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April 12, 2022

• CHANGE: Changed instances of `group member notice` in the activity log to `member notice` for consistency. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/tiny_working_tweak_change/90399574?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90399574,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1646337773435273153&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1646337773435273153
• CHANGE: Dialog confirmation wording change. https://beta.groups.io/g/docs/message/417

April 11, 2022

• API BUGFIX: The `/getevents` endpoint was returning events from up to 24 hours before the start time and up to 24 hours past the end time. https://beta.groups.io/g/api/topic/questions_on_get_events/90396206?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90396206,previd%3D1649687552342841852,nextid%3D1565042864990713926&previd=1649687552342841852&nextid=1565042864990713926
• INTERNAL: Upgraded to latest version of the Go compiler.

April 8, 2022

• NEW: `Updated` sort by option for photo albums. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/sort_photo_albums_by_updated/90306906?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90306906,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645853692856985607&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645853692856985607
• CHANGE: We have always ignored some calendar invite responses (Accepted/Tentative/etc), but not others. We now ignore all of them.

April 7, 2022

• NEW: Ability to view individual Group Sponsorship and Donation Payment receipts from the Account > Billing page.
• SYSADMIN: Switched the Elasticsearch cluster to use dedicated coordinator nodes, to avoid further issues with frozen data nodes not being removed from queries.

April 6, 2022

• NEW: When changing your account password, log out of any other session, as a security measure.
• NEW: We no longer allow email addresses from the following free top level domains: ".tk", ".ml", ".ga", ".cf", ".gq"
• CHANGE: Removed the daylight savings time information from the timezone dropdowns. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/timezone_drop_down_menu_in/90132691?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90132691,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645667331872832994&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645667331872832994

April 5, 2022

• NEW: Renamed the activity log `Expired Topic` to `Expired Hashtag` and we are now including the hashtag that expired in the log entry (new log entries only). https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/expired_topic_or_expired/90132725?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90132725,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645667331872832994&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645667331872832994
• BUGFIX: `Lock On Post` did not work if the message was moderated. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/lock_topic_after_posting/90193902?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90193902,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1645667331872832994&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1645667331872832994
• CHANGE: Add additional warnings/information to the account page where you can enable two factor authentication. https://beta.groups.io/g/docs/topic/2_factor_authentication/90245028?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90245028,previd%3D1649090604766253647,nextid%3D1610212090337060287&previd=1649090604766253647&nextid=1610212090337060287

April 4, 2022

• BUGFIX: We were not checking whether a user had permission to close or delete a chat (they must be the creator of the chat or a group moderator).
• INTERNAL BUGFIX: Fixed a race condition that lead to a deadlock in the webhookd process.

March 29, 2022

• BUGFIX: Directory search was not working. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/directory_search_not_working/90103794?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90103794,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1644642554941196704&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1644642554941196704

March 28, 2022

• BUGFIX: Changing a topic's hashtags would not be reflected correctly in the activity log entry. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/activity_log_mistake_when_a/90009571?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90009571,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1644537553988664952&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1644537553988664952

March 24, 2022

• CHANGE: When RSVPing to an event, allow up to 20 additional guests to be specified. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/rsvp_guest_count/90006079?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,90006079,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1644347917887341747&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1644347917887341747
• BUGFIX: We weren't properly setting the Cache-Control header for logged in pages.

March 23, 2022

• APP BUGFIX: On some Android devices, clicking the Admin sidebar tab would generate a network error. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/message/764
• APP BUGFIX: Use absolute URLs to fix viewing event issue with the app. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/calendar_links_not_working/89502636?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89502636,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1624477664290982113&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1624477664290982113

March 18, 2022

• DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history), [Members Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history).
• NEW: Enterprise groups that pay annually can now opt to be invoiced Net-30 instead of requiring a credit card charge.

March 17, 2022

• NEW: The download members function now obeys the user's date format when generating the CSV file. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/a_date_format/89844011?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89844011,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643940335806631747&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643940335806631747
• BUGFIX: `Upload Folder` no longer errors out if there's an empty folder. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/bug_upload_folder_doesn_t/89494410?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89494410,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643940335806631747&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643940335806631747

March 14, 2022

• CHANGE: Allow qq.com email addresses that consist solely of numbers to be direct added to groups. We generally don't allow those addresses because they are a big source of spam.

March 11, 2022

• INTERNAL: Work on improving the internal testing infrastructure of web templates and notifications.
• BUGFIX: Fix paths in notifications and activity log entries for files and folders uploaded via the `Upload Folder` function. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/31665
• NEW: In the Group Settings page, there is a new text field `Additional Payment Information` to specify additional information to be included in group invoices and receipts.

March 9, 2022

• BUGFIX: The activity log entry for creating subgroups contained an invalid URL.

March 8, 2022

• NEW: Locked groups now display a banner at the top of every page: `This group is locked. No changes can be made to the group while it is locked.` https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/what_happens_when_a_group_is/89625967?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89625967,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643063665495319946&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643063665495319946
• BUGFIX: People could still subscribe to free groups with 100 members via email. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/what_happens_when_a_group_is/89625967?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89625967,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643063665495319946&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643063665495319946
• BUGFIX: The emails sent when catching up on a followed topic were missing their attachments. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/manually_following_a_topic/89598281?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89598281,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643063665495319946&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643063665495319946

March 7, 2022

• NEW: For moderators with edit archive privileges, when posting a new topic or replying to an existing message, there is a new `Lock Topic After Posting` checkbox, that will lock the topic after posting the message. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/really_lock_a_topic/86720744?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,86720744,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1643042755757806163&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1643042755757806163
• CHANGE: Reverting an earlier change, locked topics can no longer be posted to, even by moderators.
• NEW: Enterprise groups now have the option to not send any emails when direct adding people to their groups.

March 4, 2022

• BUGFIX: Fixed mobile/app formatting issue with `Your Calendar`. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/put_add_event_and_subscribe/89550318?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89550318,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1624477664290982113&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1624477664290982113
• BUGFIX: The `Upload Folder` function in the Files section was ignoring directories and was just adding all the included files at the top level. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/bug_upload_folder_doesn_t/89494410?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,89494410,previd=9223372036854775807,nextid=1642788339259335128&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1642788339259335128

March 2, 2022

• NEW: Made group aliases smarter, so that they respect any URL path and redirect to the correct web page, instead of the previous behavior of always redirecting to the group home page.