CHANGELOG.MD

July 09, 2026

• Chore Removed French as a required language for multi-language engagements 🎟️ DEP-321
  • Removed French from list of required languages in front-end validation (no back-end changes were needed, as the API does not enforce any required languages).
  • Started tracking whether the user wants multiple languages (rather than just if there are multiple languages), allowing us to temporarily show the language picker so that the user has time to select an additional language.

July 07, 2026

• Feature Added ability to upload files to Object Storage during survey submission 🎟️ DEP-277

  • Added a new public document endpoint to the API that generates pre-signed URLs for uploading files to Object Storage. This endpoint takes the file name and content type as input and returns a pre-signed URL that can be used to upload the file directly to Object Storage.
    • The new API can also be used to generate pre-signed URLs for downloading files from Object Storage, as well as deleting files from Object Storage.
  • Updated the Formio options to include callbacks for handling file uploads, downloads, and deletions. These callbacks use the new API to generate URLs and perform privileged operations on Object Storage, allowing users to upload files during survey submission without needing high-level access to the storage service.
  • Cleaned up survey-related component code
  • Updated the survey pages to use React Router loaders to fetch the survey data instead of using useState and useEffect, as well as making sure the loader returns promises (as opposed to awaiting the data) so that the survey page can be rendered while the data is being fetched. This improves the user experience by allowing the page to render faster and show a loading state while the survey data is being retrieved.
  • Fixed authorization bug that did not allow Super Admins to view surveys

• Feature Integrated new landing hero section and introduction 🎟️ DEP-315

  • Refactored existing landing code for structural simplicity
  • Created a reusable container/section block that can be reused anywhere
  • Added params to URL for future filter updating (can be decoupled easily if not desired)
  • Implemented UX designs (mobile and desktop)
  • Removed app's square box that appears at bigger viewports
  • Ensured that other layouts were not negatively affected by change (admin, admin landing preview, admin engagement preview)
    • Added constrained option for internal header component as an optional boolean prop

• Fixed: Engagement preview was looking for route loader address that didn't exist

• Fixed: Slug was not being populated with SuggestedEngagementAttachment, so Suggested Engagement links were not working

• Fixed: Small typo in security response headers of API

• Fixed: Console error for authoring section details tabs, selection/list mismatch

• Enhanced: Notification banner now supports multiple lines for mobile (or long messages, if needed in the future)

June 23, 2026

• Feature Imported CHEFS components into DEP 🎟️ DEP-275
  • Imported @bcgov/common-hosted-form-service package as a Git submodule
  • Imported the CHEFS components from the package into the DEP codebase, allowing for the use of these components in the application.
  • Updated the FormBuilderOptions to enable the CHEFS components, including simpleradios and simpleselect, while disabling any corresponding legacy MET-Formio components to avoid conflicts.
  • Updated build, start, and test scripts to include the CHEFS components in the build process, ensuring that they are available for use in the application.

June 22, 2026

• Feature Added dynamic tab titles based on the current chain of route matches 🎟️ DEP-263
  • Updated the DocumentTitle component to dynamically generate the browser tab title based on the current route matches and their associated handles, similar to the automatic breadcrumb system. This ensures that the page title reflects the current context of the application, including engagement titles, page names, or other relevant data.
    • Minor reorganization to some routes to ensure they display correctly in all situations
  • Added documentation for hooking into the handle / useMatches ecosystem as it is used in DEP.

June 16, 2026

• Feature Merged engagement slug into engagement requests DEP-265
  • Removed the EngagementSlug model, schema, and resource from the API, as they are no longer needed.
  • Updated the Engagement model to include a slug field, which is now used to store the engagement slug directly in the engagement record.
  • Engagements can now be fetched by slug, rather than fetching the slug then fetching the engagement by ID. This hastens the process of retrieving engagement data based on the slug.
  • Engagements now return the slug in the engagement response, so that the front end can use it without needing to make a separate request to fetch the slug.
  • Updated the front end to reflect these changes, including any API calls that previously referenced the EngagementSlug resource.

June 10, 2026

• Feature Added language switcher to public, preview engagement pages 🎟️ DEP-233 and 🎟️ DEP-235
  • Added a common language switcher component that can be used to switch between language views within a language context.
  • Integrated the language switcher into the public engagement details page and the engagement preview page, allowing users to switch between available languages for the engagement content.
  • Improved the preview experience with a focus on language switching
  • Updated the widget components to support language switching and to display content in the selected language.

May 25, 2026

• Feature Added start/end time to engagement period in engagement configuration. 🎟️ DEP-272
  • Added time input components to existing date picker component
  • Added accurate times to form state where start/end dates are not modifiable
  • Updated single engagement config view component to show correct date/time
    • Modified revalidation perameters to show up to date information directly after updating engagement
  • Made sure dates are stored in UTC but displayed in local pacific time
  • Modified API logic for Engagement.submissionStatus so that it sets to open/closed at expected times
• Aligned all dates that were previously being stored as pacific to UTC
• Updated common time conversion functions for readability
• Made some small visual updates
  • Updated some CSS for our "under construction" component
  • Updated auto breadcrumbs component for increased visual stability (less flickering)
  • Updated authoring section for greater visual stability (less flickering)
  • Moved header items (badge and breadcrumbs) out of AuthoringTemplate component, which is forced to re-render because it's keyed
  • Utilized useDeferredValue in bottom nav component for language list
  • Removed several async/await components that were causing flickering
• Utilized useParams instead of waiting on engagement values in some cases
• Allowed modifying of engagement config while it's scheduled but not published

May 19, 2026

• Feature Multi-language authoring support 🎟️ DEP-234
  • Authoring now supports engagement-level multilingual content across sections with translation-aware loading and save paths.
  • In multilingual engagements, the language selector reflects all languages configured during setup and supports switching between authoring languages while preserving page context.
  • Improved language switching UX in authoring to reduce remount/layout shift: state hydration now avoids clearing forms before translated content arrives, preserves details-tab selection, and keeps scroll position during language changes.
  • Added/expanded translation infrastructure for engagement and widget content (including timeline, image, contact, and related widget translation resources), plus supporting migrations and tests.
  • Publishing behavior aligns with requirements: English required sections can be completed/published independently; incomplete non-English content does not block publishing, and incomplete languages are not exposed on the public view.
  • English-only engagements now keep language controls effectively non-interactive/disabled in authoring contexts where no alternate language is configured.

May 7, 2026

• Feature Updated/added links to BC Gov logo in header/footer. 🎟️ DEP-271
• Also added links on public site for EngageBC text
• Updated footer to match current BC Gov website
  • Social icons removed
  • List of links updated
  • Styling matched
• Added layout width to theme file
  • Footer can be adjusted to any layout width via theme LayoutWidth

May 4, 2026

• Feature Sync SUPER_ADMIN tenant membership and protect super admins in user management 🎟️ DEP-262
  • Added a migration to create the SUPER_ADMIN group, the super_admin role, and their mapping so super admins can be represented in tenant memberships.
  • Updated the API to add or remove SUPER_ADMIN group membership based on the user's Keycloak roles during login/request processing, including unit tests for assignment and removal.
  • Updated the user management UI to recognize Super Admin as a composite role and prevent administrators and super admins from being deactivated, while showing the correct permission messaging.
  • Removed the tenant_id column from staff_user table, as tenant membership is determined by group memberships rather than a direct column on the user model, making the column redundant.

April 30, 2026

• Feature Updated all S3 uploaded objects to dynamically generate document URLs from the bucket and object key, rather than storing the full URL in the database. 🎟️ DEP-261
  • Updated the API to generate S3 object URLs on-the-fly using the bucket name and object key, rather than storing the full URL in the database. This allows for more flexibility in changing storage configurations in the future without needing to update existing database records.
  • Updated relevant API endpoints to reflect this change, including those for retrieving engagement details, survey details, and any other endpoints that return data with S3 object references.
  • Added basic unit tests for S3 service and URL generation test to ensure that URLs are generated correctly.

April 22, 2026

• Bugfix Move confirmation logic out of subscribe widget 🎟️ DEP-243
  • Moved subscribe/unsubscribe out of widget folder and into main engagement folder
  • Updated some sample.env API paths to align with the web app
  • Updated notify-api sample.env with all needed values (many were previously missing)
  • Updated notify-api make scripts to remove update from install commands, which was breaking functionality
  • Removed subscribe widget as an option from widget selector and removed associated tables via migration
    • This completes the work for 🎟️ DEP-241
  • Added Keycloak environment variable fallbacks to the API that are compatible with Vault secret injection.

April 20, 2026

• Bugfix Ensure Upcoming and Closed state texts appear in the hero banner (and nowhere else) 🎟️ DEP-260

  • Fixed a bug where the Upcoming and Closed state texts could appear in the Provide Feedback section of the engagement details page, which was not the intended behavior. These status texts are now only displayed in the hero banner of the engagement page when the engagement is in the corresponding status.

• Bugfix Use EngagementStatus instead of SubmissionStatus 🎟️ DEP-259

  • Updated the AuthoringMore component to use the correct EngagementStatus enum values when filtering suggested engagements. This fixes a bug where engagements in the Upcoming status were not being suggested as possible related engagements.
  • Added a unit test to ensure this behavior is correct and to prevent regressions in the future.

April 16, 2026

• Feature Always show InternalHeader when logged in, add admin/public view switcher 🎟️ DEP-257
  • Updated the InternalHeader component to always be visible when a user is logged in, regardless of whether they are on a public or admin page. This allows for a consistent navigation experience and provides access to the header's features across the entire application.
  • Added a new view switcher component to the InternalHeader that allows users to easily switch between the admin and public views of the application. This component is visible when a user is logged in and provides quick access to both views without needing to log out or manually navigate to different URLs.
  • Routes now define their own "equivalents" on the opposite side (public vs admin) to allow the view switcher to direct users to the corresponding page in the other view. For example, if a user is on the admin engagement details page, the view switcher will take them to the public engagement details page for the same engagement, and vice versa. This is achieved using handle from react-router route definitions to specify the equivalent route key for the opposite view.

April 15, 2026

• Feature Merge routers, move authenticated routes to /manage and add AdminAuthGuard 🎟️ DEP-255
  • Merged the routers in App.tsx so all pages are now rendered within the same Router component, allowing for better route management and the ability view public pages as a logged in user without having to log out.
  • Moved all authenticated routes in the application to be nested under a new /manage base path. This includes all admin and authoring routes.
  • Implemented a new AdminAuthGuard component that wraps all routes under /manage to enforce authentication and authorization checks. This component will check if the user is logged in and has the appropriate permissions before allowing access to any admin routes.
  • Updated all links and redirects to point to the new /manage paths for authenticated sections of the app.

April 13, 2026

• Feature Migrate all links to use getPath() 🎟️ DEP-256

  • Updated all hardcoded links in the codebase to use the new getPath() function from routes/routes.ts, which generates URLs based on a centralized ROUTES constant. This ensures that all links are consistent and automatically updated if route paths change in the future.
  • This includes links in components, API calls, navigation, and anywhere else URLs are generated or used in the application.
  • Also updated links to use RouterLinkRenderer where appropriate to take advantage of client-side routing and prevent full page reloads.
  • Leveraged new routing system to remove redundant routes in public view and restructure public engagement URLs to use the slug-based format
  • Fixed several bugs related to link construction

• Feature Add constant ROUTES list in routes/routes.ts 🎟️ DEP-254

  • Created a new file routes/routes.ts that exports a constant ROUTES object containing all the route paths used in the application, organized by section (e.g. ENGAGEMENTS, SURVEYS, USERS, etc.).
  • Also created a type-safe getRoute function based on generatePath from react-router that takes a route key and optional parameters, and returns the corresponding route path with parameters interpolated. This centralizes route management and makes it easier to update routes in the future without having to search through the entire codebase.

April 9, 2026

• Chore Track CORS config files in-repository and update docs 🎟️ DEP-220
  • Added the CORS configuration files for the S3 buckets used for uploads in the Digital Engagement Platform to the repository under tools/s3/.
  • Updated documentation in tools/s3/README.md to provide instructions on how to use these CORS configuration files when creating new buckets, including example commands for applying the CORS configuration using the mc CLI tool.

April 8, 2026

• Chore Removed all references to CAC Forms 🎟️ DEP-232

  • Removed model, resource, and service from API
  • Added a migration for removing the table from the Postgres db
  • Removed any CAC-related constants
  • Removed any CAC-related values from enums but preserved positioning
  • Removed unneeded components from the front end, and references to the components
  • Removed translation strings
  • Removed any associated unit tests
  • Modified subscribe widget to remove CAC form option

• Fixed small styling issues with container width in Authoring: More Engagements component

• Bugfix Make sure user listing page only shows users from the current tenant, even for super admins 🎟️ DEP-246

  • Updated the API endpoint for listing users to filter results based on the current tenant, even for users with the SUPER_ADMIN role. This ensures that super admins only see users from their currently selected tenant, rather than all users across all tenants.
  • Updated unit tests to reflect this change and ensure that the user listing behaves as expected for super admins.

April 7, 2026

• Feature Add "delete user" functionality to user management section 🎟️ DEP-239
  • Added a "Delete User" button to the user details page in the admin view, visible only to super admins.
  • Updated the API to include a DELETE endpoint for users, which checks for appropriate permissions and handles cascading deletions of related data (e.g. role assignments).
  • Added success and error messages to provide feedback on the deletion process.
  • Reworked the user details component to rearrange the existing layout and accommodate the new delete button, while ensuring a clear and intuitive user experience.

April 1, 2026

• Chore Change trigger for environment detection 🎟️ DEP-242
  • Updated Helm templates to set a new environment variable ENV in the API deployment, which is then used by the API to determine the current environment (dev/test/prod).
  • The env variable is loaded in config.py and is available as current_app.config['ENVIRONMENT'] for use in the API codebase.
  • Also added REACT_APP_ENV variable to the web deployment and updated the web app to use this variable for environment detection on the frontend as well. This is curently used to determine whether to show the EnvironmentBanner that warns users that they are in a non-prod environment, but can be used for other environment-specific frontend logic as needed.

March 31, 2026

• Chore OpenShift and Helm value changes from MET to DEP 🎟️ DEP-231
  • Updated Helm templates and values
    • Internal values use 'engagement'
    • External values use 'dep'
    • Some values just omit 'met'

March 30, 2026

• Chore Update references to "MET" to refer to "DEP" or "engagement", or to be generic 🎟️ DEP-221
  • Renamed all remaining instances of "MET" in the codebase to "DEP" to reflect the rebranding of the project to the Digital Engagement Platform (DEP).
  • This includes renaming files, variables, functions, and any other references to "MET" across the entire codebase.
  • Updated documentation and comments to reflect the new naming convention.

March 23, 2026

• Chore Remove & replace deprecated components 🎟️ DEP-250
  • Visited all instances of deprecated components in the codebase and removed them, replacing them with their new design system counterparts where necessary. Notable changes include:
    • Typography (BodyText, Header1, Header2, etc. instead of MetBodyTextOld, MetLabel, MetParagraphOld, MetHeader1Old, etc.)
    • Layout (MetPageGridContainer -> ResponsiveContainer)
    • Buttons (Universal Button component instead of MetPrimaryButtonOld, MetSecondaryButtonOld, etc.)
    • Grid -> Grid2 as Grid (deprecated by MUI in favor of a new implementation)
    • Replaced some custom components with plain MUI components, opting to style them at the theme level instead of creating new custom components for them (e.g. replaced MetPaper with MUI Paper component, and count on "elevation1" variant in Theme.tsx to handle styling)
  • Removed custom inline styling wherever updates made it redundant
  • Because the old components had "MET" in their names, removing them is in line with upcoming work for DEP-221 to remove all instances of "MET" from the codebase as part of the rebranding to the Digital Engagement Platform (DEP).

March 17, 2026

• Feature Added More Engagements to authoring section 🎟️ DEP-228
  • Created SuggestedEngagement data type, as these are many to one with engagements
    • Added schema, model, and migration to the API
  • Updated engagement data type to store more engagements custom header string
  • Updated engagement API endpoints to include suggested engagement data and allow updating suggested engagements via the engagement details endpoint
  • Created More Engagements authoring component, updated authoring action/loader
  • Integrated data with existing preview window / public engagement More Engagements section
    • Added reload trigger when pressing on Preview button and preview window is already open
  • Modified suggestion section styling slightly to match hi-fi prototype

March 16, 2026

• Chore Update user guide link to point to new location 🎟️ DEP-222
  • Updated the user guide link in the application to point to the new location of the user guide documentation, which has been moved from bcgov.github.io/met-guide to bcgov.github.io/dep-guide to reflect the rebranding of the project to the Digital Engagement Platform (DEP).

March 12, 2026

• Bugfix Always let users with SUPER_ADMIN role list engagements, even if they don't have the VIEW_ENGAGEMENT permission. 🎟️ DEP-238
  • Updated the API endpoint for listing engagements to check for the SUPER_ADMIN role in addition to the VIEW_ENGAGEMENT permission and direct membership in the engagement. The role bypasses all other checks.
  • This ensures that users with the SUPER_ADMIN role can always list engagements, regardless of their specific permissions.

March 11, 2026

• Implemented Subscribe section of engagement authoring area 🎟️ DEP-227
  • Added new fields to the API and database to support subscribe section data
  • Populated form components in AuthoringSubscribe.tsx to allow users to input data for the subscribe section
  • Modified AuthoringContext to include subscribe section data and actions for updating it

March 8, 2026

• Feature Added delete functionality to engagement section 🎟️ DEP-175
  • All attempts to delete an engagement from the production environment will fail
  • Published engagements can not be deleted in any environment
  • Only super admins or users authorized to unpublish a specific engagement can delete
  • Surveys are not going to be erased when an engagement is deleted, for now

March 3, 2026

• Feature Add engagement preview functionality 🎟️ DEP-73
  • The Preview button in the authoring view now opens a new window in split-screen (if possible) to show a live preview of the engagement as it would appear to the public.
    • Updated button icon to use the SVG provided by design
  • The preview page is a new route in the application that loads the engagement data and renders it using the public-facing components, allowing authors to see exactly how their content will appear to users.
  • Added preview components, including TextPlaceholder for uncompleted content, and PreviewSwitch and PreviewRender components to handle conditional rendering of preview vs live data.
  • Implemented a new context and loader for the preview data, which fetches the engagement data and provides it to the preview components.
  • Updated widget components to support tabbed display. Widgets, instead of being unique per-location, are now unique per combination of location and tab.
    • This allows authors to configure different widgets for the same location on different tabs, as per the new design.
  • Optimized widget card display by creating a centralized card component that handles the layout and styling for all widget types, reducing duplication and improving consistency across different implementations.

February 26, 2026

• Added delete functionality to survey section 🎟️ DEP-174
  • Integrated with existing translation layer so that survey deletions also delete translations
  • Prevented surveys from being deleted if they are attached to a published engagement
  • Menu option only available to super admins or user role edit_all_surveys
  • Confirmation dialog on survey deletion
  • Success/failure messages, including a clear 'you can't delete a published engagement' message

February 18, 2026

• Admin authoring - provide feedback section 🎟️ DEP-94
  • Modified existing "Provide Feedback" section to reflect needed controls (Autocomplete survey selector), as per Steve
  • Hooked up all form controls and created necessary columns in Engagement models/schemas to accomodate data
  • Got validation working and added navigate away message when form is dirty
  • Added a confirm modal if engagement is published and user is changing the survey
• Fixed the survey section
  • Got the survey creation wizard working
  • Added mandatory field to select connected engagement when creating a new survey
  • Fixed invalid calls for survey setting data before it exists
  • Modified the survey loader to deliver data instead of promises due to complexity of survey data needs
  • Fixed form validation that was misfiring
  • Replaced many deprecated components (not exhaustive)

February 10, 2026

• Chore Move new look route from /new-look to base path / 🎟️ DEP-217

  • Updated the route for the new engagement view from /new-look to / to make it the default view for engagements.
  • Updated all links and redirects to point to the new base path.
  • Restructured UnauthenticatedRoutes.tsx to remove duplicated paths
  • Removed several components that were only used by the old engagement view, as they are no longer needed.
  • Refactored other components to separate them from the old view logic
  • Updated Engagement Tile component to point to the new base path for engagements, and to disable the link and show a not-allowed cursor when the engagement is loading.

• Updates to NPM config to remove outdated settings and document correct scope and registry settings for devs to install the Font Awesome Pro package

February 2, 2026

• Security Implemented automatic sensitive data masking in API logs. 🎟️ DEP-161
  • Added logging filter to automatically mask passwords, tokens, API keys, and database credentials
  • Replaced print() statements with logger calls to ensure masking coverage
  • Added linting rules (pylint + flake8) to prevent print statements and enforce logging
  • Updated logging configuration to apply masking app-wide
  • See met_api.utils.logging_masker for implementation details

January 28, 2026

• Added documentation for enabling and logging into the Sysdig monitoring platform for OpenShift projects. 🎟️ DEP-160
  • Created docs/Sysdig_Login.md with step-by-step instructions on logging in, finding your project, viewing and creating dashboards, and managing permissions.

January 22, 2026

• Added Helm chart for Locust load testing tool 🎟️ DEP-152
  • Created a Helm chart for deploying Locust to OpenShift.
  • Configured Locust to use Vault for secret management.
  • Set up a Route for accessing the Locust web interface.
    • Set up protections so Route can only be accessed by VPN users or allowed dev IPs.
  • Documented deployment and usage instructions in openshift/locust/README.md.

January 13, 2026

• Added keyboard navigation to the details tabs on the admin and public sides.
  • The following tickets are affected:
    • 🎟️ DESENG-672
    • 🎟️ DESENG-710

January 8, 2026

• Feature Admin publishing tab in engagement details section. 🎟️ DESENG-709
  • Adapted design from original publishing dialog
  • Added dynamic messages, update/cancel scheduled date functionality
• Resolved any remaining console errors
• Fixed broken authoring form submit by reconnecting it
• Fixed authoring bottom nav flickering (on route change)
  • Shifted language name to language slice instead of calculating on-the-fly
  • Shifted languages list to single engagement loader
• Added refresh/navigate away warning in authoring section for unsaved changes on a form
• Added better modal window for language selection change warning with unsaved changes

December 22, 2025

• Feature Public authoring details page 🎟️ DESENG-710
  • Made some small updates to the details tab translation model, resource, and service
  • Updated failing API pytest unit tests for details tab translation
  • Skipped some old Jest unit tests that rely on the old form
  • Removed outdated Jest user input tab test from old form

December 18, 2025

• Feature Public authoring details page 🎟️ DESENG-710
  • Remade authoring details public component with aria labels and new design
  • Modified RichTextArea component to include text clamping with custom line value
  • Removed all references to EngagementContent and EngagementContentTranslation in API and front end
  • Added a translation table and API functionality for details tab translations
  • Made minor improvements to admin forms
    • Navigate away modal on AuthoringBanner component
    • Improved default state on AuthoringDetails and AuthoringSummary components
    • Implemented scrolling and additional error for details tabs

December 16, 2025

• Feature Capture Dagster deployment as Helm chart 🎟️ DESENG-926
  • Created new Helm chart at openshift/dagster/ to deploy Dagster ETL orchestration.
  • Allow VPN access to Dagster UI via OpenShift Route with IP whitelisting. Access is blocked for non-dev, non-VPN IPs.
  • Chart wraps official Dagster Helm chart (v1.4.4) as a dependency with OpenShift-specific customizations.
  • Includes template for a Job that syncs Vault secrets to a Kubernetes Secret prior to installation.
    • This was required because the official Dagster chart does not support Vault integration natively.
    • The secret will remain up-to-date with Vault data when the vault-sync Job is run on upgrade.
  • Supports environment-specific values files (dev/test/prod) for different deployment configurations.
  • Updated openshift/README.md with deployment instructions for the new Dagster chart.

December 11, 2025

• Feature Capture Patroni cluster in Helm charts 🎟️ DESENG-925
  • Updated Helm charts for openshift/db to include Patroni cluster configuration.
  • Patroni cluster state is now managed by Helm via Github Actions CI/CD pipeline.
  • Leverages https://github.com/bcgov/nr-patroni-chart/ as a subchart for Patroni deployment.
  • Renamed DB to engagement-patroni to reflect ongoing branding changes.
  • Updated backup and restore scripts to work with Patroni clusters.
  • Updated backup/restore documentation in openshift/README.md.
  • Confirmed app still runs correctly after DB reconfiguration.

December 9, 2025

• Feature Add CI pipeline for ETL workflow 🎟️ DESENG-880
  • Added a basic smoke test for the ETL Dagster pipeline to ensure that it can be linted and tested successfully.
  • Brought requirements.txt up to date, and added a dev requirements file for linting and testing dependencies.
  • Updated Dockerfiles to use consistent Dagster and related library versions.
  • Created a GitHub Actions workflow to lint and test the etl codebase on each pull request.
  • Added steps to install dependencies, run linting with flake8, and execute tests with pytest.

December 8, 2025

• Feature Eject from create-react-app 🎟️ DESENG-903
  • Ejected the MET Web application from create-react-app to gain more control over the build and development configuration.
  • Set up custom Webpack configuration for development and production builds.
  • Configured Babel to handle JSX, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript features.
  • Updated scripts in package.json to use the new Webpack configuration.
  • Tested the application to ensure it works correctly after ejection.

December 5, 2025

• Feature Admin authoring details page 🎟️ DESENG-672
  • Remade authoring details component with aria labels, form validation, navigate away modal, delete tab modal, and tab mode switch modal
  • Implemented service, types, and API endpoints for authoring details tabs in met-web
  • Created model, resource, schema, service, and db update for API
  • Optimized authoring form, loader, and action
  • Tested and updated existing authoring section pages to ensure continued functionality
    • Added form validation for Summary page

December 2, 2025

• Feature Implement route rate limiting to prevent abuse 🎟️ DESENG-871
  • Added haproxy.router.openshift.io/rate-limit-connections annotations to Route resources in Helm charts for public-facing services (met-api, met-web, met-analytics, analytics-api, and fider).
  • Configured rate limits to restrict the number of connections per IP address over a 3 second interval.
  • When rate limiting is triggered, the route will reply with empty responses until the rate limit period resets.
• Feature Enable S3 storage for PosgreSQL backups 🎟️ DESENG-844
  • Updated backup scripts to support S3-compatible storage for PostgreSQL backups.
  • Added new buckets in S3 for storing backups.
  • Modified OpenShift deployment configuration to inject S3 backup credentials from Vault (also new).
  • Tested backup and restore processes to ensure compatibility with S3 storage.

November 28, 2025

• Feature Implement code splitting for routes and large libraries 🎟️ DESENG-875
  • Improved initial load times and application performance by reducing bundle size and loading only necessary code for each route.
  • Used React Router's lazy loading and Suspense to dynamically load route components as needed.
  • Configured Webpack to split code and CSS for large libraries (mui, formio, lodash, arcgis, maplibs, recharts, jspdf...) into separate chunks.
  • Added a new bundle analyzer script to visualize bundle composition and identify optimization opportunities.
  • Removed deprecated defer usage from route loaders and return promises directly, allowing React Router to handle loading states.

November 25, 2025

• Bugfix Validate & Fix DB backup verification 🎟️ DESENG-843
  • Added separate connection spec for verification step to avoid role errors during verification (workaround for met-patroni role management).
  • Updated backup.conf to schedule daily verification of backups using the new connection spec.
  • Added emergency-restore.sh script for emergency restores to fresh PostgreSQL instances without existing roles.
  • Updated documentation in openshift/README.md to reflect current backup and restore procedures.

November 18, 2025

• Feature Implement route IP whitelisting for VPN and dev IPs 🎟️ DESENG-846
  • Added haproxy.router.openshift.io/ip_whitelist annotation to Route resources in Helm charts for public-facing services (met-api, met-web, met-analytics, and analytics-api).
  • Configured whitelists to allow traffic only from known VPN and developer IP addresses.

November 17, 2025

• Feature Increase Openshift security with NetworkPolicies 🎟️ DESENG-860
  • Defined NetworkPolicies for all applications to control traffic flow. Traffic is only allowed between pods that need to communicate.

November 14, 2025

• Feature Added app and API version info to footer 🎟️ DESENG-820
  • Adjusted GitHub Actions workflow to embed version information into webapp and API at build time.
  • Version information displays in the footer of the admin view only, for now.

August 25, 2025

• Feature Implement new CI/CD logic for Helm charts 🎟️ DESENG-849
  • Remove old manual deployment scripts.
  • Introduced a new GitHub Actions workflow for CI/CD of Helm charts.
  • Added linting and testing steps for Helm charts.
  • Implemented deployment steps with OpenShift CLI.
• Chore Move Widgets out of old view folder 🎟️ DESENG-801
  • Move the refreshed widget components from components/engagement/old-view/ to components/engagement/widgets/, as they are being reused in the new engagement view.
• Chore Updated the versions of several packages to resolve additional Dependabot vulnerabilities (internal link).

August 22, 2025

• Chore Resolve Dependabot vulnerability reports 🎟️ DESENG-845

  • Update several packages to the latest version, resolving Dependabot PRs that are too old to be rebased.

• Bugfix Finish upgrading DeploymentConfigs -> Deployments cross-app 🎟️ DESENG-847

  • Completed the replacement of all deprecated DeploymentConfigs with Deployments across the application.
  • Updated Helm charts and deployment scripts to reflect the changes.

August 19, 2025

• Feature Restricted options for values in manual CD runs
  • Updated input type from text to choice in met-cron-cd.yml, met-etl-cd.yml, and notify-api-cd.yml
• Bugfix/Feature Switched Font Awesome hosting to private repository due to licensing 🎟️ DESENG-823
  • Replaced the Font Awesome NPM registry with a private Artifactory repository.
  • Updated the .npmrc file to use the new repository and credentials.
  • Updated GitHub Actions workflows to use the new credentials for building and deploying the web app.
  • Updated Dockerfile to use build secrets instead of baking credentials into the image.

Jul 22, 2025

• Bugfix/Feature Solutions for storage issues in dev 🎟️ DESENG-842
  • Updated the Dagster configuration to add retention policies for the event log, schedule, and run logs.

Jul 9, 2025

• Feature Add Dependabot alerts for Github Actions 🎟️ DESENG-812
  • Added a Dependabot configuration file to automatically check for updates to Github Actions runner images and workflows. If any updates are found, a pull request will be created to update the versions referenced in the workflows.

Jun 25, 2025

• Task DeploymentConfig -> Deployment conversion for previously undeployed DeploymentConfig yamls. 🎟️ DESENG-807 🎟️ DESENG-808 🎟️ DESENG-809 🎟️ DESENG-810
  • Took undocumented resources in Openshift that were previously DeploymentConfigs and converted them to Deployments in new Helm charts.
  • Changed Backup pod backup-container images to use the new URL. (hub.docker.com -> ghcr.io)

Jun 16, 2025

• Task DeploymentConfig -> Deployment conversion for existing DeploymentConfig yamls. 🎟️ DESENG-802 🎟️ DESENG-803 🎟️ DESENG-804 🎟️ DESENG-805 🎟️ DESENG-806
  • Converted all DeploymentConfig YAML files to Deployment YAML files.
  • If a DeploymentConfig was deployed by a Helm chart in the repository, it was converted to a Deployment and the Helm chart was updated accordingly.
• Task Update documentation for common components 🎟️ DESENG-816
  • Added docblocks to the majority of common components
  • Updated CONTRIBUTING.md to link to each component's documentation, and provide a brief overview of the component and its usage
  • Updated PR template to remind developers to update documentation when adding new components or modifying existing ones

Jun 10, 2025

• Bugfix Fix routing issue in engagement "old view" 🎟️ DESENG-837
  • Add correct loaders to the engagement "old view" route
  • Update implementation of route loaders to use useLoaderData instead of useRouteLoaderData
  • Update permission checks on the API side to allow public users to access engagement metadata (accidentally broken in PR #2506 for DESENG-603)

June 6, 2025

• Task Deprecate old components in MET Web 🎟️ DESENG-817
  • Deprecated old components in MET Web to prepare for the new design system
  • Most components should now have suitable replacements in the new design system

May 22, 2025

• Bugfix Fix survey ID access in MET ETL 🎟️ DESENG-677
  • the load_survey function in the MET ETL pipeline now uses .scalar() instead of .first() to get the survey ID
  • Commit more often during processing to avoid deadlocks

May 21, 2025

• Bugfix Update SQLAlchemy library in MET ETL to match MET API 🎟️ DESENG-677
• Bugfix Add required dependencies for met-etl to requirements.txt 🎟️ DESENG-677
  • pin flask_restx to 1.3.0
• Feature Create Helm chart for analytics-api 🎟️ DESENG-811
  • Created a helm chart for the analytics-api deployment.
  • Migrated existing Service and ConfigMap to Helm templates.
  • Secrets now use HashiCorp Vault for sensitive data.
  • Removed "debug=True" from all flask apps, as this is not appropriate for production.
• Feature Update helm chart for MET Analytics (Redash) 🎟️ DESENG-811
  • Updated the helm chart for MET Analytics (Redash) to use Vault secrets for sensitive data.
  • Removed Secrets file
  • Removed sentiment analysis from the repository, as it is no longer used.
  • Change from Ingress to Route for consistency with other applications.
  • Properly randomized the secret keys for redash and the database

May 20, 2025

• Bugfix Remove potentially redundant Dagster libraries 🎟️ DESENG-677
• Remove pip -U flag from installation commands to prevent version instabilities

May 14, 2025

• Feature Create Helm chart for notify-api 🎟️ DESENG-811
  • Created a helm chart for the notify-api deployment.
  • Migrated existing Service and ConfigMap to Helm templates.
  • Removed notify-api Route, as the notify-api does not need to be publicly accessible. Instead, it is called by the MET API & MET Cron jobs.
    • For local development, the notify-api can be accessed via port-forwarding. See DEVELOPMENT.md for more information.
  • Added new "global" Vault secret for all flask apps to use, which contains the SECRET_KEY.
  • Migrated the DeploymentConfig to a Helm template.
  • Created values files (dev, test, prod) for deployment settings; see openshift/README.md

May 13, 2025

• Bugfix Align library versions with EPIC app 🎟️ DESENG-677

May 12, 2025

• Feature Add MET Cron job to OpenShift 🎟️ DESENG-811
  • Added the met-cron deployment to the met-api helm chart.
  • Removed an unneeded Service, as the Cron does not serve any traffic.
  • Set up injection of HashiCorp Vault secrets to the Cron job
  • Merged met-cron ConfigMap into the met-api ConfigMap, as they differed very little.
  • Renamed config key "OFFSET_DAYS" to "CLOSING_SOON_EMAIL_ADVANCE_NOTICE_DAYS" to be more descriptive.
  • Removed the old met-cron deployment YAML files.

May 7, 2025

• Feature Add Helm chart and templates for MET Web 🎟️ DESENG-811
  • Created a helm chart for the MET Web deployment.
  • Migrated existing resources to Helm templates.
  • Removed several unused ConfigMap values
  • Removed JWT/OIDC related values in favor of requesting the data from the MET API (single source of truth).
    • Created an endpoint at /api/oidc_config to return the OIDC configuration for the MET API.
  • Modified the Docker entrypoint to generate a config script from REACT_APP_* environment variables at startup.
    • The config script is then served alongside the app at runtime.
• Bugfix Updated existing templates to set minReplicas and maxReplicas for the HPA (matching met-web) rather than trying to configure it on the Deployment, which has no effect.

May 5, 2025

• Feature Add Helm chart and templates for MET API 🎟️ DESENG-811
  • Created a helm chart for the MET API deployment.
  • Migrated existing HorizontalPodAutoscaler, Route, Service, and MET ConfigMap to Helm templates.
  • Removed Secrets in favor of using HashiCorp Vault for sensitive data.
    • Also removed several ConfigMap values that were either sensitive or were contextually linked to the secrets, and moved their data to the Vault.
    • Developers can now use helm to generate the Openshift YAML files without needing to seek out secrets and keep them within their values files.
  • Migrated the DeploymentConfig to a Helm template.
    • Modified heavily to use new Vault secrets. Secrets are now mounted as files in the container at /vault/secrets, and the application is expected to read them from the filesystem.
    • Bound the DeploymentConfig to the e903c2-vault service account, which has access to the secrets in the vault. Also granted the vault account image pull permissions from e903c2-tools.
  • Created environment-specific values files (dev, test, prod) for deployment settings.
    • See openshift/README.md for more information on how to deploy the API using the new Helm chart.
  • Removed YAML for the old Keycloak server, since we have migrated to using the shared SSO Keycloak server.

May 1, 2025

• Bugfix Resolve conflicting versions for Dagster ETL pipeline 🎟️ DESENG-677
  • Tweak dagster versions and python base image
• Feature Redesign event widget 🎟️ DESENG-698
  • Modified api to accomodate additional field required in event widget design
  • Modified forms and cards on admin side to show new field
  • Implemented front-end design
    • Tested with multiple events on one page
  • Optimized for mobile and desktop viewports
  • Updated unit test data

April 24, 2025

• Bugfix Update Dagster versions to attempt fix of Dagster ETL pipeline 🎟️ DESENG-677
• Bugfix Add in required installation commands for openshift CLI 🎟️ DESENG-813
  • Chose concrete version of Ubuntu to mitigate future issues

April 22, 2025

• Feature Redesign poll widget 🎟️ DESENG-697
  • Refactor PollWidget.tsx implementing Figma design
    • Improved layout, similar to DocumentWidget
  • Load data more efficiently
  • Added new skeleton while loading
  • Added new error handling for poll submission

April 15, 2025

• Feature Redesign document widget 🎟️ DESENG-696

  • Significant refactor to DocumentWidget.tsx implementing Figma design
  • Use recursive rendering to support theoretically infinite subfolders in future
  • Many accessibility/QoL improvements
  • Improved layout - minimizes layout shift by forcing the list widget to be at least as tall as the copy it appears beside.
  • Improved skeleton while loading

• Chore Update GitHub Actions workflows to use ubuntu-latest instead of ubuntu-20.04

  • This is to stay ahead of the deprecation of ubuntu-20.04 in GitHub Actions as of today's date

Interregnum break: October 2024 - March 2025

• The project was on hold during this period, and no changes were made to the codebase. The team was directed to focus on other projects. Any technical debt or issues that were identified during this period will be addressed in future sprints.

October 2, 2024

• Feature New Who is Listening widget front end 🎟️ DESENG-695

  • Implemented Figma design
  • Added widget_listening table to db for widget instance data
  • Added option to enter widget description text (below title, above contacts)
  • Adjusted CSS to accomodate multiple viewports
  • Added ARIA labels for accessibility
  • Updated contact create/edit form
  • Updated Who is Listening widget form

• Feature New Video Widget front end 🎟️ DESENG-692

  • Changed icon colour from yellow to white to accomodate company branding requests

• Feature New Map Widget front end 🎟️ DESENG-693

  • Adjusted viewport settings of expand map link to accomodate breakpoints of engagement view page

September 26, 2024

• Feature New Timeline Widget designs 🎟️ DESENG-694
  • Implemented Figma design
  • Adjusted styling in Engagement views slightly to accommodate theme-aware widgets

September 25, 2024

• Feature New Video Widget front end 🎟️ DESENG-692

  • Removed unneeded tables from db
  • Updated all other met_api and met_web logic to accomodate this

• Feature New Map Widget front end 🎟️ DESENG-693

  • Implemented Figma design
  • Fixed accessibility issue with map labels (white text on white background)

September 23, 2024

• Feature New Hero Banner page in authoring section 🎟️ DESENG-670
  • Hooks into existing AuthoringTemplate component for form submission
  • Added new fields for hero banner content
  • Added image upload functionality
  • Added layout components for engagement authoring form fields

September 18, 2024

• Feature New Video Widget front end 🎟️ DESENG-692

  • Implemented Figma design
  • Created custom layover bar for videos that shows video provider and has a custom logo
  • Transcripts will not be implemented at this time

• Summary page in authoring section 🎟️ DESENG-671

  • Streamlined data loaders and actions to account for page changes
  • Updated data structure so that summary data is pulled from engagement table
    • Added 'description_title' column to engagement table

September 12, 2024

• Feature New Summary page in authoring section 🎟️ DESENG-671
  • Fetches values
  • Saves values to database
  • Returns success and error messages to user after form submission
  • Resets form dirty state after submission

September 9, 2024

• Feature Add image widget 🎟️ DESENG-689
  • Added a new "ImageWidget" widget type in the API
  • Image widgets can have a title, optional description, uploaded image, and optional alt text
  • Added image widget option to the engagement authoring wizard
  • Added image widget display for the engagement view page

September 3, 2024

• Feature New authoring content section 🎟️ DESENG-668
  • Implemented authoring side nav
  • Implemented authoring bottom nav
  • Implemented authoring section context
  • Added skeletons for the required sections

August 28, 2024

• Bugfix Fix keyboard focus being trapped on buttons on authoring page 🎟️ DESENG-687

August 27, 2024

• Task Upgrade to Node v20 🎟️ DESENG-682
  • Upgraded deployment / CI configs to reference Node v20

August 22, 2024

• Task Merge engagement summary content and custom content 🎟️ DESENG-676
  • Combine the text and rich content fields from redundant types SummaryContent and CustomContent and store them in the existing EngagementContent table
  • Update the API to handle the new content structure
  • Todo: Update the frontend to properly leverage the new content structure and allow editing of the simplified content type

August 21, 2024

• Feature Reusable widget component 🎟️ DESENG-675

August 15, 2024

• Feature Add engagement configuration summary 🎟️ DESENG-667

  • Added a tabbed layout to the new engagement view page
  • Added a new "Configuration" tab to display the engagement's configuration details
    • The other tabs are blank for now, but will be filled in future tickets
  • The configuration tab allows navigating back to the engagement configuration page
  • Improvements to how engagements and related resources are fetched and saved

• Feature New engagement authoring view tab 🎟️ DESENG-674

August 13, 2024

• Task Fix dagster etl error in "dev" environment 🎟️ DESENG-677

August 8, 2024

• Feature New engagement details page 🎟️ DESENG-666

• Old engagement details page still available under "old-view" route

• Feature Implement UX designs for engagement creation wizard 🎟️ DESENG-663

  • Implemented the new design for the engagement creation wizard
  • Added a new "Step" component to handle the wizard's steps
  • Added a new "SystemMessage" component to display system messages
  • Made engagement configuration form reusable for an edit engagement flow
  • Added a new "EngagementWizard" component to handle the entire wizard

August 6, 2024

• Hotfix Fix styling issues with the new admin header - 🎟️ HOTFIX
  • Fixed an issue where page widths above 100% were causing the header to become misaligned
  • Fixed a z-index issue with the tenant selector on mobile

July 31, 2024

• Feature New footer (public and admin) 🎟️ DESENG-662
  • Implemented new footer design for desktop and mobile viewports.
  • Addressed some issues with z-index between footer and side nav.

July 30, 2024

• Feature New admin header 🎟️ DESENG-660

  • Added a new API endpoint to fetch a list of a user's tenants, required for the new header
  • Redesigned the admin header to match the new design system
  • Added a new dropdown to the header to allow users to switch between tenants
  • Added a user menu, which for now only contains a logout button
  • Added a "drawer" view for the tenant switcher and user menu on mobile

• Task Update Contributing guide, pull request template 🎟️ DESENG-651

July 25, 2024

• Feature New admin navigation 🎟️ DESENG-661
  • Implemented new admin navigation design for desktop and mobile viewports.
  • Implemented additional accessibility for admin navigation

July 17, 2024

• Feature Admin authoring experience - language selector 🎟️ DESENG-657

  • Created loader for engagement creation wizard
  • Created language selector field in engagement creation wizard

• Hotfix Fix MET-web CI build errors 🎟️ DESENG-665

  • Update the npm install command in CI for the web app to use --legacy-peer-deps, resolving a dependency issue that was causing the build to fail

July 16, 2024

• Feature Add user management to engagement authoring wizard 🎟️ DESENG-656
  • Added new UI component to handle searching, selecting, and displaying users
  • Minor tweaks to existing wizard functionality
    • Minor backend change: don't throw error when setting an engagement's slug to its current value
• Feature Rerouted engagement components to use useRouteLoaderData instead of making direct calls to services. 🎟️ DESENG-643
  • Authorized engagement listing page is now working, complete with filter, search, and pagination
  • Authorized view engagement is fully working with widgets
  • Authorized edit engagement is fully working (including custom data)
  • Authorized create engagement is mostly working, with the exception of edit updates
    • TODO: Users should be redirected to edit page once engagement is created
  • Unauthorized homepage is working with engagements

July 11, 2024

• Feature Add the existing engagement form fields to the engagement authoring wizard 🎟️ DESENG-655
  • Added fields for the existing data (engagement title, dates, internal/external, public slug)
  • Create button is now enabled when all required fields are filled
  • Users are redirected to the old form after creating a new engagement
    • (clicking "edit" on an existing engagement also brings you to the old form, as usual)
• Some extracurricular work:
  • Created a reusable component to warn users when they're about to navigate away from the page while editing content
  • Adjusted theming throughout the app to reduce the number of places where colors are defined
  • Updated to the latest version of @mui/x-date-pickers and adjust existing components where necessary

July 10, 2024

• Feature Add a skeleton page for the new engagement authoring wizard 🎟️ DESENG-654
  • Users are taken to the new page when pressing the "create engagement" button.
  • This route will be updated in future tickets to include the full authoring wizard, and will eventually replace the old authoring flow.

July 9, 2024

• Task Add data router features to survey pages DESENG-642
  • Remove "ActionContext" files and fetches to survey service
  • Replace with SurveyLoader on the survey parent route that creates survey data promises
  • Restructure survey pages to use <Suspense> / <Await> for data loading
  • Add useBlocker() call to the survey authoring and survey submission pages to prevent users from navigating away from the page while in the middle of creating or submitting a survey

June 28, 2024

• Task Improve screen reader support for home/engagement search page DESENG-617

June 27, 2024

• Bugfix Fix tenant landing page 🎟️ DESENG-635
  • Fixed an issue where the tenant's uploaded banner would appear in the position of the BC Logo instead of the banner
  • Renamed columns within the DB and app to more accurately describe their purpose

June 26, 2024

• Feature Redesigned Engagement Cards & added Suggested Engagements to the engagement page 🎟️ DESENG-634
  • Redesigned the engagement cards to match the new design system
  • Added a new section to the engagement page to display suggested engagements
  • Engagement cards now take you to the "new look" route
  • Tweaks to the engagement list page layout
  • Minor tweaks to the engagement view page layout

June 24, 2024

• Feature Add a new survey block to the engagement page 🎟️ DESENG-633
  • Added a survey block to the new engagement page matching the designs from UX
  • The survey block displays side-by-side with the second widget of the engagement
  • The survey block is not displayed if there is no survey and no second widget
  • Customized the rich text editor/display to render links and h2 elements using the correct components
  • Transitioned many new design system components to rely on Material theming for colors and typography, allowing for areas with dark backgrounds to have light text and vice versa
  • Moved useLoaderData() calls to within smaller components to reduce prop drilling, improve readability, make it easier to test components in isolation, and make it easier to create skeletons for loading states

June 19, 2024

• Feature Add a new tabbed content view to the new engagement page 🎟️ DESENG-632
  • Added a new tabbed content view to the new engagement page
  • Tabs are pulled from the engagement's summary and custom content sections (to be revisited when redoing authoring flow)

June 18, 2024

• Feature Add language picker UI 🎟️ DESENG-623

June 17, 2024

• Feature Add engagement description to the engagement page 🎟️ DESENG-631
  • Display engagement description on the new engagement page
  • Display first widget of the engagement beside the description
  • Limit text editor to remove disruptive formatting options

June 11, 2024

• Feature Add new header to "new look" engagement page 🎟️ DESENG-630
  • Added a new hero image to the new engagement page
  • Added a header overlaying the hero image
    • The header uses the sponsor name, CTA message, and CTA URL from DESENG-629, as well as the engagement title, dates, and status
  • Added new engagement status chips for use in the header
  • Added link from the old engagement page offering the option to preview the new engagement page
  • Added global width limit to the public view to avoid display issues on very wide screens
• Task De-duplicate link code and only use <Link>s from the common/Navigation module

June 10, 2024

• Feature Add new fields for use in "new look" design 🎟️ DESENG-629
  • Added the fields sponsor_name, cta_message, and cta_url to the engagement model
  • Added Sponsor Name, Call To Action, and CTA URL to the engagement form
  • Added basic validation for the new fields

June 6, 2024

• Feature Add a new engagement view page 🎟️ DESENG-636
  • Added a new page to view engagements using the new look for MET
  • The page is available at /gdx/new-look/[name]/[language]
  • The page is a work in progress and will be updated in the future
• Feature Use createBrowserRouter insead of <BrowserRouter> in the App component 🎟️ DESENG-627
  • Updated the App component to use the more flexible createBrowserRouter function instead of the component
  • This enables the use of data router functionality and other advanced features in the future, most notably the Blocker component
  • Added the AutoBreadcrumbs component to the common components library, which will be used to generate breadcrumbs based on the current route
  • Updated the Tenant Admin pages as a proof of concept
    • Tenant Admin pages now use the AutoBreadcrumbs component to generate breadcrumbs based on the current route
    • Tenant Admin pages use data loaders to fetch data from the API instead of relying on a state or context
    • Tenant Admin pages use useBlocker() to prompt for confirmation from users navigating away from the page when they're in the middle of editing a form

June 3, 2024

• Bugfix Patch button styles (follow-up to 🎟️ DESENG-583)
  • Fixed button styles to match the design system
  • Removed state management overhead from the Link component

May 30, 2024

• Feature Remove web components 🎟️ DESENG-616
  • Removed web components and all code that references it
• Feature Remove EAO process widget 🎟️ DESENG-626
  • Removed EAO process widget
  • Added migration file to remove EAO process widget attached to any existing engagement

May 29, 2024

• Bugfix Null in the public URL 🎟️ DESENG-625
  • Removed language from URLs other than engagement/survey links
  • Fixed the issue of null appearing in public URLs
• Feature MET split out tenant specific variables from locale files 🎟️ DESENG-612
  • Replaced tenant based values with data from tenant detail API

May 27, 2024

• Feature MET translation file keys used on pages needing translation 🎟️ DESENG-611
  • Removed Tenant based translations from langauge files
  • Set TODO statements to replace tenant related values from backend
  • Splitting translations based on language files and added a common translation file for items common across all languages
• Bugfix Global Focus State (UXD) 🎟️ DESENG-583
  • Worked on components to match the design system and support new colors
  • Implemented focus states across public pages and components

May 23, 2024

• Feature Finish tenant management UX 🎟️ DESENG-605, 🎟️ DESENG-606
  • Added a new tenant detail page
  • Added a form for filling out tenant details
  • Added a new tenant creation page
  • Added a new tenant edit page
• Feature Add design system components to common components
  • Added Table components, DetailsContainer, and Detail for layout
  • Reworked button components to match the design system and support new colors
  • Reworked modal components to match the design system
  • Reworked image upload component to match the design system
  • Added new form components that align with the design system
• Bugfix Security issue with email verification 🎟️ DESENG-618
  • Removed verification token from the response object
  • Updated the test to reflect the change
• Bugfix Add try catch block around snowplow call 🎟️ DESENG-621
  • Added a try catch block to all snowplow calls

May 22, 2024

• Feature Add languages side nav link 🎟️ DESENG-622

May 21, 2024

• Task Clean up met-cron 🎟️ DESENG-602

May 16, 2024

• Bugfix Replace Material Icons with Font Awesome 🎟️ DESENG-608
  • Replaced Material Icons with Font Awesome for all icons for which we had a mapping
  • Noted a few icons for which we did not have a mapping and those have been added to the ticket

May 14, 2024

• Bugfix Add language code to email links 🎟️ DESENG-579
  • Added a language code to email template links so that they point to a valid page again
  • The system tries to determine the language from the user's browser, but if it can't, it defaults to English
  • A future, larger refactor could allow us to remember the user's language preference and always use that

May 13, 2024

• Bugfix Date shown on rejection email preview is incorrect 🎟️ DESENG-597
  • Fixed the date formatting issue and using the end_date in the email preview
  • Updated unit tests
• Feature Create role for metadata management 🎟️ DESENG-603
  • Implemented a new role named "manage_metadata" within the Admin group to restrci access for metadata management
  • Updated the frontend to restrict access to the "metadata management" link in the menu for users without the newly added role
  • Backend changes to incorporate the new role for access control purposes, ensuring only authorized users can perform metadata management actions

May 10, 2024

• Bugfix Language picker should only appear on engagements with more than one language 🎟️ DESENG-575
  • Allow for the web app to see if there are available translations by language
  • Disable language switching itself for now until design decisions are made

May 9, 2024

• Feature [Engagement Filtering UXD] - Public | No Results Message 🎟️ DESENG-586
  • Added a new no results page to display to users when their search term(s) and / or filter(s) returns no engagement results on landing page.
  • Contact information is developed but hidden currently as this was the approach requested in the ticket till the contact information is decided.
• Feature Added the initial version of the tenant listing page 🎟️ DESENG-592
  • The page lists all tenants in the system
  • Functionality to view or create individual tenants is still under construction
  • Began work on adding new components from the MET component library, with high reusability in mind

May 8, 2024

• Feature Add font awesome to MET web 🎟️ DESENG-543
  • Added font awesome to MET web.
  • Created .npmrc file to set the registry for fontawesome
  • Updated github actions to pull fontawesome auth token from github secrets

May 7, 2024

• Feature Ensure users can belong to more than one tenant 🎟️ DESENG-478
  • Tested users can belong to more than one tenant.
  • Overide the default tenant filter for staff_user table to check with user_group_membership table.

May 6, 2024

• Feature Auto-populate question descriptions 🎟️ DESENG-596
  • Upgrading the version of met-formio to version 1.0.15-rc1. This version has the changes to have a default description for the form components. The changes were pushed to met-formio by the PR: bcgov/met-formio#25.

May 2, 2024

• Feature Added a new landing page for tenant management 🎟️ DESENG-591
  • The page will be updated to list and manage tenants in upcoming tickets.

April 30, 2024

• Task Dagster ETL error DESENG-599
  • Upgrading the version of python to 3.12 for dagster user code
  • Upgrading the dependencies to support the version of python.
  • Fixing a bug on survey etl service.
• Feature Add Super Admin role 🎟️ DESENG-557
  • Added a new role, SUPER_ADMIN, to MET.
  • The SUPER_ADMIN role has the highest level of access in the MET application.
  • The SUPER_ADMIN role can perform all actions in MET, including actions in other tenants.
  • The role can be only be assigned through the single sign-on (SSO) service.
  • This overrides any other permissions set, e.g, a Viewer user who gets the super_admin role will have all the permissions of a normal super admin.
  • Change the React app's admin role to SUPER_ADMIN (previously CREATE_TENANT).
  • Force all UI elements to be enabled for the SUPER_ADMIN role.
  • Added unit tests for the new role, and updated an existing test related to cross-tenant access.

April 29, 2024

• Task Upgrade python to 3.12 DESENG-466
  • Upgrading the version of python to 3.12
  • Upgrading the dependencies to support the version of python.
  • Modify code as needed if the newer version does not support the former.

April 22, 2024

• Task Openshift - Update the buildconfig for the MET-cron job runner 🎟️ DESENG-559
  • Versioning now uses the openshift.io namespace
• Task In-app role management DESENG-574
  • Introduced new database models to manage user roles and user-to-role mappings in the Met database.
  • Revamped the authentication validation process to rely on roles retrieved directly from the database, rather than relying solely on token-based roles.
  • Eliminated redundant or unused roles from the system.
  • Updated unit tests to to fetch roles directly from the database instead of relying on role generation from the factory and eliminated the Keycloak mock.
  • Renamed admin and viewer role.
  • Removed the usage of CSS API for role management.

April 11, 2024

• Task Multi-language - Create engagement content translation tables & API routes DESENG-544
  • Created a new table for engagement content translations
  • Created API routes and services for engagement content translations
  • Created Unit tests for engagement content translations

April 10, 2024

• Task Remove default taxa from GDX tenant DESENG-578
  • Removed the pre-populated taxon entries from the GDX tenant.
  • With the power of the editor interface, tenants are now expected to create their own taxon entries.
• Task Update contributing guide for developers DESENG-475

April 09, 2024

• Bugfix: Stop Axios from trying to be a smarty pants and sending data in a format Flask doesn't understand 🎟️ DESENG-580
  • This was preventing the filtering feature from working
  • Directly serialize any metadata filters before the request to avoid Axios's new nested object serialization
  • Deserialize it again on the Flask side
• Task: MET Web - Some URLs not taking users to correct locations/timing out DESENG-542
  • Created authentication provider to know the logged-in state before the App component is rendered.
  • Optimized tenant identification from the url.
  • Optimized path segments identification.
• Task: CSS Selector specificity 🎟️ DESENG-577
  • Replace the !important flag with more specific CSS selectors, specifically within dropdowns, to ensure that the correct styles are applied, and that states we have not yet designed for (e.g, complex focus states) are still styled appropriately and in an accessible manner.
  • Soon, we will be doing a more in-depth revamp of dropdowns in the app to make them more accessible and user-friendly. This helps work towards that goal.
• Bugfix: MET Web - No save feedback unless main content tab is selected 🎟️ DESENG-541
  • Implemented notifications for successful saves across all engagement tabs.
  • Resolved issue with saving engagement summary content during engagement creation.
  • Updated tooltip on engagement content to use MetTooltip for consistency.

April 08, 2024

• Bugfix: Submission of rejected comments 🎟️ DESENG-527
  • Fixed issue where resubmitted comments would not reappear in the queue for approval.
  • Added unit tests to ensure the issue does not reoccur.
• Task: MET - Clean up outstanding dependabot PRs DESENG-535
  • Bump axios from 0.26.1 to 0.28.0 in met-web. Dependabot suggested this upgrade, but it required a few minor code changes.
  • Updated the type definition of the 'error' parameter to include a generic type '{ message?: string }' to handle the AxiosError response properly.

April 05, 2024

• Task: Allow for any gov.bc.ca email to receive emails in MET's dev & test environments DESENG-533
  • Enabled dev open shift to use GC_NOTIFY api key of test which allows all email.
  • Added new env var SEND_EMAIL_INTERNAL_ONLY to allow for internal emails such as govt emails only.

April 04, 2024

• Feature Engagement filtering - Add filtering by taxon 🎟️DESENG-445
  • Added properties to metadata taxa to allow them to be marked as filterable.
  • Added a new file filter_types.py where additional filters can be added as subquery factory functions.
  • Added a new endpoint to the API to retrieve filterable taxa.
  • Modified the search endpoint to allow filtering by metadata.
  • Added schemas, data validation and unit tests for the new functionality.
  • Updated the Metadata Management UI to allow taxa to be marked as filterable.
    • Currently, the only two filter types are chips_any and chips_all.
    • chips_any: Displays as a series of toggleable buttons ("chips"), uses the list_match_any subquery returning engagements with any of the selected values.
    • chips_all: Similar to chips_any; uses the list_match_all subquery to get only engagements with ALL of the selected values.
  • If multiple filterable taxa are selected, all the taxon filters must be met for an engagement to be returned.
  • Updated the public-facing engagement list to allow filtering by metadata taxa. This makes use of the new API endpoint to retrieve filterable taxa.
  • Added a new filter "drawer" to the listing page to hold these and any future filter types.
  • (Out of scope, but related to UX work for this ticket) Fixed a display issue with the public engagements page where engagements would not take up the full width of their grid cell.
• Task: Keycloak Unit Tests for New CSS API Integration DESENG-508
  • Updated Keycloak Unit Tests for New CSS API Integration.

April 02, 2024

• Task: DEV clean up DESENG-503
  • Updated deployment configurations to add new configs.

March 28, 2024

• Bug Fix: Feedback fixes DESENG-524
  • Fixed feedback path not updating issue.
  • Fixed feedback table grid styles.

March 27, 2024

• Bug Fix: MET - Engagement tab does not revert the filtered out data DESENG-525
  • Resetting search filter values invoke the list to reload
• Task: Add missing unit tests for analytics api DESENG-482
  • Added unit tests for analytics API models and API end points

March 26, 2024

• Bug Fix: Various bugs in the survey tab DESENG-520
  • Update survey components and services to fix the bugs.
    • Removed is_template and is_hidden values from autosaving to avoid the debounce function consuming it older values
• Task: Add a custom dynamic page to engagement DESENG-501
  • Integrated new summary and custom content tabs into the engagement form, providing users with structured sections for managing different types of content, enhancing overall organization and user experience.
  • Implemented functionality to allow users to add custom tabs with a variety of provided icons, along with options to edit or delete tabs as needed, granting users greater flexibility and control over their engagement content layout.
  • Streamlined data management by transitioning content and rich content from engagement tables to dedicated content tables, while also implementing logic to automatically generate default summary and custom content upon engagement creation or tab addition, ensuring consistent content structure and user experience.

March 21, 2024

• Task: MET Web - Replace hover & background colours DESENG-520
  • Update Table and Menu Dropdown hover colors
  • Update engagement tiles hover color.
  • Updated all white backgrounds to use css variable.

March 19, 2024

• Task: Add poll results to results tab DESENG-513
  • Added poll results to results tab.
  • Added poll results API.
  • Added Unit tests.
• Task: Change static english text to be able to support string translations DESENG-467
  • Implemented a language selector in the public header.
  • Incorporated logic to dynamically adjust the unauthenticated route based on the selected language and load the appropriate translation file.
  • Enhanced all public pages to fetch static text from the translation file.

March 15, 2024

• Task: Multi-language - Create event, subcribe_item, poll, timeline widget translation tables & API routes DESENG-515
  • Added Poll answer translation API.
  • Added Timeline Event translation API.
  • Added Subscribe Item translation API.
  • Added Event item translation API
  • Added Unit tests.
• Task Add "Results" page to engagements DESENG-512

March 08, 2024

• Task: Multi-language - Create engagement translation table & API routes DESENG-510
  • Added Engagement translation model.
  • Added Engagement translation API.
  • Added Unit tests.

March 07, 2024

• Task: Remove "default_values" from metadata taxa. Replace with "preset values", metadata entries that are not assigned to an engagement.
• Task: Update authorization documentation in the API blueprint. Update metadata management to rely on normal authorization check functions.
• Task: Clean up metadata management code and tests.
• Task: Add endpoint for updating metadata by taxon in bulk
• Feature: Add editor for metadata taxa (admin only). 🎟️DESENG-443
• Feature: Add editor for metadata entries (available to anyone who can edit an engagement). 🎟️DESENG-443

March 06, 2024

• TaskMulti-language - Create simple widget translation tables & API routes DESENG-514
  • Added Widget translation model.
  • Added Widget translation API.
  • Added Unit tests.
• TaskMulti-language - Create survey translation table & API routes DESENG-511
  • Added Survey Translation model.
  • Added Survey Translation API.
  • Added Survey Translation tests.

March 04, 2024

• TaskEngagement "save" enhancements DESENG-507
  • The existing "Save" button in the floating bar has been split into two distinct actions: "Save and Continue" and "Save and Exit".
  • Tabs are greyed out, and widgets are disabled until the engagement is successfully saved. A helpful tool-tip has been added to inform users that the engagement needs to be saved before accessing certain features.
  • Independent save buttons previously present in tabs, such as "Additional Details", "Settings" have been removed. Now, the floating save bar is universally employed when editing an engagement.
• TaskMulti-language - Create language table & API DESENG-509
  • Added Language model.
  • Added Language API.
  • Added Unit tests.

February 27, 2024

• Bug FixComments cannot be approved while reviewing DESENG-496
  • Fixed by adding a missing decorator for transactional methods.
• TaskEnhance analytics api for Improved Readability and Maintainability DESENG-492
  • Refactor analytics-api config to harmonize its structure and conventions with met-api.
  • Ensure the sample.env file maintains consistent formatting.
  • Adjusted the component_id column size in the comment table of the met-api to resolve an error encountered during user submissions.

February 26, 2024

• TaskModels for dynamic engagement pages DESENG-500
  • Implemented endpoints for dynamic engagement pages, including summary and custom sections.
  • Default behavior ensures that each engagement has a dynamic summary page.
  • Introduced logic to migrate existing content and rich content for engagements to the summary table.
• TaskAdd font awesome libraries DESENG-490
  • Added related libraries to the frontend package.json.
• TaskAdding missing unit test DESENG-483
  • Added missing unit test for components.

February 20, 2024

• TaskUpgrade the version of flask DESENG-502
  • Performed a Flask version upgrade to version 2.2.5.

February 16, 2024

• TaskMake a floating save/preview bar when editing engagements DESENG-498
  • Implemented a floating behavior for the save/preview buttons during engagement editing. This feature persists across all tabs but exclusively saves data for the Engagement Content tab.

February 15, 2024

• TaskRestore role assignment functionality to MET with the CSS API DESENG-473
  • Utilize the CSS API for efficient management of composite roles. This involves the assignment, reassignment, or removal of users from the composite roles of TEAM_MEMBER, REVIEWER, IT_ADMIN, or IT_VIEWER.

February 09, 2024

• TaskConsolidate and re-write old migration files DESENG-452
  • Deleted old migration files
  • Created ec0128056a33_table_until_feb_09_2024.py with all tables until feb 09 2024
  • Created 37176ea4708d_data_until_feb_09_2024.py with all initial data until feb 09 2024

February 08, 2024

• TaskCache CORS preflight responses with the browser for a given period of time DESENG-484
  • Introduces a new configuration variable to specify the maximum age for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
  • Modified the CORS preflight method to utilize this newly introduced variable.
• TaskConsolidate and re-write old migration files DESENG-452
  • Change some foreign key field to nullbale false in model files
  • Change rejected_reason_other to nullable true in submission model
  • Generated new migration file based on the pending model changes which confirmed to be valid
  • Updated Unit test of email verfication to send type to the api

February 06, 2024

• TaskConvert keycloak groups to composite roles for permission levels DESENG-447
  • Commented out unit test related to Keycloak groups
  • Changed reference of Keycloak groups to roles
  • Commented out code related to Keycloak groups

February 06, 2024

• Task Streamline CRON jobs DESENG-493
  • Aligned the CRON configuration and sample environment files with the structure used in the Met API.
  • Eliminated the reliance on engagement metadata within CRON jobs.
  • Implemented necessary code adjustments to seamlessly integrate with the updated CRON configuration.

February 05, 2024

• Task Change "Superuser" to "Administrator" DESENG-476

February 02, 2024

• Task Updated Timeline widget icons so that the circles are more consistent. 🎟️DESENG-488

February 01, 2024

• Task Change name from "Engagement Core" to "Engagement Content". 🎟️DESENG-489

January 29, 2024

• Task Updated Babel Traverse library. 🎟️DESENG-474
  • Run npm audit fix to update the vulnerable Babel traverse library.

January 26, 2024

• Task Poll Widget: Front-end. 🎟️DESENG-464
  • Created UI for Poll Widget.
  • Updated Poll widget API and unit tests.

January 25, 2024

• Task Resolve issue preventing met-web from deploying on the Dev OpenShift environment. 🎟️DESENG-469
  • Remove Epic Engage-related links and update Keycloak link.
  • Remove additional authentication method.

January 24, 2024

• Task Update default project type to GDX for all deployments by default. 🎟️DESENG-472
  • Set the default project type to GDX on all continuous deployment (CD) files.
  • Removed the option to deploy to EAO.

January 22, 2024

• Task Poll Widget: Back-end 🎟️DESENG-463
  • Created Database models for Widget Poll, Poll Answers, Poll Response.
  • Created API to manage Widget Poll, Poll Answers, Poll Response.
  • Created Unit tests to test the code.
• Task Add missing unit tests for met api 🎟️DESENG-481
  • Added missing unit tests for met api
  • Added unit tests for error handling for met api

January 19, 2024

• Feature: Add metadata management to the API 🎟️DESENG-442
  • Add new models, services, and endpoints for metadata and metadata taxonomy
  • Add test coverage for new endpoints
  • Begin documenting new endpoints using Flask-RESTX
  • Add new endpoints to the API blueprint
  • Enabled pylint for flask and flask_sqlalchemy in vscode
  • Created a new "transactional" decorator to wrap model methods in a transaction that safely rolls back on error
  • Stub out frontend components for metadata management in preparation for the next step
• Task: Continue switching staff users to db-based (rather than keycloak based) authentication

January 15, 2024

• Task Audit for missing unit tests 🎟️DESENG-436
  • Corrected tests to execute smoothly in the local environment using development variables.
  • Established continuous integration configuration to automatically run tests upon each commit.
  • Ensured that the tests pass successfully in our GitHub test environment.
• Task Audit for missing unit tests 🎟️DESENG-449
  • Identified and corrected failing unit test for api and web
• Bug Fix: Fixing Form.io error when reordering Radio Button options 🎟️DESENG-446

January 10, 2024

• Task Custom Consent per Engagement 🎟️DESENG-456
• Task Engagement Edit Screen Reorder/Redesign 🎟️DESENG-448
  • Added new tab Addional Details and moved metadata inside that
  • Moved public url section inside Settings tab
  • Changed Engagement Details to Engagement Core
  • Removed Links tab

January 9, 2024

• Task Improvements from Epic 🎟️DESENG-468
  • Improvements to Survey Result Tracking analytics
  • New Rejection Email Template for Closed Engagements
  • Export Format for Proponent updated to be in excel format
  • Formio Version Update
  • Enable Survey Editing for Open Engagements
• Bug Fix: Fixing timezone issue while publishing using met cron 🎟️DESENG-437

December 28, 2023

• Feature: Added the timeline widget. 🎟️DESENG-439

December 11, 2023

• Task Merge gdx-sso, gdx-dev, gdx-main into main 🎟️DESENG-442

December 5, 2023

• Task Remove unused project metadata 🎟️DESENG-441

December 4, 2023

• Feature: .env var audit and cleanup 🎟️DESENG-414 (work finished)
  • Full rewrite of met_api/config.py
  • Sample .env files updated to capture all current settings
  • Changed many configs to use a nested dict structure
  • Changed all configs to use get_named_config() to access settings
  • SQLAlchemy now generates its url based on db settings
  • Default settings are handled more gracefully
  • Enable file-watching reloader and debugger for development environments
  • Inline documentation added in config.py
  • Removed unused settings

November 29, 2023

• Feature: Superusers can publish engagements without attached surveys 🎟️DESENG-438

November 21, 2023

• Feature: Started logging source url path with feedback submission. Viewable in dashboard. 🎟️DESENG-415

November 11, 2023

• Bug Fix: Removed a duplicate service class 🎟️DESENG-429

November 6, 2023

• Feature: Switch MET to use Keycloak SSO service 🎟️DESENG-408
  • Switch all role-based checks on the API to use a single callback function (current_app.config['JWT_ROLE_CALLBACK'])
  • Added a configurable path JWT_ROLE_CLAIM to indicate where your SSO instance places role information in the JWT token. If your access token looks like: { ..., "realm_access": { "roles": [ "role1", "role2"]}} you would set JWT_ROLE_CLAIM=realm_access.roles
  • Explicitly disable single tenant mode by default to ensure correct multi-tenancy behaviour
  • Remove local Keycloak instances and configuration
  • Default to the "standard" realm for Keycloak
  • Use tenancy information from DB rather than Keycloak
• Feature: .env var audit and cleanup 🎟️DESENG-414

October 26, 2023

• Bug Fix: Upgraded BC-Sans font to the newest version 🎟️DESENG-413

October 19, 2023

• Feature: Update sample .env files 🎟️DESENG-414
  • Sample .env files have been updated to reflect the current state of the project.
  • Keycloak URLs and resources now point to the BC Government's SSO service when using sample.env as a baseline
  • The met_api module has been updated slightly to consume Pathfinder SSO's API schema.
  • Remove one old production .env file with obsolete settings
• Changes to DEVELOPMENT.md to reflect the current state of the project

v1.0.0 - 2023-10-01

• App handoff from EAO to GDX
• Added changelog