Changelog

15 October 2024

  • Added support for the multi-conversations feature. This new feature allows your end users to seamlessly manage multiple ongoing conversations with your business at the same time.

2023 2024

  • Added postback action type support – postback buttons can enhance conversations as they trigger server-side logic when a user clicks on them and are helpful when building a bot. They can also be used to trigger other server-side actions by clicking a button in the conversation, such as an “add-to-cart” action.
  • Added generative AI disclaimer – messages generated by AI are displayed with a disclaimer at the bottom of that respective message.
  • Added Conversation Extensions – users can now open a conversation extension in the application to enhance interactive experiences atop the conversation view.
  • Fixed accessibility bugs – sufficiently improved accessibility support of the Web Widget (fixes connected to screen readers, focus, labels, and contrasts).
  • Fixed validation message – now shown when end users exceed the maximum allowed value. 
  • Fixed ellipses position in RTL Languages.
  • Fixed hyperlinks – now end users will see hyperlinks in the bots and agents messages. 
  • Fixed empty bubble for quick reply messages without a text.
  • Fixed button text wrapping and misalignment  for quick reply messages. 
  • Fixed proactive messages crashes.
  • Fixed unsafe-eval CSP issue. 
  • Fixed conversation fields by adding callback to API.

6 July 2023

19 May 2023

  • Added support for action buttons with image messages
  • Fixed a rendering bug in Chrome where a white line appeared on rounded corners

17 May 2023

  • Removed support for IE11
  • Added accessible titles for the launcher
  • Fixed a bug that prevented file upload errors for unsupported file types from being retried
  • Fixed a bug that displayed proactive messages offset from the corner of the page when a custom launcher is used

3 May 2023

  • Changed labels for retry button when a file fails to upload

21 April 2023

  • Fixed a bug where the unread message indicator was misaligned

14 April 2023

  • Added an accessible title for the error icon
  • Added accessible solid color focus for interactive elements

5 April 2023

  • Added Hide and Show APIs to the Web Widget
  • Added an accessible h1 element for carousel headings
  • Added accessible color borders for interactive elements
  • Fixed a bug where a loading spinner would display when 'open' was called immediately after 'loginUser'

30 March 2023

  • Added Proactive Messaging feature for messaging

29 March 2023

  • Fixed a bug the virtual keyboard would close after sending a message on iOS

14 March 2023

  • Fixed a bug where messages would appear out of order if the user's local time was set incorrectly

8 March 2023

  • Fixed a bug where there was a small gap between the widget and the virtual keyboard on an iOS
  • Fixed a bug where quick replies that spanned two lines had incorrect spacing
  • Fixed a bug where the action button was not using the color set in the admin page

28 February 2023

  • Fixed a bug where draft text could be lost when the widget is collapsed while being displayed fullscreen

26 February 2023

  • Added Zendesk referrer logo in the Web Widget

27 February 2023

  • Fixed a bug where a loading spinner would display when another API function was called immediately after loginUser

23 February 2023

  • Added user sound notifications in the Web Widget

16 February 2023

  • Added support for link buttons in image messages

6 February 2023

  • Added support for images to be shown in carousel messages.
  • Fixed a bug where there was a small gap below the widget when being displayed fullscreen

1 February 2023

  • Fixed a bug when using Safari on iPhone that was closing the keyboard after sending a message

31 January 2023

  • Fixed an issue where the Send button was using 'Primary' color instead of the 'Action' color.

18 January 2023

  • Added a deprecation message for IE11 users

15 December 2022

  • Added support for custom positioning of the Web Widget, configurable via the admin controls

1 December 2022

  • Fixed a bug for Korean locales where pressing Enter would submit two messages

24 November 2022

  • Fixed a bug where user messages were appearing out of order
  • Fixed a bug on iPhone where the message input box was being covered by the address bar

8 November 2022

  • Added improved accessibility for focus states on input fields, buttons and icons
  • Added improved colors with more accessible contrast in the header, launcher, and messages

3 November 2022

  • Added curved launcher support configurable in the admin controls
  • Added curved window frame support configurable in the admin controls
  • Fixed an iPad bug where the address bar was blocking the widget in landscape view

25 October 2022

  • Added the ability for customers to choose a rounded border shape for the launcher

21 October 2022

  • Fixed a bug that altered the appearance of the widget if the base font size had been overridden

12 October 2022

30 June 2022

  • Fixed a bug that prevented active conversations connecting on page load

27 June 2022

24 June 2022

  • Fixed an issue where the CSS styles were missing in Firefox

23 June 2022

  • Fixed a bug which prevented the 'login' and 'open' APIs from being called in succession

20 June 2022

  • Added screen reader accessibility for the typing indicator
  • Fixed an issue where page changes were not being tracked in a single-page application

6 June 2022

  • Fixed a bug causing new conversations to start and merge with existing authenticated conversations on page refresh
  • Fixed a bug where values were being saved to localStorage or sessionStorage when cookies had been disabled before the Widget had fully loaded
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the widget from closing via the escape key while connecting to social channels

31 May 2022

  • Fixed a bug where the launcher displayed a thin white border when the host page and launcher color were the same

24 May 2022

  • Fixed the position of the unread indicator when the launcher is positioned bottom left
  • Added support for dropdowns that have a large amount of items in form messages

16 May 2022

  • Fixed a bug where SVG fields were being skipped by screen readers

16 March 2022

  • Fixed a bug preventing supported file types from being selected via the file upload button

14 March 2022

  • Fixed a bug preventing zip files from being selected via the file upload button

2 March 2022

  • Removed page view analytics when cookies are disabled

21 February 2022

  • Fixed a bug where the unread indicator was not being shown correctly
  • Fixed a bug with pagination on scroll

25 January 2022

24 January 2022

  • Fixed a bug which was preventing the launcher label from displaying on first load

20 January 2022

  • Added aria-label for avatar

7 December 2021

  • Fixed a scrolling bug affecting new messages in the web widget log

2 December 2021

  • Added the ability to use drag and drop for attaching files

11 November 2021

  • Fixed a bug that resulted in help center article text overflowing inside carousels
  • Fixed a visual bug where end user messages were appearing too close to agent/answer bot messages in the Messenger

25 October 2021

  • Fixed a bug where files sent from an agent to end users weren't displaying the filename correctly and preventing it from being downloadable
  • Fixed a bug where the URL bar on iOS15 devices would cover the input for users
  • Fixed a bug where the keyboard on iPad devices would cover the input for users

6 October 2021

  • Added a file upload button to the messenger footer that allows end users to send file and image attachments to agents

29 September 2021

  • Fixed a bug that could result in the first few messages from Answer Bot not being displayed

14 September 2021

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the user from retrying, when loading messages failed
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the widget from displaying on mobile devices for users using the Arcturus theme

16 August 2021

  • Fixed a bug that prevented the Web Widget from loading in IE11

29 July 2021

  • Added the ability for messenger to update its session when a user logs into another computer while the first session is still open

30 June 2021

  • Fixed an issue where HTML entities were displayed incorrectly in article suggestions

3 May 2021

  • Fixed a bug that removed open and close animations from the Web Widget

23 April 2021

  • Fixed a minor UI bug where the input text area of the messenger was not rendered correctly in Firefox

29 March 2021

  • Added a fade-in effect to the messenger launcher button when it appears on the page
  • Fixed a bug where the quick-reply buttons in the messenger were still keyboard-navigable even when invisible
  • Fixed a UI bug where the host page would scroll after the user scrolls to the bottom or top of the list of messages in the messenger

25 March 2021

  • Added a drop-down menu to the header of the messenger that allows end users to seamlessly move the conversation to other linked channels, such as Instagram or Facebook Messenger

17 March 2021

  • Fixed a bug causing the alt value on embedded images to be the file location URL rather than the provided alt text

3 March 2021

  • Fixed a bug to ensure visitor details are correctly assigned to the agent ticket
  • Changed some minor styling around drop shadows in the messenger

22 February 2021

  • Fixed a bug which would cause the parent page to scroll when the messenger came into focus on Safari
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the text in long replies from wrapping

4 February 2021

  • Changed the file message to display the size in KB when the file size is less than 1 MB
  • Changed the visibility behaviour of the messenger to remain open if the host page reloads

1 February 2021

  • Released Web Widget
  • Added open API zE('messenger', 'open')
  • Added close API zE('messenger', 'close')
  • Added API to set the locale zE('messenger:set', 'locale', 'ko')
  • Added API to set the z-index of the Web Widget's iframes zE('messenger:set', 'zIndex', 100)
  • Added API to enable/disable cookies zE('messenger:set', 'cookies', false)