Outline

What’s Changed

Installation screen

We added a new screen when installing Outline for the first time which allows setting up a workspace in the database with email before setting up any SSO providers. This should provide an easier onboarding experience for new users.

Editor improvements

• Tables now have the ability to merge and split cells across rows and columns, use this to create more complex layouts.
• Added a new shortcut to create a table, just type |-- on a new line to insert a table.
• It is now possible to specify an exact pixel size for images in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9288
• Add Dart and Flutter syntax highlighting is now supported in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9346

OIDC improvements

We now support the .well-known discovery endpoint, meaning OIDC can be configured with just OIDC_ISSUER_URL, OIDC_CLIENT_ID, and OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET. Much simpler than the previous approach.

PKCE is now also used if the discovery endpoint signals support.

Other Improvements

• Editor blocks can now be moved up and down with Cmd+Alt+Arrow keys in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9502
• New menu option to apply a template to existing document in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9236
• Hungarian language support in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9230
• English (UK) language support in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9336
• There is now an option to disable commenting per-collection in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9295
• Add sitemap to publicly shared documents with indexing enabled in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9334
• Add attachments.list API endpoint in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9259
• Add warning to user on large documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9282
• Add workspace description setting in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9345
• Add option to show modified timestamp on publicly shared docs in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9347
• Add support for individual database environment variables in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9344
• API: allowIndexing and showLastUpdated can now be set in shares.create in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9476

Fixes

• Fix flash of previous value after editing title in sidebar for documents by @MehdiBouzouaya in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9197
• We now fallback to id_token when OIDC userinfo endpoint is sparse by @xadammr in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9172
• Add encoding meta tag to exported HTML in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9207
• Archived documents should not show in @mention suggestions in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9208
• Icon on collection home does not match sidebar when private in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9209
• Reset editing state when collection/document title is unmodified in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9221
• Consider active collections only for index computation in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9225
• Remove # from stored filesystem keys in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9231
• Resolve index collision when restoring collection in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9229
• Increase defaultSignedUrlExpires from 60s to 5 minutes in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9233
• Fix misalignment between email and comment mentions in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9234
• Image caption uncentered in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9239
• Fixed document URL generation for titles with only special characters in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9258
• Initial avatars in notification popover malformed in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9274
• perf: Various improvements to collaborators facepile in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9281
• Skip fetching children for unsupported Notion blocks in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9289
• Prevent outdated clients from connecting to collaboration server in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9291
• Properly escape backslashes in search queries in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9297
• Prevented multiple context menus from being open simultaneously in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9298
• JSON import goes through MD serialization in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9309
• read-only styles not applied to history in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9319
• Canonical meta tag is incorrect for documents shared to custom domain in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9398
• Use br tag for breaks inside tables in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9405
• Persist document icon & color in import flow in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9421
• Show integrations breadcrumb for Linear scene in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9418
• Regression in collections.info endpoint disallowed find by urlId in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9423
• Ensure notification relationships are loaded in EmailProcessor in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9426
• Memberships loaded for incorrect user in collection add_user/remove_user in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9428
• Handle Notion linked database errors in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9429
• Fixed a regression in the design of facepile overflow in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9439
• Login via email not properly redirects to desktop app in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9440
• All documents now show again in CMD+K when searching by title in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9445
• Skip showing archived docs in shared section in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9451
• Public share search offset is incorrect in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9465
• Use Retry-After header for Notion rate-limit retries in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9467
• Client and server validation differ for subdomains in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9468
• Paginated list edgecase in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9484
• Not correctly catching linked databases in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9497
• Fix OIDC login failures with Base64 avatar URLs in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9501
• OIDC logout redirect unreliable in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9508
• Various fixes for HTML -> Markdown conversion in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9509
• Add OAuth support to search query source enum by @andycop in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9511
• Double title appears on some imported documents in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9522

New Contributors

• @MehdiBouzouaya made their first contribution in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9202
• @xadammr made their first contribution in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9172
• @urbalazs made their first contribution in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9230
• @andycop made their first contribution in https://github.com/outline/outline/pull/9511

Full Changelog: https://github.com/outline/outline/compare/v0.84.0…v0.85.0