# Announcing the release of 4.12.0 of the CHT Core Framework

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**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/announcing-the-release-of-4-12-0-of-the-cht-core-framework/4122 "2024-10-03T04:40:24Z")\
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_We’re excited to announce the release of 4.12.0 of CHT Core Framework_

See below for some highlights, read the [release notes](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/4.12.0/) for full details.

Following our support policy, versions `4.7.x` and `4.8.x` are no longer supported. Projects running these versions should start planning to upgrade in the near future. For more details read our [software support documentation](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/#supported-versions).

Check out our [roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/medic/projects/112/views/21) to see what else is currently being working on.

## 4.12.0 Highlights

### [Navigation Updates](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/4.12.0/#navigation-updates)

Navigation has been updated to more closely align with Material Design standards.

In Desktop, the Navigation bar and menu option have moved to the left side of the screen. In Mobile, the Navigation bar has moved to the bottom of the screen and the menu option has moved to the left.

Here is a screenshot showing a preview of the new nav.

 ![4.12.0-new-nav](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4652d9e9bac9f95c40beda8593c3f68f17f98555.png)

Like we’ve done for several previous stages of the UI evolution, it is possible to temporarily “[opt out](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/building/guides/updates/feature-flags/)” of the new UI via a permission. The Navigation changes can be disabled by giving users the `can_view_old_navigation` permission.

Users with the `can_view_old_navigation` permission will see the previous version of the UI as illustrated below

 ![4.12.0-old-nav](https://communityhealthtoolkit.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a52de5042cece6386ae44f456ecc4d4206c13207.png)

### [Removal of opt out for Filter, Search, and Old Action Bar](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/4.12.0/#removal-of-opt-out-for-filter-search-and-old-action-bar)

To make way for the updated Navigation, it was necessary to remove the previous opt out capabilities.

These two permissions have been removed and are no longer supported by CHT:

- `can_view_old_filter_and_search`
- `can_view_old_action_bar`

### [Added storage metrics to monitoring api](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/4.12.0/#added-storage-metrics-to-monitoring-api)

To help better track and understand data usage in the CHT, additional metrics were added to the [monitoring api](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/building/reference/api/#monitoring). The api now reports additional size values for each of the tracked databases and their view indexes.

### [And more…](https://docs.communityhealthtoolkit.org/core/releases/4.12.0/#and-more)

We’ve also implemented loads of other improvements and fixed a heap of bugs.