Release Note

OTRS 8 Patch Level 21

March 28, 2022 — OTRS Group, the world’s leading provider of the OTRS service management suite, including the fully managed OTRS solution and the ITIL^® 4-compliant IT service management software OTRS::ITSM, today announces the first release of the OTRS 8 patch level 21.

Important for Upgrading

Please consult our Update Guide for detailed instructions.

Enhancements

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Implemented proper termination handling of child processes in OTRS daemon.
Improved/refactored cache mechanism for link relations in OTRS. The created cache files for link relations are now split into several files to speed up handling the cache operations.
Improved Delta() DateTime calculations performance (used e.g. in ticket escalations) by introducing the usage of an optional perl module Time::Moment. Use bin/otrs.CheckEnvironment.pl to check if it is already installed.
Fixed memory leak with components GlobalAction and DeviceUUID watchers in login page and removed type=submit attribute from normal buttons.
Improved performance of user activity dialogs by implementing some tweaks for dynamic fields. User activity dialogs are slow while editing dynamic fields of type Dropdown, Multiselect and/or Checkbox.
Do not consider invalid entities (e.g. Service, State, etc.) on ticket article split.

Bug Fixes

ACL conditions are combined with OR instead of AND.
Uploading files via drag & drop in message field is broken.
Editor functions (e.g. Format, Font, Size, Text color) are broken.
Ambiguous system permission in inline editing functionality.
Configuration Customer::AuthModule::LDAP::UserSuffix not working.
Non-dismissable notifications cover the chat box on the external interface.
Functionality to select primary/secondary ticket(s) is not working in user activity dialogs.
Added possibility to set a Limit on CustomerIDList.
Data on X axis is shown in dependency of the screen size.
Statistic legend hides important information.

Browser Support

JavaScript is required to use OTRS.

We recommend to use the latest version of your browser, because it has the best JavaScript and rendering performance. Dramatical performance varieties between the used browsers can occur with big data or big systems. We are happy to consult you on that matter.

Notes:

OTRS 9 will not support Internet Explorer anymore.
OTRS 9 will not support Oracle as application database anymore.

OTRS Group managed customers who are using product versions that are reaching end of maintenance and support must be updated by our Customer Solution Team by scheduling an individual maintenance appointment in order to continue receiving necessary releases and support. OTRS On-Premise customers must obtain a newer product version by ordering our migration services.