Announcing the release of 5.2.0 of the CHT Core Framework

We’re excited to announce the release of 5.2.0 of CHT Core Framework

See below for some highlights, read the release notes for full details.

Following the CHT’s support policy, version 5.0.0 is no longer supported. Projects running this version should start planning to upgrade in the near future. For more details read the CHT software support documentation.

5.2.0 Highlights

Collapsable contact summaries

Contact summary cards can be collapsed or expanded by tapping their headers.

Tab customizations

The order of the header tabs in the app can now be customized, allowing for control over which tab a user sees first when opening the app.

UI Extensions

App developers can now build configurable pages in the CHT application.

Search Field in Tasks UI

Entries on the “Tasks” tab can be filtered via a free-text search feature.

Identify users with replication failures

New API endpoints make it easy to identify users who have had replication failures or who have not successfully replicated within a configurable time interval.

Upgrade to CouchDB 3.5.2

The new database version brings a ~60% performance improvement for Nouveau indexing - the technology which powers the CHT replication algorithm and online full-text searches as well as several bug fixes.

New REST apis for persons, places, and reports

New REST endpoints have been added to the CHT server for creating and updating persons, places, and reports.

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

What a release! Massive thanks and congratulations to everyone who contributed. So proud of this community! :tada: