New Features & Improvements

• adding a new badge to the issue sidebar glance to indicate how many open Tasks an issue has (if any)
• adding some initial support for Jira Automation integration
  • the first rule allows marking all tasks as done when an issue transitions to a specific status
  • Note: there is no UI for this yet, but we have a json file of the rule that can be imported. Next release will introduce more actions and some UI for this.

Fixes

• fixed a bug where dialogs (template insert, task import, etc) cannot be reopened after closing them
• fixed a bug where cloning an issue would not clone the tasks in it
• fixed a bug where deleting an issue would not properly delete tasks behind the scenes
• fixed a bug where moving an issue to another project was not moving the tasks to the new issue/project properly
• other minor bug fixes to user mentions, and typeahead fields

• fixing several issues with drag & drop and reordering of tasks within an issue
• fixing a Postgres issue where tasks would not load properly on the My Tasks or Project Tasks screen on instances with a lot of issue (100k+).

• fixing several issues with drag & drop and reordering of tasks within an issue
• fixing a Postgres issue where tasks would not load properly on the My Tasks or Project Tasks screen on instances with a lot of issue (100k+).

• adding Jira 9 compatibility

• adding Jira 9 compatibility

Fixed some bugs that cause Jira Automation actions and Scriptrunner scripts that interact with any custom field to bomb due to our custom fields not returning an expected value.

Fixed some bugs that cause Jira Automation actions and Scriptrunner scripts that interact with any custom field to bomb due to our custom fields not returning an expected value.

Patching CVE-2022-0540

Related Jira Security Advisory: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/jira-security-advisory-2022-04-20-1115127899.html

Patching CVE-2022-0540

Related Jira Security Advisory: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/jira-security-advisory-2022-04-20-1115127899.html

IMPORTANT NOTE: this version moves some data to Lucene, which which fixes several bugs on large Jira instances, but requires Jira to be reindexed before searching for tasks via JQL works.

New Features / Improvements:

• new Task Export screen to export Settings, Tasks, and Templates for migrating to Tasklist Cloud
• new automation actions for...
  • marking all tasks as done in an issue
  • marking all tasks as open in an issue
  • deleting all tasks in an issue
• new automation triggers when...
  • a task is checked
  • a task is unchecked
  • all tasks in an issue are checked
  • a task status label is applied
• new JQL options to search based on task due date and task label
• new setting to control whether done tasks show a strikethrough
• ability to export tasks in an issue to CSV/Excel file

Bug Fixes:

• improved performance when upgrading from an older app version
• fixed some log messages spamming the Jira logs constantly
• fixed comments on bulk issue actions not evaluating {tasklist} macros properly

IMPORTANT NOTE: this version moves some data to Lucene, which which fixes several bugs on large Jira instances, but requires Jira to be reindexed before searching for tasks via JQL works.

New Features / Improvements:

• new Task Export screen to export Settings, Tasks, and Templates for migrating to Tasklist Cloud
• new automation actions for...
  • marking all tasks as done in an issue
  • marking all tasks as open in an issue
  • deleting all tasks in an issue
• new automation triggers when...
  • a task is checked
  • a task is unchecked
  • all tasks in an issue are checked
  • a task status label is applied
• new JQL options to search based on task due date and task label
• new setting to control whether done tasks show a strikethrough
• ability to export tasks in an issue to CSV/Excel file

Bug Fixes:

• improved performance when upgrading from an older app version
• fixed some log messages spamming the Jira logs constantly
• fixed comments on bulk issue actions not evaluating {tasklist} macros properly

• fixed an issue where some of our custom fields did not properly return a value when no tasks were present, leading to some issues with other apps (like Scriptrunner scripts, or In-Mail Handler PRO for example).
• fixed an issue with Project Tasks screen, where large results (many tasks or many issues) could result in incorrect pagination, which lead to some issues or tasks not showing up on the project tasks screen.

• fixed an issue where some of our custom fields did not properly return a value when no tasks were present, leading to some issues with other apps (like Scriptrunner scripts, or In-Mail Handler PRO for example).
• fixed an issue with Project Tasks screen, where large results (many tasks or many issues) could result in incorrect pagination, which lead to some issues or tasks not showing up on the project tasks screen.

• adding Jira 8.20 compatibility
• adding new JQL function to allow searching for issues that contain mandatory tasks.
  • Example: 'issue in taskIsInMandatory()'
• some minor bug fixes

• adding Jira 8.20 compatibility
• adding new JQL function to allow searching for issues that contain mandatory tasks.
  • Example: 'issue in taskIsInMandatory()'
• some minor bug fixes

• adding Jira 8.19 compatibility
• adding new functionality to facilitate exporting tasks, and migrating them to Jira Cloud
• some minor bug fixes

• adding Jira 8.19 compatibility
• adding new functionality to facilitate exporting tasks, and migrating them to Jira Cloud
• some minor bug fixes

• adding Jira 8.18 compatibility
• adding new dashboard gadgets for "My Tasks" and "Task Search", which allows searching for tasks from a specific project, and showing those tasks on a dashboard

• adding Jira 8.18 compatibility
• adding new dashboard gadgets for "My Tasks" and "Task Search", which allows searching for tasks from a specific project, and showing those tasks on a dashboard

• fixed some permissions errors related to multi-project Templates that would cause the tasks sidebar to erroneously show a permissions error
• fixed several of the task count custom fields to be declared as numbers to avoid errors when doing bulk moves and other Jira actions.
• improved debug logging to better leverage the native Jira logging

• fixed some permissions errors related to multi-project Templates that would cause the tasks sidebar to erroneously show a permissions error
• fixed several of the task count custom fields to be declared as numbers to avoid errors when doing bulk moves and other Jira actions.
• improved debug logging to better leverage the native Jira logging

• fixed a bug related to Oracle DB, where indexes on some DB tables were not created properly due to a bug in the Atlassian ActiveObjects library
• fixed a bug related to Oracle DB, where Project Tasks would not load properly if too many Issues were present
• fixed a bug where deleting a project would not cleanup tasks from the deleted project

• fixed a bug related to Oracle DB, where indexes on some DB tables were not created properly due to a bug in the Atlassian ActiveObjects library
• fixed a bug related to Oracle DB, where Project Tasks would not load properly if too many Issues were present
• fixed a bug where deleting a project would not cleanup tasks from the deleted project

• adding Jira 8.17 compatibility
• improved the template insert dialog to allow editing tasks before inserting them
• adding the ability to copy a task from the sidebar to allow mentioning it in a comment
• fixed a bug where tasks don't render correctly for public projects
• fixed a bug where some tasks could cause the "All" tab on the issue screen to bomb
• fixed a bug where the insert template automation action causes duplicate tasks to be inserted
• fixed a bug where the {tasklist} macro did not add metadata like labels and mandatory flag to tasks
• fixed a bug with the import task dialog
• fixed a bug with pagination on project tasks screen
• fixed several bugs with tasks on agile boards

• adding Jira 8.17 compatibility
• improved the template insert dialog to allow editing tasks before inserting them
• adding the ability to copy a task from the sidebar to allow mentioning it in a comment
• fixed a bug where tasks don't render correctly for public projects
• fixed a bug where some tasks could cause the "All" tab on the issue screen to bomb
• fixed a bug where the insert template automation action causes duplicate tasks to be inserted
• fixed a bug where the {tasklist} macro did not add metadata like labels and mandatory flag to tasks
• fixed a bug with the import task dialog
• fixed a bug with pagination on project tasks screen
• fixed several bugs with tasks on agile boards

• adding Jira 8.16 compatibility
• fixed a bug where listing the "All" activity tab in an issue would bomb the tasks sidebar

• adding Jira 8.16 compatibility
• fixed a bug where listing the "All" activity tab in an issue would bomb the tasks sidebar

• fixed the color picker for labels not opening when clicked
• fixed a bug where several Jira screens would bomb and become unusable when the Links Hierarchy Plugin was also installed and active
• fixed a bug where the Task Search screen would bomb if a task referenced an old Jira issue that no longer exists

• fixed the color picker for labels not opening when clicked
• fixed a bug where several Jira screens would bomb and become unusable when the Links Hierarchy Plugin was also installed and active
• fixed a bug where the Task Search screen would bomb if a task referenced an old Jira issue that no longer exists

Improvements

• improved performance when inserting many tasks into an issue
• improved performance when interacting with Tasks (edit, checking, unchecking, etc) on issue that have many tasks
• adding a new Jira Automation trigger that can be used when All Tasks are resolved

Fixes

• fixed some regression that broke Template Insert, Creating a Template from an Issue, and Importing tasks from another Issu

Improvements

• improved performance when inserting many tasks into an issue
• improved performance when interacting with Tasks (edit, checking, unchecking, etc) on issue that have many tasks
• adding a new Jira Automation trigger that can be used when All Tasks are resolved

Fixes

• fixed some regression that broke Template Insert, Creating a Template from an Issue, and Importing tasks from another Issu

• fixed UI regression which triggered a rendering bug which in turn made the tasks sidebar disappear
• fixed a bug where editing the issue description would cause task labels to disappear until refresh
• several fixes related to Service Desk. Amongst them, a bug that tricked customers into thinking they could toggle tasks on a JSM ticket. The UI now properly prevents customers from taking that action, which matches the behavior of the backend
• fixed a bug whereby reinstalling the plugin (or updating it) would cause the custom task fields to disappear from agile boards and issue list views
• fixed several more issues related to IE11 that caused the plugin to bomb in IE11

• fixed UI regression which triggered a rendering bug which in turn made the tasks sidebar disappear
• fixed a bug where editing the issue description would cause task labels to disappear until refresh
• several fixes related to Service Desk. Amongst them, a bug that tricked customers into thinking they could toggle tasks on a JSM ticket. The UI now properly prevents customers from taking that action, which matches the behavior of the backend
• fixed a bug whereby reinstalling the plugin (or updating it) would cause the custom task fields to disappear from agile boards and issue list views
• fixed several more issues related to IE11 that caused the plugin to bomb in IE11

• adding support for Jira Automation Smart Values. Task actions within the Jira Automation add-on now allow for using Smart Values
• adding new custom fields with counts of tasks, which allows using JQL to search for issues that have tasks in a given state (open vs closed, etc)
• fixed an issue where Task Labels were not showing on the Issue list screen if any of the custom fields (allTasks/openTasks/etc) were present
• fixed several issues with Content Templates. Adding/Editing/Inserting/Previewing of Content templates should now work properly again
• improved integration with Jira Agile Boards. Adding any of the task fields to an issue card now shows up properly, and allows interacting with the tasks on the card itself
• fixed several issues with Service Desk integration where tasks could not be interacted with properly within Service Desk
• fixing several issues related to IE11. Now our plugin no longer bombs Jira horribly.

• adding support for Jira Automation Smart Values. Task actions within the Jira Automation add-on now allow for using Smart Values
• adding new custom fields with counts of tasks, which allows using JQL to search for issues that have tasks in a given state (open vs closed, etc)
• fixed an issue where Task Labels were not showing on the Issue list screen if any of the custom fields (allTasks/openTasks/etc) were present
• fixed several issues with Content Templates. Adding/Editing/Inserting/Previewing of Content templates should now work properly again
• improved integration with Jira Agile Boards. Adding any of the task fields to an issue card now shows up properly, and allows interacting with the tasks on the card itself
• fixed several issues with Service Desk integration where tasks could not be interacted with properly within Service Desk
• fixing several issues related to IE11. Now our plugin no longer bombs Jira horribly.

• adding Jira 8.14 compatibility
• adding the ability to import tasks from another Jira issue into the current issue
• adding the ability to create a Jira issue from a task, whereby the isuse summary is auto-populated with the task text
• adding the ability to save search filters for Project Tasks and My Tasks, and thus easily apply previous searches again.
• fixed an issue where deleted tasks could cause the Task history (and thus the issue level "All" activity tab) to bomb
• fixed an issue where disabling the Tasklist for all projects was not working properly and required overwriting indiidual project settings to disable Tasklist for each project.
• fixed an issue where disabling the tasklist would not remove the /t shortcut, or the "Task" item from the Rich Text editor for that project

• adding Jira 8.14 compatibility
• adding the ability to import tasks from another Jira issue into the current issue
• adding the ability to create a Jira issue from a task, whereby the isuse summary is auto-populated with the task text
• adding the ability to save search filters for Project Tasks and My Tasks, and thus easily apply previous searches again.
• fixed an issue where deleted tasks could cause the Task history (and thus the issue level "All" activity tab) to bomb
• fixed an issue where disabling the Tasklist for all projects was not working properly and required overwriting indiidual project settings to disable Tasklist for each project.
• fixed an issue where disabling the tasklist would not remove the /t shortcut, or the "Task" item from the Rich Text editor for that project

Misc important regression fixes:

• fixed a bug that prevented creating new templates from the Manage Templates screen
• fixed a bug that caused the Project "Task Search" to show tasks from all projects the user had access to instead of just the current project
• fixed a bug that caused "My Tasks" to show tasks the current user wasn't specifically mentioned in
• fixed a bug where the Jira Automation plugin would not pick up our automation actions until Jira was restarted. Automation actions should now show immediately after installing either plugin.

Misc important regression fixes:

• fixed a bug that prevented creating new templates from the Manage Templates screen
• fixed a bug that caused the Project "Task Search" to show tasks from all projects the user had access to instead of just the current project
• fixed a bug that caused "My Tasks" to show tasks the current user wasn't specifically mentioned in
• fixed a bug where the Jira Automation plugin would not pick up our automation actions until Jira was restarted. Automation actions should now show immediately after installing either plugin.

• adding Jira 8.13 compatibility
• fixing a bug where viewing issue in an issue filter would bomb if the the filter included one of our custom fields (allTasks, openTasks, closedTasks)

• adding Jira 8.13 compatibility
• fixing a bug where viewing issue in an issue filter would bomb if the the filter included one of our custom fields (allTasks, openTasks, closedTasks)

Fixes/Improvements

• several fixes to refreshing the Issue workflow actions when tasks are checked, unchcked, added, or removed.
• fixed an issue where inserting a task via Jira Automation plugin would bomb
• fixed an issue where trying to reference a task from an Issue template would cause an exception and bomb the tasks in the new ticket
• fixed a rendering bug that prevented viewing tasks from the Jira issue list screen
• fixed preview functionality for legacy content templates

Fixes/Improvements

• several fixes to refreshing the Issue workflow actions when tasks are checked, unchcked, added, or removed.
• fixed an issue where inserting a task via Jira Automation plugin would bomb
• fixed an issue where trying to reference a task from an Issue template would cause an exception and bomb the tasks in the new ticket
• fixed a rendering bug that prevented viewing tasks from the Jira issue list screen
• fixed preview functionality for legacy content templates

New Features

• adding a new Workflow validator for mandatory tasks
• Cloning issues now clones all tasks in the source issue, regardless of location (description, custom field, comments, sidebar, etc)

Fixes/Improvements

• fixed an issue where searching for tasks via JQL wasn't working
• fixed integration with Jira Rich Text Editor not always showing the "Task" button
• Performance fixes when checking/unchecking tasks
• fixed applying a task label sometimes causing the task to lose checked state temporarily
• fixed several issues with content templates not showing up properly
• fixed a bug where inserting a template sometimes inserted multiple copies of the template
• fixed copying/pasting of Task templates into a comment causing the tasks to be jumbled

New Features

• adding a new Workflow validator for mandatory tasks
• Cloning issues now clones all tasks in the source issue, regardless of location (description, custom field, comments, sidebar, etc)

Fixes/Improvements

• fixed an issue where searching for tasks via JQL wasn't working
• fixed integration with Jira Rich Text Editor not always showing the "Task" button
• Performance fixes when checking/unchecking tasks
• fixed applying a task label sometimes causing the task to lose checked state temporarily
• fixed several issues with content templates not showing up properly
• fixed a bug where inserting a template sometimes inserted multiple copies of the template
• fixed copying/pasting of Task templates into a comment causing the tasks to be jumbled

• adding Jira 8.11 compatibility
• fixed a bug where switching between Text and Visual mode in Rich Text Editor would show a Null Pointer exception in the Editor
• fixed multiple bugs related to tasks not being copied when an issue is cloned
• fixed a bug where removing a task from an issue field (description, comment, etc) would not remove the task from the tasks sidebar
• fixed multiple MSSQL and Postgres queries that were not referencing fields properly, or escaping data properly resulting in some of the plugin screens bombing

• adding Jira 8.11 compatibility
• fixed a bug where switching between Text and Visual mode in Rich Text Editor would show a Null Pointer exception in the Editor
• fixed multiple bugs related to tasks not being copied when an issue is cloned
• fixed a bug where removing a task from an issue field (description, comment, etc) would not remove the task from the tasks sidebar
• fixed multiple MSSQL and Postgres queries that were not referencing fields properly, or escaping data properly resulting in some of the plugin screens bombing

NOTE: this is a re-release of 2.0.3 with additional fixes encountered during the upgrade procedure.

• cloning a Jira issue now clones all tasks in the issue regardless of where the task was
• fixed an issue where some issue types would bomb the task sidebar
• fixed an issue where renaming a project would not properly associate tasks with the new project (causing them to appear lost)
• upgraded the Automation for Jira integration to use the latest API, and fixed a bug with the template dropdown always showing as empty
• fixed an issue where mentioning a user from the Tasks sidebar would sometimes insert the wrong user key
• fixed an issue where links within tasks were not clickable
• fixed an issue with the /t shortcut nuking content on the current line of the editor
• fixed an issue where the {tasklist} macro was not being processed properly
• fixed an issue where the {task} macro was not being processed properly in custom fields
• fixed several issues with foreign key constraints in MSSQL and Postgres

NOTE: this is a re-release of 2.0.3 with additional fixes encountered during the upgrade procedure.

• cloning a Jira issue now clones all tasks in the issue regardless of where the task was
• fixed an issue where some issue types would bomb the task sidebar
• fixed an issue where renaming a project would not properly associate tasks with the new project (causing them to appear lost)
• upgraded the Automation for Jira integration to use the latest API, and fixed a bug with the template dropdown always showing as empty
• fixed an issue where mentioning a user from the Tasks sidebar would sometimes insert the wrong user key
• fixed an issue where links within tasks were not clickable
• fixed an issue with the /t shortcut nuking content on the current line of the editor
• fixed an issue where the {tasklist} macro was not being processed properly
• fixed an issue where the {task} macro was not being processed properly in custom fields
• fixed several issues with foreign key constraints in MSSQL and Postgres

Initial Data Center Release.

• includes minor bug fixes and performance improvements compared to the server version

• several fixes related to Automation for Jira integration
• performance improvements when many tasks are present in an issue
• fixing some issues where tasks and task sidebar would not always show in service desk projects
• several fixes to how events are fired, to play nice with 3rd party automation plugins

• complete rewrite of the UI, with improved visuals and performance
• several enhancements to tasks, including status labels for tasks, task due dates, and mandatory tasks
• redesign of Project Tasks and My Tasks screen with new search options and more issue fields
• new workflow conditions to prevent issue transitions when open mandatory tasks are present
• new settings screen with global vs project level settings, and new options, like enable/disable the task section on a per-project basis, or disabling activity stream integration, etc.

Announcement:

We have started developing an official Data Center version. We are currently going through the Atlassian review process and expect to be done within the coming weeks.

Deprecation Notice:

We are deprecating "Content Templates". Creation of new content templates will no longer be possible, but existing content templates will continue to work . If you are adversely impacted by this, please contact us.

• fixing an issue where issue level activity stream sometimes shows entries from other issues due to improper filtering in our plugin
• fixing an issue where inserting a task can fail with a DB error due to null values

Fixes/Changes

• adding compatibility with Jira 8.8
• some minor API fixes.

Fixes/Changes

• adding compatibility with Jira 8.7 and 8.7.1
• fixed an issue with the project level activity stream showing task related events from other projects
• fixed an issue where project-tasks or my-tasks could bomb if one of the issue fields we render (like priority) was removed
• fixed some minor visual regression

Jira 8.6 Compatibility and some minor performance improvements to how tasks are processed when an issue is created or edited.

Also adding backwards compatibility to 7.0 of all changes/fixes from the past several releases.

Jira 8.3.x and 8.4.x Compatibility & bug fixes before 2.0 release.

• fixed an issue where the Jira activity stream would show tasks from Issues the current user doesn't have access to
• fixed several issues with filtering in Project Tasks and My Tasks
• fixed an issue where mentioning multiple users in a Task resulted in bad output in Project Tasks
• fixed custom fields to not install multiple times during upgrades
• fixed an issue when a task mentions a deleted user
• added a new workflow validator, to validate if open tasks are present

Jira 8.2.x Compatibility & minor bug fixes before 2.0 release.

• Jira 8 Compatibility
• Major refactoring behind the scenes to prepare for a 2.0 release
• Minor Improvements to the Agile Boards integrations so editing a task in the agile boards sidebar is now reflected elsewhere the task shows up
• Minor bug fix where the checked state of a task was not properly shown after an issue transition

• several performance improvements to how tasks are registered, which in turn should speed up task creation, and commenting with tasks
• improving behavior of issue reloading when adding a task to an issue from agile boards
• fixing an issue with the new log level settings not kicking in properly
• making previous fixes compatible with earlier versions of jira 7.x

• adding Jira 7.12 Compatibility
• Adding new functionality to the Manage Templates screen to allow cleaning up and viewing orphaned Templates
• Fixing the Hover tooltip on tasks to account for checking/unchecking when showing the last interaction
• Fixing an issue in JIra Agile boards where tasks could get added to another issue instead of the current one
• Fixing an issue where editing a task in the Agile boards sidebar is not reflected until the issue is refreshed
• Expanding internal logging and adding a new Log Level to the plugin settings for easier support

• fixed an issue with the Jira Automation integration, where the "Add Task" and "Add Task Template" actions were not rendering properly, thus making those Actions impossible to use

• added Jira 7.9 Compatibiltiy
• fixing an issue where the task progress custom field would show 0/0 on Jira agile boards after a task was changed

• added a new custom field to show a progress bar of tasks for each Jira issue. This can be used in Agile Cards as well as Issue lists
• fixed an issue with MSSQL, where "My Tasks" would show tasks from other users
• fixed an issue where the Manage Templates screen would bomb if a project with a template was deleted

fixing several UI bugs introduced in version 1.1.16

• fixed a bug that would prevent users from editing tasks in the sidebar
• fixed a bug where changes to tasks in the sidebar were not persisted when saving

• adding Jira 7.8 compatibility
• fixed an issue where the plugin would try to call plugin specific API on the login screen before the user is authenticated
• fixed an issue with Jira Automation integration that could cause Null Pointer Exceptions (and thus spam the logs)
• fixed an issue when clicking a task, where the default behavior was not being honored, and it would trigger the edit of an issue field
• fixing an issue with tasks to prevent SQL injection

• adding JIRA 7.7 Compatibility
• Fixing a UI issue where hovering over a username would bring up the user dialog and never dismiss it
• Adding handling for moving an issue between projects, which now properly moves the associated tasks to the moved issue
• Improving rendering of tasks in the project issues and in confluence, so long tasks don't cause strange wrapping issues
• Fixing a bug in permissions checks, where a deleted/inaccessible issues could bomb things.

• adding Jira 7.6 compatibility
• made several changes to custom fields (allTasks, openTasks, closedTasks:
• changed custom fields to no longer be directly editable (since they are dynamically calculated anyways)

• improved rendering of custom fields so tasks show properly in print views for single issues and issue lists
• improved rendering of custom fields so they can be shown as a separate field in the issue details view
• improved rendering of custom fields so they can be shown as a column in issue lists (my issues, search issues, ..etc)
• improved rendering so tasks in custom fields can now be checked/unchecked and the change persists
  • this has the benefit of being able to check tasks directly from the issue list
• improved integration with Confluence, so tasks show in the Confluence issue macro (via custom fields)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where issue level security was not being honored properly and project tasks would leak issue information to users
• Fixed a flaw parsing usernames with non-alpha-numeric characters from tasks. Project tasks now properly show sections for users with usernames containing non-alpha-numeric characters
• Fixed an issue in JIRA 7.5+ where the checked state of a task in the description and sidebar would get out of sync when the issue workflow reloaded the issue
• Fixed an issue where custom field names could bomb an internal regex and could result in users not being able to add tasks any longer

• Minor fixes for Jira 7.5 compatibility.
• also fixed an issue with a permissions check that was polluting the logs

• fixing a bug where deleting a Jira user could cause tasks not to render properly
• fixing an issue where the ALL tab and the Tasklist history tab in an issue could show tasks from other issues or projects
• enhancing permissions handing of the task list API to require a user to at least have BROWSE permissions on a project in order to see/interact with simple tasks

• Compatibility with Jira 7.4
• Improving Jira Automation integration to expose actions on a project level

This is a minor release to fix integration with the 'Automation for Jira' and 'Automation Lite for Jira' addons.

• improved Rich Text Editor (RTE) integration
• tasks within Jira Rich Text Editor now show their current state
• tasks within Jira Rich Text Editor now behave similar to bulleted lists.
• hitting "enter" goes to the next line and starts a new task
• hitting enter on an empty tasks exits task entering

• Improving the integration with Rich Text Editor
• Added handling of the {tasklist} macro to allow inserting a task list template via macro in the Rich Text Editor
• fixed a JS error that was triggered when converting a bullet list or numbered list to tasks
• fixed a few race conditions and other issues that could impact task rendering
• fixed a Service Desk issue where adding a {task} from the customer portal would remove all checkboxes from task macros until page refresh
• added a new API for bulk creation of tasks to make inserting tasks into the sidebar more performant and less prone to error
• adding new API to insert a task template into a task

• fixed an issue with Task History that was triggered when entering large tasks
• fixed compatibility with Jira 6.3 and Jira 6.4
• fixed an issue where bullet points with tasks wouldn't render correctly

• Adding integration with the Jira Rich Text Editor (Jira 7.3 only).
  • {task} macros can now be edited in visual mode
  • added an action to the macros dropdown. This inserts a {task} macro, or converts text (single & multiline) to tasks, as well as converts bulleted lists to tasks
• Tasks now track their own history / audit trail.
  • This includes creation, updates, check/uncheck changes, and deletion. Who did it, and when.
  • Tasklist History can be seen from new issue tab
• @mention a user in a task now triggers a notification to that user, letting them know they were mentioned.
• Can now insert a task template directly into the sidebar (without comment)

Bug Fixes

• fixed several issues with MSSQL integration, specific to searching tasks as well as inserting tasks via Automation add-on
• misc small bug fixes and visual fixes

• Jira 7.3 Compatibility
• Fixed an issue where adding a task in a comment or field during issue transition would not register the task
• Fixed an issue in Jira 6.3 that prevented adding tasks from the sidebar
• Fixed the task list flickering when adding a task
• Fixing multiple issues with MS SQL that impacted "project tasks" and "my tasks"
• Improved handling of workflow conditions to trigger condition checks after adding/removing a task

• fixing an issue where the task field would hijack the focus when loading an issue, thus rendering Jira shortcuts useless
• fixing an issue where a new task created while assigning an issue would not be evaluated correctly, and thus ignored
• fixed a few misc cosmetic/styling issues

• fixed an issue where adding a simple task from the tasks section was not possible in rapid boards
• fixed an issue where inserting a task template from a rapid board didn't show up properly until page refresh
• fixed an issue with shortcut expansion (/t) in rapid boards

• added JQL support to allow searching through all tasks, open tasks, and closed tasks
• JQL supports the IS EMPTY and IS NOT EMPTY operators to identify issues with any tasks, with open tasks, with closed tasks, or any combination there
• JQL also supports the "contains" (~) operator, which allows searching for text content within tasks

Bug Fixes

• fixed a bug where deleting a Jira issue with tasks would cause the tasks to get orphaned
• fixed several issues in Jira 6.3.x related to inserting templates

New Features

• Jira 7.2 support
• New template authoring screens
• New functionality for "Content" templates that allow arbitrary markup and tasks
• Adding variable expansions to tasks and templates
• New functionality to turn existing tasks into a template
• New dialog for inserting templates into an Issue
• Jira Issues now show a progress bar for the tasks within them
• Tasks within issue description and comments now render as read-only in Service Desk for customers can see the status
• Added custom triggers to support the Jira Automation add-on. (It is now possible to insert tasks or templates in response to an Issue changing)

Misc Fixes

• fixed an ActiveObjects error that was polluting the logs
• Fixed an issue where Tasklist would interference with dropdown fields in Jira 6.4
• Added a new setting that allows triggering an Issue update event when a task is toggled

• fixing a bug where sometimes the tasks section would not show in the right sidebar of an issue in Jira 6.4
• adding a new config option to allow hiding the tasks section within an issue

• fixed a bug where adding a dollar sign to a task would render the task unusable
• added compatibility for Jira 6.3 & 6.4 Agile Plugin

• added Jira 7.1 Compatibility
• added Jira Agile integration (tasks now work within Jira Agile issue details view on Jira 7.x)
• fixed some lucene indexing issues
• misc small bug fixes

• adding new setting to manage the default filter (all vs open vs closed) for the "my tasks" / "project tasks" screens
• improving usability for "my tasks" to hide projects the user does not have any tasks in
• improving usability of "project tasks" to hide users that do not have any tasks mentioning them
• fixing a bug where navigating between tabs in a issue would render tasks unusable

• added Jira 7 compatibility
• adding new configuration option to enable/disable sending of notifications when a task is checked/unchecked
• enhancing the project picker in the "my simple tasks" screen, and the user picker in the "project tasks" screen to support large amounts of entries, allow filtering, and select-all functionality
• fixing regression in parsing of {task} entries

New Features:

• Jira Data Center Compatibility
• New design/functionality for "My Simple Tasks". Now allows searching and filtering by project and task status.
• New Screen for each project to list out the Simple Tasks per project. List out all tasks within the project broken down by user. Also allows searching and filtering.

Bug Fixes:

• {tasks} macros are now properly parsed from custom field.
• email notifications are now sending whenever a task is checked

• fixed an issue with the length of tasks, where tasks with more than 255 characters would cause rendering issues and break the plugin

• Added the ability to add tasks directly from the Issue sidebar, without the need for the {task} macro
• Added the ability to edit tasks directly from the sidebar
• Added the ability to delete tasks from the sidebar if they were not created via the {task} macro
• Added the ability to reorder tasks in an Issue via drag & drop
• Added a template picker, to allow inserting a Tasklist Template into an issue by selecting it from a list
• Added configuration option to change where the Tasklist displays (right sidebar of the Issue, or in the content body of the Issue below the Description)
• Added configuration option to disable the /t shortcut
• Added configuration option to change the /t shortcut to something else
• Misc other Bug Fixes

• Adding Tasklist Templates and a new {tasklist} macro
• Adding new "My Tasks" view, to show all the tasks you're mentioned in
• Adding a custom condition for issue transitions to prevent a transition if an open task is detected within the issue
• Bug fixes and styling fixes

First Public Release