4.5 Release Checklist

[cwhitten]

The following need to be signed-off on before the Emulator can publish a new stable build.

NOTE: Make sure to do a clean install before attempting to go through the checklist: Clear out @bfemulator folder in app data (%APPDATA% on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support on Mac~/.config on Linux)

.bot files

• create a new .bot file with keys encrypted
• edit existing .bot file providing secret to decrypt keys for .bot file not created by the Emulator
• load a .bot file to start conversation

starting conversations

• start conversation via .bot file
• start conversation via url
• restart .bot file conversation (same user id, new user id, overridden user id)
• restart url conversation (same user id, new user id, overridden user id)

chat control

• rendered activity types are clickable and load in the inspector

log panel

• see appropriate status codes (200, 201, 401, 400, etc)
• all clickable elements load appropriate inspectors (Message, protocol events, LUIS traces, etc)

inspectors

• LUIS train/publish via a LUIS trace

bot inspector

• rendered activity types are clickable and load in the inspector (message, bot state)
• log items render appropriately and are clickable

transcripts

• emulator mode save
  - [ ] inspector mode save removed until we can distinguish between regular & inspector transcripts
• load into conversation in transcript mode

service connections

• log in to Azure
• navigate discovered resources/subscriptions
• add LUIS/QnA/Dispatch services to .bot file
• add new service manually

samples

• core-bot
• welcome users
• bot authentication
• nlp-with-dispatch
• qnamaker

protocols/schemes

• using bfemulator:// can start the emulator with the appropriate context

platforms

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

auto-update

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

[corinagum]

Checking for an update on 4.4.1-59264 (must be in administrator mode) enables Restart to auto update, which updates to 4.4.1. Is this behavior we want?

[tonyanziano]

@corinagum If you don't have the "Use pre-release versions" checkbox checked in Settings, then yes, it is expected to update to the latest stable release. The new patch, 4.4.2, will not require admin privileges though.

[tonyanziano]

Signing off for:

• Windows
• Linux

[tonyanziano]

4.5 is live!

https://github.com/microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/releases/tag/v4.5.0

[tonyanziano]

To add to checklist for next release:

Ensure that adaptive cards function properly (clicking within input fields focuses, postbacks are sent, etc.)