Groups.io: Changelog

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INTERNAL: Spent most of the week dealing with a major, ongoing, bot scraper attack - adding additional defenses against it, adding additional monitoring, and optimizing systems.

CHANGE: Groups on the free plan are now notified when people try to join but can't. If your group is at the 100-member limit, owners and moderators receive a weekly email when join attempts were turned away, with a link to the activity log showing who tried. Denied join attempts that arrive by email are now recorded in the activity log as well.

INTERNAL: Added additional protections against bot group signups.
BUGFIX: Fixed a case where in rare circumstances, when a message is deleted, it should still show up on the group home page and in search results. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/40992
BUGFIX: Messages that had signature blocks that were very long (or had parts that looked like signature blocks that were very long) would not be included in search results.

BUGFIX: The About page link was incorrect.
CHANGE: Change the `Automatic` Dark Mode setting label to `Follow Device Setting`

BUGFIX: The website now listens for light/dark mode change events and adjusts the page accordingly, instead of waiting for full page reloads.

NEW: New demo videos: subgroups, billing, moderation, invite members, account recovery, co-owners, and delivery settings.

BUGFIX: Misc web page fixes. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/site_styling_update_is_live/120511916
CHANGE: Continued work on the new `Ask` feature. https://beta.groups.io/g/ai/topic/ask_improvements/120207605
API NEW: Added a complete set of webhook API endpoints.

CHANGE: Changed the first batch of web pages from Bootstrap 3 to Bootstrap 5.
NEW: Added a web form for support request submissions.

API CHANGE: Improved the error returns on many API endpoints and fixed a few inconsistencies.

CHANGE: Merged Stephane Fillod's French translations. Thanks Stephane!
CHANGE: Updated all translations and corrected several issues.
CHANGE: The Ask feature now respects commands to only search messages/files/etc as well as better date handling.
CHANGE: When someone changes their RSVP to "Will Not Attend," they're now prompted for the comment right in the confirmation dialog, so collecting a reason for not attending works naturally.
CHANGE: Previously, changing an event response could silently erase a member's earlier comment. Comments now carry over.
CHANGE: There's a new per-event option, "Attendee comments are visible to all members." With it checked, everyone in the group can see the comments on the event's Responses page - useful for coordinating who's bringing what, or who's filling which position or location. Left unchecked, comments stay visible only to the event organizers, as today.
BUGFIX: For format=flowed text emails, we would strip trailing spaces after the `--` signature delimiter.

API NEW: Added the `/updatetopic` endpoint to update a topic's subject and hashtags, moderation, locked and sticky states, and reply-to setting.
API NEW: Added a machine-readable Groups.io API skill guide at `/api/SKILLS.md`.
CHANGE: "Group Profile" sidebar now opens the editable form.
CHANGE: Empty profile fields become actionable on your own profile; there is now a muted "+ Add" link next to each.
CHANGE: In Settings, added a note next to the existing profile-sync note - _"Custom fields defined by a group (for example Organisation or Job Title) do not appear here — they live on each group's own profile. To fill them in… Subscription > Group Profile … Edit Group Profile."_
CHANGE: Added help text under "Viewable In A Member's Profile" — _"When checked, members can view and fill in this field on their own group profile (Subscription > Group Profile). When unchecked, only moderators can see or edit it."_
DOCS: Updates from Nina. https://groups.io/helpcenter/single/revisionhistory

CHANGE: Much improved Ask feature:
NEW: Added new Billing Information fields to include information in invoices. The fields are accessible on the Billing page:

INTERNAL: Improved our processes for ad-hoc blocking of ASNs responsible for abusive crawlers, as well as our monitoring systems for such attacks.

BUGFIX: Include display name if we have it in pending member notifications. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/111371742#msg40822
API BUGFIX: The /updateevent and /updaterepeatevent API endpoints were more strict in their permissions enforcement than they should have been. Also fixed the error return on inadequate permissions. https://beta.groups.io/g/api/message/465
CHANGE: Merged Spanish language translations from [luiscarlos2000](https://github.com/luiscarlos2000).

NEW: Add organizer attendee-management actions to the View RSVPs page. Lets event organizers remove attendees, change a member's guest count,

INTERNAL: Upgraded the jQuery library.
BUGFIX: SSO/SAML login validation (accessType + org mismatch checks)
BUGFIX: Calendar ICS feed correctly reflecting rescheduled recurring events from changes received from Outlook emails

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