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The changelog has moved...to the new Front Developer Community!

We're excited to announce the new Front Community!

[Front Platform] Create and manage apps directly in Front

You can now create and manage apps directly in Front with the new Developers page! The Developers page is available in your company settings (you must be an admin to view).

[Front Chat] Wrapping the Front Chat widget in an iframe

We've released an update that wraps the Front Chat widget in an iframe. This backend update is expected to greatly improve the Front Chat widget’s integration with your website by reducing log, error, and dependency contamination.

[Plugin SDK] Version 1.2.0

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[Chat SDK] Clear session when shutting down chat widget

A new clearSession option can now be used with the shutdown method to remove Front Chat cookies associated with the current chat session.

[Plugin SDK] Beta release of Front UI Kit

You can now access the beta release of the Front UI Kit: a set of React components that help you build plugins. The Front UI Kit includes buttons, menus, date pickers, and many other useful and common plugin components. Using the Front UI Kit should help you save on development time and provide your plugin users a set of well-tested and familiar components to interact with.

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[Core API] New endpoint for message seen receipts

We've released an update which makes message seen information available through our API.

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[Core API] Allow contact merging

We've released an update which allows for merging contacts through our API.

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[Core API] Default signature & signature styling

We've released two changes to improve signature management in the Core API.

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[Core API] Allow Partner Channels to modify their own status

Partner channels now have the ability to control their status through the PATCH /channels/:channel_id endpoint. You can find more details here: