Cool DevOps Release Notes

Bug fixes

• [Deployment] When the pipeline now says the pipeline is done, we can continue with the next deployment plan. Even is there is still some job running in ADO

New features

• [Release plan] The release plan can now be made up front in draft mode

Changes

• [Data] Storage of work items has changed. Instead of static entities, we now save everything in an aggregate. This means there has to be a data fix if you’ve used the release plan feature. See timers in DevOps_Core
• [Release plan detail] Unknown applications and known applications are now divided between lists. If there are no unknown applications, the list isn’t shown
• [Stage group] Changed the design, so it’s easier to change the names

Bug fixes

• [Application configuration] Extra safety measures so you can’t edit an application which you have no access to
• [Settings and configuration] Remove invalid messages when going from one instance to the other
• [Settings] It was not clear which settings are mandatory
• [Dashboard] New release plan button hidden when release plan functionality isn’t active
• [Dashboard] Scheduling message now shows only for scheduling
• [Dashboard] The build queue results are now shown for every team you’re in
• [Deployment plan] When activating a deleted deployment plan, you can now immediately edit the plan
• [Deployment plan] Fixed that you can’t have plans without applications
• [Global] Minor styling fixes

New features

• [Release Plan detail] Now all work items which are direct children of the features are shown

Changes

• [Release plan detail] In release docs, the feature work items got the same look as the work items
• [Release plan detail] The workitems are now behind each other instead of beneath each other
• [LifeTime sync] The LifeTime sync now always looks at the site properties. If they are filled, the setting values are updated to the site property values.

Bug fixes

• [Deployment plan detail] Dependency between plans fixed
• [Deployment plan detail] In a non-edit mode, you see now the actual target environment of the deployment plan or the default target environment
• [Deployment plan detail] Page automatically refreshes when editing pipeline details
• [Deployment plan detail] Fixed the check if parent plan is high priority
• [Deployment plan detail] Can’t edit the dependencies on a plan you can’t edit
• [Dashboard] You can only see your own plans
• [Dashboard] Shortened all event blocks to a maximum of 100 characters
• [New release plan] You can’t save a release plan when you have a feature id without a start date
• [Dashboard] When settings dashboard refresh is set at 0, the dashboard won’t refresh
• [Pipeline detail] Fixed getting the stages in the pipeline screen
• [Menu] Hide release plan menu item when release plan functionality isn’t active
• [Data] Truncated some data, so it will never go over the allowed size
• [Data] Adjusted the delete rule, so a release pipeline can be run again when it errors
• [Global] Typo’s
• [Global] Removed empty error messages
• [Global] Minor CSS changes

New features

• [Pipeline detail] Work items have been added to the release plan

Changes

• [Data] BuildIds are now stored when a certain stage is completed successfully. This can be set in the pipeline itself
• [Pipeline details] Moved stages to the pipeline page

Bug fixes

• [Global] Minor style changes
• [Global] Minor bug fixes

New features

• [Deployment plan detail] Target environment per deployment plan

Changes

• [Settings] Added settings for scope/subscope for release documentation

Bug fixes

• [Release plan detail] Fixed testresultid, now showing the correct id

New features

• Target environment per deployment plan

Changes

• Improved performance of Dashboard
• Added ‘show deleted’ to pipeline-servers
• It’s now impossible to add ‘EndOfPipeline’ to a GroupStage
• Made advanced sql accessible for Oracle
• History in deploymentplan detail now shows the start date of the plan itself
• Grouping of the result is now stored after the pipeline finishes. Old plans will not be fixed, so those will have incorrect data.
• New releaseplan now asks for a simple date instead of a release tag to make it more clear
• Moved http_log to audit_module
• You can’t delete a pipeline server if it’s used in a deployment plan

Bug fixes

• Fixed Buildqueue monitor, when the module is deleted we might have a process still active
• Fixed order in dropdown list in stages
• Fixed pagination in application overview
• Fixed the possibility to have a high prio plan dependent on a low-prio plan
• Fixed some typos
• Fixed new release plan start
• Made sure the detail page doesn’t fire of actions twice

New features

Changes

• Refactored application versions sync, so we reduce the amount of webservice calls if possible
• Removed external tinyMCE dependencies

Bug fixes

New features

Changes

• Removed Traceability Log page. You can find it in the normal logging page as well
• Even if log response is turned off, errors will be logged in http-calls
• Reviewed the timer-usage and reduced the number of wakeTimer-calls
• Changed log level in settings from integer to dropdown
• Removed ‘add new release plan’ restriction
• Removed ‘delete release plan’ button
• Additional evidence now uses the TinyMCE as editor, so it will be a rich text editor
• Improved dashboard performance
• Improved timeline updates performance
• Many more minor refactoring to reduce database calls

Bug fixes

• Improved purging of logging data
• Fixed false stage group status
• Minor UX improvements

New features

Changes

Bug fixes

• Improved performance on dashboard
• Fixed bootstrap timer for configuration

New features

• [Pipeline settings] Toggle added to a pipeline to include/exclude the scope in the request
• You are now able to create a releaseplan. This will generate a release document and will tag the repository. In a next release you will also be able to approve it or not and have more information in the releasedoc
• [Teams] A template of evidence can be edited for a team
• [Settings] Some new settings added

Changes

• [Pipeline settings] The pipelines now have pipeline types: release and deployment

Bug fixes

• Configuration values will now be set to empty/false or -1 if it does not exist yet
• Minor bug fixes

New features

• [Application overview] You can now see if the deployment plan in which the application resides is deleted.
• [Lifetime sync] A message will appear when the sync hasn’t run for more than a day

Changes

Bug fixes

• [Application overview] Filter in application is now working as intended
• Minor bug fixes

New features

• [Deployment plan detail] You can now set the target environment in Deployment Plan as well
• [Dashboard] When there is a problem with the LifeTime sync, you’ll see an event block on the dashboard screen
• [Settings] As admin you can now set a message to be shown on the dashboard for all users to see
• [Deployment plan detail] When starting an ad hoc deployment, the deployment plan detail screen is now refreshed

Changes

• Non-functional site properties have been removed

Bug fixes

• [Settings] When there are no more than 3 environments, the 4th default environment won’t be shown
• [LifeTime sync] Inactive environments are now automatically deleted, if they’re not a target environment
• [LifeTime sync] Zones, Catalogs and Database Connections for inactive environments are now automatically deleted
• [Deployment plan detail] Application list only shows the application once
• There is a timer to remove all duplicated application versions
• AI Mentor Studio update
• Typo’s
• Minor bug fixes

New features

• As admin you can now select up to 4 default filter environments
• [Pipeline administration] You can now see which plans use which pipelines
• [Dashboard] As an admin you can now see if the build queue monitor is active or not
• [Dashboard] You can now see if the LifeTime sync is running or has an error
• [Settings] You can set all settings on this page
• [Deployment detail] You can look into the deployment detail of a deleted plan. You can also reactivate it here
• [Application overview] You can now filter on planless applications
• Added some micro-animations

Changes

• The deployment plan overview page is split up between dashboard and pipeline administration screens. Deployment plan overview page is deleted
• Because of the new warning icon, the currently running icon is turned blue
• Site properties are now changed to settings. The site property values can be transferred on the Settings screen.
• [Deployment detail] Validation is done in the background, so you won’t have to stay on the same page
• All logging pages are sorted from newest to oldest
• [Dashboard] Pipeline timeline in pop up ‘show timeline’ is now refreshing automatically

Bug fixes

• [Dashboard] Result at dashboard fixed failed counter
• [Deployment Detail] Feedback box: error message and CSS styling
• [Schedule] Missing plan shows the right plan
• Changed a huge image for a smaller one
• Fixed problem with settings
• Audit purge timer SQL fixed
• Minor bugfixes
• Minor style fixes

New features

• OnHover for high priority now on whole cel
• Clicking outside of popups will close them. NOTE: they won’t save anything, it functions as a cancel
• Search fields are now searchable with keys and ids
• Page build queue detail now has automatic refresh every 5 minutes and a button to refresh
• On the dashboard, you will see last schedule results for each team you are a member off. Admins will always see the last schedule result

Changes

• Release notes moved to DevOps
• Version number moved to DevOpsData
• In schedule an icon is shown when outdated modules aren’t redeployed

Bug fixes

• Pipelines now uses display name when possible
• Ordering in team-ddl in applications fixed
• Now plans wait for their parent or high priority to finish deploying before they start
• Login logic
• Removed doubles from schedule
• Cursor pointer on all popup cross icons
• Cursor pointer applications when adding applications to plan

New features

• New Look&Feel. The whole application has been reviewed to provide the best UX possible
• [Dashboard] complete overhaul
• [Deploymentplan detail] complete overhaul
• [Applications overview] complete overhaul
• [Schedule] improved
• Logging, generalize action to purge data by category and parentid
• Added link in applications overview, so you can go to the configuration for that application
• Added teams + filter on the overview pages applications/deployment plans
• [Auditlogging] added crudtypes: softdelete
• [Auditlogging] added attribute IsBulk, so we know if the operation was a bulk operation (and the jsons are not filled)

Changes

• Configuration, removed unused parameters
• Improved the AzureStatusPoller
• Removed some containers in screens
• moved link in menu of deployment plans from operation to overview
• Links in weekly overview now go to the buildqueuedeploymentplandetail page
• [auditlogging] changed functionality
• [auditlogging] replaced FK configurationtype for a textfield called source, so we are tight to auditg anymore when we need to audit a new thing
• [auditlogging] created specific audit actions for de crudtypes.
• [auditlogging] changed the audit-logging screens
• [Weekly overview] removed
• [Statistics] removed

Bug fixes

• LifeTimeSync, fixed the timer-schedules
• Fixed new pipeline action
• Lots of typos fixed
• Many more small bugs

Changes

• Overhaul of screens, creating a consistent way of showing date(time)s by using custom functions in client/server
• Enabled several pages to see for non-admins.
• Refactored Azure services actions
• Refactored AzureStatusPoller
• AzureTrigger will now return a more detailed error if it fails to fire up.
• Pipeline Stages will now have a more detailed information, when the stage failed
• [Page] Deployment plan
  • Deploy now is able to refresh the latest state of the pipeline when the plan is running/queued
  • Changed the deploy tab
  • History-tab, you can now go to the detailed information of that specific run.
• [Page] build-queue pages
  • overall improvements
  • now includes loglevel
  • added some links
  • misc ux
• [Page] Applications & Deployment plans overview
  • Search keyword instead of dropdown
  • Now shown all applications with or without deployment plans
  • Changed styling
  • Added paging
• Logging
  • Added logging where needed
  • Consolidated audit and custom logging into one table
  • Removed a log-table from cooldevops_core, since it was not useful, and the information is also stored in the customlog
  • Added timer to cleanup logging
  • AzureLogging now also stores checkpoints,jobs,tasks and their issues
  • Added new screen to see all buildqueue-deployment plans
• Site Properties
  • Added ‘BuildQueue_TimeslotCheck’, default is false, so no check if it’s possible to run the plan inside the timeslot.
  • Removed ‘BuildQueue_ParallelDeploymentsActive’, BuildQueue_ParallelDeploymentsMaximum=1 will mimic the old way.
  • Removed ‘IsBackwardsCompatible’, Removed backwards-compatibe stuff that was behind that same property
  • Wrapped integer site-properties in cooldevops_core, to clamp the values to prevent runtime errors
  • Added AzureStatus_MaxTries, AzureStatus_SleepInSecs for the AzureStatusPoller

Changes

• Improved the applications screen
  • Added a button group for configuring the application type
  • Added tags for normal, bdd and forge components to easily identify
  • Hidden the application key (only needed for debugging)
  • Changed the text to make it more clear what it is
  • Choose Zone and Catalog from dropdown, environment specific values will be inherited from (administator) definitions
  • Show extension modules in application on separate tab, opportunity to choose Database connection when applicable
• Added the same tags to edit deployment plan – tab applications
• Added BDD component selection to support migrating from BDD to Core Layer Testing
• Build Queue Process Version 2
  • Version Number determined by new site property (CoolDevops_Core, BuildQueueProcessVersion)
  • Queued Deployment Plans and Timeslots are monitored by new process
  • For the one Build Queue that is to be executed a new process is started to execute the requested deployment via the pipeline
• Changed menu items (Overview, Configuration, Operation)
• Menu items only visible for admin (Zones, Catalogs, Pipelines, Pipeline servers, schedule, Queue Timeslots, DeploymentplanScope)
• Version number of CoolDevOps determined with action f_VersionNumber_Get from CoolDevOps_TH module.
• List-item change to reduce padding moved from application page to CoolDevOps theme to apply to all lists in the application
• Deployment window with multiple deployment plans will be processed in parallel when possible
  • Administrators can mark deployment plan as high priority, these plans will be deployed first, before any non-high priority plans will be deployed
  • Plans can be made dependent of other plans. Depending plans will be deployed only after preceding plans have been deployed successfully
• Screen with build queues, build queue deployments and audit & Logs are expanded to show dependencies and clearer views
• Deployment screen
  • button ‘Start Deployment’ (ad hoc) will pass through a popup window (extra confirmation), that will show some extra information when available
    > whether the plan is part of next deployment window
    > whether next deployment window is already running or will be started within short amount of time
  • extra tab added to define plan dependencies
  • extra checkbox on Advanced configuration to mark plan as High Priority
• Audit Configuration
  • Every configuration setting in Applications will be logged.
  • New screen Audit configuration
  • Detailed screen to see what is changed
• Restricted time slot
  • New screen with overview of the restrictions
  • possible to schedule a restriction on a specific date or schedule on a specific day that repeats every week
  • Restrictions are visible in weekly overview
  • check on restricted timeslot before ad hoc deployment starts. If the timeslot is blocked, a pop-up shows up with the question to continue. The deployment will start as soon as possible (after the restricted timeslot)
  • Checks if restricted timeslot is active before starting a new deployment.
  • show previous restrictions limited to ten records
• input Test repository name moved to ‘add new deployment plan’
  • input is removed from tab ‘general configuration’ in deployment plan
  • repository name is visible in the header of the deployment plan
• Schedule
  • Changed lay out of overview
  • Restrictions added to the overview
  • Weekly restrictions are marked blue and one time restrictions are marked red
  • position of tooltip changed to bottom
• Weekly overview : Text ‘window’ added to the deployment window
• Deployment plan tab execution : description about dependencies changed, title of list of dependencies changed
• Deployment tab deploy: batch and text removed

Changes

• Removed the LifetimeSDK from _Core by removing the lt_application dependency. We now use the Lifetime_API as it should have been This prevents from looking at outdated version that has been one time synced by lifetimesdk

Changes

• Changed the validation errors and different states to properly inform the user of the state
• Reformatted the validation errors to make it more readable

New Features

• Added cooldevops_th module to get aligned with coolconfigurator architecture and support SSO, LDAP or outsystems login flows

Changes

• Changed the teams dropdown in the application details so that the user can only assign the teams he/she is a member off. Admins can select any team
• Changed the start_sync action to check for isFirstTime after installing CoolDevOps. If that’s the case we import the site properties to set the configuration for the sync
• Changed the finish_sync action to throw an exception but not rollback the data since when we reach this point it has been successfully synced. We do log the error of the LTM_Sync table
• Removed isContinueWithError from the Configuration table. This needs to be on deployment plan level not config level
• Changed Extract_Scope to use the deploymantplan.isContinueWithErrors value instead of Configuration
• CoolDevOps_Azure_IS -> continuwitherrors removed from logic. This was a bad interpretation of the usage for this attribute

Changes

• LifeTime sync has been made more robust to handle corrupted data from LifeTime
• LifeTime sync logging has been added to see be able to analyze the sync (loglevel 0: debug, 1: error, 2: info)

• Configuration on Deployment Plan level
• Redeploy of outdated applications
• Added favicon
• Minor bugfixes

• Changing the application from LifeTime to development
• Syncing all LifeTime data
• Saving on pseudo-LifeTime database
• Added database connection to configurable data
• Added “test”-tab for repository alignment
• Application settings configurable by everyone
• Minor bugfixes
• CSS fixes
• Core Layer Testing applied

• Removed unnecessary settings
• SAST now places files in the zip-folder with a folder structure
• Dashboard made semi-responsive
• Added timer to remove orphans (manual trigger)
• Update ProcessId sooner than usual
• Minor bugfixes

• Added Help-page

• All users access to LifeTime can validate Deployment Plans
• Added confirmation when saving a Deployment Plan
• Minor bugfixes

• Initial Release