CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog. As of this writing, this is a rolling-release project without any meaningful versioning whatsoever. Tags/releases may be created for the sole purpose of documenting major updates to the project.

2024-06-08

Changed

• Fixed CSS injection vulnerability in MathJax renderer (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40615653).

2024-04-22

Added

• Add Serbo-Croatian localization (#1365).

2024-02-11

Added

• Add Cross-Origin Resource Policy support (#1309).

2024-02-10

Added

• Add Uzbek localization (#1303).

2024-01-06

Added

• Add Danish localization (#1277).

2023-12-03

Added

• Add Hungarian localization (#1231).

Changed

• Enforce origin checks on app homepage (#1254).

2023-11-25

Fixed

• Fix bottom border getting cropped off on Windows (#1245).

2023-10-29

Added

• Add Khmer localization (#1193).

• Add Greek localization (#1169).

• Add NoBorder Gray theme (#1203).

2023-08-19

Added

• Add Purple Dark theme (#1144).

2023-08-12

Changed

• Disable upvote button (#1152).

Fixed

• Fix timeline element not being hidden when the discussion hasn't been created (#1151).

2023-07-29

Added

• Add Esperanto localization (#1124).

2023-07-01

Changed

• Update comment sorting button styles to match GitHub (#1096).

2023-06-25

Changed

• Various style fixes (#1030).

2023-06-24

Added

• Add Hebrew localization (#1056).

• Add Catalan localization (#1071).

• Add NoBorder themes (#1052).

2023-04-01

Added

• Add Ukrainian localization (#677, #855, #911).

2023-02-26

Added

• Add sign out button (#919).

Changed

• Use <link> element to load default CSS (#920).

2023-02-25

Changed

• Use lazy loading for avatar images (#918).

2023-02-11

Added

• Add Persian localization (#867).

2022-12-14

Fixed

• Clear session if state has expired (#823).

2022-12-10

Changed

• Fix locale loader to avoid bundling all locales (#818).

2022-12-04

Changed

• Improve onboarding config UX (#807).

2022-12-03

Changed

• Disable automatic revalidation of the first page (#805).

2022-11-12

Fixed

• Fix iframe transparency (#785, #787).

2022-11-06

Fixed

• Fix iframe transparency (#775, #776).

• Fix copy button permission (#774).

Added

• Add locale fallback for zh-Hant (#773).

• Add locale fallbacks for zh-Hans and gsw (#772).

• Add Thai localization (#771).

2022-10-26

Fixed

• Fix LAUGH reaction emoji (#746).

2022-08-13

Changed

• Minify client script locally (#665).

• Default to preferred_color_scheme theme (#664).

2022-07-30

Added

• Use giscus:backlink <meta> tag if exists to link to the origin page (#642).
• Add styles for flash and flash-error classes (#639).

Changed

• Self-host MathJax libraries (#637).
• Remove iframe-resizer host script (#638).
  Note: if you're using giscus-component, make sure to update to v2 and up.
• Safely remove MathJax settings (#641).

2022-07-24

Added

• Add Arabic localization (#622).

Changed

• Improve RTL languages support (#626).

Fixed

• Prevent duplicated discussion creation (#623).
• Prevent input zoom on iPhone Safari (#625).

2022-07-23

Added

• Add Dutch localization (#612).
• Add option to use strict title matching (#621).

2022-06-26

Added

• Add Portuguese localization (#581).

2022-05-21

Added

• Add support for mathematical expressions using MathJax (#548).
• Add Tritanopia themes (#549).
• Use MathJax 3.2.0 and fix a11y failing to load (#550).

2022-05-20

Added

• Add support for Note and Warning with blockquotes (#544).

2022-04-17

Fixed

• Minor style fixes (#500).

2022-04-10

Fixed

• Remove <summary> marker for reactions button on Safari (#486).

2022-04-09

Changed

• Use GitHub's Mona loading animation (#477).

Fixed

• Minor style fixes (#484).

2022-04-06

Fixed

• Minor style fixes (#475).

2022-04-02

Changed

• Add spaces between date parts for Chinese locale (#464).

2022-03-26

Changed

• Improve reaction button popover menu (#449).

2022-03-19

Added

• Add the option to use loading="lazy" on the <iframe> (#438).

• Append container element id as anchor to the origin URL (#439).

2022-03-07

Added

• Add Turkish localization (#420).

2022-02-20

Fixed

• Fix new comment creation when comments are ordered by newest-first (#413).

• Fix mismatched mutators when comments are ordered by newest-first (#412).

2022-02-18

Fixed

• Fix height with top input position or reactions disabled (#409).

2022-02-16

Fixed

• Only apply X-Frame-Options header on homepage or widget with invalid origin (#403).

2022-02-09

Changed

• Resize iframe with ResizeObserver (#392).
  Note: if you're using giscus-component, please update to the latest version. The previous iframe resizing technique is now deprecated and will be removed in the future.

2022-02-07

Fixed

• Fix crash if a comment author user account has been deleted (#391).

2022-02-06

Changed

• Expose ids and description in config context (#383).

Fixed

• Fix crash when rendering footnotes (#382).

2022-01-29

Added

• Allow setting default comment order in giscus.json (#375).

2022-01-27

Added

• Add GitHub Light High Contrast theme (#373).

2022-01-26

Added

• Add Russian localization (#355).

• Add inputPosition option to place the comment box above the comments (#358).
  Note: the gsc-comment-box-separator class has been removed.

• Add buttons to order comments by oldest and newest (#372).
  Note: you'll need to add --color-btn-selected-bg and --color-primer-shadow-inset variables if you use a custom CSS.

2022-01-16

Fixed

• Fix blob-wrapper styles (#347).

2022-01-15

Added

• Add Vietnamese localization (#346).

2022-01-12

Fixed

• Wrap client script in IIFE (#343).

2022-01-09

Added

• Add German localization (#325).

Fixed

• Fix emoji font-weight and font-family (#324).

2021-12-23

Changed

• Minify client script (#322).

2021-12-15

Fixed

• Wrap search term in double quotes (#290).

2021-12-04

Added

• Add Japanese localization (#290).

2021-11-23

Fixed

• Minor fixes (#273).

2021-11-21

Added

• Add fixed-width font toggle to CommentBox (#213).

2021-11-17

Added

• Add Korean localization (#253).

Changed

• Improve French localization (#256, #257).

2021-11-14

Added

• Add Italian localization (#245).

• Add Swiss German localization (#242).

Changed

• Ensure session param is removed in origin URL (#246).
  Note: for security measures, user tokens have been reset. Users will need to authorize giscus again the next time they log in.

2021-11-13

Added

• Add Spanish localization (#241).

2021-11-07

Changed

• Update dependencies (#217).

Fixed

• Minor style fixes (#238).

2021-11-06

Added

• Add Dependabot for updates (#215).

Changed

• Use new setup-node caching (#216).

Fixed

• Add type="button" to non-submit buttons in CommentBox (#212).

Added

• Allow submitting comment with Command+Enter (#211).

Changed

• Show language names in their original language (#210).

2021-11-01

Added

• Add Simplified Chinese localization (#206).

2021-10-26

Added

• Add French localization (#202).

2021-10-22

Fixed

• Fix relative time formatting (#201).

Added

• Add Indonesian localization (#200).
• Properly introduce i18n and l10n support (#199).

2021-10-17

Added

• Add Romanian localization (#196).

2021-10-10

Added

• Use next-translate for i18n and add Polish l10n (#192).

2021-10-09

Fixed

• Cache GitHub App installation access tokens using Supabase (#195).
  Note: if you self-host giscus, check out the new addition to the self-hosting guide to configure token caching on your installation.

2021-10-05

Fixed

• Show API rate limit error message and sign in button (#190).

2021-10-04

Fixed

• Log error if response.data is undefined (#189).

2021-10-03

Added

• Add colorblind beta themes (#187).

Changed

• Use primer/primitives v5 as theme base and update looks to match GitHub updates (#186).

2021-10-02

Changed

• Improve footnotes rendering (#185).
• Improve comment replies pagination (#184).
• Statically render the onboarding comment (#183).

2021-09-30

Changed

• Move repository to giscus organization (#180).

2021-09-24

Added

• Add Vercel banner (#179).

2021-09-19

Changed

• Reduce memory usage limit to 192MB (#178).
  Note: please consider donating, I've been hitting my free usage limit on Vercel 🙁

2021-09-18

Fixed

• Improve accessibility and Lighthouse score (#175).
• Fix transparent background (#176).

Changed

• Self-host iframeResizer (#172, #173).
• Upgrade SWR to 1.0 (#174).
• Get app host from environment variable (#177).
  Note: if you self-host giscus, you need to set the NEXT_PUBLIC_GISCUS_APP_HOST variable so that the domain correctly shows up in the configuration step.

2021-09-17

Changed

• Upgrade dependencies (#171).

2021-08-30

Changed

• Redirect to app return URL if access is denied by user (#167).

2021-08-22

Changed

• Update upvotes and reactions UI to match GitHub's new UI (#164).
  Note: this might be a BREAKING change if you use a custom CSS.
• Scale font size to 5% of viewport width on tiny screens (#164).
• Project configuration fixes (#164).

2021-08-13

Changed

• Upgrade Next.js to 11.1 (#161).
• Use next/script to load scripts (#161).

2021-08-07

Changed

• Refactor markup and CSS to improve customizability (#158).
  Note: this might be a BREAKING change if you use a custom CSS.
• Use Navigator.clipboard API to copy to clipboard (#159).
• Use stale-while-revalidate for theme files (#159).

2021-08-01

Added

• Add link to giscus-component (#155).

2021-07-31

Changed

• Use strict-origin Referrer-Policy to avoid excessive header length (#154).
• Improve theme performance on initial load to prevent flashing (#155).

2021-07-25

Added

• Add security headers (#147).

Changed

• Use media query in CSS for preferred_color_scheme theme (#146).
• The "origin not allowed" error message implemented in #125 is no longer shown. Instead, the browser will now refuse to load the iframe as a result of the frame-ancestors value in the Content-Security-Policy header (#147).
• Upgrade Next.js to 11 and update other dependencies (#149).
• Only apply iFrameResize to .giscus-frame iframes (#150).

Fixed

• Fix unreadable reactions popup menu due to transparent background in Transparent Dark theme (#148).

2021-07-12

Added

• Link to GitHub guides for the repository requirements (#142).

2021-07-11

Added

• This changelog (#139).
• Add option to emit discussion metadata (#136).
• Add support for updating config on-the-fly with postMessage (#138).

Fixed

• Minor fixes (#137).
• Fix unchanged theme on initial load (#140).
• Fix sendMessage example (#141).

2021-07-10

Fixed

• Improve theme performance (#135).

2021-07-09

Fixed

• Fix memory limit config (#133).

2021-07-08

Changed

• Limit functions memory usage to 256MB (#132).

2021-07-05

Added

• Add custom CSS support (#128).

2021-07-04

Added

• Implement origin checking (#125).
• Update GitHub themes and add GitHub Dark High Contrast (#126).

Fixed

• Fix getFile service function (#127).

2021-07-03

Fixed

• Fix crash on categories with GitHub custom emojis (#122).
• Listen to preferred theme changes (#123).
• Force repository name to lowercase in discussion query (#124).

2021-06-13

Added

• Add Transparent Dark theme (#110).

Changed

• Minor improvements (#111).

2021-06-12

Fixed

• Remove typo from privacy policy (#109).

2021-06-06

Added

• Add option to also filter by category (#105).

2021-06-05

Fixed

• Fix prerender crash if getAppAccessToken fails (#103).

2021-06-04

Added

• Add default CSS in client script (#102).

Changed

• Drop passthru GraphQL API (#99)).

Fixed

• Fix missing space in "Sign in to" (#101).

2021-06-02

Added

• Create self-hosting guide (#98).

Changed

• Reduce bundle size (#97).

2021-06-01

Added

• Implement reactions to discussions (#93).
• Add migrating guide (#94).

Fixed

• Handle bad credentials, invalid state, and log other errors (#95).

2021-05-30

Fixed

• Only listen to resize events from the iframe (#89).

2021-05-29

Fixed

• Opt-out of FLoC and fix some minor issues (#88).

2021-05-27

Fixed

• Minor improvements (#83).

2021-05-26

Changed

• Branding-related updates (#82).

2021-05-23

Fixed

• Don't add clipboard button to js-file-line-container (#81).

2021-05-22

Added

• Reintroduce copy to clipboard button in code blocks (#78).

Fixed

• Minor improvements (#79).

2021-05-15

Added

• Initial release.
• Link to discussions in comments count (#74).

Fixed

• Include forks in search queries (#71).
• Remove fork:true in discussion query (#73).