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🎉Ability to skip subsequent actions in a rule if there is a failure. 👍 Skip subsequent rule actions if the confluence or release page rule action fails. Useful when passing URLs to subsequent actions to avoid empty outputs.
🐞Ability to apply custom styling to TOC macro in PDF templates You can now apply custom CSS styling to the heading and entries of the TOC macro within PDF templates.
🐞Fixed issue with blank pages in PDFs when JQL section is empty. 📃 We resolved the issue of blank pages appearing in PDFs when a JQL section with a page break before or after it does not generate any data.
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🎉Now you can use version names in webhook parameters! 👍 We've made it easier to pass version input in webhook parameters! Now you can use version names instead of just version IDs. Use the versionName parameter instead of the versions parameter to pass the version names in encoded format. 🎉Ability to change the order of rule actions 🔀 You can now easily change the order of rule actions in a rule. Just drag and drop them wherever you want in the list.   🎉Ability to trigger a rule when a sprint starts in Jira.▶️ We've added support to automate rule execution when a sprint starts in Jira. Select the "Sprint started" trigger on the rules page.   🐞Resolved - issues with contents of account type of fields 🛠️ Contents of account type of fields were not reproduced correctly within ARN templates in some cases. This has been fixed now. 🐞Fixed issue where TOC macro did not work with empty optional fields. Previously, if some of the optional fields in the configurations were left empty, the TOC macro was not functioning properly. This issue has now been fixed. 🐞Issues with JSM portal annoucements resolved.🐛 Announcements that were posted on the JSM portal through the ARN rule encountered issues in certain situations. This problem has now been resolved. |
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🎉Discover contributors behind your team's amazing template creations. 🤝 Discover the creators behind amazing templates as the templates listing page now reveals who created or last updated templates. You can even filter templates with specific contributors. This allows you to further collaborate and get the most out of ARN.   🎉PDF templates supported in POST rule action for ARN PDF release notes. 📝 PDF templates are now supported in the POST rule action, allowing for the posting of PDF release notes to external endpoints, such as a Bitbucket repository, directly from ARN.   🐞Security issue fixes 🔐 Security vulnerabilities related to global templates in other projects used within a rule have been addressed and fixed. |
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🎉Ability to hide orphan label of a Jira field in sequential layout 😇 Implement an automatic feature that hides the label variable of a Jira field when the field is empty for certain issues in your JQL section's sequential layout, resulting in a cleaner and more precise presentation of information for your Jira issues.   🎉Custom variables for greater flexibility and customization of your templates. 🤩 Are you a team who do not use versions or sprints within Jira? Are you someone who is trying to create customized release notes for multiple customers in one go? Create super-customized release notes quickly and easily with the new custom variables feature in ARN. Configure your own custom variables and deploy them within your template body, JQLs, release pages, and widgets. Values for custom variables are passed during template previews or rule executions, enabling you to use one template for multiple purposes.   🐞Security issue fixes 🔐 We have fixed XSS vulnerabilities at multiple places within the app. 🐞Optimized app tours in ARN. ⤴️ App tours within ARN have been optimized, resolving the existing performance issue. 🐞Fixed issue with date picker fields in the JQL section. 🗓️ Fixed issue causing error when generating release notes with a large number of issues when using a date picker type Jira custom field in the JQL section. 🐞Fixed: Group-by field in JQL table caused extra spaces. ✅ When a group-by field is added to the table layout of a JQL section, extra empty spaces were getting added to the each row of the table. This issue has been fixed now. 🐞Fixed! Incomplete table bottom borders in PDFs. 🛠️ In generating PDFs containing tables, when a table's content extends beyond a single page, on the initial page, the absence of a bottom border for the table creates an incomplete visual. This has been fixed thus presenting a cohesive table. |
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🎉Performance improvements ⬆️ We've optimized our backend operations, reducing the number of backend calls and delivering a faster, smoother user experience. 🎉Improved default sequential layout in the JQL sections ✅ The default sequential layout in the JQL sections has been updated to improve their functionality, clarity, and purpose. This will be applicable only to the new JQL sections that will be created. Layouts of the existing JQL sections remain unaffected. 🎉Introducing Slack templates 🚀 We've made it easy to create release notes in the JSON format that works seamlessly with Slack's block kit builder. Plus, your periodic release updates will be sent directly to the right Slack channels with the POST rule action using Slack’s incoming webhooks. Keep life simple and communication up-to-date.   🎉Get email notifications on rule execution status and failure reasons 📧 You can now set up email notifications when a rule runs. The notification includes info on the execution status and failure reason (if any) of each rule action so you can easily keep an eye on your rules. Know more.   🐞Fixed - forceful page breaks in PDF templates 🐞 We fixed an issue with a Jira field that was leading to larger data being forcibly moved to a new page in the PDF template. |
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🎉Added! Troubleshoot instructions for email rule action logs ✉️ If ARN email rule action emails aren't being delivered to certain users, refer to the troubleshooting instructions that are now readily available within the email rule actions & email rule logs. 🎉💡 New feature alert! Manipulate date variables with various operators. We have released a new feature that makes it possible to manipulate the date variables in ARN templates. This enables users to use the calculated value in the ARN template for various use cases such as calculating the remaining days until the release date or a date prior to the version release date. To indicate the use of an operator in the date variable the following syntax is used: [dateVariable|operatorName]. This supports various types of operators such as remaining days, elapsed days, add/subtract days/months/years, extract date/month/year Learn more.   |
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🐞Issues related to confluence expand macro are now resolved ✔️ There were some issues with JQL sections, stats macro, expand macro, and page properties macro not getting replaced in child pages created through confluence rule action. They have been resolved now. 🐞Fixed bug: Tables from Jira field not rendering properly in PDF/email templates 🐛 A bug was discovered where the tables within the contents of wiki render fields were not being reproduced correctly within the PDF or email templates. This bug has now been fixed. |
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🎉Enhanced JQL customization 🔨 The JQL section has been updated to allow the simultaneous addition of a Jira field as both an issue field and a group-by field, providing users with increased flexibility in designing their JQL section layout. 🎉PDF templates can now have a clickable Table of Contents! 📖 You can now add a table of contents to your PDF templates! Simply specify the title, minimum and maximum heading levels, and choose where to insert the ToC macro. Your generated PDF will feature a clickable ToC with headers and page numbers.   🐞Rule execution log order and sorting fixed 🐛 The expected order and sorting of rule execution logs is now fixed. Similar issues at other locations in the app such as the template listing page rules listing page, release page/widgets release listing screen, etc. are also fixed.. 🐞ARN templates now reproduce new lines in version descriptions 👍 The version description variable within ARN templates now reproduces new lines added in the version description within Jira. You can add new lines by pressing 'Enter' or adding /n character in the description text. 🐞Security issue fix 🔐 A vulnerability affecting templates preview has now been fixed. 🤹♂️ Jira 9.6.0 Compatibility ⚒️ Bug fixes related to Jira 9.6.0 Compatibility. |
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🎉Support for SLA metric fields in ARN templates! ⏰ Support for SLA metric fields in ARN templates! This means you can now automatically generate reports that include the SLA status of your customer tickets. No more manual data entry or tedious spreadsheet updates - just set it up once and let the automation do the rest. Know more.   🎉JSON & Markdown template preview now allows you to download the file. ⏬ Do you wish to download the JSON or Markdown template output? An additional download option on the template preview screen makes this extremely simple. 🐞Fixed code snippet rendering issue. 🔧 Resolved issue with inconsistent rendering of certain code snippets in Jira wiki renderer field within release notes generated from ARN templates. 🐞Inconsistent font in wiki renderer field with bullet/numbered list ✅ The inconsistent font was observed when using a bullet/numbered list in the Jira wiki renderer field in the ARN template. The issue has been resolved and font size is consistent throughout the wiki renderer field. 🐞Bug fixed: Invalid links for the 'Components' field in ARN release notes. 🔗 Invalid links were generated when clicking on the "Components" field link in release notes generated from an ARN template. The bug has been resolved and the links now correctly open JQL search pages. 🐞Bug Fix: Line spaces in the sequential layout 🛠 Empty lines between two field variables in the sequential layout were getting ignored in the release notes output. This has been fixed now. |
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🎉Ability to sort group by fields 👍 The "order by" clause in JQLs now respects the sorting of "group by" fields as well. This means that groups created by the "group by" fields in the JQL section can be ordered in the desired sequence. Additionally, you can now choose where to place orphan elements of the respective "group by" field. This update provides greater flexibility and control over the organization of your data. 🎉 Introducing the App Tours 📣 We are excited to announce the launch of our new App Tour feature! This feature will give you a quick and easy way to learn about some of the great features our app has to offer. To access an App Tour, simply navigate to the help tab. From there, you can choose from multiple app tours and you'll be guided through a series of screens that will introduce you to all of the key aspects of the selected feature.   |
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🎉HTML template preview now allows you to download the HTML file. ⏬ Do you wish to download the HTML template output? An additional download option on the template preview screen makes this extremely simple.   🎉JQL input box changes its height dynamically The height of the JQL input box is now dynamically adjusted according to the length of your JQL query. This allows you to read the complete JQL query at a glance. 😎 🎉Now, use the previous rule action's confluence page as the parent page for the current rule action 📑 Now, it's possible to create both parent and child Confluence pages using the same ARN rule. Simply choose the previous confluence action under the parent page setting, and you're done.   🎉New library for PDF generation We are using a new library to generate PDFs and it does not require any installation on the app server. 🙂 🐞Fix for correct rendering of fonts for multi-line Jira fields in the sequential layout 🛠️ Fonts applied for multi-line Jira fields in the JQL section's sequential layout were not correctly rendered. This problem has been resolved. 🐞Some users were unable to access ARN app 🐛 This fix will ensure there are no duplicate entries for a user which was preventing certain users to access the ARN app. 🐞Improved navigation between field customization menu to add columns menu In the edit JQL section pop-up, users were having trouble figuring out how to return from the field customization menu to the add columns menu. Added a separate "back" button which makes the navigation simpler. 🧐 🤹♂️ Improvements to the markdown template ✅ The new ‘Group by' layout customization is now available in the Markdown template. Additionally, hardcoded styling for the status field and indentation have also been removed. This allows you to freely alter the template to suit your preferences. |
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🎉Improvements in sprint selector on template preview screen ✅ Jira API which provides a list of sprints associated with a board has some limitations & it always provides the list in chronological order. However, with the latest improvements on the sprint selector screen, you can fetch for latest sprints using pagination on the sprint selector screen. You can also filter sprints based on their status such as ‘Active’, ‘Future’ & ‘Closed’.   🎉Additional authorization methods for POST action ✔️ POST rule action will now provide more flexibility with two additional authorization methods Bearer token and Custom header.   🎉Template gallery for quick creation of release notes templates 📑 The template gallery feature is now live. Here you can see a list of ready-to-use templates useful for certain use cases. While you create a new template, you can easily browse, preview and use templates from the template gallery. We will be building a comprehensive gallery of templates that support a wide range of use cases.   🐞Fixed - Max JQL results (per JQL) setting ⚙️ Max JQL results (per JQL) setting set from the admin panel was not working properly due to some bug, It has been fixed now. Maximum no. of issues fetched in a JQL section and bar charts will depend on this instance level setting. |
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🎉Introducing bar charts 📊 Stats macro is now called a ‘Stats & charts’ macro. You can include a simple bar chart showing the count of issues returned by configured JQL aggregated over values of specific Jira fields. Read more.   🎉Ability to add page break in sequential layout for PDF template 📑 In the PDF template, page breaks can be added in sequential layout. Using this, you can choose to show each issue on a separate page of the PDF. 🐞Jira 9.0 compatibility 🛠️ Bug fixes related to Jira 9.0 Compatibility. |
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🎉Customization of 'Group by' fields layout is now completely flexible 👏 'Group by' field WYSIWYG editor is here. As opposed to the earlier 'custom CSS' approach, we now have released a full-fledged WYSIWYG editor to tackle the group by formatting. Note: This change is applicable only for the new templates and existing templates will continue to show the earlier 'custom CSS' approach.   🎉Support for sprint variables is here 🥳 If you use 'sprints' in your agile software development, you can generate release notes for your sprints created in Jira through ARN. Just like version variables, ARN now supports sprint variables in the templates and JQL sections. Plus, we have added the ability to trigger a rule automatically when a sprint is marked completed in Jira. Read more.   🎉Ability to insert expand macro in confluence template 🙌 The “Expand’ macro is one of Confluence's most popular macros. ARN confluence template now supports the ability to include expand macro. Read more.   🐞Fixed ! Rule actions triggered multiple times for version release trigger 🐞 There was a bug due to which rules with version release trigger were getting executed multiple times. This has been fixed now. |
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🎉Notification to admin while disabling 'run rule as' setting ⚠️ Admins shall be notified with list of projects which have active rules with rule actor ‘App user’ when they disable ‘run rule as’ setting. This will help admins to identify and disable such rules if required. Read here more about ‘run rule as’ setting and its impact. 🎉Now, create and execute rules from cross project ARN screen 📢 The ability to create rules and publish release notes from the cross-project ARN screen is here. You can create rules for email, confluence, POST action, and JSD announcement actions with the manual trigger. You can also see rule execution logs within cross-project ARN screen.   🐞Improvement in rule execution logs 👋 When a rule is triggered, entry for individual rule actions which are queued for execution, shall be seen in the logs immediately. This will give quick confirmation to the user that rule is triggered successfully. Status of individual rule actions shall get updated when they get executed one by one. |
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🎉Easily navigate to ARN in-project screen from cross-project screen 🧭 Many early ARN users would find it difficult to locate the in-project ARN screen and end up accessing the cross-project ARN screen. Now, you can easily navigate to ARN in-project screen from the cross-project screen. You have the necessary permission to access that screen.   🎉Easily navigate to ARN cross-project screen from in-project screen 🚸 Users can easily navigate to ARN cross-project screen from their regular in-project screen.   🎉Rule execution logs older than 90 days shall be automatically cleared 🗑️ Rule execution logs which can be viewed from logs tab, shall be available only up to 90 days. Logs older than 90 days shall be automatically deleted by the system. |
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