4.16.0 release notes

Known issues

Check the repository for the latest known issues.

Upgrade notes

Breaking changes

None.

UI/UX changes

None.

Highlights

Upgrading to CouchDb 3.4.2

CouchDb 3.4.2 comes bundled by default with CHT Core 4.16.0 and includes a multitude of improvements, such as:

  • Adds Nouveau, an implementation of Lucene, which will be used in the near future for improved freetext searching
  • Improved security by adding a new, more secure and more performant password hashing algorithm
  • An alternative JavaScript view engine, which has improved performance when indexing views. The CHT is not yet ready for switching to this engine, as the two engines are not fully compatible, but will be in a future release.

The upgrade to the new version of CouchDb should be seamless and covered by the generic CHT Core upgrade, without additional intervention.

Arabic as CHT language

The CHT is soon expanding its reach through adding support for Right-To-Left written languages. As part of the initial effort on this path, version 4.16.0 adds Arabic translations for Webapp, while the required UI changes for complete RTL support are to be added in a future version.

And more…

Improvements

  • #9303: Upgrade to CouchDb 3.4.x

Security fixes

  • #8338: Research increasing pbkdf2 iterations

Performance improvements

  • #9642: Bump changes_doc_ids_optimization_threshold for Couch 3.4

Bug fixes

  • #8626: Contact summary page doesn’t support svg icons
  • #9213: Admin app allows navigating back after logout
  • #9527: API logs error when privacy policies doc contains no privacy policies
  • #9704: Crash when loading tasks/targets: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘_rev’)
  • #9714: Targets report 0/0 for some users after interval turnover
  • #9715: Error when loading arabic language

Technical improvements

  • #9471: UI Nav Work Image Replacement - Contact and User Management
  • #9585: k3d tests frequently timeout
  • #9660: Update e2e sync to better handle reload modal
  • #9683: Add Arabic translations
  • #9686: Validate CHT Version on Docker Helper
  • #9695: Users API e2e test tries to run wdio commands

Contributors

Thanks to all who committed changes for this release!