Release Notes 24.4.5

ARM Release Notes 24.4.5

Release Date: 19 January 2025

With this release, we have implemented the following enhancements and support fixes to improve features and functionality and streamline the user experience.

Security Improvements

Email and Username Validation

Registration processes now enforce unique email addresses and usernames, ensuring each email is linked to only one active account. Added email verification confirms ownership, enhancing security and preventing duplication. Impacted Modules: Admin - User Registration, Subscription Management.

Enhanced XSS Protection

Implemented robust measures to prevent XSS risks, including validation of untrusted data, HTML sanitization, and Content Security Policy (CSP). These updates safeguard data and prevent script-based attacks. Impacted Modules: All Modules.

Support

Improved Remote Site Settings Updates

URL updates now run seamlessly in the destination org, regardless of sorting preferences. A new mechanism ensures tests proceed smoothly, even if individual cases fail. Impacted Modules: Environment Provisioning. Support Case: #129418.

Consistent Merge Validation

The merge validation process now handles internal folder references accurately. Files in helper folders are fully validated, ensuring consistent results across merges and deployments. Impacted Modules: EZ-Merge with validate deployment. Support Case: #124974.

SharingRules Metadata Visibility

SharingRules metadata is now visible and selectable for deployment and commit operations. Child metadata exclusions were adjusted to ensure proper visibility. Impacted Modules: All Modules. Support Case: #126615.

Support for GenAiPromptTemplate

ARM now supports the GenAiPromptTemplate component, ensuring compatibility with Salesforce updates and enhancing functionality. Impacted Modules: VC, Deployment, CI Jobs. Support Case: #126142.

Aligned Branching Baseline Behavior

Branching Baseline now matches EZ-commit behavior for Default manageable state metadata. Excluded Default metadata, such as Account.object-meta.xml, is no longer committed. Impacted Modules: Branching Baseline. Support Case: #126634.

Faster CI Job Assignment

Agent assignment during CI jobs has been optimized, and a new feature flag allows streamlined verification using repository and username data, reducing delays. Impacted Modules: CI Jobs using Version Control.

Reliable Backup CI Jobs

Backup CI jobs now handle DX metadata exclusions and dashboard queries correctly, ensuring successful scheduled backups. Impacted Modules: CI Jobs, Deployments, EZ-Commits. Support Case: #128621.

Merge Validation for Short Metadata Names

Merge validation now properly handles metadata names shorter than 9 characters. Improved logic ensures accurate validations without failures. Impacted Modules: EZ-Merge, EZ-Commit with validate deployment. Support Case: #128764.

Commit Label Preservation

Commit labels are now retained even when associated pre-validation labels are removed, ensuring labels remain accessible and visible. Impacted Modules: EZ-Commit, Commit Label EZ-Merge, Commit Label Deployment. Support Case: #128102.

Issue Resolution

Optimized Merge File Processing

The VALIDATINGSALESFORCEXML performs a single file check during branch-to-branch merges. Merged file data is stored uniquely, improving performance by preventing duplicate validations. Impacted Modules: EZ-Merge.