2024 Apps Release Notes

Last modified: December 18, 2025

December 2024

December 1, 2024

Improvements

  • We expanded the response of our Projects API to include details on the company owning a particular app.

Fixes

  • We fixed an issue where revisions on the Team Server page would not redirect to stories associated with a commit.
  • We fixed a tiny but annoying issue where the description of a new app would not accept special characters properly.

November 2024

November 28, 2024

New Features

November 14, 2024

Improvements

  • We have improved Mini Surveys as follows:
    • Mini Surveys now features an updated onboarding flow that guides you step by step through the installation process.
    • You no longer need to restart your application to switch surveys, as we have changed the module to use the survey location instead of linking it to a survey ID.
    • We have simplified the process of creating a new survey by introducing a wizard that walks you through each step.

November 7, 2024

New features

  • We made it possible for you to integrate your portfolio with Jira! This means now you can link Jira projects to your portfolio, assign Jira epics from these Jira projects to portfolio initiatives, and also track their progress. We offer this functionality as a beta version and welcome your feedback!

November 3, 2024

New features

  • We have added two more endpoints to Projects API to help you manage your project roles. More are on their way!

October 2024

October 27, 2024

Fixes

  • We have resolved an issue that was causing duplicate email notifications to be sent after the completion of the migration to Git.
  • We have resolved an issue that prevented teams from modifying their roles after migrating to the centralized company roles.

October 17, 2024

New features

  • If you are new to the Portfolio Management tool, you can find a demo portfolio in the My Portfolios section. This demo serves as a playground for you to experiment with all the features of a portfolio. However, you will not be able to invite users or change the portfolio’s settings.

Improvements

  • In Portfolio Management, we replaced the introduction page for new users with a more streamlined introduction banner.

September 2024

September 29, 2024

Improvements

  • We centralized the management of team project roles in Control Center. This improves access governance across all Mendix projects and streamlines the setup process for app access. You can migrate your project roles to the centralized company-level project roles to benefit from this improvement. We expect you to complete the migration by January 1, 2025.
  • We made it possible for you to add external team members to your app via the Projects API. This mimics the functionality that is already in place through the user interface.

Fixes

  • We fixed a bug where the commit dates for git-enabled apps on the Team Server page were not correctly localized in some cases.

September 26, 2024

Improvements

August 2024

August 25, 2024

Improvements

  • We took the first step towards a complete overhaul of the App Buzz page and added some basic information to the top of the page. This information gives you a quick and clear overview of the app's features, functionality, and the latest updates on the Team Server.

Fixes

  • We fixed a bug where the commit dates for git-enabled apps on the Team Server page were not localized.

August 22, 2024

New features

  • In Portfolio Management, you can now enter a value in the Percentage Completed field to indicate the progress made on any ongoing initiative. This field provides a clear way to track how much work has been completed. The Percentage Completed is visible in both the list view and the planning view, giving you an easy overview of your progress at a glance.

August 1, 2024

New features

  • In Portfolio Management, now you can drag and drop initiative cards in Kanban view. This allows you to drag initiatives to a different stage or change their sequence within the same stage.

Improvements

  • In Portfolio Management, when a Portfolio Manager approves the access request of a user, now they can assign an access role different than the one the user requested.

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Fixes

  • We fixed a bug that caused story points in your Epics to reset to zero when you changed the status of the story in the Stories Pane.

July 28, 2024

Improvements

  • We have greatly simplified the process of creating an app from Apps, making it easier and quicker to start working on your new app.
  • When you are invited to collaborate on an app by someone from outside your own company, the pending invitation will be visible on the top of the My Apps page.

June 2024

June 30, 2024

New features

  • We have added a new endpoint to our public Projects API. This enables you to automate changing existing team member's role assignment or update your pinned apps overview.

June 27, 2024

New Feature

  • We added the Insights page in the Portfolio Management app. It is a dashboard that provides critical data and visualizations to help you gain insights into the portfolio.

June 14, 2024

New Features

  • We have launched the beta version of Software Composition, which provides visibility into component dependencies for every Mendix application environment. You can access the feature in Control Center and Apps navigation pane. This feature is available for select Studio Pro versions for free and licensed applications deployed on Mendix Public Cloud and Mendix on Kubernetes.

Improvements

June 9, 2024

Improvements

  • When you open the Developer Portal, you can now see these tabs: My Apps, Company Apps, and Pending Invites. For details, see Developer Portal.
  • On the top bar of some pages in the Developer Portal, you now see Apps instead of Developer Portal. This way the presentation of our information architecture is more consistent.

May 2024

May 16, 2024

Improvements

  • In Portfolio Management, you can now see the prioritization score instead of the department name on an initiative card in the Kanban view.

May 5, 2024

New features

  • We have released a public beta version of a brand new Projects API. This API will help you automate managing your projects on the platform. Some of its key features are as follows: creating and deleting projects, and managing your project's team. We will add more features in the coming months. This is an important self-service feature. All feedback is welcome!

Fixes

  • We fixed an issue where app team members were unable to download documents uploaded to the Developer Portal.
  • We fixed an issue where the app administrator was not able to change the logo of an app.
  • We fixed an issue where under certain circumstances the Technical Contact of an app was not displayed correctly.

May 1, 2024

New Features

April 2024

April 25, 2024

Improvements

  • The Feedback API now returns the list of tags linked to a feedback.
  • It is now possible to retrieve all feedback through the Feedback API for a certain email address.
  • Feedback is now exported in a CSV file format.

April 4, 2024

New Features

Improvements

  • In Feedback, we have fixed an issue where the reporter's name appeared empty on the Contact Reporter tab. Now if there is no reporter's name available, their email address will be shown instead.
  • We released the following improvements for Mini surveys:
    • We improved your experience of copying the generated API key by implementing a new widget on the Settings tab of the Survey Overview page.
    • We improved our error messages by providing more details.

March 2024

March 28, 2024

New Features

  • We made the following improvements to Portfolio Management:
    • On the Archive page, you can now filter and export the archived initiatives.
    • We have extended the existing filters for initiatives.
    • We added a new field Location to initiatives, which shows where the department of the requester is located. Now you can also see this field in the Excel file when you export initiatives.

March 21, 2024

Fixes

  • We have fixed a bug in Epics that caused the cursor in text editors to jump to a different place unexpectedly. This problem happened in text editors for story descriptions, epic descriptions, and comments.

    There is a small trade-off though, since we replaced the text editor widget completely, it will not be possible to link stories using a # anymore. Your existing links will become plain text that still contain story ID and title. Copying and pasting the link to the story can be used as a workaround in the meantime.

March 16, 2024

Improvements

  • We added the Contributor access role in Portfolio Management, and we renamed the User access role to Viewer.

March 6, 2024

Deprecations

  • Feedback API v1 is deprecated, and it will be turned off completely on September 30, 2024. To ensure a seamless transition, Mendix strongly recommends migrating to Feedback API v2 for all your feedback-related operations, including retrieval, creation, and updates.

February 2024

February 29, 2024

Improvements

  • The Feedback API has been improved. We are happy to release our new REST Feedback API. The new API will replace the existing SOAP API, but it also comes with extra functionality like being able to retrieve the screenshot for a feedback item. Check out the docs for more information. The following changes have been made:
    • We now send information on the priority status of a feedback item through various calls.
    • We have optimized the GET call.
    • We have better error logs for various calls.

Fixes

  • We fixed a bug where the sidepanel would flicker upon loading either Mini Surveys or Feedback.
  • In Feedback, creating, archiving, and deleting feedback items should now show the correct pages.

February 8, 2024

New Features

February 1, 2024

New Features

  • In Feedback, you can now message the reporter on the Contact Reporter tab on the side panel after you open a feedback item.

Improvements

  • Errors are now gracefully handled when a mini survey submission is sent outside the boundaries of the survey runtime window.
  • We fixed an issue where some users were unable to close feedback items.
  • We fixed an issue where some users were encountering an error when navigating back to the Feedback home page.

January 2024

January 25, 2024

New Features

  • Besides the already existing private and restricted portfolios, we now introduced open portfolios. An open portfolio is discoverable within your company portfolios and accessible for all company members.

Fixes

  • We fixed an issue where under certain circumstances the Manage Users overview of the app access management would not show.

January 18, 2024

Improvements

  • We released a few improvements for Feedback:
    • We converted Inbox and Archive pages into two tabs on the homepage.
    • We introduced a bulk action bar where you can link, move, archive, and delete items as well as assign item status and create stories in bulk.
    • We now save your filters on Inbox and Archive tabs until the page is refreshed.

January 11, 2024

New Features

  • We added the following new features in Portfolio Management:

    • You can now check initiatives in the planning view. In this view, the initiatives are shown on one timeline, with each timeline bar presenting an initiative.

    • You can now link multiple apps to an initiative. It is also possible to link epics from different apps to an initiative.

Improvements

  • Epics, our new agile planning tool has replaced Mendix Stories. We have added the option to export data from the Story Archive in batches, for those of you who had a lot of stories to export.

    You will need to export everything you want to keep before 1 October, 2024. After that, old data will be deleted.