Release notes

A record of all notable changes made to KnowledgeOwl since March 15, 2017.
You can also view our roadmap to see some of our largest upcoming projects.

World Caring Day 🤗 bug fixes

06/07/2022Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with regenerating widget JWT and Oauth secrets, PDF tables of contents, and Style Settings color tools.

World Bicycle 🚲 Day bug fixes

06/03/2022Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with enabling the reader login page, topic display category PDFs, and SSO SAML IdP certificates.

Change to New/Updated callout behavior + other bug fixes

05/26/2022Kate Mueller
We've made the New/Updated callout behavior for newly published articles work better with subscriptions, and fixed bugs with Style Settings and Widget 2.0 Learned Bias.

PDF content index updates

05/26/2022Kate Mueller
We now support PDF content indexing in search for Secure File Library and fixed a bug where PDFs longer than 100 pages weren't being indexed when they should be.

Nat'l Lucky Penny Day bug fixes

05/23/2022Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Widget 2.0, PDF generation, reader logins and profile details, SSO rules, deleting an author, and more!

New feature drop: File Library List View 📃

05/11/2022KnowledgeOwl Support
We've added a new view option in File Library: List View!

Star Wars Day bug fixes

05/04/2022Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Style Settings preview, individual article PDFs with Wistia embeds, copying a knowledge base, custom content categories, and the version Make Visible to Groups option.

Manage Articles Bulk Edit: now with New & Updated callouts!

05/04/2022Kate Mueller
We've added the New/Updated article callouts into the Bulk Edit options in Manage Articles!

Fix for preformatted code blocks in PDFs

04/18/2022Kate Mueller
Preformatted blocks of code now fully, properly generate in individual article PDFs, standard PDF exports, and custom PDF exports.

Our new Getting Started Guide!

04/04/2022Kate Mueller
We've just published a totally rewritten Getting Started Guide, which contains a ton of new best practice guidance, templates, and resources.

Nat'l Meatball Day 🍝 bug fixes

03/09/2022Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with subscription notification emails, bulk reader imports, and reactivating trials.

Nat'l Compliment Day 🤝 bug fixes

01/24/2022Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with relevance sort in Manage Articles and the knowledge base copying process.

Topic articles: Now in PDFs

01/13/2022Kate Mueller
We've added topic articles to some article PDF downloads--read on to see where and how your PDFs might be affected!

Manage Articles: new filter option + bug fixes

01/13/2022Kate Mueller
We've added a Manage filter to display only untagged articles and fixed a few bugs with filters and sorting/searching.

We are planting a tree for you! 🎁🌲

12/23/2021Marybeth Alexander
For this holiday season, we are committing to planting a tree for every single KnowledgeOwl author. Read more!

Winter Solstice ❄ bug fixes

12/21/2021Kate Mueller
We've moved the Knowledge Base Access section up in the reader details page. These fixes address bugs with Manage Articles, in-app search, Glossary export, Reporting Dashboard, and reader bulk edit.

Log4j vulnerability

12/14/2021Kate Mueller
Our assessment is that CVE-2021-44228 does not pose a serious risk to KnowledgeOwl or our customers. We'll be continuing to monitor as more of our vendors provide updates.

Nat'l Mutt Day 🐶 bug fixes

12/02/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with redirecting deleted articles to categories, the author list export, secure file library toggling, and the create version/unsaved changes pop-up. Plus dog photos.

New feature: Tags usage report 📄

12/02/2021Kate Mueller
Learn about our new tags usage report so you can start auditing, removing unused tags, or merging similar tags together. Get rid of the tags that don't bring your content joy!

Use Less Stuff Day bugfixes

11/18/2021Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with enabling secure file library and with Style Settings merge codes.