Funnelback 16.1.2041 release notes
Released : 7 Dec 2020
Supported until: Superseded (released only for AWS SaaS environment deployment)
New features
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Introduced support for per-client application tokens, which allow logins for applications / scripts to be created independently of administration users.
Improvements
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Added warnings to the administration dashboard when license limits are exceeded.
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Improved the admin API’s JSON representation of timezone and other date/time related config settings.
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Introduced support for higher-performance zstd compression in push document storage.
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Improved presentation of errors from SAML user mapper scripts.
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Improved performance of administration dashboard pages showing large numbers of data sources.
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Improved administration dashboard messaging when Funnelback server is in read only mode.
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Eliminated the use of jsessionid cookies when using SAML authentication.
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Product documentation links now refer to the hosted documentation which can be updated when errors are identified.
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Added user interface for enabling plugins.
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Improved administration dashboard breadcrumbs in a number of areas.
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Added client application tokens, an improvement for application tokens, suitable for use on the Squiz Experience Cloud (SXC)
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Added plugin servlet filter hooks, a replacement for custom servlet filter hooks, suitable for use on the Squiz Experience Cloud (SXC)
Bug fixes
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Fixed handling of missing originalQuery entries in search query history.
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Fixed preservation of URL parameters through the SAML login flow.
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Fixed broken funnelback_documentation search result template.
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Fixed support for access_restriction settings based on hostnames when Funnelback is deployed behind a load balancer.
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Fixed accessibility auditor to account for the removal of the legacy facet data model.
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Fixed display of default web collection file type restrictions.
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Fixed return key handling when adding web data source URLs.
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Fixed a number of cases of old 'collection' terminology usage within administration dashboard.