Dossier 1.4.0

Dossier 1.4.0

Dossier now sends a usage ping, so the project can tell how many installs are in use and how often. It sends a random ID and the version number, once a day, and nothing else. You can switch it off.

What's new

• Usage ping: on each day you use Dossier, your server sends telemetry.dossier.aien.me a random install ID and the version number, once. Nothing else is sent: no profile, documents, applications, settings, server address or time of day.
  • The ID: made at random and kept in your database. It isn't derived from anything about you or your server, and exports leave it out.
  • What's kept: the receiver keeps the ID, the day and the version for a year, and not the address the ping came from.
  • Where to see it: Settings → About shows whether the ping is on and the ID it sends. While it's on, the server says so in its log at startup.
  • Switching it off: set DOSSIER_TELEMETRY=off.

Upgrading

If you'd rather not send the usage ping, set DOSSIER_TELEMETRY=off first (CapRover: App Configs → Environment Variables; Compose: your .env, which compose.production.yml now passes on).

Then take a backup and deploy ghcr.io/aientech/dossier:v1.4.0 (see Upgrading in the README). Nothing changes in the database.