Release Notes

Features

QNA module can now send content elements instead of only text. Content elements are also exported with questions (they can be re-imported later)
Support for oauth2 authentication added to access Botpress
Added visual indicator on the studio when the botpress configuration is outdated and a server reboot is suggested (it's also a one-button click to restart it)
Added CLI command "pullfile" and "pushfile" to access file from/to the database from a local installation (the DATABASE_URL env var must be set). use --list to list files
Botpress now automatically restarts if it happen to crash. Set BP_DISABLE_AUTO_RESTART to true to prevent that behavior
Added an "examples" module with a demo weather bot (more to come)
Added field to configure the number of turns before expiry for slots skill (previously had to be done in code)
Added action to reset session
A webchat user can now specify its preferred language in the bot info page

Fix issue where configuration was loaded before the BPFS was initialized
Fix issue with bot migration when there was no existing builtin_text content elements
Fix issue where bot was unresponsive while training was in progress
Fix issue with locked bots (it was impossible to do anything - even unlock)
Fix TLS usage with Redis
Fix issue with NLU and unsupported languages

Refactor of the Slot extraction and added a bunch of tests
Updated UI of QNA module & Login/Register
Cleanup of the debugger interface & added languages
Added configuration in channel-web to unescape html
QNA will also source contexts from the NLU (instead of its configuration file)
Replaced api methods put/delete for get/post
Added buttons in the debugger (in raw json event) to copy the path of that property

Simplified migration development by adding 3 environment variables to override the server state (refer to services/migration/index.ts)
Added botpress/utils package (helper components will be there for all modules)