Release Notes

The configuration option for setting module permissions in the FirstSpirit ServerManager has been removed. Additionally, the methods setTrusted and isTrusted in the ModuleAdminAgent interface (Package de.espirit.firstspirit.agency) are no longer available.

During the start of the FirstSpirit server, misleading error messages of the form “Could not find file” could appear from the InstallUtil class. These had no effect and are no longer appearing now.

Internal groups can be converted into external groups.

Further information can be found in chapter “Administration: Convert an internal group into an external group”.

New method getUuid() in the interface Project (package de.espirit.firstspirit.access.project)

Further information can be found in chapter “Module Development, Scripts, API: New method for determining the global UUID of a project”.

The display of log entries in ServerMonitoring could contain duplicate entries. This has been resolved. It should be noted that the display requires a configured FSAppender with datedLogging enabled, as specified in the default configuration.

The access to URLs has been optimized, resulting in improved generation times for projects with many SEO-URLs.

In this release, PostgreSQL 15.x and 16.x is officially allowed to be used with FirstSpirit.

Further information can be found in chapter “Administration: Compatibility: 'PostGreSQL' database”.

A call to the method clearCache() (FirstSpirit Access-API, interface UserService, package de.espirit.firstspirit.access) now also deletes possibly cached SEO-URLs.

If a filter or a listener that is registered with the IDProviderEventAgent or EventBusAgent implements the Closeable interface, it will now be notified through the call to the Close method when the respective connection is closed.

FirstSpirit Content Experience Tools: Latest module versions

Further information can be found in chapter “FirstSpirit Content Experience Tools (CXT): Latest module versions”.

The configuration file fs-server-aux.conf is now regularly checked for changes.

With the current FirstSpirit version, the class UrlEvent (Package de.espirit.firstspirit.event) provides a new method called getPageParamsSuffix() that returns the PageParamsSuffix.

When using the “Apache FOP” module (fs-fop.fsm), events of the FOP processor are now processed through the configured FirstSpirit logging.

The use of websockets (introduced in FirstSpirit version 2024.1) has been temporarily disabled due to rare issues encountered during its usage.

Updates to integrated third-party software

Further information can be found in chapter “System: Updates to integrated third-party software”.

When using the NewSectionOperation, the original section was returned instead of the new section reference when creating a section reference.

The order of content areas in a page template is now considered in the navigation area.

The logging for the “DQMConnect” module has been expanded. Instead of displaying an error dialog, errors are now logged as warnings, without affecting further use of the SiteArchitect.

The “DQM Connect” module provides the DQMConnectorVerificationService. This service allows the use of DQM functionality in scripts and workflows.

Further information can be found in chapter “Modules: DQM Connect: DQM Connect: FirstSpirit Verification Service”.