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July changelog - what's new in Sandstorm

By Asheesh Laroia - 03 Aug 2016

In July, we introduced a new Sandstorm feature: Apps can notify users when something interesting happens within a grain. For example, Etherpad uses this to tell you when someone leaves a comment on a document. This ActivityEvent API was designed by Kenton Varda and its visual elements were designed by Néna Nguyễn. You can read more in its Cap’n Proto definition; any app within Sandstorm can use it. The easiest way to try it out is to make a new Etherpad document, then open it in an incognito window, and use the incognito window to leave yourself a comment.

This change, and many more, went live during July. To keep your Sandstorm server updated, you can sit back and relax. In the default configuration, Sandstorm’s automatic updates will install updates within 24 hours of a new release.

Here’s the full July changelog!

v0.173 (2016-07-23)

v0.172 (2016-07-15) [bugfixes]

v0.171 (2016-07-09)

v0.170 (2016-07-02) [bugfixes]