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    2024 Release Notes

    • Enhanced speed for importing data into a collection: Faster data import processes for improved efficiency.

    • Added ability to compress (zip, targzip, 7zip) data and file packages: Users can now compress data and file packages in various formats, enhancing data management.

    • Enhanced logic around saving agents: Improved logic when saving agents for a more seamless user experience.

    • Enhanced security for user permissions: Improved security measures to enhance user permission controls.

    2023 Release Notes

    Latest version as of 12/13/23 is 8.16.103

    Usability Improvements

    • Enhanced the DataList to allow user to filter using shared views and item status filters
    • Added UI enhancement for Conversion Options
    • Added Double-Click preview on specific items with Capture Text Preview
    • Enhanced View filtering with some special characters – primarily in the web console
    • Improvements to Refined Captured Text dialog
    • Added/Improved Advanced JavaScript features
    • Improved user visibility to show which account the AgentBuilder is logged into

    New Features

    • Added Resolve Captcha Action
    • Added Capture Text with AI Action
      • The AI can answer questions about the unstructured text
    • Added Agent Templates
      • Gives users the ability to add multiple copies of the same agent and run them with different parameters and different schedules
    • Agent Versioning
      • Keep the history of the agent – allows user to access previous versions of their agents
    • Added SSO for 3rd Parties
      • This feature is available upon request
    • Enhanced LoadPage Action workflow and allow it to accept a DataUri
      • A DataUri is a URL that holds the bytes of page/image in the URL itself
    • Added search functionality for Accounts list dropdown for customers with more than 20 departments

    Performance Improvements

    • Continual updates to Chromium and improved compatibility options
      • Mozenda supports the latest version of the chrome browser – this helps with anti-bots
    • Updates of third-party libraries
    • Improved performance and stability for queued Jobs in the system
    • Improved some default RegEx
    • Improved CookieStores
    • Improved ProxyPool rotation and changing
      • Using the quickest proxies first to get jobs moving faster
    • Improved speed of system queries
    • Improved sequence step level retries
    • Improved Job Picking efficiency
    • Improved Job statistics performance
    • Improved performance importing data into Collections

    10-21-2021

    Features & improvements

    • Added a new REST API function (Job.SetProxy) to assign a job to a new proxy pool
    • Improved Dexi/Mozenda systems integration

    10-05-2021

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug that caused the incorrect language to be displayed in the Agent Builder

    09-21-2021

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug related to Smooth Scrolling in Chrome 92

    09-07-2021

    Features & improvements

    • General code improvements

    08-31-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed sites not opening in the Agent Builder but displaying in Chrome
    • Resolve web pages that error in the Agent Builder

    Features & improvements

    • Upgraded Agent Builder to Chrome 92.0.4515.107
    • Added ECMAScript 2020 support in the agent builder

    08-24-21

    Bug Fixes

    • Proxy gateway address can only have top-level domain of sic characters or less
    • Corrected View.GetItems JSON ResponseFormat

    Features & improvements

    • Updated web repos

    08-17-21

    Bug Fixes

    • Proxy tester in the Web Console is now correctly removing dashes from the prependd session ID
    • Ensured that only valid GUIDs are stored with corresponding UserID entries

    08-10-21

    Bug fixes

    • Security enhancement for Export.aspx API endpoint

    08-03-21

    Bug fixes

    • Limited log file size for the ViewExporter

    Features & improvements

    • Updated third-party vendor

    07-27-2021

    Features & improvements

    • Updated third-party tools
    • Added Google Cloud Storage as a publishing option
    • System admin account permissions updates

    07-13-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Restored consistent index skipping in jobs
    • Resolved worker publishing error
    • Resolved sequence refreshing

    06-29-2021

    Features & improvements

    • Upgraded third-party tools

    06-15-2021

    Features & improvements

    • Improved system performance

    06-08-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug affecting some proxy servers

    05-25-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed logic for null values in 'update field' sequence steps
    • Resolved logic to prevent active job folders from being deleted
    • Queued jobs which were previously Errored will no longer get stuck when Pausing

    05-04-2021

    Features & improvements

    • Completed Internet Explorer to Chromium upgrades and cleanup
    • Updated RSS feed domain to api.mozenda.com.

    Feeds directed to app.mozenda.com will no longer work.

    04-20-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed prepended account IDs for queued jobs

    03-31-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed "access denied" errors affecting some FTP and Amazon S3 publishing jobs

    Features & improvements

    • Users can now add and edit custom proxies in the Web Console
    Internet Explorer End of Life

    We have officially ended support for Internet Explorer agents in Mozenda.

    • All IE agents have been automatically upgraded to our faster and more reliable Chromium engine.
    • You may notice some small interface changes in the Agent Builder.
    • Some jitters may occur

    03-24-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Resolved some inconsistencies in the Utilization chart
    • Prevented the Agent Builder from accessing disabled proxies

    Features & improvements

    • Improved system logging
    • Improved Agent Builder account mapping

    03-03-2021

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug affecting system logs

    Features & improvements

    • Added the Sequence.Delete REST API function
    • Updated database
    • Improved shutdown logic for internal JobScheduler

    02-23-2021

    Servers: Production-7.4.142
    Agent Builder: Production-7.4.141
    WebServer: WebRelease-10.0.47

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed errant empty fields when using bulk insertion

    Features & improvements

    • Added the ability to use third-party proxy providers in Mozenda. Click here to learn more.

    01-26-2021

    Servers: Production-7.4.132
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug affecting custom proxy support

    Features & improvements

    • Improved bulk creation of publishing jobs
    • Updated server operating systems

    01-12-2021

    Servers: Production-7.4.129
    Agent Builder: Release-7.4.127
    WebServer: Web-release-10.0.44

    Bug fixes

    • Removed errant API calls when accessing dashboards
    • Fixed a bug in the Add Javascript window that could cause the Agent Builder to become inoperable
    • Fixed index errors encountered when splitting jobs

    Features & improvements

    • Mozenda's default user agent is now set to the most recent Chrome version / Windows 10

    01-05-2021

    Servers: Production-7.4.124
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed an issue causing Agent.SetSchedule to return incorrect dates

    Features & improvements

    • The Agent.Run API function can now create multiple jobs at once (maximum of 200 jobs)

    12-15-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.123
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Features & improvements

    • Improved internal codebase
    • Increased scheduling speed

    12-01-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.117
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Features & improvements

    • Updated testing framework
    • Job.Pause and Job.Resume now accept a comma separated list of JobIDs to bulk pause/resume jobs
    • Improved speed of Collection.GetFields API calls
    • Improved account maintenancemi

    11-30-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.115
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Corrected the creation of phantom fields that could cause Agent errors

    11-18-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.112
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect server logs for FTP publishing

    Features & improvements

    • Expanded functionality of Collection.SetCustomField and Agent.SetCustomField API functions
    • Improved database and job creation code

    11-10-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.109
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect server logs for FTP publishing

    Features & improvements

    • Email notifications for completed jobs now include job statistics
    • The system now automatically corrects out of sync jobs
    • Performance improvements

    11-10-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.109
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a bug that caused incorrect server logs for FTP publishing

    Features & improvements

    • Email notifications for completed jobs now include job statistics
    • The system now automatically corrects out of sync jobs
    • Performance improvements

    10-20-2020

    Servers: Production-7.4.104
    Agent Builder: AVTesting-7.4.101
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed incorrect progress reporting for sequences
    • Updated field names in collections to reflect XML standards
    • Standardized time zones returned by Job.Get (now uses account time instead of system time)
    • Fixed an issue causing chronic restarts of AccountMaintain jobs

    Features & improvements

    • Connected Agent Builder search bar to the Mozenda Knowledge Base (help.mozenda.com)

    10-06-2020

    Servers: Master-7.4.100
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Solved an issue with data backup on Amazon S3

    Features & improvements

    • Improved system security

    09-29-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.356
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.355
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed an issue related affecting special characters in XPath expressions

    Features & improvements

    • Improved JavaScript functionality
    • Added the ability to pass custom http headers in the LoadPage action
    • Improved backup storage

    09-22-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.352
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: Web-Production-10.0.41

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed an issue affecting a small number of combined collections

    Features & improvements

    • Implemented Single Sign-on (SSO) for WebConsole login and ClientConnector login
    • Added a new API call that allows the user to change agents from IE to Chromium

    09-15-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.352
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.351
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed an issue that prevented job history from clearing

    Features & improvements

    • Increased agent saving speed

    09-08-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.348
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.346
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Fixed a rare issue that could prevent creation of new bookmarks

    Features & improvements

    • Improved functionality for newly created capture actions
      • By default, Data Not Captured errors are not ignored
    • Updated the default regular expression for capture actions
    • Improved general speed and usability

    09-02-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.343
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.342
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug fixes

    • Resolved a failure encountered when too many jobs were scheduled at the same time

    Features & improvements

    08-25-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.339
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.338
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Solved some inconsistencies in PDF conversion

    08-18-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.337
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.336
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug that prevented users from saving agents when certain characters were present in the agent description

    08-04-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.332
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.331
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug affecting sequences that use the CombinedCollectionRebuild job

    Features & Improvements

    • Updated the Agent Builder theme to use our current brand colors

    07-28-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.330
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0328
    WebServer: No deployment

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved speed and reliability

    07-23-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.326
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0325
    WebServer: No deployment

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved job splitting functionality
    • Updated a 3rd-party PDF conversion tool

    07-17-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.324
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.323
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug affecting storage management

    Features & Improvements

    07-07-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.322
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved code stability

    06-29-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.317
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.315
    WebServer: Web-Production-10.0.40

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed some issues with cells in the WebConsole grid
    • Fixed a bug related to interval schedules

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved code stability
    • Improved data collection indexing
    • Improved system maintenance

    06-23-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.312
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug that prevented agent names from updating when editing the collection name

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved account maintenance stability

    06-16-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.308
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.307
    WebServer: Web-Production-10.0.39

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a few minor bugs encountered when editing data in the Web Console grid

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved JavaScript functionality for downloading files
    • Improved speed and reliability of job processes

    06-09-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.305
    Agent Builder: No Deployment
    WebServer: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.304

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved system network stability and security

    06-02-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.301
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • The Account key is now viewable from the Departments list
    • Improved logging for Job statistics

    05-26-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.297
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: Web-Production-10.0.38

    Bug Fixes

    • Removed invalid characters from exported XML

    Features & Improvements

    • Enhanced REST API security
    • Improved system stability

    05-12-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.291
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.290
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug that allowed users to delete agents with active sequences
    • Fixed a bug that could cause an agent to stall when encountering a 404 error

    Features & Improvements

    • Improved combined collections
      • Automatic rebuild is delayed until all source agents complete their runs
    • Improved code stability and consistency
    • Improved caching speed and stability

    04-28-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.281
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.280
    WebServer: Web-Release-10.0.32

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed database structure for jobs on older accounts
    • The Total Items Job Statistic is now accurately calculated on an agent's first job
    • A backtick character no longer prevents the Set User Input action from inputting text
    • Fixed a bug that prevented users from creating an Item List after creating a scroll element
    • Fixed inconsistencies in API behavior

    Features & Improvements

    • Roll Forward Logic is now disabled by default - it can be enabled in the agent settings
    • Added the ability to publish multiple collections with the "Publish Now" button
    • Added the ability to edit the agent associated with a Run Agent Sequence Step
    • Added additional fields to Jobs API calls
    • System housekeeping

    04-21-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.276
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.275
    WebServer: No deployment

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed database structure for jobs on older accounts
    • Fixed an issue with sequence schedules

    Features & Improvements

    • Updated Chromium version
    • Updated .Net version
    • Improved handling of certain compressed files in Chromium
    • Improved code consistency and readability

    04-14-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.272
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.271
    WebServer: Web-Release-10.0.28

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed a bug that caused some capture list actions to add innocuous blank rows to collections

    Features & Improvements

    • Added the ability to drag and drop sequence steps
    • Improved the responsiveness of the top navigation menu
    • Improved the performance of system backup processes

    04-07-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.269
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.268

    Features & Improvements

    • General housekeeping and cleanup

    03-30-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.267
    Agent Builder: No deployment
    WebServer: Mozenda-Web-Release-10.0.23

    Bug Fixes

    • Updated invoices to include Mozenda's new address

    Features & Improvements

    • Added a "Publish Now" button to publish multiple agents from the Agent List
    • Added new features to the Account Summary page
    • Improved template for Agents in Queue for Longer Than 15 Minutes
    • Speed and stability improvements

    03-24-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.262
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.259

    Features & Improvements

    • Removed unused 3rd party libraries
    • Updated Azure cloud storage integration
    • Improved geolocation picking for jobs

    03-17-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.257
    Agent Builder: No Client Deployment

    Features & Improvements

    • We’ve updated our database schema to improve scalability.

    03-10-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.254
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.252

    Bug Fixes

    • We fixed a bug which caused the GoogleDrive connector to periodically unlink from user accounts.

    Features & Improvements

    • Third-party APIs have been updated.
    • We've made general code improvements for greater scalability.

    03-03-2020

    Servers: Production-7.0.245
    Agent Builder: ReleaseCandidate-7.0.242

    Bug Fixes

    • When renaming a capture action in the properties window, you can now press “Enter” to save your changes.

    • We’ve put code in place to prevent Scroll Element action from encountering NullReferenceException. This should prevent delays for any agents using this action.

    • Double quotes (“”) inside URLs are now properly encoded.

    Tech Improvements

    • Updated Dropbox integration to the latest version.
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