Release Notes

Last updated: March 2025

March 2025

• Room planning for appointments is now available in the "Calendar" module and in the reports. This allows meeting rooms to be defined and selected when creating appointments.
• If the use of a template for creating new rooms has been set as mandatory, the import function is now deactivated so that a room can only be created on the basis of a template.
• Notifications that are older than 6 months are deleted. Exception: questions and approvals.
• Optimized sorting procedure according to DIN ISO 5007 in various areas, for example in lists.
• Improved search for HTML content in Stackfield.
• File links now also support the HTTP(S), (S)FTP, OSECM and FILE protocols.
• Improvements to user functionality in the comments, in the project portfolios and in user management.
• Optimization of user-defined sorting in the "File" module.
• Optimization of mail feedback for confirming or rejecting appointments.
• Image markers are adopted when files are subsequently attached to tasks.
• GIFs can be used in comments without losing previously written comment text.
• Further exceptions for circular and contradictory relationships have been taken into account in the Gantt view.
• Local links can be added in the desktop app.
• Recurring appointments are taken into account in the availability query.
• Update of the OneDrive API: Files from OneDrive can be integrated again via the file picker of Stackfield. In the desktop app, an update to the latest version (at least 1.9.2) is required for this.
• To use local links for shared files / folders in the desktop app, an update to the current version is required. A corresponding update of the on-premise version will be provided.

February 2025

• Framework of the desktop app updated (Electron 34.2.0).
• End of support for macOS 10.15 for the Stackfield app, minimum requirement is now macOS 11.
• Improvements when updating the Stackfield app in Windows operating systems.
• Improvements for installer updates and uninstalling the app.

January 2025

• Framework of the desktop app updated (Electron 34.0.2).
• The horizontal scrolling when checking user availability during appointment creation in the "Calendar" module has been optimized.
• Set reminders for comments are now retained even when moving the entry between rooms.
• The editing status of files now also applies to referenced files in subtasks.
• Using the plus sign no longer triggers text formatting. Instead, highlighting is now possible using the "Aa" button. The "Important" option has been added, which displays the text in orange and bold.
• Improved display of formatting in export for comments.
• Improvements for installer updates and uninstalling the app.
• Optimization of horizontal scrolling when querying the availability of appointments.
• Incorrect display of "Removed user" has been corrected.
• Improvements to the "Move" function.
• Improvements to the formatting of comments in the export.
• Enhancements for accessibility and contrast Display
• Gantt view extended to include recurring Tasks
• Ctrl + A can be used to assign all participants in a Room to a Task / Subtask / Event. When focusing on a text field, the text is still highlighted, otherwise the members are invited
• Possibility to comment when uploading files in the mobile app
• To enable the forwarding of event invitations to people without a Stackfield account, e-mail participants of an event no longer receive a personal link
• E-mail notification to the creator / participant when conference participants without a Stackfield account are in the waiting area
• The e-mail notifications for appointments now use HTML code for the description
• Logging of leaving the organization due to user account deletion
• Improvement in saving changes in the Project Details and Portfolios
• Improvement of HTML character handling
• For individual rights groups with restrictions on displaying the content of certain statuses, Task changes to previously permitted statuses are no longer displayed in the "recent activities" as soon as the new status prohibits this
• Incoming files from webhooks are now scanned by e-mail and actively rejected instead of being deleted

December 2024

• Update of the preview module for Files
• New version of the MS Teams integration to include Stackfield as an app
• Improvements to formatting and bullet points
• Improvements for mentions
• Improvement of the "New activities" banner in the sidebar
• Improvement to Templates in combination with individual Rights Groups

November 2024

• Unique entry ID that can be displayed as a column via the Filter
• Search for the entry ID by entering "# + ID"
• The special characters minus and hashtag are allowed in the global search
• Multi-edit for user-defined fields in the Reports
• Task dependency can be displayed and exported as a column in the Task module via filter
• Additional "CSV" and Excel formats when exporting Room data
• Import of tasks from a file (e. g. Excel) when creating a Room / Room template
• Special characters for Organization and Room names restricted
• Extensions for accessibility
• Filter for "Latest room activity"
• "Latest room activity" can be defined as a standard module
• Multiple changes to the due date of Tasks in the schedule overview to a common date possible
• Multiple changes to the due date of Tasks in the schedule overview with postponement by x days into the future possible
• Option to enter a comment when uploading a file to the Desktop
• Improved PDF preview of files created via WebHook / email integration in end-to-end encrypted Rooms
• Room description enabled for observers in the Project Portfolios
• Improvement to the visibility of Room Groups in the mobile app
• Improvements to Task and Subtask list templates

October 2024

• Changes in the Top Menu when clicking on the user name
• Formatting options for text messages via the "Aa" symbol or by highlighting the text
• Enhancement when checking the availability of appointments: Display of blocked appointments (to which the user has no access)
• Task templates
• Templates for subtask lists

September 2024

• New Top Menu in Room
• The order of the Modules can be changed (→ via the option: "Move left" / "Move Right")
• Each member can define their own default module, which is opened when entering a Room
• Enabled copying the link of a Module
• New position of the Favorites function in the direct messages (→ now: via gear icon or name)
• New position of the Export function of the views (→ now: via filter)
• "Latest room activity" now has its own button (→ zigzag symbol) next to the Room name
• Modules can be renamed and (de)activated more quickly
• Relative timestamp for comments has been updated
• The Yubikey setting of a member can be inherited from the roof organization
• History log / history of the organization extended by SSO changes
• Member list of the organization extended to include information on the use of SSO and Yubikey
• Improvement in the Grid View so that the available space is optimally used after resizing a fixed column
• Multiple changes taken into account in the History
• Fix: A problem with the cell data type when exporting Room data

Until August 2024 (among others)

• Individual settings for Automatic Planning in the Gantt chart
• Filter by Task labels in the Gantt chart
• WebHooks are available in end-to-end encrypted rooms
• Email integration is available in end-to-end encrypted rooms
• The 2FA obligation of an organization is considered fulfilled if a Yubikey is stored for the organization member
• Multiple changes / uploads are now displayed in the history
• Users that have been added to a Room by mistake can be removed again via the Organization Settings in the same dialog
• Extension of the Organization Settings through individual assignment of a team
• Differentiation between creating / changing and deleting in the organization settings for a Room Group
• Setting whether Rooms must be created in a Room Group
• Setting who can move Rooms between Room Groups
• Differentiation between "Guest" and "External" roles now determines who may invite them
• Deletion of Rooms as admin of the organization via the "Statistics" tab (only if the recycle bin is activated), even without being a member of the room
• Room groups as well as the number of Rooms contained in them can be viewed as an admin of the organization via the "Statistics" tab
• Update of the PDF viewer
• PDF files can be edited / marked directly in Stackfield, as well as saved as a new version
• Text formatting for Tasks created from WebHooks
• Improvements to hide empty Room Groups for new users after reloading
• Improvement so that Page templates can be used by all users
• Improvements to the saving process for Pages with multiple files