7.1.3

Bug fixes

• Fixed issues with project name length in MySQL databases (which cannot create long unique indexes)
• Fixed formula extraction not working when using a non-group variable inside a group formula
• Fixed unnecessary db calls when using RoleGroupPermissionChoiceField

7.1.2

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue when creation reservations on mobile and kiosk views.
• Fixed file name comparison not working with windows paths (for those running NEMO on windows)

7.1.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed escaping in project names in user's page (when names contained quotes it was removing all projects from a user on save)
• Fixed some path issues on windows when automatically renaming document files

7.1.0

Upgrade notes

• The new version of Gunicorn drops all HTTP headers with underscores in it. If using the docker image of NEMO, make sure you do not set any headers with underscores (use dashes, which are automatically converted to underscores in NEMO anyway)

Improvements

• Organized all inactive projects under a separate section for an account. Thanks USC Nanofab for the contribution!
• Added handling of checked status for required checkboxes in Dynamic forms. Also making them slightly visible (transparent, 1x1 boxes) to better handle validation.
• introduced "auto_resize" option for text areas in Dynamic forms.
• Updated Tool usage counters to work with either pre or post usage questions (or both). Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added new option in Customization -> remote work to assume work on behalf of another user is never remote. These options are now more clear: always/never considered remote, or ask explicitly. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Reordered impersonate checks to avoid extra db call on most requests.
• Changed loading spinner behavior to hide on page unload instead of pageshow. Now the spinner can be used in ajax requests like adjustment requests.
• Slightly improved adjustment requests loading time.
• Added more options in Landing Page Choice view permissions. Icons can now be shown to anyone or specific roles/groups of people allowing a lot of flexibility.
• Added option to unlock door on area logout. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added "read_only" option for text fields in Dynamic forms.
• Added "show_formula_preview" option for Dynamic form Formula field which will display the formula result as readonly field on the form.
• Updated Dynamic form events to automatically handle add/remove of group questions and showing/hiding enable and disable tool buttons. Dynamic form changes now trigger dynamic-form-group-changed and dynamic-form-field-changed js events.
• Added GenericRemoteUserAuthenticationBackend and GenericBasicAuthenticationHeaderAuthenticationBackend to handle remote user without removing @ and everything after.
• Added support for pre-filling description in adjustment request (with GET parameter description)

Bug fixes

• In detailed admin, fixed the permission issues preventing someone from using the autocomplete to find related objects. For example if a user had Staff Charge creation permission, they wouldn't be able to select a user unless they also had view permissions on all users. This fix guarantees they can select them if they have creation or change permissions on the parent object.
• Fixed leftover "date" field preventing reservation from being made on kiosk and mobile devices.
• Fixed an error when displaying run data in usage in the calendar view.
• Fixed error being thrown when kiosk plugin is installed but not area access.
• Fixed a bug in area access tablets where project validation would not happen if the user had only one project and that project had area restrictions (derived from tool restrictions). This is an edge case unlikely to affect many users.
• Fixed buffer days for automatic user deactivation which was reversed. Users were deactivated days before instead of days after their access expiration date.
• Fixed landing page link automatic prepending of SCRIPT_NAME (when deploying NEMO on a subpath) which should only happen for relative links.
• Fixed Dynamic form group questions not working for pre usage questions.

Libraries

• Django 4.2.19 -> 4.2.20
• cryptography 44.0.1 -> 44.0.2
• drf-excel 2.5.2 -> 2.5.3

7.0.2

Improvements

• Updated to use python3 -m instead of pip in Dockerfile
• Replaced var with let for variable declarations to enhance code consistency and modernity in a few places
• Now automatically loading customization email templates when there is a customization_<customization_key>_templates.html file (helpful for plugins)
• Updated customization template loading to work from templates/<plugin_name>/customizations/ too instead of being forced to use the global templates directory (also helpful for plugins)

API

• Added tests for API lists
• Added staff assistance requests endpoint to API

Bug fixes

• Removed direct dependency on admin app for interlocks to avoid issues when the admin app is not installed
• Fixed issue with personal schedule checkbox showing in the calendar when not applicable
• Fixed hybrid reservation and use feed not working properly when there are both reservations and use events

Libraries

• gunicorn 20.1.0 -> 23.0.0

7.0.1

Improvements

• Added Training email category
• Updated tool credential detailed admin list to include password
• Restricted list of staff that can be allowed to view tool credentials to only "active" staff

Bug fixes

• Fixed username display in tool freed time notification
• Fixed a few html/js/css display issues
• Fixed old reference to NEMO 6.1.0 (instead of 7.0.0)
• Fixed help text on document display order

7.0.0

Breaking changes

• Dropped support for python 3.8 (end-of-life was reached in October 2024).
• Added support for Python 3.13.
• Removed dependency on pytz which is deprecated. Plugins will have to manually add that requirement it if they need it.

Upgrade notes

• This is a major release. It is recommended to wait until new compatible plugin versions are released before updating.
• The code for sensors has been moved to its own plugin, if you were using it you need to remove NEMO.apps.sensors from the list of INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py and follow the instructions to install NEMO-Sensors.
• The code for contracts and procurements has been moved to its own plugin, if you were using it you need to remove NEMO.apps.contracts from the list of INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py and follow the instructions to install NEMO-Contracts.
• A new email template needs to be added for the tool required unanswered questions email, which can be found here.
• The out_of_time_reservation_email template needs to be updated to the new version which can be found here.
• The adjustment_request_notification_email template needs to be updated to the new version which can be found here.
• To use the new periodic interlock status report feature, add the nemo_email_interlock_status_report systemd service and timer available in the systemd folder.

New features

• Added new Staff assistance requests:
  • staff assistance requests have to be enabled in Customization -> User requests.
  • users can create assistance requests, which are sent to all technical staff members. Staff members cannot create assistance requests.
  • emails are sent and notifications are added in requests menu.
  • any staff can reply and mark the request as resolved.
• Tool usage counter updates (Thanks UPenn Singh Center for the contribution!):
  • added way to increase or decrease counters
  • added multiple checkboxes to decide who can reset the counter (staff/superusers/qualified users)
  • added flag to not send reset notification to facility members
• Adjustment request updates:
  • added a way to mark charges as waived and request it in adjustment requests. Thanks Cornell NanoScale Facility and MIT.nano for the contribution!
  • customizations are now in a separate section
  • requests can be linked to a charge without requiring changing one of the fields
  • users can now request adjustments for non-remote charges done on their behalf. The staff member operating the tool can also request adjustments for that same charge.
• Dynamic form updates (used in pre/post usage and reservations questions):
  • added new dynamic form question of type "radio_report_problem" to automatically report tool issues from pre/post usage questions. Thanks UPenn Singh Center for the contribution!
  • added a way to specify initial data. This is the first step toward allowing editing of questions (#153).
  • added form_row and row_cell to allow customization of the form display into a grid.
  • added inline property to radio buttons and checkboxes to display the options inline instead of vertically.
  • added support for option groups in dropdown questions by enabling the use of a dictionary in the labels property:

labels = {
  "Category 1": ["Choice1", "Choice2"],
  "Category 2": "Choice3"
}

• Added staff activity in My usage page for staff to view the activities they have performed on behalf of users.
• Added readonly Detailed administration audit log to keep track of what users are doing in detailed admin. Thanks UPenn Singh Center for the contribution!
• Added interlock ping function and systemd service to get periodic reports of interlocks responding to pings. Thanks Stanford SNF for the contribution!
• Projects can now have one or multiple configurable Project types. Thanks Cornell NanoScale Facility for the contribution!

Improvements

• Updated the out of time reservation email to notify users when they are over staying. Thanks @r-xyz for the contribution!
• Added hybrid reservation + usage calendar feed option.
• Made the tool required unanswered questions email customizable in file & email templates.
• Projects are now shown in the user's page following the project selection template for consistency.
• In tool control data usage history tab, the date field for pre and post run data will now be called Start date for pre run data and End date for post run data.
• Added ability to customize the farewell_screen page display the same way as the welcome_screen.
• When there are no tools or areas, the Calendar main menu item will now be hidden.
• Added end date field when creating a reservation in the kiosk (only time was available previously). Thanks @r-xyz for the contribution!. Fixes #253.
• Now sending email with required questions when someone else forces someone off (even if they are not staff or user office).
• Updated char field length using predefined length: SMALL (100), MEDIUM (255), LARGE (1024) for consistency across NEMO.
• Now using reservation title when sending ICS calendar invites. Thanks UPenn Singh Center for the contribution!
• Added an option in customization to show the username in the tool freed time email notification. Thanks UPenn Singh Center for the contribution!
• Now showing pre/post usage data in calendar usage details.
• In Usage data history, added operator information. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added customization option to show tool documents in a separate tab in tool control (instead of at the bottom). Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added option to only show qualified tools in the Kiosk (instead of all the tools the user cannot reserve/engage). Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added ?category= query parameter to Kiosk URL to go show only tool of a specific category. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added an option (in Customization -> Tool) to show who has a reservation next in tool control.
• Added new environment variables to Dockerfile to customize the container's configuration. This allows more flexibility for workers and threads:
  • NEMO_EXTRA_PIP_PACKAGES (to add plugins or other packages to be installed on start)
  • GUNICORN_WORKER_CLASS (default is gthread)
  • GUNICORN_WORKER_COUNT (default is cpu_count() * 2 + 1 with a max of 9)
  • GUNICORN_THREAD_COUNT (default is 8)
  • GUNICORN_KEEPALIVE_SECONDS (default is 300)
  • GUNICORN_CAPTURE_OUTPUT (default is True)
• In Detailed administration -> Email logs, added the date when email was sent in the detailed view.
• Now displaying project PIs in Detailed administration -> Projects
• Added new type of AdminEmailHandler for django to limit the number of error emails sent within a certain timeframe. This option can be configured in settings.py using LOGGING_ERROR_EMAIL_PERIOD_SECONDS and LOGGING_ERROR_EMAIL_MAX_EMAILS
• Added a new option for using tools, for "training". This new mode will automatically take the trainer to the record training page in NEMO and link the usage event back to the training after it is successfully recorded. The usage event will also have a training field set to True when it was used for training. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added critical flag in app config so NEMO doesn't start if there is a plugin is set as critical and has an error on startup.
• Added an option to automatically shut down a tool when a safety hazard is reported, even if the shutdown flag on the report is not True. Thanks Cornell NanoScale Facility for the contribution!
• Added json dictionary of extra arguments for interlock cards. For modbusTCP implementations, the "timeout" key/value can be specified as the timeout for the connection. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Improved highlighting for required questions in Dynamic forms. Thanks @r-xyz for the contribution! Fixes #256.
• Added new autocomplete widget for admin fields.
• Added new NEMO.plugins.utils python file with utility functions for plugins. Added a function to dynamically add new notification types.
• Added an enable flag on reservation questions.
• If an SMTP connection error is detected (AuthenticationError, ConnectError or ServerDisconnected) when sending an email, NEMO will automatically retry it once.
• Added utility function to rename files in storage when their name depends on the tool name (for example tool image) and that tool name is updated in NEMO. Previously those files would keep the old name forever.
• Added links to projects from User's page and links to users from Project's page. Thanks Stanford SNF for the contribution!
• Added new maximum future reservations policy for tools and areas. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added options to always notify the person who has a reservation next when the current reservation is shortened. Thanks MIT.nano for the contribution!
• Added a Control button in mobile calendar view to easily switch to the tool control page for that tool. Thanks Cornell NanoScale Facility for the contribution!
• Added tool status icon in mobile calendar view. Thanks Cornell NanoScale Facility for the contribution!

API

• Removed pagination on readonly API endpoints (Permission, ContentType, ) to be consistent with other API endpoints.
• Added serializer field for MultiEmailField, so it can be handled properly in the API.
• All charge types (UsageEve...

6.0.3

Bug fixes

• fixed issue with task notification being sent from the last qualified user instead of the reporter

Libraries

• django 4.2.11 -> 4.2.15 (vulnerability)

6.0.2

Bug fixes

• fixed error with first day of the week format for moment.js which created issues with daterangepicker in sensor data pages

6.0.1

Bug fixes

• fixed a bug from Django 4.2 upgrade preventing rates from being loaded correctly on start
• fixed a validation bug in dynamic form with formula type questions