Changelog

19 May 2023

Added support for Google Analytics 4

14 April 2023

Fixed a bug where the drag and drop overlay would get stuck during a file upload

5 April 2023

Added underline offset below links in help center search to improve accessibility

7 March 2023

Fixed a bug where the Agent's name appeared as "undefined" after the widget was disconnected before reconnecting

24 February 2023

Changed 'Request a Callback' countries list to render translated country names

17 February 2023

Fixed a bug that was preventing the Previewer from showing the widget

18 January 2023

Added a deprecation message for IE11 users

12 January 2023

Fixed a bug where users could start a chat outside of a customer's operating hours

3 December 2022

Fixed a bug where deparments were not set correctly when chat connections timed out before being started

21 November 2022

Fixed a bug where messages were being duplicated after reconnecting

8 November 2022

Fixed a bug where the offline form message field was not being reset correctly between submissions

25 October 2022

Fixed a bug where users were still in a chat after reconnecting, even when the agent had gone offline

1 August 2022

Fixed the loading state on the Send Message button when sending an offline message through the Prechat Form, preventing the same message from being submitted multiple times
Fixed a bug that resulted in chat triggers not correctly setting the department if a previous chat trigger had already set the department

28 July 2022

Increase time from 5 seconds to 8 seconds for proactive messages to self close on mobile devices

1 August 2022

Fixed a bug that resulted in chat triggers not correctly setting the department if a previous chat trigger had already set the department
Fixed an issue which allowed end users to submit the pre-chat form multiple times

20 June 2022

Fixed an issue where page changes were not being tracked in a single-page application

14 June 2022

Fixed "Missing translation" errors when previewing a new Classic Web Widget on the Admin Center

6 June 2022

Fixed a bug where the attachment label was not visible

26 May 2022

Fixed a bug where IE11 was not loading due to a build error

4 May 2022

Fixed a bug where calling $zopim.livechat.clearAll() on page load caused the Chat widget to flash online for a moment

20 April 2022

Changed text color in Web Widget Classic's Help Center text field to be more visible

11 April 2022

Fixed a bug in the zE('webWidget:get', 'chat:isChatting') API that did not synchronise across tabs after exiting Chat

4 April 2022

Fixed a bug preventing the offline form from being displayed when all agents are offline

23 March 2022

Fixed a bug that was causing some Help Center article images with in-lined width and height values to display incorrectly

2 March 2022

Removed page view analytics when cookies are disabled

28 February 2022

Added an alert when end users attempt to navigate while they have a call in progress
Changed the field type for email fields from 'text' to 'email'

21 February 2022

Fixed styles for vertically truncated operating hours link

24 January 2022

Fixed a bug affecting how and when messages are entered for multi-line text and foreign language inputs using an IME

7 December 2021

Fixed a bug where text was not clearing for foreign languages in Chat and allow users to compose alphabets without submitting text
Fixed a bug that resulted in the Web Widget not loading on websites when loaded within an iframe

2 December 2021

Fixed an issue where text entered in the Web Widget was not cleared or deleted correctly
Added hover and focus states for the button that opens a Help Center article in a new tab
Added hover and focus states for the Zendesk logo

15 November 2021

Fixed a bug in Chat where messages may be sent a second time when reconnecting after a disconnect

8 November 2021

Fixed a bug where the Email field in the pre-chat form was of type 'text' and not 'email' which prevented autocorrect from selecting correct values

25 October 2021

Fixed a bug where phone numbers were erroneously showing in RTL on RTL languages

5 October 2021

Fixed a bug that resulting in messages not being sent from the chat badge when used with the connectOnPageLoad setting

30 September 2021

Fixed a bug where Chat departments were not being assigned correctly

27 September 2021

Fixed a bug that resulted in the initial message sent by a user in Chat not being cleared after submitting. This occurs when the prechat form is used with the chat badge

20 September 2021

Fixed a bug where the header item was not respecting custom color settings

16 August 2021

Fixed a bug that prevented the widget from loading in IE11

4 August 2021

Fixed a bug that caused some automatically selected theme colors in the Web Widget to not meet accessibility standards

29 July 2021

Fixed an issue with the webWidget.chat.connectOnPageLoad setting not displaying the widget
Fixed an issue on Google Chrome on iPad where the virtual keyboard was covering the input fields for Answer Bot and Chat

15 July 2021

Fixed an issue where Chat would start even if the user details failed to submit in the prechat form

14 July 2021

Fixed an issue preventing the user from navigating back from Talk to the selected channel

21 June 2021

Added a new user event for when a user views an Answer Bot article
Changed the updateSettings API to allow updating the JWT for viewing restricted help center content

9 June 2021

Removed the aria-haspopup attribute in the launcher button

8 June 2021

Fixed an issue where a cropped launcher was shown in Safari

2 June 2021

Fixed accessibility for attachments field label in the contact form

28 May 2021

Updated socket.io-client package to address security vulnerability https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/174

12 May 2021

Fixed a bug where the launcher was cropped by 1px in Firefox
Fixed an issue with chat popout not loading correctly when calling zE('webWidget', 'popout') before the chat connected to the server.

3 May 2021

Changed the way the Web Widget (Classic) assets are loaded at run-time, significantly reducing the initial package size and lowering the time to first render

28 April 2021

Changed the pre-chat form so that the social login fields are no-longer displayed if the end-user is already logged in

29 March 2021

Changed the Web Widget (Classic) launcher to fade-in rather than slide up when it appears, improving page performance and shortening time to interactive

26 March 2021

Fixed an issue where loading the Web Widget (Classic) would cause a CSP warning to be displayed in Safari if CSP was being used on the parent page

25 March 2021

Added a "Permissions Denied" screen to Talk that appears if permission has not been granted to use the microphone

17 March 2021

Fixed a bug where the end user's chat rating would not be sent if the agent prematurely terminated the chat session

3 March 2021

Added Chat re-authentication API which allows single page apps to re-authenticate users with the Chat service without requiring a page reload
Fixed a bug in the prechat form that prevented authenticated users from sending offline messages
Changed the default color of the Web Widget (Classic) from #1F73B7 to #17494D

22 February 2021

Updated API error messages when a user makes an incorrect request to the Web Widget (Classic) APIs
Fixed a bug where the widget didn't use the user defined translations for Chat Title and other configurable text based on locale id. For example, the widget would only accept "en-US" instead of both "en-us" and "en-US"

20 February 2021

Web SDK launch. For more information, see Introducing Zendesk Messaging

3 February 2021

Fixed a bug where an offline message is sent to a default department instead of requesting the user to select a valid department. This occurred when:
- A chat trigger set the default department to an offline department
- The offline department is filtered out of the pre-chat form in the API settings
- The user sends a message with the offline form without selecting the department

18 January 2021

Fixed a bug that caused the Web Widget (Classic) to fail when non-padded strings were used as part of JWT authentication

4 January 2021

Fixed a bug where Chats were routed incorrectly to offline departments
Fixed a UI bug in IE11 where the confirmation message from the contact form and the "Call Us" message was not displayed in the center of the Web Widget (Classic)

3 December 2020

Fixed a bug that resulted in the name and email fields appearing in the pre-Chat form when the visitor profile field is disabled

11 November 2020

Fixed an issue where the drop-down in the pre-chat form was using the incorrect focus color

26 October 2020

Fixed an issue that prevented connectOnDemand from establishing a Chat connection when the Web Widget (Classic) was opened via the API

7 October 2020

Fixed an issue where the thumbs-up and thumbs-down icons were not rendered correctly on iOS

29 September 2020

Fixed an issue where proactive chats couldn't be reached if they started while the Web Widget (Classic) was open on the Contact Form
Fixed an issue where end-users would lose their on-going chat session when Chat is suppressed via the API

24 September 2020

Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) could not be positioned to the left on websites using right-to-left locales

21 September 2020

Changed the Chat offline form to clear the "message" text area after submission to help prevent end-users from re-submitting the same form multiple times
Fixed an issue where quick reply buttons would appear over the Chat menu

14 September 2020

Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) failed to load on Internet Explorer 11

4 September 2020

Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) would crash if passed invalid ticket form IDs via the API

2 September 2020

Added the ability to hide the description hint for individual ticket fields on a per-field basis
Added a re-authentication API for authorizing access to restricted Help Center content
Fixed an issue where the minimize button in the Chat Badge did not work correctly

26 August 2020

Fixed an issue that caused an empty selection screen to appear when no ticket forms were available for a brand

17 August 2020

Fixed a slight visual regression for the chat badge where the input incorrectly had a border radius

11 August 2020

Fixed an issue where links in chat messages could not be selected by users
Fixed an issue where the Help Center search bar would resize slightly when entering a search query

6 August 2020

Added phone property to zE('webWidget', 'identify') api
Fixed small bug causing the Web Widget to crash if no prefill option is passed to the ticket forms fields API

30 July 2020

Added the Talk Label API, which allows the launcher label to be customised when Talk is enabled, and Chat and Help Center are disabled
Fixed inconsistencies in the margins used in Web Widget (Classic) positioning. Margins will now default to 16px on each side

23 July 2020

Fixed a bug where on chat:end callbacks would fire on historic chat end system messages

22 July 2020

Security improvements for translations

20 July 2020

Fixed the chat:popout API to call the on:chat:popout callback
Fixed some accessibility issues with the Help Center search input. Specifically added an aria-label for the Clear Search button
Fixed a bug that caused the Chat connected API to not fire
Fixed console errors being shown when the identify API is called and the visitor has been banned from Chat
Changed the Chat offline form to use bouncing dots in the Submit button instead of a loading spinner page while the form is being submitted

8 July 2020

Fixed a bug where social logouts for Chat were frequently timing out
Fixed an issue where long URLs were overflowing in the Chat interface

7 July 2020

Fixed a bug that caused the launcher not to transition on first view. This bug also caused the launcher to initially appear too far to the right when positioned on the left of the screen
Fixed a bug that caused websites to be unresponsive on iOS 12 and older versions

30 June 2020

Fixed a bug that prevented Help Center article images loading for customers using host mapped domains

25 June 2020

Fixed a bug where nested callbacks in $zopim(fn) functions are not executed when placed right after the snippet
Fixed a minor scrollbar rendering bug in Firefox
Fixed the launcher to be more accessible to screen reader users on mobile devices
Changed the padding on a number of buttons, and fixed icon sizes in the Chat footer

23 June 2020

Fixed a bug that prevented Philippine phone numbers from rendering in the Web Widget (Classic)

22 June 2020

Fixed incorrect positioning of modals in Chat in IE11
Fixed a bug where $zopim(fn) callbacks were not being executed when placed right after the snippet

4 June 2020

Fixed a bug where the user avatar appeared on top of the message for right-to-left languages
Fixed scrolling behavior in Chat for long text replies and some structured messages

3 June 2020

Fixed alignment of alert icon in chat attachment error message

2 June 2020

Added a validation error when the feedback form is submitted with empty values rather than just disabling the Send button

29 May 2020

Updated the Web Widget to use a more generic and consistent success page when the prechat form submits and sends an offline message

27 May 2020

Fixed a bug where the description of labels in ticket fields was not being displayed

25 May 2020

Fixed a bug where users could send a message while Chat was disconnected

20 May 2020

Fixed a bug that would cause the edit contact details form submission to fail if a user submitted an empty optional value
Fixed a bug where the back button in right-to-left languages was pointing to the left instead of to the right, and the exclamation icon in the Alert message box was in the left position instead of the right position
Fixed a bug that caused the Web Widget to not be hidden when the hide API command was called straight after the show API command on page load
Fixed multi-line label spacing in contact forms

14 May 2020

Added improvements in the Web Widget loading time by deferring when certain data is loaded and processed

12 May 2020

Fixed an issue that caused panel carousel structured messages not to appear in the chat log
Added a dark background overlay behind modals when they are opened in Chat
Added improvements to success and error notifications when submitting modal forms in Chat

29 April 2020

Added support for enhanced event tracking. For more information, refer to the API documentation
Changed Answer Bot to now only download on-demand instead of when the Web Widget (Classic) starts on page load

27 April 2020

Fixed an issue where the agent's availability weren't updated after a department transfer triggered via the Chat Conversations API

23 April 2020

Fixed a bug that caused the chat log to lose scroll position when scrolling up to load more messages

21 April 2020

Fixed a bug where custom forms are not being displayed when the contact form is suppressed during load time and then unsuppressed
Fixed the chat history log displaying an incorrect date for some chats
Fixed the question prompt being incorrectly shown in Answer Bot when requesting feedback

9 April 2020

Fixed an error message when there are connection issues uploading an attachment in the contact form

3 April 2020

Fixed a bug where proactive chats were not displaying on Firefox mobile
Updated docs to include information about using empty arrays to reset custom filtering in ticket forms
Fixed a bug where submitting a ticket form a second time with attachments resulted in an indefinite loading spinner

27 March 2020

Fixed a bug where the Chat badge did not display the Web Widget (Classic) launcher after the user had interacted with it

26 March 2020

Added ARIA labels on the "remove attachment" icons in Support for accessibility purposes
Fixed a bug for mobile devices where Chat trigger messages are scrolled to the top of the page after the user scrolls to the bottom of a long page
Fixed minor visual bug by removing spacing near the Web Widget (Classic) footer section
Fixed the menu icon not being able to close the chat menu on iOS
Fixed the updateSettings API command so it respects changes in ticket forms

19 March 2020

Fixed a rendering bug for mobile proactive Chat pop-up where the second line of the message was cut off

18 March 2020

Fixed a bug where de-activated ticket forms took a very long time to stop showing up in the Web Widget (Classic)
Fixed a bug in the ticket submission form where user entries were lost between opening and closing the form

16 March 2020

Fixed the Answer Bot greeting being duplicated when the Web Widget (Classic) is opened by the zE('webWidget', 'open') API
Fixed a bug where users could not submit multiple support forms for customers with Answer Bot enabled
Fixed a bug where chats were being ended from the Chat rating page
Changed the Chat rating page where comments can now be submitted without a rating

12 March 2020

Added new addTags and removeTags APIs
Changed the socket connection to Talk, so that the Web Widget (Classic) doesn't try to reconnect too quickly on a slow WebSocket service

4 March 2020

Fixed a bug which was stripping the "department" field and incorrectly routing chats when Chat department agents go offline
Fixed the nested check box rendering in conditional fields

27 February 2020

Fixed the attachments dropzone now covers the whole Web Widget (Classic)
Fixed a bug in the Answer Bot article UI which hides the end of the article

26 February 2020

Fixed the chat options which are no longer cut off and updated the UI

18 February 2020

Fixed a bug that was causing support forms to crash when it included a field the Web Widget (Classic) does not support

14 February 2020

Fixed the "email transcript" option in Chat popout that now respects emailTranscript: false in zESettings

13 February 2020

Added the Zendesk logo in the Chat log when Chat is enabled and an agent is not typing

11 February 2020

Changed - Now when a chat agent re-requests a review, the review request will appear for the user, even if they had already reviewed the chat

10 February 2020

Fixed an issue where old API method names were being invoked under a specific set of circumstances
Fixed a bug where the Web Widget (Classic) previewer wasn't being translated in Support

7 February 2020

Fixed a bug where interacting with the drop down field resulted in the Web Widget (Classic) crashing on certain mobile devices

30 January 2020

Security - Added SameSite: lax to chat cookies to comply with Chrome 80s cookies security update: https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5088147346030592
Fixed visual bug that chat rating feedback buttons being pushed off the side of the agent panel if the agent had a very long Agent Name
Fixed a bug that prevented phone number from being set when using authenticated chat

21 January 2020

Security - Fixed Edit Contact Details appearing in the Chat Menu even when User Profile is disabled in Chat settings
Fixed a bug in the Chat Log scroll bar which caused it to have inconsistent sizing across browsers
Fixed social login buttons being visible in the pre-chat form despite User Profile being disabled in Chat settings
Fixed Chat menu visibility when viewing the Web Widget (Classic) in a pop-out window

16 January 2020

Fixed a bug where social network login buttons were opening tabs that wouldn't automatically close when authenticated
Fixed a bug where RTL styling was incorrect in form attachments

14 January 2020

Changed styling for attachments used in forms

13 January 2020

Changed - The priority order for values used in a form:
- Fallback values for all forms, including values set from the prefill API
- Specific locale values for all forms
- Fallback values for a specific form
- Specific locale values for a specific form
Fixed tickets submitting despite required drop-down options having no value set

08 January 2020

Fixed an issue where the on:open and on:closed API callbacks were not being fired when zE('webWidget', 'toggle') was called
Fixed the chat box in Answer Bot in mobile to have a more accessible styling. with the Zendesk logo now appearing above the chat box
Fixed an issue where the reset and logout APIs were not working in cases where a search was performed before the API was executed

06 January 2020

Fixed an issue where Answer Bot articles were displaying the Original Article button when it should have been disabled by the settings API
Fixed an issue where the Help Center search form was not utilizing the clear API to clear forms
Added an automatic scroll to the agent typing indicator when it changes
Fixed an issue where the Original Article button in Articles was incorrectly positioned
Added hover effects for navigation buttons
Security: Updated various packages to address potential security vulnerabilities

20 December 2019

Fixed an issue where the Chat message notification did not respect end user dismissal in Help Center
Added SameSite=Lax to the cookie in the Chat popout page
Fixed an issue with the padding around error messages in the Talk form

19 December 2019

Fixed an issue where the height of the Web Widget (Classic) was not being respected in Internet Explorer
Changed the way API errors are handled in the Web Widget (Classic). It now catches and reports useage errors in the browser console

18 December 2019

Fixed an issue where the Chat footer was not being rendered correctly in Internet Explorer
Fixed an issue where the Chat connection would break if bad data was passed to some Chat APIs
Fixed an issue where the Social login function would not redirect the user back to the Web Widget (Classic) after logging in on iOS13

17 December 2019

Fixed an issue where end users were able to submit the Chat offline form while the feature was disabled
Fixed an issue where the "loading messages..." message in the Chat log prevented user scrolling

13 December 2019

Added an ARIA label on the Chat log to improve usability with screen readers
Added the connectOnPageLoad setting. This allows site owners to defer the Chat web socket connection until an end user interacts with the Web Widget (Classic), significantly improving performance

11 December 2019

Fixed an issue where the ellipsis icon in Chat was not rendering correctly

05 December 2019

Fixed an issue where Chat sendMsg API would try to send a message before Chat was initialized
Changed Help Center to load only when users need it, saving end user data and reducing overall Web Widget (Classic) loading time
Fixed an issue where the Chat Menu wasn't displayed correctly in Safari
Fixed an issue where form prefill wasn't filling data on initial render

26 November 2019

Fixed an issue where the proactive chat notification could not be dismissed on mobile
Fixed an issue where bad data being passed to legacy $zopim APIs would cause the Web Widget (Classic) to crash

25 November 2019

Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) was attempting to send visitor paths to Chat before the connection had been initialized
Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) crashed if updatePath was called with an empty string in the title attribute
Fixed an issue where end users saw the host page being scrolled to the top before the Web Widget (Classic) was fully opened on mobile
Fixed an issue where Help Center articles could not be opened in a new window
Fixed the Talk setting on the Admin page to only be accessible for customers with a Team, Professional, or Enterprise Talk plan

20 November 2019

Fixed an issue where Japanese inputs in Safari were rendered with a 1-2 second lag

19 November 2019

Fixed an issue where proactive chats failed to open the Web Widget (Classic)

18 November 2019

Fixed an issue where visitor information from the Web Widget (Classic) wasn't populated in Chat
Fixed an issue which prevented Original Article buttons from being hidden via API
Fixed an issue where the chat log wasn't cleared properly when the end user disconnected from the session

12 November 2019

Fixed an issue where the Chat Badge send button was displayed incorrectly

8 November 2019

Fixed an issue where the 'Add to Help Center' button on the Admin page threw an error

6 November 2019

Fixed an issue where text wrapping broke formatting in the Web Widget (Classic) on older verions of iOS
Changed the Help Center search input to provide a better user experience
Changed the appearance of the buttons on mobile to be more consistent with the desktop experience

4 November 2019

Fixed an issue where images weren't displaying correctly in the Web Widget (Classic)when they had been resized in Help Center

23 October 2019

Fixed an issue with the $zopim.livechat.setOnStatus parameter. It was receiving an object with the Account Status as a key instead of the status as a string

10 October 2019

Fixed an issue where the prefill settings weren't displaying in the Ticket Forms

9 October 2019

Fixed an issue where the Chat Offline Form wasn't displaying newlines in the offline form greeting

7 October 2019

Fixed an issue where the escape key wasn't closing the Web Widget (Classic)

24 September 2019

Fixed an issue where the $zopim.livechat.getDisplay wasn't returning false when the Web Widget (Classic) was closed

17 September 2019

Added support for an on chat:popout API

16 September 2019

Changed Proactive Chats so they won't show the Web Widget (Classic) if it is hidden using the hide API

10 September 2019

Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) wasn't displaying on mobile Safari when the website had overflow-x: hidden; applied to the document body

6 September 2019

Integrated Chat experience was released to General Availability

28 August 2019

Changed the way the Web Widget (Classic) behaves when the browser zooms in

27 August 2019

Changed the screen reader experience in the Web Widget (Classic) by skipping over elements that aren't required for the screen reader to read and added more aria labels

12 August 2019

Fixed an issue where the logout button wasn't displayed when an end user was authenticating using Facebook. Now the log out button is displayed next to the user's Facebook name and email and allows them to remove these details

5 August 2019

Changed the setOnStatus API to return the account status when it is initially defined
Fixed an issue where pre-chat form wasn't being displayed after logging out

30 July 2019

Changed the departments drop-down in the pre-chat form to be sorted alphabetically
Fixed an issue where the Edit Contact Details popup couldn't be edited after it was submitted once. Now it can be submitted as many times as needed
Fixed an issue where Chat was opening up on mobile and taking over the screen when a user navigated to a new page while a chat session was in progress

24 July 2019

Fixed an issue where calling Chat get:isChatting on page load throws an error in the console. Now it returns false until Chat connects

18 July 2019

Fixed an issue on mobile where the Chat menu would have an option to "Go Back" even when there was nothing to go back

17 July 2019

Fixed an issue where Answer Bot messages weren't respecting the setLocale API. Now they change to match the requested locale

10 July 2019

Added support for the Chat offline form to be accessed from Answer Bot
Added support for the Norwegian - Bokml (NB) locale to the Web Widget

5 July 2019

Fixed an issue where the Chat popout URL wasn't generating correctly when there were non-Latin characters in the customer's settings

20 June 2019

Fixed an issue where the toggle API wasn't working for customers using Chat only

12 June 2019

Answer Bot for Web Widget (Classic) was released to General Availability

11 June 2019

Added support for Loom videos in Help Center articles

6 June 2019

Added a 'Get in Touch' button to Answer Bot to make it easier for the end user to find help

5 June 2019

Added support for Contextual Help inside Answer Bot
Fixed issue where Answer Bot prompted end users for a query multiple times

30 May 2019

Added support for Contact Options setting inside Answer Bot

23 May 2019

Fixed an issue where the browser focus was trapped inside the Web Widget (Classic)

14 May 2019

Fixed an issue where visitors could start a chat session when the account is offline if they reconnect to a timed out chat session. They can now see the offline form and are unable to start a chat session

13 May 2019

Added support for delaying contact information until a customer query is made in Answer Bot
Changed the on open and on close APIs. They now fire when the open and close APIs are called. Previously they would only fire when the launcher or close button is clicked

9 May 2019

Added support for Answer Bot suppress setting

25 April 2019

Added support for passing an array of tags through to Chat with the tags API
Fixed an issue where some brands weren't getting passed into Chat as a tag

16 April 2019

Added improved support for cookie law compliance

4 April 2019

Added support for built-in conditional fields to the Web Widget (Classic)

3 April 2019

Fixed an issue where offline departments were present in the pre-chat form when the customer didn't have an Offline Form

29 March 2019

Fixed an issue where the logout API would hide content in the Web Widget (Classic) after being called
Fixed an issue where the automatic translations feature would not render the translated messages

25 March 2019

Fixed an issue where the back button was displaying when there was nothing to go back to for customers that have Help Center and Talk enabled

19 March 2019

Name field improvements were released

14 March 2019

Translation optimizations were released

4 March 2019

Fixed an issue where the chat started API callback was firing on page load for visitors that were already chatting
Fixed an issue where the unread messages count displayed on the launcher was showing an incorrect value

27 Febuary 2019

Fixed an issue where customer image was cropped in Chat Badge. Now it takes up the entire Badge
Fixed an issue where some icons weren't visible when the theme color was white. They now display as a darker color

15 Febuary 2019

Changed the default theme color for new accounts to '#1F73B7'. This color better meets accessibility WCAG 2.0 guidelines
Changed the URLs inside the pre-chat and offline form greeting messages. They now display as links
Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) was loading slowly for customers with an invalid Talk configuration. Now if the configuration is invalid we don't try to connect to Talk

11 Febuary 2019

Added support for hiding the popout button
Fixed an issue where the Chat chime sound was playing on page load for visitors that had a chat session in progress. It now only plays a sound when a new message is received

7 Feburary 2019

Fixed issue where Chat visitor name was being displayed incorrectly as a random string. It now displays the actual visitor name

4 Febuary 2019

Fixed an issue where Chat forms weren't populating with visitor name and email. They now appear if an identify or prefill API call has been made
Fixed an issue where the Chat Previewer wasn't displaying on Firefox

29 January 2019

Fixed an issue where departments dropdown wasn't hiding when using the filter setting with an empty array

9 January 2019

Fixed an issue where end users couldn't chat when all Chat agents status's was set to "away"

20 December 2018

Added Chat popout. This allows end users to pop the current chat session out into a new window

14 December 2018

Fixed an issue where Chat menu wasn't displaying on mobile
Added Social Login to the Edit Contact Details menu in Chat

10 December 2018

Fixed an issue where the Web Widget (Classic) launcher size wasn't updating when the locale was changed

5 December 2018

Added Integrated Chat

28 November 2018

Fixed an issue on some responsive websites where the Web Widget (Classic) wasn't taking up the full width of the screen on mobile

14 November 2018

Fixed an issue where custom strings defined in zESettings failed when missing a wildcard
Fixed an issue where the Web Widget would display an empty iframe when zE.activate was called

8 November 2018

Major Widget API refresh released!

8 October 2018

Released an update to the color contrast algorithm to meet accessibility WCAG 2.0 guidelines

5 October 2018

Released a new Widget Admin feature to allow customers to customize the theme text color (which applies to launcher, header, button text color throughout the Widget) and override the potential impact of automated color contrast applied by the widget

20 September 2018

Added launcherText for color settings API which sets the color of the widget launcher text only

31 August 2018

Released improvements to CSP support to more closely comply with Google CSP guidelines including support for the nonce attribute
Fixed an issue where theme color was being overwritten by default green color on contact form

23 August 2018

Released a significant upgrade to the Web Widget (Classic) UI to use Zendesk Garden components and improve accessibility. This includes a larger base font size, improvements to color contrast, resizing, keyboard controls and screenreader support
Released support for domain-level whitelisting. Now customers with a URL that does not contain www or a subdomain can use the whitelist-restricted Help Center content feature

8 August 2018

Released a fix for customers still using the legacy snippet and who have a host-mapped domain hard-coded into their snippet

6 August 2018

Executed a redirect for the legacy Web Widget snippet that enables future performance improvements

3 August 2018

Released a minor optimization of the Contextual Help experience
- Widget now displays a visual indication when waiting for search results to be returned
- Widget now displays a message when Contextual Help search did not return any results

25 June 2018

Released minor changes to the Web Widget (Classic) design
- Widget height is now fixed (except for initial Help Center search state)
- The channel choice menu (when Talk and Chat are enabled or when enabled via the channel choice API) is now displayed as a separate “screen” in the Web Widget (Classic). Previously this was a pop-up menu displayed above the Help Center search results or article view
- Form submission (contact form and callback form) and Talk Call Us screens now also conform to the new fixed height with minor visual design updates

18 June 2018

Released an emergency fix to Contextual Help to mitigate traffic issues. The change has altered the user experience. Previously the Web Widget (Classic) would pre-load Contextual Help results so that the results would appear immediately after clicking on the launcher. Now there is a slight delay prior to displaying results

14 June 2018

Released an update to the Web Widget (Classic) snippet which is now available to all customers in the Setup tab of Widget admin

28 March 2018

Fixed prefill issues. Prefill now appears for any field when submitting a second ticket via the Web Widget (Classic) without refreshing the page, and for the description field when ticket form is not enabled

26 March 2018

Fixed an issue with Web Widget embedded in restricted Help Centers with hostmapped domains. The new snippet now works for restricted Help Centers with hostmapping

07 March 2018

Released Web Widget (Classic) performance improvements, including the new "Asset Composer" snippet
Fixed an issue where Chat wasn't appearing after an Agent came online. The widget now behaves as expected, opening to Chat
Fixed an issue where a line became visible after scrolling in the widget on mobile. The line no longer appears

05 March 2018

Fixed an issue with tables in Help Center articles. The widget now allows horizontal scrolling for articles with multiple tables

01 March 2018

Fixed an issue with content padding for configuration where no ticket form(s) and no Zendesk logo was enabled

28 February 2018

Header color will now match the theme color. It was previously grey
Enhanced the color setting API. It now allows customizing the color of specific widget elements
View original article button is now a clickable icon at top right of the widget article (previously at bottom of the article)

22 February 2018

Fixed an issue with Contextual Help search results and zE.setHelpCenterSuggestions. It now displays max 3 results
Fixed an issue with tables in Help Center articles. It now allows horizontal scrolling

13 February 2018

Added mobile offset to settings
Removed the "view more" button. Display up to 9 results by default