Release Notes
October 2020 – released Sitecore Headless Rendering 15.0.0
New features/improvements
| Description | Customer ticket ID (or other) | TFS no. |
|---|---|---|
| A new tag helper that outputs Number fields has been added to the ASP.NET Core Rendering SDK. | 410445 | |
The JSS Forms submit handler now assigns Sitecore.Context.Item for use in submit actions. |
CS0186805 | 416311 |
| The Layout Service now includes host names in cross-site link URLs. | 418256, 413419 | |
| When the Layout Service serializes single and multi-item link fields, it now includes item ID, name, display name, URL, and fields. | 427896 | |
| The Layout request debug/trace logs in the Layout Service Client of the ASP.NET Core Rendering SDK have been improved. | 428483 | |
| The Date field tag helper in the ASP.NET Core Rendering SDK now accepts a culture when it formats a date. | 428400 | |
| The HTTP-based integration with the Experience Editor now provides better messaging/logging for an incorrect rendering host URL. | 427153 | |
| The Layout Service now includes item URLs when it uses an item selector query with the default Rendering Contents Resolver. | 423331 |
Resolved issues
The following issues have been fixed:
| Description | Customer ticket ID (or other) | TFS no. |
|---|---|---|
| If you run content search queries via GraphQL, a GraphQL.ExecutionError exception can occur. | CS0180810 | 394515 |
| If a configured placeholder is missing a placeholder key, the Layout Service can throw a CyclicRenderingException. | CS0181086 | 397385 |
If you send requests to Node.js in Integrated mode, a SocketException can be thrown. |
CS0194813, CS0190329, CS0184724, CS0184452 | 414123 |
| If you use the Context Item Children Resolver, the Layout Service Etag header does not change. | CS0186319 | 414270 |
| Some tag helpers do not output values correctly for the Experience Editor. | 435263 | |
| Scavenging of cached JSON renderings can cause the cache to be inconsistent, which in turn causes the Layout Service to throw an InvalidOperationException. | CS0190867, CS0194743, CS0196110, CS0196644 | 435084 |
| Using the ASP.NET Core Rendering SDK to hide renderings via personalization in the Experience Editor can result in an error. | 426902 | |
| If the Headless application starts with a heavy load, the configuration can throw an ArgumentNullException. | CS0187670 | 423311 |
| The Experience Editor may preview the wrong personalization variant under certain conditions with the ASP.NET Core Rendering SDK. | 423263 | |
If you invoke the Layout Service with tracking=false and analytics disabled, it throws an exception. |
CS0188080 | 421231 |
| The Layout Service cannot start content test correctly for JSON renderings. | CS0183268, CS0189935 | 418676 |