JATOS/JATOS: JATOS v3.8.4 pre-release

If you want to update a JATOS server from version < 3.7.1 read the release information from v3.7.x first.

Try out the new version on cortex.jatos.org.

Changes in 3.8.4

• Bugfix: Result files stored in the wrong folder (#292)

Changes in 3.8.3

• Bugfixes
  • Logout not working (#291)
  • Study Results of a specific worker shows results of all workers of that type instead of only one (#289)
• Administration improvements:
  • Added doc for Docker Compose (doc for Kubernetes is coming soon)
  • Rename JATOS' config file: production.conf to jatos.conf (but production.conf is still allowed)
  • Better support of multi-node setups: set flag jatos.multiNode=true
  • Make migrations and updates multi-node safe
  • Add liveness test: route /ping answers with 'pong'
  • JATOS' tmp folder is now configurable via jatos.tmpPath and _JATOS_TMPPATH
  • Improved Dockerfile: JATOS home folder is now by default /opt/jatos and JATOS' data (study assets, result uploads, study logs) are in _/opt/jatosdata
  • Added Tests to GUI's administration page / Tests: test access to all necessary folders (study assets, result uploads, logs, study logs, and tmp folder)

Changes in 3.8.2

• Bugfixes
  • Result data exported as Plain Text missing line-breaks (#285 )
  • Malformed cookies from older JATOS versions can cause an InternalServerError with some browsers
• GUI:
  • Use browser's local date-time (instead of server's date-time) at e.g. Start Time or Last Seen in the result pages
  • Study Links, in the setup for the Personal types - add a button group to toggle between visibility of All, Active, Deactivated, and Used study links
• JATOS API: new endpoint to get the directory structure of a study assets directory in JSON
• A lot of administration improvements:
  • Abolished server-side cache -> all state is now either in the database or in cookies (easier to run JATOS on multiple nodes)
  • Logs config:
    • Allow to configure the location of the application logs
    • Allow logging to file or stdout
  • production.conf - Equalize property names. Most common names all start with jatos. now, but old-style names are still supported.
  • Abolished use of X-Forwarded-* HTTP headers (X-Forwarded-Proto, X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Ssl) (easier to run JATOS in complex system layouts)

Changes in 3.8.1

• Introducing the JATOS API
  • Access JATOS from the programming language of your choice (e.g. Python or R)
  • Specifications in OpenAPI
  • Uses personal access tokens for authentication
  • Have a look
• New results export format: JATOS results archive (JRZIP)
• Formalize the study exchange format: JATOS study archive (JZIP)
• GUI: Simpler result pages and support of JATOS Result Archives (JRZIP)
• GUI: Study links page - remove All Workers button
• jatos.js: Standardize the behavior of empty/null in jatos.studyJsonInput, jatos.componentJsonInput and jatos.batchJsonInput (#277)
• Fix result data size checking of jatos.submitResultData
• Fix issue with JATOS on Windows - sometimes loader.bat closes immediately (#265 )

Previous releases: github.com/JATOS/JATOS/releases

Which variant do I need?

• If you have Java (version 8 or 11) already installed (all OS): jatos.zip
• No Java installed: Choose according to your OS between
  • _jatos_winjava.zip
  • _jatos_macjava.zip (if you have problems install your own Java with brew)
  • _jatos_linuxjava.zip
• If you prefer Docker: hub.docker.com/r/jatos/jatos