CryptPad

Goals

This release improves the performance of CryptPad with server optimizations and an optional cryptography plugin. We also include lots of improvements and fixes across various areas.

Features

• Add support for cryptography plugins to replace tweetnacl on the server #1667
  • We use our CryptPad Sodium plugin to improve the performance of our flagship instance cryptpad.fr.
  • Documentation will be available shortly in the form of a blog post and section in the admin guide.

Improvements

• Server memory improvements #1543
• Server optimization when computing metadata #1566
• Team roster channels slow down team members accounts #1614
• Deployment
  • Add example configs for Caddy #1603
  • Add support for HTTP -> HTTPS (80 -> 443 ports) redirection #1582
  • Added “git config —add safe.directory” #1539
• Add confirmation modal when admins turn on mandatory 2FA #1552
• Developers on Windows can now launch their local instance with npm run windev

Fixes

• Modals accessibility
  • Shift-Tab option for Ctrl-E modals #1647
  • Remove focus from disabled elements on modals #1618
  • +New button fixes on Drive #1610
  • Accessibility improvements to modals #1563
  • Ctrl+E modal fixes #1559
  • Focus style fixes #1560
  • Make password change confirmation button responsive on mobile #1569
• Calendar
  • Fix calendar ownership sharing bug #1655
  • Calendar modal UI fixes #1615
  • Make ‘New Event’ modal appear in user view for small screens #1583
• Teams
  • Improve Teams card list accessibility #1585
  • Fix emoji avatar handling and team name overflowing in sidebar teams #1598
• Toolbar/menus
  • Make code history buttons not overlap on small screens #1586
  • Fix misaligned/missing file dropdown menu items #1578
• Diagram
  • Ignore unknown fields in diagram document #1666
• Forms
  • Fix overflowing check and radio items in form app conditional #1591
• Kanban
  • fixed a bug that was causing duplicate cards when many editors were collaborating 02da76d
• OnlyOffice
  • OnlyOffice document out of sync with multiple tabs as guest #1671
• Miscellaneous
  • Fix ownership/sharing issues with password-protected pads #1565
  • Make performance table responsive for mobile (admin panel) #1555
  • Fix bash indentation and trailing whitespaces #1548
  • Drive focus fixes #1611

Dependencies

We upgraded the following packages

• cryptpad
  • chainpad-server to 5.2.2
  • netflux-websocket to 1.2.1
• third-party
  • express to 4.21.0
  • http-proxy-middleware to 3.0.2
  • requirejs to 2.3.7
  • stylelint to 16.9.0

Upgrade notes

If you are upgrading from a version older than 2024.6.1 please read the upgrade notes of all versions between yours and 2024.9.0 to avoid configuration issues.

To upgrade:

1. Stop your server
2. Get the latest code with git

git fetch origin --tags
git checkout 2024.9.0
npm ci
npm run install:components
./install-onlyoffice.sh

3. Restart your server
4. Review your instance’s checkup page to ensure that you are passing all tests