Opencast 7 Changelog

Opencast 7.9

Released on December 8, 2020

• [GHSA-44cw-p2hm-gpf6] Security: Disabled Hostname Verification
• [#1964] - Docs: When the sidebar is hidden, the navigation links are disabled now
• [#1922] - Remove Spring snapshot repository from main pom

Opencast 7.8

Released on August 17, 2020

• [#1667] - Fix managed ACL filter in API
• [#1659] - Updating Guava version
• [#1657] - Fixed the video outline in the Theodul Player
• [#1641] - Capture Agent Authentication Method
• [#1595] - Gracefully Handle Missing Timeline Preview
• [#1594] - Fix Calculation of Aspect Ratio
• [#1589] - Engage: Theodul: Audio: Refer to correct items

Opencast 7.7

Released on April 27, 2020

• [#1539] - Fix Karma Safari test in mac OS
• [#1474] - Add comment to document remember me keys
• [#1442] - Fix Remember-Me Authentication
• [#1427] - 1281: Ignoring test which randomly fails in CI testing
• [#1426] - Autodetect browsers for Admin UI tests, fix phantomJS OpenSSL issue
• [#1425] - Don't duplicate publications
• [#1380] - In fast, don't cleanup ACLs (see other workflows)
• [#1379] - Use active, not episode ACL in scheduler service

Opencast 7.6

Released on January 29, 2020

• CVE-2020-5231 - Users with ROLE_COURSE_ADMIN can create new users
• CVE-2020-5206 - Authentication Bypass For Endpoints With Anonymous Access
• CVE-2020-5222 - Hard-Coded Key Used For Remember-me Token
• CVE-2020-5230 - Unsafe Identifiers
• CVE-2020-5228 - Public Access Via OAI-PMH
• [#1358] - Switch To HTTPS Maven Repository
• [#1353] - Handle empty fields from REST docs in EventHttpServletRequest
• [#1352] - Remove unsafe option in ffmpeg command for SMIL processing
• [#1343] - Fixes Admin-UI Presenter's column
• [#1333] - Switch to mvn.opencast.org
• [#1329] - Remove Spring Request Logger Configuration
• [#1325] - Secure FPS For SMIL Processing
• [#1318] - Remove Custom Plugin Repositories
• [#1276] - Don't add the internal publication of the original event twice
• [#1271] - Wrong encoding in video editor zoom box
• [#1270] - S3 Distribution Fails
• [#1265] - Some error operations referencing the wrong error-handler.
• [#1246] - Remove default storage_id setting from asset Manager

Dependency updates

• [1315] - Bump spring-security-oauth from 2.3.6.RELEASE to 2.3.7.RELEASE

Opencast 7.5

Released on December 10, 2019

• [#1233] - Change bibliographicdate if technicaldate is changed.
• [#1220] - Make Thumbnail Optional
• [#1218] - [Documentation] Added path hint to upgrade.md
• [#1170] - MH-9753: Prepare AV WOH can throw a NPE
• [#1164] - CentOS basic installation guide rewording
• [#1148] - VideoEditorServiceImpl: Fixed the file extension duplication with removeExtention from FilenameUtils.
• [#1122] - fixes #1069 workflow tab shows scheduling info instead of workflows

Opencast 7.4

Released on October 02, 2019

• [MH-13517][#1092] - Set an absolute limit on Solr query size
• [MH-13476][#1088] - Filter capture agent roles for ACLs
• [#1087] - Issue 1068, Stop job dispatcher before unregistering hosts, junit MH-13675
• [MH-13706][#1072] - fix the date cell of the events overview table in the admin UI
• [#1056] - NOISSUE: CAS security example is very out of date

Opencast 7.3

Released on September 19, 2019

• [MH-13716][#1061] - Update xmlsec
• [MH-13715][#1060] - Check Markdown for newline character
• [#1056] - CAS security example is very out of date
• [MH-13707][#1051] - Watermark missing
• [MH-13706][#1049] - Show bibliographic event dates on the events overview page
• [MH-13701][#1040] - Interpret source-audio-name correctly for composite operation
• [MH-13699][#1038] - Fix Workflow Index Rebuild ACL Handling
• [MH-13697][#1036] - Workflow Index Rebuild Memory
• [MH-13684][#1024] - Do not include auth token in republished URLs
• [MH-12533][#714] - Re-introduce ability to avoid data loss during ingest

Opencast 7.2

Released on August 02, 2019

• [MH-13662][#1000] - Update LTI Information

Opencast 7.1

Released on July 09, 2019

• [MH-13656][#993] - Fix Scheduler Index Rebuild
• [MH-13655][#991] - Scheduler Message Logging
• [MH-13653][#989] - Fully Migrate Scheduled Events
• [MH-13652][#988] - Don't save unchanged values in dropdown menus
• [MH-13651][#987] - Don't call submit of SingleSelect twice
• [MH-13650][#986] - Scheduler Migration Performance
• [MH-13646][#982] - Delete scheduled events
• [MH-13645][#981] - Only send delete comments message if we delete something
• [MH-13642][#977] - Fix Index Update Logging
• [MH-13639][#976] - Admin interface does not handle missing metadata well
• [MH-13638][#975] - Update NPM
• [MH-13619][#958] - Fix Logging in Video Segmenter
• [MH-13615][#953] - Fix Italian Translation
• [MH-13610][#947] - LDAP User Directory Fixes

Opencast 7.0

Released on June 13, 2019

• [MH-13615][#953] - Fix Italian Translation
• [MH-13602][#940] - Update jackson-databind to fix CVE-2019-12086
• [MH-13599][#938] - Select well supported mime type by default
• [MH-13593][#933] - Incorrect default waveform colors
• [MH-13569][#913] - Change of PlayerRedirection variable from {{ id }} to #{id}
• [MH-13568][#911] - Catch exception from overlapping RRule and return bad request
• [MH-13566][#910] - Accept duration as either string or number in scheduling JSON
• [MH-13385][#909] - Add release note about URL signing configuration changes
• [MH-13375][#907] - Handle empty-range errors correctly
• [MH-13563][#905] - Duplicated Variables in Media Module
• [MH-13562][#904] - ReferenceError in Media Module
• [MH-13561][#903] - Access to UI Configuration
• [MH-13558][#900] - Paella Track Filter
• [MH-13554][#897] - Theodul Zoom
• [MH-13553][#896] - Fix Paella Track Selection
• [MH-13538][#878] - Update jQuery
• [MH-13531][#873] - upgrade spring-security and jasig cas library to fix issue…
• [MH-13529][#871] - Don't warn about expected behavior
• [MH-13528][#870] - Non-Interactive FFmpeg
• [MH-13525][#867] - Update Admin Interface Libraries
• [MH-13519][#855] - Migrate mappings to Elastic Search 5.x
• [MH-13505][#844] - Update Admin Interface JavaScript Libraries
• [MH-13504][#843] - JavaScript Library Update
• [MH-12047][#832] - MH-13380 MH-13490 MH-13489 Add missing indexes
• [MH-13477][#819] - Faster Asset Manager Property Access
• [MH-13465][#807] - Prevent NullPointerException
• [MH-13389][#815] - More informative job load logging
• [MH-13472][#813] - Permissions for /play/ missing
• [MH-13471][#812] - Shibboleth SSO plugin to add roles for users on OC according to their EDUPERSONAFFILIATION. eg: "ROLE_AAI_USER_AFFILIATION_student" for "student"
• [MH-13469][#811] - Drop LastHeardFrom On Scheduler Messages
• [MH-13468][#810] - Capture Agent Registration Exception
• [MH-13466][#809] - Prevent Capture Agents From Modifying Metadata
• [MH-13467][#808] - opencast-security-cas feature can not be started
• [#806] - extend the ingest-download-woh
• [MH-12643][#804] - Allow workspace to read from asset manager
• [MH-13462][#802] - Prevent Being Started By Root
• [MH-13461][#801] - Dependency Fixes & Dependency Checks
• [MH-13460][#800] - Update JavaScript Dependencies
• [MH-13459][#799] - Make Paella Use UI Configuration Service
• [MH-13458][#798] - Live Scheduler Dependencies
• [MH-13457][#797] - Dependency Update
• [MH-13456][#796] - Move Log Workflow Operation To Admin
• [MH-13455][#795] - Opencast Plug-in Features
• [MH-13454][#794] - Drop Unused Configuration Option Maps
• [MH-13453][#793] - Add more log output to WOH select-streams
• [MH-13452][#792] - Show creators correctly in delete modals
• [MH-13450][#790] - Remove unused class org.opencastproject.adminui.api.SortType
• [MH-13448][#789] - Make translation of creators consistent
• [MH-13446][#788] - Removed unfinished feature "ACL transitions"
• [MH-13445][#787] - Update Checkstyle
• [MH-13443][#783] - Don't use deprecated $http.success and $http.error methods
• [MH-13439][#782] - Dynamic Player Redirect
• [MH-13438][#781] - Simplify Streaming Format Check
• [#780] - ACL documentation pointed to wrong config file
• [MH-13436][#778] - Improve error message for out of bounds image extraction
• [MH-13421][#776] - Remove unused workflowservice exceptions
• [MH-13434][#775] - Opencast Common Clean-up
• [MH-13381][#771] - Use Organization Identifier In Roles
• [MH-13432][#770] - Remove unused modals "Job Details" and "Server Details"
• [MH-13431][#769] - Remove unfinished feature "Bulk Messaging"
• [MH-13430][#768] - Fix Opencast Offline Builds
• [MH-13428][#766] - Remove unused library angular-scenario from admin ui tests
• [MH-13426][#765] - Remove unused Protractor end-to-end tests
• [MH-13427][#764] - Remove unused test resources
• [MH-13381][#763] - Use Organization Identifier in Workflows
• [MH-13424][#762] - Elasticsearch 5.6.15
• [MH-13423][#761] - Possible NPE if debugging is enabled
• [MH-13422][#760] - Switch to markdownlint-cli
• [MH-13420][#759] - ngRepeat does not allow duplicates
• [MH-13417][#758] - UI Configuration Service Tests
• [MH-13414][#756] - extended metadata multivalue fields are not handled properly
• [MH-13413][#755] - UI Configuration Service Improvements
• [MH-13412][#754] - Deprecate PathSupport.concat(…)
• [MH-13411][#753] - Fix UI Config Service Dependencies
• [MH-13410][#752] - Fix Broken Build Number
• [MH-13397][#751] - Remove unfinished feature "Participation Management"
• [MH-13396][#750] - Remove unfinished feature "Location Blacklisting"
• [MH-13400][#745] - Admin Index Test Cleanup
• [MH-13399][#744] - Update Elasticsearch Configuration
• [MH-13395][#742] - Remove unfinished feature "Dashboard"
• [MH-13394][#741] - Remove unfinished feature "User Blacklisting"
• [MH-13393][#738] - Remove leftover index resources
• [MH-13392][#737] - Added allowConflict parameter to methods and implemented
• [#736] - Revert #523: Special handling of asset manager event removal
• [MH-13390][#735] - Quick-Filter by Presenter
• [MH-13221][#732] - Improve behaviour of single-select metadata fields
• [MH-13385][#731] - Simplify the configuration of the URL signing components
• [MH-13384][#730] - Remove duplicate joda-time dependency declaration
• [MH-13277][#729] - fix concurrent Map updates in scheduler
• [MH-13382][#727] - Minor Waveform Service Fixes
• [MH-13379][#726] - Simplify Mime Type Handling
• [MH-13368][#724] - Added color property to waveform operation handler
• [MH-13376][#722] - Fix OSGI Bindings
• [MH-13374][#720] - Update Node.js
• [MH-13373][#719] - Upgrade Admin Interface Libraries
• [MH-13372][#718] - Clean up orphaned asset manager properties
• [MH-13371][#717] - Drop unused angular-md5
• [MH-13370][#716] - Don't configure unnecessary default credentials
• [MH-13294][#713] - Workflow for track replacement and cleanup Snapshots
• [MH-13367][#711] - External API series acl returns null pointer with missing acl
• [#710] - adds an WOH, which can add catalogs to the MediaPackage of an workflow instance
• [MH-13365][#709] - inbox ingest into series and inbox retry
• [MH-13364][#707] - Fix hidden OSGI wiring errors
• [#704] - Fixed a typo in the analyze-tracks description
• [MH-13362][#703] - Harmonize Admin Interface Menu Tooltips
• [MH-13361][#702] - Fix Scheduler Item Serialization
• [MH-13360][#701] - MH-13316: Watson transcripts improvements
• [MH-13358][#698] - Update JavaScript Dependencies
• [#691] - Documentation: Developer Console: How to shutdown
• [MH-13275][#689] - Allows the workflow to select the audio track for composite videos
• [MH-13350][#688] - Theodul core HTML validation
• [#687] - Documentation: Publish Engage Workflow OH
• [MH-13344][#685] - Enable AssetManager to reply NOT_MODIFIED
• [#682] - add docs.opencast.org anchors for somewhat deep linking
• [MH-13345][#681] - Switch to Gson for Languages Endpoint
• [MH-13342][#678] - Don't try to create events with empty metadata
• [#677] - Documentation: Dictionary service
• [MH-13341][#676] - Deleting Capture Agents Should Not Modify Users
• [MH-13340][#675] - Handle Empty Passwords
• [MH-13339][#674] - Handle Bad User Update Requests
• [MH-13336][#671] - Upgrade c3p0
• [#670] - Documentation: Analyze Audio WOH: Unbreak table
• [MH-13331][#667] - Fix ActiveMQ Defaults
• [MH-13328][#666] - Remove save button at top of videoeditor
• [MH-13147][#664] - OptimisticLockException in ServiceRegistry dispatchJob
• [MH-13324][#662] - Simplify Data Loader
• [MH-13323][#661] - Add documentation for list providers
• [MH-13322][#660] - Avoid . in Elasticsearch Field Names
• [MH-13321][#659] - Fix Series Item Serialization
• [MH-13320][#658] - Asset Manager Performance
• [MH-13319][#657] - Update Paella Binding Dependencies
• [MH-13318][#656] - Update to Apache Karaf 4.2.2
• [MH-13313][#653] - Properly Use ACL Merge-Mode Configuration
• [MH-13307][#648] - Update Release Manager Documentation
• [MH-13306][#647] - Clean up MetadataUtils
• [MH-13244][#642] - Add override support to external api
• [MH-13221][#641] - Add placeholder to multi-select fields
• [MH-13290][#632] - Asset Manager Query Performance
• [MH-13289][#631] - Introduce Metadatafield Copy Constructor
• [MH-13288][#630] - Don't create incomplete metadata fields
• [MH-13287][#629] - Fix incorrect text metadatafield types
• [MH-13286][#628] - Remove unused functionality from MetadataField
• [MH-13285][#627] - Display workflow description
• [#626] - Provide location of org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg
• [MH-13284][#625] - Update Elasticsearch to 2.x
• [MH-12091][#622] - Per-Tenant Capture Agent Users
• [MH-13281][#621] - Added property keep-last-snapshot for asset-delete WOH
• [MH-13278][#617] - Drop Unused Exception
• [MH-13238][#615] - don't throw related services straight into ERROR state just because job succeeded on current service
• [MH-13277][#614] - improve scheduler performance
• [MH-13276][#613] - Drop org.opencastproject.fun
• [MH-13271][#610] - Remove Useless ACL Check
• [MH-13270][#609] - Fix Message Item Serialization
• [MH-13267][#607] - Update Deprecated Code In UIRolesRoleProvider
• [#605] - NOJIRA: Fix misspelled digest
• [MH-13157][#600] - Add multi-tenant support for all list providers
• [MH-13262][#596] - Changed for partial-error comment description to better description.
• [MH-13261][#595] - User Directory OSGI Service Definitions
• [MH-13260][#594] - Simplify Runtime Info UI
• [MH-13259][#593] - User/Role Directory Cleanup
• [MH-13255][#590] - Updated Deprecated Methods in Workspace Tests
• [MH-13254][#589] - Automate Dependency Checking
• [MH-13253][#588] - External Elasticsearch
• [MH-13251][#586] - Remove duplicate dependency
• [MH-13247][#582] - Deprecated Methods In Elasticsearch
• [MH-12816][#579] - Make waveform size configurable in WOH
• [MH-13242][#578] - Set disable_search_threshold for chosen globally
• [MH-13241][#577] - Filter Fileinstall Artifacts
• [MH-13129][#575] - More configuration options for thumbnails
• [MH-13239][#574] - Docs: Fix 'Edit on GitHub' link
• [#573] - Documentation: Inbox
• [MH-13234][#565] - Workspace Deprecation Fixes
• [MH-13231][#564] - Allow entering multiple metadata values at once
• [MH-13233][#563] - add note about the jdk version use for build
• [MH-13229][#561] - External Library Updates
• [MH-13227][#559] - Update to Apache Karaf 4.2
• [MH-13226][#558] - Update Docuemnation Landing Page
• [MH-13224][#556] - Drop commons-beanutils
• [MH-13217][#551] - pom.xml housekeeping
• [MH-13213][#548] - Separate External API Index
• [MH-13212][#546] - Fix external-api dependencies
• [MH-13210][#545] - Fix Deprecated IOUtils Usage
• [#542] - Developer Installation Guide
• [MH-13208][#540] - Create a short contributor guide
• [MH-13200][#535] - Remove unused file acl-modal.html
• [MH-13127][#534] - Make table headers non-interactive by default
• [MH-13198][#529] - Properly Display Multiple Presenters
• [MH-13197][#528] - Separate Admin Interface Index
• [MH-13195][#526] - Fix Admin Interface Dependencies
• [MH-13193][#524] - Improve performance of event deletion (2)
• [MH-13193][#523] - Improve performance of event deletion (1)
• [MH-13084][#519] - Create a generic user interface configuration service
• [MH-13054][#518] - Update angular-ui-sortable, adapting build pipeline
• [#515] - NOJIRA: Documentation: wait_timeout should be bigger than max.idle.time
• [MH-13187][#514] - Improve Track Stream Handling
• [MH-13186][#513] - Episode and Series ACL Handling
• [MH-13185][#511] - Don't include test web server
• [MH-13183][#505] - Add link to series details, out of the eventstable-view
• [MH-13178][#502] - Clean-up Series Dialog Code
• [MH-13177][#501] - Further Simplify MediaPackageElementFlavor
• [MH-13175][#499] - Remove Apache Tika for Generating Mimetypes
• [MH-13174][#498] - Simplify class MediaPackageElementFlavor
• [MH-13155][#497] - Make weekday preselection optional
• [MH-13168][#491] - Testcases to test a captureagent with Opencast integration.
• [MH-13160][#488] - Send actually required data in workflow messages
• [MH-13161][#483] - Simplify log statements
• [MH-13158][#480] - Use default functional interface for SecurityUtil#runAs
• [MH-13153][#477] - Workflow Service Code Cleanup
• [MH-13151][#475] - Update to Apache Karaf 4.1.6
• [MH-13148][#472] - Internationalization support for series LTI tools
• [MH-13140][#466] - Clean-up REST Documentation Code
• [MH-13061][#450] - Display responsible person for workflows
• [MH-13121][#447] - Fix usertracking plugin in paella player
• [MH-13124][#446] - Unify linting for JavaScript and HTML
• [MH-13082][#440] - Fix LTI security vulnerability and refactor LTI and OAuth classes
• [MH-13098][#430] - Add start-workflow WOH
• [MH-13062][#401] - Added credentials for the Ingest Service.
• [MH-13000][#398] - Group “Edit scheduled” events by weekday
• [MH-12782][#209] - As an unprivileged user, I only want to see series and events that I have write access to.