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We are excited to announce a major version release of TestBox version 4.4.0. To install just use CommandBox: install testbox --saveDev or to update your TestBox installation update testbox. So let's explore this release!

We are excited to announce a major version release of [TestBox](/products/testbox) version 4.0.0. To install just use CommandBox: `install testbox --saveDev` or to update your TestBox installation `update testbox`. So let's explore this release!

We've released a small update to our recent CommandBox 5.3.0 release.  This contains fixes for a handful of regressions as well as a couple new features.  You can access the new version on our Download page, our deb/rpm repos, or Homebrew.  

And of course, you can find the latest docs  and release notes here:

https://commandbox.ortusbooks.com/

Our friends at TeraTech help put together a comprehensive survey of the entire CFML community to get a feel for how it's evolving, what new technologies are getting picked up, and what the current pain points are.  We use this data at Ortus to help us decide what CF engines to support and how to help the community.

Here's an example question from the survey that tracks the most popular versions of Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee Server:

https://teratech.com/state-of-the-cf-union-2021-survey

If you haven't taken the State of the CF Union 2021 Survey yet, please do so and pass it on to all your coworkers and friends who may not be on social media themselves.  The more responses we get, the better data we have.  And make sure you remember to check all the Ortus products you are using while you're taking it!

This week we debuted our first-ever Object-Oriented Programming Series in our CFML learning platform, CFCasts.

We are pleased to announce the general availability of our latest CommandBox CLI release. This is a minor release that's full of bug fixes and enhancements.  It should be backwards compatible (with one caveat below) and you can upgrade any previous version of CommandBox in-place to the latest release.

 

Today we released ColdBox v6.4.0 but it feels more like a major release than a minor one. We are introducing tons of new features in this release, especially our anticipated: ColdBox Scheduled Tasks feature set.

update coldbox

# If you are using standalone libraries, then update those
update wirebox
update cachebox
update logbox

You can find our what's new document here: https://coldbox.ortusbooks.com/intro/release-history/whats-new-with-6.4.0. So let's explore some of the major features of this release and then on to our release notes.

We are so excited to bring about a major release for the ColdBox Debugger project: v3.0.0. However, what in the world is the ColdBox Debugger module? I am glad you asked:

What is the ColdBox Debugger?

The ColdBox Debugger module is a lightweight performance monitor and profiling tool for ColdBox applications. It can generate a nice debugging panel on every rendered page or a dedicated visualizer to make your ColdBox application development nicer, funner and greater! Yes, funner is a word!

Debugger Request Visualizer

 

Today we released ColdBox v6.3.0 as a minor release with some major bug squashing and some major performance improvements. Please update if you are affected by the issues shown in the release notes.

update coldbox

# If you are using standalone libraries, then update those
update wirebox
update cachebox
update logbox

Release Notes

ColdBox HMVC Core

Bug

• [COLDBOX-890] - Renderer methods assume the module exists and throws exception when sending invalid url data
• [COLDBOX-914] - Can no longer have duplicate routes with different conditions
• [COLDBOX-935] - Colon (:) in URL Path Causes Exception Error
• [COLDBOX-964] - invalidEventHandler does not work when calling invalid action on valid handler
• [COLDBOX-967] - autowire annotation for test cases is not working as it should
• [COLDBOX-968] - Fix declaring multiple resources at once
• [COLDBOX-978] - AsyncManager threads don't release DB connections to pool for Adobe CF

New Feature

• [COLDBOX-973] - Add new exception type catch for the RestHandler: PermissionDenied to trap in valid authorizations

Improvement

• [COLDBOX-965] - Content type http header bypasses requestContext with render data - set explicit http header via request context
• [COLDBOX-971] - Implement caching strategy for application helper lookups into the template cache
• [COLDBOX-972] - Coldbox DataMarshaller Throws Error with Lucee-Light Engine
• [COLDBOX-974] - Have the html helper manifests in local memory instead of the template cache to avoid cleanup issues
• [COLDBOX-975] - Remove unnecessary locks for view path setups in the renderer
• [COLDBOX-976] - Remove unnecessary lock in the bootstrap to get the controller reference, it's already there for the reload checks
• [COLDBOX-979] - Moudle service now profiles registration and activation into the logs with the version and path of a module

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WireBox

Improvement

• [WIREBOX-111] - Refactor the way cffeed is used so that ACF 2021 doesn't choke on first startups, only when used

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CacheBox

Bug

• [CACHEBOX-67] - getStoreMetadataReport() - wrong order of the reduce() parameters

Hi everyone, great news! Ortus is rolling out our new Ortus Community site to help consolidate all of our community support and interaction. As part of that effort, all our Google Group threads have been imported to the new Ortus Community and effective immediately, our Google Groups are closed for further posting.