1. Notable changes since 4.80v
- One-time proactive chat invitations: new DB table `lh_abstract_proactive_chat_invitation_one_time` tracks which visitors have already seen an invitation, preventing repeat displays.
- Proactive invitations: cleanup logic added for stale one-time invitation records; widget now records when a one-time invitation is shown; edit module enhanced with custom actions for proactive invitations.
- Captcha: added provider-based captcha support — Google reCAPTCHA v3 and Cloudflare Turnstile are now both supported with a shared validation layer (`CaptchaValidator`, `erLhcoreClassUserValidator`).
- Captcha admin UI: provider selector with provider-specific field sections; shared key labels across providers; CSRF redirect fix.
- Translation system: UX improvements for automatic translations; operator and visitor message translation differentiated; messages with existing translations are now skipped; translation configuration UI updated.
- Bot/Widget: custom HTML buttons and bot buttons are now disabled when a form is in progress status; alert messages added; placeholder for name field in widget start form.
- Editor: fixed infinite loop issue in the new rich-text editor (LHCEditor).
- Dashboard: removed legacy old dashboard; cleaned up related options and switch logic.
- Security/permissions: added permission access checks in block user, hold action, transfer chat, and chat widget closed flows.
- PHP 8.5 compatibility: resolved deprecation and compatibility issues.
- Translations: updated translation catalogs including new captcha-related and translation-workflow keys.
2. Summary
- This release introduces one-time proactive chat invitations, a flexible multi-provider captcha system, and several translation workflow improvements.
- Includes editor stability fixes, dashboard cleanup, PHP 8.5 compatibility, and stricter permission checks across chat action endpoints.
For update just follow standard update procedure. For manual update it's update_348.sql
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/LiveHelperChat/livehelperchat/compare/4.80v...4.81v
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
