4.15.1

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

What's Changed

Remove NGrok. Configure Tunnel URL in PR 2461
Add CI checks with GitHub Actions in PR 2462

[Note] MacOS notarized installer is not available at this moment. Mac users can use unsigned bits from https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/actions/runs/11114029145/artifacts/1997721962

4.14.1

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

v4.14.1 - 2021 - 11 - 12

Added

• [main] Bumped electron to v13.6.1 in PR 2318 (fixes electron bug caused by Let's Encrypt root certificate expiration)

Fixed

• [main] Fixed early restify route termination in replyToActivity handler in PR 2320
• [client] Set contextIsolation to false in Inspector <webview> elements in PR 2321

4.14.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator

v4.14.0 - 2021 - 7 - 15

Added

• [client] Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.14.0 in PR 2275

4.13.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

v4.13.0 - 2021 - 4 - 14

Added

• [client] Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.13.0 in PR 2258

Fixed

• [client] Added circular JSON handling to forwardToMain.ts which fixed a bug preventing the Emulator from connecting to Direct Line Speech bots in PR 2242
• [client/main] Fixed an issue where the Emulator was failing to detect the final redirect URL when trying to login to Azure in PR 2248
• [client] Fixed an issue where the Custom Activity Editor was sending the default model content instead of what was currently being displayed in the editor in PR 2255

4.12.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

v4.12.0 - 2021 - 3 - 05

Added

• [client/main] Added UI to open bot dialog that allows the user to set transcript testing properties randomSeed and randomValue in PR 2209
• [client] Added a dialog to the "Conversation -> Send System Activity" menu that allows the user to send custom activity payloads to their bot in PR 2213
• [main] Bumped electron from 4.1.1 to 11.0.1 in PR 2226
• [main] Bumped electron-builder to 22.9.1 and electron-updater to 4.3.5 to fix the Mac build in PR 2230
• [client] Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.12.0 and fixed various Web Chat-related bugs in PR 2236

Fixed

• [client] Re-enabled the <webview> tag in the client so that the inspectors show again in PR 2233
• [main] Fixed a bug where we were expecting the incorrect shape from Electron's updated dialog.showOpenDialog() API in PR 2237
• [main] Fixed a bug that was causing Electron's native context menu to silently fail when selecting an option in PR 2238
• [client] Fixed an aligment issue with the caret button of the <SplitButton /> widget in PR 2239
• [main] Fixed an outdated path to an electron-builder utility function used to generate the auto update yaml files in PR 2240

4.11.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

v4.11.0 - 2020 - 11 - 09

Added

• [client] - Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.11.0 in commit 919a1010baf0dc18003b2833a626b69270b2c853

Fixed

• [client] Moved from master to main as the default branch in PR #2194
• [client] Updated support for new activity middleware contract provided by Web Chat in PR #2202

4.10.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

Added

• [client] Added a log panel entry at the start of a conversation that displays the bot endpoint in PR 2149
• [client] - Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.10.0 in PR 2177

Fixed

• [client] Added missing content to signed in view of Cosmos DB service dialog and fixed product page link in PR 2150
• [docs] Modified CONTRIBUTING.md to include updated information about global dependencies required to build from source in PR 2153
• [client] Fixed a bug where trying to open the sign-in link on an OAuth card would open the file explorer if ngrok was not configured in PR 2155
• [client] Change to a warning message in inspector when clicking on LUIS trace 2160
• [client] Handle result from webchat middleware gracefully 2177
• [client] Handle Webchat socket instantiation delay 2179

4.9.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

Added

• [main] Exposed id field on response object returned from /v3/conversations endpoint in PR 2129

• [client] - Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.9.0 in PR 2142

Fixed

• [build] Fixed system dialog on Mac OS warning about being unable to check for malicious code in PR 2135

• [client / main] Fixed an issue where starting a conversation via deeplink was initializing the WebSocket server twice and closing previously established connections in PR 2146

4.8.1

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

Fixed

• [build] Replaced a missing .icns file that was deleted by mistake in a previous PR. Fixes the app icon on Linux & Mac in PR 2104
• [client] Fixed an issue where Restart activity wont appear on selected activity after restarting once in PR 2105
• [client] Disable "Restart conversation from here" bubble on DL Speech bots 2107
• [client] Fixed an issue where starting a conversation with an unset custom user ID was causing the User member of the conversation to have a blank id field in PR 2108
• [main] Fixed an issue where the setting Bypass Ngrok for local addresses was continuing to use the ngrok tunnel even for local bots in PR 2111
• [main] Ngrok Reporting made accurate in PR 2113

4.8.0

This is a stable build of the v4 Bot Framework Emulator.

Added

• [client/main] Added Ngrok Status Viewer in PR 2032
• [client/main] Changed conversation infrastructure to use Web Sockets to communicate with Web Chat in PR 2034
• [client/main] Added new telemetry events and properties in PR 2063
• [client] Added support for talking to remote Direct Line Speech bots in PR 2079
• [client/main] Added support to restart conversation from any point in PR 2089
• [client] - Bumped botframework-webchat to v4.8.0 in PR 2094

Fixed

• [client] Hid services pane by default in PR 2059
• [client/main] Moved duplicate redux store code (actions / reducers / helpers) to app/shared package in PR 2060
• [client] Fixed an issue where trying to add a QnA KB manually after signing into Azure was causing the app to crash in PR 2066
• [client] Removed buble background on attachments 2067
• [client] Fixed an issue where the themes menu was empty on Windows & Linux in PR 2069
• [client] Fixed Web Chat suggestedActionBorder deprecation warning in PR 2070
• [client] Fixed an issue where pressing enter opens the Azure government website instead of connecting to the bot 2073
• [build] Changed one-click installer to assisted installer with new graphics. Also updated application icon in PR 2077
• [build] Locked [email protected] to avoid unecessary import linting changes in PR 2081
• [client] Thrown errors in client-side sagas will now be logged in their entirety to the dev tools console in PR 2087
• [client] Upload and download attachments bubble texts and background in webchat were hidden. The adjustments have been made to override FileContent class in PR 2088
• [client] Fixed an issue that was causing adaptive card focus to be blurred when clicking on an activity in PR 2090
• [client] Fixed an accessibility issue with the recent bots list remove button in PR 2091
• [client] Copy secret key button now copies the secret key to the clipboar when creating a new bot file in PR 2098
• [client] Fixed an issue on Windows & Linux where the "Close tab" item was missing in the File menu in PR 2100

Removed

• [client/main] Removed legacy payments code in PR 2058