Release Notes

As of the release 2025.4, the following internally used software has been updated.

• JxBrowser (Chrome browser engine for displaying the integrated preview in FirstSpirit SiteArchitect)
  Update to version 8.4.0 (Chromium 133.0.6943.99) includes security updates.

For menu levels and page references, the visibility for the sitemap can be configured in the navigation area via the context menu entry "Hide in sitemap" or "Show in sitemap".

FirstSpirit 2025.4 supports the following module versions for FirstSpirit Content Experience Tools.

Server-wide, in the "FS Image Assistant - GPT Alt Text Config" service, one can choose between using the global or an individual AI model. In the case of an individual AI model, the desired AI plugin can be selected and the AI model defined.

Use customised AI model

The AI model used in the Image Assistant can also be overridden in the project component "FS Image Assistant - Configuration" for project-specific purposes.

Use customised AI model

For more information, see also Documentation for Image Assistant.

The FirstSpirit desktop apps (FirstSpirit SiteArchitect and ServerManager) are started and updated (rolled out) via the FirstSpirit Launcher.

The “FirstSpirit Launcher JRE” module enables customers and partners to easily switch between different Java versions for the operation of Java-based applications. The desired Java version can be selected server-wide for Microsoft Windows and macOS separately.

The included Java versions have been updated with the current release.

• 17.0.12+7 -> 17.0.14+7
  (Default - the version delivered with the FirstSpirit Launcher)
• 21.0.4+7 -> 21.0.6+7

The internal search engine based on Apache Lucene has been moved from the FirstSpirit server to a separate module that will be automatically installed with FirstSpirit version 2024.11. This step allows for the parallel operation of or transition to a newer version of Lucene.

In the documentation for FirstSpirit administrators, the corresponding configuration parameters for the search engine are described. Currently, version 9 of Apache Lucene is considered beta, and the default value remains Lucene 3 until further notice.

For JSON generation, the new setting metaDataRenderMode is now supported, which allows for the control of metadata generation in the output JSON. The setting can be configured as follows:

$CMS_SET(#global.json.metaDataRenderMode, "IF_DEFINED")$

The following values are supported:

• NONE
  No metadata will be output.
• IF_DEFINED (default setting)
  
  The metadata defined for the current element is output.
• INHERITED_OR_DEFINED
  All metadata is recursively inherited from a store element's parent nodes.
• INTELLIGENT
  As INHERITED_OR_DEFINED, however, it is avoided that redundant outputs of the metadata occur.
• INTELLIGENT_CAAS
  How INTELLIGENT, except that the inheritance is performed at the level of elements instead of individual input components.

The parameters metaDataRendering and metaInheritanceRendering have now been marked as "deprecated" and should be replaced with the render modes NONE, IF_DEFINED, and INHERITED_OR_DEFINED.

For more information, see also JSON output of metadata.