v4.15.0

This release is full of server improvements and some rounding up of features as groundwork for what is coming up. We are excited to put it all together in a sequence of great features and a new v5 release.

Whats new

• Both the timeline and the studio clock views can now show a user chosen secondary text field
• The logging system was reviewed with new features to help debugging connections and issues in Ontime
• The desktop app can now warn users when new versions are released

Whats better

• The countdown view can now handle skipped events consistently, otherwise we have also reviewed this interface and flows for best user experience
• Several performance improvements were made to the server and UIs, so we have plenty performance budget to a create new flows

We have also included several minor bug fixes and style tweaks

What's Changed

• [ontime-server] Isolate test data from the user's Ontime folder by @cpvalente in #2235
• [ontime-ui] Strengthen client unit and e2e tests by @cpvalente in #2238
• [ontime-ui] Unit test cloud prefix URLs and view presentation utils by @cpvalente in #2240
• separate server lifecycle from process handling by @cpvalente in #2236
• feat(client): redesign pin page by @cpvalente in #2239
• [ontime-server] Add in-process integration test harness by @cpvalente in #2237
• small ui tweaks by @cpvalente in #2242
• review render performance by @cpvalente in #2243
• client test improvements by @cpvalente in #2241
• improve flushing of changes to project file by @cpvalente in #2233
• runtime state receives epoch by @cpvalente in #2231
• replace EventTimer with a ticking timer by @cpvalente in #2246
• consolidate license claim by @cpvalente in #2251
• add tests for rundown editing and Google Sheets by @cpvalente in #2248
• performance(server): add compression in data endpoints by @cpvalente in #2254
• small style tweaks from user feedback by @cpvalente in #2260
• improve logging system by @cpvalente in #2256
• countdown ux review by @cpvalente in #2259
• fix(server): send the matching refetch after every project data write by @cpvalente in #2252
• auto check for updates in electron by @cpvalente in #2264
• implement secondary text in timeline by @cpvalente in #2265
• chore(roll): harness tests for roll feature by @cpvalente in #2271
• feat(studio): show secondary text in now and next cards by @cpvalente in #2270
• small ux tweaks by @cpvalente in #2267
• chore: upgrade packages by @cpvalente in #2273
• replace a rundown without stopping playback by @cpvalente in #2269
• bump version to 4.15.0 by @cpvalente in #2276

Full Changelog: v4.14.1...v4.15.0