✨ New

App Catalog 1.10.0

• Update Reminder Styles: App Catalog now offers three styles to remind you about required app updates that need their app to be closed:

  • Notification Center (default): Reminders appear in Notification Center, like a regular notification. They respect Do Not Disturb and Focus, so they won't break your concentration. Best if you want updates to wait their turn and less interruption for your workflows.

  • Balanced: Reminders stay in Notification Center until the deadline gets close. In the final 24 hours before the deadline, they switch to a prominent alert in the middle of the screen so you don't miss it. A good middle ground.

  • Alerts: Every reminder appears as a prominent alert in the middle of the screen. The most visible option, and the one most likely to interrupt what you're doing. Best if you'd rather act on updates straight away.

  • More information: User deferrals & interaction

• Allow users to choose or define an organization-wide policy:

  • By default, users will be able to choose the update reminder style that best fits their workflow. Choice will be offered when they open Catalog App and can be changed later in the app settings. We believe every person has its own way of working and being productive. That’s why we recommend letting people choose.

  • If required, administrators can enforce a single style organization-wide via the UpdateNotificationStyle preference. The user will not be prompted to choose and the setting cannot be altered.

  • More information: Preference Keys - Catalog Agent

👀 Changed

• Reminder lifecycle logs are retained in Unified Logging and now include the presentation style (Alert or Notification Center) and reminder type for easier diagnostics.

🛠 Fixed

• Notification Center action button labels are localized with English fallback: The "Update now" and "Later" buttons under the notification (Notification Center actions) previously fell back to localized string (UPDATE_NOW) in non-supported languages. They now fallback to English.

• Notification reliability is improved

• Minor spacing issue resolved in the “Updates” UI

✨ New

General

• User interaction prompts now include the time when the popup will be dismissed automatically. Additionally the user is informed what will happen if they choose to ignore it.

👀 Changed

Catalog Agent & Catalog App

v1.6.1

• For delayed app updates, the command catalog --check-updates now includes the exact local time when the app becomes available.

🛠 Fixed

Catalog Agent & Catalog App

v1.6.1

• Delayed app updates are more reliable as the date and time of availability in the Catalog are now exactly the same the when an update schedule would run. Previously apps could be shown as available in the Catalog App but would fail to update.

• An issue is resolved where the Catalog App would show the "Update All" button when there are delayed app updates but no actually available updates. The button is now disabled in this scenario.

• An issue is resolved where the Catalog App would not be opened centered, causing the window to be partially invisible.

• An issue is resolved where the Catalog App would show "No app selected" when UpdatesOnly is set to true. The user would be unable to select anything in the sidebar or update any app.