2024 Xano Release Notes

All of the release notes for Xano in 2024

This page contains low-level details on individual Xano releases in 2024. A high-level summary of notable features is available in our community release announcements.

Release 1.62 (Oct 9th, 2024)

  • External DB connector - You can now send SQL requests to external databases, including Postgres, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle, directly from your function stack.

  • Database filter update - Filters in database tables now support case-insensitive searches, with enhanced REGEX functionality.

  • Function request history - We’ve redesigned the function request history filters, introducing quick filters that allow you to save your filter settings for easier access.

  • Actions - Something exciting is in the works! Full details will be announced at No Code Summit 2024.

Patch 1.61.2 (Sept 18th, 2024)

  • Improvement - Clarified the discount amount and frequency during onboarding when using a discount code.

  • Bug Fix - Resolved several UI and UX issues in the new function stack comfortable view.

  • Bug Fix - Fixed multiple issues with the function runtime snapshot.

  • Bug Fix - Resolved an issue with the database patch functionality when using arrays.

  • Bug Fix - Fixed an issue where asynchronous functions could only access the live database schema.

  • Bug Fix - Addressing an edge case where branch merge would require multiple tries

Patch 1.61.1 (Sept 13th, 2024)

  • Dense & Comfortable View - Restored and improved the comfortable view in the function stack.

  • Unit-Test for Authenticated API - Added unit test support for authenticated API endpoints.

  • Password Manager Overlay Fix - Resolved an issue where the password manager overlay appeared in the table view without an opt-out option.

  • Bug Fix - Resolved an issue where the array push variable was incorrectly displayed as HTML.

  • Bug Fix - Fixed an issue preventing certain API endpoints from appearing on the dashboard.

  • Bug Fix - Address an issue with white spaces with the Ok filter.

  • Bug Fix - Environment variables were not properly supported within an async function.

Release 1.61 (Sept 11th, 2024)

  • Copy-Paste Functions - You can now copy and paste functions directly from your function stack.

  • Unit Testing with One-Click Generation - Quickly generate unit tests from the run and debug interface.

  • Asynchronous Function Execution - Run your custom functions asynchronously for improved performance.

  • Statement Explorer - Easily find specific statements across your entire workspace.

  • Quick Variable Search - Use the $ prefix for faster variable name search.

  • Database Queries Enhancements - Added support for patch record, bulk patch, update, and delete queries.

  • Performance Insights - View average runtime for your API requests and custom functions.

Patch 1.60.5 (August 27th, 2024)

  • bug fix - Metadata API was not honoring the live branch when no branch header was present (when not using the default v1 branch as live)

  • improvement - additional updates to analytics consent policies

Patch 1.60.4 (August 20th, 2024)

  • bug fix - fix for the "Referenced By" panel - no longer letting the user navigate to the referenced by component

  • improvement - updated analytics consent policies based on regional privacy requirements

Patch 1.60.3 (August 8th, 2024)

  • bug fix - fix an edge case issue with Redis running out of storage under high traffic

  • bug fix - fix an issue where editing an existing addon would display the variable type incorrectly

Patch 1.60.2 (July 31st, 2024)

  • improvement - improve the filter to expression converter performance on string parsing

  • bug fix - fix column creation in table issue where you couldn't easily create a one to many reference

  • bug fix - ensure description box is displayed when editing an input on an endpoint

Patch 1.60.1 (July 18th, 2024)

  • new feature - Added bulk delete function allowing you to delete multiple records at once using a query conditional

  • bug fix - fix issue with run and debug losing cached input values after editing functions stack

  • bug fix - address an issue where table column filter would not appear on the form

  • bug fix - address an issue on database row generation where min and max value were never valid

  • bug fix - address an edge case issue were a few jobs would fail after a branch fork

  • bug fix - address an edge case where some clusters would not get accurate resource graph values

  • bug fix - address an issue with data generation on imported reference tables

  • improvement - prevent user from changing database column from a scalar (single value) to a list to prevent data loss

Release 1.60 (July 15th, 2024)

  • new feature - Search and Command, quick way to find document, navigate and launch commands. use Cmd+K for any search and command or Shift+Cmd+K for the direct command access.

  • new feature - server side streaming support for function stack, stream your response from AI external APIs

  • new feature - Expression Editor, create your expression in a dedicated environment with documentation and a playground to learn

  • new feature - Xanoverse generators for DBO table, generate new rows on the fly for your table

  • new feature - release track preferences, control when the new release is deployed on your instances

  • new feature - resource usage monitoring, see resource consumption on a larger time window

  • new feature - add support to allow group access via Microsoft Entra ID to instances

  • improvement - pin the toolbar to the top of the screen in function stack

  • improvement - Add function filter should be keyboard interactive and forgiving

  • improvement - Cleanup Create/Edit Table Column and Create/Edit Input

Patch 1.59.2 (June 3, 2024)

  • improvement - simplified onboarding flow to properly handle users wanting to have authentication endpoints created easily like previously done via our legacy jumpstart workflow

  • bug fix - disconnection issues with ncScale

  • bug fix - the object spread operator within an expression was ignoring other keys after it with the same keys

Patch 1.59.1 (May 31, 2024)

  • new feature - Save run&debug parameters (inputs & auth token) across sessions for a better user experience

  • new feature - add the branch name to your available environment variable as $branch

  • improvement - Store Realtime messages in history (up to 1,000 messages) with easy retrieval for channel listeners (default to off)

  • improvement - Ability to delete or revoke a Realtime hash

  • improvement - reduced pricing for Database Connector

Release 1.59 (May 22, 2024)

  • new feature - websocket realtime support with conditional transformations via triggers

  • new feature - pgvector support

  • new feature - datasource migration workflows to easily copy data between datasources

  • new feature - "Set Data Source" function stack statement to force a data source outside of using the x-data-source header

  • new feature - Azure Blob Storage function stack statement collection to manage external files hosted on Azure

  • improvement - the "reference by" panel within the table details now has additional filters to narrow your search when debugging

  • improvement - new onboarding experience and updated UI

  • new feature - column resize to fit - double click on the resize indicator to automatically resize the column to the relevant data

  • new feature - sensitive data flag - marking data as sensitive will mask it within request history

  • bug fix - tasks not properly running sometimes when request history was disabled

  • bug fix - triggers executed from a specific data source had their database operations always using the live data source. Now it will match the trigger source

Patch 1.58.1 (April 8, 2024)

  • improvement - Metadata API now labels which branches are being used as a backup

  • improvement - CSV Stream now supports optional arguments for separator, enclosure, and escape value

  • improvement - performance warning when draft count is too high and slowing down development

  • improvement - new documentation around triggers

  • bug fix - Redis wasn't properly clearing existing data after an instance restore

  • bug fix - debugger issues when using function middleware

  • bug fix - misc fixes around division by zero and using incompatible types on array functions

Release 1.58 (April 4, 2024)

  • new feature - trigger support for database table events and workspace events

  • new feature - self serve backup and restore is now supported through the instance panel

  • new feature - "open as card" support within the spreadsheet editor to allow you to make all edits to a database table row at once

  • improvement - request history now has support for granular controls as to how much data should be logged.... none, 100, 1,000, 10,000, or all statements. These settings are available as defaults on the branch and can be overridden on a per object basis

  • improvement - we've added support to update your invoice details on the billing page for future invoices

  • new feature - the maintenance tab on the instance panel now has support for monitoring storage for request history within the database and Redis cache. It also has the ability to manually clear our this temporary storage vs waiting for it to expire.

  • improvement - new design and improved utility with bulk tagging and action support for database tables, middleware, APIs, functions, addons, and tasks

  • improvement - text fields now support an optional format value to provide improved support for editing different types of content. (i.e. html, xml, yaml, etc)

  • improvement - we now support modular theming for dark/light mode

  • improvement - auto-complete gets superpowers once a debugging session has been done, which lets you easily traverse the results of API responses

  • improvement - edit support while using debugger

    • It is now possible to edit functions whilst debugging. After changes, a prompt instructs the user to trigger re-execution.

  • new feature - a new avg filter has been added to provide the average value from an array of numbers

  • new feature - import/export of database and branch schema is now available via the Metadata API

  • new feature - ability to delete branches through the Metadata API

  • new feature - we now have function stack support to interface with Algolia

  • improvement - Our Webflow integration has now been migrated over to their V2 API

  • improvement - Concise error messages

    • When APIs are called, errors returned to the caller now provide minimal detail. The debugger continues to provide all error details. The focus of this improvement is to ensure details are not disclosed about technology and database design.

Patch 1.57.1 (March 12, 2024)

  • new feature - biller role so admins can provide billing only access to invoices through the instance panel

  • improvement - run&debug performance fix for displaying extremely large text inputs

  • bug fix - open code editors were not changing colors when switching themes and required a reload

  • bug fix - pre/post middleware was missing timing details in run&debug

  • bug fix - Xano Link regression with auto-including dependencies on API queries

  • bug fix - APIs with invalid UTF8 inputs were causing trouble with request history

Release 1.57 (March 9, 2024)

  • new feature - dark mode support

  • new feature - geo address location support within function stack

  • new feature - elasticsearch support

  • improvement - new bulk processing improvements for high volume requests

Release 1.56 (February 28, 2024)

  • new feature - the Xano debugger got a complete overhaul!

  • new feature - UUID support for primary keys

  • new feature - zip support within your function stack

  • new feature - Ask AI within the product to help assist you with your questions

  • new feature - enable/disable support on API groups and API queries to temporarily turn them off/on

  • improvement - more flexible escaping options for direct query

  • improvement - bug fixes for middleware

Patch 1.55.2b (January 25, 2024)

Xano Transform Improvements

Patch 1.55.2 (January 18, 2024)

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