Release 17.0 - Key Features
- Architecture Upgrade

Release 17.0 - Key Features

Architecture Upgrade

Migrated all per-edition database shards into a per-product consolidated database
Refactored tables/classes to better reflect their current usage (as opposed to historical)

Login Authentication and Opt-In Permissions

Login password now spans all editions
Email Opt-Ins now tied to login email address, as opposed to login
Email “Troop” emails is not specific to each edition

Miscellaneous Enhancements

COMMISSIONERS: Section Usage report is vastly speeded up (10x)
Eliminated “tenderfoot” role

Bug Fixes

COMMISSIONERS: Email invites were missing from the list of “Account” | “Sections”
COMMISSIONERS: Can't approve an all-day AAF on the day of… a scouter can *submit* it but the GC can't approve it
PACK/TROOP: Many PAB's didn't have checkboxes beside the SPICES names

Patch (2021-06-21)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

SS-3424: Added support for scaling of roster photo (for offline use) to avoid “browser has exceeded…” message
Added new REST-ful endpoints
eslint cleanup

Bug Fixes

SCHEMA: Found more unmigrated SQL references
SCHEMA: Cleaned up references to only API parameters in client
SCHEMA: Added live migration of server requests to avoid errors
SCHEMA: Added renamed files to service-worker manifest files
SCHEMA: Reversed date format back to yyyy-mm-dd
SS-3435: Unable to add qualifications
SS-3416: COMMISSIONERS: Bunch of bug fixes associated with displaying/approving AAF's
SS-3418: “Group by Year” wasn't working in some reports (e.g., Wall Chart)
SS-3410: Couldn't add/modify custom qualifications
SS-3437: Personal Events and non-favourite events were being excluded from per-youth rollups in Personal Journey Cards
Iterating over sparsely-populated list of collab accounts wasn't considering missing indices
SS-3444: Restored “view other schedules” functionality
SS-3442: If you went to Email | Quick Pick, and selected “by Patrols”, you couldn't see any youth who weren't assigned to patrols
Couldn't change the signup member grouping of unsaved events

Patch (2021-06-24)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Stop uselessly creating duplicate custom quals when transferring/linking members (was causing a “this youth has changed” message upon cancelling edits)
Eliminated misleading message box when deleting a member's headshot
Improved the feedback when moving/linking up members

Bug Fixes

SS-3451: Per-member cost overrides were throwing an exception
SS-3421: Problems moving up youth
SS-3419: SCHEMA: Awarded event crests weren't migrated properly
SS-3408: Bugs/improvements associated with the “Who's working on What” report when previous progression levels aren't complete
SS-3455: Multi-day events from other schedules were being displayed as single-day events (also affect “hello” calendar)
SS-3452: AAF: Getting a cryptic/unhelpful message when trying to approve AAF's from a different Group
SS-3452: AAF: Potential database deadlock on sending archiving message
Couldn't change “Account” | “Public Profile” details
SS-3445: Couldn't add “Important Date” events to the schedule

Patch (2021-06-28)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Adventure Teams now included in merge of youth/scouters
ES6 adoption in worker.js

Bug Fixes

Youth roles were listed twice
Home patrol was being ignored when merging youth
SS-3427: Tally credit from the previous-previous section could be ignored when merging
SS-3468: National Standing report wasn't filtering national numbers by edition
SS-3469: Can't edit draft AAF's when no youth attending, and emergency list appended
Removed dependence on database connection to email sending, to potentially avoid deadlock when submitting AAF's
Detect failure to create DB session, and restart the server when that happens

Patch (2021-07-05)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Parse the uploaded ScoutsTracker code version from the server request and record it in the presence record
Added remigration routines to detect/fix collided outing ID's
Removed Scoutcraft Skills 9.3 requirement (chainsaws) as this is no longer part of the Canadian Path

Bug Fixes

Unchecking the “Show other schedules” was taking you to the schedule picker, rather than just unchecking the checkbox
Approving AAF could misleadingly look like it failed, even though it was just that the request timeout due to HTML→plaintext conversion
Better handling of AAF's with missing attendees
COMMISSIONERS: SS-3473: Problems using the “Connect” button to access other sections' accounts
SS-3476: Could not create new section account with previously-unused email address
SS-3477: AAF: Initial creation of form could have problems selecting names

Patch (2021-07-13)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Vastly speed up email retrieval times
RSVP: SS-3489: Work-around for stupid anti-spam filters that do software clicks on all an emails links

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug selecting additional logins for a youth
SS-3482: Login failures after moving up
SS-1834: Youth's email contacts list display not being updated after adding a new login (i.e., required a refresh)
SS-3488: Wasn't processing batch email webhooks fast enough
SS-3343: A login's “can see private information” checkbox appeared unticked for non-admins, even when they had been granted that permission
AAF: SS-3490: Approval timestamp was showing submission timestamp
COMMISSIONER: Fixed a couple of issues with auto-generated AAF submission deadline events for events in section accounts
COMMISSIONER: SS-3487: Push selection checkboxes weren't ticked for not-shown sections, even if they had subscribed to the event

Patch (2021-07-26)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Use a semaphore to reduce the risk of StaleStateExceptions when discarding drafts (when a background save could be happening)
Shortcut attempts to update account properties if no login ID
Added “Copy Session Details” to Help, even when you're not logged in
Updated Stage 2 and Stage 4 pandemic text to accommodate slight wording changes made on scouts.ca

Bug Fixes

SS-3494: Do a sync before edit events or managing signup/attendance, to pick up latest changes
COLLABORATION: SS-3495: Group Commissioner Account not showing in organizations you belong to (and therefore, Shared Group inventory wasn't working)
IOS: SS-3496: Troubles signing in
SS-3512: Using cursor keys to change cursor position in non-allday multi-day events was giving the impression that it was changing the (apparent) start date of the event
SS-3510: First attempt to send an email when your email address wasn't verified wasn't actually sending
SS-3514: Can sometimes get an error pushing events to multiple sections

Patch (2021-09-01)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Prevented possible creation of redundant DbApi objects upon startup
SS-3565: Can change a “Friend/Family (youth)” other participant into a full-fledge youth member (e.g., Cub)

Bug Fixes

Prevented a StaleStateException on processing PendingSyncs
News Feed Post view statistics weren't showing
SS-3562: Parent/Guardian Consent Form submitted from RSVP landing page wasn't saving
SS-3461: Catch exception generated on older versions of Firefox and Safari were generating on loading (scaled photos)
SS-3566: Can update BCC login flag, and have parent records updated as scouter records (which then erroneously creates stub scouters)
As support, go to “Account” | “Cubs” | <some cub> | “Add login” and untick “invitations”. You'll get a warning message about unsubscribing

Table of Contents

Release 17.0 - Key Features

Architecture Upgrade

Login Authentication and Opt-In Permissions

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-06-21)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-06-24)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-06-28)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-07-05)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-07-13)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-07-26)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes

Patch (2021-09-01)

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Bug Fixes