Release: 1.2.8 Magic Dust Twinkle Twinkle

Today we’re proud to announce version 1.2.8 of the worlds favorite collaborative text editor.

TLDR; !IMPORTANT! Site admins have a minor action with this release.. Adding

"sessionKey":"SOMETHING SECRET HERE",

to your settings.json will allow clients to automatically reconnect to Etherpad. Replace SOMETHING SECRET HERE with y’know, something secret.

What’s new?

1. Begin implementing functionality required for scaling
2. Allow plugins to provide frontend tests
3. Improved logging
4. Allow clients to reconnect to pads.
5. Admin mobile UI
6. New API endpoint (Get current API version)
7. 15 fixes, 5 others.

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