GitHub Spotlight: 3/20/2025

Here’s what’s new in Rock’s GitHub for Pre-Alpha Release v18.0.2, released on 3/20/2025.

16.10 Highlights

v16.10 was released as the latest secured version on March 13, 2025. See the Release Notes for complete details.

17.0 Highlights

v17.0 was released in Alpha on March 4, 2025. See the Release Notes for complete details.

1. Added a new System Configuration setting to set a trace level for Observability to record only the top-level activities.
2. Fixed a bug in the Workflow Entry Form block that prevented the Race and Ethnicity selections from being updated to the person's profile.
3. Issue 6221 Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Family Preregistration block where the potential visit date field did not respect the viewer’s browser date culture settings.
4. Issue 6252 Fixed a bug in the Sign-up Overview block where the participant count was incorrect when multiple groups had the exact location and schedule.
5. Issue 6191 Fixed a bug in the Sign-Up Detail block where the project type fields in the Communication tab were hidden due to the project type's security settings, preventing those with the Staff security role from viewing them.
6. Issue 6235 Fixed a bug in the Workflow Type Detail block where an exception was thrown instead of a messaging warning that a workflow action didn’t have an Action Type set.

17.1 Highlights

1. Issue 6153 Fixed an issue in the Communication Wizard block where the "From Name" And "From Address" couldn’t handle some lava objects, such as the Person object.
2. Issue 6170 Fixed a bug in the Registration Instance Send Payment Reminder page that disabled the export to Excel grid functionality.
3. Issue 6176 Fixed a bug in the Registration Entry block where registrations were linked to the wrong campus if the registration URL did not include a slug.
4. Issue 6179 Fixed a bug in the Content Channel Item View block where the parent breadcrumb link was broken, resulting in a ‘Page Not Found’ error.
5. Issue 6192 Fixed a bug where the optional campusids parameter did not properly filter the Event Calendar feed by the specified campus(es).
6. Issue 6201 Fixed a bug in the Send Following Event service job where it stopped running without an exception if the following items were deleted.
7. Issue 6225 Fixed a bug in the Giving Configuration block where the wrong pledge was selected when attempting to edit or delete a pledge.
8. Issue 6229 Fixed a bug in the Registration Instance Navigation block where the Display When page setting was ignored, making internal pages that should be hidden visible to all staff.
9. Issue 6234 Fixed a bug in the Workflow Type Detail block where the workflow action selection dropdown was clipped short immediately after editing a workflow form field's conditional logic.
10. Issue 6207 Fixed a bug in the Communication Entry Wizard where macOS Next and Previous keyboard shortcuts didn’t work.
11. Issue 6181 Fixed a bug in the Categories block where the categories did not appear when there were values for the Qualifier Field/Value.

Mobile

1. Issue 6145 A new feature was added to the Group Scheduling Signup and Group Scheduling Toolbox block to send optional email notifications to the group coordinator when an individual signs up or when the scheduling invitation has been accepted or declined