# Discourse 2.4.0.beta8 Release Notes **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-0-beta8-release-notes/135183 **Category:** Announcements **Tags:** release-notes **Created:** [December 5, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-0-beta8-release-notes/135183 "2019-12-05T18:58:08Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro) #### Post date: [December 5, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-0-beta8-release-notes/135183/2 "2019-12-05T18:58:08Z")
# Plugin improvements ### Akismet - Track Akismet state for users - Bug fixes ### Encrypt - Bug fixes ### Assign - Add support for sending emails only when assigned by a different user (no self-assign emails) - Support filtering review queue by assigned user - Bug fixes ### BCC Initial release. See: > [@Discourse BCC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bcc-send-individual-pms-to-users/134721): > > discourse2Summary Discourse BCC allows staff users to send individual personal messages to several users at once.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bcc](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bcc)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157)Features When enabled, you’ll see a checkbox after having added two or more recipients to a PM: If you check that box, instead of one PM that everyone shares access to, Discourse will create 1 PM per user provide… ### Math - Update KaTeX render to v0.11.1 ### Translator - Add Vietnamese support with Microsoft translator ### Solved - Bug fixes ### Chat integration - Bug fix ### Voting - Bug fix ### Tooltips - Bug fix ### Yearly Review - Misc improvements ### SAML - Support for syncing moderator, trust level, and groups by SAML attribute - Support additional SAML configuration like frame width/height, button title, and more. ### Onebox - Bug fixes ### Calendar - Use new core timezone user option instead of plugin user option. ### [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) - Adds poll result query to support new core poll export feature - Bug fixes ### Patreon - Bug fixes ### Group Tracker - Bug fix ### Code Review - Prefer newer topics over older when showing next unreviewed topic - Bug fixes ### Policy - Bug fix ### RSS Polling - Bug fix # Additional Features and Fixes > **Click to expand** > > ### New Features > > - Add `topic_filtered_posts_count` attribute to web hook post serializer. > - Add hidden setting to allow `unsafe-eval` in CSP > - Plugin outlet adjacent to new topic btn > - Make site texts controller handle pages and locales > - Add timezone to core user\_options > - New API to apply custom filters to the review queue > - Support RS256 algorithm for webauthn > - Normalize the service worker route > - Block screaming frog SEO spider by default > - Introduce default application level rate limiting by IP > - Allow scoping search to tag > - Allow FinalDestination to use custom user agent for specific hosts > > ### Bug Fixes > > - Keep `ruby` & `rt` tags in html to markdown conversion. > - Secure Upload URLs in lightbox > - BufferedValuesString.split is not a function > - Prevents multiple jumps to happen with LockOn > - Allow for nil upload record when migrating to S3 > - Ensures the element is on the page before scroll with lockon > - Use filtered posts when determining the next page > - Add a component to all themes takes only active ones > - Move select components/themes to top > - Improve defaultIsAvailable > - Add filter(Boolean) and remove btn class > - Inbound link when the only slug available > - Don’t allow category slugs to be entirely digits > - Respect `enable_inline_emoji_translation` setting in titles > - Prepends whitespace when inserting via emoji picker > - Linting > - Filter readers avatars correctly when the post is a whisper > - Call the right method > - Guarantee order to correctly defer replies in review queue > - 500 error for missing badge grouping > - Hide pie legend when results are grouped > - Poll pie container was too large > - Do not autocomplete categories or emojis in code blocks > - Generate redirect URL correctly when using a subdirectory > - Handle none path correctly with three levels > - Ensures censor has always at least an empty string to handle > - Delay the ‘send\_advanced\_tutorial\_message’ job to prevent race conditions > - Optimize quoted images > - Add a unique index to developers table > - Fix typo > - Make sure the suspended status is up to date > - Adds data-topic-id to quick-access-item > - Improvement after code review > - Improvement after code review2 > - Use mapBy and filterBy directly > - Make Google Groups scraper work for G Suite users > - Cache failed onebox URL request server-side > - Mark secure media upload insecure automatically if used for theme component > - Serve crawler view to Google PageSpeed > - Correctly ignore/approve replies when acting on a flagged post > - Do not start the login flow when logging out from SSO/Authenticator > - Use dedicated Vimeo onebox for all video types > - Correctly resize lazy loaded images in Oneboxes > - Correct hostname in [vimeo.com](http://vimeo.com) > - Bypass finaldestination check for Vimeo links. > - Do not validate topic when resetting `bumped_at` > - Show updated\_at for invite sent date. > - Draft not clearing when replying to new topic > - Oneboxer.js infinitely retrying failed requests > - Improves recurring by ensuring DST is computed correctly > - Don’t error when the empty current value in dif > - The build; ran prettier > - Update site data when we receive a list of categories > - Only trigger upload ACL update when needed > - Show quoted images correctly. > - Be more tactical with replacing markdown chars > - Replace %20 with space in markdown file name for uploads > - When dismissing category inform via MessageBus > - Prevents exception and more duplicates > - Prevents timezone to show duplicated zones in preview > - Method names incorrect > - Always return secure\_proxy\_without\_cdn url for secure media > - Remove uneeded from discourse loader > - Aliases for require functioning > - Allow private media uploads to be reused in login\_required sites > - Replace this.get(“foo”) with this.foo to fix linting checks > - Followup to a8d58c3b > - Handle german quotes in discourse local-dates > - Mobile top topic list with a period and a category or tag > - Do not log if an invalid mime type is passed to app > - EventTarget error > - Add skip\_validations in one more place for narrative bot plugin > - Allow advanced tutorial when title emojis are disabled > - Use correct MIME type for theme exports > - Abort CensoredWordsValidator early if censored\_words\_regexp nil > - Amazon video oneboxes were not working. > - Allow secure uploads if global s3 setting active and enable\_s3\_uploads validations > - More `Promise` uses that were not imported > - For a single authenticator, do not interrupt registration flow > - Email excerpts for posts starting with a quote were displaying a username > - Turn off auto bumping for topics with scheduled bumps > - Parallel spec system needs needs a dedicated upload folder for each worker. > - ‘default\_categories\_muted’ site setting not working for anonymous users. > - Do not insert conflict rows into category user > - Automatically recover from bad sprockets cache in development > - Unable to remove required tag group from a category > - Errors when using tags with colons in their name > - Ensure load-more considers current position > - Better handling of Group model state > - Enter key should submit password reset form, not refresh the page > - PM glyph in user-menu should always be shown to staff > - We don’t need to refresh dates so often > - Attempts to be correct about dst when using recurrence > - A pmOnly tag should link to messages > - Don’t error CleanUpInactiveUserJob when user is missing > - Ensure revisions are made to store edit reasons and no reasons get wiped > - Support for `rake db:rollback` with plugins > - Include 5 participants in topic summary > - Use this.content.category instead of this.category on navigation-item > - Confirm new email with backup codes enabled > - Don’t show bots as post readers > - Revert mobile jump to last post behaviour > - SVG Sprite version hash should be based on bundle result > - Tag topic lists should pass on noSubcategories when building the top menu > - Tracking Topic State know about category\_seen\_at > - Need to require open-uri for discourse-narrative-bot plugin > - Allow importing themes with subdirectories in extra\_js > - Missing User objects in Utilities > - Failing tests > - Missing braces > - Computed is part of `@ember/object` not `@ember/object/computed` > - Allow forceActive without a customHref > - Do not strip nil string > - Do not deactivate admin accounts with recent posts or api keys > - Update quotes after moving posts > - Topic lists filtered by tag and a specified filter don’t work > - Tag and category watchers regression > - Better error handling for invalid locale bundle versions > - In case `@ember/object` hasn’t been loaded yet > - Do not skip some emails in user search > - Keep emoji images in group bio excerpt > - More missing RSVP imports > - Was using a native browser Promise instead of RSVP > - Use correct class variable to get notification levels. > - Remove magic numbers in notification levels. > - Update api\_key rake task for recent changes > - Return a deprecation for `Discourse.Session` > - Add deprecation for Discourse.NavItem in case themes are using it > - Ran prettier to fix build > - Alias modules that are required AND imported > - Count current penalty if it started more than 6 months ago > - Use ‘about.json’ endpoint instead of using ember model to get the data. > - Badge and user title interaction fixes > - Ensure enforce 2FA for staff satisfied by security keys > - Drafts are unique by draft\_key and user\_id > - Correct display of last used date in API key details UI > - Prettier to fix build > - Downcase SSO external email before checking against Discourse email > - Include onebox default options in development environment > - The internal position on the topic timeline is a scroll position > - Regression not showing excerpts in mobile timeline > - Use long version of month names in date formats > - Unicode group names encoded for url > - Too much blank padding in video oneboxes > > ### UX Changes > > - Prevent scrollbars on initial panel load > - Adjusts wizard step margins > - Skip leading spaces in selection when adding a link. > - Show group full name even when title is same. > - Do not show shadow on hover images on touch devices > - Show obvious message when backup restoration is disabled > - Adds hover effect on lightboxed images > - Rename ‘Hide results’ to ‘Show vote’ in polls > - Set selected scale to 100% if scale is undefined > - Make share icons consistent color for dark themes > - Increase fade on long sign-up form content for more evident scroll > - More obvious alt auth link > - Allow enter key to submit test email in admin panel > - Instead of total user count display only the count of users going to be affected. > - Adds +n indicator in PM topic list > - Add CSP documentation link to content\_security\_policy\_script\_src setting > - Do not add leading/trailing spaces when copying API key in Firefox > > ### Performance > > - Do fewer queries when converting posts. > - Cache static assets in NGINX for longer --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-4-0-beta8-release-notes/135183)._