v2.1.9

• Switches codebase to use Cypress for e2e tests #2593
• Refactors underlying image uploading infrastructure to use updated packages and have better error handling #2580
• Adds the option for private channels to enable a token-based join url where anyone with access to the url can join their channel instantly #2594

v2.1.8

• Hides share buttons on threads in private channels #2587
• Fixes viewport behavior at mid-sized #2588
• Fixes danger + flow bugs #2589

v2.1.7

• Implements auto-reconnecting on changefeeds #2566
• Fixes bug where user profile thread feeds would show incorrect threads #2573
• Cleans up styling and copy on thread action bar #2575
• Fixes branded login flow to skip explore step #2576
• Makes all textareas have automatic height when typing #2576
• Changes all log in copy to 'sign in'
• Refetches the community list in the dashboard after joining communities elsewhere in the app #2578
• Danger catches console logs in code #2581
• Danger catches new files that aren't flow typed #2582

v2.1.6

Changes

• Improves the experience of managing notifications across multiple channels in a community #2568
• Shows the total member count of a community on desktop view #2568
• More consistent (and smarter!) linkification across threads and messages #2565
• Further improved stability of the site #2564

v2.1.5

Small patch to the branded login page #2561

v2.1.4

Skipping 2.1.3 because I'm learning how releases work and I made 2.1.3 too soon.

• Adds signed-out chatinput experiment to increase logged-out conversion to signup #2508
• Adds branded community login feature #2538
• Blocks search engines from reaching alpha.spectrum.chat #2539
• Adds better error handling in Express #2540
• Adds toobusy handling in Iris for better perf #2543
• Fixes a bug where the API was creating two database connections #2545
• Disables Apollo Engine after encountering authentication bugs #2546
• Asks for Slack write permissions for future integration plans #2548
• Hotfix to resolve a bug where images weren't loading on production #2551
• Changes 'freeze' to 'lock' in UI and app terminology #2553

v2.1.2

Actually publishes v2.1.0 changes to production! 🎉

v2.1.1

Fixes authentication, ref #2547

v2.1.0

I'm labeling this as version 2.1.0, only because this is our first GitHub release after our internally-named 2.0 release in June of 2017. The .1 minor version signifies we're shipping a bunch of stuff in this update, and going forward we'll do our best to stick to semver to ensure we're keeping up with major/minor/patch semantics.

Here's what we're shipping this week:

• Fix linkification in messages so that strings without http/https will be rendered as links, and we track a master list of TLDs #2516
• Added Apollo Engine 1.0 for better internal tracing and setting ourselves up for persistent queries #2515 and #2512
• Changed how lastSeen fields are tracked on usersThreads to be more performant #2510
• Updated the way we badge threads in feeds so that New Threads actually indicate that the thread is new and unseen, as well as introduced a New Messages badge which shows up when new activity happens in a thread the user has previously viewed #2507
• Patched a bug where threads would show up twice in feeds #2506
• Fixed a bug where certain mentions wouldn't be detected in messages #2501
• Changed the styled-components version to not be so strict #2499
• Fixed a bug that would throw errors when constructing urls for offline mode #2500
• Fixed a bug where a user's name would be set to null when authenticating with GitHub #2497
• Hide the 'Join Community' upsell that would appear in locked threads #2489
• Allow authors to lock their own threads, but cannot override a moderator lock #2485
• Changed the way threads and messages are composed to sync the content to localstorage in the event of a network failure or API crash; this is further work to prevent content from ever getting lost over the wire #2483
• Fixed bugs where the unread messages indicator would behave incorrectly #2482
• Created a meta channel for community owners to share feedback and discuss community building; added links to this new channel in our welcome emails #2480
• Changed the copy of our weekly and daily digest emails to better stand out in an email client #2478
• Fixed a bug where direct messages might incorrectly get sent to the wrong thread #2477
• Fixed a bug where the pricing page would render poorly on Safari #2476
• Adds a new badge to threads when the thread is locked, to provide context to users without having to click in #2468
• Improves the logic for code messages where the content is persisted when toggling between code mode, and a triple backtick at the start of a message will automatically enable code mode #2467
• Adds flow linting for stricter development correctness #2465
• Adds a global error fallback screen in case the entire app crashes #2463
• Improves the formatting of multiline messages #2462
• Removes the 'No messages yet' placeholder on locked threads with no messages #2457
• Fixed a small visual bug that would cause thread views to have a slight horizontal overflow on mobile #2456
• Prevent users from sending messages or creating threads when offline or when disconnected from the API, accompanied by visual indicators of online/offline/reconnecting states #2453