Release Notes | Rock RMS

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New Features

1,012

Improvements

1,361

Bug Fixes

1,966

Rock v16.5 Released April 17, 2024 (Currently in Alpha)

CMS v16.5

Added a new Theme model for storing information about themes. This initially will not be shown in the UI, but is being added now to support future features.

Communication v16.5

Fixed an issue where Group Scheduler SMS confirmations and reminders do not show in communication history. Fixes: #5799
Fixed Issue of Send Test feature in System Communication Preview block failing to revert the test email back to the original email. Fixes: #5814

Connection v16.5

Fixed issue where updating a system activity on a connection request resulted in an exception.
Fixed an issue where Connection Requests are sometimes unable to be deleted within List view mode. Fixes: #5720

Core v16.5

Fixed issues with incomplete Obsidian Attributes block by migrating the new v17 version back to v16. Fixes: #5794
Fixed the Location Picker to preserve the selected value on postback. Fixes: #5821
Fixed the Obsidian DateTimePicker to correctly handle DST boundary dates. Fixes: #5801
Updated FirstNameTextBox control to prevent form submission when validation fails. Fixes: #5810

CRM v16.5

Fixed a bug that would show an incorrect alert message when editing a family's Record Status even though there are no deceased people in the family. Fixes: #5802
Updated and consolidated the Gender settings in the PublicProfileEdit block and changed "unknown" to an empty value in a drop-down list when a Gender value is not required.

Finance v16.5

Fixed an issue that could result in users being able to attempt duplicate transactions using the Transaction Entry V2 block if recording the transaction in Rock takes a very long time.

Group v16.5

Fixed Obsidian Group Attendance Detail block to properly display custom schedules with specific dates. Fixes: #5797

Lava v16.5

Fixed issue of Sum Filter in Lava throwing exception for empty input. Fixes: #5833
Fixed the WorkflowActivate command to correctly process the ActivityType parameter. Fixes: #5830

Mobile v16.5

Added Smart Search, a refined search experience that allows switching of components.
Added Content Collection View block, an intuitive, customizable and fast way to search across content sources.

Reporting v16.5

Fixed the Line Chart block to correctly process page context settings for Metric partitions with no Entity Type. Fixes: #5834

Security v16.5

Improved Security.

Workflow v16.5

Fixed issue with Form Builder not updating the preview UI when editing fields. Fixes: #5835

Rock v16.4 Released April 9, 2024

CMS v16.4

Added the ability to add context filters to the Content Channel View block.
Added a new feature to provide Interaction intents.
Added option to GetImage.ashx that allows disabling resizing by added disableoptimizations=true to the query string. This allows a CDN or image optimization service to do the resizing. Without this the query string parameters for resizing will often conflict causing both Rock and the CDN to resize and optimize the file.
Fixed issue where custom site icons on the internal portal would spill out of their container when on mobile with the main menu open.
Fixed a bug where some legacy controls can unintentionally change the theme for the internal site. Fixes: #5206
Fixed an issue where the Media Player Lava Shortcode can fail to show a video's thumbnail on Apple devices. Fixes: #5753
Fixed an issue where remote authorization prompt message could not be removed on Login Block. Fixes: #5423
Fixed Obsidian page Short Link Detail block to honor Token Length. Fixes: #5775
Fixed an issue where breadcrumbs would sometimes provide incorrect links to parent Pages. Fixes: #5765
Fixed Persisted Dataset Detail refresh interval unit save issue. Fixes: #5795

Check-in v16.4

Fixed an issue where Check-in Schedules can be processed out of order, causing Group and Location options to be skipped when "Use Same Service Options" is enabled within Check-in configuration. Fixes: #5202
Fixed an issue where the first Location is always preselected when a Group's Scheduling is set to "Pre-select Group if Scheduled," even when the Person is not scheduled for the first Location in the list. Fixes: #4966

Communication v16.4

Added the ability to filter the recipient detail's communication history by campus on the Communication Detail block.
Fixed issue with permissions on Snippets not saving when set by the Snippet List block. Fixes: #5761
Fixed an issue where the "Email Send" Workflow Action can attribute the wrong sender to a Communication History when multiple Person records in Rock share the same email address. Fixes: #5456

Connection v16.4

Fixed issue with Connection Request Detail block where the page had to be reloaded to reflect changes after clicking Connect. Fixes: #5762
Fixed an issue where the activities list of Connection Requests did not show activities from the requester's other aliases. Fixes: #5759
Fixed an issue where the Connections board was not showing configured completion statuses for completed workflows. Fixes: #5658

Core v16.4

Updated Family Analytics Giving and Family Analytics EraDataset to exclude archived groups and group members in their calculations. Fixes: #5766
Updated Observability so it won't log full SQL query text unless enabled in settings.
Updated the Save button in Obsidian Detail blocks to show a loading indicator while waiting for the data to be saved. Fixes: #5661
Updated ResolveRockUrl in RockMasterPage to fix exception that encounters the illegal character in the path. Fixes: #4436
Fixed an issue with the 'Defined Value' Field Type not allowing multiple selections. Fixes: #5714
Fixed error in Obsidian blocks if script end tag was included in the block initialization data. Fixes: #5781
Fixed an issue where Defined Value Attributes are not saved within Obsidian blocks when configured for multiple values and enhanced for long lists. Fixes: #5798
Fixed an issue where the Max Documents Per Entity setting in the Document Type configuration was not being applied correctly. Fixes: #5793

CRM v16.4

Fixed a bug in Bulk Update where "Enhanced for Long Lists" dropdowns would not be enabled on selection. Fixes: #5491
Fixed issue with the Bulk Update block that allowed users without the right authorization to a group type to edit groups belonging to that type. Fixes: #5749
Fixed issue with Family Pre-Registration where the address record was sometimes not saved as expected even if validation rules were met. Fixes: #5739
A bug was corrected involving correcting data for the SparkData/National Change of Address (NCOA) feature.

Engagement v16.4

Fixed an issue where the Sign-Up Detail block did not set the page title when the "Set Page Title" block setting was enabled. Fixes: #5717
Improved Sign-Ups Finder block to allow finer-grained control over the Campuses displayed within search filters, as well as the option to hide Campuses with no Sign-Up Opportunities.
Improved Sign-Ups to support Member Attributes and Member Opportunity Attributes that can be presented by the Sign-Up Register block when operating in "Anonymous" mode.

Event v16.4

Modified the calendar export to improve support for specific date schedules in Microsoft/Google/Apple calendar applications. Fixes: #5150
Updated the Event Registration Email Templates to not send the Additional Confirmation Details if all the registrants are in wait list. Fixes: #5747
Fixed issue of Signature Document List throwing Null Reference Exception if Binary File happens to be deleted. Fixes: #5804
Fixed issue where a first time attendance might not be launched when checking into multiple schedules at the same time. Fixes: #5184
Fixed an issue with the Registration Entry block where the 'Use a different card' option failed to display the credit card entry form. Fixes: #5760
Fixed an issue with the Obsidian Registration Entry block where inactive Registration fees are not included for Registrants who were originally registered at a time when the fees were active. Fixes: #5776
Fixed issue where using a Matrix Field Type as a calendar event attribute resulted in an error when editing an event item. Fixes: #5305

Finance v16.4

Fixed an issue causing excessive Chromium processes and PDF generation failure when generating a high volume of contribution statements. Fixes: #5736
Fixed an issue where the Transaction Matching block can present Transactions out of order. Fixes: #5676
Fixed Utility Payment Entry to respect the Account Campus Context block setting. Fixes: #5782
Fixed issue with Giving Overview block where data from custom accounts were not displayed. Fixes: #5690
Fixed an issue where a financial statement's Pledge Percent Completed would try to divide by zero. Fixes: #5721
Added a more appropriate response message to users when a Text to Give transaction fails to process. This response may be configured on the "Give" action in the SMS pipeline.
Improved Text-to-Give to notify giver if their transaction fails due to a problem during the charge process. You must configure the Charge Future Transactions job to set the SMS From number you wish to use for these SMS notifications.

Group v16.4

Fixed an issue where the Rapid Attendance Entry block does not fall back to using the selected Location's Campus for an Attendance record when the selected Group doesn't have a Campus assigned. Fixes: #5772
Fixed an issue where the legacy Group Scheduler block handles schedule exclusions unexpectedly. Fixes: #5692
Fixed an issue where selecting a Root Group in the Group List block settings under Add Group caused unexpected behavior, filtering only to the selected group or one level below, instead of displaying all groups under the Root. Fixes: #5735
Fixed a bug with group scheduling not honoring group leader overrides of group requirements. Fixes: #5733
Fixed issue with the GroupList block that caused an error when sorting by Role. Fixes: #5734
Fixed a bug that prevented the Group Registration block's "Prevent Overcapacity Registrations" feature from working properly. Fixes: #5784
Added a Person filter to the Obsidian Group Scheduler's "Select Individuals" list, to enable searching for people by name.

Mobile v16.4

Updated the Onboard Person block to validate usernames using the Valid Username Regular Expression global attribute. Prior to this fix, invalid usernames (e.g., usernames containing spaces) were allowed to be created. Fixes: #5767

Reporting v16.4

Added two new Post-filter Transformations for transforming a data view into a list of people who "can be checked-in" by the people in the Data View pre-transformation.
Fixed the Dashboard Widget Line Chart to correctly combine metric partitions. Fixes: #5732
Fixed a bug with the Grid that would cause SQL in the DynamicData block to not work correctly with the Grid's Workflow Launch and Merge Record/Template features due to case-sensitivity. Fixes: #5778
Fixed a bug where DataView-dependent filters nested within filter groups were not being shown on parent DataView. Fixes: #5453
Fixed an issue with the Page Parameter Filter block where the boolean toggle control did not update the page even when configured to do so. Fixes: #5764
Fixed an issue where "In Location Geofence" filter would display an error that prevented use. Fixes: #5744
Fixed the DynamicChart block to display the chart legend correctly. Fixes: #5779

Security v16.4

Improved Security.

Workflow v16.4

Fixed issue where the required error message for field types was not displayed when the 'Hide Label' option was used in Workflow forms. This resolved an issue where the Media Watch attribute failed to display the customizable 'Validation Message'. Fixes: #5763
Fixed issue where the 'Process Target Workflow' option on the 'Workflow Set Status' action did not process the selected workflow to completion. Fixes: #5220

Rock v16.3 Released March 5, 2024

API v16.3

Fixed an issue where adding a new Group using the Groups API can crash IIS Server. Fixes: #5259

CMS v16.3

Fixed issue with Content Component block that did not allow block editing for users with permission if it is the only block on the page. Fixes: #5702
Fixed issue where ampersand ("&") in Content Channel title generates an error when editing security. (Fixes #5725)
Fixed issue of Block Type Details block linking to incorrect page. Fixes: #5667
Added new CSS utility classes for text-wrap, line-clamp and font-variants. See documentation for details.
Added page rate limiting to Obsidian block actions.

Check-in v16.3

Improved the Check-in Multi-Person Select block to show more specific reasons why a Person doesn't have any available check-in options.

Communication v16.3

Fixed an issue where an empty Mailgun webhook signing key can cause an excessive number of errors to be added to the Exception Log.
Fixed issue where Communication Entry Wizard block becomes unusable when an SMS image attachment is auto-resized and uploaded to Azure Blob Storage. Fixes: #5719
Fixed issue with one-click unsubscribe where email clients may send an unsubscribe email instead of automatically unsubscribing. Fixes: #5770
Fixed issue where Obsidian Email Preference Entry block incorrectly displayed unsubscribed message. Fixes: #5751
Fixes a bug with the SMS Conversations block's "Hide personal SMS numbers" block setting. Fixes: #5757
Improved performance of the Communication Entry Wizard block and Communication sending processes when working with Communications having a large number of recipients. Fixes: #5651
Updated the Email Preference Entry block to auto-unsubscribe on load when performing a one-click unsubscribe.
Updated Communication Entry and Wizard blocks to auto-hide the "Bulk" option if "Bulk Email Threshold" is exceeded.
Added one-click unsubscribe support for email clients.

Connection v16.3

Fixed a bug where an HTML comment inside a Connection Opportunity "summary" field would cause various UI and display problems. Fixes: #5688

Core v16.3

Added optional CAPTCHA to Forgot Username and Change Password blocks.
Added the ability to clone a schedule.
Fixed issue where the current menu item was not highlighted properly on the internal portal. Fixes: #5756
Fixed a problem where only the first value from a Multi-Select [person] attribute would be selected on a workflow form. Fixes: #5706
Fixed issue of Member Added to Group workflow failing when new members are added to the group. Fixes: #5669
Fixed mobile styling issue with side menubar on the internal theme. Scrolling now works correctly when you have 9+ menu items.
Fixed issue in PDF logic where the configured paper size was not being applied to the generate PDF request.
Updated Get Avatar handler to set person photo of any binary file type. Previously, when using a workflow to update a person's profile photo with a different file type, the default avatar continued to be displayed. Rock now correctly sets the person's photo, regardless of the file type used in the workflow. Fixes: #5698
Fixed issue with printing from Obsidian grids. Fixes: #5740
Fixed an issue where attempting to update missing Family details resulted in an exception for records without a Lastname. Fixes: #5754
Fixed an issue where Obsidian blocks did not respect context cookies. Fixes: #5634

CRM v16.3

Fixed issue with Known Relationships block that caused it to misalign other blocks when displaying security alerts. Fixes: #5738
Fix a bug where phone numbers don't display for non-logged in users. Fixes: #5710
Fixed an issue that could prevent the SparkData NCOA service from processing addresses with invalid data in various fields.
Improved Person Search block to show icons for the configured persisted data views.
Updated the "Public Profile Edit" block to allow for being used in edit mode only.
Fixed Person Profile page to hide edit button if current user does not have edit rights. Fixes: #5318

Engagement v16.3

Fixed issue that caused some step blocks to filter out steps without an associated campus by default. Fixes: #5716
Fixed an issue where the Sign-Up Register block didn't update an existing Person's "Allow SMS Messages" preference when operating in "Anonymous" mode. Fixes: #5722

Event v16.3

Fixed issue where a discount applied to a registration from the internal registration details page would not be reflected on the Obsidian Registration Entry block. Fixes: #5691
Fixed Obsidian Registration Entry block to not automatically select "None of the above" on registrant family options. Fixes: #5695
Fixed issue with Obsidian Registration block and additional payments when using certain redirection gateways. Fixes: #5697
Updated Registration Entry obsidian block to pass the Registration Registrant as the entity to the Workflow of type Registrant. Fixes: #5042

Finance v16.3

Updated the Celero/TransNational NMI Gateway implementation to permit collection of alternate card name and billing address fields when using tokenized payments/hosted mode.
Updated Scheduled Transaction View and Giving Configuration blocks to avoid showing the "cancel" button for Scheduled Transactions that are associated with gateways that do not support updating Scheduled Transactions from Rock.
Fixed a bug where Contribution Statement Generator could throw a null reference error when no valid person passed via query string. Fixes: #5705
Fixed an issue causing incorrect calculation of totals in the Person Profile Giving Overview. Fixes: #5713

Group v16.3

Fixed an issue where the Obsidian Group Schedule Toolbox always enforces Group requirements for additional times sign-ups, even when the "Scheduling Must Meet Requirements" option is disabled for that Group.
Fixed a bug that would prevent Group Member Requirements from being overridden by group leaders even if the group requirement was configured with the "Allow Leaders to Override" setting enabled. Fixes: #5731

Lava v16.3

Added a new CreateEntitySet filter.
Added new Lava 'observe' command to allow wrapping fragments of Lava in an observability activity.
Fixed an issue where Page and PageParameter Lava filters did not work in some Lava-enabled Obsidian block settings. Fixes: #5671

Mobile v16.3

Added Microsoft Entra as a supported authentication provider.
Added the ability to specify a max number of characters allowed for SMS in the Communication Entry block.

Reporting v16.3

Added a setting to the Power BI Report Viewer that allows for passing in filters to the reports.
Added new BI table AnalyticsSourceZipCode for reporting on zip codes.
Fixed an issue where attempting to display the Metric Detail page for a Metric with a Location Partition caused an exception Fixes: #5758
Fixed an issue where Group sync would ignore a Data View's "Disable Use of Read Only Context" setting when syncing a Group's members with a source Data View. Fixes: #5672

Workflow v16.3

Improved the Workflow FormBuilder and Notification Email 'EmailAddress' option to work with multiple email addresses as implied by the existing on-screen text. Fixes: #5700
Fixed a bug where the WorkflowEntry block was ignoring the form's 'Enable Person Entry' setting if the form was using a template and the template did not enable person entry. Fixes: #5699
Fixed issue of controls not rendering for Conditional Workflow Form Fields. Fixes: #5602
Fixed issue with Workflow List block that allowed users without view permission to view data. Fixes: #5709

Rock v16.2 Released January 16, 2024

Check-in v16.2

Fixed a potential issue where age, grade and ability level requirements might be ignored for Groups with multiple Locations in certain situations.

Rock v16.1 Released January 10, 2024

CMS v16.1

Fixed issue where editing the block settings on a Dynamic Data block would update the page name of the internal page editor page. Fixes: #5542
Fixed HTML editor to not misspell CurrentPerson when using a merge field. Fixes: #5340
Fixed media player short code not entering full screen on iOS devices. Fixes: #5071
Fixed issue where copying a page did not honor block security settings on the copied page. Fixes: #5673
Fixed an issue where the Rock tree control incorrectly removes the leading "C" character from non-category identifiers. Fixes: #5340
Fixed the Event Calendar Item Personalized Registration block to prevent an error when the selected Event does not have registration linkages configured. Fixes: #3287
Fixed the content channel item's status from being 'de-selected' when editing and interacting with a Matrix Attribute. Fixes: #3565
Fixed an issue with the File Browser where an ampersand in the file name would get an "A potentially dangerous Request.Path" error. Fixes: #4733
Added support to edit Obsidian block custom settings from the internal page configurator page. Fixes: #5412

Check-in v16.1

Added an Area filter to the Schedule Builder block to make it easier to edit schedules for particular check-in areas.
Updated the Check-in Manager AttendanceDetail block with a block setting to allow editing the start/end date time of an attendance record.
Fixed performance issue in the Rapid Attendance Entry block. Fixes: #5277
Fixed the Checkin Group List to correctly identify circular references in the Group Type inheritance chain. Fixes: #5637
Fixed a problem with the new Schedule Detail block where changing a schedule did not flush the KioskDevice cache.
Updated the Attendance Detail block to correctly list Schedules, Locations and Groups available for moving checked-in individuals within the check-in manager.
Updated the En Route block to correctly list Schedules, Locations and Groups available for moving en-route individuals within the check-in manager.

Communication v16.1

Fixed the issue of Connection Request Board Block encountering an error (throwing Null Reference Exception) if the Assigned Badge is deleted. Fixes: #5352
Fixed Communication List Subscribe block to allow assigning empty values to the 'Communication List Categories' block setting. Fixes: #5540
Fixed issue with Lava not working in From Name or From Address Fields in Scheduling Confirmation Email. Fixes: #5527
Added support for separate "API key" and "HTTP webhook signing key" values within Mailgun integration. Fixes: #5694

Connection v16.1

Fixed a situation with the Connection Request Board where an error would show if you had no viewable opportunity types. Fixes: #5517
Fixed issue with Connection Request Board that caused an error when merging templates in list mode. Fixes: #5633

Core v16.1

Updated real-time system to ignore remote host closed connection errors.
Fixed Schedule Builder to display Schedule exclusions. Fixes: #5674
Fixed issue in the Rock theme where the page menu would not display if the sidebar was scrolled in Safari. Fixes: #5668
Fixed an issue that prevented datetime values from being passed through the login page URL redirection. Fixes: #5615
Updated avatar caching logic to reduce the number of avatars cached.
Fixed issue with invalid Confirm Account URL sent from new Login block. Fixes: #5580
Updated the UI to keep the Reminder Modal from disappearing on small screens. Fixes: #5531
Updated the Date picker to show the current date using Rock time, instead of the date of the local machine. Fixes: #2543
Fixed an issue causing an error when viewing Reminders attached to certain entities. Fixes: #5550
Updated History Log to honor Group security. Fixes: #5332
Fixed issue where the file uploader would override the pasting of text on a page. Fixes: #2994
Fixed issue where if both adults in a family are deceased their giving leaders ids would become incorrect. Fixes: #2848
Fixed names that had more than once space between words. This will be corrected when a person is saved as well as by the nightly clean-up job. Processing the nightly clean-up step takes ~1,400 ms on a very large database. Fixes: #2990
Fixed issue of Note Type Field Type not showing up in Following Event Type Detail Obsidian block. Fixes: #5605
Updated Obsidian Login block error message when passwordless code fails to send to mobile phone. Fixes: #5649
Fixed issue with Signature Document blocks not honoring the Template's Security. Fixes: #5599
Fixed issue in Obsidian Login block where unconfirmed passwordless accounts could not log in and no error displayed for locked out passwordless accounts. Fixes: #5614
Fixed Google authentication button not displaying icon. Fixes: #5653
Fixed the LocationPicker to correctly validate content when set to required. Fixes: #5561
Fixed Dynamic Data Grid Filters displaying incorrectly when all the Grid Actions are disabled. Fixes: #3279
Fixed issue with Field Types where advanced grid filter controls would get an error and prevent the page from loading. Also fixes the DefinedValuesPicker with the required property. Fixes: #4176 #5609
Fixed Account Entry to pre-fill User details when provided. Fixes: #5320
Added system metrics to the Observability Platform.
Added the ability to pin Notes to the top of the list.
Added Scope Approval Expiration setting to the Auth Client Detail block.

CRM v16.1

Added the ability to use existing signed documents for event registrations if one already exists for the registrant.
Fixed a problem where viewing a reminder for a deleted entity would cause an error. Fixes: #5681
Fixed an issue that could cause the NCOA update process to fail when someone moved more than 10,000 miles. Fixes: #5523
Fixed a bug where the Documents block would sometimes show a configuration error message when there really was no configuration error. Fixes: #5645
Fixed the My Account page's PublicProfile.lava to use configuration settings so the Title can be optionally shown on the view screen. Fixes: #5504
Fixed attribute ordering on the Add Group block to respect the order defined. Fixes: #2223
Fixed issue of hidden phone numbers getting deleted on profile update in Public Profile Edit block. Fixes: #5598

Engagement v16.1

Fixed the Sign-up Finder block to only show active schedules when the Display Named Schedule Filter is enabled. Fixes: #5631
Fixed an issue in the Sign-Up Register block that would cause a Group Member to appear multiple times in the list of people, once for each role they belong to within the specified Group. Fixes: #5675

Event v16.1

Fixed the iCalendar generator to add a sequence number to updated events. Fixes: #5629
Fixed the display of Group Member attributes on the registrant list grid. Fixes: #4448
Fixed error when submitting an event registration using "First Registrant" as the registrar option. Fixes: #5624
Fixed issue in the Obsidian RegistrationEntry block that prevented the display of default values for Person and Registrant attributes for all registrants when not logged in, or past the first Registrant when logged in. Fixes: #5547
Added a registration instance status to help display whether the registration is currently open or not.
Added support for Obsidian Event Registration block to update page title. Fixes: #5234

Finance v16.1

Fixed an issue where the Rock Check Scanner requires a Campus when adding a new Batch. Fixes: #5646
Fixed an issue where a recipient's address might not be included on a financial statement generated using the "FinancialGivingStatement" v1 API. Fixes: #5684
Fixed issue with Batch Detail page where the Transaction List block was not updated to reflect the Batch status after an update.
Fixed an issue causing payment detail information to get lost when modifying a scheduled transaction using the new V2 block for hosted gateways. Fixes: #5585
Updated the ScheduledTransactionEditV2 block with more options for allowing/changing which accounts the transaction can be used with the transaction.
Fixed filename overlap problem in the Related Documents section of the Benevolence Request Detail block. Fixes: #5434
Fixed the Grid control to prevent an error when merging custom column data to a template. Fixes: #5623
Fixed an issue where the selected Connection Status was not being saved when the "Create Record From Fields" button was used when creating a new Benevolence Request. Fixes: #5643
Fixed issue with Transaction Matching Block that did not allow clearing previously matched transactions. Fixes: #5636
Fixed issue with Account Picker not closing after selection is made from search. Fixes: #5652
Fixed an issue with the Transaction Entity Matching block that required reloading the page after saving to make a new selection. Fixes: #5406
Fixed the Transaction List block filter to show the correct attributes based on the current mode. Fixes: #5282
Fixed an issue that caused some reversed transactions to be incorrectly calculated as positive transaction amounts in the Giving Overview.
Fixed issue of Giving Alerts creating Connection Requests with missing fields. Fixes: #5650
Fixed issue of history entries not being created for Financial Batch Detail Obsidian Block. Fixes: #5660
Fixed an issue causing transactions entered in the Transaction Entry V2 block to overwrite existing phone numbers. Fixes: #5524
Fixed issue of Giving Alerts not Providing the Connection Request Attribute. Fixes: #5570
Added BreadCrumbs to Finance Batch Detail Obsidian Block. Fixes: #5664

Group v16.1

Fixed an issue where Group selections did not save to Person Preferences within the Group Schedule Status Board block. Fixes: #5689
Fixed issue where Group Scheduler blocks (Obsidian and Web Forms) fail to display a helpful warning message when a Group Type doesn't have a system communication specified for sending confirmations.
Fixed an issue where the 'Send Group Requirements Notification' job would still send notifications to members of the AccountabilityGroup even if they were not active. Fixes: #5638
Improved Group Schedule Toolbox "Cancel Confirmation" behavior to decline a schedule instead of setting the row back to a pending state.
Improved the wording of a few requirement related settings in the Group Member Detail block. Fixes: #5454
Updated the Group Schedule Toolbox with the new Obsidian framework. Also, added features to allow displaying immediate needs.
Updated Obsidian Group Scheduler block to show minimum/desired/maximum capacity progress bar markers to the right of the spot that satisfies a given value. Fixes: #5662
Added additional insights into the Obsidian Group Scheduler block to show details on the desired number of volunteers as well as the current state of invites.
Added the ability to configure Group Scheduler Communication Block for a single group passed in through the query string and an additional block setting to allow for specifying a page for sending communications.

Lava v16.1

Added the ability to access EntityTypes from the FromCache Lava filter.
Fixed an issue with the AddQuickReturn filter where quotes were not properly escaped. Fixes: #5595
Fixed the Entity Command encountering an error when filtering on some Attribute Fields. Fixes: #5640
Resolved an issue where there were problems handling single-line notes (comments) written within the code. Fixes: #5656
Fixed the WorkflowActivate block to restore case-insensitivity for Attribute parameters. Fixes: #3003
Fixed the Schedule StartTimeOfDay property to correctly return a time value rather than a UTC date/time. Fixes: #5632
Fixed an issue where some Lava comments are incorrectly rendered to output. Fixes: #5560
Modified the ContentChannel entity to allow access to the ChildContentChannels property. Fixes: #5389

Mobile v16.1

Added support for attributes on mobile pages.
Added the 'Add Connection Request' block.

Reporting v16.1

Fixed issue with Dynamic Reports that allowed filters to be changed. Fixes: #5586
Fixed Report to show correct member counts for group. Fixes: #5509
Fixed issue with Metrics List block's Defined Value filters that auto-filled other filters when a defined value is selected.
Fixed issue where Metric blocks malfunction when MetricCategoryId parameter is missing. Fixes: #5343

Workflow v16.1

Fixed Workflow Type Detail block to copy Person, Group and Spouse attributes when copying a workflow. Fixes: #5309
Fixed issue of Person Entry in Form Builder not saving the Spouse GUID. Fixes: #5654
Updated the Set Property Entity action to allow for setting properties of type Guid. Fixes: #3183
Fixed Signature Document Templates filtering to not show inactive templates in Workflow Actions. Fixes: #5511

Rock v16.0 Released October 3, 2023

CMS v16.0

Optimized Sql query for Short Link Click List Block. Fixes: #5551
Increased the length of the Content Channel Item Slug from 75 to 200 characters.
Added the result size to the persisted dataset list block.
Added Content Library feature.

Communication v16.0

Fixed the Communication Entry block to correctly apply Bulk Communication settings when launched from a grid action. Fixes: #5330

Connection v16.0

Fixed Connection Request to always get displayed, sorted by Order. Fixes: #5322
Fixed the Connections Board Bulk Update button to inherit security settings from the Connection Request Bulk Update page. Fixes: #5525

Core v16.0

Fixed Group List Block's Root Group not being set. Fixes: #5331
Fixed issue with Named Locations not inheriting their Parent Location's security settings. Fixes: #5439
Added new Color selector field type.
Added the ability for person attributes to select businesses.
Added new Observability feature to Rock that allows Rock to send open telemetry data to an application monitoring service like NewRelic.
Fix Obsidian Address Control's validation.
Modified the Grid to correctly include Lava field values when merging to a document template. Fixes: #3480
Fixed UI of notes block to make it easier to distinguish private notes. Fixes: #5311
Updated the ODIC authentication to remember an individual's scope approval, so they won't have to get re-approved on each authentication.

CRM v16.0

Fixed errors caused by Reminders that were attached to entities that were deleted or merged. Fixes: #5552
Fixed issue where the family navigation drop-down appears on the Person Profile when there is no other family member to navigate to. Fixes: #5544

Event v16.0

Added the ability to configure SMS opt-in for Obsidian RegistrationEntry block.
Added a new option to the Event Registration Wizard block to allow selecting an existing group or creating a new group.
Updated options on the Registration List Lava (a.k.a. Recent Registrations) block where many settings have changed. Please review the settings on the block and set to meet your needs Fixes: #5467 #5351

Group v16.0

Fixed an issue where the group schedule calendar feed would create duplicate calendar entries for the same scheduled occurrence.
Fixed Group Scheduler from incorrectly collapsing groups. Fixes: #5600
Fixed an issue on the Group Member List block that would continue to show the 'add' (+) button when it should not be showing. Fixes: #5545
Added the ability to sync a group immediately on the Group Member List block.
Added the ability to configure SMS opt-in for the Obsidian GroupRegistration block.

Lava v16.0

Fixed the IsInSecurityRole filter to correctly work with Groups specifically nominated as Security Roles. Fixes: #5326
Fixed some Lava blocks to correctly process parameter values containing embedded Lava. Fixes: #5242
Fixed the Group Attendance Roster merge data source to include the Group details. Fixes: #2726
Modified the AddToDictionary filter to update existing key values rather than showing an error.
Rock no longer supports "legacy" Lava.
Added new ToIdHash and FromIdHash Lava filters.
Added 'AppendWatches' Lava filter: Adding watch information for specified media files. Check Lava documentation for implementation specifics.

Mobile v16.0

Added the ability to send a Communication when a Note is added.
Added mobile reminder blocks.
Added Auth0 support for the mobile login block.

Other v16.0

Fixed misspelled 'ProcessSendRegistrationNotification' class. Fixes: #5485
Updated the ModelMap to show table names when they do not match the model's name. This is useful for plugins that use a different table naming convention.

Reporting v16.0

Fixed bug in Attendance Analytics chart that was not showing individual lines in series.
Fixed the Dynamic Chart block to correctly handle time-series or category data sets for line charts. Fixes: #5319

Workflow v16.0

Updated the Workflow's WorkflowId database property to no longer compute the value using a database function. This should increase performance in certain situations.
Added the ability to configure SMS opt-in for workflow forms.

Rock v15.5 Released April 16, 2024

Communication v15.5

Fixed an issue where an empty Mailgun webhook signing key can cause an excessive number of errors to be added to the Exception Log.
Improved the Mailgun integration to use the API Key for tracking opens, etc. if the HTTP Webhook Signing Key is not defined, as well as logging a single exception to alert Rock admins of this missing key value. Fixes: #5780

Event v15.5

Updated Registration Entry Obsidian block to pass the Registration Registrant as the entity to the Workflow of type Registrant. Fixes: #5042

Security v15.5

Improved Security.

Rock v15.4 Released February 6, 2024

CMS v15.4

Updated the Campus Context Setter block to have settings to provide a default Campus and to optionally update the individual's primary family Campus on change.

Check-in v15.4

Updated the Attendance Detail block to correctly list Schedules, Locations and Groups available for moving checked-in individuals within the check-in manager.
Updated the En Route block to correctly list Schedules, Locations and Groups available for moving en-route individuals within the check-in manager.
Improved performance of check-in cache after a change such as closing a location. Fixes: #5036
Fixed an issue where age, grade and ability level requirements might be ignored for Groups with multiple Locations in certain situations.

Communication v15.4

Added support for separate "API key" and "HTTP webhook signing key" values within Mailgun integration. Fixes: #5694

Connection v15.4

Added status counts to the available Lava merge fields for the Connection Opportunity Select Block.

Core v15.4

Modified the Attribute Matrix model to improve the performance of change history logging. Fixes: #5303
Updated age brackets to split 0-12 into two separate brackets.

CRM v15.4

Fixed a bug where the Documents block would sometimes show a configuration error message when there really was no configuration error. Fixes: #5645
Fixed issue of Giving Overview block crashing when person has batch with only tax excluded contributions. Fixes: #5680

Event v15.4

Fixed an error that would occur in the RegistrationEntry block if the person registering (the registrar) had a NULL email address. Fixes: #5366
Fixed Group Placement block to display group attributes selected in configuration. Fixes: #5703
Fixed an issue where Registration Registrants who share an email address (i.e. twins) are incorrectly merged into the same Person record.

Finance v15.4

Fixed issue of attribute values not being populated in custom workflows triggered by Giving Automation Alert. Fixes: #5685
Fixed an issue that caused incorrect control amounts to be set on batches when an event registration was added through an externally hosted financial gateway.
Fixed Utility Payment block to allow non-public accounts when provided in the URL.
Fixed issue of transactions with no payment details causing errors in the Transaction List block. Fixes: #5499
Fixed an issue where the Statement Generator can time out when generating statements for people who have an excessive number of Person Alias records.
Updated text-to-give charge processing to prevent multiple attempts to charge a failed transaction.

Group v15.4

Fixed issue of universal search pointing persons to groups which they are no longer a part of. Fixes: #5704

Lava v15.4

Added visibility of the Registration.DiscountCode property to be visible to Lava. Fixes: #5707

Reporting v15.4

Fixed an issue within the Analytics Source Date logic where fiscal week numbers were incorrectly calculated due to a hard-coded 52 week per year assumption.

Rock v15.3 Released November 6, 2023

CMS v15.3

Fixed media player download button not working on some browsers. Fixes: #5426

Check-in v15.3

Updated Live Metrics to handle if a group had a non-checkin parent group. Fixes: #5659

Core v15.3

Fixed the Tag Report block issue where selecting an item from the grid would not redirect to the tagged item. Fixes: #5648
Fixed an issue where the "View Reminders" links used the public external site as the base URL instead of the private internal site. Fixes: #5476
Fixed Obsidian Login block issue where external authentication did not work with custom page routes. Fixes: #5641

Event v15.3

Fixed a bug in the Event Registration Obsidian block that was not defaulting State address field to the State in the global attribute's Organization Address. Fixes: #5541
Fixed Defined Value field type to default to blank on forms, even when it's a required field. Prior to this fix, the field would default to one of the values, rather than forcing the person to select a value. Fixes: #5604
Updated Registration Template Detail block to not allow adding duplicate form fields. Fixes: #5372
Fixed an issue where the Obsidian Event Registration Next/Previous buttons would not always trigger the page to scroll to the top. Fixes: #5612
Fixed issue where person Address field on Event Registration did not populate with default country/state values. Fixes: #5607
Fixed issue where Address attributes defined on Registration were not saved correctly. Fixes: #5532
Fixed NMI gateway when browser language set to certain locales. Fixes: #5461
Fixed missing images in Obsidian Event Registration confirmation e-mails. Fixes: #3632
Fixed an issue where the Event Registration progress bar was not honoring the Display Progress Bar block setting. Fixes: #5425
Fixed issue causing common registrant values to be cleared when selecting a family member. Fixes: #5610
Fixed exception with Event Registration and other Obsidian blocks when no USER_AGENT header is provided. Fixes: #5387
Fixed various issues related to fees with Obsidian Registration Entry block.
Fixed issue with discount codes ending 1 day early in Obsidian Registration Entry block.

Finance v15.3

Fixed the GivingAutomation job to set the same-transaction window to 24 hours. Fixes: #5187

Lava v15.3

Fixed the Business Tag to process correctly in Fluid. Fixes: #5628
Fixed the Schedule StartTimeOfDay property to correctly return a time value rather than a UTC date/time. Fixes: #5632

Rock v15.2 Released October 11, 2023

CMS v15.2

Fixed issue with media player not tracking progress of YouTube videos.
Added the ability to configure SMS opt-in for the FamilyPreRegistration block.

Check-in v15.2

Added aggregate capacity metrics to the check-in manager.
Updated the process of moving a child in check-in manager to reduce confusion when selecting the new schedule, location and group for the child.

Core v15.2

Updated to correctly show when a model property is not a 'database property'. Fixes: #5522
Updated JS to fix Safari/Webkit showing loading animation incorrectly. Fixes: #5507
Fix missing red dot indicating Obsidian AddressControl value is required.
Fixed the Process BI Analytics job to not timeout so quickly. Fixes: #5572
Fixed passwordless SMS code autofill issue for iOS browsers. Fixes: #5556
Fixed an issue where an HTML Content block's backdrop would not cover the side navbar, if the edited block is located on the top navbar. Fixes: #5486
Fixed issue with querying the Schedules API sometimes resulting in an exception. Fixes: #5458
Fixed Issue of Send Groups Attendance Reminders Job failing for groups with multiple leaders. Fixes: #5462
Fixed issue with AccountEntry where Gender and Campus picker visibility did not match the block settings configuration. Fixes: #5616
Fix Obsidian Address Control's validation.
Added a system setting to enter in the SMS Messaging Opt-In label.
Added Obsidian Communication Preference Field Type. Fixes: #5501

CRM v15.2

Fixed issue where adult birth dates always required a year in the Family Pre-Registration block. Fixes: #5470
Fixed issue where Family Pre-Registration block did not include the PlannedVisitDate merge field. Fixes: #5562
Fixed issue where the Family Pre-Registration block did not show updated profile photos. Fixes: #5579
Fixed issue with Age Classification not updating to Adult when a person's age changes from an adult's age range to a child's age range. Fixes: #5505
Fixed the Person Merge to remove Mailing and Mapped flags from previous addresses. Fixes: #5503

Engagement v15.2

Fixed issue where "Search" and "Clear" buttons remain visible on the Sign-Ups Finder block even if all filters are turned off in block settings. Fixes: #5621
Fixed issue where Sign-Ups administrative blocks did not respect "Edit" and "Schedule" permissions set at the Group and GroupType levels. Fixes: #5622
Fixed an issue in the Giving To Account achievement where giving to child accounts was not counted automatically when a transaction was saved.
Updated the SignUpFinder block to return the Schedule name and available date range for Schedules with multiple dates when displaying the Schedule filter. Fixes: #5513

Event v15.2

Updated Calendar Item Occurrence List By Audience Lava block to display the List Title as the Block title. Fixes: #5296
Fixed issue on the Obsidian Event Registration block where limited fee items were not being calculated between registrants in a registration and could exceed the set limit. Fixes: #5408
Fixed issue where email was not saved when registering a family member for an event. Fixes: #5497
Fixed issue in Obsidian EventRegistration where a discount code could not be used if the user was not logged in. Fixes: #5514
Fixed inactive signature document template from being selected in event registration. Fixes: #5510
Fixed a routing error that caused a 404 when selecting an Event Occurrence after selecting a followed event from your dashboard. Fixes: #5338
Fixed an issue on the RegistrationTemplateDetail block when creating registration form fields where it was allowed to create Registrant attributes with the same key. Fixes: #5472
Fixed an issue where registrant attributes and person phone numbers weren't available to signature documents. Fixes: #5518
Fixed an issue in the Obsidian Registration Entry block causing registrant costs to be updated if the cost was changed on the registration instance/template. Fixes: #5519
Fixed issue in Obsidian Event registration where a discount amount was being used on a fee after the remaining discount amount had been used up by other fees. Fixes: #5290
Fixed issue in Obsidian RegistrationEntry where the MaxRegistrants and MinRegistrants values were not being used or displayed. Fixes: #5535
Fixed error preventing moving to document signing when "Use First Registrant" option is being used. Fixes: #5506
Fixed an issue where a first time attendance workflow could be launched multiple times, or not at all, when checking into multiple schedules at the same time. Fixes: #5184
Fixed issue where conditional fields being hidden doesn't hide the Pre- and Post-HTML for that field. Fixes: #5399
Fixed Registration Attributes not displaying Pre-HTML or Post-HTML in Obsidian Registration Entry block. Fixes: #5449

Finance v15.2

Fixed an issue with the transaction list block occasionally showing back of check instead of the front. Fixes: #5108
Fixed the Utility Payment Entry block to order the financial accounts properly and to not show the campus picker when appropriate.
Fixed Pledge List to always display the scheduled transaction even if no 'Date Range' entered. Fixes: #3423
Added the ability to configure SMS opt-in for the Utility Payment Entry block.

Group v15.2

Fixed bulk update not adding people to groups. Fixes: #5526
Fixed Group Schedule Toolbox block displaying sign ups for inactive and non-public schedules. Fixes: #5459
Added the ability to display all group member roles for individuals in the Group Schedule Roster block.
Added the ability to group individuals by group member role in the Group Attendance Detail block.
Added Group List block with block setting Hide Inactive/Archived Group defaulted to false to hide inactive and archived groups. Fixes: #5410
Added the ability to configure SMS opt-in for Group Registration block.

Mobile v15.2

Added Person Profile, Attribute Values and Group Members block.

Prayer v15.2

Fixes issue with Custom Columns in Prayer Request List Block. Fixes: #5327

Reporting v15.2

Added Obsidian Service Metrics Entry block to format numeric numbers to not have a decimal unless needed. Also added roll-up totals based on the metric categories.
Fixed issue with Insights block displaying an error when Person Record data is missing. Fixes: #5490
Updated Rock so that Person Attributes of type Address are available for selection in reports. Fixes: #5280
Fixed the Data View filter for Attributes to improve performance. Fixes: #5575
Fixed issue where newly-added DataView Filters are not initially enhanced for long lists. Fixes: #5543

Security v15.2

Fixed issue with Obsidian Login block where Facebook and OIDC client authentication were not working. Fixes: #5528

Workflow v15.2

Fixed an issue in the WorkflowEntry block were a Delay action in one activity prevented the actions in subsequent activities from running until the delay succeeds. The actions without the delay will now run as expected and the action with the delay will not run until the delay succeeds. Fixes: #5512
Fixed the Form Builder Detail Block to get the authentication from the category. This resolves an issue where users could create a new form, but could not edit it or add fields to it. Fixes: #5537
Fixed Form Builder to send Confirmation Email even when it is not set on the Form Builder Template. Fixes: #5529
Added workflow actions to create sign-up project opportunities as well as new Schedules.

Rock v15.1 Released June 28, 2023

CMS v15.1

Fixed the Page Zone Blocks Editor move block action to select the correct target block. Fixes: #5315
Fixed an issue in the 15.0 update package where the structured content editor files were removed. The 15.1 package will restore these files if needed. Fixes: #5455
Fixed issue where Google Sign In did not work in Obsidian Login block. Fixes: #5478

Communication v15.1

Updated Rock to work with Twilio's upcoming HTTP Auth requirement which affects SMS Conversations that have attachments.

Core v15.1

Updated Account Entry Legacy block to redirect user to same page after a new user registers. Fixes: #5427
Fixed Lava typo Login Block "Locked Out Caption" field. Fixes: #5438
Improved Security.
Fixed an issue where the media player would sometimes buffer endlessly when streaming Vimeo videos. Fixes: #5445
Updated Captcha control to re-render after a partial postback occurs before it is solved. Fixes: #5489

CRM v15.1

Fixed issue in Person History to correctly identify the person who deleted a user login. Fixes: #5407
Fixed an issue with badges of type "In Group With Purpose", where the badge would disappear (show as white) rather than be greyed out when the person is not in a group with that purpose. Fixes: #5441
Updated the Attendance Badge with new option to only display attendance specific to the individual, even when the individual is an adult with family members.
Added a deceased notification to the Relationships block.

Event v15.1

Fixed issue with group placement so that registrants can be placed in groups of the same type. Fixes: #5051
Updated the RegistrantWaitListMove block to provide the link in the email that goes to the registrant form if there are any fees that can be selected. Previously this link would only be created if there was registration form fields that were not displayed in the wait list. Fixes: #5429
Fixed issue of inactive account being set as the default account when new Registrations Instances are created. Fixes: #5443
Fixed issue in Obsidian and webforms RegistrationEntry where single required fees were not being required. Fixes: #5464

Finance v15.1

Added additional properties related to refunds to the Financial Transaction List block.
Updated Utility Payment Entry to render Accounts in the order they are added. Fixes: #5448
Updated NMI URLs to use nmi.com to resolve "user not found" for Collect.js tokenization for non-transnational customers.
Fixed errors on the TransactionEntryV2 block that can occur when being used by a user that is not logged in. Fixes: #5474
Fixed issue with the CampusAccountAmountPicker where setting certain properties caused the selected campus values to be lost.

Group v15.1

Added block settings to the GroupScheduleToolboxv2 block type to include or exclude specific GroupTypes in the displayed list of Groups.
Updated Group Member Requirement controls to only display requirements that are viewable by the current person. Fixes: #5358
Fixed issue where attendance taken with Obsidian Group Attendance Detail block shows 100% attendance regardless of how many people were marked as having attended. Fixes: #5473
Fixed issue of Group Attendance Detail block not downloading attendance rosters from certain Storage Providers. Fixes: #5424

Reporting v15.1

Fixed issue on the "Metric Detail" block when using "Flot" style charts. Fixes: #5463
Fixed issue of some Person Data View filters not honoring the "Include Deceased" toggle. Fixes: #5428
Fixed issue where child Group Types are never included in the "Attendance in Group Types" Data View filter. Fixes: #5479
Fixed including archived Group Members from Post Filter Transformation. Fixes: #5344

Workflow v15.1

Updated the Group Member Add workflow action to return the newly added group member object back to the workflow as an attribute.
Fixed Workflow processing intervals over 999 minutes getting erased. Fixes: #5444
Fixed issue in the WorkflowEntry block where a delay action didn't prevent the next action from being activated. This was only an issue on the block and not in the process workflow job. Fixes: #5363
Fixed issue on the WorkflowEntryBlock where a default message was displayed instead of the form's submit button text on form submission. Fixes: #5477

Rock v15.0 Released May 15, 2023

API v15.0

Fixed issue in LaunchWorkflow and Lava webhooks where a duplicate cookie name would cause an error. Fixes: #5084

CMS v15.0

Fixed an issue when searching content collections on an attribute with whitespace.
For use with Personalization, updated the Request Filter block with a new Environment section, and updated the filter logic.
Updated Personalization Segment Detail block to allow filtering Page Views by URL or Referrer.
Added passwordless authentication block for use with websites.
Added support for some multi-value attributes to content collections.
Added support for custom Lava fields in content collection sources.
Added rate limiting functionality to CMS Pages.
Add UTM variable tracking to short link usage.

Check-in v15.0

Fixed reprint labels with check-in by phone number so that people with the “can check-in" relationship appear. Fixes: #5096

Communication v15.0

Fixed the Personalized Communication History block to correctly apply view security for merged Person records. Fixes: #5379
Updated communication mediums to support security. This allows restricting who can SMS, Push Notify and/or Email individuals.
Updated SMS Phone Numbers to use new model instead of Defined Values.
Improved the SMS Conversations feature adding a new message filter option to the block.

Connection v15.0

Added the ability to view connection request attributes on the cards when in board view.

Core v15.0

Update to ensure the correct group is shown when the Group Tree View is loaded. Fixes: #5333
Updated the RockUpdate block and added an administrator checklist item to account for ending support of SQL Server 2014 and Legacy Lava in a future version of Rock.
Fixed issue with TagReport block not allowing sorting by TaggedDate. Fixes: #5247
Fixed Rock's API Docs page to work with Rock instances that exist behind a 'reverse proxy'. Fixes: #3893
Fixed formatting issues when using 'Paste from Word'. Fixes: #5227
Fixed Group List Block Root Group not being set. Fixes: #5331
Fixed issue where Obsidian Defined Value fields would show blank names or GUIDs when set to display descriptions and no descriptions exist. Fixes: #5395
Updated theme files to include user added CSS after the files provided by the theme.
Updated Duplicate Finder procedure to include Persons matched by PhoneNumber but with unknown gender(s).
Added new block that shows high-level "Insights" statistics of the Rock database.
Added new avatar feature to Rock to create more feature rich icons to represent individuals in the database. See: https://community.rockrms.com/styling/components/avatars for details.

CRM v15.0

Fixed the Person Following List block to correctly show all followings linked to Person records. Fixes: #3012
Added new properties and defined types for capturing race and ethnicity as needed on person profiles.
Added a Reminders Feature. See the Reminders section in the Person & Family Field Guide for details: https://rockrms.com/documentation/bookcontent/5#reminders
Updated Person Group History block to add the ability to switch views between Year and Month.
Updated profile page tags to allow tags to appear with the correct user defined color. Fixes: #4611
Added new settings to the AccountEntry (New Account) block to allow attribute values to be supplied during new account registration.
Fixed a bug where moving a phone number to a different phone type does not save.
Fixed attributes to not overflow the block on the Person Detail pages. Fixes: #5301
Fixed an issue with rendering of Contact Information if Show Cell Phone Number First was changed.

Event v15.0

Fixed an issue in the Obsidian Registration Entry block where an NMI gateway would get a "Billing Information Missing" error if the registration costs were only from fees. Fixes: #5245
Fixed issue with RegistrationInstanceWaitList block where Registrant information was not showing in waiting list Grid. Fixes: #5099
Fixed issue with export calendar feed function not displaying Occurrences that are copied/edited from existing Occurrences. Fixes: #5097
Added a delete confirmation modal to Event Occurrence. Fixes: #5336

Finance v15.0

Modified the GivingAutomation processor to consider same-day transactions as a single giving event when calculating giving frequency. Fixes: #5187
Fixed an issue where genderless profile pictures would appear in the benevolence request filter block in cases where the person has a defined gender but no profile picture. Fixes: #5168
Fixed issue where an orphaned FinancialPaymentDetail record could be left behind when the PaymentInfo on a scheduled transaction or saved account was changed.
Fixed issue with AccountPicker "Select All" not selecting child accounts. Fixes: #5213
Fixed a bug with data on the TransactionList block. Fixes: #5312
Update to work around invalid XML from NMI query API. Fixes: #5087
Updated the internal Registration Detail block so it only supports payments "hosted" gateways. If using the NMI Gateway the tokenizer key will need to be set.
Added the ability to have actions on the Business Detail block.
Added the ability for financial accounts to be set to whether transactions within it are Shown in the Giving Overview Block.
Added registration instance details to financial transaction summary for registrations performed via the internal Rock site to help reconcile transactions. Fixes: #4996
The UtilityPaymentEntry block has replaced the TransactionEntry (v1) block and now requires a "Tokenization Key". See https://community.rockrms.com/connect/ending-support-for-legacy-financial-gateways for the announcement with link to instructions.

Group v15.0

Added settings to the new "Send Group Attendance Reminders" job to allow for sending reminders closer to the time of the attendance occurrence.
Added new Sign-ups feature for managing and allowing people to sign up for various short-term serving projects, teams, etc. that may have space/slot constraints.
Updated the group attendance detail block to save in real-time with an updated user interface.
Update AttendanceHistoryList to check for null Groups. Fixes: #5313
Updated Group Member List block to show 'Met' requirements correctly. Fixes: #5075

Lava v15.0

Fixed the Content Channel View block (and others) to correctly remove Lava shorthand comments from displayed content. Fixes: #5244
Fixed some Lava blocks to correctly process parameter values containing embedded Lava. Fixes: #5242
Fixed the Parents and Children filters to exclude peers. Fixes: #5345
Added new options to the Entity Command to prefetch (defaulted to on) attributes. This will significantly improve Lava templates using entity commands that then display attributes from those entities.
Added a new Lava filter to render structured content (RenderStructuredContentAsHtml).

Mobile v15.0

Added the Communication Entry block, providing a way to send email and SMS communications to a list of recipients.
Improved the Search block by adding auto-search, scroll to load more, historical search items and performance improvements.
Improved the Group Member List block, added a variety of filters, new default template and the ability to generate entity sets.

Reporting v15.0

Added the ability to persist data views on a schedule to allow finer control over when they are run.
Added new data view filters to allow finding people based on their first attendance in groups or group types.
Added a Maximum Field setting for Report Fields that support long text values. Fixes: #3034
Fixed 'Group' Data Views to return Child Groups that are inactive. Fixes: #5088
Updated the "Financial Scheduled Transaction View" data view filter to allow the inclusion of individuals in the same giving group.
Updated the Calculate Metric Job to replace only the Measure Metric on sourcing the data from SQL. Fixes: #5090
Updated the MetricDetail block to properly save attributes when creating a new metric. Fixes: #5079
Fixed an issue with line graphs for Goal and Measure in metrics.

Workflow v15.0

Fixed issue with WorkflowEntry block where Activity Attributes were not visible when workflow is not persisted. Fixes: #3914
Added new workflow action to enable adding new groups to Rock.
Added new workflow action to update a persisted dataset.

Rock v14.4 Released January 5, 2024

Communication v14.4

Added support for separate "API key" and "HTTP webhook signing key" values within Mailgun integration. Fixes: #5694

Rock v14.3 Released June 28, 2023

CMS v14.3

Fixed an issue where the WebsiteLavaTemplateCache cannot be cleared in Cache Manager. Fixes: #5250
Fixed issue with row security button not working on LayoutBlockList's grid. Fixes: #5243

Check-in v14.3

Fixed issue in the AbilityLevelSelect block where an exception could occur when clicking the back button and PreventDuplicateCheckin is configured, and there are no other GroupTypes the person can check into. Fixes: #5369
Fixed an issue on the Time Select block where an error could occur under certain conditions if there were no time slots available. Fixes: #5446

Communication v14.3

Fixed an issue in Communication List block filter to allow blank Recipient Counts. Fixes: #5190
Fixed an issue in the TwillioSendGrid web handler where a "Blocked" email was treated as "Bounced" for emails that were associated with a workflow. Fixes: #5193
Updated Rock to work with Twilio's upcoming HTTP Auth requirement which affects SMS Conversations that have attachments.

Connection v14.3

Updated Connection Request Board to not modify the Modified Datetime of other connection requests where slight adjustment is made when order of any Connection request is changed. Fixes: #5335
Updated Help Text for Number of Days Between Connection. Fixes: #5158

Core v14.3

Fixed Image Upload to check for invalid '#' character. Fixes: #3184
Fixed Account Entry Block to restrict user from making repetitive clicks when creating a new User. Fixes: #5133
Updated error message when a Rock Shop package install fails because no actions were taken (usually due to an invalid package file). Fixes: #5316
Improved Security.
Improved performance of loading cache items in bulk during Rock startup. Fixes: #5375
Fixed Meeting Detail in Group Detail by updating GeoPicker Control to correctly look for qualified Ids. Fixes: #5256
Fixed issue where phone number lookup was not working for locked out individuals. Fixes: #5285
Fixed Update Persisted Attribute Values job not correctly detecting volatile attributes. Fixes: #5299
Fixed issue with GroupPicker select all stuck in perpetual loading for groups with nested children. Fixes: #3820

CRM v14.3

Fixed tooltip placement of Steps badge so it doesn't go off-screen. Fixes: #5237
Fixed issue with BioSummary block throwing an exception when retrieving ShowOnlyPrimaryGroupMembers attribute. Fixes: #5281
Fixed an issue where the person profile image clickable area extended beyond the image. Fixes: #5307
Update Obsidian badges block to display HTML in tooltips by default. Fixes: #5263
Fixed the Person Merge process to remove analytics data for merged records. Fixes: #5266

Event v14.3

Fixed issue in Obsidian ImageUploader and FileUploader where the required field validation would be triggered regardless if the file/image had been uploaded or not. Fixes: #5359
Fixed RegistrationEntry block issue where expired saved credit cards were able to be selected. Fixes: #5261
Fixed issue in Obsidian RegistrationEntry block where the Address in the form was missing the label "Address". Fixes: #5267
Fixed an issue where redirect gateways such as PushPay would lose linkage info after making a payment so registrants were not added to the group specified in the linkage. Fixes: #5409
Fixed issue where persons from ancillary family groups the logged in person is a member of were not included in the family selection drop down list. Fixes: #5367
Fixed issue in Obsidian Registration Entry where making a later payment with an expired or deleted discount code would get an error. Fixes: #5430
Fixed an issue in Obsidian Registration Entry where the progress bar was using the wrong field for first name. Fixes: #5400
Fixed issue in Obsidian Registration Entry where the amount charged to the person was the "Minimum Initial Payment" instead of the "Amount Due" if the "Minimum Initial Payment" was larger. Fixes: #5376
Fixed issue with Obsidian Registration Entry block where the Registration Template cost was used instead of the Registrant Cost on the Cost Summary for existing registrations. Fixes: #5373
Fixed an issue in Obsidian Registration Entry where group member attribute fields were not being resolved. Fixes: #5398

Finance v14.3

Fixed issue with Saved accounts where they add "and Expires" after the account name even if the account didn't have an expiration date (e.g. a bank account). Fixes: #5317
Updated NMI URLs to use nmi.com to resolve "user not found" for Collect.js tokenization for non-transnational customers.
Added Previous button to the last page of the Statement Generator, allowing an individual to generate more statements without restarting the app. Fixes: #5298
Fixed some blocks not validating correctly with Firefox browser autofill enabled. Fixes: #5104
Added the ability to have hierarchical account tree in the Utility Payment Entry Block.
Fixed Transaction Detail block to recheck for zero transaction in simple mode while Saving Transaction. Fixes: #5348
Fixed issue with AccountPicker select all not selecting child accounts. Fixes: #5213
Updated NMI Gateway to include name fields when creating Customer Vault records for some event registrations. Fixes: #5378

Group v14.3

Updated the Group Schedule Toolbox V2 "Number of Future Weeks To Show" block setting into a sliding date range that allows finer control of which weeks to display.
Updated GroupScheduleToolbox to not show inactive schedules. Fixes: #5294
Added Self Selection To Person Picker in Group Selector.
Updated Group Schedule Toolbox to resolve an issue where Attendance Occurrences were getting created twice from the Group Schedule Toolbox. Fixes: #5246
Fixed issue in the GroupAttendanceDetail block where printing the roster would get a 404 message if the BinaryFileType was configured to use the file system instead of the database. Fixes: #5283
Fixed issue from Group Member Detail block where starting a Group Requirement with a non-persisted workflow type causes an error. Fixes: #5347
Fixed issue with Fundraising Participant block to allow individual goals for family participation. Fixes: #5346
Fixed issue in Group Detail block where a group requirement could not be added to an unsaved new group. Fixes: #5361
Fixed issue with Group Requirement applying age classification. Fixes: #5393
Fixed the Group List block to improve performance when loading groups with a large number of members. Fixes: #5324
Fixed an issue causing group schedule decline notifications not to be sent to the assigned "Schedule Cancellation Person". Fixes: #5328

Lava v14.3

Updated the Lava Fluid engine to fix issues where Fluid worked incorrectly with the Case statement and truncate ellipsis. Fixes: #5232 #5233
Fixed the ResolveRockUrl filter failing when executed in the context of a workflow. Fixes: #5255
Fixed the template cache to avoid re-parsing invalid templates. Fixes: #5325

Workflow v14.3

Fixed issue in the WorkflowEntry block where the "Cancel" button on a WorkflowForm doesn't do anything without an "Activate Activity" assigned to it. Fixes: #5357

Rock v14.2 Released March 14, 2023

Core v14.2

Fixes an issue with impersonation and uses of rckipid.

Rock v14.1 Released February 7, 2023

CMS v14.1

Updated the Pages administration block (PageZoneBlocksEditor) to allow passing a Zone name in order to automatically select a specific zone.
Fixed the issue of media folders not syncing with the content channel on Sync Media Job. Fixes: #5201
Fixed personalization boosting in Content Collection View block.
Fixed trending calculation in Content Collections.
Fixed issue with ContentChannelItemDetail block where a content channel slug could not be set manually after the Title is set. Fixes: #5203
Fixed issue where CSS files were not updated during a Rock Update under certain conditions. Fixes: #5216

Check-in v14.1

Fixed issue with 12th grade not setting on Family Pre-Registration form. Fixes: #5126
Fixed an issue in the FilterLocationsByLocationSelectionStrategy check-in filter where a user was allowed to pick a location if one location was not available for all selected schedules. Fixes: #5067
Fixed an issue where selecting the KioskStark check-in theme shows a blank screen and requires a browser cache reset. Fixes: #5196
Fixed issue for the GroupTypeSelect block setting "Select All and Skip" that caused a 'no available schedule' error message to appear instead of going on to the GroupSelect block. Fixes: #5215

Communication v14.1

Fixed issue in Communication Entry and Communication Entry Wizard where an SMS Phone Number that a person wasn't authorized to view could be selected. Fixes: #4978
Updated the Communication List Subscription block to allow filtering by a Campus Context.
Improved the ability to configure custom secured communication lists by applying security to the category. Fixes: #5109
Fixed an issue in Communication List block filter to allow blank Recipient Counts. Fixes: #5190

Connection v14.1

Fixed Connection Board Opportunity Dropdown to respect the security. Fixes: #5274
Fixed issue with ConnectionRequestDetail not showing future follow-up date. Fixes: #5095
Updated ConnectionWorkflow to allow filtering which manual workflows are displayed based on the current status of the connection request.
Updated Connection Request Detail to enable the activity add and delete when user clicks Cancel after editing the request. Prior to this fix, the buttons to add and delete activities would disappear after clicking Cancel when editing the request. Fixes: #5130
Fixed issue with Connection Opportunity List reordering not working in some scenarios. Fixes: #5129
Fixed Connection Campaign Configuration block to allow the Opt Out Group to be blank in cases where an Opt Out Group had previously been selected and saved. Fixes: #5239

Core v14.1

Updated the Lava webhook handler to Trim the returned content to remove additional whitespace.
Fixed an issue where an error would occur when adding Content Channel Items that have an attribute of type Defined Value, in cases where the attribute is configured a certain way. Fixes: #5191
Updated Service Job to mark the non-database properties "CronDescription" and "LastStatusMessageAsHtml" with the NotMapped attribute. Fixes: #5111
Updated Rock.CheckIn.KioskDevice to be Lava parsable. Fixes: #5093
Updated DefinedValue attribute field type to not include Inactive values if "Include Inactive" is not checked. Fixes: #5116
Adjusted schedules to clear any EffectiveStartDate or EffectiveEndDate when they are changed from "Custom" recurring to "Weekly" schedules.
Updated Rock's Lava syntax highlighting to support the latest filters.
Added a campus label to the Smart Search when searching for a person, group, financial account or business. Also, added a campus column to their search results grids.
Added new security verbs to the profile blocks to allow who should see the account protection profiles. Also, added warnings to the "Edit Person" block to display account protection profile information to editors.
Added a new IsPublic property to named schedules to allow for showing and hiding schedules when shown to individuals external to the organization. All current named schedules have been marked to be shown publicly to ensure this is not a breaking change.
Fixed issue with selected individuals in Tags not showing as communication recipients. Fixes: #5105
Updated spAnalytics ETL Family Stored Procedure to update AnalyticsSourceFamilyHistorical if a family CampusId changes from NULL to non-NULL. Fixes: #5214
Updated SystemInfo block to show database CompatibilityVersion.
Fixed an issue with Safari browser back navigation sometimes incorrectly showing loading animation on a revisited page. Fixes: #5148
Fixed issue preventing persisted entity ID attribute values from being referenced correctly.
Fixed issue preventing persisted attribute values from being saved to the database.
Fixed issue with TagReport block not allowing sorting by TaggedDate. Fixes: #5247
Fixed issue where the API power tool page could consume a large amount of memory. Fixes: #5210
Fixed issue in the NoteEditor where the security button appeared for a new note and would get an error if it was clicked. Fixes: #5226

CRM v14.1

Fixed issue in the FamilyPreRegistration block where the Adult names were not displayed when the adult was logged in and Allow Updates was set. Fixes: #5231
Fixed the Person Profile Tag List incorrectly reformatting the Person Profile. Fixes: #5238
Fixed issue of deceased person's married years aging. Fixes: #5204
Updated Bulk Update block to make Single-Select Radio Buttons work when checked. Fixes: #3837
Updated PersonMerge to show alert for conflicting GroupMemberAttributes during merge. Fixes: #5171
Updated Documents block to always show 'Select DocumentType' notification if no DocumentType is selected. Fixes: #5177
Fixed the logic of the automatic age classification to not mark the person as child if the age is not known and the person is not in a family type group.
Fixed notes with Entity Attributes from displaying incorrectly inside the new Profile page. Fixes: #5208
Moved the "Electronic Signature Documents" to be under the "Documents" tab of the Person Profile.

Engagement v14.1

Updated BulkUpdateRequests to display success message when Connection Requests are updated successfully. Fixes: #5139
Fixed Step Type Detail to maintain order on save. Fixes: #5152

Event v14.1

Added a button to make a 'copy' of a registration instance.
Added audit history notes when moving an event registration from one registration instance to another. This change also allows you to provide a message as to why you made the move.
Updated Registration Entry Obsidian block to ignore the validation check for closed event in case of existing registration. This resolves an issue where a payment could not be made for an existing registration after the registration end date had passed. Fixes: #5212
Updated the Group Placement feature to allow for additional filtering and showing more details during placement.
Updated FieldVisibilityWrapper to rely on GetAttributeCache instead of GetFormField which returns the wrong Attribute. This corrected an error with event registration forms. Fixes: #5181
Updated Attendance Occurrence to mark the non-database property "AttendanceRate" with the NotMapped attribute. Fixes: #5098
Fixed issue in Obsidian RegistrationEntry block where AutoApply discounts were not applied automatically. Fixes: #5222
Fixed the Calendar Feed to prevent offset event times in DST timezones. Fixes: #5229
Fixed Obsidian RegistrationEntry issue where form data would be cleared when navigating back to the registrant from registration summary. Fixes: #5157
Fixed Launch Workflow functionality from Registration Registrant List. Fixes: #5031
Fixed an issue in Registration Entry where an exception would be returned instead of a Credit Card message if invalid Credit Card info was entered on the summary page. Fixes: #4990
Fixed issue in the Obsidian RegistrationEntry block where the payment field still appeared if the discounted cost was $0. Fixes: #5221
Fixed issue in the EventItemOccurrenceList block where the "Next Start Date" showed "N/A" if the date range filter was not being used. Fixes: #5287
Fixed issue with attributes created for a specific event showing for all events. Fixes: #5089
Fixed an issue with Obsidian Event Registration block not showing CC validation errors correctly.
Fixed issue with Obsidian Event Registration not allowing Payment on free event with optional fees.
Fixed issue of Registration Entry Obsidian block pre validating forms. Fixes: #5178
Non-existent email addresses now default to an empty string in the Registration Entry block. Prior to this fix they were NULL, which caused errors during event registration. Fixes: #5174
Fixed the Calendar Export to allow importing multiple specific dates to the Microsoft Outlook mail client. Fixes: #5150
Fixed Obsidian Registration Entry block not honoring conditional fields with specific configurations. Fixes: #5146

Finance v14.1

Fixed issue where editing a scheduled transaction did not update the expiration date on the card. Fixes: #5106
Updated Transaction Detail to allow transactions with $0. Fixes: #5205
Updated Giving Automation, Giving Overview and Alerts to exclude Giver Anonymous.
Modified the Benevolence Request campus badge to show the campus of the request rather than the requester. Fixes: #5180
Updated Benevolence Request Detail block to respect attribute security on both view and edit. Fixes: #5161
Improved spacing on Giving Overview block for Firefox. Fixes: #5240
Updated the Transaction Matching block to not apply a campus filter on accounts if no Campus is found for the batch. Fixes: #5094
Added new Text-to-Give SMS Pipeline action to enable giving via text message.
Fixed issue where Check Scanner could confuse the check number as part of Account Number. If experiencing this issue, please download the updated Check Scanner app found under Power Tools > External Applications. Fixes: #4725
Fixed the issue of non Tax deductible and Inactive transactions not filtering out in Giving Analytics. Fixes: #5189

Group v14.1

Updated the location information shown on the Group Schedule Toolbox V2 block to always show the location name. Will only show the address if there is no name.
Updated preference labels on the group scheduler block to be more clear.
Updated the Group Schedule Roster block to allow for changing the occurrence date in the configuration settings.
Updated the "Scheduling Confirmation Email" system communication template to include new capability for the Accept All feature.
Updated Group Registration to display an error message when the group's requirements are not met. Fixes: #5113
Improved the capabilities of the Fundraising Opportunity feature and made some enhancements to the Group Requirements.
Updated Group Member to skip the group requirement check on unarchive of inactive group. Prior to this fix, some groups could not be restored from the archive due to members not currently meeting the group's requirements. Fixes: #5112 #4603
Fixed the Attendance History block to hide attendance for Groups where user does not have Group View permission. Fixes: #5155
Fixed age computation for deceased infants. Fixes: #5194
Fixed Group Types not showing up on the Archived Groups page. Fixes: #5195
Fixed issue in the SendGroupAttendanceDigest job where inactive groups could appear on the email. Fixes: #5272
Fixed Group Scheduler to not throw any null exception error when occurrence does not have a future occurrence date. Fixes: #5241
Fixed issue of Launch workflow security setting security on Communicate button on the Group Member List block. Fixes: #5207
Added the ability to auto-accept group schedule requests.
Added the ability to edit assignment preferences on the Group Member Detail block.

Lava v14.1

Added a new Lava filter "AddSegment" to allow a person to be temporarily added to a personalization segment.
Added a new Lava filter "AsDateTimeUtc" to convert an input date/time to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Added a new filter "IsInDataView" that returns a flag indicating if the input entity exists in a specified Data View.
Updated the entity command to be more forgiving of incorrect Lava. When using the 'id' parameter it will ensure that the value is an integer before sending it to the database. Fixes: #5230
Fixed the Personalize block to correctly resolve embedded Lava.
Fixed the Achievement Attempt List block to correctly show custom columns. Fixes: #5218
Fixed the Calendar Item Occurrence List block to filter the EventItem occurrences collection according to the block settings. Fixes: #5219
Fixed an issue in the Group Registration block where new Group Members were not correctly added to the Lava context. Fixes: #5224
Fixed a threading issue when rendering multiple templates with the DotLiquid engine. Fixes: #5173
Fixed the Search command to remove error messages from the debug output. Fixes: #4518

Mobile v14.1

Updated the Communication List Subscription block to allow filtering by a Campus Context.
Fixed PhoneNumberIdentification block to paste in verification code correctly for mobile devices. Fixes: #5176

Other v14.1

Fix misspelled word "choose" in CSV Import Tool. Fixes: #5170

Reporting v14.1

Added new "Giving Alerts" Data View filter to allow for filtering people based on giving alerts.
Added new "Personal Devices" Data View filter to allow for filtering people based on personal device data.
Adjusted the views created by the Metric Detail (when Enable Analytics is enabled) so that they now include a column called IsGoal if the value represents a "Goal" metric-value-type. Fixes: #5228
Fixed Report to show deceased people from data views that are marked to include deceased. Fixes: #5271
Fixed issue of View not being created for metrics with more than one define type partition. Fixes: #5117

Workflow v14.1

Fixed issue with FormSubmissionList Block not showing the Person in the submissions grid. Fixes: #5209
Fixed issue with the RockCleanup job sometimes not marking Workflows past the Maximum workflow age as completed. Fixes: #5167
Fixed the Workflow cancel button. Restored the functionality that allows it to function as a "Save Form" button. Fixes: #5248
Updated the Send Email (System Email) workflow action to allow processing Lava in the From Name and Email Address fields of the System Communication.
Updated the Send Email action to be able to provide a From Name on the email.
Updated Transfer Connection Request Action to handle status update when the opportunity belongs to a different connection type. Fixes: #5162

Rock v14.0 Released October 12, 2022

Rock McKinley 14.0 fixes issues that were reported during the previous release(s) and introduces a variety of new features including content "personalization", drag and drop form building, improved person profile pages, step flow charting (for Steps), native electronic signature support for event registration and workflows, and much more.

CMS v14.0

Fixed an issue when searching content collections on an attribute with whitespace.
Updated Content Channel Item Detail block with Personalization Profile.
Added support for tracking session information in media watch interactions.
Added watch counts to media grids.
Added new Content Library feature. See documentation for details.
Added new Data View Filters for finding people based on website session interaction and website page view data.
Updated Site's Google Analytics Code to support newer "G-" code prefix and support having multiple analytic codes.
Updated the Content Channel View block to utilize the new personalization features which can allow content channel items to be filtered or prioritized (shown before the non-matching items) based on the content items and the individual's matching segments and/or request filters.

Check-in v14.0

Added a Delete Attendance security setting on the Check-In Roster.
Improved the check-in system's behavior by allowing the Manager Override feature to override automatic location load balancing.
Fixed CheckinTypeDetail block to show only active schedules under "Scheduled Times". Fixes: #4906
Fixed issue in the MultiPersonSelect box where preselected persons would become unchecked if the change button was clicked.
Added two new check-in type attributes to distinguish between allowing "check-out" on a kiosk versus the Check-in Manager app.
Added the ability to optionally enter birth dates to adults during the check-in registration on the kiosk. This is defaulted to not show.

Communication v14.0

Fixed an issue with Communication Wizard where merge fields were not visible in previews. Fixes: #4861

Connection v14.0

Fixed Connection Opportunity Signup block to format correctly when home phone is removed. Fixes: #4597
Fixed missing Merge records and Communicate icons from connection request board. Fixes: #5140
Updated Connection Request Detail and Connection Request Board block to hide the 'Connected' state from the option list when the request is not connected. Fixes: #3690
Updated Connection Request Grid to include "Show In Grid" Attributes. Fixes: #4594
Added a new Order property to Connection Status Automations. The automations will be processed in the provided order. Once an automation criterion is matched no further automations will be processed. This eliminates the possibility of circular logic within a single run.
Added a new feature to the Connection Request Board's 'List' mode to be able to perform a 'bulk update' on many requests of the same opportunity.

Core v14.0

Updated ElasticSearch to 8.1.2. See documentation for details on what you need to do to update.
Updated web.config with relaxedUrlToFileSystemMapping = false for improved security and fixes the Server.MapPath from returning NOT_A_VALID_FILESYSTEM_PATH. Fixes: #4436
Updated Web.config with binding policy and assembly location for Microsoft.SqlServer.Types. Fixes: #4495
Updated instances of Login to use the Log In verb form. Fixes: #4400
Updated Rock Image Link to correctly callback when adding any link to image. Fixes: #4851
Updated Entity Framework to v6.4.4.
Fixed Grade Picker to only show active grades. Fixes: #5069
Fixed the Attribute Editor control not validating some fields correctly. Fixes: #4757
Fixed an issue preventing horizontal scrolling on Rock tree views. Fixes: #4870
Fixed issue in Attribute Matrix where HTML fields were not formatted correctly. Fixes: #4326
Fixed a timeout issue that would occur under certain situations involving saving the InteractionComponent entity. Fixes: #3464
Fixed issue in Grid where the provided "Communication Recipients Field" of the Dynamic Data block was not used as the Id field. Fixes: #3668
Fixed RockCodeEditor to not overwrite email text component content when switching focus in Code Editor mode. Fixes: #3648
Added a new service capability to allow performing region/geocoding lookups for new IP addresses in the Interaction Session tables.
Added option to System Configuration so that Rock's "Keep Alive" process only runs if enabled. It is now disabled by default. Enable this setting to have Rock poll itself to keep it alive during times of inactivity. This setting is not needed if your AppPool's Idle Time-out is set to 0 (Highly Recommended). See the Rock Solid Internal Hosting guide for recommended AppPool settings.
Added new Categorized Defined Value field type for allowing Defined Values to be selected based on a category selection.
Added a maximum file size setting to File Types to allow prevention of uploading files greater than that size.
Added the RockGuid attribute to allow defined APIs to maintain their security settings even after method signature changes.
Added new type of text box control for handling specialized 'first name' input validation.

CRM v14.0

Fixed issue with Person Profile photo cropping. Fixes: #4409
Update Logic for DaysUntilBirthday Computed Column to handle February 29th birth dates. Fixes: #4105
Fixed Documents block where security on document throws an error.
Fixed issue in the new person pages where security settings on blocks were not copied from the legacy person page blocks. Fixes: #5192
Modified the Group Member Detail block to allow Group Administrators to edit Member Attribute values. Fixes: #4799
Updated Rock Badge markup to simplify and standardize implementation.
Updated the person profile pages with new look and feel.
Updated "location services" to remove MelissaData and ServiceObjects.
Updated Bulk Update block to successfully launch workflow when none of the other options are selected. Fixes: #4337

Event v14.0

Updated RegistrationListLava to not display registrations without StartDate when date filter is set. Fixes: #3698
The RegistrationEntry block will now update the Campus of the Family Group to the selected campus if it is being used in the registration form and has a value. Fixes: #4587
Added new Rock based Electronic Signatures in the new Obsidian event registration block.
Fixed issue with Obsidian Registration Entry block not always saving registrant attribute values.
Fixed the Export Calendar Feed to allow events with a specific dates pattern to be correctly imported to Microsoft Outlook. Fixes: #4112
Fix Registration bugs: GenderDropdown default to "0" (#5132) and not being able to submit 0 as payment amount (#5237). Fixes: #5132
Fixed issue with validation being too loose on "Amount to pay now". Prior to this fix, if the Minimum Due Today option was set to $0.00, you were unable to proceed without paying at least $0.01. Fixes: #5137
Fixed photos not saving to events when using EventRegistrationWizard. Fixes: #4863
Fixed the Event Calendar Feed export to use the configured Rock Time zone rather than the local system time. Fixes: #5029
Fixed EventRegistration to honor Maximum Available 'fee' if set. Fixes: #4781

Finance v14.0

Added PersonId to the Excel export of the Pledge Analytics block.
Update benevolence requests to allow configuring the maximum number of documents you can attach to a single request.

Group v14.0

Resolved Group Requirement warning not being cleared when changing a Group Member to a different role within a group which does not have the requirement. Fixes: #4800
Added to Group Member List block the ability to include inactive group members in communications. Fixes: #4710
Added support for requiring the capacity be set on groups of the configured group type.

Lava v14.0

Fixed issue in the Lava "Where" filter that caused it to fail if the options were separated by just commas instead of a comma and a space. Fixes: #4253
Fixed an issue with the HumanizeTimeSpan Lava filter which would report "no time" when the difference between two date/times was essentially zero. Fixes: #5054
Fixed issue where .ics files were downloaded as .txt files on Safari Mobile. Fixes: #4776
Fixed render errors in included templates with Output Cache enabled. Fixes: #4564
Fixed the InteractionWrite block to target the correct channel and component when specified by name. Fixes: #4602
Added the ability to group Lava shortcodes into categories.
Add a new Lava filter to determine if a date falls within a range.
Added a new "IsInSecurityRole" Lava filter for quickly checking if a person is a member of a security role.
Added new SetUrlParameter Lava filter for modifying URLs.

Mobile v14.0

Added Deep Linking, a way to externally link directly into your mobile application.

Prayer v14.0

Updated the Prayer Request Entry block to only display attributes marked as Public on external site. Fixes: #4928
Updated prayer request entry and session to allow for filtering by group.

Reporting v14.0

Updated ReportingHelper to show time component of DateTime fields in reports. Fixes: #4230
Added a new data view filter to allow matching people who have a document of a particular type.
Added a Run Now button on the Metric Detail block to allow for running a metric manually.
Added PersistedDataViewList block to display a list of Data Views that have persistence enabled.
Added parent NickName to "Parents' Phone Numbers" field type.

Workflow v14.0

Added a new 'Electronic Signature' Workflow Action.
Added semantic CSS classes to the person fields on Workflow Entry block to allow for styling by web developers.
Fixed workflow action issue where Encrypted Text and SSN field types were not being saved correctly. Note: This means data put into these fields are automatically encrypted when stored. Fixes: #3159

Rock v13.8 Released June 28, 2023

Check-in v13.8

Updated the link to the Windows Check-in installer to the latest version 13.8. This version of Windows check-in improves the "Check-in Address" textbox to use "https://rock.yourserver.com/checkin" as placeholder text. This will prevent the Check-in app from pointing to an incorrect address.

Communication v13.8

Updated Rock to work with Twilio's upcoming HTTP Auth requirement which affects SMS Conversations that have attachments.

Core v13.8

Improved Security.

Finance v13.8

Updated Transaction Detail to allow transactions with $0. Fixes: #5205

Rock v13.7 Released October 11, 2022

CMS v13.7

Added Visitor Tracking and Personalization features.
Fixed issue where a Lava template could sometimes generate incorrect results under heavy load when Lava short codes are used.
Updated ContentChannelItemDetail block to not use block-level permissions to edit item content.

Check-in v13.7

Fixed issue where the Enforce Strict Location Threshold option would fail to enforce the threshold if more than 1 person in a family was checked in at the same time.
Updated the Rock Windows Check-in Client application to allow it to put focus on the first page even when the configuration screen is skipped due to passing configuration parameter values into the URL.
Added a Campus selector to the Rapid Attendance Entry block.
Fixed check-in to always disable autocomplete. Fixes: #5021

Communication v13.7

Added functionality to track spam reports for Mailgun and Sendgrid email transports.
Added Prayer Request Comment Digest Notification to SystemCommunications.
Fixed an issue with the email field validation in the Communication Wizard if both Lava and multiple addresses are enabled on the control. With this change, Lava can now be used in the Reply To, CC and BCC fields. Fixes: #4049
Fixed the Html Editor component to correctly update when an existing image is replaced. Fixes: #4292

Connection v13.7

Fixed the Connection Requests block to correctly show status icons in the list of requests when using the Fluid Lava engine. Fixes: #5048
Fixed ability to edit/view security on Connection Request, under Entity Administration. Fixes: #5100
Fixed an issue where non-admin Persons with correctly assigned roles could not delete requests from the connection request board. Fixes: #5009
Fixed Connection Opportunity Signup block to handle current person if no email address is found. Fixes: #4993

Core v13.7

Updated ufnCrm_GetAddress to return the correct Address. Fixes: #4994
Updated Liquid to Lava in the Liquid Dashboard Widget. Fixes: #4999
Updated the ImageEditor to allow cropping of an existing image. Fixes: #5074
Updated Summary in history to generate strings that are not confusing when old and new values are not provided. Prior to this fix, audit logs would say "Modified xxx value from to" where it appears the value changed from blank to blank. Fixes: #5039
Fixed Schedule Type Dropdown not loading values on Campus Detail Block. Fixes: #5127
Fixed View State Error in the old Connections page. Fixes: #3867
Fixed HTML Editor image link not retaining value on first edit. Fixes: #3738
Fixed styling of action buttons to wrap onto new lines. Fixes: #5007
Fixed the issue of multiple deletes occurring when a single group is deleted when there are multiple Group List Blocks on a page. Fixes: #3404
Fixed Excel data exported from grids to show correct value for dates without year value. Fixes: #4969
Fixed issue where account protection profile settings would not get cached if the security settings were the default. This was causing several unneeded database calls per page when running in Impersonation mode. This fixes an issue where Checkin could have high-cpu usage.
Fixed matrix attributes with pickers to display correctly in bulk updates. Fixes: #5023
Fixed group pickers to show "Select Children" when hovered. Fixes: #4998
Fixed styling issue with checkbox and radio controls displaying incorrectly when in a single column. Fixes: #5034
Fixed issue where XSS protections caused redirect_uri to not be correct. Fixes: #5081
Fixed Content Channel Item field so its Field Attribute does not require a configuration value to edit. Fixes: #5083
Added Analytics Source Date to the model map utilizing a new IncludeForModelMapAttribute that's decorated on the model class. Fixes: #4826

CRM v13.7

Fixed an issue with Social Media fields not correctly resolving some URL inputs. Fixes: #3896
Fixed issue with GroupScheduler that caused an exception when location was set to No Location Preference. Fixes: #5008
Fixed bulk update incorrectly disabling inactive reason and inactive reason note. Fixes: #5027
Improved the Update Family Status of the Data Automation system with the ability to specify how many times a person should attend a campus before having their family campus updated.
Updated FamilyPreRegistration block to clear the form and remove children when the clear button is clicked. Fixes: #3909
Updated Location Services to mark Melissa Data and Service Objects as obsolete.
Added new block settings to the PublicProfileEdit block to allow for showing/hiding address, gender, or email preference.

Engagement v13.7

Added the ability to filter steps by campus on the step program and step type pages.

Event v13.7

Updated Registration Template Detail to sort group type picker alphabetically. Fixes: #5151
Updated the RegistrationEntry block to check if the Registration is still active or has not expired before saving. Fixes: #5078
Fixed issue where the Send Following Event Notification Job execution would cause an error when the Person First Attended Group Type - Event Type was used. Fixes: #4943
Fixed issue where Registrant attribute types sometimes don't display on the grid until after you save the template. Fixes: #5065
Updated Registration Entry to pass the Registration Registrant as the entity to the Workflow of type Registrant. Fixes: #5042

Finance v13.7

Fix issue in Statement Generator where the selected individual isn't highlighted. Fixes: #5172
Added PersonId to the Excel export of the Pledge Analytics block.
Fixed issue where scheduled transactions default to "Contribution" instead of the transaction type determined by Transaction Entry block settings. Fixes: #4987
Fixed issue where transaction details were not displayed when the save button was clicked. Fixes: #5032
Fixed an issue where a Late Alert would not send alert notifications. Fixes: #5033
Fixed an issue with using sub-accounts in the giving automation configuration settings. Fixes: #5004
Fixed an issue with adding a new family without an address during transaction matching. Fixes: #5010
Fixed issue in Transaction Entry V2 where making payment using an NMI Saved Payment account without a GatewayPersonIdentitier will fail. Fixes: #5052

Group v13.7

Fixed issue with GroupDetail block that allowed Group Requirements to be added to the group when the Group Type had "Enable Specific Group Requirements" disabled. Fixes: #4986
Fixed issue where a Group Type with "Scheduling Enabled" did not indicate "Group Schedule Options" was required. Fixes: #5012
Fixed Meeting Detail section from disappearing in group detail block. Fixes: #5061
Fixed issue that caused Group counts to not show in GroupTreeView when display counts option is selected. Fixes: #5077
Fixed issue where an updated or deleted GroupScheduling Location did not reset GroupMember's scheduling preferences. Fixes: #5060
Fixed the Group Detail Lava block to respect Attribute security settings in edit mode. Fixes: #3569 #4079 #5028
Added support for requiring the capacity be set on groups of the configured group type.
Fixed Group Attendance Detail block to prevent the subscribing confirmation event from happening multiple times. This resolves an issue where multiple modals would appear when adding pending members to a group via the group leader toolbox. Fixes: #5024
Added to GroupScheduleToolboxV2 block the ability to customize the text of the action buttons.
Added block setting Override Hide from Toolbox that will show all schedule enabled groups when enabled. Fixes: #5020
Added the ability to customize the message shown when an individual declines a group scheduling assignment on the Group Schedule Confirmation block.
Added the ability to require a location in the Group Schedule Toolbox (v2) when an individual signs up to work extra times.
Updated the Group Detail block to prioritize security on the Group over the GroupType when showing GroupSync. Fixes: #5041
Updated the Send Attendance Reminders Job to be able to limit processing to groups belonging to a specific campus or under a parent group. These settings are optional and the job will operate as normal without changes.
Updated Group Member Historical data to check authorization for view. Prior to this update, people could view groups for which they didn't have security when viewing group history from the Person Profile page. Fixes: #5043

Lava v13.7

Fixed an issue with the Campus filter failing if the input object is empty. Fixes: #4988
Fixed an issue with the Scripturize shortcode sometimes producing incorrect references for John's gospel. Fixes: #5053
Fixed the DateDiff filter returning incorrect results for daylight saving dates when processing some input formats. Fixes: #5070

Mobile v13.7

Fixed an issue that would cause the Onboarding block to erase the push token if Show Notification Request was false.

Other v13.7

Updated the workflow entry form to handle the "is required" error message in cases where the label for the required field is hidden. Fixes: #2080

Reporting v13.7

Added the ability to enable sticky headers to grids produced by the Dynamic Data block.
Added new data view post-filter transformation to return the Giving Leader for the individual.

Workflow v13.7

Updated CleanUpWorkflows method inside RockCleanup job to look for value in CompletedDateTime instead of Completed status for completed workflows. Fixes: #5015
Added workflow action "Create Contribution Statement" to create a financial contribution statement as a PDF.
Added Campus option in Group Member Attendance Add action.
Added new Business From Attributes action under the Finance category to search and add businesses.
Fixed "Benevolence Request Add" action to prompt for Benevolence Type. (#5049) Fixes: #5046
Fixed an issue with "Step Completed" workflow sometimes failing to trigger and reporting an exception when a Step is completed. Fixes: #4995
Fixed an issue where inactive defined values would be displayed to users selecting a value from a defined type for a Key Value List. Fixes: #5019
Fixed issue in the PMM & Checkr workflows where the invalid or missing email address error always occurs. Fixes: #4932

Rock v13.6 Released July 18, 2022

Connection v13.6

Fixed a bug that prevented a second workflow from being added to a connection type. Fixes: #5059

CRM v13.6

Fixed an issue where the Family Analytics job was updating the eRA Start Date to the current date. Fixes: #5072

Rock v13.5 Released July 5, 2022

Core v13.5

Fixed an issue with Checkr background check completions not being reported back to Rock.

Event v13.5

Fixed a bug in the Registration Template detail block that was attempting to hide inactive gateways but ended up hiding other gateways as well.

Rock v13.4 Released June 13, 2022

CMS v13.4

Fixed hidden "insert link" button on HTML Editor. Fixes: #4935
Fixed issue where RestController records could be deleted on a multi-server environment.
Added a block setting to hide gender on Account Entry block.
Added a block setting to the HTML block that will disable the check for valid markup. Sometimes your markup has a valid reason why it's invalid and this allows you a way to disable the check and warning on every save.
Updated BinaryFile image resizing to occur when either the file type's MaxHeight or MaxWidth is set. Previously it would perform the resize only if both were set.
Migrated all existing Content Channel View Detail blocks to Content Channel Item View blocks (they were basically identical). Fixes: #4223
Updated the Content Channel Navigation block.

Check-in v13.4

Updated the registration settings to allow birth date and/or grade to be hidden, optional, or required when registering child family members during check-in.
Updated family check-in auto selection to sort the GroupTypes, Groups, Locations, and Schedules by the Order property before auto selecting a value. This ensures that the auto selection of these follows the ordered preference.

Communication v13.4

Added a new Preview button on the System Communications List in order to view the template using the new System Communication Preview block.
Added a new block setting (Save Communication History) in the AccountEntry and ForgotUserName blocks to control whether or not a communication history entry should be written to the individual's profile. Fixes: #4953
Fixed issue where SMS Conversation block sometimes fails to load conversations due to a database timeout. Fixes: #4919
Fixed the HtmlEditor of the Email control to add the correct mergeFields when add mergeField is selected. Fixes: #4387
Fixed Simple Editor to display correct sender on edit. Prior to this fix the sender would be changed to the current person in some scenarios. Fixes: #4677
Fixed and issue with using person alias properties in the email communication service. Fixes: #5013

Connection v13.4

Updated Connection Opportunity Search block to update results when campus context changes. Fixes: #4985
Updated Connection Activity Type name to "Follow-up Date Reached". Fixes: #4699
Updated Connection Request block to handle authorization for edit when only single campus is added. Fixes: #4470
Added block setting to the connection opportunity sign-up block to allow for changing the label text on the Comments field.
Added Campus Filter to Connection Opportunity Select block. Fixes: #4669
Fixed issue where some Bus messages were attempting to query data that hadn't been committed to the database yet. This fixes an issue where an exception could occur when using Connection Request Workflow Triggers . Fixes: #4920
Fixed issue where the Connection Status Automation Feature could have performance issues if there were a large number of statuses and automations.

Core v13.4

Updated file upload to alert user if StorageProvider is inactive. Fixes: #4377 #4959
Updated CalculateFamilyAnalytics procedure to update eRA for new family members. Fixes: #4941
Updated KeyValueList Field Type to correctly display the custom values. Fixes: #4708
Updated the attribute editor to allow existing workflow attributes with the key of 'Campus' to be edited.
Fixed an issue where Attribute values may be shown from unrelated entities of different types for inherited Attributes. Fixes: #4931
Fixed typo in Universal Search Control Panel. Fixes: #4609
Fixed Tree Viewers breaking when PIN authentication is disabled. Fixes: #4977
Fixed issue in Page Parameter Filter block where field types with cascading dropdown lists would not allow selection. Fixes: #4451
Fixed Login to restrict user returning to reset password page after the password change. Fixes: #4948
Fixed enter key clearing search results from any Person Picker. Fixes: #4915
Fixed typo in the EmailLogo attribute description. Fixes: #4344
Fixed the spelling of 'whose' on the Members and Attendees Data View. Fixes: #4965
Fixed overlapping blocks when using the 'wizard' style. Fixes: #4949
Fixed issue where exception emails were being sent if enabled when a SignalR\web-socket client was disconnected through a tab or browser closure during a response write and caused a false positive exception. Fixes: #4652
Fixed Age Calculation to also consider Deceased Date. Fixes: #4852
Removed Background Check Result Duplicate Auth. Prior to this fix, the same role would be listed multiple times in the permissions for the Background Check Result attribute. Fixes: #1914
Fixed Grid to export to Excel without causing an exception in cases where there are duplicate header names. Fixes: #3862
Fixed rockTree so that inactive items have the same behavior as 13.3. This fixes an issue where disabled items in rockTree type of control could not be selected or edited. Fixes: #5017
Fixed issue where saving indexed Entities will get (and log) an exception and prevent other actions from occurring related to that Entity, such as triggered workflows. Fixes: #4920 #5005
Added CampusTopic model.

CRM v13.4

Updated Edit Person with Block Setting to mark Year on Birth Date as required if day or month is selected.
You must have 'administrate' permission on the note type to be able to edit someone else's note. (NO CHANGE)
Updated Bulk Update block to support Attribute Matrix Attribute. Fixes: #4419
Fixed the Public Profile Lava template to correctly display Marital Status and Phone Number. Fixes: #4930
Fixed issue on the FamilyPreRegistration block where the PlannedDate picker was always optional. Fixes: #5022
Fixed an issue with the Grade validation message missing the control label. Fixes: #4960

Engagement v13.4

Added new properties (Highlight Color and Alternate Image) to the Achievement Type for custom use.
Fixed Step Program Detail Chart enabled Day and Hour as Date Range Unit. Fixes: #4936

Event v13.4

Fixed issue in the EventItemDetail block where unqualified Attributes for the Entity EventCalendarItem would cause an error if more than one calendar for the EventItem was selected. Fixes: #4878
Fixed issue in the RegistrationEntry block where an exception could occur when using a saved credit card for payment.
Fixed issue in the RegistrationEntry block where invalid values for some field types (e.g. phone number) would let the user continue with the registration instead of showing an error. Fixes: #4638
Updated Registrant List communication button to include all rows when none are selected. Fixes: #4933
Updated the Registration Entry block to show user-friendly messages when event has not yet started or has ended. Fixes: #4111
Updated the URL Slug validation message to indicate that lowercase is required. Fixes: #4940
Updated the RegistrationEntry block to automatically select the current user as the first registrant in the family options radio-button list and in the family members drop-down list if there is a logged in person. This will match the rest of the form being pre-populated with the current user info. Fixes: #4942

Finance v13.4

Fixed Giving Analytics block to Export Selected Individual Rows. Fixes: #3880
Removed the Gateway Migration Utility block. Fixes: #4310
Fixed an issue with Scheduled Transactions not showing correctly on ScheduledTransactionView if the Page Parameter was an Id instead of a Guid. Fixes: #4984
Fixed issue with Benevolence Request List block where a person's requests were not included on their family's Person Profile pages. Fixes: #4992
Fixed an issue with Benevolence Request List block filters for last name or government ID. Fixes: #4974
Fixed issue where the Giving Configuration block wouldn't show saved accounts from merged persons. Fixes: #5014
Fixed a page parameter on the Pledge Detail to properly select the passed-in person as expected. Fixes: #4962
Fixed TransactionEntryV2 block to show calculated amount in Fee coverage message. Fixes: #4947
Fixed issue in Transaction Entry V2 where changing the selected campus didn't pick the associated campus account correctly when in single account mode. Fixes: #4882
Added a new Financial Account search component.

Group v13.4

Updated Group Viewer to show a warning for duplicate people in a group with different roles and updated Group Scheduler cards to show the roles of the person scheduled. Fixes: #4981
Improved the performance of the available placement groups in the connection request board.
Updated the GroupScheduleToolboxV2 to have options for signing up family members for their serving teams.
Fixed an issue with the Group Scheduler block showing half the number of set weeks. Fixes: #4961
Fixed mobile group attendance entry when using named or custom schedules.
Fixed Group RSVP Detail page columns shrinking incorrectly. Fixes: #4876
Fixed RSVP Response block to display decline options for RSVP. Fixes: #4937
Fixed bad Lava in default template when creating a new group type. Fixes: #5000

Lava v13.4

Fixed the Format filter to correctly handle a decimal format string. Fixes: #4958
Fixed Enum comparisons for Fluid to align with DotLiquid. Fixes: #4910
Fixed an issue with the Select filter not correctly returning fields from a SQL result set. Fixes: #4938
Fixed Structured Content attributes to render HTML when using the Attribute Lava filter. Fixes: #4997
Added support for following purpose keys to the AppendFollowing and IsFollowed Lava filters.
Added new filter 'DateRangeFromSlidingFormat' that will parse the format of the Sliding Date Ranger control and provide a Start and End date from it.

Mobile v13.4

Added 'Optional', 'Required' and 'Hidden' options for gender in the profile details block.
Added Group Scheduling blocks to mobile.
Added Toast functionality, accessible through the ShowToast command.

Reporting v13.4

Fixed issue in Dynamic Chart block where parameters from a route were not being passed to the SQL. Fixes: #4954
Fixed Date Filter in Dynamic Data block to work with dates formatted as dd/mm/yyyy. This mainly impacts Rock instances outside the US. Fixes: #4410
Fixed the PageParameterFilter block to respect the 'Show Reset Filters Button' setting. In doing this there was some refactoring of the block settings. The 'Hide Filter Actions' block setting was removed and replaced with 'Show Filter Button'. The previous settings were confusing and did not match Rock's typical logic pattern. This could mean that if one had the 'Hide Filter Actions' set to true that the filter buttons would now show. This would be a bit of an edge case (but possible), but in the effort to improve the logic of the settings the change was made. Also, fixed an issue where the filter settings default values were not being shown. Finally, adjusted the initial load logic to keep child blocks from loading twice on initial loads. Since these child blocks are often querying and loading a lot of data it's important that they are only loaded once.
Fixed the Group/Location DataSelect field to prevent an error when attempting to use it as a sort field. Fixes: #3941
Added Head of Household Post-Transformation Filter.
Added attributes defined at the Connection Type to Dataview Filters and Report Fields for Dataviews and Reports that apply to Connection Requests. Fixes: #4739

Workflow v13.4

Fixed Push Notification Send action to allow mobile page URLs.
Fixed issue where a partially filled out Address would throw an exception instead of showing a friendly validation message. Fixes: #4945
Fixed "Person Note Add" workflow action to set NoteUrl when Note is created. Fixes: #4857
Fixed issue in Workflow Entry block where canceling a form creates a new Person record when Person Entry is enabled. Fixes: #4983
Additional fix for issue in Workflow Entry block where canceling a form creates a new Person record when Person Entry is enabled. Additional change was to also not save any other form values when Cancel is clicked. Fixes: #4983
Updated Launch workflows method for entity set to set the Initiator Person Alias. Fixes: #4427
Updated the "Write to Interactions" workflow action to allow for setting the datetime of the interaction and for capturing the Id of the created Interaction record.

Rock v13.3 Released April 21, 2022

Rock McKinley v13.3 patches an issue that can lead to benevolence requests not tied to an individual to be deleted. If you currently use benevolence requests we encourage you to install this release as soon as possible and consider saving your database backups to use to restore the records at a future date.

Finance v13.3

Fixed an issue with the Rock Cleanup job deleting Benevolence Requests that were not associated with an existing Rock Person.

Rock v13.2 Released March 15, 2022

API v13.2

Improved GetByPersonAliasId call to include phone numbers. Fixes: #4610

CMS v13.2

Fixed issue with Universal Search query when using Smart Search block. Fixes: #4872
Fixed PageZoneBlocksEditor to properly dismiss edit block dialogs. Prior to this fix, editing the block settings of one block would cause another block's settings to also appear in certain scenarios. Fixes: #4777

Communication v13.2

Fixed an issue where a file exception occurs in Communication Wizard. Fixes: #4929

Connection v13.2

Fixed the Connection Opportunity List block to correctly display filter values for the current Connection Type. Fixes: #4782
Fixed issue in Connection Type to allow disabling "Future Follow Up" as a connection state. Prior to this fix, turning off "Enable Future Follow-up" on the Connection Type had no effect. Fixes: #4921
Fixed an issue with Connection Request workflow triggers failing.

Core v13.2

Updated the Structured Content Editor Class References to fix a JavaScript error. Fixes: #4916
Fixed the RockBlock GetCacheItem method to prevent incorrect null values. Fixes: #4853

CRM v13.2

Fixed the Person Merge to prevent an error when merging people with group scheduling preferences. Fixes: #4881

Event v13.2

Added a 'Communicate to Registrars' button to the Registration Instance list of Registrants.
Fixed issue in Registration where automatically applied discounts from the Registration Template could override manual Registration discounts. Fixes: #4922
Fixed the Event Registration Template to correctly validate the Fee Name field length. Fixes: #4641

Finance v13.2

Updated the TransactionEntryV2 block to be a bit more compatible to the v1 block.
Added ability to customize the 'Cover the Fees' message in Transaction Entry V2 and fixed issue where Transaction Source couldn't be configured.
Fixed an issue in Statement Generator where transactions with partial refunds were not included on the statement.
Fixed issue where Giving Overview might show incorrect totals if any transactions had partial refunds. Also fixed issue where transactions with partial refunds might not be included in giving alerts.
Fixed PledgeEntry block to only show active giving frequencies. Fixes: #4904
Fixed issue where the Transaction Entry block does not maintain Fluid layout setting when certain input values are changed. Fixes: #4512

Group v13.2

Added an additional way to filter list of group members during group scheduling.
Fixed Logout failure when editing the Group Details Lava block. Fixes: #4717

Lava v13.2

Fixed comments in include files being incorrectly rendered to output. Fixes: #4736
Fixed an issue with scoping of variables in Lava shortcodes. Fixes: #4923
Fixed Lava for Scheduling Confirmation Fixes: #4914
Fixed Lava Syntax for System Communications Fixes: #4911

Mobile v13.2

Added tracking for when a mobile application was last launched.
Fixed push notifications to not send to inactive devices.
Improved tracking of push notification enabled state.

Workflow v13.2

Added an optional "Reply To" field to the Email Send workflow action.

Rock v13.1 Released February 22, 2022

API v13.1

Added new communication REST endpoint for recording communications that were sent by external systems (not originating from Rock).

CMS v13.1

Fixed an issue with the Summernote toolbar buttons disappearing. Fixes: #4456

Check-in v13.1

Added 'Disable Location Services' block setting to the Mobile Check-in Launcher. If disabled, the mobile device’s location services will not be used and instead a list of active campuses will be shown.
Fixed an issue that would cause check-in to fail on iOS versions older than 13.4. Fixes: #4918
Fixed an issue in Check-in Manager where the Room List would show the same count for the present and checked-out values. Fixes: #4925

Communication v13.1

Updated the Simple Communication editor to filter out the new Email Wizard templates. Fixes: #4888
Updated the email address regular expression on the Person model to match the UI validation. Fixes: #4867
Fixed 'Paste From Word' function to no longer reverse text when bold is enabled. Fixes: #4751
Fixed an issue where a newly added text item could not be immediately deleted from the email template layout. Fixes: #4862

Connection v13.1

Fixed an XSS injection issue on the Connection Opportunity Search.
Added new externally facing mobile friendly blocks for allowing non-staff to view connection requests under connection types and opportunities.
Fixed some Connection Request workflow triggers failing with an exception. Fixes: #4920

Core v13.1

Updated Rock Image Link to correctly callback when adding any link to image. Fixes: #4851
Updated Summernote to 0.8.20.
Switched the Connections Board, SMS Conversations, and Group Scheduler pages to the Full Worksurface layout.
Fixed an issue with passing transparent color values to the Tag background color. Fixes: #4523
Fixed an error that would occur when downloading documents with special characters in the file name. Fixes: #4902
Fixed an issue in Workflow Forms where default values were not being assigned when visibility is controlled by a logic filter. Fixes: #4874
Fixed issue where invalid person tokens would cause an exception when legacy fallback was disabled. Fixes: #4912 #4913

CRM v13.1

Fixed the Address Control showing an incorrect value in the State field. Fixes: #4883
Added new "Exclude Schedules" option in the Update Family Campus section of the Data Automation Settings.

Event v13.1

Fixed an error that could occur when editing an existing linkage on an event occurrence. Fixes: #4907

Finance v13.1

Updated the Statement Generator to include run duration information on the summary screen. The summary screen information will now be saved to a @Summary of Results.txt file in the report directory when complete. Added a new option to persist the Statement Generator settings globally in the database.
Fixed issue where editing a scheduled transaction on the recurrence date could lead to an orphaned transaction due to a gateway scheduleId mismatch (NMI). Fixes: #4526
Fixed issue where changing the account designation of a scheduled transaction could generate an error. Fixes: #4821
Updated the giving configuration to allow editing of inactive scheduled transactions. Improved the performance of toggling between Show Active and Show Inactive lists. Fixes: #4871

Group v13.1

Added the Group Type parent authority authorization pre-check to Group Members. Prior to this fix, the GroupMember model did not respect GroupType security through Lava entity commands. Fixes: #4855

Lava v13.1

Fixed an issue with combined person data getting double encoded in the merge template process. Prior to the fix, when doing a mail merge and selecting Combine Family Members, '&' instead of '&' was appearing in the combined name. Fixes: #4884
Resolved JavaScript error caused by AddQuickReturn Lava Filter when the Personal Links block is not present. Fixes: #4877
Added new TimeOfDay Lava filter.

Workflow v13.1

Added a new CampusId property to Workflow and added a new workflow action, SetWorkflowCampus, to allow setting the workflow's Campus. NOTE: This will mean you will need to adjust any workflow types that have an attribute with a key of "Campus" when you edit that workflow type.

Rock v13.0 Released January 31, 2022

API v13.0

Added ability for a Rock Mobile application to be authenticated for an API in addition to the logged in person.

CMS v13.0

Updated the account creation block and API to better deal with special characters in the user name.
Updated whitespace on _icons.less to address broken compile when updating Rock and FontAwesome Pro is installed. Fixes: #4869
Updated the Family Pre Registration block to allow for launching a workflow for each parent and a workflow for each child.
Updated the GetFile.ashx handler to support HTTP byte ranges. This provides better compatibility for services like CDNs.
Updated the default styling of the Rock Google Maps theme.
Added a new Media Account Component model for managing media stored in remote/external systems.
Added new mediaplayer Lava short code to simplify building video and audio players.
Added new field type to handle displaying a specific media element video and optionally requiring it be watched by the user.
Fixed incorrect HTML markup on Opportunity Search Lava in core themes.
Fixed issue with Universal Search block where the search type was displayed twice.
Fixed the Public Profile Edit block so that required adult phone types are not requirements for new child family members. Fixes: #4771

Check-in v13.0

Added "Don't Ask If There Is No Ability Level" Ability Level Determination option to the Checkin Type. This will allow a person with an ability level set the opportunity to update it. A person without an ability level set will not be asked to select one.
Added support for the new Windows Check-in Client v4. Download and install Rock Windows Check-in Client under Power Tools > External Applications.
Added the ability to customize the person select button text using a Lava template.
Added Group Attendance Reporting job to help with the reporting of attendance type metrics onto a person in new attribute values.
Added QRCode scanning support for browsers and the Rock Windows Check-in Client.
Added new capabilities for creating achievement labels for use during the check-in process.
Added a new achievement celebrations feature into the check-in system.
Changed the family check-in so that only family members are preselected. Persons with the "Can Check-in" relationship will not be preselected.
Updated Check-in Manager blocks with additional functionality such as sortable columns, new Present/Checked-out Time columns, and attendance change history.
Updated Check-In to always show room count when show location option is checked. Fixes: #4671
Updated CheckinBlueCrystal theme to remove the Rock logo in the background.
Changed the Check-in Manager's Roster block to always show the person's check-in status.
Improved Aero Check-in theme to improve rendering with reprinting labels.
Fixed an issue with the Phone Number lookup button incorrectly showing on the Mobile Launcher block.
Fixed an issue where circular group references would cause the Check-in Manager to crash.
Fixed Lava in Registration Template to replace the old ContactName with ContactPersonAlias. Fixes: #4845
Fixed Attendance Self-Entry Block to handle invalid locations set in the Block Settings or as a Url Parameter. Fixes: #4661
Fixed an issue that caused Checkin Locations not to display if the the Location associated with a selected campus had a parent location. Fixes: #4705
Added block setting "Prioritize families for this campus" to the FamilySelect block to list families in the same campus as the kiosk before families in other campuses.
Added the ability to specify Group IDs in the checkin query string to automatically configure a Check-in Kiosk.
Added load balancing options for automatically selecting locations during check-in. This is based on new Location Selection Strategy options in the check-in configuration.

Communication v13.0

Updated the Communication Entry Wizard block to allow updating alt text on images.
We have taken the next step to remove the old System Emails (Legacy) function by initially hiding the page from the menu. Although it can be accessed by manually navigating from the parent page's child pages, it will be removed in a future version of Rock.
Updated the default setting of the Email medium's "CSS Inlining Enabled" to true.
Updated the email address validation to allow for multiple '+', '-', or '.' symbols back to back. Fixes: #4829
Added functionality for adding an image to a SMS Conversation.
Added fullscreen capability to the SMS Conversations block.
Added the ability to add security to SMS Numbers to allow for more configuration options on the SMS Conversation's block.
Added the ability to show the CC and BCC fields on the simple email editor. This allows the group toolbox to have these features (Idea #1559). Also fixed some alignment issues with the subject line and CC/BCC fields.
Added new page to allow sending push notifications to all associated devices for a mobile application.
Added new step to RockCleanup job to reset any person or group member's communication preference from SMS to No Preference if they do not have any messaging enabled phones.
Added the ability to hide secured SMS Numbers for both the Communication Entry and Communication Entry Wizard blocks.
Added a new ExpireDate to SMS Pipeline actions so that they can be automatically deleted by the cleanup job if/when they expire.
Created a newly-polished communication history list block for use under the Person Profile page's History tab.
Updated help text to provide additional information on how CSS inlining works with communication templates. Fixes: #4631
Updated the Send Communications job to primarily use ReviewedDateTime when getting the list of communications to send. Fixes: #4545
Modified Email Field validation to allow inclusion of Lava commands/shortcodes. Fixes: #3976
Added ability to add a person note in SMS Conversations.
Updated the Send Group Schedule Notifications job to send via either email or SMS based on group / person preference.
Updated communication system and transport to use multiple threads when sending communications and when processing each recipient.
Updated the CC/BCC fields on a Communication Template to allow for using Lava.
Replaced old, custom Twilio logging with the standard Rock Logging system.

Connection v13.0

Added fullscreen capability to Connection Request Board block.
Added new automation rules on Connection Request's Connection Status to allow for automatic movement to a different Status.
Added query string parameters on the Connection Board when clicking Connection Requests or Connection Opportunities.
Added the ability within Connection Types to reorder Connection Opportunities.
Fixed issue where group member role and group member status were not showing on ConnectionRequestBoard Block.
Updated the Connection Board block to open manually launched workflows into a new browser tab instead of the current tab.
Updated Connection Opportunities as well as Connection Type to delete the related attributes. Fixes: #4738
Updated the Connection Request Workflows that are triggered as a result of changes to the Connection Request to set the Initiator from the CurrentPerson who made the change.
Fixed an issue in the ConnectionRequestBoard where people could be added incorrectly or added twice to the connector list under certain conditions. Fixes: #4752 #4763
Fixed an issue in the ConnectionRequestBoard where filtering by Connector or Requester would not show all of the ConnectionRequests if there were multiple PersonAliases for the person being used to filter. Fixes: #4632
Fixed an issue with the Connection Board so that Connection Request Activity Types are sorted alphabetically. Fixes: #4783

Core v13.0

Added new Notes block for use with Mobile Applications that allows a user to view and enter entity notes.
Added a Follow Event to allow notifications when a note is added to a followed person.
Upgraded Rock Solution from .Net 4.5.2 to 4.7.2.
Enhanced privilege classification and checking during person merging and other operations. For certain designated people, it will purposely be more difficult to perform merges or other record matching operations in Rock in order to reduce the possibility of a hijack attempt.
Updated RockCleanup job and moved "Process Elevated Security" on Person records to a new job.
Changed the effective end date on a recurring schedule that has no end to use "null" instead of the arbitrary max date.
Updated the stock Connection Status defined value called "Web Prospect" to be renamed to "Prospect" if it had not already been modified.
Updated Data Automation Job with new Command Timeout Attribute to tackle timeout issue.
Fixed issue with Data Encryption where OldDataEncryptionKey values in web.config were not being used to Decrypt older encrypted values.
Fixed an issue that caused picker controls with categorized items (like Workflows and Data Views) not to fully expand and display items that were previously selected and saved. Fixes: #4504
Added the ability to provide a subset of selectable defined values when configuring an attribute of type Defined Value.
Added the ability to to provide a subset of selectable campuses when configuring an attribute of type Campus(es).
Added the ability to hide the 'unknown' option from gender when configuring attributes of this type.
Added Azure Blob Storage as a core File Storage Provider.
Added new save hooks for developers to use when creating custom models in plugins.
Fixed an issue with cascading drop-downs in the Group Type and Group picker that would result in the Group value being blanked out when making changes. Also fixed in the Group and Role picker. Fixes: #4162
Fixed the note security so that assigning individuals to view/edit/etc a specific note will work as expected. Fixes: #2551
Fixed issue where the Toggle control's OnChange events would not work consistently. This fixes an issue where conditional display logic in EventRegistration would not work correctly for Boolean FieldTypes that are configured to use a Toggle control. Fixes: #4772
Fixed an issue in Bulk Update where any Memo Attribute with a character limit prevented correct loading. Fixes: #4231
Fixed username validation on Account Entry block. Fixes: #4530
Fixed an issue preventing horizontal scrolling on Rock tree views. Fixes: #4870
Fixed issue where form fields with conditional display logic were being shown in WorkflowEntry or RegistrationEntry in cases where the condition has not been met when using Campus field type as criteria. Fixes: #4793
Fixed issue with multiple Notes blocks on the same page all opening the edit control when the add button is clicked on one of the blocks. Fixes: #4803
Fixed required validation issue with the DefinedValues field type that allow the input of new Defined Values. Prior to the fix, the selected value for the DefinedValues attribute was not being saved in some cases. Fixes: #4446
Fixed the Address control to allow the initial value of the State field to be set correctly. Fixes: #4801

CRM v13.0

Fixed discrepancy between Birthdate and Birth Date on Family Pre-Registration by changing all labels marking date of birth textboxes to "Birth Date". Fixes: #4735
Fixed issue where the history was not showing who removed a known relationship . Fixes: #4737
Fixed the Documents block to not consider Maximum Documents Per Entity on edit. This allows you to edit the details of the document even if the maximum number of documents have been uploaded. Fixes: #4773
Fixed an issue where merging a person from a multi-person family fails with an error. Fixes: #4748
Added priority navigation to Person profile pages to improve browsing on mobile.
Added Campus Id and Guid page parameters, Number of Columns block attribute, and Communication preferences to the family preregistration block.
Added the ability to right-click a Person in Verify Photos List and open their Profile Page in a separate tab.
Updated Data automation to also consider recent event registrants on Reactivation and Inactivation. Fixes: #4465
Updated the Benevolence block with some new UI enhancements.
Updated the Family Pre-Registration Address to include Hide, Optional, and Required attributes. The default is Optional.
Updated the Person Detail Connection Request block. The 'Hide Inactive' block setting has been replaced with the new setting 'Hide Connection Requests With These States' which is able to filter on all of the Request States.

Engagement v13.0

Added support for attributes on Step Types.
Added change tracking for some Steps-related items on the Person History.
Added features to allow for giving achievements and streaks.
Fixed Streak List error EnrollmentViewModel is invalid because it is neither a built-in type nor implements ILiquidizable. Fixes: #4662
Fixed the Step List to restrict from deleting any Step that the user is not authorized for. Fixes: #4775
Fixed an issue with Step Program so that new Step Types are arranged in the order they were added. Fixes: #4423
Fixed issue where Step Program List and Step Type List blocks include/count inactive step types. Fixes: #4842

Event v13.0

Fixed missing person fields on Obsidian Event Registration block. Fixes: #4885
Fixed issue on the EventItemOccurrenceDetail block where inactive templates and instances were displayed in the linkages list. Fixes: #4811
Fixed issue on the RegistrationEntry block where refreshing the page on the summary screen could allow a registration to be saved without the values entered in the registration form under certain conditions. Fixes: #4493
Fixed an issue in the RegistrationEntry block that would cause a new person to be assigned to a new family under certain conditions. Fixes: #4743
Fixed an issue in Event Registration that prevented copying a Registration Template with a Placement Configuration. Fixes: #4536
Fixed an issue in Event Occurrence to correctly delete a Linkage URL. Fixes: #4744
Updated the RegistrationEntry block to not exclude registration instructions that contain only an image. Fixes: #4341
Added approval status filter to the Calendar Lava block. This allows the block to be used for approval and planning calendars.
Added a new optional setting on the Registration Template (used by the Registration Entry block) to allow for launching a workflow for each registrant when a new registration is completed.

Finance v13.0

Updated the Business detail block to allow for support of previous address, tagging, history, search keys and attributes.
Added the ability to filter Giving Alerts by Financial Account and to get an alert when a gift amount is over a specified amount.
Added new giving analytics tools.
Added options to use child financial accounts and giving analytic tables to the Giving Amount data filter.
Added Giving Journeys to the giving automation feature set.
Fixed the Transaction List "Clear Filter" button to clear selections in dropdowns. Fixes: #4820
Fixed an issue in Giving Analytics where filtering by Data View could display incorrect results. Fixes: #4780
Fixed a bug that in Giving Analytics that caused Data View result options not to appear after filtering by a Data View. This is a duplicate. Leave here so the import process can see the SHA has already been processed.

Group v13.0

Added fullscreen capability to the Group Scheduler block.
Added the ability to see the number of volunteers needed in the group Schedule Toolbox.
Added settings to the Group Schedule Status Board block to allow easier usage on custom pages.
Updated the Schedule Toolbox to also send cancellation emails when appropriate.
Updated Group Scheduling Response Email to have a "Recipient" merge field. Also updated logic so that two separate emails will be sent: One to the Scheduler and the other to the "Confirmation Cancel" contact.
Updated the Group Finder block to allow filtering the campus list by campus type and status.
Updated the Group Scheduler block to show a 'worship week' using the "Starting Day of Week" system setting (if it is set). For example if the "Starting Day of Week" is set to Tuesday then the Group Scheduler's week drop-down list will show week date ranges that start on Tuesday and end on Monday. Fixes: #4807
Updated Group Type and Group Types Picker with new IsSortedByName property to sort the list items by name.
Updated the GroupTypeDetail block. When adding new Group attributes the explicit authorizations from the GroupType are copied over to the Group attribute.
Fixed an issue on the GroupFinder block where the clear button would hide the map & results instead of resetting the search filter and reloading the results.
Fixed FamilySalutation Lava filter returning error (Fixes #4849) (#4860) (cherry picked from commit 03934aef02eb7e55717281fcfb570d515e4ebcf3) (Applied manually since git couldn't resolve the change since the GroupService.Partial core model change move from 12.8 to 13.0) Fixes: #4858
Fixed an issue where blocks dragged from one zone to another would not have their new location saved while creating Mobile pages. Fixes: #4566
Fixed issue in the GroupScheduleToolbox where groups using the same location and schedule would show filled for the given time slot if one of them was filled. For instance, Ushers and Greeters in the Worship Center at 9 AM would both show filled if the Usher group was filled but the Greeters group was not. Fixes: #4785
Fixed Group RSVP not allowing check-in after the group member clicks accept in the email. Fixes: #4814

Lava v13.0

Fixed issue where Lava cache fails inside scoped tag. Fixes: #4672
Fixed issue where Lava webhook templates were considered that were marked 'inactive' on the defined values.
Added a new Steps filter for Lava.
Added dynamic properties to entity commands. See documentation for details.
Added RandomNumber Lava filter to allow for generation of random numbers.
Updated the Split filter to add an option to preserve empty entries.
Implemented new Lava engine called Fluid to increase performance and support move to .Net Core in the future. See https://community.rockrms.com/lava/fluid for details on how you can switch over to take advantage of the increased performance.
Updated the Address Lava filter to allow retrieving the Guid of the location which is useful when dealing with address field types.
Adjusted the DateDiff filter to handle year differencing more accurately.

Mobile v13.0

Added support for person matching in the mobile Registration block (requires Mobile Shell v3).
Added support for the Onboarding block to skip personal information screens if the individual is already logged in (requires Mobile Shell v3).
Added a new block to display Prayer Requests as cards (requires Mobile Shell v3).
Added new mobile Group Finder block (requires Mobile Shell v3).
Added Connection blocks to Mobile (requires Mobile Shell v3).
Added support for Mobile application processing of a workflow with Person Entry fields on it.
Added Search block to enable searching for people or groups (requires Mobile Shell v3.0).
Updated the mobile Login block to support sending confirmation e-mails and provide better error messages (requires mobile shell v3).
Updated the mobile Login block with new settings to specify the return page and cancel page (requires Mobile Shell v3).

Other v13.0

Added an option to the Expiring Credit Card Notices job to enable sending a bus event, and made the selection of a email template optional.
Added a new Security Change Audit page and block (under Admin > Security) to assist when troubleshooting security permission changes.

Prayer v13.0

Updated the location of attributes on the prayer entry block to place them above the request text. This moves them to a more consistent place in the UI.
Fixed the Prayer Request Entry block to correctly pass the RequestedByPersonAlias property to a workflow. Fixes: #4731
Add a new block that provides an additional experience to pray using a card-based view.
Added an option to the Follow/EventDetail block to "Include Non-Public Requests" if the Event Type is "Person Prayer Request". If selected this option will send a notification for private as well as public prayer requests.

Reporting v13.0

Updated the chart inside the metrics block to improve the chart formatting. Fixes: #3533
Fixed issue in the PageParameterFilter block where deselected values were not removed from the query string. Fixes: #4816
Fixed an issue in the MetricDetail block where metrics with Analytics enabled were allowed to have the same Title.
Fixed misspelling of CalendarMonthAbbreviated and FiscalMonthAbbreviated columns on the AnalyticsSourceDate table. Fixes: #4827
Fixed Schedule field in Reports to correctly render custom schedules. Fixes: #4809
Fixed an error in the CalculateMetrics job for Metrics partitioning by Campus in a DataView when one or more persons in the DataView does not have a Primary Campus. Fixes: #4787
Fixed an issue in the MetricValueList filter where only one value for each EntityType (e.g. DefinedValue) would be used in the filter. Fixes: #4747
Added Week of Year, Week Counter, Leap Year Indicator, and Sunday Date Year to the AnalyticsSourceDate table.
Added the ability to filter on note attributes that are qualified to a specific note type.
Added the ability to include heading or footer content to the Dynamic Data block when using the Grid mode.
Added new option to the "Children's Names" report field type to allow for including the child's grade.
Updated Page Parameter Filter block to allow misconfigured filters to be deleted and allow for no update, block update, or page updates when filters are updated.
Updated the Person Data View filter for 'In Registration Instance' to optionally allow filtering on wait list status.

Workflow v13.0

Fixed issue where a Workflow Attribute and an Action Attribute with the same Key would be loaded incorrectly on an Entry Form. Fixes: #4810
Fixed issue where Workflow Entry would display a Workflow Form and Person Entry if the Workflow immediately becomes inactive and the 'Show Summary' option is enabled on the Workflow Entry block. Fixes: #4824
Added new option on WorkflowEntry block to disallow passing WorkflowTypeIds.
Added a new feature to allow bulk deleting many workflows at one time and added a property to WorkflowType to control auto-deleting old workflows via the RockCleanup job.
Adjusted the behavior of the Gender field on the Workflow Person Entry Configuration's form so that the "unknown" option is not shown when displaying the Gender field. Fixes: #4555
Updated Workflow Person Entry so that a new person will be created/matched if LastName or FirstName changes when Autofill Current Person is enabled. Fixes: #4704
Updated the workflow action type "Group Member Add From Attribute" with optional settings to limit allowed Groups, GroupTypes, and whether to allow a person to be added to a Security Role Group.
Updated Workflow Entry to only consider gender when person matching if Gender is not marked hidden under Enable Person Entry. Fixes: #4767

Rock v12.9 Released October 11, 2022

Core v12.9

Improved security.

Rock v12.8 Released February 7, 2022

Core v12.8

Fix issue where the OpenID /UserInfo endpoint doesn't return any user claims. Fixes: #4854
Fixed Combine Family Members in Merge Template Entry. Fixes: #4849

CRM v12.8

The NCOA system has been updated to use the v2 API. The service provider is planning on removing their v1 API in 2022.

Event v12.8

Fixed issue that caused Event Registration Entry block to ignore fields flagged with "Show Current Value" in some configurations. Fixes: #3900

Finance v12.8

Updated the statement generator to work with individuals that have more that one associated mailing address. Fixes: #4866
Updated Statement Generator so that Formal Names are used and Inactive people are optionally included. This restores the previous behavior. Fixes: #4865

Lava v12.8

Fixed the FamilySalutation filter to prevent a Liquid error message. Fixes: #4858

Rock v12.7 Released November 29, 2021

Core v12.7

Fixed issue in Rock Cleanup job where a null exception could occur when matching a nameless person. Fixes: #4813

CRM v12.7

Updated Person Merge "Reset Login Confirmation" help text to not cut off. Fixes: #4808

Event v12.7

Improved Next Start Date shown for events by extending the date range to two years. This is to show the date for a scheduled event that is more than 1 year in the future. Fixes: #4812
Fixed an issue where (non-shared) Event Registration Placement Groups created prior to 12.3 would not be visible after upgrading to 12.3. Fixes: #4784
Fixed an issue where Registration Form field filters created prior to v12.5 would not work correctly after upgrading to 12.5. Fixes: #4792

Finance v12.7

Fixed issue where "Abandoned" credit card transactions would report a warning in the Download Payments job. Fixes: #4805

Group v12.7

Fixed GroupScheduleToolbox block to show schedules starting from the next day instead of 24 hours from current time. Fixes: #4806
Fixed issue where Group salutation was not properly updating when someone is removed from the family. Fixes: #4804

Mobile v12.7

Fixed issue in Group Member Edit block when using the Member Detail Page block setting.
Added new setting to mobile Calendar Event List block to allow for hiding of past events.
Updated mobile Group Member Edit block to allow for deleting of group members (requires Mobile Shell v2.1).
Updated mobile Group Attendance Entry block to support recording notes (requires Mobile Shell v2.1).

Workflow v12.7

Fixed Form buttons incorrectly triggering validation (checking for required fields) when they are configured to cancel form submission. Fixes: #4713

Rock v12.6 Released September 27, 2021

Core v12.6

Fixed an issue where the Authorization cache and EntityAttributeCache wasn't getting updated correctly on other servers in a bus-based multi-server environment.

Event v12.6

Updated the EventRegistration block to allow the browser back button to navigate from the Summary screen back to the previous screen. Fixes: #4703

Prayer v12.6

Fixed Prayer Session blocks to ensure the interaction is recorded to the correct channel.

Workflow v12.6

Fixed an issue where a Workflow with a Workflow Entry Form could produce duplicate workflows. Fixes: #4789

Rock v12.5 Released September 7, 2021

API v12.5

Fixed API login endpoints to not allow login for unconfirmed accounts. Fixes: #4723
Updated the API call People/GetByEmail to use a QueryString for the email address in addition to the route. Fixes: #4701

CMS v12.5

Fixed Schedule Content Shortcode to return the correct NextOccurrenceDateTime. Fixes: #4741
Fixed the Page Properties block to prevent system pages from getting deleted. Fixes: #4732
Fixed an issue where Streaks were not being processed when Interactions were being written.
Fixed the Internal Communication View block to respect the start date on any content channel item. Fixes: #4546
Fixed an issue where a string could be double-encoded when using the HTML Editor and inserting a image or file. Fixes: #4567
Added EventItems to Universal Search.
Updated the Stark theme's default font family to use modern fonts. Fixes: #4711
Improved the error handling of the Sync Media job to show which specific account(s) had errors.
Improved the Calendar Item template on core themes to hide registrations that are not active as indicated by the "Is Active" property.
Updated to FontAwesome 5.15.3

Check-in v12.5

Fixed an issue with sequential numeric codes repeating "67" under certain conditions. Fixes: #4726
Fixed an issue where the name shown on the group select title was the first person instead of the current person, for Family Check-in with multiple scheduled groups. Fixes: #4727
Fixed a JavaScript error in Checkin Manager that was causing the 'UpdateProgress' animation to stay visible on Safari. Fixes: #4689
Fixed an issue with the attendance grid using a different date than the chart. Fixes: #4541
Added a new advanced configuration option to control whether or not the Ability Level Selection should be shown during check-in.
Improved the performance of the Welcome page.
Updated checkin search box to disable spellcheck and autocorrect on iOS based devices.

Communication v12.5

Updated the email transport to remove any new line characters from the email subject. Fixes: #4718
Added security to the System Communication templates which is now used by the Communication History and Communication Detail block when trying to view the Communication record.
Added a new CSS Inlining Enabled option to the Email medium.
Fixed an issue with SendGridHTTP communication transport and the Email with Events workflow action not handling bounced emails correctly. Fixes: #4719
Fixed Mobile Communication View block not processing merge fields.

Connection v12.5

Added history tracking for Connection Requests and added certain request history events onto the requestor's person history under the new "Connection Requests" category.
Fixed the Connection Request Board to only list user-defined activity types while adding or editing an activity. Fixes: #4692
Connection Types are now sorted in the correct order. Fixes: #4729

Core v12.5

Moved the Rock Log settings from System Settings > System Configuration to System Settings > Rock Logs.
Updated the Process BI Analytics job to populate the new AnalyticsSourceGivingUnit BI Table. Also improved performance of GivingAnalytics job.
Fixed an issue where the MonthYearPicker was missing code to handle a change in the Year. Fixes: #4629
Fixed inconsistent display of text cursor in Firefox browsers.
Fixed RockPage to replace the Meta Tag with a new one in the same position. Fixes: #4560
Added a secure option to the cookie's samesite setting. Fixes: #4579
Added new field type of Captcha to allow using reCaptcha verification in places with custom attributes, such as workflows.
Provided additional options for the Attributes block allowing others with Edit access but without Administrate access to be able to edit the 'values' of the attribute.
Added a new property to Schedules to allow automatic inactivating once the schedule has no more occurrences.
Added logging to cache update bus events.
Fixed issues with apostrophes causing errors. Fixes: #4568 #4562
Fixed issue where hitting Cancel on the Note Delete confirmation would delete the note. Fixes: #4659
Fixed an issue with OIDC not redirecting to the client site if the user declines permission. Fixes: #4681
Fixed an issue where an AttributeMatrixItem fetched by Index from an AttributeMatrix did not display any information. Fixes: #4045

CRM v12.5

Added a new bookmark and 'quick return' feature for even faster navigation inside Rock.
Improved responsiveness of New Family block attributes on mobile devices. Fixes: #4700
Improved contrast on default tag colors. Fixes: #4706
Fixed an issue where the Planned Visit Date was not being hidden correctly on the Family Pre-Registration block. Fixes: #4720

Engagement v12.5

Added a new StepProgramCompletion model to represent the completion of a set of program steps by a participant.
Fixed issue where SmsPipelineDetail, GroupMemberList (mobile), and StepEntry could take a while to load the first time. Fixes: #4627

Event v12.5

Added Show All Events in Detail block setting to the mobile Calendar View block to enable showing all events rather than only the selected day's events.
Updated the Registration Instance Payment Reminder block to save the email in the Communication history.
Fixed an issue in Event Placement where inactive child groups of a parent group were added when adding multiple groups.
Fixed an issue in event placement where detaching a placement group for the registration instance would detach all the groups for the instance and leave only the template groups.
Fixed the Export Calendar Feed function to output exceptions in a format that can be processed by third-party calendar applications. Fixes: #4635
Fixed the Export Calendar Feed function to correctly export events with no scheduled end date. Fixes: #4639

Finance v12.5

Fixed a bug in Giving Analytics that caused Data View result options not to appear after filtering by a Data View. Fixes: #4712
Fixed an issue where the Expiring Credit Card Notices job could get an exception if the expiration year is null. Fixes: #4728
Fixed an issue where the Statement Generator didn't include contributions from deceased people. Fixes: #4559
Fixed issues with the number box (currency) not formatting correctly. Fixes: #4730
Added credit card expiration date to Schedule Transaction Edit block
Added several new features to the Rock Statement Generator found in Admin Tools > Power Tools > External Applications.
Added a new property to the Scheduled Transaction model to track the date and time a scheduled transaction was inactivated.

Group v12.5

Modified the behavior of the Group Member List block to show error flags on inactive group members who do not meet group requirements.
Updated the Group Finder block to include new features to control zoom behavior and location precision.
Fixed an issue with the group selector being disabled in certain circumstances. Fixes: #4696
Fixed Group Member to allow for deletion if any group member assignments are present. Fixes: #4697
Fixed Group Capacity Warning in Leader Toolbox so that blank capacities are not treated as a capacity of zero. Fixes: #4547

Lava v12.5

Fixed an issue where the Device List block shows an error message in custom columns. Fixes: #4715
Fixed an issue where setting a recursive Global attribute value can cause Rock to become unresponsive. Fixes: #4551
Fixed an issue where accessing FinancialPaymentDetail attributes may return an error. Fixes: #4519

Mobile v12.5

Added Daily Challenge Entry block to allow for processing daily challenges setup in the system for the user to complete. (Requires mobile shell v3)
Fixed an issue that would cause the mobile OnboardPerson block to fail if campus selection was hidden.
Fixed an issue in mobile AddToGroup block that could generate an error if the individual was logged in.
Fixed Mobile bundle not including the Info and Brand colors.

Prayer v12.5

Fixed an issue in the Mobile Prayer Request Details block that caused an error to display when attempting to add a new prayer request.

Reporting v12.5

Improved the UI of the Service Metrics Entry block.
Updated Group Participation Report Field to correctly persist the user selection. Fixes: #4556
Updated the Service Metric Entry block with additional filtering settings.
Fixed an issue with the grid not selecting the correct records and added the Show Launch Workflow option to the Dynamic Data Block. Fixes: #4686
Fixed an issue that caused the Giving Amount Data Filter to always exclude deceased individuals, even if "include deceased" was selected on the Data View. Fixes: #4557
Fixed issue when exporting a report to Excel that caused the Lava fields to not be included. Fixes: #4673
Added logic to the "Process BI Analytics" job to check the formatted value length before trying to INSERT it. Values over 250 characters after applying formatting will be skipped over and not inserted. This will match the behavior of the job when loading unformatted values. This will prevent field types such as "URL Link" from creating a value that is too big for the Analytics table.
Fixed an issue with the Page Parameter Filter block's default values not populating correctly. Fixes: #4694

Workflow v12.5

Fixed an issue where Send Email With Events was logging events even after the workflow had been completed. Fixes: #4722
Fixed an issue with the Send Email (System Email) Send To Email Addresses not working correctly when the field included Lava. Fixes: #3921
Fixed a bug that prevented Notes created by Workflows from triggering Note Watch notifications.
Added conditional fields to the workflow Form action.
Added options to Workflow Entry to filter which Campuses are listed for the Person Entry form.
Added the ability to write interactions from the workflow entry block.
Updated the SMS Send workflow action to allow setting the From field using a defined value from the "SMS Phone Number" defined type.
Updated Workflow Trigger logic to allow comparison to the underlying integer values triggering from fields that use enumerated values (e.g., you may use either "Approved" or "3" for triggering when a Communication entity is approved). Fixes: #4552

Rock v12.4 Released June 14, 2021

CMS v12.4

Resolved an issue that caused the Content Channel Item Detail block to remove all tags if any tag was removed. Fixes: #4676
Improved KPI shortcode styling to improve appearance and browser compatibility.

Check-in v12.4

Updated the Family Pre-Registration block to have additional options to allow an individual to select the day and service that they plan to attend.
Performance Improvements for Checkin Manager.
Added new En Route block to the Check-in Manager for special cases that are useful to some organizations.
Added the ability to control the header text of the blocks that make up check-in. The old "Title" block settings that previously held the block's header text have been removed. Admins should update any custom values in the new Check-in Configuration "Header Text" section.
Fixed JavaScript change that caused issues with Check-in. Fixes: #4666
Fixed an issue with the device id not being saved when entered via the URL. Fixes: #4655
Fixed Live Metrics block to only display count for active checked-in. Fixes: #4665

Communication v12.4

Updated the Communication List Subscribe block to show the description in the communication list.
Fixed an issue with the Nameless Person attributes not getting merged correctly. Fixes: #4646
Fixed the Communication List Subscribe block to only show active communication lists. Fixes: #4650

Connection v12.4

Prevent a connection from being transferred to the same Connection Opportunity and display the Group Member Attributes in view mode. Fixes: #4660
The Enable Request Security block setting that was formerly controlling the feature has been replaced by the same setting found in the Connection Type's configuration.
When Enable Request Security is on, security can be set using the "Security" option in the menu on the individual request from within the connection board.
The Connection Opportunity Search block will now respect the security settings on the opportunities. Fixes: #4654
Security on connections has been implemented consistently. This many mean that some individuals who had access to requests no longer do. This can easily be fixed by adjusting the security on your Connection Types and Opportunities.

Core v12.4

Updated default avatar in connection request to show gendered version if known. Fixes: #4599
Added PurposeKey to Followings to allow for specifying the custom purpose of the following.
Fixed pickers displaying with incorrect heights inside of modals.
Fixed issue where 'back dating' option notes didn't show the date picker correctly. Fixes: #4682

CRM v12.4

Fixed an issue with the Public Profile Edit block that caused it to delete all phone numbers when editing a record.
Fixed issue with person matching where the email address comparison was case sensitive. Fixes: #4640
Updated procedures when saving a person record to clear "Self Inactivated" Review Reasons when the person is re-activated. Fixes: #4645
Added a System Configuration setting that enables businesses to always display in the Person Picker.

Engagement v12.4

Added Start Date to Person Step List Block.
Fixed a bug that caused an error when viewing Steps if the Step Program was inactive. Fixes: #4617
Resolved a bug that prevented modifying Entity-level Security for Steps. Fixes: #4683

Event v12.4

Fixed issue in birthday following notification for Friday birthdays not sending notification. Fixes: #4634
Fixed issue in Event Registration where the discount code text box would not appear if the registrant was taken off the waitlist and there was no cost for the event. Fixes: #4653
Fixed an issue with inactive accounts showing in the Registration Account Information of an Event Registration. Fixes: #4657
Fixed issue in the RegistrationInstanceRegistrationList block where filtering the Registrations by Payment Status would not show registrations that have not paid any amount. Fixes: #4613

Finance v12.4

Replaced Contribution Statement Lava block with a new a Contribution Statement Generator block which uses templates found under Finance > Statement Templates. The block is only replaced if you had not previously modified the stock lava template that originally came in the block settings. These statement templates will also be used by the upcoming, new Contribution Statement Generator external application in a future version of Rock.
The previous "Currency Symbol" Global Attribute has been replaced with "Organization Currency Code". This new attribute is a Defined Type value which has a 'Symbol' attribute that holds the currency's symbol. Although Rock's internal code automatically uses this, via Lava you could use: ` {{ 'Global' | Attribute:'OrganizationStandardCurrencyCode','Object' | Attribute:'Symbol' }}`
Updated Financial Payment Details to store the expiration date and name on card un-encrypted.
Improved the load time for the Event Registration Matching block.
Fixed issue with using wrong Expiration Date property. Fixes: #4695
Updated Giving Analytics block to restore functionality from prior versions allowing you to select all currency types and transaction sources by clicking on the heading. Fixes: #4450

Group v12.4

Updated the Group Finder Hide Overcapacity Groups block attribute to display when editing the block settings. Fixes: #3945
Updated the group member list to show a warning indicator for group members who have group requirement warnings and to differentiate between unmet requirements and warnings. Fixes: #4570
Fixed issue in the Group Scheduler Toolbox block where inactive groups were displayed for blackout dates. Fixes: #4668
Fixed Group Scheduler to correctly display longer full names. Fixes: #4664
Fixed issue where a group that had a mix of Group Location Schedules with and without configurations caused an error on the Group Schedule Toolbox block.
Fixed issue on the GroupDetail block where the Archive button would be shown for users that do not have Edit access to the group. Fixes: #4630
Fixed issue in birthday following notification for Friday birthdays not sending notification. Fixes: #4634

Lava v12.4

Fixed an issue where the TitleCase filter incorrectly removes special characters. Fixes: #4612
Fixed issue with the Sparkline Chart shortcode where the box displays "Loading..." instead of showing the chart. Fixes: #4693
Updated the Lava Where filter to add support for complex filter expressions.

Mobile v12.4

Added new My Prayer Requests and Answer To Prayer blocks.
Added new Add To Group block which allows a person to join themselves into a group of your choice (Requires mobile shell v3).

Reporting v12.4

Updated the DataViewDetail and ReportDetail blocks with a new setting called "Add Administrate Security to Item Creator". When this is set to "Yes" then whoever created the item will automatically have the security permission to edit and administrate the item added. The default value for this setting is "No". The behavior of Rock prior to v12.4 was to automatically grant the item creator "Edit" and "Administrate" permissions. As of v12.4 this will not happen unless the new block setting is set to "Yes". This release does NOT change the security permissions for any existing data views and reports.
Improved the 'run metrics' for Data Views to no longer increment when they are being persisted by the Update Persisted Dataviews job.
Updated the Service Metrics Entry block to allow selecting multiple Schedule Categories.
Fixed an issue with the Step Statuses not displaying correctly on the Data View Edit screen. Fixes: #4674
Fixed an issue with the Step "Statuses" not displaying correctly on the Data Views edit screen. Fixes: #4674
Added some polish to the settings inside the Dynamic Data block and new setting to allow for automatic inclusion of a panel.
Added the ability for metrics to partition a Person data view by Campus.

Workflow v12.4

Adjusted the constraint on the "Person Attribute From Fields" workflow action to only require a first name and last name.

Rock v12.3 Released April 19, 2021

API v12.3

Fixed Lava Webhooks to properly send CORS headers and once again support CurrentPerson merge field. Fixes: #4574 #4575

CMS v12.3

Fixed issue where the HtmlContent block would sometimes not re-appear correctly when used in Secondary block mode. Fixes: #4572
Updated Bootstrap styled select elements to maintain the same style across all browsers (including iOS).
Updated KPI Shortcode to use new syntax.
Improved security.
File Browsers Updates - A permission change has been made on the Rock File Browser to improve security. Many may not realize it, but the file browser modal runs as an iframe that hosts a Rock page. Security on this underlying page has been updated. Individuals who do not have access will no longer see the file browser in their HTML editor. This editor is used in the HTML control and Communication Entry block (among others places). If you want to allow other roles to access this feature, you can adjust security under the Internal Homepage > System Dialogs > Rock File Browser page

Check-in v12.3

Fixed an issue with the Phone Number lookup button incorrectly showing on the Mobile Launcher block. Fixes: #4447
Fixed Rapid Attendance Entry to allow disabling attendance. Fixes: #4498
Updated Check-in Manager Roster so that the Check-Out button will prompt for service if the selected attendee(s) are checked into more than one service. Also, Check-in Manager will now display the currently selected check-in configuration.
Improved tap sound performance and reliability on core check-in themes.

Communication v12.3

Fixed an issue with SMS pipeline actions not sorting correctly. Fixes: #4624
Fixed an issue with the Send Grid HTTP integration that required the Save Communication option to be checked for emails to actually be sent via the Send Grid API. Fixes: #4582
Updated the Communication Entry Wizard block's Communication Types setting so that if "Recipient Preference" is selected, all active communication transports will be used during the creation of the communication. Fixes: #4588
Default Communication Entry Page - Rock ships with a default communication entry page on the Stark External Site. While we don't recommend that people use the pages of the sample External Site (they're a template) we know that many people have used them on their production sites. We adjusted the security of this page to require an individual be an Administrator or Staff member to access the page. You may want to adjust this setting if you are using this page for a production group toolbox.
Updated help text to provide additional information on how CSS inlining works with communication templates. Fixes: #4631
Updated the Communication Entry Wizard to support using a PersonId query string parameter.

Connection v12.3

Updated so that Connection Requests that come out of Future Follow-up state no longer appear as idle.
Fixed an issue that allowed incorrect workflows to be shown. Fixes: #4614
Fixed issue where the Connection Opportunity Signup block does not display default value for attributes. Fixes: #4605
Fixed Connection Opportunity Workflow Trigger job to handle connection requests when no future follow-up date workflows are configured. Fixes: #4539

Core v12.3

Updated the Model Map with some needed polish.
Added attribute support in Notes.
Fixed Configuration Value Set on Date Field Type. Fixes: #4576
Fixed issue where the Send Group Attendance Digest job would include inactive groups. Fixes: #4583
Fixed issue where a Person's email address could be deleted when registering for an event if they weren't logged in, and if email wasn't required for registration. Fixes: #4591
Fixed issue where merge templates return blank when coming from tags. Fixes: #4590
Fixed FontAwesome from flashing unstyled squares while loading icon fonts.

CRM v12.3

Updated the public profile edit block's edit mode with an improved layout.

Engagement v12.3

Fixed an issue with the Step Completed workflows not firing if the step was added via a workflow. Fixes: #4606

Event v12.3

Fixed issue where groups were not added or detached correctly with multiple Group Placement Tabs. Fixes: #4383
Fixed an issue where an exception can occur if multiple kiosks are getting their configuration at the same time for one time events. Fixes: #4649

Farm v12.3

Added configurable polling wait time and also increased default polling thresholds.
Stop nodes from acting on messages before they are fully started and fixed bug with the node detail showing the wrong node.

Finance v12.3

Fixed issue in Giving Analytics Block where end date is not included in "and did not give between" range. Fixes: #4593

Group v12.3

Fixed an issue where the Send Group Requirements Notification job would include inactive group members. Fixes: #4583
Improved the Group Scheduler Sign Up page. People will no longer be able to sign-up after the Maximum Capacity has been reached. The checkbox will not be selectable and the time will be displayed in muted text and will show "(filled)" after it.
Added Decline Reason information to Group Scheduler Analytics, Group Scheduler Status Board, and Group Scheduler.

Lava v12.3

Removed Obsolete tag from IsScheduleActive/IsCheckInActive properties of Schedule model to ensure they remain accessible in Lava code. Fixes: #3471
Fixed issue where Marital Status was displayed in the wrong spot on the public My Account page. Fixes: #4585

Mobile v12.3

Workflow Entry block now allows WorkflowTypeGuid= query string parameter to specify the workflow type.
Updated Pre/Post-HTML Pre/Post-XAML when editing a Mobile Block.
Added functionality for mobile applications to use custom welcome/splash screens on each launch.
New block to handle onboarding of a new person into the application.
Fixed issue in Mobile Group Edit block that would throw an error if Show Header was turned off.
Fixed an issue that caused Group Member Edit block to error if Show Header option was turned off.

Prayer v12.3

New block setting for Mobile and Web Prayer Session blocks to enable writing Interactions each time a Prayer Request is prayed for.

Reporting v12.3

Fixed Page Parameter Filter block to support page routes.
Fixed DataView filtering for Person In Registration Template excluding inactive instances. Fixes: #4607
Fixed an issue with the weekly metrics entry block that would cause a null exception. Fixes: #4553

Rock v12.2 Released March 10, 2021

Rock McKinley 12.2 Improved security.

Core v12.2

Improved security.

Rock v12.1 Released March 1, 2021

API v12.1

Added a new API REST endpoint for printing check-in session labels to a particular device printer.

CMS v12.1

Fixed Public Profile Edit block to sort family members by age. Fixes: #4366
Added a new block setting to the Login block to allow customizing the username label.
Added ability to specify that a Rock Mobile page should hide the Navigation Bar.
Re-added brand-color CSS variable to Rock theme to maintain backwards compatibility.
Updated the Event Item Occurrences Search Lava block with new settings to filter the search results.
Changed the ShortLinkList block on the Short Links page to support custom grid columns. Fixes: #4529

Check-in v12.1

Updated preview URL domain to api.labelary.com. The previous one (labelary2.cfapps.io) is now defunct and not functional. This fix has been back-ported to 11.4 but is not included in the 12.0 package. Fixes: #4441
Updated the Check-in Manager's Live Metrics block to allow opening and closing classrooms again. Fixes: #4569
Added “In-Room Check-in Experience” enhancements to Check-in Manager.
Added a block setting to the Select Check-in Area block to limit which check-in configuration types are available/listed for the check-in manager system.

Communication v12.1

The Communication Entry Wizard has been simplified and visually refreshed with a cleaner look and feel.
Updated Twilio webhooks to avoid "Invalid Body" warnings from Twilio. Fixes: #4123
Updated the logic of the Rock job engine to not write communication records when emails are sent regarding failed jobs.
Added the ability to add videos in the Email Wizard. Initial support is provided for Vimeo and YouTube. This feature will automatically create the thumbnail and link based off the provided URL to the video hosting provider.
Added the ability to add video links to emails in the Communication Wizard.
Added the ability to copy previous communications from the Communication List block.
Added a "ISmsPipelineWebhook" interface to allow plugin developers to set the webhook URL that appears in the Sms Pipeline Details block. Fixes: #4487
Fixed SMS Conversations from incorrectly scrolling.
Fixed an issue where a communication was always being saved to a person's history, even if the "Save to History" flag is set to false. Fixes: #4507
Fixed an issue where the entire button wasn't clickable inside of an email built with the Communication Entry Wizard. Fixes: #4503

Connection v12.1

Updated the Connection Request Board to only list Active activities while adding a new activity. Fixes: #4527
Allow connection board to support Markdown in connection request comments. Fixes: #4563
Added new configuration option to the My Connection Opportunities Lava block to exclude connection types.
Added new advanced settings on connection opportunities to allow for showing or hiding the status field, connect button and campus field (during transfer).

Core v12.1

Fixed issue where an Address attribute would show the location's Name instead of Street Address if that same address was used for a campus location. Fixes: #4580
Resolved issues with setting Step Program Step Type attribute values on entities with the Entity Attribute Values block. Fixes: #4412
Fixed issue where a new Address would not default to the Organization's country. Fixes: #4581
Updated the Database Maintenance job to exclude table indexes without names from the list of indexes that should be rebuilt. Fixes: #4464
Removed developer.css from Rock.
Added a new "Family Inactivate" workflow action that easily inactivates an entire family.

CRM v12.1

Fixed Family Attendance Badge to show correct tooltip. Fixes: #4497
Fixed the Public Profile Lava to avoid repetition of the word "Family" in the family name. Fixes: #4542
Added new option to inactivate all family members in the Email Preference Entry block for use with the 'Not Involved' choice.
Added a new block setting to the AccountEntry block to use the person's required email address to be the username.

Engagement v12.1

Fixed Invalid URL to Person Profile on Step Participant List Block. Fixes: #4543
Added Key Performance Indicators to Step Programs and Step Types.

Event v12.1

Fixed issue where the RegistrationEntry would get an error when loading a registration that is over or doesn't exist instead of the friendly message. Fixes: #4538
Fixed inability to remove (i.e. set to $0.00) fees during registration. Fixes: #4558

Finance v12.1

Added a new Event Registration Matching block for matching existing batch transactions to a corresponding event registration (similar to the Fundraising Matching block).
Added TargetPerson as a Lava merge field to the Contribution Statement Lava block.
Updated the Contribution Statement Lava block to sort the transactions from oldest to newest (was previously set to display newest to oldest).

Group v12.1

Changed the group scheduling auto-schedule logic to use the least recently scheduled 'available' person instead of only randomly choosing from the available people.
Changed the Group Member Detail block to default new members' communication preference to 'No Preference' so that their normal profile preference is used instead of being overridden unnecessarily.
The GroupDetail block has new setting called "Add Administrate Security to Group Creator". When this is set to "Yes" then whoever created the group will automatically have the security permission to administrate the group added. The default value for this setting is "No". The behavior of Rock prior to v12.1 was to automatically grant the Group creator "Administrate" permission. As of v12.1 this will not happen unless the "Add Administrate Security to Group Creator" block setting is set to "Yes". This release does NOT change the security permissions for any existing Groups.
Fixed issue causing Mobile Group Edit block to give an error when tapping Cancel button in certain configurations.
Fixed Group Detail block to create its own copy of attribute Values without making any change to the original group. This fixes an issue where attribute values were being lost from the original group when creating a new group using the group copy feature. Fixes: #4509
Updated the Group Schedule Toolbox block to prevent a double postback when changing the Starting On date.
Updated the Group Finder block so that campus filtering will occur when the "Enable Campus Context" is enabled (and a campus is in the context) when the "Display Campus Filter" is disabled. Fixes: #4355

Lava v12.1

Added new Lava filters for reading and writing cookies.
Fixed an issue with a Lava helper not handling null values. Fixes: #4550

Reporting v12.1

Fixed an authorization issue that prevented creation of DataViews for Notes.
Fixed an issue with the Data View's last refresh date not displaying correctly. Fixes: #4515
Fixed behavior of dynamic reports with "In Group(s)" filters where a group is deselected at run time.
Updated the family analytics stored procedures to correctly set the AttributeValue's ValueAsNumeric field. Fixes: #4184

Release Roadmap Technical Release Notes Mobile Release Notes

Latest Secured Versions

The versions below contain the latest security patches. Please ensure that you are running one of these versions, or higher, at all times.

v16.4 v15.5

Latest Releases

Early Access: v16.4 General: v15.5

Early Access Releases are available to organizations participating in the Early Access Program.

Releases become part of General Access when one year has passed since it was made available via Early Access.

Rock Versions

Rock v16.5 (4/17/2024)
Rock v16.4 (4/9/2024)
Rock v16.3 (3/5/2024)
Rock v16.2 (1/16/2024)
Rock v16.1 (1/10/2024)
Rock v16.0 (10/3/2023)
Rock v15.5 (4/16/2024)
Rock v15.4 (2/6/2024)
Rock v15.3 (11/6/2023)
Rock v15.2 (10/11/2023)
Rock v15.1 (6/28/2023)
Rock v15.0 (5/15/2023)
Rock v14.4 (1/5/2024)
Rock v14.3 (6/28/2023)
Rock v14.2 (3/14/2023)
Rock v14.1 (2/7/2023)
Rock v14.0 (10/12/2022)
Rock v13.8 (6/28/2023)
Rock v13.7 (10/11/2022)
Rock v13.6 (7/18/2022)
Rock v13.5 (7/5/2022)
Rock v13.4 (6/13/2022)
Rock v13.3 (4/21/2022)
Rock v13.2 (3/15/2022)
Rock v13.1 (2/22/2022)
Rock v13.0 (1/31/2022)
Rock v12.9 (10/11/2022)
Rock v12.8 (2/7/2022)
Rock v12.7 (11/29/2021)
Rock v12.6 (9/27/2021)
Rock v12.5 (9/7/2021)
Rock v12.4 (6/14/2021)
Rock v12.3 (4/19/2021)
Rock v12.2 (3/10/2021)
Rock v12.1 (3/1/2021)

See archive for older releases.