Here’s what’s new in Rock’s GitHub for Pre-Alpha Release 18.0.11, released on 8/26/2025.
17.4 Highlights
v17.4 was released as in Alpha on August 28th, 2025. See the Release Notes for complete details.
- Issue 6415: Fixed a bug that occurred when attempting to send a Communication to many recipients caused long delays and errors.
17.5 Highlights
- Added Structured Content Editor feature to upload file attachments.
- Added system phone number settings to allow administrators to control how SMS opt-in and opt-out messages are handled.
- Improved the "FromIdHash" Lava filter to handle both hashed and non-hashed Id strings, returning the integer value when a non-hashed Id is provided.
- Improved the "Group Member Add From Attribute" workflow action to return the newly added Group Member as a workflow attribute.
- Improved how the Group Member List block loads, increasing performance.
- Improved the default SMS opt-in/opt-out response messages to meet new compliance standards.
- Issue 6278: Fixed a bug in the Legacy Dynamic Data block where the cached Lava-formatted output displayed incorrectly on the administrative settings page.
- Issue 6383: Fixed a bug in the Giving Automation Job where the Consistent and Occasional Giver Journey stages did not consider the most recent gift.
- Issue 6386: Fixed a bug where the Calendar Item List and Calendar Item Occurrence List blocks disabled the "EventScheduledInstance" Lava command.
- Issue 6393: Fixed a bug where Single Select attribute with the Drop Down List (Enhanced for Long Lists) was not selectable when using the arrow keys.
- Issue 6397: Fixed a bug where the opt-in and opt-out keywords were missing from the message history in the SMS Conversation block.
- Issue 6400: Fixed a bug in the Obsidian SMS Conversation block where individuals who were previously opted out continued to receive new messages.
- Issue 6403: Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Prayer Request Detail block where the "Approved On Date Time" and "Approved By Person Alias Id" fields were not updating when a prayer request was approved.
- Issue 6405: Fixed a bug where the attendance data view did not filter by campus correctly.
- Issue 6406: Fixed a bug in the Universal Search Re-Index service job where the job failed to process Person indexes in large datasets.
- Issue 6407: Fixed a bug in the Attendance History block where archived Group names were not displayed
- Issue 6408: Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Registration Entry block where the SMS Opt-in checkbox and related message appeared even though the registration template disabled "Show SMS Opt-in".
- Issue 6409: Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Attendance History block where loading Attendance History without person context could cause significant performance issues.
- Issue 6410: Fixed a bug in the Learning Activity Detail block where switching between Multiple Choice and Short Answer activity types prevented the Question Weighting value from being changed and blocked the entire plan from being saved.
- Issue 6411: Fixed a bug where the OpenId Connect (OIDC) sign-in consent settings for an individual were shared between different individuals using the same browser or device.
- Issue 6412: Fixed a bug where editing a Content Channel Type caused an error if it contained an Image, File, or Binary File Item Attribute Value stored in Azure Blob Storage or the File System.
- Issue 6413: Fixed a bug in the Twilio SendGrid Webhook where Rock recorded errors if the same SendGrid account was used for both Rock and SendGrid Marketing Campaigns with the Category feature.
- Issue 6417: Improved the the handling of NCOA Processing file imports to manage incorrect file types and reduce import errors.
- Issue 6418: Fixed a bug where a note could not be saved with a date earlier than today, even though the block allows it.
- Issue 6421: Fixed a bug introduced in 17.2 where the Page Route Details were displayed blank.
18.0 ハイライト
- Added the ability to transfer Step Types from one Step Program to another.
- Added "Core Steps" Step Program with core step types, such as "eRA" type.
- Added CAPTCHA to Connection Opportunity Signup, Prayer Request Entry, Group Registration, and other public-facing blocks.
Mobile Highlight
- Added Financial Batch Detail and Financial Batch List blocks to handle check scanning and batch viewing, creation, and modifications.