Release Notes

For a newly installed FirstSpirit server, the password for the admin user can now be set with an environment variable FS_ADMIN_PASSWORD.

If the admin user has already been created, the environment variable has no effect.

With the current FirstSpirit version, there is a new option in the project properties called "Permissions check for Content Transport".

Permissions check for Content Transport

If this checkbox is enabled, it is requisite that the user possesses all necessary permissions for all adjustments (including changing, creating, and deleting) to be performed during the feature installation in the target project.

If the checkbox is disabled, no permissions check is performed during feature installation.

This option is enabled by default when creating a new project.

For existing projects, it is necessary to activate the checkbox if a permissions check is desired.

The Jakarta EE Migrator for web applications introduced with FirstSpirit 2023.9 is planned to be removed with version 2024.9.

With the current FirstSpirit version 2024.8, a warning message appears on the FirstSpirit start page for server or project administrators if web components are still being used in a global or project-local web application that are not marked as Jakarta-compliant (i.e. not marked with Servlet API 6.0).

More information and updates can be found in the Crownpeak Community.
Contact Customer Support Team if you have questions or feedback regarding the migration.

FirstSpirit 2024.8 supports the following module versions for FirstSpirit Content Experience Tools.

With the current version of FirstSpirit, the Omnichannel Manager 3.0 is officially released.

The Omnichannel Manager (OCM) is an integral part of cross-platform content management in FirstSpirit. In combination with the FirstSpirit ContentCreator, the OCM allows preview editing of external applications, enabling editors to make changes and see them in real time.

For more information, see the documentation for the Omnichannel Manager 3.0.

Support for Omnichannel Manager 2.x will be discontinued in the medium term.

The Analyze Assistant helps the editor in the ContentCreator to carry out text-related analyses on the displayed page in the current language and to directly implement the suggested improvements.

With the current release, Crownpeak is expanding the user circle to obtain further feedback and insights from partners and clients on the functionality that results from concrete use cases.
The functionality itself has already been subjected to intensive quality assurance. However, it has not yet been officially released. So, if you are interested, we recommend that you first test it in a development environment.

For more information, see the documentation for the Analyze Assistant.

Note: A corresponding license is required to use the Analyze Assistant as well as other AI-powered tools.

With the current version of FirstSpirit, the Content Assistant is officially released.

The Content Assistant supports editors in ContentCreator in creating and editing content more efficiently and intuitively. Through intelligent automation, the Content Assistant facilitates daily workflows and contributes to higher productivity.

For more information, see the documentation for the Content Assistant.

Note: A corresponding license is required to use the Content Assistant as well as other AI-powered tools.

With the current version of FirstSpirit, the Image Assistant is officially released.

In the ContentCreator, alt text can be automatically generated for uploaded images with the help of AI. AI-assisted alt text generation is an extension of the automatic image cropping functionality.

For more information, see the documentation for the Image Assistant.

Note: A corresponding license is required to use the Image Assistant as well as other AI-powered tools.

As of release 2024.8, some internally used components were removed. This affects the following library:

• Apache HttpClient 4.5.14

As a temporary solution, the “Legacy Libraries” module (fs-legacy-libraries.fsm) can be installed (available through Customer Support). This module contains libraries that were previously delivered with FirstSpirit.

The module provides the following libraries as legacy resources:

• org.apache.httpcomponents:fluent-hc in the version 4.5.14
• org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient in the version 4.5.14
• org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient-win in the version 4.5.14
• org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore in the version 4.4.16
• org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime in the version 4.5.14