[2.8.0] - 2026-03-06

[hmpf]

The most important change in this release is that we have finally added the
long awaited task queue, to handle background tasks. The task queue uses the
database for storage by default so running migrations is necessary. As part of
using the queue to send notifications we fixed several bugs that caused a lower
amount of notifications to be sent than expected. Another big change is we have
upgraded tailwind, which affects theme customization and building packages.

You must see the NOTES before updating if you or your deployment do any of
the following:

• Send notifications (SEND_NOTIFICATIONS = True). Affected both by the new
  queue and the bug-fixes.
• Alter any templates or CSS, due to the upgrade of tailwind.
• Replace or rework the incident list filter box.
• Write your own media plugins.
• Build your own package (useful for bundling themes and tweaks). The release
  checklist has changed.

Added

• Added support for a task queue. We're using django-tasks, which is in the
  process of being merged into Django proper, with the backend
  django-tasks-db. This stores the tasks in the same database as everything
  else. We're currently only using the queue to send notifications, so if you
  are not using argus for that (SEND_NOTIFICATIONS is off), nothing changes.
  (#1608)
• Add "Create copy" action for planned maintenance tasks
  (#1613)
• Show name of owner for public filters
  (#1748)
• Add preview of incidents covered by selected filters in planned maintenance
  task form (#1765)
• Create admin user from env variables in docker entrypoint
  (#1776)
• Validate DAISYUI_THEMES entries, skipping invalid ones with warnings
  (#1819)
• Add Sikt light and dark DaisyUI themes based on Sikt Design System color
  tokens (#1822)

Changed

• Upgrade to Tailwind CSS v4 and DaisyUI v5. See NOTES for theme customization.
  (#1262)
• We are now using a task queue to send notifications instead of forking off
  a process. This is to increase robustness and hopefully to increase
  throughput. If argus is being used to send notifications, you MUST change
  your deployment as there now is an additional service that needs to run in
  order to handle the notifications on the queue. See the NOTES!
  (#1608)
• Refactor incident list filter UI with collapsible filterbox and dynamic bulk
  actions bar. (#1693)
• Improve maintenance column by adding a dropdown with tasks that affect the
  incident (#1745)
• Support searching for filters by first and last name of user
  (#1764)
• Added under maintenance column to maintenance column preset
  (#1775)
• Improve timeslot form with compact table layout for time recurrences
  (#1794)
• Consolidate notification routes under /notifications/ with tab navigation
  (#1795)
• Improve notification profile form with collapsible cards and inline actions
  (#1796)
• Moved some functionality from the email media plugin to the base class of all
  media plugins. Basically, any destination can now be marked as being
  "managed", which means that it is created and managed by a system outside of
  an end-users control. This can be for instance email addresses or phone
  numbers fetched from an account-database or address book.
  (#1802)
• Redesign destination page as flat table with inline editing
  (#1806)
• Tailwind CSS intermediate files (theme CSS, config snippets) are no longer
  tracked in git. See NOTES.
  (#1826)
• Redesign filter toolbar with compact icon buttons and direct filter actions
  (#1831)

Fixed

• Notifications are now also sent on bulk changes to incidents. Note that for
  filters used for sending notifications, it will be necessary to control event
  types to maintain the current expected amount of notifications sent. See
  NOTES. (#1763)
• Limit choices of incidents field in PM admin to open incidents
  (#1789)
• Make it possible to use public filters in notification profiles
  (#1805)
• Fixed a bug where the setting that controls whether notifications will be
  sent was ignored when sending notifications in the background. The
  notifications were sent regardless.
  (#1808)
• Allow for multiple notification profiles with no name
  (#1828)
• Fix showing age for stateless incidents
  (#1833)
• Fix theme preview showing wrong foreground text color on color swatches
  (#1834)

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