CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

v2.24.6 - 2025-01-24

• prevent mutual blocking of concurrent sync propagations

v2.24.5 - 2025-01-23

• fix retrying on duplicate key errors, log such errors using INFO log level

v2.24.4 - 2025-01-17

• bugfix: select the newly created/updated result FOR UPDATE in resultStart
• require the current user be able to view content of the item in order to modify threads in threadUpdate

v2.24.3 - 2025-01-09

• adapt threads-related services to the recent forum permission rules change + fix some bugs related to permissions checking there
• handle DB errors during token unmarshalling correctly in itemGetHintToken & saveGrade
• print readable values of expected JSON rows in TheResponseAtShouldBe() when lengths do not match
• fix a mistake in a cucumber step name

v2.24.2 - 2024-12-17

• add user_id into "request complete" logs

v2.24.1 - 2024-12-13

• fix: render item_id of unlocked_items in saveGrade as string

v2.24.0 - 2024-12-13

• return unlocked items in saveGrade + other fixes (major change to the propagation process)
• mark the title as nullable in swagger docs of itemBreadcrumbsGet
• eliminate data races when reading/setting hooks related to forceful retrying of transactions (used only in tests)
• make Test_Deadline stable

v2.23.7 - 2024-11-27

• log retryable DB errors (deadlocks and lock wait timeouts) as INFO, rework logging, introduce console log formatter, add req_id into every log entry implicitly

v2.23.6 - 2024-11-20

• make tests of app/logging cacheable
• use the latest version of Gorm from jinzhu/gorm instead of a patched version from France-ioi/gorm
• add even more output suppressing in tests
• bug fix: mark results of a parent item as 'to_be_recomputed' on items_items insertion
• fix itemAnswerGetResponse used by swagger docs of currentAnswerGet, answerGet, bestAnswerGet
• bug fix: use different named locks for the propagation command and for the results propagation

v2.23.5 - 2024-11-18

• db wrappers: handle DB request timeouts
• log SQL queries everywhere
• analyze SQL statement
• rework named locking
• add 408 status code
• test-system improvements
• do not run groups ancestors propagation in currentUserDeletion & userBatchRemove services and delete-temp-users command
• schedule permissions propagations when needed in currentUserDeletion & userBatchRemove
• groupRemoveChild & groupDelete: mark permissions for propagation properly, run only needed propagations

v2.23.4 - 2024-11-12

• make groups and items propagations faster
• fix/improve testing

v2.23.3 - 2024-10-28

• make all the services compatible with transactions retrying
• optimize the groupChildrenView service
• fix/improve testing

v2.23.2 - 2024-10-21

• rework groups propagation: get rid of the named lock, use more granular locking, speed up the propagation a bit

v2.23.1 - 2024-10-17

• increase the timeout on item/group ancestor recomputation to prevent error 500 on the authentication service

v2.23.0 - 2024-10-16

• speed up groupRootsView
• move ancestors recalculation back into initiating transactions + more granular locking during ancestors recalculation
• retry DB transactions on lock wait timeout errors (similarly to retrying on deadlocks)
• store the DB time instead of the server time in threads.latest_update_at and compare its value with the DB time instead of the server time as well
• do not close the response body in iSendrequestGeneric() as it is closed inside SendTestHTTPRequest()
• allow passing DB transaction options + pass the context for transactions #1186
• internal: introduce a new method database.DB.With(), rework database.DB.Union() & database.DB.UnionAll()
• internal: add missing call to testhelpers.SuppressOutputIfPasses() in integration tests
• rework time mocking in testhelpers

v2.22.8 - 2024-10-01

• speed up the results propagation and make it less locking
• introduce a command recomputing all the results of chapters/skills

v2.22.7 - 2024-09-25

• use even smaller iterations (200) for result propagation

v2.22.6 - 2024-09-24

• use smaller iterations (1000) for result propagation
• rework processing of results_propagate_items table
• do not close the db connection explicitly in the propagation command

v2.22.5 - 2024-09-19

• split the results propagation process into small atomic chunks

v2.22.4 - 2024-09-16

• add a config to disable result propagation completely
• remove parameter to the propagation command to disable result propagation

v2.22.3 - 2024-09-13

• add parameter to the propagation command to disable result propagation

v2.22.2 - 2024-09-02

• add a delay parameter to delete-temp-users command

v2.22.1 - 2024-08-26

• fix a bug: translation may be registered several times in a transaction, causing a crash

v2.22.0 - 2024-08-21

• fix documentation generation, and the doc of several services:
  1. In responses of invitationsView, inviting_user.first_name & inviting_user.last_name become nullable (they should be as corresponding columns are nullable in the DB).
  2. In responses of listThreads, participant.first_name & participant.last_name are only shown if the current user has rights to view them (similarly to other services).
• change CORS to expose Backend-Version and Date, and hide Link headers
• return the modified result data (together with the linked attempt data) in the format of attemptsList response row on success in resultStart

v2.21.4 - 2024-08-08

• speed up the itemActivityLogForItem service
• itemActivityLogForItem: fix can_watch_answer and how can_watch_answer is handled
• fix generateProfileEditToken, use loginIDs instead of group ids
• refactoring and internal improvements

v2.21.3 - 2024-08-06

• fixing doc of invitationsView (after change from previous version)
• refactoring and internal improvements

v2.21.2 - 2024-07-25

• update invitationsView doc as the invitation initiator may be null
• many refactoring and internal improvements

v2.21.1 - 2024-07-23

• speed up the invitationsView service
• many refactoring and internal improvements

v2.21.0 - 2024-07-09

• change of the invitationsView service API

v2.20.1 - 2024-07-03

• use full-text indexes for item/group searches
• fix 'reinvite' after changing group approval

v2.20.0 - 2024-06-14

• Service for getting a token for editing another user's profile
• userViewById: add whether we can view/edit his personnal info
• createAccessTokenToken: Limit number of session at 10 / users to avoid session spamming
• Delete expired token on session refresh
• Refactor existing and temp user session processes
• Internal: Add a stack trace in the logs when the binary crashes.
• Internal: Make sure the tests cannot be run on live database as it empties the database

v2.19.0 - 2024-06-05

• allow not providing the access token when the task token is provided
• save grade service: use score/answer token as auth

v2.18.8 - 2024-05-15

• make startResultPath and startResult use the async propagation
• bug fix: possible deadlock in propagation

v2.18.7 - 2024-05-14

• speed up the "get-result-path" service

v2.18.6 - 2024-05-13

• speed up the "list root activities" service

v2.18.5 - 2024-05-09

• speed up item children edition

v2.18.4 - 2024-05-08

• speed up permission propagation
• step-by-step propagation for propagations related to item ancestors and group ancestors

v2.18.3 - 2024-04-26

• improve performance for auth
• add more logs to track db timings

v2.18.2 - 2024-04-23

• improve performance for the start-result-path service

v2.18.1 - 2024-04-22

• improve performance of the update item children service

v2.18.0 - 2024-04-21

• fix nil pointer dereference when the schedule propagation endpoint call returns an error
• permission propagation is now split into smaller pieces to avoid timeouting
• all propagations are now scheduled so that they are run after the current transaction

v2.17.0 - 2024-04-04

• update group service: handle change in approval policies

v2.16.0 - 2024-03-14

• authMiddleware: explicitely disallow access if the token > max token size
• Get group service: add required approval info

v2.15.0 - 2024-03-12

• itemActivityLogForItem & itemActivityLogForAllItems: add can_watch_item_answer in response: whether the current user can watch the answer
• add "isEmpty" info to group member services
• update sessions database schema & parallel session logout (internal changes, no change to API yet)
• internal improvements

v2.14.2 - 2023-12-18

• make the request returning progresses of a group or user faster

v2.14.1 - 2023-10-18

• fix a bug in the item children service related with skills

v2.14.0 - 2023-10-04

• jump from v1.x.y to v2.x.y to match how we usually name this backend
• allow asynchronous permisssion and result propagation by calling an external endpoint
• fix: getItem service should return can_request_help = true in its permissions when the user is an owner

v1.13.2 - 2023-09-25

• allow item owners to request help to any visible group
• rename attribute name related with the request help permission in the getItem service

v1.13.1 - 2023-09-19

• small fixes, mainly to the doc, related with the thread services

v1.13.0 - 2023-09-18

• add can_request_help information into the getItem service

v1.12.0 - 2023-09-14

• fix services where ids were returned as numbers (instead of string)
• fix duplication in the thread listing service
• viewGrantedPermission: improve can_request_help_to support
• updatePermissions: allow non-visible can_request_help_to value if unchanged
• fix doc in general and for a few services

v1.11.0 - 2023-09-07

• implement request-help permission propagation
• improve / fix the services to look for the path to some content, add info whether the path has been already been visited
• fix doc

v1.10.0 - 2023-07-17

• get permission service: add can_request_help_to in granted permissions
• updatePermissions: allow updating can_request_help_to
• improve doc

v1.9.3 - 2023-07-13

• add parameter to the token refresh service to allow to create or not a temp user on refresh failure

v1.9.2 - 2023-07-12

• disable dynamic linking librairies in order to fix a deployment issue

v1.9.1 - 2023-07-12

• minor fixes

v1.9.0 - 2023-07-07

• forum: new thread listing service
• get-item service returns description for users with can_view=info perm level
• get best answer: distinguish "no answer" error from the access right errors
• get participant progress: do not return children if parents do not have results
• fix bug (crash) when setting a root_skill_id to null for a group
• add token to the get thread service
• hint request service: do not allow unsigned requests
• item navigation service: only return skills as children of skills
• inject backend version in responses
• get participant progress: add a started_at attribute
• access token create: create a temp user when no code provided and user is not authenticated (prevent 401 and so warning in browsers)
• path from root item: fix some bugs
• get best answer: return a success response when there is no answer (to prevent warning in browsers)
• get granted permissions: add can_request_help_to permission
• many code and test improvements
• upgrade to Go 1.20

v1.8.1 - 2023-03-23

• fix swagger doc
• fix migrations

v1.8.0 - 2023-03-23

• new service: all item breadcrumbs from a text_id
• forum: get thread service
• forum: update thread service
• adapt SQL for MySQL 8.0.26 support
• many internal improvements

v1.7.0 - 2023-02-22

• new service: get a task token for observation
• make items.text_id unique
• new permission "can_request_help_to" (for forum)

v1.6.0 - 2023-02-01

• new service: get best answer

v1.5.0 - 2023-01-19

• provide 'login' in task token
• add item type in granted permissions view
• add item type in itemBreadcrumbsFromRootsGet
• fix root group service that returned users
• limit item image url to 2048 char
• add type of invisible items in itemChildrenView
• merge item type 'Course' into 'Task'

v1.4.0 - 2022-12-09

• fix spec of updatePermissions
• add image_url to get-children service (and other services using the same signature)
• new attribute 'children_layout' for items, update get-item-by-id, create-item and update-item services

v1.3.0 - 2022-09-14

• new service: groupParentsView
• implement 'badges' parsing in the user profile
• fix: allow giving permissions to a root activity/skill

v1.2.0 - 2022-04-26

• list root content of managed groups in root content services

v1.1.0 - 2022-03-29

• fix how bValidated is "computed" in task tokens

v1.0.0 - 2022-02-15

• initial release, all previous changes can be retrieved through Git history