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Feature Release 20
Discover all the new features and improvements in Feature Release 20 .
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Feature Release 20
June 2025
Product build number
FotoWeb 9.12.500
Index Manager 8.1.1066
Operations Center 8.1.1126
Note - This release will be made available in several increments. Each new build will address known issues identified in the previous version to ensure continuous improvements and stability. For a smoother experience, you might consider waiting for a later build in this release cycle.
This article lists the functionality for Fotoware 9.0, Feature Release 20.
Updates are available to all customers covered by an Agreement.
Looking for Fotoware Veloz update information? See Fotoware Veloz releases.
Looking for information about previous Fotoware On-Premises releases? See Fotoware release history.
Upgrading
Fotoware tests upgrading from the previous two On-Premises releases to the current release, and we offer support for both the current and last major On-Premises releases.
Upgrade process
If you are upgrading from a release before FR19, you need to upgrade version by version. For example, if you are upgrading to FR 20 from FR 18, you must first upgrade to FR 19 and then to FR 20; you cannot upgrade directly from FR 18 to FR 20. For more information, see Upgrading from Feature Release 19 to Feature Release 20.
Deprecated functionality
- The Fotoware Reports Module/Fotoware Custom Report Generator tool was set to End of Life on April 1st, 2024. Activity Exports is the new tool for logging user activity. The Fotoware Reports Module/Custom Report Generator tool will be uninstalled automatically when upgrading to FR20.
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Active Directory SSO was set to End of Life on January 1st, 2024. We recommend using SAML with ADFS for user authentication instead, for more information, see FotoWeb Authentication with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).
- Legacy Widget and API Key Authentication were set to End of LIfe on January 1st 2025. If you have implemented custom integrations with FotoWeb, such as CMS integrations, we recommend updating the authentication methods in use to OAuth, which was introduced in FotoWeb FR12 (version 8.0.850). Legacy authentication methods, including FWAPIToken, have been deprecated and will be removed in the future.
New and updated functionality
- Activity Exports is the new tool for logging user activity. For more information, see Activity Exports.
- MongoDB is installed separately and is no longer included in the FotoWeb installer. For more information, see Upgrading from Feature Release 19 to Feature Release 20.
- You can now scroll, collapse, and resize the navigation pane in both the Main and Pro interface.
- You can now edit search terms in the Pro interface as you already could in the Main interface. This allows you to make quick adjustments to search terms directly in the search box.
- You can configure and enable the cookie warning bar and cookie policy to inform users about necessary cookies.
- The Upload dialog did not display thumbnail previews for files over 10 MB. Now, it displays thumbnail previews for files up to 200 MB.
- User lockout: This is a built-in security improvement for customers who use a username and password to log in to Fotoware. After 10 failed login attempts (incorrect username or password), users are temporarily locked out for one hour. This restriction does not apply to users using SSO.
- New placeholder icons are available for all assets without a preview in the thumbnail or asset detail view. Additionally, the icons for video and audio transcoding have been modernized.
- If a time zone indicator is specified in metadata fields related to date and time, those fields will display a time zone indicator. The data input remains the same; however, the original date of an asset will be clear with this extra information. If no time zone designator (UTC -05:00, for example) is specified in the metadata, then Fotoware does not assume the time zone.
- In the Archives list in Site Configuration, we added a Metadata Views column so users can easily see which metadata view is in use for each archive.
- In the Archives detail view in Site Configuration, it's now easier to identify which metadata field number is connected to the list of taxonomy filters as the metadata field number is displayed in front of the taxonomy filters.
- As mentioned previously, virus scanning functionality was set to End of Life in July 2021 and has now been removed.
- In the Main and Pro interfaces, the same UI information is displayed when attempting to delete an asset. In addition, the message now always includes the number of assets to be deleted.
- Consent Management - when filling in a consent form, you can now decline consent at any stage of the process. In addition, administrators can now define which fields should be visible or even required when declining a consent form.
- Apache, as well as Kodak, Nikon, and Canon DLLs and dcraw, have been removed from the FotoWeb installer.
Fixed issues
Known issues
Note: This release will be made available in several increments. Each new build will address known issues identified in the previous version to ensure continuous improvements and stability. For a smoother experience, you might consider waiting for a later build in this release cycle. However, if any of these issues stop you from upgrading, please contact Fotoware support for assistance.
- Metadata values are not logged with legacy activity events. We encourage you to use Activity Exports instead of the legacy logging. Currently, logged activity from Activity Exports has to be exported manually in comparison to legacy logging.
- Unnecessary, empty MongoDB folders are created in ProgramData\Fotoware during the installation/upgrade to Feature Release 20.
- When running fwsetup after installing FotoWeb from scratch, you are given the option to add an additional site. This is unnecessary for a clean installation, as no FotoWeb sites were created earlier.
- When uninstalling FotoWeb, the User Account Control dialog shows a **** .msi name instead of the product name FotoWeb.
- Version Control: When you try to upload a new version of an asset using the same name as the original, an error occurs and the upload fails. To upload the new version successfully, you must give it a different name from the original asset.
- Using keyboard modifiers (Shift, Ctrl, or Ctrl+Shift) to select multiple folders does not return the expected asset results.
- Index Manager filters: When you upload a file with not in the filename, the upload dialog hangs and never completes. Similarly, when you rename a file to start with not, the rename dialog hangs and an Assets not found message appears if you refresh the page.
- The legacy selection widget is displayed in the wrong window and you are never prompted to give access to the application.
- Backup union is not available in FotoWeb when the primary index is disabled.
- FTP CDN export does not work.
- The search string option Replace space with OR does not work with numbers.
- The drop-down list of archives in the Upload dialog is not populated if User selection and Show root folder are configured for the archive.
- Archive autosearch does not find results for search terms containing an apostrophe.
- Pro interface: You cannot scroll through all elements if an asset has over 25 version elements.
- Pro interface: The zoom functionality does not work for PowerPoint presentations.
- Pro interface: When opening assets in fullscreen mode, no image is displayed for assets that have placeholder icons as the preview image.