• Fix bug with ODK server not starting when Sentry can't be reached (Issue #1347, Workaround PR getodk/central-backend#1729)
• Upgrade Web Forms to 0.18.2 (getodk/central-frontend#1467)
• Upgrade Node to 22.22 (#1619)
• Defend against systems with no memory.max (#1605)

• Fix upstream SSL option (#1586, #1589)
• Upgrade pyxform to 4.2.0 (#1596)

Mapping

• Add map view for Entities (#1434, #1414, #1525)
• Add better detection of overlapping polygons (#1455)
• Fix server error for geometry values with extra leading zero (#1540)
• Prevent page scrollbar when map popup contains long text (#1454)

Other Improvements + Bug Fixes

• Add button to reset table filters (#1132)
• Add ability to sign up to ODK mailing list (#1336)
• Show more information after error processing Entities in repeat group (#1431)
• Handle XML encoding of Form version string (#1470)
• Allow Project Viewers to view all published Form versions (#1559)
• Add entry to Server Audit Log when Submission Attachment is updated via OpenRosa (#1436)

Operations + Performance

• Add ability to configure database pool size (#494)
• Don't attempt to upload empty blobs to S3 (#1496)
• Log more information from upstream S3 errors (#1469)
• Improve S3 cleanup after SIGINT/SIGTERM (#1498)
• Fix sending of content security policy (CSP) reports to Sentry (#1406)
• Update CSP to reduce false positives (#770)
• Other improvements to CSP (#1518, #1520, #1517, #1516)
• Use more efficient uuid data type in database (getodk/central-backend#1618)

Maintenance

• Update What's New modal (#1487)
• Update usage information metrics (#1486)
• Update dependencies (#1481, #1482, #1224, #1483)
• Update Web Forms (#1512)
• Update translations (#1484)

Forum announcement: https://forum.getodk.org/t/57212

• Add support for simplified Chinese (getodk/central-frontend#1415)
• Update Web Forms to 0.17.0 (getodk/central-frontend#1414)

Mapping

• Add map view for Submissions (#1152)
• Add API to fetch GeoJSON for entities (#1152)
• Add API to fetch GeoJSON for an individual Submission or Entity (#1325)

Entities

• Add ability to bulk-delete entities (#1010)
• Add filtering capabilities for Entities (#973)
• Add initial support for creating or updating Entities from repeat groups (#1020)

Data Tables

• Move refresh button and add timestamp (#1106)
• Use search criteria to filter entities.csv download (#1185)
• Fix count of Submissions that's visible after a Submission is deleted (#1140, #1163)
• Fix count of Entities that's visible after an Entity is deleted (#1390)

Other Improvements + Bug Fixes

• On server user page, indicate when user's invitation is pending (#1104)
• Add configuration to adjust session lifetime (#1212)
• Ensure that latest Entity List is downloaded for Draft Form; prevent overcaching (#1407)
• Allow the same file to be uploaded with a different content type (#751)
• Entity property data: expand text on click instead of showing tooltip that could overflow (getodk/central-frontend#1388)
• Don't show a 404 error if another user has deleted the same Submission or Entity (#1362)
• Show success message after Web Forms setting is changed (#1096)
• Show error message if a user's permission to submit to a Form is revoked after starting the Form (#1001)

API

• Add filter to fetch deleted Submissions or Entities using REST API (#1208)
• OData: add filter for the __id of the Submission or Entity (#1401)
• OData $filter: support Yoda notation for null equality (getodk/central-backend#1557)
• Return a 401 error, not a 403, if no authentication is provided (getodk/central-backend#1488, getodk/central-frontend#1267)

Operations + Performance

• Enable HTTP2 (#1309)
• Add certificate that passes third-party SSL checks (#1366)
• Adjust memory limit, making it possible to run vacuum on built-in database (#1147)
• Increase gzip level and gzip for more content types (#1329)
• Add more database indices (#1174, getodk/central-backend#1617)
• Improve performance of certain database queries (#1367)
• Add ability to set PostgreSQL application name (#1202)

Maintenance

• Update usage information metrics (#1372)
• Update dependencies (#1371, #966, #1370, #1369)
• Update Web Forms (#1223)
• Update translations (#1368)

Forum announcement: https://forum.getodk.org/t/57029

• Fixed: Public access links with last-saved (Forum post)
• Fixed: space character in the URL is shown as ‘+’ in Enketo for the prefilled value after redirection (Forum post)
• ODK Web Forms upgraded to v0.14.0, which improved numeric fields & error feedback: Numeric inputs are now limited to a maximum of 9 digits, integer fields no longer allow decimal values, and error highlighting has been enhanced, making required questions easier to identify and fix before submitting. (more details)

• Fixes bug: space in query parameter is rendered as plus sign in Enketo prefill (Forum post)

• Bug fix: apply filters to download of Submissions CSV in UI (#1168)
• Allow App Users, Data Collectors, and Public Access Links to send Submission Attachments from ODK Web Forms (#1166)
• Fix issue with Public Access Links that are used offline in Enketo (#1175)
• Improve performance of database query (getodk/central-backend#1536)
• Update ODK Web Forms to 0.13.1 (getodk/central-frontend#1311)

Entities

• Add Search functionality to Entities page (#1009, #1023)
• Update filter styling on Submissions and Entities pages (#1008)
• Limit Entity access to creator (#952, #1137)
• Tell OpenRosa clients to delete Entities when their Submissions have not been approved (#685)

Bug Fixes + Other Improvements

• Log server upgrade in Audit Log (#971)
• Server Audit Log: distinguish categories in type filter (#1042)
• Improve toast messages (#1011, #1030)
• Load binary Submission Attachments when editing Submission in ODK Web Forms (getodk/central-frontend#1301)
• Prevent ODK Web Forms styles from affecting the rest of Central (#1121, #1015)
• Improve display while loading ODK Web Forms (#1120)
• Reposition Entity upload popup so that it's not partially concealed (#1138)
• Restrict API access to Form Drafts to Users who can update Forms (getodk/central-backend#1502)
• Surface errors from S3 (getodk/central-backend#1469, getodk/central-backend#1470)
• Docker: allow passthrough of command arguments to postgres14 endpoint (#1066)
• pg_repack causes backup restore to fail (#1100)
• Allow Google Translate in Content Security Policy (#1129)

Operations + Maintenance

• Update usage information metrics (#1071)
• Update dependencies (#977, getodk/central-backend#1517, #976, #975, #1133, #978)
• Update translations (#1070)

What's Changed

• Use pyxform version 3.1.0 to avoid rare Enketo crash when form definitions have newlines (#1150)

Full Changelog: v2025.1.3...v2025.1.4