# 8.42 Release Notes

**URL:** <https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923>\
**Category:** Release Notes\
**Tags:** release-notes, release-notes-english\
**Created:** [September 7, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923 "2022-09-07T19:57:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/1 "2022-09-07T19:57:09Z")

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Release date: September 13, 2022 ET

## We released the following updates since 8.41:

## Bug Fixes

### Action Menu Items

- Fixed a regression where the context or the ‘More’ menus would not open on a global Versions page. [SG-28071]

### Fields

- Fixed an issue where exporting a query field displaying content from a list field could result in placing the data into multiple columns instead of keeping it in one column (like on the grid). [SG-27938]

### Filter Panel

- Fixed a regression where some filter values (Current entity, Empty) could not be removed or could lead to an error in a widget filter. [SG-27944]
- Fixed an issue where filtering Task counts and total Task counts on a Tasks page would display inconsistent results. [SG-27580]
- Fixed a regression where navigation filter items were misaligned after a dragging and dropping. [SG-28032]
- Fixed an issue that occurred in thumbnail widgets where the filter dropdown list would not load when input validation errors for a linked field are applied. [SG-28042]

### Permissions

- Fixed issues with custom entities [SG-26733]:
  - Page names would not update after an entity was renamed.
  - Custom fields created would not display on the Permissions page.

### Rest API

- Fixed an issue where a Project field could be assigned on a Task within a Task Template. [SG-27639]

### Site Preferences

- Fixed an issue where the allowed email domains feature would not accept some valid values. [SG-27751]

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**Author:** ![lampronf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/lampronf/32/280_2.png) [@lampronf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/lampronf)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/2 "2022-09-15T19:39:28Z")

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# 8.42.0.572 (Wednesday September 14, 2022 ET)

### Bug fix:

- Fixed an issue where using `None` for the background or text in formatting rules could result in non-readable text in the grid (especially when dark mode is activated). [SG-24897]

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**Author:** ![lampronf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/lampronf/32/280_2.png) [@lampronf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/lampronf)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/3 "2022-09-20T12:40:06Z")

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# 8.42.0.577 (Monday September 19, 2022 ET)

### Bug fix:

- Fixed an issue where creating an Icon entity via API would cause a blank page when the display\_type property was not included or invalid. [SG-28288]

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**Post date:** [September 20, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/4 "2022-09-20T19:27:40Z")

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# 8.42.0.585 (Tuesday September 20, 2022 ET)

### Bug fix:

- Fixed an issue where users restricted from editing fields would copy data from a text field and see ShotGrid context menus instead of the default browser’s context menu. [SG-28209]

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**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/5 "2022-09-26T13:10:59Z")

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# 8.42.0.595 (Monday September 26, 2022 ET)

### Bug fixes:

- Fixed an issue where a user would not receive an email notification when only the “Email me whenever I receive a note” option checked in Email Notifications. [SG-28245]
- Fixed a regression where the color scheme would not update on an entity’s detail page after switching from light and dark modes. [SG-28425]

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**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/6 "2022-10-05T17:18:20Z")

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# 8.42.0.639 (Tuesday October 4, 2022 ET)

### Bug fixes:

- Fixed an issue where creating an Identity user that was inactive did not trigger an email when activated at a later date. [SG-28566]
- Fixed an issue where a widget filter would not update to the current entity on an entity detail page. [SG-27155]

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**Author:** ![lampronf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/lampronf/32/280_2.png) [@lampronf](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/lampronf)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/8-42-release-notes/15923/7 "2022-10-06T13:51:54Z")

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# 8.42.0.642 (Thursday October 6, 2022 ET)

### Bug fix:

- Removed native browser autocomplete functionality on the grid that inconsistently caused unwanted pop-ups. [SG-28568]
