Changelog Page: 17

Reduced SSL expiry warnings

August 19th, 2022 | Minor

This release reduces the number of emails sent about SSL certificate expiry warnings. An influx of SSL warnings were recently sent due to a change from the Certificate Authority. Historically, CloudCannon has used HTTP validation to generate wildcard certificates for all connected domain names. Wildcard certificates can no longer be generated with HTTP validation due to a decision by the Certificate Authority/Browser forum. The certificates which were previously generated using this method start to expire on September 1st 2022.

A number of emails were recently sent to add a TXT record to continue using a wildcard certificate. Since sending these emails we have concluded that only certificates on the apex (e.g. example.com) will need to add this record. A number of emails were sent for subdomain wildcard records (e.g. www.example.com) which should be ignored. If the TXT record is not added by the expiry date, we will fallback to a non-wildcard certificate to keep your site live and secure. We will be reaching out to individuals again with a follow up email. Reach out to support if you have any questions or concerns.

Fixes:

• Reduce emails sent for SSL certificate expiry warnings

Google Cloud Storage Buckets

August 17th, 2022 | Minor

This release adds Google Cloud Storage Buckets as a new DAM integration option in CloudCannon Assets. Read our documentation to learn how to set up a Google Cloud Storage Bucket with CloudCannon.

Also included are a couple of bug fixes, and visual updates to our log in and sign up pages.

Features:

• Google Cloud Storage Buckets DAM support
• Minor visual improvements to the log in and sign up pages

Fixes:

• PDFs can now be uploaded to document file inputs by default
• Better error messages when your save button is disabled in the Review Changes modal

Editor hot fix

August 15th, 2022 | Minor

The release fixes a JQuery issue where mulitselect inputs prevented editors from loading. Thank for contacting support and your patience with this issue.

Fixes:

• Editor loading with multiselect inputs as normal

Cancel build button

August 15th, 2022 | Minor

This release adds the ability to cancel builds when they are running from the site status page. Also included are a variety of security improvements and general fixes.

Features:

• A new "Cancel build" button in site status
• Changed CleanCSS to esbuild CSS minification

Fixes:

• Removing billing prompt for partner program users
• File move activities show the correct paths
• Fixed visual editing for .liquid files
• Upgraded JQuery to latest
• Upgraded websocket security
• General security fixes

Visual Editor performance improvements

August 10th, 2022 | Minor

This release brings significant performance improvements for live editing on the Visual Editor. We have also added resolution options for git conflicts, a cleanup job for old logs, and several general fixes.

Features:

• 2x faster live editing updates on the Visual Editor
• Added options to resolve git conflicts on pull in Source Syncing settings
• Added scheduled job to clean up old builds, syncs, and build deploys logs
• Reduced divergent branch conflicts with merge commits

Fixes:

• Fixed syncing errors sending multiple email notifications
• Fixed Visual Editor not loading when using custom CSS
• Fixed issue not saving changes to site publishing settings
• Fixed issue with select box inputs getting cutoff within panels and models
• Fixed race condition error when moving the same file multiple times
• Fixed error when handling files with a name longer than 250 bytes

Editor and syncing fixes

August 5th, 2022 | Minor

This release includes a number of follow up improvements and fixes from recent large releases. Thank you for reporting these issues and your patience while we resolved them. Contact support if you have any further issues or feedback.

Fixes:

• Fixed handling filenames that are over a certain length
• Fixed a number of minor JavaScript errors

Editor fixes

August 4th, 2022 | Minor

This release includes a number of follow up improvements and fixes from recent large releases. Thank you for reporting these issues and your patience while we resolved them. Contact support if you have any further issues or feedback.

Features:

• Optimized application payload.

Fixes:

• Dates saved in YAML are now correctly persisted in configured timezone rather than UTC.
• Jekyll publishing workflow no longer generate multiple saves.
• Sequential saves no longer generate empty commits.

Editor Improvements

August 3rd, 2022 | Major

This release brings our series of editor improvements and features to everyone in CloudCannon. After weeks of Beta testing and ironing out a few bugs, we are excited to bring this new functionality to users. Our release from Beta also includes several new features and bug fixes:

Features:

• Ability to edit multiple files before saving and triggering a build
• New save button behavior
• New review screen for unsaved changes
• Edit immediately after saving changes, even while your build is in progress
• Allowed editing of front matter on unpublished HTML files in the visual editor
• New option new_preview_url to set your preview to another page’s output URL
• Support for nested inputs in _inputs config (e.g. seo.title will select title within the seo object)
• Search added to our documentation using Pagefind

Fixes:

• Fixed regression in syncing file permissions
• Fixed syncing issue with large diffs
• Fixed syncing issue with private submodules
• Filenames are trimmed when files are created
• Empty collections with schemas allow you to create new files
• Fixed issues with the source editor saving invalid data/markup
• Fixed issues with uploading after saving
• Fixed issue where create routes used an incorrect file type
• Fixed issue closing split editor after being prompted to discard changes
• Fixed path issues around creating new files in the source editor with custom source paths
• Fixed issue with generated pages not loading in the visual editor

Beta Features:

Some features on CloudCannon can be turned on by the support team. These are still in testing and are subject to change. Reach out to support if you want to try these new features.

• Ability to write custom commit messages

Need more time on the old version?

If you, your team, or your clients need time to acclimate to the new saving flow and prefer to switch to the old way, we’ve added access to Legacy CloudCannon in your account settings menu.

Syncing improvements

August 1st, 2022 | Major

This release drastically improves source syncing. CloudCannon can now recover from errors hit when pushing/pulling with external Git repositories.

Features:

• New option to swap connected branches without disconnecting and reconnecting repositories
• External Git errors are recovered from and retried in subsequent syncs
• Resolution options added to source syncing settings
  • Create new branch from commits on CloudCannon
  • Reset to origin
  • Reset to a different external branch
• Backups include the .git folder allowing for faster recovery
• New branch connection UI
• Better source syncing and build deploy output logs

Fixes:

• Fixed button position for external repository site creation
• Sync history updates on failed syncs

Output Syncing renamed to Build Deploys

July 27th, 2022 | Minor

This release renames Output Syncing to Build Deploys and moves the feature to the hosting section in the Site Settings. Build deploys are used to deploy your built files to an external provider. User interviews identified confusion with which syncing to use (output or source) and we hope this clears things up.

Features:

• Renamed Output Syncing to Build Deploys

Fixes:

• Resolved circular reference error on visual editor load