Release 1.0.0a1 · collective/collective-multiworkflow

1.0.0a0 (2026-08-14)

Added support for assigning additional workflows to content types through behaviors. A behavior marker extending IAdditionalWorkflows declares the workflows it contributes with a <plone:additionalworkflows /> ZCML directive, and those are appended to the type's configured workflow chain — never replacing it. An additional workflow leaves review_state untouched, and may manage permissions of its own as long as the sets are disjoint across the chain — conflicting_permissions audits an object for overlap. The whole chain is searchable through one workflow_states KeywordIndex and metadata column, whose values read <workflow-id>|<state-id> in chain order with the type's configured workflow always first, so a site gains no further indexes as more workflows are contributed; a workflow adopting workflow_states as its state_variable is reindexed by CMFCore itself, and one keeping a state variable of its own is kept fresh by a transition subscriber. Additional workflows are exposed through workflow-aware API helpers, a chain key on the @workflow REST API endpoint, and an @history listing that merges every workflow's transitions into one stream, each entry tagged with its workflow_id. Content without a participating behavior is unaffected, and the package ships no behavior of its own — the worked example lives in the collective.multiworkflow.demo subpackage, which is not loaded by default. @ericof

Stated the supported Plone version as 6.2 in the readme, matching the package classifiers. @ericof

Added components for rendering additional workflows: a shadowed Workflow control that renders one selector per workflow in the chain, a shadowed History view that reads a merged history correctly, AdditionalWorkflowMenu showing each additional workflow's state and available transitions, and StateBadge rendering one state for listings. The History view derives each entry's previous state per workflow_id rather than from the entry preceding it in the list — the latter invents transitions between unrelated workflows once @history merges a chain into one stream — and names the workflow on every row when a history spans more than one. Everything is driven by the chain key of the @workflow response, so content without additional workflows renders exactly what Plone has always rendered. Typed interfaces for both payloads are exported. @ericof

Stated the supported Plone version as 6.2 in the readme, matching the backend package. @ericof

Added multi-workflow support for Plone: content types can gain additional workflows through behaviors, each tracking its own state alongside the publication workflow, with per-workflow state and transitions exposed in the @workflow REST API endpoint, every workflow's transitions reported by @history, and the whole workflow chain searchable through a single workflow_states catalog index. @ericof

Fixed the CI workflow not starting on a push. Its paths filter was *, which matches only files at the repository root, so any change confined to backend/, frontend/, docs/ or news/ triggered no run. Per-area gating already happens in the config job. @ericof

Added the tutorial "Manage additional workflows in Volto", walking through the toolbar control, a transition that leaves review_state untouched, and the merged history, with screenshots. @ericof
Added two how-to guides: "How to consume the REST API", covering the chain key, transitions and the merged history from a client of your own, and "How to customize the Volto components", covering restyling, reuse, and shadowing. @ericof
Corrected the installation guide: the Volto add-on is added as a frontend dependency and registered in volto.config.js, and the backend profile is installed through a GenericSetup dependency or the add-ons control panel rather than a call to runAllImportStepsFromProfile. @ericof
Disclosed on the documentation landing page that these pages were written with Claude Opus 5, following the Plone documentation style skill, and reviewed by a human being. @ericof
Presented the tutorials, how-to guides, concepts, and reference indexes as card grids, matching the documentation root. @ericof
Stated the supported Plone version as 6.2 throughout the documentation and the readme files, matching the package classifiers. @ericof