Note: this release is equivalent to v1.7.0-beta.3. The changes listed below are compared to the previous production release, v1.6.1.
Update to electron 1.8.4 (#2186)
Migrate all attachments from IndexedDB to file system in the background (#2208, #2193, #2165, #2162, #2129)
Save attachments to disk when importing Chrome app export (#2212)
New option in settings: delete all application data (383e02e, #2144 and #2153)
Remove all configuration in database when we discover we are unlinked (9acb189 and 1c6d91b)
Delete everything in database when we link with a different phone number from previous link (9acb189)
Windows: Delete all data on uninstall (c855597)
Fixed: Read receipts setting would not be synchronized along with re-link (#2218)
Fixed: Clicking conversation in left pane when already selected would remove focus on message composition field - thanks @colefranz! (#2032)
Fixed: Searching for the phone number of an existing contact, then selecting 'start conversation' would erase contact details (#2191)
Fixed: Selecting Settings menu option multiple times would open multiple instances of settings view - thanks @navdeepsinghkhalsa (#2167)
Dev:
- Redact file paths in anything that goes to the log on disk (#2110)
- When top-level process errors happen, don't show dialog with stack trace (#2110)
- Add
nspto CI runs (fd056e1) - Add eslint-plugin-mocha to disallow exclusive tests using *.only (#2110)
- Preparation for encrypted backups (cea42bd)
- Updates to structure of exported data - messages.zip, flat list of attachments (6d8f4b7)
- Relax Node.js version requirements (#2203)
- Fix a few typos in documentation - thanks @Vinnl (#2171)
- Update issue template to mention that translation should be via Transifex (#2157)