CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to the Live Share Chat extension will be documented in this file. This follows the Keep a Changelog format.

[0.35.0] - 2020-06-13

Fixed

• Slack OAuth has been fixed. Since legacy tokens are deprecated, use the "Sign in with Slack" command to use Slack.

[0.34.0] - 2020-06-03

• This version removes the VS Live Share integration bits, which have been now added to the main VS Live Share extension.

[0.33.0] - 2020-03-23

Fixed

• Recovery build: Bringing back Live Share integration for now. Will revert the recovery build once the new version of Live Share is released.

[0.32.0] - 2020-03-22

Removed

• The integration with VS Live Share has now moved into the core VS Live Share extension! Thanks to everyone who tried it out, and helped make it a core experience for using Live Share.

[0.31.0] - 2019-12-19

Fixed

• Fixes to initialization for Live Share Spaces increase reliability of the experience.

[0.30.0] - 2019-12-19

Fixed

• Fixes to initialization for Live Share Chat that increase reliability of the experience.

[0.29.0] - 2019-11-06

Added

• You can type /invite in a Live Share DM chat to invite your contacts into a Live Share collaboration session.

[0.28.0] - 2019-10-30

Added

• Updated readme to reflect recent improvements and changes.

[0.27.1] - 2019-10-25

Fixed

• Fixed overflow styling for at-mentions suggestion list.

[0.27.0] - 2019-10-25

Added

• Support for at-mentions: type @ to get a list of suggestions to tag. Tagging a user does not notify them in this release—that's coming up soon!

[0.25.0] - 2019-10-18

Added

• Support for a /clear command that clears the message history in the current chat window.

[0.24.0] - 2019-10-17

Added

• Live Share Chat now supports typing events!

[0.23.0] - 2019-10-17

Added

• Live Share Chat now supports Direct Messages! You can DM your Live Share contacts—even outside Live Share sessions!

[0.22.1] - 2019-09-15

Fixed

• Fixed presence provider validation.

[0.22.0] - 2019-09-14

Added

• Renamed Live Share Communities provider to Live Share Spaces.

[0.21.1] - 2019-09-04

Fixed

• Fixed date to string conversion for message groups.

[0.21.0] - 2019-08-19

Fixed

• Add Live Share as an extension dependency to fix timing issues during activation

[0.20.2] - 2019-08-14

Added

• Live Share Communities: updated implementation for info messages

[0.20.0] - 2019-08-13

Added

• Live Share Communities: added support for info messages

[0.19.0] - 2019-08-12

Added

• Live Share Communities: added support to clear messages

[0.18.0] - 2019-08-11

Added

• Live Share: alert the guest if host does not have the extension installed.

Fixed

• Fixed a case where Live Share Chat was not initialized.

[0.17.1] - 2019-08-08

Added

• Render links correctly in Live Share and Live Share Communities chat.

[0.17.0] - 2019-08-07

Added

• Renamed the extension to Live Share Chat.

[0.16.3] - 2019-08-07

Fixed

• Live Share Communities integration: Fix cases where current user is returned as undefined.
• Live Share Communities integration: Fix a bug where new members were not recognised with an avatar and name.

[0.16.2] - 2019-08-04

Fixed

• Live Share Communities integration: Fix presence provider and timing issues.

[0.16.1] - 2019-08-04

Added

• Live Share Communities integration: Auto-launch community chat when a community is joined.

[0.16.0] - 2019-08-02

Added

• Adds integration with Live Share Communities.

[0.15.1] - 2019-05-12

Fixed

• Fixes unwanted notification for Slack/Discord login when installed alongside VS Live Share.

[0.15.0] - 2019-05-01

Removed

• Removed onboarding tree view that would show Slack icon when no chat backend was configured.

[0.14.0] - 2019-04-28

Added

• Faster installation and startup times with Webpack bundling.
• Updated setup instructions for Discord to call out potential ToS violation.

[0.13.0] - 2019-04-09

Fixed

• Fixes an issue where Live Share Chat would not work for guests on the collaboration session.

[0.12.0] - 2019-02-24

Added

• New configuration option to disable auto-launching the Live Share Chat window on a new Live Share session: "chat.autoLaunchLiveShareChat": false.

[0.11.0] - 2019-02-03

Added

• The VS Live Share chat window now shows up automatically for new VS Live Share sessions.

[0.10.0] - 2019-01-21

Added

• Added support for multiple workspaces in Slack. Run the Sign in with Slack command to add new workspaces; Use the tree view to change between Slack workspaces.

Fixed

• Render attachments in Discord messages.
• Usability improvements in selecting which Slack channels should be shown.

[0.9.2] - 2019-01-04

Fixed

• "Account is required" errors while accessing the system keychain.

[0.9.1] - 2018-12-31

Fixed

• CPU load: Removed redundant extension activation events that were causing high CPU load.

[0.9.0] - 2018-12-16

Added

• Chat over VS Live Share now works alongside Slack and Discord: You can now chat with your collaboration session peers through VS Live Share, even if you are logged in on other chat providers.
• Start chat over VS Live Share from the explorer view.

[0.8.2] - 2018-11-20

Fixed

• VS Live Share integration: Updated label for chat tree item.

[0.8.1] - 2018-11-20

Fixed

• Inviting online users to a Live Share session creates an IM channel with the user, if not already available.

[0.8.0] - 2018-11-18

Added

• Now you can update your presence status: go invisible on chat, or turn on do-not-disturb mode. Run the Chat: Update your presence status command (supports Slack and Discord).
• VS Live Share integrations:
  • Show presence statuses for VS Live Share suggested contacts (for Slack and Discord)
  • Update your presence status from inside VS Live Share (for Slack and Discord)
  • Open VS Live Share chat from the VS Live Share explorer views

[0.7.4] - 2018-11-05

Fixed

• Fixed bad instantiation for users and channels state causing VS Live Share chat to not work.

[0.7.3] - 2018-10-16

Fixed

• Fixed channel loading for Slack workspaces that cross the user limit.

[0.7.2] - 2018-10-15

Fixed

• Fixed onboarding notification for Live Share users.

[0.7.1] - 2018-10-15

Added

• Chat over VS Live Share RPC is the default backend for users that have the Live Share extension. Users can optionally upgrade to Slack or Discord.
• New status bar item to open the chat window during a VS Live Share session.
• Unread message notification and user joined/left info messages for Live Share chat.

Fixed

• Slack messages are sent over websocket, to not count towards http rate limits.
• Limit Slack channels to relevant channels only, by using the Slack conversations API.

[0.7.0] - 2018-10-11

Added

• Chat with VS Live Share session participants, without relying on a chat backend like Slack/Discord. To use this, start a Live Share session and run the Chat with VS Live Share participants command.

[0.6.3] - 2018-10-09

Added

• Added token validation for manual entry for Slack and Discord tokens.
• Keychain access operations can now be retried in case access is denied.
• Added workspace name to the status item notification.

[0.6.2] - 2018-09-28

Fixed

• Handle deactivated Slack users, and not show their direct messages and groups (thanks Tristan Partin).
• Private channels are now shown under the Channels view, and not Groups.

[0.6.1] - 2018-09-22

Fixed

• Fixed migration condition for pre-0.6.x installations (thanks ACharLuk).

[0.6.0] - 2018-09-21

Added

• Added support for Discord as a chat provider, in addition to Slack.
• [Breaking] Commands are now namespaced as "Chat: ...", instead of "Slack: ...".
• Updates to extension metadata and readme: the extension is now called Team Chat.

[0.5.11] - 2018-09-18

Added

• Added support for replying to thread messages.

Fixed

• Fixed rendering of duplicate thread replies.

[0.5.10] - 2018-09-17

Added

• Added new configuration chat.rejectTlsUnauthorized for self-signed certificate users (thanks Seth Bromberger).
• Load vue.js assets locally, removing dependency on the jsdelivr CDN.
• Upgraded Slack dependency to keep up with the network library improvements upstream.

[0.5.9] - 2018-09-04

Added

• Support for muted channels: new messages in muted channels do not update the unread count.
• Added support to expand thread messages to render replies, with text and file attachments.
• Consistency between Slack clients for unread counts: marking messages as read from other Slack clients will update the unread count.
• Unread messages are now highlighted in the webview.
• Added documentation for product roadmap and adding chat providers.

Fixed

• The unread count does not include alerts for users joining/leaving channels anymore.

[0.5.8] - 2018-08-31

Added

• Added support for the system keychain to store authentication tokens.
• Added a new command to sign out from Slack.

Fixed

• Fix handling of composition start/end events while composing messages (thanks Yukai Huang).
• Opening Slack or changing channel without authentication now prompts users to authenticate.

[0.5.7] - 2018-08-29

Added

• Added support for "Sign in with Slack" from the activity bar.

Fixed

• New line characters in messages are rendered correctly.
• Date separators show the correct month string.
• Fixed event source property for webview telemetry.

[0.5.6] - 2018-08-23

Added

• Slack webview font size now matches the font size of your editor.
• Introductory support for message threads: historical messages show the number of thread replies. Future releases will build on this to add full thread replies support.
• Added anonymized telemetry data collection; this respects the telemetry setting in your editor and you can opt-out by setting telemetry.enableTelemetry to false.

Fixed

• Updated user display names to be consistent with Slack clients.

[0.5.5] - 2018-08-20

Added

• Added a fallback for "Sign in with Slack" for situations where the system-level URI scheme handler fails.

[0.5.4] - 2018-08-18

Added

• Added "Sign in with Slack" for an easier onboarding experience

[0.5.3] - 2018-08-18

Fixed

• Fixed issues with duplicated state when configuration gets changed in the editor.
• Fixed unread message notifications for messages with files.

[0.5.2] - 2018-08-18

Fixed

• Fixed date separators computation for local time zones
• Fixed a race condition where loading channel message history would assign messages to an incorrect channel.

[0.5.1] - 2018-08-16

Fixed

• Fixed extension activation for the VS Live Share activity bar.

[0.5.0] - 2018-08-16

Added

• Sidebar view to show channels, private groups and direct messages.
• Support to show user presence (online/offline) in the sidebar view.
• Better integration with VS Live Share: one-click action to invite users or channels to your collaboration session.
• Minor improvements to extension setup for first-time users.

Fixed

• Fixed a case where the unread count would get updated incorrectly.

[0.4.10] - 2018-08-14

Added

• Slack username tags in messages are not cryptic anymore.
• Better keyboard-only support: pressing tab will focus the input text box, ignoring other selectable HTML elements in the webview.
• Added date separators on the messages UI

Fixed

• Fixed real-time UI updates for bot messages.
• Fixed select-all behaviour through the cmd+A keybinding (needs VS Code 1.26+).

[0.4.9] - 2018-08-13

Fixed

• Fixed issue where new messages were not getting updated on the UI.

[0.4.8] - 2018-08-09

Added

• Added support to render message reactions, and live update UI as reactions are added or removed
• The unread count now also reflects messages that were received before the extension gets activated, by calling the relevant Slack API.

Fixed

• Messages with files were not rendered correctly since the last Slack update. This has been fixed now.

[0.4.7] - 2018-08-08

Added

• Added a status bar item to show the number of new/unread messages. For now, this is available only after the chat panel has been opened once.

[0.4.6] - 2018-08-08

Added

• Added support for marking messages as read
• Improved how multi-party DM group name are shown in the UI

[0.4.5] - 2018-07-21

Added

• Added support for network connections via proxies. To setup, add the chat.proxyUrl configuration.

[0.4.4] - 2018-07-17

Fixed

• Fixed demo gif on the Visual Studio Marketplace

[0.4.3] - 2018-07-17

Added

• Open Travis CI logs inside the editor, with the new extensible Providers support. New providers can be create for other Slack bots and integrations.
• New demo gifs and examples in the README.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where messages from a previously opened Slack channel would show up in the current view.

[0.4.2] - 2018-07-15

Fixed

• Fixed the change channel quick-pick prompt for workspaces that invite guest users.

[0.4.1] - 2018-07-06

Added

• Add a "reload channels" option to the channel switcher which refreshes the user/channels list from Slack API.

[0.4.0] - 2018-07-06

Added

• Adds "reverse initiation" for VS Live Share: a user can ask another user to host a Live Share session by sending the /live request command. The recipient can choose to accept the request, which would kickstart the shared session.

[0.3.4] - 2018-07-04

Fixed

• Fixes a bug that showed new messages sent via the extension as blank

[0.3.3] - 2018-07-03

Added

• Support for rendering file attachments, code snippets, multi-line messages
• Support for rendering Slack app messages, with author, title, coloured border, and footer
• Support for rendering message edits and deletions

Fixed

• Fixed click behaviour for links inside messages