1. Notable changes since 4.79v
- Message content protection: added language-specific warning message support for ghosting/masking rules.
- UI (back office): redesigned message protection warning editor with multilingual tabs and per-language message fields.
- Runtime masking: warning text can now be translated by chat locale (full locale and short locale fallback).
- Data/model layer: added `languages` persistence support in `lh_abstract_msg_protection` model/POS mapping.
- Frontend cleanup: simplified multilingual tab content rendering in Svelte component used by admin forms.
2. Summary
- This release extends message protection rules with localized warning messages and wires the full stack (DB, model, UI, and runtime locale resolution).
For update just follow standard update procedure. For manual update it's update_346.sql
## What's Changed
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/compare/4.79v...4.80v
1. Notable changes since 4.78v
- Abstract/Back office: added subject filter options (Name, Pinned, Internal) and corrected autoresponder filter form routing.
- Cloning: added generic abstract object cloning support and user clone action in user list.
- Bot & proactive invitations: expanded condition operator support (`(` and `||`) and added more proactive invitation condition checks.
- Mail conversations: improved reliability of ticket fetch/send flow, better scheduled-state handling, and replaceable variable support for send e-mail templates.
- Chat/Webhooks: enhanced chat state tracking and logging across chat validators, dispatchers, and webhook handlers.
- Forms & UI: added reusable custom form args, extension-specific login sizing, theme existence checks, online users attribute fixes, and widget cache/version updates.
- Translations: updated translation packs, including Japanese language/default translation updates.
2. Summary
- This release focuses on reliability improvements in mail/chat workflows and stronger bot/proactive condition handling.
- It also includes operator-facing UX improvements (filtering and cloning) and broad translation/frontend update refreshes.
For update just follow standard update procedure. For manual update it's update_346.sql
## What's Changed
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/compare/4.78v...4.79v
1. Notable changes since 4.77v
- Bot: support for bot short name.
- Message masking: mask last message from visitor.
- Webhooks/Conditions: support additional comparison variables and accept all params for condition checks.
- Events: included more information for main chat attributes change event.
- Debugging: added debug message handling inside chat messages.
- Guardrails: added whitelist support for phone guardrails.
- Misc: small typo fixes.
2. Summary
- Improvements across bot, webhooks, and message masking to increase reliability and observability.
- Several small bug fixes and developer-facing debug improvements.
For update just follow standard update procedure. For manual update it's update_345.sql
## What's Changed
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/compare/4.77v...4.78v
1. Features
- Add Auto-Submitted header to mail actions (automatic mail handling improvements).
- Chat messages preview modal with backend support for message previews.
- Chat widget updates: improved integration with third-party iframes, scroll-to-last-message on show, and refactor of widget internals.
- Migration and build updates: Svelte 5 migration, Node 22 (bot/node) updates, and package upgrades.
2. Fixes
- Do not mark our own responses as undelivered (prevents false undelivered status).
- Ignore auto-submitted e-mails as new to avoid duplicate imports.
- Fixes for issues reported (e.g. #2359, #2357) and improved error logging (#2347).
- Various UI/UX fixes: React parsing issue, height flickering, trigger body object support, and trimmed/encoded URLs.
- Mail handling: do not set custom from-email unless explicitly provided; set custom recipient handling improvements.
3. Performance & Reliability
- Avoid loading/fetching message bodies when not required (reduce unnecessary DB/IO work).
- Use static version cache for assets and additional cache improvements.
- Check and respect rfc822 body presence before processing.
4. Compatibility & UX
- Support for older browsers and related compatibility fallbacks.
- UX improvements for canned messages dropdown and related interactions.
5. Chore/Dependencies
- Dependency and package updates across frontend and backend (React/Node/bot tooling and other packages).
- Miscellaneous maintenance: hashed payload handling, migration tweaks, and merge/cleanup commits.
For update just follow standard update procedure. For manual update it's update_344.sql
## What's Changed
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/compare/4.76v...4.77v
1. Mail Conversation System Enhancements
- Added pending import functionality for mail import retries with automatic retry mechanism
- New `lhc_mailconv_pending_import` table for tracking failed mail imports
- Manual import interface for retrying failed email imports
- Improved IMAP retry logic for handling temporary failures
2. Message Masking and Security
- Added message ghosting for sensitive information protection when guardrails are enabled
- Operators without permission to see full messages will not see just-sent messages
- Enhanced regex rules with optional name field and optional replacement variable
- Additional masking options for PII protection
- Improved guardrails validation for sensitive information
3. Widget Theme Configuration
- Added `wtop` option for widget position from top spacing control
- Enhanced widget positioning options for better layout flexibility
4. Tab Navigation and UX
- Improved tab state persistence for chats and mails
- Direct API implementation for remembering tab states
- Enhanced tab navigation across multiple interfaces
5. Pre-chat Form Conditions
- Added conditions support for maintenance mode in pre-chat forms
- Enhanced validator logic for conditional maintenance mode display
6. Developer Documentation
- Comprehensive copilot instructions reorganization
- Added detailed integration points documentation
- New data flows, testing strategies, and security model documentation
- Domain-specific guides for API, auth, bot, caching, config, data-layer, departments, events, extensions, routing, UI, and users
7. Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Improved error handling for robustness and better user experience
- Enhanced cache management and clearing functionality
- Various sync and performance improvements
For update just follow standard update procedure. For manual update it's update_343.sql
## What's Changed
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/compare/4.75v...4.76v
