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  • Review Board 2.5.5 released

    May 18, 2016

    We have a new release for you all today that introduces a couple of new features and fixes some important bugs. In particular, if you're a PostgreSQL user and are running an earlier 2.5.x release, you'll want to upgrade today.

    Here are some of the highlights:

    Improved Codebase HQ support

    We've enhanced our support for repositories hosted on Codebase, adding on Mercurial and Subversion support, along with improving support for Git. If you use Codebase already, you'll be prompted to supply new credentials the next time you create or edit a repository.

    PostgreSQL diff condensing improvements

    A critical defect was found in the condensediffs command when being run against a PostgreSQL database that could cause data loss. This was introduced in 2.5. We haven't received any reports to date about data loss, but have witnessed it in-house. If you're using 2.5.x on PostgreSQL, please update immediately.

    Usability regression fixes

    There's also a fix for a usability regression introduced in a previous release for the Review Groups configuration page. The user membership selector was replaced with a text field containing internal database IDs for users. This was based on an attempt to work around a performance defect on very large servers. We've reverted back to the user selector for this release, and will be introducing a new selector that increases usability and fixes performance problems in a future 2.5.x release.

    If this was a problem for you, and you are not bitten by the PostgreSQL bug, you may want to stay on 2.5.4 for now.

    E-mails for API tokens

    In order to enhance security and help with audit trails, we've introduced e-mail notifications when creating, deleting, or modifying API tokens. If someone manages to gain access to your account and create an API token, or tricks you into creating one in some way, you'll be notified.

    There's also a handful of other fixes. See the release notes for all the details.

    Keep up with the latest Review Board releases, security updates, and helpful information.

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