Review Board 8.1 Release Notes¶

Diff Viewer¶

• Fixed errors expanding collapsed chunks in some interdiffs.

• Fixed a bug where comment fragments for interdiffs of newly-added files would only show the modified side of the diff.

Forgejo¶

• Fixed authenticating against Forgejo servers. (Bug #5069)

• Fixed re-authentication after editing credentials.

SSL/TLS Certificates¶

• Fixed migrating certificates that were stored by older versions of Review Board to the modern certificate store.

Service Accounts¶

Service accounts represent special managed users used for automations and integrations. They can perform operations through the Review Board API, but cannot otherwise log in, and do not take a seat on the license.

These are ideal for extensions and integrations that need to:

• Associate data (such as reviews, comments, or review requests) with a managed user account rather than a real user.

• Manage API tokens for a service that communicates with Review Board.

See the documentation for guidance on how to create and register service accounts.

Certificate-aware HTTPS requests¶

A new reviewboard.certs.http module provides certificate-aware HTTPS support for extensions:

• urlopen() is a drop-in replacement for urllib.request.urlopen(). When communicating over HTTPS, it builds a suitable SSL context from Review Board’s certificate store.

• CertificateVerificationHTTPSHandler can be used directly when you need to build your own URL opener.

CertificateManager.build_urlopen_kwargs() is now deprecated in favor of the above, and will be removed in Review Board 10.

Client API tokens¶

WebAPITokenManager.get_or_create_client_token() now allows for more customization of the token, supporting:

• local_site:

  For filtering and creating tokens on a Local Site.

• default_extra_data:

  For setting extra data on the token.

• default_policy:

  For setting a policy on newly-created tokens.

• min_validity_secs:

  For specifying the minimum amount of time an existing token must still be valid in order to be returned.

• ignore_deprecated:

  For ignoring any deprecated existing tokens.

Confetti Animation¶

RB.ConfettiView() can be used to add a bit of whimsy to a page in the form of a shotgun spread of colorful confetti.

Actions¶

• Fixed breakages with legacy actions written for Review Board 7 and earlier.

  The actions framework was rewritten in Review Board 8, and actions built the old way could potentially break. Legacy actions are supported through their deprecation period, and now once again render correctly.

  It’s recommended to port over to the new actions framework.