November 2022
FDK 8.6.7: In the local testing of apps that use the Request Method to make third-party HTTP requests, the default request timeout has been 5 seconds. In production, two configurable timeouts - five and ten seconds are available. This FDK version introduces a configurable environment variable - REQUEST_TIMEOUT that enables developers to simulate the production configuration during local testing. For more information see, Request Method Testing.
The FDK has been enhanced to ensure that apps are built on a supported version of the app development platform. When developers validate, pack, or run apps that are built using an unsupported platform version, an appropriate error message is displayed. For more information, see platform version updates.
FDK 8.6.6: An issue in generating appropriate code coverage reports has been fixed. When generating a code coverage report for a serverless app, if the app code has been modified since the last time the report was generated, the old report is deleted and a new report is generated for the modified app code.
October 2022
FDK 8.6.5: An issue in generating appropriate code coverage reports has been fixed.
FDK 8.6.4: Minor engineering enhancements have been made.
FDK 8.6.3: Support has been added to store and retrieve installation parameters, configured through the Custom Installation page, by using the postConfigs() and getConfigs() methods in iparams.js. Previously, these methods could only be used in iparams.html.
FDK 8.6.2: Minor engineering enhancements have been made.
September 2022
FDK 8.6.1: Minor engineering enhancements have been made.
FDK 8.6.0: The developer platform has been upgraded to support a new app setup event - afterAppUpdate. The event is triggered after an app user updates the app and thereby installs its latest available version. This enables you to perform appropriate app actions based on the event or revert to the earlier installed app version, in case of any errors. For more information, see afterAppUpdate.
August 2022
FDK 8.5.0: For oAuth authorization, the redirect/callback URL for app testing is provided in the third-party domain. If the callback URL contained white spaces, the handshakes were failing. This has been fixed.
In end-to-end testing, the app setup event listeners in manifest.json were not triggered appropriately due to a minor bug. This has been fixed.
June 2022
FDK 8.4.0: Previously, due to a minor bug, when iparams were used to construct the manifest.json > whitelisted-domains values, the values were not being constructed appropriately. This has been fixed and URL type iparams, which are used in whitelisted-domains, are successfully substituted with appropriate values. For the valid format of specifying whitelisted-domains, when using iparams, see App Manifest.
Previously, the comparison mechanism to verify if a request URL is whitelisted in the manifest was such that even if the hostnames matched there were errors displayed due to a strict string comparison. This has been fixed.
Previously, if whitelisted-domains had a local host listed, the domains listed after the local host were not verified for errors. This has been fixed and appropriate error messages are displayed if any of the whitelisted-domains values are not valid.
FDK 8.3.3 : Minor engineering enhancements have been made.
FDK 8.3.2 : The FDK has been enhanced to ensure that the sensitive iparams retrieved through request methods are secure. If secure iparams are used in the request body or URL, the values for these iparams are not substituted and an error is displayed. For more information, see Request method.
May 2022
FDK 8.3.1 : Minor engineering enhancements were done.
FDK 8.3.0 : Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
April 2022
FDK 8.2.0 : Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 8.1.1 : Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 8.1.0 : The FDK has been updated to manage app dependencies efficiently. During the Freshworks CLI installation, ensure to use an appropriate npm version (the version shipped with the Node.js that you are using) instead of other npm versions or other package managers such as yarn. For information on supported Node versions, see FDK and compatible Node.js versions.
FDK 8.0.1: Support has been added to enable the use of ES2020 features when building back-end/serverless apps.
FDK 8.0.0: The developer platform has been upgraded to run published apps on Node.js version 14. FDK 8.0.0 contains the corresponding changes to support app creation, testing, validation, and packing in a local developer environment that is based on Node.js 14. Support for Node.js 12.xx will be deprecated shortly. Ensure to migrate to FDK 8.0.0 before the deprecation. For any migration related information, see Migration overview.
Support has been added to enable the use of ES2020 features when building front-end apps.
March 2022
FDK 7.5.0 and FDK 7.5.1: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 7.4.2: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
February 2022
FDK 7.4.1: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 7.4.0: In the near term, after you update your FDK to the latest version, a link to the changelog that details the modifications in the current version over the previous version will be displayed. In this FDK release, a placeholder for the changelog link has been added.
--skip-update-check: This root command option has been added to prevent the FDK from checking for version updates, when the Freshworks CLI commands are run. For more information, see the version update lifecycle.
December 2021
FDK 7.3.0 : Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 7.2.0 and FDK 7.2.1: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 7.1.1 and 7.1.2: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 7.1.0: Support has been added for a placeholder on the Employee > Details page.
September 2021
FDK 7.0.1: Support has been added to enable the use of ES6+ (ES2018) features when building front-end apps. This enables using ES6+ constructs such as async/await.
FDK 7.0.0: The developer platform has been upgraded to run published apps on Node.js version 12.22.xx. FDK 7.0.0 contains the corresponding changes to support app creation, testing, validation, and packing in a local developer environment that is based on Node.js 12.22.xx. Support for Node.js 10.xx has been deprecated.
To enable the FDK to validate that the appropriate node and FDK versions are used, an attribute - engines - has been provided in manifest.json. When developers use FDK 7.0.0 to create an app, the engines value is auto-populated. When developers validate existing apps that were built by using the earlier versions of the FDK, the FDK prompts developers to update manifest.json. For information on the steps involved in app validation, see Validate. For more information on the engines attribute, see App Manifest.
Support has been added to enable the use of ES6+ (ES2018) features when building back-end/ serverless apps. This enables using ES6+ constructs such as async/await.
FDK 6.13.1 and FDK 6.13.2: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 6.13.0: As part of our ongoing initiatives that enable developers to build secure apps, the app development platform has been upgraded. The latest platform version is 2.2. When building apps on the latest platform version,
- Ensure that all SMI functions/methods, defined in the serverless component of an SMI app, are registered (allow listed) in the app manifest. To enable this, a new attribute (functions) has been introduced in manifest.json. The functions attribute also contains a provision to specify function-based app execution timeouts for an SMI app.
- Ensure that all events defined in the server.js file of a serverless app and the corresponding callback methods are registered in manifest.json. To enable this, an attribute (events) has been introduced in manifest.json.
For more information, see App Manifest, Severless - Overview, and Server Method Invocation.
FDK 6.12.0: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
July 2021
FDK 6.11.1: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
May 2021
FDK 6.11.0: The FDK has been enhanced to ensure that all Request method calls to third-party domains are secure. This is achieved through domain whitelisting. For more information, see App Manifest.
FDK 6.9.8, FDK 6.9.9, and 6.10.0: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
April 2021
End-to-end testing: A mechanism to test the lifecycle events of locally running apps, without having to use a custom UI, has been introduced. For more information, see End-to-End Testing.
March 2021
FDK 6.9.5, 6.9.6, and 6.9.7: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
The App Management Portal (AMP) / Apps gallery that can be accessed through Settings > General Settings > Integrate with other Apps > Apps has been enhanced to provide a better user experience. For information on the different types of apps and how to submit an app through the new AMP, see Marketplace Listing.
December 2020
FDK 6.9.0, 6.9.1, 6.9.2, 6.9.3, and 6.9.4: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
FDK 6.8.0: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
October 2020
FDK 6.7.0, 6.7.1, and 6.7.2: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
Support has been added for the following product events: onNewHireUpdate, onJobPostingCreate, onJobPostingUpdate, onTimeOffCreate, and onTimeOffUpdate
September 2020
Support has been added for the full page app placeholder.
FDK 6.6.1, 6.6.2, and 6.6.3: Known issues and minor bugs have been fixed.
Front-end apps: Features that enable building front-end apps have been added. For information on the available placeholders, app life-cycle methods, and other methods that can be used to build front-end apps, see the CONFIGURATION and BASIC FEATURES sections.
FDK 6.5.5, 6.5.6, and 6.6.0: The FDK has been enhanced to enable support for the upcoming end-to-end app testing capability. Minor bugs have been fixed.
June 2020
iparams callback functionality: A new feature to invoke a callback function when an event associated with an iparam occurs has been added. This feature enables making an installation page dynamic.
FDK v6.5.4: Known issues and bugs have been fixed.
FDK v6.5.3: Known issues and bugs have been fixed.
FDK v6.5.2: Support has been added for a new iparams attribute, visible, that enables displaying or hiding an iparam on the installation page.
FDK v6.5.1: Support has been added to detect sensitive iparams when running the fdk validate and fdk pack commands and display a warning to mark them as secure.
FDK v6.5.0: Known issues and bugs have been fixed.
FDK v6.4.0: Known issues and bugs have been fixed.
May 2020
FDK v6.3.2: Known issues and bugs have been fixed.
April 2020
Support has been added for two new types of installation parameters, domain and api_key, to validate the domain name and API key specified for a product, during app installation.
As part of CLI v6.3.1, the OAuth refresh token handler has been enhanced to use appropriate refresh tokens to retrieve access tokens. At times, third-party resource providers do not issue new refresh tokens as part of their refresh strategy. The handler uses the old refresh token in such cases.
As part of CLI v6.3.0, the FDK has been enhanced to include a testing framework (beta) that enables creating automated unit tests for serverless apps. The framework uses the popular mochaV5. For information on how to write and run tests, see the Testing Framework documentation.
As part of CLI v6.2.7, the --fix option has been added to the validate command, to enable auto-fixing certain lint errors.
As part of CLI v6.2.6, some FDK bugs have been fixed.
As part of CLI v6.2.5, some FDK bugs have been fixed.
As part of CLI v6.2.4, the FDK has been updated to load static resources over HTTPS, by default.
March 2020
As part of CLI v6.2.2, we have added fixes for number of bugs.
We have documented Lint validations which happen when running the fdk validate and fdk pack commands on an app.
February 2020
As part of CLI v6.1.1, we have added fixes for a number of minor bugs.
To accommodate the changes in Chrome 79 and higher versions, where HTTPS pages only load secure subresources, the app testing process has been modified. According to the latest Chrome release notes, HTTPS pages will only be able to load secure subresources, with changes from Chrome 79 to Chrome 81.
January 2020
The following enhancements have been made:
- In Request API, added new options, maxAttempts and retryDelay, and a new attribute, attempts.
- You can test external events on your computer using ngrok.
As part of CLI v6.0.1,
- You need to uninstall the previous CLI version by using the npm uninstall fdk -g command and install the latest CLI version.
- When testing scheduled events on your computer, the schedules will be triggered at the specified time and frequency after they are created or updated.
As part of CLI v6.0.0, added support for Node 10.x. Support for Node 8.10.x has been deprecated.
December 2019
As part of CLI v5.4.0, the iparam_test_data.json file has been deprecated. Before testing the app, navigate to http://localhost:10001/custom_configs and enter appropriate values for the configured installation parameters.
As part of CLI v5.3.0, added fixes for a number of minor bugs.