V1.7.192

V1.7.192 - 2025-02-25

Release Summary

This update addresses an issue where users were unable to access Scale.

Bug Fixes

• Planning – Fixed an issue where removing a Workspace or PI either in Scale Planning or Azure DevOps resulted in other users not being able to access Scale.

V1.7.191

V1.7.191 - 2025-02-13

Release Summary

This update brings improved customization and usability enhancements, including tag colors on the new board, better dependency sorting, and enhanced card styling. We have also resolved multiple issues to improve default mapping pane filtering, area path handling in objectives, and filtering of the new board and dependencies hubs.

New Features

• Tag Colors on New Board – You can now assign colors to tags, making it easier to highlight important information. Customize tag colors and toggle them on or off as needed.

Enhancements

• Dependencies Sorting – Added the ability to sort the Requested By and Depends On columns in the dependency table.
• Shared Area Paths in Dependencies – When teams share area paths, both teams will now be displayed under Requested By and/or Depends On for dependencies and requested work items.
• Improved Card Styling on New Board – Enhanced text contrast to ensure better readability against card colors.

Bug Fixes

• New Board – Mapping Pane Filters – Fixed an issue where filters were not preselected based on the current PI’s iteration path and default area path.
• Objectives – Nested Area Paths – Resolved an issue ensuring that the area path used for managing objectives correctly handles nested area paths.
• New Board & Dependencies – Filter Selection – Fixed a bug where the wrong filter was being selected in the filter bar.

V1.7.168

V1.7.168 - 2025-01-23

This release contains a few improvements for the dependency hub as well as some minor bug fixes for the new board view. We hope you enjoy!

Dependencies:

• Implement support for sorting the dependencies table on the "On time" property.
• Implement support for filtering on the "On time" property.
• Added and extra check for making sure the dependency hub is properly configured if the selected work item type was deleted.
• Fixed a bug where the dependency stats were showing incorrect values.
• Implement support for the dependency hub for XML based ADO on premise instances.

Boards:

• Fixed a bug where contributors where able to access board settings in the new board hub.
• Fixed an issue where the "today" label was partially blocking markers that had the same date.

V1.7.160

V1.7.160 - 2024-12-19

As this is our last release of the year, we’d like to wish you happy holidays! 🎅 We hope you’ve enjoyed 2024, and we look forward to continuing to improve Scale throughout 2025. Happy holidays from the Scale team!

Boards:

• Fixed an issue where user specific board options were incorrectly saved on organisation scope.
• Fixed a layout issue that made collapsed board cell information to overflow the cell itself.
• Fixed a bug where removing a work item type from the board settings did not cause the dependency line positions to correctly update.
• Fixed a layout issue that caused long team names to overflow it's visual container.
• A loading indicator has been added to display while the board reloads after clicking the refresh button.

Analytics:

• Fixed an issue where the flow predictability graph was including the wrong items in the total sum.
• Fixed a bug in flow velocity and flow time histogram where it was not displaying the correct data.

Dependencies:

• Correctly display a warning that a team is missing iterations when creating a new dependency request. In cases where a team had no iterations at all the dialog was previously not showing.
• Fixed a bug where the filter in the dependencies tab made Scale crash.
• Resolved an issue in the new dependency request dialog where a newly created work item was not automatically selected after creating it.

Other:

• Renamed “ART” labels (Agile Release Train) to “Workspace” throughout the extension to better reflect expanded capabilities and support a wider range of organizational structures, not limited to SAFe frameworks

V1.7.143

V1.7.143 - 2024-12-06

• Fixed a bug where the initial process configuration did not work as expected.

V1.7.139

V1.7.139 - 2024-12-04

This release contains one bug fix:

• Boards: Fixed an issue where dependency lines were incorrectly coloured.

V1.7.135

V1.7.135 - 2024-11-27

This release contains a bug fix for the boards view.

• Boards: Improved handling of dates when using "Start and Finish date" and "Include items based on start and finish date".

V1.7.134

V1.7.134 - 2024-11-25

We’re excited to announce the release of Boards v2.0, bringing significant performance improvements and new features to enhance your experience. Here’s what’s new:

Performance Enhancements

• Faster Load Times: We’ve streamlined the way data is fetched in the board, leading to quicker load times and a smoother user experience.
  • Previously, all teams within an ART (Agile Release Train) were fetched simultaneously, causing the UI to be blocked, especially in views with lots of teams. Now, we've optimised the data fetching process to load only essential team information upfront.
• Progressive Data Loading: Instead of waiting for all resources to load, the board will now display partially loaded sections earlier in the process, improving responsiveness.
  • We've deferred loading some team-specific data for each row, allowing meaningful content to appear sooner while the rest loads in the background.
  • Data fetching is now split per team, enabling parallel loading—meaning one team’s row may appear on the board before another, depending on its load speed.
• Skeleton Loaders: To provide a clearer visual indication during loading, we’ve added skeleton loaders that show placeholders for rows still fetching data, improving user feedback during slower network conditions.

New Features

• Mapping Pane: You can now move items across projects with ease using the new mapping pane, enhancing cross-project workflows.
  

• Hide Internal Team Dependencies: We've introduced the ability to hide dependencies within the same team, allowing for a cleaner view when focusing on inter-team collaborations.
  

These improvements aim to deliver a more efficient, intuitive, and user-friendly board experience. Let us know what you think of Boards v2.0!

v1.7.118

V1.7.118 - 2024-11-14

This release contains some bug fixes for the boards view.

• Boards: Fixed an issue where the same work item type name appeared multiple times in the board work items settings.
• Boards: Fixed a UI issue with the board markers label input field.
• Boards: Resolved an issue with resizing cards when a card did not have a start or target date.
• Boards: Improve date formatting and visualisation in the Start and target date view.
• Boards: Correctly visualise cards that has start and target date outside of the planning increment.

This release also includes a hidden preview of the new and improved boards view. This can be tested right now by navigating to the route #new-board. The new boards experience will be generally available as an opt-in experience in the coming weeks.

V1.7.61

V1.7.61 - 2024-09-17

In this release, we have made several improvements so the new dependencies hub preview.

• Dependencies hub: Improved how the filter behaves when switching between views of Planning Increments.
• Dependencies hub: Fixed a bug where the wrong iteration was used when creating a new dependency request.
• Dependencies hub: Improve the validation for the new dependency request form.
• Dependencies hub: Improved how dependencies that belong to other teams than the current ART are displayed and how they function. It is now possible to accept and decline a dependency request that is dependent on a team outside of the ART.
• Dependencies hub: Fixed a bug where the configuration form was not closed after submitted, the first time the dependency hub is configured.

We have also been working behind the scenes on improvements for our boards view. Stay tuned for more in the near future!