V9.0.0-beta.7

Release 378

Features

• [#13103]Account request form: No need to CC the email 'Acknowledgement of Instructor Account Request' by @Ashwinn11 in #13116
• [#13102] Admin rejecting account request: give actual account in the email template by @Andy-W-Developer in #13118
• [#13105] Admin managing account requests: use spinners to indicate actions in progress by @Respirayson in #13135
• [#12872] Warn instructors not to share link with students by @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal in #13137
• [#13104] Accounts request form: auto-unify country names by @franciscoSavala in #13117
• [#12655] Instructor Edit Session Page: If make session visible is later than submission opening time, automatically default to opening time by @Respirayson in #13143
• [#12749] Autosave and restore progress if user navigates away by @Respirayson in #13140
• [#12664] - Instructor's Student Records Page: Accessibility issue for comment buttons by @NeoHW in #13155
• [#13122] Create cancel button for instructor request form by @NeoHW in #13156
• [#12375] Update phrasing of contact page by @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal in #13157
• [#13104] Add mappings by @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal in #13166
• [#13235] Admin -> account request management page: make action icons buttons by @sanjyot242 in #13252
• [#12508] Give respondents a way to reset a rubric question submission by @NeoHW in #13145
• [#12653] Copy course modal: Mandatory fields not highlighted by @AaronToh in #13411
• [#13472] Instructor session results page: Multiple retry buttons by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13512
• [#13638] Ambiguous delete button for deadline extension by @viictor1 in #13655
• [#13470] Notification Banner: only one notification banner shown at a time by @lthoedt in #13665
• [#12142] Recovering session links: misleading error message when CAPTCHA doesn't show up by @viictor1 in #13666
• [#13455] Allow real email providers in dev server, and implement SMTP sender by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13575
• [#13605] Normalize email addresses to lowercase by @PhoebeY05 in #13630
• [#13471] Notifications page: Add Mark All as Read button by @christinalegaki in #13687
• [#13066] Merge result table with pending account requests table by @AaronToh in #13619
• [#13787] Copy instructors modal: primary action should be rightmost button by @NurSenaKaraduman in #13788

Bug Fixes

• [#13109]-IndexOutOfBoundsException encountered by LogsProcessor by @Ashwinn11 in #13120
• [#12875] Some feedback sessions duplicated in student home page by @Respirayson in #13130
• [#12578] @ sign is shown as @ when viewing essay question submission page by @Respirayson in #13142
• [#12779] Fix notifications update logic by @marquestye in #13083
• [#12894] Calculate msq totals by student email instead of name by @itstrueitstrueitsrealitsreal in #13141
• [#13147] Didn't Account for the Timezone in Session Edit Form component tests by @Respirayson in #13148
• [#13331] Remove extra underline under whitespace by @mufaddal404 in #13332
• [#13334] Fix NullPointerException while creating FeedbackSessionData by @DhiraPT in #13335
• [#13338] Radio button selection syncs across Constant Sum questions by @twhjames in #13352
• [#11754] Instructor creating course: 'Institute' drop-down is empty if there are no active courses by @samuelfangjw in #13437
• [#13439] Instructor Notifications Page: Notifications sometimes show as unread despite being read by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13444
• [#13446] Instructor Student Records Page: race condition causes unnecessary data to be fetched by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13457
• [#13524] When copying from previous feedback sessions, unable to type more than 38 characters in feedback session name by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13525
• [#13526] Question details for text, mcq-single, rubric, and numerical scale not preserved when copying from previous session by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13527
• [#13545] Application crashes due to empty build chunk with wrong MIME type by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13549
• [#12679] Fix whitespace-only copied session name validation in copy modal by @YuF-9468 in #13564
• [#13119] Allow instructor account creation when email exists as student account by @AaronToh in #13629
• [#13656] Preserve hyperlink in plaintext email by @Nsohko in #13676
• [#13596] Saved text responses with trailing spaces are incorrectly displayed as unsaved by @Samarth07-ctrl in #13707
• [#12774] Fix feedback sessions not fetched by deadline extensions by @TobyCyan in #13727
• [#13590] Fix fetching and creation of session access activity logs by @samuelfangjw in #13779
• [#13594] Question incorrectly displayed as saved when there are submission errors by @samuelfangjw in #13595
• [#13777] Dynamically generated MCQ/MSQ options are persisted resulting in duplicates by @samuelfangjw in #13778
• [#13590] Fix logs not populating when not logged in by @samuelfangjw in #13785
• [#13552] Copy instructors from other course modal is empty when there are no valid courses to copy from by @Joseph1276 in #13770
• [#13586] Fix student edit form accepts whitespaces in team field by @ishani-das in #13783
• [#13710] Admin Search: Unable to expand account requests row by @BAIZIKING in #13786
• [#13738] Fix broken links without feedbackSessionId by @samuelfangjw in #13817
• [#12596] Instructor extending individual deadlines: table doesn't sort by team by @Gambit-02 in #13792

Code Quality Improvements

• [#13064] Use AccountRequestUpdateRequest as parameter by @Stain19 in #13068
• [#13228] Standardize the Naming Conventions for FeedbackSession Actions by @DhiraPT in #13229
• [#13263] Add null checks to methods in Student class by @DhiraPT in #13264
• [#13592] Enforce unit of work pattern for hibernate sessions by @samuelfangjw in #13626
• [#11760] Decouple deadline extension from feedback session update request by @TobyCyan in #13631
• [#13673] Move PR Request Checker script to a separate js file by @Nsohko in #13686
• [#13662] Add ability to set backend env explicitly by @Nsohko in #13668
• [#13682] Remove parseToEmail from EmailSenderService interface by @DuckyGuy in #13685
• [#13716] Decouple deadline extensions maps from feedback session data by @TobyCyan in #13728
• [#13717] Clean up usages of getUuidFromString by @eduardo-kurek in #13724
• [#13721] Refactor StudentData to have non-nullable userId by @samuelfangjw in #13736
• [#13721] Optimize ReadNotification actions by @samuelfangjw in #13732
• [#13441] Enforce uniqueness constraint for read notifications by @iZUMi-kyouka in #13689
• [#13718] Replace InstructorCommentsComponent inheritance with composition by @eduardo-kurek in #13754
• [#13721] Remove getCopyForUser in FeedbackSession entity by @samuelfangjw in #13797
• [#13721] Convert feedback missing response to a DTO by @samuelfangjw in #13798
• [#13721] Enforce silent deletion at logic layer by @samuelfangjw in #13799
• [#13747] Remove unknown properties from data bundles by @samuelfangjw in #13800
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V9.0.0-beta.6

Release 377

Bug Fixes

• [#13076] Account Request Indexing Script (@domoberzin)
• [#13081] Add CAPTCHA to ARF (@xenosf)

Other Tasks

• [#13012] Migrate StudentCourseDetailsPageE2ETest (@cedricongjh)

V9.0.0-beta.5

Release 376

Support Java 21

• [#12885] Update backend libraries versions, support Java 21 (@wkurniawan07)

Account Request Form

@jayasting98 @EuniceSim142 @domoberzin @xenosf @dishenggg @cedricongjh @ziqing26

• [#13009] Handle Duplicate Approved Account Requests (@domoberzin)
• [#12957] Foundation for getting by ID in account request endpoints (@jayasting98)
• [#12898] Add status and comments to AccountRequest (@jayasting98)
• [#12989] Create Rejection Modal for Account Requests (@domoberzin)
• [#12987] Add AccountRequest Rejection email generator. (@EuniceSim142)
• [#12975] Add Edit and Approve Account Requests functionality (@domoberzin)
• [#12982] Create Update Account Request Action (@domoberzin)
• [#12950] Update SearchAccountRequests endpoint (@EuniceSim142)
• [#12944] Create instructor request acknowledgement email (@xenosf)
• [#12933] Update Admin Home Page UI for ARF (@domoberzin)
• [#12929] Upgrade instructor request form UI (@xenosf)
• [#12927] Add GetAllPendingAccountRequests API (@EuniceSim142)
• [#12926] Add new account request alert email for admins (@jayasting98)
• [#12985] Create reject account request endpoint (@xenosf)
• [#13029] Fix reject email content (@ziqing26)
• [#13038] Add sort by created_at for getAllPendingRequests (@EuniceSim142)
• [#13030] Remove mention of home page URL from confirmation email (@xenosf)
• [#13007] Get account request by uuid (@cedricongjh)
• [#13002] Update ResetAccountRequest to reference by ID (@dishenggg)
• [#12953] Add methods to get an account request by ID (@jayasting98)

Student Activity Logs

@dishenggg, @cedricongjh, @FergusMok

• [#12938] Update GetFeedbackSessionLogsAction to use SQL db (@dishenggg)
• [#12914] Create Logic and Db layer for FeedbackSessionLogs (@dishenggg)
• [#12895] Create FeedbackSessionLog entity and cron job action (@dishenggg)
• [#12973] Update front end for session activity logs (@dishenggg)
• [#13037] Fix front end bugs (@dishenggg)

Bug Fixes

• [#13059] Fix Rejection Modal (@domoberzin)
• [#13058] Fix console errors (@domoberzin)
• [#13032] Check if account request is not created by admin before sending email (@xenosf)
• [#13026] Fix Overlapping Tooltip (@domoberzin)
• [#13027] Fix Approval Email Bug (@domoberzin)
• [#12984] Fix Account Request Update Search Indexing (@domoberzin)
• [#13023] Fix getSessionResultAction bugs (@mingyuanc)

DevOps/Build-related

• [#12930] Update liquibase configuration (@NicolasCwy)
• [#13052] Migrate committers (@ziqing26)

Other Tasks

• [#12992] Remove feedbackSession attributes @fetch annotation (@NicolasCwy)
• [#13016] Migrate instructor home page e2e test (@cedricongjh)
• [#13014] Migrate InstructorStudentListPageE2ETest (@cedricongjh)
• [#13013] Migrate InstructorStudentRecordsPageE2ETest (@cedricongjh)
• [#12940] Migrate FeedbackNumScaleQuestionE2ETest (@marquestye)
• [#12994] create skeleton for sql LNP tests (@cedricongjh)
• [#12996] Create documentation for unit tests (@cedricongjh)

V9.0.0-beta.4

Release 375

DevOps/Build-related

• [#12048] Configure connection pool using hikari by @FergusMok in #12978

Release V9.0.0-beta.3

Release 374

DevOps/Build-related

• [#12048] configure agroal connection pool by @cedricongjh in #12971

Release V9.0.0-beta.2

Release 373

Bug fixes

• [#12048] Fix account request indexing by @cedricongjh in #12967

Release V9.0.0-beta.1

Release 372

PostgreSQL migration

Datastore to Cloud SQL migration script

• [#12048] Prepare Patch Data Migration Script for Account by @ziqing26 in #12883
• [#12048] Patch account and read notification migration by @ziqing26 in #12884
• [#12048] Revert getFilterQuery for Account Data Migration Script by @ziqing26 in #12887
• [#12048] Add verification migration script by @NicolasCwy in #12890
• [#12048] V9 migration verification script optimisation - fetch ReadNotifications for account comparison by @NicolasCwy in #12905
• [#12048] Rerunnable Account Request Migration Script by @ziqing26 in #12932
• [#12048] Relax read notif verification for migration verification script by @NicolasCwy in #1293
• [#12048] Patch Usage Statistics Migration by @ziqing26 in #12889
• [#12048] V9 migration and verification script optimization by @FergusMok in #12896

Bug fixes

• [#12048] Fix get feedback sessions action by @cedricongjh in #12886
• [#12048] fix resetAccountAction by @cedricongjh in #12934
• [#12048] add delay to task queuer for indexing account request by @cedricongjh in #12936
• [#12921] Reintroduce AccountRequest search indexing by @jayasting98 in #12923

Testing

• [#12048] Add tests for FeedbackQuestionsDbIT by @dishenggg in #12781
• [#12048] Add integration tests for FeedbackResponseCommentsDb by @xenosf in #12849
• [#12048] Add deep comparison for entities in verifyEquals for E2E by @domlimm in #12892
• [#12048] Migrate InstructorNotificationsPageE2E by @yuanxi1 in #12906
• [#12048] Migrate FeedbackMsqQuestionE2ETest by @dishenggg in #12904
• [#12048] Migrate Feedback Rank Option E2E test by @mingyuanc in #12902
• [#12048] Migrate FeedbackMcqQuestionE2ETest by @dishenggg in #12820
• [#12920] Create script to migrate noSQL test data to SQL schema format by @NicolasCwy in #12922
• [#12048] Remove unnecessary loading of datastore entities in InstructorNotificationsPageE2ETest by @dishenggg in #12911
• [#12048] Migrate InstructorCourseDetailsPageE2ETest by @jayasting98 in #12908
• [#12048] Migrate InstructorSearchPageE2ETest by @domoberzin in #12891
• [#12048] Add integration tests for FeedbackResponsesDb by @xenosf in #12856
• [#12048] Add SQL injection tests in FeedbackSessionsDbIT by @jayasting98 in #12857

DevOps/Build-related

• [#12048] Add SQL configuration into build.properties and build-dev.properties by @FergusMok in #12917
• [#12048] Add SQL description for postgres config by @FergusMok in #12931

Bug fixes

• [#12693] Excess padding on edit course details component (@abdullahsohailcs)

Other Tasks

• [#12588] Add unit tests for visibility panel by @Andy-W-Developer in #12868
• [#12588] Improve test code coverage of QuestionResponsePanelComponent by @leyguan in #12867
• [#12588] Add unit test to rubric-question-edit-details-form by @cedricongjh in #12907
• [#12588] add unit tests for question submission form by @cedricongjh in #12897
• [#12588] Add unit tests to question edit answer form by @cedricongjh in #12935
• [#12588] Improve test code coverage of core components - ViewResultsPanelComponent by @techMedMau in #12918
• [#12588] Improve test code coverage of core components - ToastComponent by @techMedMau in #12916
• [#12271] Docs: Upgrade to latest MarkBind version by @jingting1412 in #12893
• [#12909] :Dev docs (E2E testing): update Chromedriver link by @nadasuhailAyesh12 in #12924

V9.0.0-beta.0

Release 371

New Feature - Datastore to Cloud SQL migration

• Entity Migration
• Action Migration
• Test Migration
• Data Migration for non-Course entities
• @EuniceSim142, @FergusMok, @NicolasCwy, @cedricongjh, @daongochieu2810, @dishenggg, @domlimm, @domoberzin, @hhdqirui, @jayasting98, @kevin9foong, @marquestye, @mingyuanc, @samuelfangjw, @weiquu, @wkurniawan07, @xenosf, @yuanxi1, @zhaojj2209, @ziqing26

Other Tasks

• [#12693] Excess padding on edit course details component (@abdullahsohailcs)

V8.30.0

Release 372

Bug Fixes

• [#12691] Instructor Home Page: Students dropdown buttons of the wrong colour (@SArora12)
• [#12676] Instructor's Student Records Page: Tooltips for comments (@yuanxi1)
• [#12675] Instructor Edit Session Page: Bug in Grace Period Tooltip (@nknguyenhc)
• [#12667] Instructor's Student Records Page: Misleading name for canceling of comment edit (@abdqudus)
• [#12611] Instructor courses page: other actions dropdown cut off (@Xiawanggg)
• [#12601] Fix deadline extensions update issue (@cedricongjh)
• [#12558] Instructor edit feedback session page: NumberFormatException when inputting decimal numbers into distribute points questions (@dlimyy)
• [#12580] Instructors Edit Feedback Session: Instructor is able to edit submission opening time to an earlier timing (@dlimyy)
• [#12574] Instructor edit session page: Fix custom visibility table overflow (@RohithSurya)
• [#12570] Flickering questions when loading session results (@blejkowski)
• [#12573] Popover appears in front of modal blocking buttons (@Mex7180)
• [#12561] Sessions page fix (@DamiGbs)

New Features and Enhancements

• [#12053] Per Receiver Submission (@hhdqirui)
• [#12670] Copying feedback session: mark session name as mandatory field when copying feedback session (@andreiyusupau)
• [#12659] When adding a comment while submitting responses, show visibility of the comment as well (@hallovera)
• [#12660] Student Home Page: Indicate default sort (@averheecke-scottlogic)
• [#12662] Instructor Home Page: Dropdown buttons on mobile (@Tejasker)
• [#12673] Instructor's Student Records Page: Feedback session panel chevron barely visible (@Tim-Siu)
• [#12623] add mouse hover and add dotted line to the icon (@Jiaqi093)
• [#12620] Set character limit on question description (@u7718594)
• [#12617] Instructor: Feedback Session: Mark mandatory fields for creating and editing session (@Ting-TT)
• [#12591] Instructor view session results (course-wide): Add separate button to download results by question (@MaharshiPedu)
• [#12567] Instructor home page: Improve display of card header on mobile (@Mex7180)

DevOps/Build-related

• [#12694] Update Angular to 16 and Node to 18 (@wkurniawan07)
• [#12560] Add a trigger for good first issues (@nagarajan-ck)

Other Tasks

• [#12701] Replace ng command in setting-up.md (@kevin9foong)
• [#12696] implement createSpyFromClass test-helper (@cedricongjh)
• [#12684] Update Documentation to include updating of snapshot tests (@cedricongjh)
• [#12672] Remove redundant newline in Development section of Docs (@pushkarkohli1)
• [#12627] Added unit tests for SessionEditFormComponent (@kenneySiu)
• [#12622] Added unit tests for ExtensionConfirmModalComponent - average coverage 98% (@MatheuMa)
• [#12638] Create Unit Tests for FeedbackMcqQuestionDetailsTest.java (@mhoualla)
• [#12626] Add some unit test in recipient-type-name (@ThomasGreen123)
• [#12609] Added unit tests for CommentTableModalComponent (@kenneySiu)
• [#12616] Improve test code coverage of CopySessionModalComponent (@Astrid641)
• [#12612] Add unit test for every method in CommentRowComponent (@ThomasGreen123)
• [#12604] Add unit test for every method in CommentEditFormComponent (@HarryLu33)
• [#12610] Added unit tests for ErrorReportComponent (@u7488099)
• [#12648] Fix accessibility tests (@weiquu)
• [#12645] Fix Failing Accessibility Test (@weiquu)
• [#12613] Add unit tests for FeedbackPathPanelComponent (@JYH11)
• [#12600] fixes typo error (@Technmad)
• [#12597] Added unit tests to CourseEditForm component. (@lunoos)
• [#12595] Docs: Clarify masquerade mode (@jasonqiu212)
• [#12593] Add unit tests to DatePickerFormatter (@dlimyy)
• [#12592] Add unit tests to datepicker component (@dlimyy)
• [#12590] Add unit tests to copy course modal component (@cedricongjh)
• [#12589] Add unit tests to comment-visibility-setting-pipe (@cedricongjh)
• [#12539] Refactoring of sortable tables - Student list (@domoberzin)
• [#12556] Refactoring of sortable tables - Extension Confirm Modal (@domoberzin)

V8.29.0

Release 371

Bug Fixes

• [#12545] Rubric Question Statistics: Handle empty weights (@jasonqiu212)
• [#12553] Instructor sending submission reminders: missing space between checkbox and label (@sgadkar2)
• [#12543] Instructor Home Page: Remind dropdown expands into the table (@rexong)

New Features and Enhancements

• [#12540] Instructor Course Page: Make "Show" group tabbable (@rexong)
• [#12546] Instructor sessions page: Empty deleted sessions table is not displayed (@mariemllr)
• [#12542] Allow header dropdown to be opened with enter key (@domoberzin)
• [#12503] Limit word and character count for text editor. (@rexong)
• [#12521] Instructor courses page: some items don't show spinners (@rexong)
• [#12426] Comments for Responses for Essay Question (@ellaella12)
• [#12493] Student home page: Make it easier to navigate courses (@Zxun2)

DevOps/Build-related

• [#12515] Separate stable and unstable E2E tests (@domoberzin)

Other Tasks

• [#12528] Update tzdb version to 2023c (@weiquu)
• [#12525] Updated development.md (@Rajdeep1311)
• [#12501] Refactoring of sortable tables - Sessions table (@Zxun2)
• [#12506] Add steps on how to use the masquerade mode in developer guide (@theKelvincode)