# Release Notes IceHrm Open Source ## Release note v29.0.0.OS ### 🧲 New features * SAML support * Ability to control who can see employee documents * New custom field module. With this module users can manage all the custom fields via a single module. * Adding custom field support for company structure. * UI improvements for client module. * Introducing encrypted settings. * Adding additional fields such as total time to employee time tracking report. * Improvements to icehrm custom extension development ### 🛡️ Security improvements * More restrictive criteria for user passwords. * Removing support for legacy API tokens. (if you are using the mobile app your users will need to re authorize) * Removing unused custom field values. ### 🐛 Bug fixes * Only relevant settings are displayed, under the `Other` tab on settings module ## Release note v28.2.0.OS ### New features * 🦠 💉 Custom extensions ## Release note v28.1.1.OS ### 🐛 Bug fixes * Fixing inability to filter employee documents * Fixed the issue with selecting projects when adding timesheets details * Fix issues occurred due to incorrectly configured API ## Release note v28.1.0.OS ### 🧲 New features * Custom user role permissions * Employee edit form updated * Employee daily task list * Attendance and employee distribution charts on dashboard * Improvements to company structure module * Improved tables for displaying data in several modules * Faster data loading (specially for employee module) * Initials based profile pictures * Re-designed login page * Re-designed user profile page * Improvements to filtering * New REST endpoints for employee qualifications ### 🐛 Bug fixes * Fixed, issue with managers being able to create performance reviews for employees who are not their direct reports * Fixed, issues related to using full profile image instead of using smaller version of profile image * Changing third gender to other * Improvements and fixes for internal frontend data caching ## Release note v27.0.2.OS This fixes some major issues found in v27.0.1.OS ### 🐛 Bug fixes * Filtering across whole application was broken and now it's fixed * Fixed the issue related to photo not being shown to the admin when photo attendance is enabled ### 🧑🏻‍💻 For developers * We have added support for vagrant development environment based on Debian 10 / PHP 7.3 (with Xdebug) / Nginx / MySQL ## Release note v27.0.0.OS ### New features * Employee document management is now available for open-source version * UI/UX improvements (new fonts / better spacing) * Payroll module improvements * Security improvements to password policy * Albanian language is now available * Ability to deploy using docker ### For developers * Developer environment based on docker * [Developer guide](https://icehrm.gitbook.io/icehrm/developer-guide/create-new-module) * Fully supports all php versions >= 5.6 upto v7.3 (php 5.6 support is deprecated and not recommended) ### Bug fixes * Fixes to newly found vulnerabilities (): credits to: [Talos](https://talosintelligence.com/) * Fixed the travel request approval for managers * Fixed the issue with attendance source IP display * Fixing Api issues in PHP 7.3 ## Release note v26.6.0.OS ### Features * Some Improvements to UI such as updating Icons and upgrading font-awesome to its latest version * Tracking IP and location of the employee when marking attendance, this is done when updating attendance via mobile * Ability to control location tracking via mobile using server side settings * Improvements to translations ### Mobile App * This release is coupled with mobile application release on AppStore () and Google Play () ### Fixes * Order projects by name on Timesheet project listing (This is to make it easier to edit timesheets with many projects) * Link home page user profile to employee profile update page * Fix issues related to configuring Api with mobile app ### Security Improvements * Upgrade npm missing dependencies ## Release note v26.2.0.OS ### Features * Add staff directory module * Update client-side js to ES6 * Compatible with IceHrm Mobile App * Use npm libraries when possible * Add gulp build for frontend assets * Allow generating QR code with rest api key () * Updated readme for development setup with vagrant ### Fixes * Add missing employee details report * Fix: Labels of 'Employee Custom Fields' not displayed () * Fix: Work week for all counties can not be edited * Fix: Custom fields are not shown under employee profile () * Fix: Additional buttons shown below timesheet list () * Updates to Italian translations () by ## Release note v24.0.0.OS ### Features * Allow passing additional parameters to payroll predefined methods * Pass leave type name in function field to get leave count for a given type * Add employee name to payroll report * Show supervisor name on employee profile * Add custom fields to employee report * Add filter by status feature to subordinate time sheets ### Security Fixes * Fix missing login form CSRF token * Fix risky usage of hashed password in request * Fixing permission issues on module access for each user level * Prevent manager from accessing sensitive user records ### Other Fixes * Hide employee salary from managers * Prevent manager from accessing audit, cron and notifications * Prevent managers from deleting employees * Validate overtime start and end times * Fix issue: employee can download draft payroll ## Release note v23.0.1.OS This release include some very critical security fixes. We recommend upgrading your installation to latest release. ### Fixes * Fix missing login form CSRF token * Fix risky usage of hashed password in request ## Release note v23.0.0.OS ### Features * Loading last used module when revisiting application * Finnish language support (Beta) * Improvements to German, Italian and Chinese language translations * Allow quickly switching languages * Improvements to security for preventing possible LFI attacks * Allow manual date inputs * Custom fields for travel requests * Allow importing approved overtime hours into payroll * Add date and time masks ### Fixes * Fix logout cookie issue, by clearing remember me cookie when logging out * Improve privacy for GDPR * Improvements to file upload field * Fix issue: attendance rest end point not working on php 5.6 ## Release note v22.0.0.OS ### Features * Improvements to module naming ### Fixes * Fix issue: filter dialog default values are not selected * Fix issue: department head can be an employee outside the department * Fix issue: department head or supervisor (who has manager leave access) can't use switch employee feature * Fix issue: employee name is not visible on report if middle name is empty ## Release note v21.1.0.OS ### Features * UI improvements (help button and error messages) * Allow adding placeholders to text fields * Improvements to German Translations ### Fixes * Fixing notification issues ## Release note v21.0.0.OS ### Features * Fully compatible with php 7.1 * Add Net\_SMTP via composer (no pear installation needed) ### Fixes * Fixes for web servers not supporting JSON in GET request ## Release note v21.0.0.OS ### Features * Fully compatible with php 7.1 * Add Net\_SMTP via composer (no pear installation needed) ### Fixes * Fixes for web servers not supporting JSON in GET request ## Release note v20.3.0.PRO ### Features * Employee and Attendance REST Api Released * Import/Export for Payroll Configurations * Ability to import employee approved time sheet hours to payroll * Swift Mailer based SMTP support (no need to install Net\_SMTP anymore) * Add direct Edit button on employee list ### Fixes * Fix DB connection issues due to special characters in password * Fixes for custom field saving issues in mysql v5.7.x ## Release note v20.2 ### Fixes * Fix for resetting modules ## Release note v20.1 ### Features * Compatible with MySQL 5.7 Strict Mode * PSR-2 compatible code * Employee History Module * Staff Directory ### Fixes * Fix: password reset not working * Fix: limiting selectable countries via Settings * Fix for resetting modules ## Release note v20.0 ### Features * Payroll Module * Compatible with MySQL 5.7 Strict Mode * Namespaced Classes * LDAP Module ### Fixes * Fix: limiting selectable countries via Settings ## Release note v19.0 ### Features * Development environment * Overtime module * Department heads who can manage all employees attached to a company structure ## Release note v18.0 ### Features * Translations (beta) for German, French, Polish, Italian, Sinhala, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Spanish * PDF Reports * Ability to specify department heads * Add advanced custom fields to employees via UI * Allow indirect admins to approve travel requests * Adding more languages to Language meta data table * Improvements to report module * Ability to select sections for placing custom fields on employee detail view screen * Introducing clone button * Unlimited custom fields for employees * PDF report for monitoring time employee spent on projects * Report files module - Allow downloading all previously generated reports ### Fixes * Fix: subordinates are not showing beyond first page issue. ## Release note v16.1 ### Fixes * Fix LDAP user login issue * Allow creating users with username having dot and dash ## Release note v16.0 ### Features * Advanced Employee Management Module is now included in IceHrm Open Source Edition * LDAP Module which was only available in IceHrm Enterprise is now included in open source also * Initial implementation of icehrm REST Api for reading employee details * Improvements to data filtering * Multiple tabs for settings module * Overtime reports - now its possible to calculate overtime for employees.compatible with US overtime rules * Logout the user if tried accessing an unauthorized module * Setting for updating module names ### Fixes * Fix issue: classes should be loaded even the module is disabled * Deleting the only Admin user is not allowed * Fixes for handling non UTF-8 * Fix for non-mandatory select boxes are shown as mandatory ## Release note v15.2 ### Features * Overtime Reports * Overtime calculation for california ### Fixes * Fix issue: uncaught error when placeholder value is empty * Log email sending success status * Fix broken longer company name issue * Make the application accessible when client on an intranet with no internet connection * Fix issue: when a module is disabled other modules depend on it stops working ## Release note v15.0 ### Features * Clear HTML5 local storage when logging in and switching users * Showing a loading message while getting data from server * Adding a new field to show total time of each time sheet * New report added for listing Employee Time Sheets * Company logo uploaded via settings will be used for all email headers ### Fixes * Fix issue: default module URL is incorrect for Employees * Fix date parsing issue in time sheets * AWS phar is included only when required ## Release note v14.1 ### Features * Add Quick access menu ### Fixes * Fix issue: salary module not loading * Add travel report ## Release note v14.0 ### Features * IceHrm is now fully compatible with PHP 7 * Improvements to travel management module to change the process of applying for travel requests * New report add for getting travel requests * Improvements to user interface * Bunch of UI improvements including changing menu order and font sizes * Add a setting to use server time for time zone defined on department that a user is attached to create new attendance records * Improvements to admin/manager and user dashboard * Managers allowed to view/add/edit employee documents * New reports added for employee expenses and travel ### Fixes * Fix unavailable help links ## Release note v13.4 ### Features ### Fixes * Fix employee leave report leave type field ## Release note v13.0 ### Features * Recruitment module * Allow managers to edit attendance of direct report employees ### Fixes * Employee switching issue fixed * Fix terminated employee labels * Fix issue with punch-in ## Release note v12.6 ### Features * Charts module * Code level security improvements ### Fixes * Employee switching issue fixed ## Release note v11.1 ### Features * Add/Edit or remove employee fields ## Release note v11.0 ### Features * Employee data archiving * Leave cancellation requests * Adding view employee feature ### Fixes * Improvements to date time pickers ## Release note v10.1 ### Features * Integration with ice-framework () * Option for only allow users to add an entry to a timesheet only if they have marked atteandance for the selected period * Restricting availability of leave types to employees using leave groups * Admins and add notes to employees ## Release note v9.1 ### Fixes * Add missing S3FileSystem class * Fix issue: passing result of a method call directly into empty method is not supported in php v5.3 ## Release note v9.0 ### Features * New user interface * Decimal leave counts supported ## Update icehrm v8.4 to v9.0 * Make a backup of your icehrm db * Run db script "icehrmdb\_update\_v8.4\_to\_v9.0.sql" which can be found inside script folder of icehrm\_v9.0 * remove all folders except app folder in icehrm root folder * copy all folders except app folder from new installation to icehrm root folder ## Release note v8.4 ### Fixes * Fix leave carry forward rounding issues * Fix issue: select2 default value not getting set for select2 * Fix issue: email not sent when admin changing leave status ## Release note v8.3 ### Fixes * Fix user table issue on windows, this will resolve errors such as: (Note that this fix has no effect on unix based installations) * Admin not able to view user uploaded documents * Admin not able to upload documants for users * Admin can not view employee attendance records * Employee projects can not be added ## Release note v8.2 ### Features * Instance verification added ## Release note v8.1 ### Fixes * Fixed bug that caused a fatal error in php v5.4 * aws2.7.11 phar file replaced by a aws2.7.11 extracted files * old aws sdk removed ## Release note v8.0 ### Features * Admin dashbord module * If the employee joined in current leave period, his leave entitlement is calculated proportional to joined date * Improvements to reporting module * Adding new employee time tracking report * Join date for employees made mandatory * Sending welcome email when a user is added * Let users directly reply to admin user from any email sent out from icehrm * All the users who are not admins must have an employee object attached * Upgrade aws sdk to v2.7.11 * Allow employees to change password * Use only the email address defined under user for sending mails * Making work\_email and private\_email fields optional ### Fixes * Upload dialog close button issue fixed ## Release note v7.2 ### Fixes * Some critical vulnerabilities are fixed as recommend by ## Release note v7.1 ### Features * Improved company structure graph * Leave notes implementation � Supervisor can add a note when approving or rejecting leaves * Filtering support * Select boxes with long lists are now searchable * Add/Edit/Delete company structure permissions added for managers * Add ability to disable employee information editing ### Fixes * Make loans editable only by admin * Fix: permissions not getting applied to employee documents * Fix error adding employee documents when no user assigned to the admin ### Code Quality * Moving all module related code and data into module folders ## Release note v6.1 Leave carry forwared related isue fixed ## Release note v6.0 * Features * Notifications for leaves and timesheets * Leave module accrue and leave carry forward * Employee leave entitlement sub module * Ability to put system on debug mode * Allow admins to see documents of all the employees at one place * Backup data when deleting an employee * Employee attendance report added * Changes to time entry form in timesheet module to make time entry process faster * Admin can make all projects available to employees or just the set of prjects assigned to them using Setting "Projects: Make All Projects Available to Employees" * Employee document, date added field can not be changed by the employee anymore * About dialog added for admins * Fixes * Fix default employee delete issue (when the default employee is deleted the admin user attached to it also get deleted) * Fix user duplicate email issue * Fix manager can not logout from switched employee * Remove admin guide from non admin users ## Release note v5.3 * Fixes * Fix missing employee name in employee details report ## Release note v5.2 * Fixes * Remove unwanted error logs * Fix attendance module employee permission issue * Resolve warnings * Remove add new button from subordinates module * Adding administrators' guide ## Release note v5.1 * Fixes * Fixing for non updating null fields * ## Release note v5.0 * Features * New user permission implementation * Adding new user level - Manager * Fixes * Fixing remote table loading issue ## Release note v4.2 ### Fixes * * ## Release note v4.1 ### Features * Better email format for notifications * Convert upload dialog to a bootstrp model * Fixes * Fix error sending emails with amazon SES * Fix errors related to XAMPP and WAMPP servers * Fix php warnings and notifications * Fix company structure graph issues * Allow icehrm client to work without an internet connection * Fix installer incorrect base url issue * Fix empty user creation issue