Gentics CMS Changelog Summary

Gentics CMS 5.37.7


Optional Manual Change

Indexing of names for the advanced search has been modified to allow searching for any substring in a name.

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Check the Search Index Maintenance after the update for indices, which must be rebuilt.


Bugfix SUP-9917 Link to this entry

Fixed time-management which was breaking in Nodes with only one Node language.


Bugfix SUP-9845 Link to this entry

The error message shown when moving of files or pages is not possible due to duplicate publish paths has been improved.


Bugfix SUP-9923 Link to this entry

The REST API documentation has been improved to state the fact that objects listed for devtool packages might have no local or global ID.


Bugfix SUP-9837 Link to this entry

Enabled always “create page“ button, even if there no templates linked. Now the right information for “link to templates” button is displayed.


Bugfix SUP-9892 Link to this entry

When the Activiti Engine fails to authenticate a request with the CMS, an appropriate error message will now be logged by the Activiti Server.


Bugfix SUP-9838 Link to this entry

Fixed the multithreaded publish process sometimes failing due to a deadlock in the DB when updating the dependencymap2.


Bugfix SUP-9867 Link to this entry

Login to the old UI could take a long time and lead to a timeout due to excessive session cleanup. The session cleanup has been optimized and will now be done in a background thread to not interfer with user logins.


Gentics CMS 5.37.6


Bugfix SUP-7100 Link to this entry

Scheduler Tasks with variables were not executed correctly, if one of the variable values contained the ‘=‘ character. This has been fixed now.


Bugfix SUP-9718 Link to this entry

When opening an image for editing in the old UI, sometimes the preview of the image was not shown and the image could not be resized or cropped. This has been fixed now.


Bugfix SUP-8984 Link to this entry

Features, which are bound to the license key (like “link_checker“) were exposed to the REST API and shown in the UI (for activating for a node), even if the license was not sufficient for the feature. This has been fixed now, if a feature is activated in the configuration, but the license key insufficient, the feature will be treated as “not activated” in every respect, but a warning will be shown in the server log.


Bugfix SUP-7201 Link to this entry

It is no longer possible to remove a template from a Node, if the template would not be linked to any folder.


Bugfix SUP-7664 Link to this entry

Using the GIS Directive on an SVG image with render mode fpsmart cause a rendering error, which has been fixed now. The GIS Directive will now create a “normal” resizing URL, but it is important to note, that SVG images cannot be resized using the GIS.


Bugfix SUP-9857 Link to this entry

Fixed page translation modal not prefilling page description field. If description exists in source page variant, description will get prefilled with source description.


Bugfix SUP-8475 Link to this entry

If images were fetched in the CMS using the GIS and the user had no permission to view the image, the response (containing the message about missing permission) was possibly cached by the browser. This has been fixed now.


Bugfix SUP-7890 Link to this entry

Some synchronization issues with channel local templates or templates having localized copies in devtool packages have been fixed.


Gentics CMS 5.37.5


Bugfix SUP-9809 Link to this entry

The wastebin view of pages in the old UI did not show icons for deleted language variants. This has been fixed.


Bugfix SUP-9800 Link to this entry

Listing objects in a devtool package caused an internal error, if one of the objects did not have a globalId set in the file. This has been fixed now.


Bugfix SUP-9705 Link to this entry

Fixed a bug in the task management tool where Activiti process definitions could show up as duplicates.


Bugfix SUP-9708 Link to this entry

Fixed a bug in the task management tool where the button to add tasks was shown even when there were no tasks/process definitions to add.


Bugfix SUP-9732 Link to this entry

Fix possible Error in Keycloak Filter


Bugfix SUP-9635 Link to this entry

When searching for logs in the administration tool the logs in the search result could have an offset if the system time of the database did not match the system time of the CMS. This has been fixed.


Bugfix SUP-9752 Link to this entry

Implemented folder directory auto completion.


Bugfix SUP-9739 Link to this entry

Fixed language translations in content language selector in item list header.


Gentics CMS 5.37.4


Optional Manual Change

Indexing of filenames for the advanced search has been modified to allow searching for any substring in a filename.

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Check the Search Index Maintenance after the update for indices, which must be rebuilt.


Bugfix SUP-9469 Link to this entry

Linking or unlinking templates to or from folders using the REST API required the template to be locked and could take longer than expected. This has been fixed now.


Bugfix SUP-9703 Link to this entry

When using the feature “folderfullpath” for displaying the full path of linked internal pages in the tagfill dialog, the shown path was possibly incorrect in multichannelling environments. This issue had no effect on the published objects and was fixed now.


Gentics CMS 5.37.3


Bugfix SUP-9716 Link to this entry

The initial setup routine for new GCMS installations failed to set the initial password for user “node”. This has been fixed now. See the Guides for additional information.


Bugfix SUP-9725 Link to this entry

Fixed CUSTOMER_CONFIG_PATH path (missing slash) and console warning.


Gentics CMS 5.37.2


Documentation GTXPE-810 Link to this entry

The guides now contain an installation guide for the Gentics CMS package on RHEL 8.


Bugfix SUP-9472 Link to this entry

Fixed wording of success message when replacing a file.


Bugfix SUP-9063 Link to this entry

Fix inconsistency between Admin UI and Editor UI regarding the order of buttons in the unsaved changes dialog.


Bugfix SUP-9517 Link to this entry

Fixed width issue with description tooltip for object properties.


Bugfix SUP-9402 Link to this entry

Fixed an issue where the name of the editor locking a page was shown as “undefined undefined”.


Bugfix SUP-9676 Link to this entry

When using the feature Copy & Paste for Tags and not allowing an anchor to be root element of a block, copy & paste for links will now work.


Bugfix GTXPE-810 Link to this entry

Some internal scripts have been modified to allow running GCMS in a container using podman.


Bugfix SUP-9505 Link to this entry

Fixed Advanced Search inconsistently display all pages instead of expected search results.


Gentics CMS 5.37.1


Bugfix SUP-9663 Link to this entry

Fixed basic search won‘t display results on submit.


Bugfix SUP-9481 Link to this entry

CMS UI now asks to reload when language has been changed to ensure that all CMS related translations are loaded.


Bugfix SUP-9650 Link to this entry

Removed cause for browser console warning “It looks like you‘re using the disabled attribute with a …”.


Gentics CMS 5.37.0


Optional Manual Change

When publishing into a Mesh ContentRepository with a Roles Object Property on pages, or having Multichanneling enabled, the Roles Object Property is required to be synchronized.

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Enhancement GTXPE-795 Link to this entry

Improved styling in User Menu Favorite list to have breadcrumbs below name instead next to it for better readability.


Enhancement GTXPE-869 Link to this entry

AdminUI: Made style changes for language tab to adhere to established UX patterns of flat tables.


Enhancement GTXPE-875 Link to this entry

Add Tag List editing to the new Editor UI (which is only allowed when the New Tag Editor is enabled).


Enhancement GTXPE-772 Link to this entry

Implemented Node Management module operations “copy“ and “delete” and an Activity Manager visualizing CMS processes in progress in a new User menu tab.


Enhancement GTXPE-838 Link to this entry

Changed time management modal to insert date via keyboard alternatively and better year selection.


Enhancement GTXPE-859 Link to this entry

Implemented Elastic Search Index Maintenance module.


Enhancement GTXPE-433 Link to this entry

When using a custom proxy to forward calls to an external service, it is now possible to add a signed JWT containing claims which identify the GCMS user to the forwarded calls. See the Guides for details.


Enhancement GTXPE-375 Link to this entry

Added Recent Items to Extended Search.


Enhancement GTXPE-809 Link to this entry

Changed inheritance dialog behavior. Removed disinherited by default property. General inheritance property works now in this way: if it‘s true, all the channels are inherited, if it‘s false, the user can choose which channel should be inherited/disinherited.


Enhancement GTXPE-847 Link to this entry

Its now possible to archive and delete messages from the Admin UI.


Enhancement GTXPE-840 Link to this entry

Created tag editor for new Forms tag in Aloha editor.


Enhancement GTXPE-876 Link to this entry

Provided link to current version‘s user manual in side bar menu.


Enhancement GTXPE-909 Link to this entry

Administration of Forms stored in the Form Generator Plugin can now be done with a new Custom Tool. See the Form Generator Setup Guides for details.


Enhancement GTXPE-905 Link to this entry

The new feature Synchronized Object Properties allows object properties to be synchronized (have identical value) for language variants of pages, page variants or across channels.


Enhancement GTXPE-839 Link to this entry

The new part type “Form” can be used to select a form from the Form Generator Tool in the new Editor User Interface. See Guides for details.


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The documentation for Integration of Aloha Editor in Gentics CMS now contains an example for setting the default target of new links to “https://”.


Bugfix SUP-9644 Link to this entry

Fix a possible infinite loop error on the Editor UI‘s List view.