Gentics CMS OSS Changelog Summary

Gentics CMS OSS 6.0.1


Enhancement SUP-15062 Link to this entry

Adding new endpoint GET /parttype to retrieve all kind of part types (including custom part types).


Enhancement SUP-15298 Link to this entry

Dedeprecate Breadcrumb and Navigation part type – Add flag to mark part type deprecated


Bugfix SUP-15367 Link to this entry

Editor User Interface: The Headline for language-specific settings in the form properties is now getting hidden when only one Language is set for the Node.


Bugfix SUP-15423 Link to this entry

Administrator User Interface: Added back option to restrict groups of a user to a specific Node.


Bugfix SUP-15433 Link to this entry

Administrator User Interface: Fixed inconsistency error with translatable texts (Name, Description) which didn‘t apply changes correctly. This prevented Roles and other Entities to be created and/or to be properly edited.


Bugfix SUP-15405 Link to this entry

Fixes rendering of #gtx_channel directive after editing when creating a link to a local object in another channel.


Bugfix SUP-15403 Link to this entry

Fixing the issue where new object tags are created when merely changing properties of a template. This triggers the generation of new global ids (UID‘s) for the same object tags, hence causing issues, especially with package synchronization.


Bugfix SUP-15439 Link to this entry

The JSON output of Devtools items has been normalized to use LF line endings only on all systems. It is now exporting all non-null (e.g. including empty) fields.


Bugfix SUP-15444 Link to this entry

Editor User Interface: Constructs are properly grouped by their categories again when inserting them in a Page.


Bugfix SUP-15473 Link to this entry

Editor User Inferface: Form Reports are now properly sized, paginated, and can be scrolled through.


Bugfix SUP-15442 Link to this entry

Editor User Interface: Fixed the validation and indication of required fields when creating a new form.


Gentics CMS OSS 6.0.0


Manual Change

Change RoleModel property name and description to type String and add nameI18n, descriptionI18n of type Map respectively.

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Manual Change

Optionally embed referenced objects in API response of:

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  • GET objectproperty/{id} embed category and construct
  • GET user/ embed group
  • GET user/{id} embed group
  • GET scheduler/schedule embed task
  • GET scheduler/schedule/{id}/executions embed scheduler
  • GET template/tag/{id} embed construct
  • GET construct/{id} embed category
  • GET construct/load/{id} embed category
  • GET construct embed category

Manual Change required as construct category datatype has changed and is now of Type ConstructCategory instead of String.


Manual Change

Support for encoding in XML has been dropped for the REST API. Requests and responses have to be encoded in JSON format.

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Enhancement GPU-567 Link to this entry

Adds form resource endpoints POST /rest/form/{id}/export and GET /rest/form/{id}/export/status to request asynchronous export creation and check availability of the export respectively. Available exports are downloaded via GET /rest/form/{id}/download/{downloadUuid} where the downloadUuid is provided in the status response. Analogously asynchronous downloads for a forms binaries can be requested and checked with POST /rest/form/{id}/binaries and GET /rest/form/{id}/binaries/status respectively.


Enhancement GPU-599 Link to this entry

Adds resolution of missing references during synchronizing a devtools package from the filesystem. Any referenced object that are not yet present will be referenced correctly once they are created.


Enhancement GPU-566 Link to this entry

Updates the default implementation of the gtxalohapagelink construct to include SEO optimizations.


Enhancement GPU-734 Link to this entry

A new admin endpoint was added to batch delete dirt queue entries with a time based filter as well as a filter based on the state.


Enhancement GPU-718 Link to this entry

Added new endpoint GET template/{id}/tag endpoint that allows filtering and sorting.
Deprecate old endpoints:

  • GET /user/list
  • GET /group/list
  • GET /template/getTags/{id}

Enhancement GPU-674 Link to this entry

Improve existing endpoints:

  • GET /node add masterName and contentRepositoryName fields to response
  • GET /group/{id}/users add embed option to embed groups into response
  • GET /devtools/packages/{name}/objectproperties add embed option to embed constructs and categories into response
  • GET /devtools/packages/{name}/construct add embed option to embed categories into response

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Publishing to a Mesh Content Repository has been improved to use less requests and less memory in the CMS.