Here's what's new in Rock's GitHub for Pre-Alpha Release 18.0.9, released on 7/15/2025.
16.11 Highlights
v16.11 was released as the latest general release on July 15th, 2025. See the Release Notes for
complete details.
17.2 Highlights
v17.2 was released in Beta on July 15th, 2025. See the Release Notes for
complete details.
- Added the Obsidian Communication List block with enhanced status display and improved data loading to view the message progress more efficiently.
- Update the Elastic Search to support bulk indexing, improving the efficiency of smart searching.
- Issue 6088 Fixed a bug in the Registration Instance Detail block where the “Reminder Sent” flag was incorrectly checked when a registration instance was copied.
- Issue 6172 Fixed a bug in the Group Schedule Toolbox where a volunteer’s decline response was recorded before they confirmed it.
- Issue 6178 Fixed a bug in the Registration Entry block where event registration transactions did not include a summary note.
- Issue 6255 Fixed a bug where a merged recipient was removed from the recipient list before a scheduled Communication was sent.
- Issue 6285 Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Attribute Matrix Template List block where the “Name” column was too narrow.
- Issue 6309 Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Communication Entry Simple Communication block where the “From Phone” field does not save the most recently selected number.
- Issue 6328 Fixed a bug in the Person Signal List block where individuals with Edit or Administrate permissions other than “RSR – Rock Administration” security access are not authorized to edit or add Person Signals to individuals’ records.
- Issue 6333 Fixed a bug where the “Reply-To” email address was not saved if the original sender wasn’t marked as safe.
- Issue 6337 Updated the Background Check Component system to handle more third-party providers and make it easier to integrate with the core Background Check Document attribute and field type.
- Issue 6338 Fixed a bug in the Google Map shortcode where zoom restrictions were not enforced as configured.
- Issue 6341 Fixed a bug in the LMS assessment block where re-clicking the active sidebar item hid the assessment content.
- Issue 6344 Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Financial Batch List block where the total amount displayed an incorrect variance from the control amount
- Issue 6350 Fixed a bug with the Person merge functionality where email addresses with different letter casing did not match.
- Issue 6352 Fixed a bug in the Learning Class Announcement Detail block where LMS Administration permissions were not respected when creating Content pages or Announcements in Academic Calendar courses.
- Issue 6353 Fixed a bug where the star ratings field type didn’t highlight when hovering or selecting a rating if the font weight was set to “Regular” in the Theme Styler.
- Issue 6354 Fixed a bug in the Next-Gen Check-in Label Designer where the rectangles were rendered as squares.
- Issue 6356 Fixed a bug in the Connection Opportunity Signup block where attributes inherited from the Connection Type did not display correctly.
- Issue 6357 Fixed a bug in the Prayer Request Detail block where person fields were not prefilled when creating a new request using the Person Id page parameter.
- Issue 6358 Fixed a bug in the Family Pre-Registration block where adding an adult to an existing family incorrectly set them to individual giving instead of combined giving.
- Issue 6359 Fixed a bug in the Public Learning Class Workspace where “File Upload” files were deleted after two days, even if they had not yet been graded.
- Issue 6363 Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Registration block where the selected country code was not saved in the block settings.
- Issue 6365 Fixed a bug in the Content Channel Item Document block where editing an item in a Content Collection caused an error if the item was indexed.
- Issue 6370 Fixed a bug where File field types did not accept uploads when configured for specific file types.
17.3 Highlights
- Added functionality to automatically delete related active payment plans when a registration entry or event instance is deleted.
- Issue 6238 Fixed a bug where saving new Workflow Types and Registration Templates could create duplicate records if an error occurred midway.
- Issue 6263 Fixed a bug where the Content Channel Item View block and the ‘Interaction Content Channel Item Write’ Lava command logged interactions using the wrong Component Entity Type Id.
- Issue 6300 Fixed a bug where using multiple impersonation tokens for the same person in a browser session caused errors.
- Issue 6310 Fixed a bug where Connection Request workflows based on the Future Follow-Up trigger resulted in an error when setting a new Future Follow-up Date.
- Issue 6371 Fixed a bug with the NextGen Check-In layout where too many schedules appeared in one row.
- Issue 6372 Fixed a bug in the Obsidian Prayer Request Detail block where the Requestor’s email link did not work.
- Issue 6373 Fixed a bug in the Prayer Request Detail Block where the “IsUrgent” flag stored a blank value instead of “False” when left unchecked.
18.0 Highlights
- Added the Community style chat mode, which features organized discussions within a group.
- Added a “Chat Message” automation trigger to start automation events when a chat message is sent.
- Added a “Send Fallback Chat Notification” event to notify individuals through alternate methods if they lack an active personal device or have notifications turned off.
- Added the Group Finder Lava shortcode with geolocation and additional filtering options.
- Added the “Content Article” Learning Activity type so individuals can complete training by reading content.
- Added support for SMS notifications for new learning activities.
- Improved the Financial Account block so the “Use Account Campus Mapping Logic” setting correctly selects the campus-specific account.
- Improved the “Learning Activity Available” System Communication template to include direct links to assigned activities.
- Issue 6292 Fixed a bug where a Lava shortcode inside another shortcode could access content from the outer one.
- Issue 6367 Fixed a bug in the Registration Detail block where editing a payment plan cleared the payment method details.