We’re pleased to announce a new Apache Answer release! This version continues to refine the developer and user experience with improvements to SchemaForm behavior, frontend input validation, engineering tooling, and a number of important bug fixes that improve overall stability and correctness.
As always, thank you to everyone in the community who contributed code, reviews, and feedback.
✨ New Features
SchemaForm Enhancements
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New: SchemaForm Input values are always treated as strings (#1425) by @shuashuai This change unifies input value handling and avoids type inconsistencies between frontend and backend logic, improving predictability for plugin developers.
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New:
<input type="number">now requires settingmin/maxvalues on the frontend when needed (#1417) by @Dinesht04 Improves frontend validation by enforcing numeric boundaries earlier in the user input flow.
🚀 Improvements
Engineering & Code Quality
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Improve: Add
golangci-lintto the lint target with related formatting and cleanup (#1437) by @ferhatelmas Helps maintain consistent Go code style and catches potential issues earlier in development. -
Improve: Bump
mockgento version 0.6.0 (#1434) by @ferhatelmas Keeps test tooling up to date and improves compatibility. -
Improve: Internal refactor to compile regular expressions once instead of on each text-clean invocation (#1430) by @ferhatelmas Reduces unnecessary overhead and improves runtime performance.
🐛 Bug Fixes
Admin & Core Functionality
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Fixed: “Language file not found.” error when changing the timezone in admin settings (#1427) by @LinkinStars
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Fixed: 500 error when opening any question (#1426) by @shuashuai & @LinkinStars
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Fixed: Edited answers were not updated correctly after moderation (#1423) by @LinkinStars
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Fixed: Default-generated Q&A missing initial version information when edited after installation (#1436) by @krypt0n123
Text Handling & Localization
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Fixed: Multi-byte rune boundary issue when truncating long titles (#1431) by @ferhatelmas
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Fixed: Null pointer access in UI when branding retrieval fails (#1433) by @ferhatelmas
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Fixed: Correct language handler usage (
GetLangByCtx) for accurate language detection (#1444) by @liruohrh
🎨 Other Changes
- Footer UI adjustment The footer layout has been refined to reduce vertical space usage, resulting in a cleaner and more compact page layout.
🙌 Contributor Acknowledgments
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this release through code, reviews, testing, and feedback. Your efforts help keep Apache Answer reliable and continuously improving.
Special thanks to the contributors (in alphabetical order):
Upgrade now to enjoy these improvements and fixes! If you encounter any issues, please report them on GitHub.
Happy browsing! 🎉