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HipChat Changelog

What's new in HipChat 4.30.2 Build 760

Jul 30, 2018
  • Minor enhancements and bug fixes.

New in HipChat 4.30.1 Build 756 (May 23, 2018)

  • Fixed: Issue where some non-http links were not clickable.

New in HipChat 4.30.0 Build 742 (Aug 31, 2017)

  • Improved: Inserting smilies from the Smiley tooltip will now insert the smiley at the cursor instead of adding it to the end of the line.
  • Fixed: Certain character sequences in the username would prevent the client from being able to connect. (HCPUB-134)
  • Fixed: The Files and Links sidebars wouldn't update correctly after reconnecting.
  • Fixed: Searching for rooms with "+" or "-" in the name would fail. (HCPUB-2240)
  • Fixed: Email addresses that included hyphens weren't being linked correctly. (HCPUB-2090)
  • Fixed: URLs that included an email address or login credentials weren't being linked correctly. (HCPUB-2427, HCPUB-2323, HCPUB-2841)
  • Fixed: Links with the "radr://" protocol weren't being linked correctly. (HCPUB-2346, HCPUB- 2282)
  • Various bug fixes and improvements.

New in HipChat 4.29.0 Build 732 (Dec 6, 2016)

  • New: Touch Bar! One more excuse for you to buy a new MacBook Pro. Use the Touch Bar to open a chat, start a video chat, change your presence, and more.
  • New: We added new slash commands. Type /pre or /monospace to apply monospace formatting to the text in a message. Like /code, but for the rest of us.
  • Improved: The HipChat client would sometimes get a little confused about its online status while connected to a VPN. We got that sorted out, and reconnection should be more reliable than ever. (HCPUB-1471)
  • Improved: Animated GIFs as avatars are fun and all, but they can be a bit of a drain on your CPU. We've added a new Appearance setting that lets you disable your teammates' animated avatars and give your CPU a break. (HCPUB-1744)
  • Improved: HipChat Video, in general. It's all kinds of more awesome.
  • Fixed: Newly created rooms weren't immediately available for users connected to HipChat Server instances. (HCPUB-1268)
  • Fixed: Notification messages that included a mention were not triggering the appropriate notifications.
  • Fixed: When trying to delete a room while offline, the dialog would stay open until you restarted the app.
  • Fixed: Searching for rooms or people was slow for large teams.
  • Fixed: Various smaller bug fixes and crashes.

New in HipChat 4.28.1 Build 718 (Oct 20, 2016)

  • Improved: Decreased download size.
  • Fixed: Various security fixes.
  • Improved: Exact matches for search results now appear at the top.
  • Improved: Emoticons and text can now cozy on up to each other. The emoticon will still show up if you have text right next to it.
  • Improved: It's easier to search for accented characters.
  • Improved: Better messaging when trying to upload images larger than 50MB.
  • Improved: Room and user names in the header are now selectable. (HCPUB-1255)
  • Improved: Standardized room admin messaging / bolding of room members.
  • Fixed: The app was hanging momentarily when you used the shortcut key to switch tabs.
  • Fixed: Pasting text with hidden characters sometimes caused the client to disconnect. (HCPUB-412)
  • Fixed: When you searched for users with the same first and last initial, the search results were duplicating their first names.
  • Fixed: File previews were disappearing when you navigated away from and back to a chat.
  • Fixed: Added safeguards to prevent the "Offline" banner from showing when the client wasn't actually offline.
  • Fixed: Various other bug fixes.

New in HipChat 4.27.0 Build 702 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • New: HipChat Mac will try reconnecting automatically if it wasn't able to connect due to poor network conditions.
  • New: Drag links or chunks of text into HipChat, and they'll get added to your chat input field.
  • Improved: Zoom in/out is now applied to all organizations simultaneously.
  • Improved: HipChat now turns a broader range of URLs into links. (HCPUB-1121)
  • Improved: File uploads are now grouped with regular messages.
  • Improved: If you're disconnected from the internet, messages will fail faster so you don't spend time waiting.
  • Fixed: The list of emoticons could get out of sync with the server. (HCPUB-538, HCPUB-1112 & HCPUB-1175)
  • Fixed: Scrolling in the Lobby or Quick Switcher was unreliable when zoomed in or out. (HCPUB-14)
  • Fixed: Users couldn't send messages immediately after unarchiving a room. (HCPUB-289)
  • Fixed: Getting invited to a room doesn't close your open dialogs anymore. (HCPUB-1258)
  • Fixed: The "Invite your team" link wasn't showing up for non-admins. (HCPUB-573)
  • Fixed: Lengthy messages without line breaks weren't getting the "Show more/less" treatment. (HCPUB-1192)
  • Fixed: Your teammates weren't seeing changes to your username until they restarted the app.
  • Fixed: The File Viewer didn't close when closing a room with a keyboard shortcut.
  • Fixed: Notifications about guest access being enabled or disabled weren't showing up right away.
  • Fixed: The 😎 smiley was getting inserted a bit too eagerly.
  • Fixed: Various smaller bug fixes and crashes.

New in HipChat 4.25.0 Build 683 (Jul 26, 2016)

  • Improved: The app didn't automatically scroll the left sidebar as you tried to drag & drop chats to reorder them. Now it does.
  • Fixed: Sharing a link to a very large image would cause the app to freeze. (HCPUB-112)
  • Fixed: Some preferences weren't being saved when connecting to older versions of HipChat Server. (HCPUB-10 & HCPUB-1035)
  • Fixed: The "Hide inline previews by default" preference wasn't hiding inline previews for images from file uploads and links. (HCPUB-1072)

New in HipChat 4.24.0 Build 677 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • New: Updated app versioning to become more consistent across clients. We've gone from 4.0.12 to 4.24.0
  • New: Avatars in the room member list. Yep, now easily identify room members with avatars.
  • New: For rooms with over 100 members, the room's member list now sorts alphabetically rather than by presence.
  • Improved: New color schemes for /code messages in both light and dark themes make your code crisper and easier to read.
  • Improved: Get chatting faster with a speedier reconnection after a lost connection or waking your computer from sleep, as well as better indicators for your current reconnection status.
  • Fixed: Your status was being set to available after reconnecting to the app, even if you had set it to away or DND. Now it returns you to the status you set before you disconnected.
  • Fixed: When using the desktop and mobile apps at the same time, your status would change to "away" while you were online.
  • Fixed: The room member list was getting sorted incorrectly.
  • Fixed: Video calls now change your status to "busy" for the duration of the call.
  • Fixed: Various crashes & bugs

New in HipChat 4.0.12 Build 665 (Jun 16, 2016)

  • New: HipChat Server is now even more secure with support for OAuth2 when authenticating.
  • Improved: HipChat now takes up much less of your computer's energy! If you have connected multiple groups or are disconnected, HipChat no longer requires high-performance GPU.
  • Improved: We now show a loading indicator on the URL bar during the login process.
  • Improved: Your time is precious. If a file is larger than the size limit of 50 MB, we now alert you before it's attached. Hey, every second counts!
  • Improved: Video calls will now use your profile image when not actively broadcasting video.
  • Improved: Better handling for calls being received while another call is in progress.
  • Improved: Things feel cozier in here. Cached rooms and names now take up considerably less space. Enjoy the extra leg room.
  • Improved: The message input will focus more reliably, particularly when launching the app and switching back from other apps.
  • Improved: Closing the app will now immediately close all windows rather than just the main chat window.
  • Fixed: Pasting a file through the right-click menu used to only paste text. Now it behaves the same as cmd+v, pasting the actual file.
  • Fixed: New HipChat Server customers must configure their instance before chatting. Now we make sure you take this necessary step before logging in.
  • Fixed: Notifications will now be removed from Notification Center after focusing the app.
  • Fixed: "Quiet" mode is truly quiet again. When in "quiet" mode, some messages were triggering audible notifications or popups.
  • Fixed: Short and local links are now rendered as a link...because those are links, too.
  • Fixed: Notifications from rooms you closed. Sometimes you received message notifications after you closed a room.
  • Fixed: When sharing emails addresses within parentheses, the link would break. Now those emails are linked correctly - parentheses and all.
  • Fixed: File upload preview sometimes shifted out of view.
  • Fixed: Replies from popup notifications weren't making it into the app. We fixed that up.
  • Fixed: Deleted rooms were not always removed properly.
  • Fixed: Video chat is great, but getting hung up on - not so much. When users stopped sharing their window during a call, the call would end. Sorry, that was rude. We fixed this up.
  • Fixed: Removing a guest from a private room caused all guests to be removed from the room.
  • Fixed: If you enable "Log additional chat data" under the "Help" menu, this setting now respects whichever group you are currently in, not affecting your other groups.
  • Fixed: There were a few bugs causing some users' apps to crash. We smashed those pesky critters.

New in HipChat 4.0.10 Build 637 (Jun 2, 2016)

  • Improved: We've added better text formatting when you copy and paste message history.
  • Improved: The search logic for the New Chat dialog is now a bit more flexible and supports special characters.
  • Improved: You can now choose to bounce the dock icon for new messages just once or continually until you focus the app.
  • Fixed: On OSX 10.10 Yosemite, the app would sometimes freeze and become unusable.
  • Fixed: Users with a poor network connection were getting logged out of HipChat when trying to reconnect.
  • Fixed: Switching or closing rooms and 1-to-1s quickly could cause the app to behave oddly.
  • Fixed: The @mention search didn't allow searching for users with special characters in their names or @mention names.

New in HipChat 4.0.9 Build 637 (May 3, 2016)

  • Improved: HCPUB-245 - Searching for users and rooms using the quick switcher now allows partial matching instead of only searching from the start of words
  • Improved: HCPUB-275 - Improved link detection in messages
  • Fixed: Unread counts were sometimes getting "stuck" and never going away - this should no longer happen
  • Fixed: HCPUB-596 - Files with certain special characters in the file name wouldn't upload
  • Fixed: HCPUB-644 - Text-based API messages that begin with /code or /quote should now render properly in chat
  • Fixed: Names and mentions with apostrophes will now properly display tooltips
  • Fixed: The application could become unresponsive when a room integration failed to load
  • Various other bugs fixes and performance improvements

New in HipChat 4.0.8 Build 626 (Apr 18, 2016)

  • Improved: Option+Up/Down now cycles through your previously sent messages (just in case you need to resend them or copy them over to another room)
  • Improved: Searching for users and rooms using the quick switcher now allows partial matching instead of only searching from the start of words
  • Fixed: Added checks to avoid oddities around increasing or decreasing text size and things not getting positioned properly
  • Fixed: Opening a room containing a "/" in its name by clicking on a notification should no longer trigger a confusing error message in the app
  • Fixed: Names with apostrophes will now properly display tooltips
  • Fixed: Text-based API messages that begin with /code or /quote should now render properly in chat according to the slash command

New in HipChat 4.0.6 Build 589 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • New: You can now scroll down in the Files and Links panels to load older content shared by your team
  • Improved: Notifications from API messages will now display more informative text
  • Improved: Spelling autocorrection now defaults to off (may be enabled via the in-app UI or top-level Edit menu)
  • Improved: Setting your status via the upper right menu is more streamlined
  • Improved: In rooms with lots of participants, HipChat is smarter in handling all the updates of who's online and who's away
  • Improved: We've added more efficient caching and syncing of your team's rooms and people to make startup considerably faster
  • Improved: After switching from a standard to a high resolution monitor, you'll see high resolution emoticons
  • Improved: Incoming video calls are much less intrusive, allowing you to keep chatting and answer (or ignore) calls when you're ready
  • Improved: Code blocks now include line numbers
  • Improved: Reset search fields by pressing the escape key
  • Improved: Truncating of names in the navigation panel is less greedy
  • Improved: Files are now sorted by date
  • Improved: Cards attached to messages can now be collapsed
  • Fixed: Users in private room would sometimes show as offline when they weren't - now they will properly appear online
  • Fixed: The "bounce the dock icon" preference should once again work properly (even if you don't have any other forms of notification turned on)
  • Fixed: The presence slash commands (/here, /back, /away, /dnd) will now work properly without needing to include a status message
  • Fixed: Continued improvements to avoid freezing issues in the app
  • Fixed: Error messages in the "Invite people to Room" form were disappearing unexpectedly
  • Fixed: After reconnecting, sometimes a few messages were missing from a chat's history
  • Fixed: HipChat would sometimes freeze after disconnecting
  • Fixed: After closing HipChat, the last chat you had opened wouldn't reopen the next time you started HipChat
  • Fixed: Sometimes availability statuses were incorrect
  • Fixed: Some folks were getting an error saying they had 10 sessions active when they certainly did not

New in HipChat 4.0.5 Build 574 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • Fixed: Animated gifs were sometimes triggering bizarre graphics glitches - these should be alleviated
  • Fixed: Added several improvements aimed at avoiding crashing and freezing issues
  • Fixed: Reconnecting should be more stable and includes changes aimed at avoiding unnecessary logouts
  • Fixed: Users connected to multiple organizations can now differentiate popup notifications between various accounts
  • Fixed: The window now has a proper title, allowing it to interact properly with some 3rd party tools
  • Fixed: Clicking on a notification will now focus the app, even if the window was previously closed

New in HipChat 4.0.4 Build 539 (Feb 24, 2016)

  • New: Quick switcher from New chat button and ⌘N
  • New: Per-room notification settings
  • Improved: Application look and feel
  • Improved: Better flow for adding new accounts
  • Fixed: Lots of bugs

New in HipChat 4.0.3 Build 519 (Feb 19, 2016)

  • NOTE: Due to the extensive changes we've made between versions 3.x and 4.x, you will need to re-enter your account credentials when upgrading
  • NOTE: Mac 4.0 is compatible with HipChat Server version 1.2.8 and above. New: Appearance settings (we suggest dark theme with avatars)
  • New: Quick switcher from New chat button and ⌘N
  • New: Per-room notification settings
  • Improved: Application look and feel
  • Improved: Better flow for adding new accounts
  • Fixed: Lots of bugs

New in HipChat 4.0 Build 349 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • NOTE: Due to the extensive changes we've made between versions 3.x and 4.x, you will need to re-enter your account credentials when upgrading
  • NOTE: Mac 4.0 is compatible with HipChat Server version 1.2.8 and above. New: Appearance settings (we suggest dark theme with avatars)
  • New: Quick switcher from New chat button and ⌘N
  • New: Per-room notification settings
  • Improved: Application look and feel
  • Improved: Better flow for adding new accounts
  • Fixed: Lots of bugs

New in HipChat 3.3.7 Build 205 (Jan 14, 2016)

  • Deprecated: This version will be the last update to support OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Please update your OS to at least 10.9 (Mavericks) to continue using the latest and greatest HipChat OS X apps.
  • Fixed: "Show more" links will once again properly work on 10.8
  • Fixed: Resolved an issue where some 10.11 users were unable to view emoticons and linked images in chat
  • Fixed: Properly handle notifications / dock badging for messages that come in while the main window is closed, but the app is still in the foreground
  • Fixed: Various security fixes to avoid unexpected script execution
  • Fixed: Editing a long message will no longer duplicate it

New in HipChat 3.3.6 Build 202 (Jan 7, 2016)

  • Improved: The help popup in the upper right of the app has shrunk and the "marketingy" stuff has been cut off
  • Fixed: Deleted emoticons will now be properly removed upon app load or reconnection
  • Fixed: Improved security surrounding potentially malicious links pasted in chat
  • Fixed: Added a safeguard against the "lost all my tabs" bug that some users reported - please let us know if you encounter this issue after upgrading (by dropping us an email at [email protected])

New in HipChat 3.3.2 Build 197 (Jun 25, 2015)

  • Improved: Better reconnection behavior to avoid unnecessary load on the servers
  • Fixed: Resolved a crash some users were experiencing on startup

New in HipChat 3.3.1 Build 197 (Jun 17, 2015)

  • Improved: Removed the organization name from toaster notifications when you only have one account. You don't need to see that.
  • Fixed: Avoid crash related to creating a room
  • Fixed: Signing out will clear any saved credentials. Users sharing a computer no longer need to remember to remove their account to avoid others signing into it.
  • Fixed: ⌘-tabbing to a full-screen HipChat should properly put focus in the message box
  • Fixed: (10.8 systems) The client won't crash anymore when you create a room and invite people
  • Fixed: Using /dnd (and other presence slash commands) will now properly set your status message instead of just changing your availability
  • Fixed: Improved error messaging around missing password issues

New in HipChat 3.2.1 Build 160 (Feb 7, 2015)

  • Fixes a couple frequent crashs on 10.7 and 10.8 systems related to in-app invite

New in HipChat 3.2 Build 159 (Jan 30, 2015)

  • New: In-app invite! Added new UI to invite from within the app
  • Out with the old: This is the last build that will support OS X 10.7. Added a deprecation warning suggesting users upgrade.
  • Improved: The app will more reliably attempt to reconnect, particularly in that super-common case of waking your laptop from sleep
  • Fixed: Got rid of an odd issue where history would sometimes not display when waking a laptop from sleep
  • Fixed: The dialog for joining a new chat will now properly accept non-alphanumeric characters, like # and (
  • Fixed: Updated the 3.2 release to fix some hanging issues in the original

New in HipChat 3.1.6 Build 151 (Jan 3, 2015)

  • Improved: Reconnection logic. The app should never go long periods of time without detecting a loss of network.
  • Fixed: Closing a tab will no longer cause the currently focused tab to change
  • Fixed: The forgot password link now points to the correct place when connecting via HipChat Server
  • Fixed: Blank images inserted by API messages should no longer cause empty history for rooms
  • Fixed: New rooms are now properly added to the app when they are created by another user

New in HipChat 3.1 Build 145 (Nov 26, 2014)

  • New: The Lobby tab has migrated to become one with the "New Chat" button in the header
  • Improved: Updated smiley emoticons. They now blend better with Yosemite's flat design and won't be quite so cramped when displayed next to each other.
  • Improved: Reduce the loading spinner assault on app load (now you will only see one spinner while we fetch all your information on launch)
  • Fixed: Removed that weird partial-blur effect from the autocomplete popups on Yosemite
  • Fixed: A bunch of of small text tweaks and other bug fixes

New in HipChat 3.0.13 Build 139 (Oct 31, 2014)

  • Fixed: Added checks to prevent an issue that could cause the app to freeze up (particularly on OS X Yosemite)
  • Fixed: Rooms will now properly populate in the Lobby during initial sign in instead of being limited to just your open tabs
  • Fixed: XSS security issue related to unsafe schemes
  • Fixed: Popup notifications will now properly show when the app is focused and you receive a message in another tab
  • Fixed: Resolved several issues around history not loading in rooms containing API notifications
  • Fixed: Resolved a crashing issue prevalent on 10.7
  • Fixed: Cycling through sent message history should now behave properly when editing or re-sending old messages
  • Fixed: Whitespace in HTML system messages should now display properly between HTML tags
  • Improved: HipChat now compresses .app and .key "files" before uploading

New in HipChat 3.0.9 Build 135 (Oct 20, 2014)

  • Fixed: Resolved an issue where the input area for messages would disappear after performing a search
  • Improved: Added left borders to system messages to help differentiate them from regular chat messages
  • Improved: Toggling pasted text with "Show more" will no longer cause text to jump erratically
  • Fixed: Added a fix to prevent 1-1 messages that trigger a tab to open from appearing twice in the chat view
  • Changed: Removed the lobby footer display. Check out the new information / help icon in the header!

New in HipChat 3.0.6 Build 132 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • New - Users on OS X 10.9 and above can now reply to Notification Center popups in-line
  • New - Added new help button to the app header
  • Fixed - Hitting enter multiple times when uploading a file will no longer upload multiple copies of the file
  • Improved - Profile pictures are now resized to be consistently square and keep the header pretty
  • Improved - App polish - more consistent fonts and spacing

New in HipChat 3.0.4 Build 130 (Sep 19, 2014)

  • Fixed - Audio now works with USB headsets
  • Fixed - /quote and /code no longer replace emoticons and links with HTML
  • Fixed - Private rooms will properly show a gray dot for users not currently in the room
  • Fixed - Image toggle icons are once again visible to those without super vision
  • Fixed - No troll "X"s - the close "X" will properly display on the next tab after closing a tab with your mouse
  • Fixed - 1-1 messages won't cause duplicate messages at the bottom of the chat when triggering a tab to open
  • Fixed - Resolved an issue where sometimes the chat view and selected tab would become mismatched (mostly 1-1s)
  • Fixed - Tabs will no longer jump to the bottom of their section after opening a new chat
  • Fixed - Lots of crashes (awyeah)
  • Improved - Better contrast for messages with colored backgrounds
  • Improved - Reduced input field to a single line instead of that weird 1.8 lines it used to be
  • Improved - Guest access isn't so in-your-face anymore - it has found a new home in the top level menu and as part of the "room options" button
  • Improved - Reduced height of top "profile" bar in rooms and 1-1s.

New in HipChat 3.0 Build 125 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • New - Redesigned HipChat with a simpler and lighter interface
  • New - Redesigned header with quick access to search, presence, and settings
  • New - Redesigned (and faster) Lobby with quick search
  • New - Presence icons to improve accessibility
  • New - Emoticon autocomplete (awyeah)
  • New - Sidebar now separates People and Rooms
  • New - 1-to-1 chat design with user's local time
  • New - Unread message counts for messages and @mentions
  • New - Indicator when unread chats are offscreen
  • New - 'New chat' button in the header to help new users join 1-1 chats and rooms faster
  • Improved - 'Empty state' display when chats, sidebars, or the lobby are void of information
  • Improved - Search results

New in HipChat 2.6 Build 98 (Jun 17, 2014)

  • Search results are now shown within the app
  • Added loading indicators during login
  • Fixed various crashing issues
  • Improved messaging around errors and reconnecting

New in HipChat 2.5.6 Build 87 (May 13, 2014)

  • Feedback received! Updated logo to be more fitting on OS X

New in HipChat 2.5.5 Build 86 (May 7, 2014)

  • Updated logo!
  • Updated ringtones for incoming and outgoing calls
  • Open chats (and tab order) will now be saved immediately before quitting the app
  • The client should no longer crash when opening the preferences window before logging in
  • Added fixes for various background crashing issues
  • The "remember me" checkbox will now properly forget passwords between client restarts
  • Name and email should be pre-filled on the crash reporting UI

New in HipChat 2.5.4 Build 83 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • Tabs should no longer disappear on startup or when waking from sleep
  • Updates to users, emoticons, and rooms should now properly appear without having to restart the client
  • Fixed video crashing issue on computers running 10.7
  • Various fixes for crashes around reconnecting and loading rooms

New in HipChat 2.5.2 Build 78 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • Fixed awful performance issue caused by quickly switching tabs
  • Various other minor crash fixes

New in HipChat 2.5.1 (Apr 5, 2014)

  • Audio / Video calling will now work on machines running 10.7 (Lion)
  • Fixed an issue where cached data was getting stored at an improper location
  • Video feedback UI will now show after all calls
  • Various crashing issues have been fixed, particularly around video calls
  • Fixed an issue where all history messages would trigger notifications on app load

New in HipChat 2.5 Build 74 (Mar 19, 2014)

  • Video is now in public beta! Make 1:1 video and audio calls and share screens with other users on OSX, Android, iOS, or web chat. Please note, we are working to resolve an issue on systems running 10.7 - video may not work for 10.7 users.
  • That crazy Google translate link that's been going around will no longer crash the app
  • Fixed a significant performance issue while loading the Lobby.
  • Added fixes for various crashing issues throughout the app