at
the top of the list).
Selected columns can also be re-ordered, either by dragging them
into desired spot in the drop-down or in the table header.
#714786, #715519, #715658, #719803, #720491 (Bugs #69093, #69647)
Swarm has a new design that is cleaner and brighter with fewer
borders. The projects sidebar has been moved to the left-hand side
of the home page. This fixes an issue loading activity on mobile
devices. Events in the activity table are now color-coded (with a
thin vertical line on the far-right edge) to indicate the type of
activity.
#714421 (Bug #69090)
Enhanced our emojify filter to make use of Gemoji images if they
are installed under public/vendor/gemoji. Gemoji provides support
for more emojis and works on more browsers and platforms than the
unicode codepoints we normally use. For more information about
Gemoji, see https://github.com/github/gemoji.
#713201 (Bug #68815)
Introduced 'use_bcc' configuration item under 'mail' to address
recipients of changelist notifications via the BCC field instead of
the TO field. See the Email configuration section under
Administration of the documentation.
Bugs fixed in 2013.3 patch 1 (since 2013.3/759531)
#762450 (Bug #70489)
Fixed an issue with the automated test and deployment integrations
where the branch ID was passed but documented as the branch name.
We now provide both the ID and name for branches and projects, and
the documentation has been corrected.
#762417 (Bug #70490)
Addressed a browser performance problem involving collapsed files
on review and changes pages.
#761990, #762232 (Bug #70467)
Improved the efficiency of processing Perforce groups to reduce
memory consumption. For example, with thousands of users and
groups, memory consumption is reduced by approximately 80%.
#761155 (Bug #70461)
Fixed the queue location when using the SWARM_DATA_PATH override.
Bugs fixed in 2013.3
#757302 (Bug #69995)
Fixed a bug where multibyte UTF-8 sequences in user ID's could lead
to HTTP 500 errors.
#755964 (Bug #70225)
Fixed the activity display for a user whose ID contains a period.
#751230 (Bug #69672)
Fixed erroneous 'approved' email when committing a review from
Swarm where the review was already approved.
#751219 (Bug #69696)
Fixed an issue where including an invalid change number when adding
a commit to a review would throw an exception instead of returning
a nicely formatted error.
#751195 (Bug #65646)
Fixed an issue where the 'Commit' button in the Commit Review
dialog became prematurely enabled.
#751100 (Bug #69666)
Fixed an issue where some errors were not being displayed when
failing to commit a review from Swarm.
#751043 (Bug #67471)
Fixed an issue where a long description of a history entry would
not be collapsed.
#751013 (Bug #68809)
Fixed an issue where a change description that contained a line
with only a period as its content would cause email notifications
to be truncated at that point.
#747494 (Bug #69651)
When showing historic context lines on comments, the old context
will now only be shown once when it applies to multiple sequential
comments.
#747607 (Bug #70022)
Swarm now properly disconnects from the mail server after sending
an email. Previously, a timeout error could occur if a worker
processed multiple email related tasks.
#746579 (Bug #65666)
Swarm no longer throws an HTTP 500 error when an invalid depot is
entered within the change select dialog.
#745635 (Bug #69981)
When editing a review description, mentioning a user (via @user)
will now actually add that user as a review participant.
#745911 (Bug #69204)
On the history tab, searching for a user with invalid characters
will no longer generate an error.
#743323 (Bug #69928)
Previews of office type documents no longer silently fail on CentOS
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
#736065 (Bug #69737)
Work around a Chrome bug where clearing out the password field on a
long page would freeze the browser. See http://crbug.com/180868 for
details.
#736112 (Bug #69743)
Fixed a race condition that could cause the commit status to become
erroneously stuck at 'unshelving...'.
#732093 (Bug #66240)
Fixed a bug where login would fail against a case-insensistive
Perforce server if the username did not match case exactly.
#719604 (Bug #69248)
Fixed a bug where Unicode or UTF-16 text files were not displaying
properly in Swarm; Perforce converts them to UTF-8 and Swarm now
flags them as such.
#716735 (Bug #69129)
Fixed a bug where the wrong timestamp would be shown in the
activity feed for certain timezones (e.g. AEST).
#712670 (Bug #68949)
Fixed a minor bug where the user could erroneously select a header
row in the 'Select Job' dialog.
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Major new functionality in 2013.2
#680316, #681228, #691940 (Bugs #66717, #65503)
Code reviews are now versioned. A historic copy of proposed work is
maintained when the review is updated. This allows users to see
each incremental change made to a review, as well as diff between
adjacent versions to the review using the new Review Timeline.
#679062 (Bug #66799)
Several notable enhancements to the JIRA module. When a change is
submitted or a review is created/updated, we find any associated
JIRA issues, via associated jobs or callouts in the description,
and ensure the JIRA issues link back to the review or change in
Swarm. Further, the JIRA project list is now fetched automatically
so you no longer need to hard-code it in the config.php.
#676580 (Bugs #60923, #67538)
Added support for committing streams-based reviews in Swarm. With
this change, it is now possible use Streams-based projects.
#668325, #680003 (Bugs #67216, 67653)
Added support for viewing office type documents, such as Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and rich text file formats. LibreOffice
must be installed on the Swarm web server to take advantage of this
feature. The Swarm OVA comes with the necessary LibreOffice
components installed to enable this feature.
#667587 (Bug #66586)
Added support for previewing BMP, EPS, PSD, TGA, and TIFF formats.
The ImageMagick PHP extension must be installed and enabled on the
Swarm web server to take advantage of this feature. The Swarm OVA
comes with this extension to enable this feature.
#667207, #677868, #688353 (Bugs #64759, #65017, #67979)
Swarm reviews and changes now provide a richer jobs integration.
Users can add or remove job associations for changes and reviews.
Swarm now allows job selection in the 'Commit Review' dialog,
similar to P4V. Also, if jobs are present when updating a reviews
files the jobs will be added to the review.
Minor new functionality in 2013.2
#695725 (Bug #60941)
Users with permissions to edit projects can now also delete them
via a new 'Delete' button in the 'Edit Project' page (confirmation
is required via the tooltip).
#695350 (Bug #68256)
The default diff mode is now side-by-side; your last used diff mode
will be remembered so this change primarily affects new users.
#692127 (Bug #68153)
Swarm now includes Linux variants of P4PHP that are built with
glibc 2.3.3 to support older distributions, such as Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.9. See the INSTALL.txt for more information.
#689920 (Bug #68028)
Swarm's session name now defaults to 'SWARM' for web servers
running on port 80 or 443. For Swarm instances running on any other
port, the session name defaults to SWARM-1234 where 1234 is the
port number in use. This allow running several Swarm instances on a
single server differentiating them by port and session name.
#689744 (Bug #66724)
Revised icons for added, deleted and edited files. These icons are
colorful with larger +, - and pencil symbols. They should make it
easier to distinguish between the various actions.
#689613 (Bug #67755)
Swarm can now be configured to use a custom avatar URL pattern
allowing administrators to provide their own avatar server or
disable custom avatars altogether. By default, custom avatars
continue to come from Gravatar.
#688945 (Bug #68046)
Added a goto route for full or partial Git Fusion SHA1 commits that
will redirect to the corresponding changelist. e.g.:
http://myswarmhost/42697a7a79
#680508 (Bug #62181)
Swarm now anchors the file toolbar to the top of the window on
changes/review pages so it stays in view while you are scrolling
through a file.
#675826 (Bug #67413)
Added support for emoji shorthand (e.g. :smile:); see
http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com for the full list.
#672699 (Bug #66610)
Users can now filter the history tab by user when browsing.
#672363 (Bug #63199)
Added a apple-touch-icon for iOS (and apparently Android) devices.
Just one size (144x144) for simplicity.
#671993 (Bug #67389)
Restyled the error pages to incorporate our new mascot Bizzy
Heisenbug and be more scalable/responsive.
#669938, #693013 (Bugs #66534, #68206)
Swarm no longer emails the user who commented or performed a review
state change. Other interested parties are still emailed.
Additionally, editing a review's description no longer generates an
email.
#666778 (Bug #67154)
Added a new 'prevent_login' configurable to specify a list of
Perforce users that are not allowed to log in to Swarm.
#665482 (Bug #67108)
We now collapse multiple occurrences of certain characters (e.g.:
ASCII lines) in the subject lines of change notification emails.
#664426 (Bug #67065)
Added hooks for previewing non-web-safe file fomats. A custom
module is required to add support for other formats. In the
module's bootstrap method you can grab the format manager and add a
new handler. See the Imagick or LibreOffice modules for example
usage.
#664389 (Bug #65015)
Added a 'My Reviews' filter to the review queue to show only
reviews the current user is participating in.
#661459 (Bug #66679)
Improve configuration error page displayed if PHP-specific
misconfigurations are detected (such as an unsupported PHP version,
or missing PHP extensions). All detected misconfigurations are now
shown in a list. Also, the path to all php ini files is shown to
ease administration.
#660436, #669261 (Bug #66573)
Email notifications from Swarm now include additional email
headers, 'X-Swarm-Host' and 'X-Swarm-Version'.
#657062 (Bugs #66598, #66599)
We now show the text of comments and the description of file
updates on the review history tab.
#656605 (Bug #66931)
Added the ability to set the DATA_PATH via environment variable,
SWARM_DATA_PATH. This can facilitate hosting multiple Swarm
instances using a single Swarm installation.
Bugs fixed in 2013.2
#704590 (Bug #68710)
Queueing tasks will no longer log a PHP warning in the Apache error
log when multiple tasks are added in the same millisecond.
#703451 (Bug #68531)
Fixed an issue where Swarm would display a 404 error if attempting
to access the Apache info or status modules' handler paths. Swarm
now detects if those modules are enabled, and if so, allows access
to their paths.
#696121 (Bug #67233)
Fixed an issue when using Safari where PDF documents would be cut
off strangely at the bottom of the window.
#696076 (Bug #68041)
Fixed an issue when using Internet Explorer where hitting enter in
a text field would erroneously trigger nearby buttons.
#691483, #692576 (Bug #68129)
Swarm no longer "linkifies" deleted user IDs when showing the author
of a change, comment, activity, etc.
#689915 (Bug #68056)
Fixed a bug where URLs using IP addresses were not being linkified.
#689661 (Bug #68044)
Fixed issue where Swarm would fail if the 'json' or 'session' PHP
extensions were not installed; Swarm now checks for the presence of
these extensions.
#688137 (Bug #68043)
Fixed .htaccess rules to allow viewing of documentation when PHP is
not installed.
#686394 (Bug #67908)
Fixed an issue where older systems (e.g.: RHEL/CentOS) would not
recognize a form of regular expression named capture groups; Swarm
now uses a more backwards-compatible form.
#686358 (Bug #67905)
Fixed an issue where older systems (e.g.: RHEL/CentOS) would fail
to fetch activity or reviews due to unexpectedly treating the ID as
a float instead of an integer.
#685439 (Bug #66446)
Fixed an issue where the initial activity import could result in
out of order activity records.
#684802 (Bug #67816)
Fixed an issue where token-based auth (alone) wouldn't work for
deploy and automated test integration if require_login was enabled.
#681666 (Bug #67720)
Fixed an issue where it was possible to get an unexpected connect
exception when accessing Swarm with a partially expired session.
#681586 (Bug #67507)
When logging warnings and errors, we no longer include context.
Large values and excessive escapement made context useless.
#680229 (Bug #67669)
Fixed a race-condition where committing through Swarm could fail if
the change was renumbered upon submit.
#680188 (Bug #67652)
Fixed display issues exposed in Firefox when navigating files.
#679223 (Bug #67616)
Fixed validation of group names. The rules we were enforcing in
Swarm did not match the rules enforced by the server.
#678458 (Bug #67592)
Fixed a bug that prevented the minified consolidated web assets
from being included in the distribution.
#676317 (Bug #67445)
Fixed an issue where the Comments 'Archive' and 'Restore' buttons
weren't labelled for screen readers.
#673297 (Bug #67431)
Fixed a bug where Swarm only matched the first keyword and stopped.
If someone used the [review] keyword at the start and end of their
description this would have left one behind.
#671254 (Bug #67342)
Fixed a bug where commenting above a padding line caused a comment
indicator to appear on the padding line.
#671092 (Bug #67126)
Added roles and ARIA labels to fix an issue where the All Projects/
My Projects dropdown was undiscoverable by NVDA, and where the Add
Project Link wasn't being described at all by NVDA.
#669528 (Bug #67262)
Fixed a bug where the display of ignored whitespace on context
lines in Swarm was inconsistent with p4 diff/P4Merge if you used
the 'Show Full Context' feature.
#668045 (Bug #67214)
Improved handling of purged files in diff. We no longer attempt to
show or diff purged files.
#668043 (Bug #67162)
Fixed a bug where searching within Help was not working.
#667916 (Bug #67195)
Improved Approve & Commit error handling to ensure the attempted
change is deleted on failure.
#667915 (Bug #67106)
Fixed an issue where the pdf preview area was very small on Firefox
and Internet Explorer.
#667770 (Bug #67185)
Fixed an endless loop that could occur when Swarm attempted to
obtain a client to use from its client pool if file permissions
were invalid.
#667226 (Bug #67166)
Fixed an issue in Swarm Jobs Search where it would still reload
your query on search blur even after you had just loaded the query
using the enter key.
#666601 (Bugs #65684, #67055)
Fixed an issue where using the back button on a Job page would take
you back to search page with the previous search filled into the
field, but not properly filtered in the results.
#665678 (Bug #67210)
Fixed a bug where a changelist description that had a numbered list
item could be linkified if the previous line ended with "change".
#657378 (Bug #66826)
Fixed a bug where avatar selection was not consistent when using
the Suhosin version of PHP. This is because srand() is disabled for
security reasons.
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Major new functionality in 2013.1
#647347 (Bug #66023)
Replaced the grab/release review feature with multiple reviewers.
It is no longer possible to grab or release a review. Instead,
anyone other than the auther who participates in a review (e.g.
comments on, changes the status of, pushes code to, etc.) becomes a
'reviewer'. Swarm now displays a row of reviewer avatars beneath
the description of a review. The avatars are preceeded by the text
'Reviewers' and are aligned right. Users can click to add
themselves to a review.
On the reviews queue, the 'Reviewer' column has been removed and a
new 'Reviewers' column has been added. The reviewers column shows a
count of reviewers and, when hovered, lists the names of all
reviewers in a tooltip. Similarly, the assigned/unassigned filter
has been replaced with a has-reviewers/no-reviewers filter.
#647277, #647325 (Bug #65934)
Swarm now requires a license to run against a licensed Perforce
server. Without a Swarm license, Swarm's functionality is not
restricted in any way, however a license violation notification
appears for every page.
Swarm does not require a license to run against an unlicensed
Perforce server.
If Swarm is licensed for fewer users than the Perforce server, only
members of the 'swarm' group, or a sub-group, are allowed to login
to Swarm. If a non-member attempts to login and the swarm group is
not already at capacity, an attempt will be made to automatically
add them to the group so long as: security => disable_autojoin
hasn't been set to true (by default it is false).
Auto-join is not available on Perforce Server versions prior to
2012.1. In that case it is akin to auto-join being disabled and
Swarm will handle the login failure gracefully.
Contact sales@perforce.com to purchase a license or start a free
trial.
#645705, #646629, #647327 (Bugs #63686, 65936)
Swarm now has additional trigger types for review enforcement and
strict content checking. The '-t enforce' type enforces that
submits are associated to an approved review. The '-t strict' type
goes further and ensures that the content being submitted matches
the content of its approved review. Using '-g <group>' with either
allows an exempt user group that isn't subject to the check. See
the documentation on triggers for further information.
#645011, #645217 (Bugs #60966, #63100)
Swarm can optionally act as a review daemon, emailing notifications
about changes to paths that users have expressed interest in via
reviews entries in their user form; see the documentation on email
notifications.
Minor new functionality in 2013.1
#652213 (Bug #66450)
Swarm pages now include meta information that inform Internet
Explorer to always use the latest document standards when
rendering. This prevents users from accidentally running Swarm in
Compatibility Mode, which is not supported.
#650691 (Bug #65055)
Swarm now supports additional browser versions: Apple Safari 5.1+
and Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.
#648677 (Bug #66005)
Added logic to automatically upgrade review records anytime they
are saved. This is necessary to accommodate changes made to review
records since 2013.1.BETA/629891.
#648653
Added .ico files to the list of 'viewable' (browser-safe) image
file types.
#648129, #648274 (Bug #66473)
The Swarm virtual appliance (OVA) is now based on Ubuntu 12.04.2
LTS. Connections to SSL-enabled Perforce Servers is now possible.
The supplied config.php file contains more default entries to make
customization easier (logging level, notifications to honor P4
reviews). PHP upgraded to 5.4.15 and is now available in the path.
#648004 (Bug #66467)
Swarm now supports a facility for automated deployment for code
reviews. When configured, a 'Try it out' button will appear on code
reviews so that reviewers can run the code with minimal effort.
This facility works very much like the automated tests integration.
You can optionally specify a 'deploy' url and can pass it
paramaters such as {change}, {status}, {review}, {project},
{branch}, {success} and {fail}.
Everytime a code review is started or its files updated, the deploy
url will be called. If the build works, your deploy script simply
requests the {success} address and includes a 'url' get or post
parameter. If the build fails, your deploy script can optionally
request the {fail} address. Including a failure url parameter is
optional but supported.
#647030 (Bug #66255)
Changed the title for the personal activity stream from 'Activity'
to 'Followed Activity'.
#646877
Removed the 'Re:' prefix from comment email subjects. They were
interferring with threading in Gmail.
#646335 (Bug #66376)
For Perforce activity initiated from Swarm, the Perforce Server log
now correctly shows the client as Swarm instead of P4PHP.
#645421 (Bug #66365)
Users can now associate additional submitted changes to an existing
review.
#645245 (Bug #65597)
Update the included P4PHP binaries from 2013.1/617119 to the latest
patched version (2013.1/644389), which includes a crash fix.
#642465
Added two links to the committed change on the review page. One
link is in the byline: '... committed 2 days ago in 54321' (the
change number is a link). The second link is left of the
add/edit/delete file count. Previously Swarm showed the change
number in this location, but it was not a link.
#640209 (Bug #65894)
From the Reviews page, Users can click the review state icon to go
to the review detail page.
#640072 (Bug #65935)
Swarm can now properly operate behind a forwarding Perforce
replica.
#639765
The Swarm trigger now tries to use 'wget' first, then 'curl', as
'wget' is more common. Also modified added the -o flag for
displaying its trigger table entries.
#639202, #639414, #639415, #639426, #647014, #647348 (Bug #65937)
JavaScript performance improvments were made to fix issues around
logging in and commenting when having many files expanded.
On a change with 20,000 lines of code, Chrome was taking 140
seconds to log in; now it takes under a second to log in or
comment. The expand all on that change was taking around 20 seconds
in Chrome, but now takes about 3 seconds.
#637198
Renamed comment 'close/reopen' to 'archive/restore'.
#636834 (Bug #64168)
A notice is displayed if there is no activity to display.
#636826 (Bug #66031)
Swarm now allows ticket based login for end-users.
#636565
Users @mentioned in change descriptions or comments were not
previously notified.
#634561
Don't send email notification for passing tests unless they were
previously failing.
#634313 (Bug #65893)
Searching on the review page is now case-insensitive.
#633930
Swarm now shows the 'committed' icon for reviews that are both
approved and committed. This is just one more visual clue that the
review you are looking at is committed.
#630853 (Bug #65040)
Swarm now has a new logo; ooh, ahh.
#620870 (Bug #65042)
Improve the layout for editing a Swarm project.
Bugs fixed since 2013.1/667767
#674403 (Bug #67464)
Fixed a bug where invalid email addresses could prevent valid
email addresses from receiving messages.
#673093 (Bug #67415)
If the change spec was missing the 'Type' field, viewing changes
was not possible. Swarm is now tolerant of Type not being present.
#673030 (Bug #67381)
Fixed a race condition when grabbing tasks out of the queue; in
some cases, two workers could grab the same task. This manifested
as unlink warnings in the Swarm log file.
#672407, #674413 (Bug #67397)
If custom triggers send output to stdout or stderr, it could cause
Swarm to malfunction when processing Perforce forms. Swarm is now
more tolerant of noisy triggers.
#672230 (Bug #67274)
If the Perforce Server was restarted during the lifetime of a Swarm
worker (e.g. a p4d restart), the worker's connection would become
unusable causing it to throw away tasks. The workers now attempt to
auto-reconnect to Peforce and they will only process tasks if they
have a valid connection.
#671840 (Bug #67299)
Updated the license validator to handle any command exception; this
fixes an error that could occur at login on 2010.2 Servers.
#671322 (Bug #67354)
Fixed a bug where Swarm's defense against ClickJacking attacks was
not properly enabled.
#671321 (Bug #67350)
Fixed an XSS vulnerability in branch name rendering.
#670131 (Bug #67309)
Fixed a bug where users were not being emailed notifications for
submitted changes against projects they followed (but were not
members of).
Bugs fixed since 2013.1/652715
#667718 (Bug #67180)
Noisy change triggers could prevent Swarm from capturing the number
of newly created changelists. Swarm now skips over trigger output.
#667713, #667741 (Bug #67179)
Certain empty fields in jobs (such as 'user') could cause a 500
internal server error. Swarm now checks for empty values before
performing additional processing on special job fields.
#665389 (Bug #67021)
Swarm did not show or diff the contents of Unicode or UTF16 files.
These file types are now treated as text and safe to show or diff.
#664119 (Bug #67045)
Swarm's enforce trigger (designed to prevent un-approved submits)
would occassionally reject an approved submit because of a subtle
inconsistency in how Swarm was writing review records.
#662273 (Bug #66963)
Login and other operations that checked a user's group membership
could fail with a 500 internal server error if the Perforce Server
contained any groups with a null id (ultimately due to Perforce
Server Bug #37630).
#661073 (Bug #66703)
The reviews page could issue an excessive number of XHR requests
against the Swarm server when loading more reviews. Fixed the logic
that throttles these requests.
#660074 (Bug #66886)
Fixed an issue where Swarm could produce a 500 internal server
error when connecting to a SSL enabled Perforce Server for the
first time.
Bugs fixed in 2013.1
#652570 (Bugs #64063, #65566, #65711)
Dates and times of committed changes and created/updated jobs shown
on various Swarm pages (Change, Changes, Job, Jobs, Review) were
incorrect if the user's client machine was in a different timezone
than Swarm and/or the Perforce server.
#652515 (Bug #65637)
IE10 failed to load a single file change if your page first loaded
with a tab other than Files, such as Comments or History.
#651899 (Bug #66551)
The undocumented activity delete action would not function when
using the -m <max> argument.
#651855 (Bug #66540)
If require_login was enabled, console actions would not function.
#651312 (Bug #66593)
Web-safe images were not being properly displayed if their filename
extension was in upper case.
#647388 (Bug #65304)
Branches with multiple paths did not map correctly into the
project's file's branch folder.
#647380 (Bugs #65525, #65555)
Filtering the activity or the review queue too quickly would result
in the toggled filter buttons being out of sync with the actual
filtered content.
#647349 (Bug #65831)
Searching for jobs using an invalid field would cause an HTTP-500
error.
#646245 (Bug #65581)
Logging in would always redirect you to the homepage instead of
refreshing the current page if the config.php setting
require_login=true was set.
#645363 (Bug #65053)
The changes pages would show up blank when navigating to them using
your back/forward buttons in your browser.
#645356
Made the 'already committed' change selector dialog work even if
the current change has no base path defined. Previously, if there
was no base path Swarm would report a 500 error.
#645338
Fixed an issue where the review state menu was inoperable if a
commit was underway. This was happening because Swarm polls for
commit-status every second and rebuilds the menu. Now, Swarm only
rebuilds the menu if there is new data.
#645255 (Bug #65051)
Avatars' height could be slow to render; Swarm now makes avatars
take up their proper space before they are loaded.
#642636 (Bug #65052)
Browsing history against a remote depot incorrectly would report
'no matching changes'; Swarm now correctly reports that change
details are not available.
#640153 (Bug #64605)
Email notifications would show occasional signs of corruption.
#638212 (Bug #66076)
Invalid UTF-8 characters in a Perforce user name could prevent the
add/edit project functionality from working correctly; Swarm now
filters out invalid UTF-8 characters.
#637913 (Bug #66053)
Swarm would not warn if the P4PHP extension was missing or not
loaded; it now displays a message with a link to the documentation
on how to configure it.
#637871 (Bug #66073)
Authentication triggers that outputted additional text could
prevent Swarm from processing the login correctly; Swarm is now
more tolerant of "noisy" authentication triggers.
#637643 (Bugs #65236, #65474, #65491)
Empty paths, embedded wildcards or non-existent depots in a
project's branch definition would cause an error at the project's
files page; these scenarios are now guarded against during entry.
#636855 (Bug #66021)
Swarm would duplicate activity if activity occurred after its
triggers were provisioned, but before any workers were provisioned.
#636427 (Bug #65632)
If the user's ticket expired, an error to be shown the first time
a page was shown after session expiration.
#635184 (Bug #65978)
Browsing files for a project produced 404 errors due to malformed
URLs in certain environments.
#634443 (Bug #64376)
Collapsing comments in inline mode wouldn't work correctly in
certain scenarios.
#633171 (Bug #65558)
Under certain circumstances with user auto-creation, new users
could not log in, due to the user form-commit trigger not firing;
Swarm now handles this situation properly.
#632803 (Bug #65567)
Swarm would incorrectly display a caret on the review state button
if you weren't logged in.
#632794 (Bug #65833)
The blame button would dissapear when using the view or download
button in the file browser.
#631059 (Bug #65790)
Plain text files were inappropriately syntax-highlighted.
#630180 (Bug #65549)
Line numbers could be duplicated in browse files view after
revisiting the page.
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Major new functionality in 2013.1 Beta
#623534 (Bug #63691)
If 'require_login' is enabled, anonymous users can only access the
login screen.
#621958, #622013 (Bug #60937)
Files and history of a project can be browsed directly from the
project overview page.
#619149, #622680 (Bug #65003)
Perforce commands are issued as the authenticated user wherever
possible.
Minor new functionality in 2013.1 Beta
#625175 (Bug #65033)
User can click the tests result icon on a review to open the
results URL passed back from the automated tests.
#624174 (Bug #65032)
If a valid user id is @mentioned it will now be included on emails
and, if in a review, added as a review participant.
#624156 (Bug #65002)
Authentication tokens are now required for the trigger script to
queue events to Swarm.
#624051 (Bug #65013)
Users can edit the review description.
#623812, #624003 (Bug #60925)
Only project members, admins or supers can edit a project.
#622008 (Bug #65034)
An icon representing the automated tests status is now displayed on
the review page.
#621443 (Bug #65041)
Jobs affecting a project can be accessed directly from the project
overview page.
#619330 (Bugs #65012, #64455)
Improve the review byline and avatar to reflect the author and
affected projects.
#619083, #624718 (Bug #64995)
Users can see all the committed changes associated with a review.
#618709, #619502 (Bug #63914)
Users can close/dismiss comments.
Bugs fixed since Beta 2013.1/627815
#629873 (Bug #65689)
If running a 2012.1 or newer Perforce Server, add project could
fail with a HTTP 500 response.
Bugs fixed in 2013.1 Beta
#625383 (Bug #65228)
When a user enters a malformed or unsupported P4 username, it can
generate an HTTP-500 error.
#623461 (Bug #63734)
Swarm attempted to display non-web-safe images, such as psd files;
restrict display of images to gif, jpg, png, & bmp.
#620292 (Bug #65069)
Reviews that were created upon submit by including the [review]
keyword did not show in either the opened or closed tabs after
being approved.
#618290 (Bug #64976)
Swarm OVA has PHP timezone hard-coded to America/Los Angeles. This
causes Swarm to show the incorrect time for events if the OVA runs
in a different time zone.
#618219, #624007 (Bug #64760)
The Blame button would sometimes result in an HTTP-404 or an
HTTP-500 error.
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Minor new functionality since Beta Preview 2013.1/614107
#617359, #617382, #617383 (Bug #64837)
Improving the already committed dialog. It will now load more
changes when scrolled, allows filtering by user and allows changing
the 'path' being filtered.
#616871 (Bug #64919)
If you follow a user, their activity now appears in your
personalized activity stream.
#616687 (Bug #64913)
A monospaced font is now used for input for the description when
selecting 'approve and commit' or 'commit' on a review.
Bugs fixed since Beta Preview 2013.1/614107
#617444 (Bug #64888)
Selecting Approve and Commit on a review failed to clear the Swarm
managed shelved change.
#616978 (Bug #64940)
The 'open file' button on changes and reviews lacked a tooltip.
#616305 (Bug #64895)
The example config.php file contained a syntax error.
#616258 (Bug #64941)
The unassigned filter on the reviews page did not work.
#614938 (Bug #62155)
Unassociated jobs could be shown on a change/review if they had a
matching component e.g. 'foo-bar' when only 'foo' is present.
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