Workfront Maintenance Updates in 2023

The following maintenance updates have been made in 2023.

NOTE
These updates also include other minor or less prominent bug fixes. Workfront Support will notify you when an issue you submitted is fixed.

For maintenance updates prior to 2023, see Previous Maintenance Updates

Updates in December 2023

Maintenance Update on December 21, 2023

Issues when viewing subtask status

Boards

The following issues have been reported regarding viewing subtask status on a card in Boards:

  • The status is shown as “Select status” even when the task already has a status. This status can be seen when viewing the task directly.
  • If the user attempts to select a status, the screen goes blank and must be refreshed.

Cannot attach a document to a card

Boards

When a user attempts to attach a document to a connected card, the user can select the document to attach, but the document does not appear in the document area of the card, and the document is not attached to the object that the card is connected to.

This has been reported in cards connected to issues.

Cannot select template from Favorites list

Templates

When a user attempts to select a template from the Favorites list, the list disappears when the user moves their mouse to the list, and the user cannot select a template.

Some updates are missing in the new commenting experience

Updates

When a user is viewing updates in the new commenting experience, some of the comments that should be displayed are not displayed. If the user switches to the legacy commenting experience, all of the comments are displayed.

Adobe Workfront Fusion Maintenance Update on December 21, 2023

Module field takes too long to open

Workfront Fusion

When a user is configuring a module and the module requires data from the connected account (such as for selecting a record), the module cannot retrieve the data, and the request for data times out.

Maintenance Update on December 14, 2023

Proofs that are pending approval do not appear in reports

Proofs

When a user views a report for pending proof approvals, some pending approvals do not appear in the report.

Maintenance Update on December 7, 2023

Approval stuck on Awaiting my approval widget

Home

When a new version of a document is uploaded and the previous version has an approval that is not complete, the old version of the document becomes stuck on the approver’s Awaiting my approval widget. The approval cannot be approved since there is a new version, and it cannot be removed from the widget.

Issues when adding work items in Board view of tasks or issues

Tasks / Issues

When a user is viewing the Board view of the Tasks or Issues area in a project and attempts to add a task or issue, the following may occur:

  • The popup window switches back and forth between two different window styles
  • The user cannot close the popup window

This has been reported to occur when a user selects an area from the left navigation of the popup window before entering any information.

Updates in November 2023

Maintenance Update on November 30, 2023

Tasks do not appear in My Work widget

Home

When a user views their My Work widget in Home, some of the tasks they are assigned to are not displayed in the widget. For example, a user may go to a project and see that they are assigned tasks in the project, but these tasks do not appear on the user’s My Work widget.

Login page redirects to logout landing page

Login

When a user attempts to sign in to Workfront, instead of the login page, they are directed to the page that they would land on if they were to logout.

500 error when exporting a report

Reports

When a user attempts to export a report, the export fails with the following error:

code language-none
500: Cannot invoke "Object.getClass()" because "parentObj" is null /attask/api-internal/report/export

This has been reported in reports that use a valueexpression to reference the lastNote note text.

Maintenance Update on November 16, 2023

Budgeted hours in utilization report do not match budgeted hours reported through API

Reports

When a user makes an API call to the RPBGHR object for a given project, and compares the results of that call to the utilization report for that project, the results do not match.

Incorrect custom currency displayed on New request page

Requests

When a user is submitting a request and makes a selection that changes display logic on the request form, the currency displayed reverts to the default currency rather than the custom currency that is set on the project that the request queue represents.

When the user submits their request, the currency displays as the correct custom currency for the project that the request queue represents

Extra lines in comment made through API or Workfront Fusion

Updates

When a user submits a comment through the API or through Workfront Fusion, the comment displayed in the Updates area shows extra lines. At times there are so many lines that the user must scroll down to see the comment content.

This has been reported in the new commenting experience.

Maintenance Update on November 9, 2023

My Work widget missing objects when not at top of page

Home

If the My Work widget is at the top of the new Home page, it pulls in all expected objects. However, if this widget is below any other widgets on the page, it pulls in only 10 objects.

Cannot generate proof

Proofs

When a user attempts to generate a proof, the proof is not created, and the user sees the following error:

“Error generating proof”

This occurs when the user’s access level setting View Contact Info is set to Disabled.

Fields clear when a document is added to a request

Requests

When a user is creating a request, fills out fields in a form, and then adds or removes a document, some fields on the form are cleared of data, and the user must fill them out again before submitting the request.

Personal task appears on timesheet

Timesheets

When a user creates a task on the Todo widget of the new Home experience, that task appears on the user’s timesheet. This occurs even if the task has no hours logged, and the personal project is not pinned.

Maintenance Update (Hot Fix) on November 3, 2023

Child tasks appear out of order when moved under parent task

Templates

When a user creates tasks on a template, and then moves those tasks under a parent task, the numbers assigned to the child tasks do not appear in the expected order. Therefore, when the page is refreshed, the child tasks are sorted by the unexpected task numbers, and the child tasks are therefore out of order.

Maintenance Update on November 2, 2023

Private updates display in valueexpression fields

Reports

When a report field includes a valueexpression that references a private update, users that are not included in the private update can see it in the report.

User displays as overallocated because of inaccurate capacity

Workload Balancer

A user may show in the Workload Balancer as overallocated. If a user hovers over the overallocation, they see that the user’s capacity is set to 0.

If the user changes the date range, the allocation is accurate. However, if the user refreshes the page, the capacity may be inaccurate again.

Updates in October 2023

Maintenance Update on October 26, 2023

Search not working

Boards

When a user attempts to search boards, the search does not return all of the cards that meet the search criteria.

Cannot view interactive proof in web viewer

Proofs

When a user attempts to view a proof in the web proof viewer, the proof does not display, and the user sees the following error:

“Missing Key-Pair-Id query parameter or cookie value”

Cannot create new version of a proof

Proofs

When a user attempts to create a new version of a proof, the new version is not created, and the user sees the following error message:

“Error generating proof”

User is duplicated when sharing a request

Requests

When sharing a request, if the access level of a user that the request is being shared with is modified, the user just above that user in the list becomes that user.

For example, if the request is being shared with User A and User B, and User B’s access is modified, User A changes to User B, and there are now two User Bs in the list. In addition, only the top User B’s access has been modified.

“Whoops” error in task header

Tasks

When a user views a task, the task header does not contain any information. Instead, the user sees the following error message:

“Whoops! Something went wrong. Please contact Workfront so we can figure out what went wrong and fix it.”

Maintenance Update on October 19, 2023

Users are not notified of replies on a comment thread

Notifications

When a user replies to a comment, other users that should receive notifications for the reply do not receive them. Some users may receive the notification while others do not.

Extra, blank comment when making a comment on a proof

Proofs

When a user makes a comment on a proof, the proof also produces another comment, which is blank.

This has been reported on video proofs.

Proof activity tab does not open

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof and clicks the Proof activity tab, the tab returns the user to the Proof details tab.

Planned Hours are reallocated when an additional user is assigned to a task

Tasks

When a user is assigned to a task that has Planned Hours allocated to other assignees on the task, the task’s Planned Hours are evenly distributed to all assignees on the task.

“Deleted” displays as name of user in system updates when issue is converted to task

Updates

When a user who is logged in as another user converts an issue to a task, and the issue is assigned to a team, the system updates show “Deleted” as the user who requested that the team work on the task.

Maintenance Update on October 12, 2023

Workstreams removed for accounts not using them

Boards

For accounts that have never created a workstream in the Boards application, the Workstreams area has been removed from the Boards dashboard. Accounts that do use workstreams still have access to them.

Calculated fields do not retain value when issue is converted to task

Custom forms

Calculated fields that reference themselves do not retain their values when an issue is converted to a task.

When converting the issue to a task, the desired value shows correctly in the edit window.However, after the conversion is complete, the calculated field displays an “N/a”.

Error when changing filters in Home

Home

When a user changes the filters on Home, the Home area does not load, and the user sees the following error:

“An error has occurred and we are working to resolve the issue. To continue with your work, try refreshing this browser page.”

Maintenance Update on October 5, 2023

Board loads slowly

Boards

When a user loads a board, the board loads extremely slowly. This may occur even though the board has a small number of cards.

Archived cards, even if not displayed, were affecting the board loading time.

Cannot move cards between columns

Boards

When a user attempts to move a card on a board, the card does not move. This occurs in the following circumstances:

  • Drag and drop
  • Move option on card
  • Editing the card

Cannot move cards out of the intake column

Boards

The user can drag one card out of the intake column to another column on the board, but subsequent cards cannot be moved out of the intake column.

Group by affects board performance

Boards

When the user attempts to group the cards by assignees or tags, the board performance becomes very slow.

Automatic Reminder emails are not being sent

Notifications

Automatic email reminders are not being sent. This began on September 14, 2023.

Updates in September 2023

Maintenance Update on September 28, 2023

Cannot delete custom field

Custom forms

When a user attempts to delete a custom field, they cannot delete it, and they see the message “Database error due to constraint violation.”

Comments made in new commenting experience are not visible in legacy experience

Updates

When a user makes a comment in the new commenting experience, and that comment appears in the Comments area of the new experience, the same comment may not appear in the legacy commenting experience. This may cause users using the legacy experience to miss comments.

Object page is missing elements

Workfront

When a user navigates to a custom section on an object in Workfront, the page that loads may be missing some elements. These elements may include:

  • The left navigation panel
  • The name of the object that the custom section belongs to
  • Fields and information in the header
Maintenance Update on September 21, 2023

Cannot assign user on a board on a workstream

Boards

When a user attempts to assign another user to a task from a board that is part of a workstream, and begins to type the user’s name, the user does not appear on the drop-down list of available users. This occurs even when the user is active and a member of both the board and the workstream.

The user may also notice that deactivated users appear on the drop-down.

Cannot delete checklist item

Boards

When a user attempts to delete a checklist item from a card on a board, the Delete buttoon is unresponsive, and the item is not deleted.

Custom forms load slowly

Custom forms

When a user attempts to load a custom form, the custom form loads slowly.

Cannot move document to a different folder

Documents

When a user moves a document into an object folder, they cannot then move the object to a different folder.

XML error when downloading

Documents

When a user attempts to download a document, the document does not download, and the user sees a page with the following message followed by XML text.

“The XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is below.”

Cannot download documents from Preview / Sandbox environments

Documents

When a user attempts to download a document from an environment other than production, the document does not download, and the user sees the following error:

“Whoops! Something went wrong. Please contact Workfront so we can figure out what went wrong and fix it.”

Proofs appear desaturated or cropped

Proofs

The following issues have been reported when creating a proof from a URL.

  • The proof appears desaturated or washed out.
  • The proof is cropped.

This may cause proof decisions to be difficult, because the proof is not represented accurately.

Proofs take excessive time to generate

Proofs

When a user attempts to generate a proof, the proof takes an excessive amount of time to generate. The proof generation may take several days.

Maintenance Update on September 14, 2023

“No factory” error when adding a document

Documents

When a user attempts to add a document from an external source, Workfront cannot access the source, and the user sees the following error:

“The following error occurred: No factory found for authentication type null”

“Whoops” error on matrix reports

Reports

When a user attempts to view a matrix report, the report does not load, and the user sees the following error:

“Whoops! Something went wrong. Please contact Workfront so we can figure out what went wrong and fix it.”

This occurs when grouping a report by date ranges.

Maintenance Update on September 11, 2023

Personal tasks do not display in timesheets

Timesheets

Personal tasks no longer display on the timesheet by default. Personal tasks display on the timesheet when they are pinned or have hours logged. Prior to this change, personal tasks displayed on timesheets by default.

Maintenance Update on September 7, 2023

Project is blank when loaded from new Home experience

Projects

When a user clicks on a project from their Home page in the new Home experience, the project’s page fails to load.

This occurs when the user has logged in as another user, then logged out as the other user and returned to their own Home page.

Updates in August 2023

Maintenance Update on August 31, 2023

Filters do not apply to widgets in the new Home experience

Home

When a user applies a filter to a widget in the new Home experience, the widget shows items that should be excluded by the filter.

This has been reported in the Custom Sandbox environment. The same widgets in the Preview and Production environments filter as expected.

Issues when loading Matrix reports

Reports

When a user attempts to load a Matrix report as a chart, one of the following may occur:

  • Some information in the report does not load
  • The report gives the error “Unable to load content from the server”

Planner does not load when filter is applied

Resource Planner

When a user attempts to load the Resource Planner, the planner does not load, and the user sees the following error message:

“The following error occurred: Something went wrong while connecting to WorkPerDay service”

Maintenance update on August 24, 2023

Cannot select text in lists or bullet points

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof in the proofing viewer and attempts to select text that is in a list or a bullet point, the text selection tool is ineffective, and the text cannot be selected.

Creating a new proof version deletes all versions of proof

Proofs

When a user creates a proof from a document, the proof is created. However, if a user creates another version of the proof, both the old and new versions are deleted. There is a Create Proof option on the original document, and the proof versions can be found in the Trash area of the Proofing area in Workfront.

Maintenance update on August 17, 2023

Cannot navigate to project with URL that uses Reference ID

Projects

When a user attempts to navigate to a project using a URL that includes a Reference ID number, they are redirected to a page with an error message. Navigating to a task using a URl with a Reference ID works as expected.

“Disable proof email notifications” setting displays inaccurately

Proofs

When a user is viewing proof settings in Workfront, the “Disable proof email notifications” checkbox does not accurately display the correct current setting. When the box is checked, indicating that proof email notifications are disabled, the notifications are actually enabled. The opposite is also true.

Cannot adjust proof markups

Proofs

When a user is making a comment in the proofing viewer and makes a markup on the proof, then clicks away, the user can no longer adjust the markup.

Maintenance update on August 10, 2023

Cannot delete To-do item in new Home experience

Home

When a user in the new Home experience attempts to delete an item from the To-do widget, the item does not delete, and the user sees the following error:

“There was a problem removing your to-do, please try again soon.”

This may occur when there are hours logged to the To-do item.

Pinned project does not display information in some columns

Projects

When a user navigates to a pinned project using the pin, the object lists (such as the task list) may display blank columns. For example, an Assignments column may display no assignments, even though assignments have been made.

Sleep module causing scenarios to hang

Workfront Fusion

The Tools > Sleep module in a scenario may cause a scenario execution to hang. These executions show a status of Running in the Scenario History, and do not finish.

Maintenance Update on August 3, 2023

Difficulty locating items in intake column

Boards

The intake column on a board was previously sorted by the priority defined on tasks and issues, which made it difficult to locate specific items.

The default ordering is now as follows:

Tasks:

  • Primary order: Project name
  • Secondary order: Work Breakdown Structure

Issues

  • Primary order: Project name
  • Secondary order: Reference number

Project does not correctly resolve issue

Projects / Issues

When a user changes the status of a project that is the resolving object for an issue, the issue status is changed to a status that does not match the same key as the status on the project.

“Whoops” error on matrix reports

Reports

When a user attempts to view a matrix report, the report does not load, and the user sees the following error:

“Whoops! Something went wrong. Please contact Workfront so we can figure out what went wrong and fix it.”

This has been reported for users in EMEA.

Updates in July 2023

Maintenance Update on July 27, 2023

Tags and checklist items not working correctly in the project board view

Boards

Tags and checklist items have been removed from the board view of projects, because they are not part of the Workfront tasks and cannot be shared between users.

“Enable system-wide” and “View system-wide” represent different functionality

Filters

If a user shares a filter and enables the “View system-wide” option, the filter is shared with every user in the system. However, if an admin then views this filter in Setup, they see that this filter displays “false” in the “Visible System-Wide” column. To make this filter a system default, the admin must enable the “Enable system-wide” option in Setup. This may cause some confusion due to the similarity of wording.

Maintenance Update on July 20, 2023
This update includes only minor or less prominent bug fixes. Workfront Support will notify you when an issue you submitted is fixed.
Maintenance Update on July 13, 2023

Timeline does not recalculate

Projects / Tasks / Issues

When an even occurs that should trigger a timeline calculation, the timeline does not recalculate. This affects recalculations that occur on changes, and scheduled recalculations. This can affect accuracy of the Workload Balancer.

Locked proof approvals still show in Work List

Proofs

Proof approvals that have passed their deadline and are locked are still showing on the approver’s Home Work List, instead of dropping off the list when the deadline passed.

Utilization report does not load

Reports

When a customer attempts to view a utilization report, the user sees a spinning loading indicator, but the report does not load. The report has returned a 500 error, but the user sees no indication that the report has failed.

Edit User page is blank

Users

When a user attempts to edit another user, the Edit User page, is blank, and the user cannot edit the other user.

Updates in June 2023

Maintenance Update on June 29, 2023
This update includes only minor or less prominent bug fixes. Workfront Support will notify you when an issue you submitted is fixed.
Maintenance Update on June 22, 2023

“Whoops” error when viewing matrix report

Reports

When a user views a matrix report, they see the following error:

“Whoops! Something went wrong. Please contact Workfront so we can figure out what went wrong and fix it.”

This has been reported when the report is sorted by date and the “Show weeks with no results” option is enabled.

Dates display incorrectly in matrix reports

Reports

When a chart or matrix report is grouped by date, dates near the edges of the grouping may appear in the correct grouping, the previous / next grouping, or both.

Maintenance Update on June 15, 2023
This update includes only minor or less prominent bug fixes. Workfront Support will notify you when an issue you submitted is fixed.
Maintenance Update on June 8, 2023
This update includes only minor or less prominent bug fixes. Workfront Support will notify you when an issue you submitted is fixed.
Adobe Workfront Fusion Maintenance Update on June 8, 2023

Fusion has deployed a fix that prevents a user’s connections from being removed when the user is removed or deactivated in the Adobe Admin Console.

Fusion team administrators are still able to remove unneeded connections from the Connections page in Fusion.

Maintenance Update on June 1, 2023

No error message when reordering task in Pending approval status

Tasks

When a user attempts to reorder a task in a task list, and the task is in Pending approval status, the task appears to move in the task list. Upon refresh, the user sees that the item has not moved. The item cannot move because it is in Pending approval status, but there is no message telling the user that the item cannot move, which may lead to confusion.

No error message when moving predecessor task under dependent task

Tasks

When a user attempts to reorder a task in a task list, and the task is in Pending approval status, the task appears to move in the task list. Upon refresh, the user sees that the item has not moved. The item cannot move because a predecessor task cannot be moved under a task it is the predecessor for, but there is no message telling the user that the item cannot move, which may lead to confusion.

Updates in May 2023

Maintenance Update on May 25, 2023

Kanban board goes blank when editing cards

Agile

When a user changes something about a card on the Kanban board, the Kanban board goes blank instead of refreshing with the change. If the user refreshes the page manually, the Kanban board returns, showing the correct change.

This has been reported in the following circumstances:

  • Editing a card
  • Moving a card
Maintenance Update on May 22, 2023

Cannot adjust the size of descriptive text

Custom forms

When the custom form designer was released in beta, the functionality to adjust the size of descriptive text was not available. This issue has been fixed and users can now adjust the size of descriptive text.

Maintenance Update on May 18, 2023

Report does not sort correctly when sorting by custom field

Reports
When a user runs a task report, the report appears to sort correctly when it is loading, but when it finishes loading the user sees that the report is not sorted correctly.

This seems to occur if all the following circumstances are met:

  • The report is a task report
  • The report is sorted by a custom field
  • The report has a grouping applied
Maintenance Update on May 11, 2023

Cannot switch proof version when viewing proof

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof in the Proofing Viewer, and switches to another version, the version dropdown becomes disabled, and the user cannot switch back to the original version they were viewing, or to another version of the proof.

Workfront Search times out

Search

Workfront search is timing out. The search may return a few results, or none at all.

This issue also affects the functionality of the Workfront Fusion > Workfront > Search module.

Adobe Workfront Fusion Maintenance Update on May 11, 2023

Timeout errors in Workfront Fusion

Adobe Workfront Fusion

When a scenario is running, it may have a timeout error. The information from the module with the error does not reach its destination.

Workfront Search times out

Search

Workfront search is timing out. The search may return a few results, or none at all.

This issue also affects the functionality of the Workfront Fusion > Workfront > Search module.

Maintenance Update on May 9, 2023

Saved filters available in board intake column

Boards

You can now use existing Workfront task and issue filters when configuring the intake column for a board. However, existing intake column filters are now read-only in the configuration panel. The existing filters are still applied to the intake column, but you must recreate the filters if you want to edit them.

Maintenance Update on May 4, 2023

Cannot select template from Favorite templates

Templates

When a user attempts to select a template from the Actions (three dot) menu, the list of templates disappears when the user moves their mouse to the list, and the user cannot select a template. This is because the scrollbar is between the menu and the list of templates, and the mouse focuses on the scrollbar as it moves to the list of templates.

Updates in April 2023

Maintenance Update on April 27, 2023

Cannot switch between proofs in Proof Viewer

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof in the Proofing Viewer, and switches to another proof, the switch proof button becomes unresponsive. The user cannot switch back to the original proof they were viewing, or to another proof.

Edit attached images when editing a comment

Updates

You can now edit the image attached to a comment when you are editing a comment. This is available in the Updates section for Workfront Goals and in that of issues when enabling the commenting beta experience.

Adobe Workfront Fusion Maintenance Update on April 25, 2023

Fusion in-app help links do not lead to specific help pages

Workfront Fusion

When a user is viewing a proof in the Proofing Viewer, and switches to another proof, the switch proof button becomes unresponsive. The user cannot switch back to the original proof they were viewing, or to another proof.

Maintenance Update on April 20, 2023

Issues in custom dropdown fields

Custom forms

Custom dropdown fields that are enabled as multi-select fields may display the following issues:

  • The “+Add” button is not present when the form is not in edit mode.
  • Fields that do not have values show a “–no label–” option.

Cannot use Polyline tool when making a comment on a proof

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof in the Proofing Viewer and attemps to make a comment using the Polyline tool, the tool does not mark up the proof.

Text options box shows “textAnnotations”

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof, begins to add a comment, and opens the Text tool, the word “textAnnotation” appears next to the options in the tool. The Text tool still functions as expected, and “textAnnotation” disappears after the comment is posted.

Keep images as a draft when moving away from an update for goals and for issues in the commenting beta experience

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NOTE
This feature released to Preview on April 19, 2023 and released to production on April 20, 2023.

Updates

Now, when you navigate away from the Updates page while in the middle of composing a message where you have attached an image, the message and the image are preserved when you navigate back. Before this update, the unsubmitted comment was preserved but the image was deleted. This is available in the Updates section for goals and in that of issues when enabling the commenting beta experience.

Real-time updates and deleted comments in the Updates section

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NOTE
This feature released to Preview on April 19, 2023 and released to production on April 20, 2023.

Updates

Now, when someone adds a comment or reply, or deletes a comment from the Updates area, you can see the new comment or an indication that the a comment was removed in real time, without a delay. This is available in the Updates section for goals and in that of issues when enabling the commenting beta experience.

Access level changed by system without a record of the change

Users

A user’s access level may be unpredictably changed by the system. When this occurs, there is no visible update, and the change does not appear in the audit log.

Maintenance Update on April 17, 2023

Show new comments outside of the visible screen area in the Updates section of issues (new commenting Beta experience) and Goals

Updates

We have added a notification banner for the Updates section to inform users when there are newer comments on an item that might be outside of the visible area on the screen. This update is currently available in the Updates section of goals and that of issues when the new commenting beta experience has been enabled for issues.

Maintenance Update on April 13, 2023

Filters are not applied to requests list

Requests

When a user views a list of requests that has a filter applied, the list includes requests that the filter should exclude.

Cannot select Default Hour Type or Available Hour Types

Users

When an admin is editing a user and attempts to select a Default Hour Type or Available Hour Type, they see that the dropdowns for those fields are disabled, and the they cannot select hour types.

Maintenance Update on April 6, 2023

Dropdowns are not opening when a user is added to a proof

Proofs

When a user adds another user to a proof in the Proofing Viewer, the “Proof role” and “Email alerts” dropdowns cannot open. The user cannot assign a proof rold or email alert. This may occur when adding a user through a comment, or when sharing the proof with the user.

Updates in March 2023

Maintenance Update on March 30, 2023

Cannot switch proof version when viewing proof

Proofs

When a user is viewing a proof in the Proofing Viewer, and switches to another version, the version dropdown becomes disabled, and the user cannot switch back to the original version they were viewing, or to another version of the proof.

504 error when exporting reports

Reports

When a user attempts to export a report with a high number of items, they see a 504 error and cannot export the report.

Update made in behalf of a user displays as directly from the user

Updates

When an admin is logged in as a user and makes a comment, that comment displays as directly from the user, instead of from the admin on behalf of the user.

Maintenance Update on March 23, 2023

Summary panel contents are too wide for the panel

Documents

When a user views the Summary panel for a document, the contents are too wide to be seen in the panel. The panel now has a horizontal scrollbar, and the user must scroll horizontally to see the Summary panel contents. This occurs because the filename of the document does not wrap. This issue is limited to file where the filename has an HTML file extension.

New Desktop Proofing Viewer version

Proofing

To fix a commenting issue in the Desktop Proofing Viewer, we’ve deployed a new version of the desktop proofing viewer.

Users who already have the Desktop Proofing Viewer installed will get this update automatically.

Users can also manually down the latest version. For more information, see Install the Desktop Proofing Viewer.

  • Previous version: 2.1.22
  • New version: 2.1.23
Maintenance Update on March 16, 2023

Checklist items not copied when copying a card

Boards

When copying an ad hoc card (connected cards cannot be copied), checklist items are not copied to the new card.

Custom field is missing when issue is converted to project

Projects

When a user converts an issue to a project using a template, a custom field that was on the issue does not display on the project. This issue affects only non-admins.

Custom messages not appearing in email notifications

Proofs

When a user shares a proof and adds a custom message, that custom message does not appear in the notification email to the recipient. The subject is the proof name, and the message does not appear in the email.

Maintenance Update on March 9, 2023

Access level is not assigned when reactivating user

Users

When a user is reactivating a deactivated user, and attempts to assign them an access level in the Reactivate User window, the access level dropdown does not populate as the user types, and the user cannot select an access level. If the user types in the access level and saves, that access level is not assigned to the reactivated user.

Save the draft of a comment in the Goals area

Workfront Goals

Now, when you navigate away from the Updates page of a goal while in the middle of composing a message, the message is preserved when you navigate back. Before this update, the unsubmitted comment would have been deleted.

Maintenance Update on March 2, 2023

Cannot add cards when grouping is applied

Boards

When a user is viewing a board that has a grouping applies, and attempts to add a card, the user can only enter the name of the card. The rest of the card fields are disabled, including the Save button.

If the user changes the grouping to None, the issue remains. The user must change the grouping to None and then refresh the page to restore the ability to add a card.

Connected cards not added to columns based on status

Boards

Even though column policies are applied for status, new connected cards appear in the leftmost column and not in the column that corresponds to their status.

Link to a comment redirects to Details page

Updates

When a user follows a link to a comment on an object in Workfront, the update stream loads briefly, and then the user is redirected to the object’s Details area. This may occur if the user clicks the link from an email or pastes the link into their browser.

This currently affects only Document objects.

Print Summary does not load

Workfront Proof

When a user attempts to load the Print Summary page, the page appears to be loading, but never loads.

Updates in February 2023

Maintenance Update on February 23, 2023

Link to a comment redirects to Details page

Updates

When a user follows a link to a comment on an object in Workfront, the update stream loads briefly, and then the user is redirected to the object’s Details area. This may occur if the user clicks the link from an email or pastes the link into their browser.

This currently affects only Document objects.

User cannot edit their own notification settings

Users

When a user with a Worker licence attempts to edit their own notification settings, the Notifications options are not visible in the Edit window, and the user cannot edit the settings.

Maintenance Update on February 16, 2023

Multiple team assignments on boards

Boards

You can now assign multiple teams to a task or issue on a board, and to the board itself.

Card falloff limit increase

Boards

The card falloff time limits have been increased to 8 weeks / 60 days instead of 4 weeks / 30 days.

Scheduled deactivation does not deactivate user

Users

When a user is scheduled to be deactivated, and the scheduled date and time passes, the user is not deactivated.

Maintenance Update on February 9, 2023

Story Points field added to task and issue lists and reports

Reports

The Story Points field is now available to add to lists and reports for tasks or issues. It is an editable, free form field that is not tied to planned hours or team assignments.

Maintenance Update on February 8, 2023

Filter button in intake column

Boards

The intake column on a board now includes an Add a filter button when the column is empty and no filters have been created. The button opens the configuration area, where you can add filters to bring tasks and issues into the intake column.

Maintenance Update on February 2, 2023

Boards icon appears in Main Menu by default

Boards

The Boards icon now appears in the Main Menu for users who do not have a layout template. Boards is also included in the Main Menu by default for any new layout templates that are created. Existing layout templates have not changed.

Cannot save email templates

Setup

When a user attempts to create or edit an email template, the Save button is unresponsive, and the user cannot save the template.

Updates In January 2023

Maintenance Update on January 30, 2023

Keyboard shortcuts added for common timesheet actions

Timesheets

We have introduced the following keyboard shortcuts for the following commonly-performed actions inside a timesheet:

  • Add row (Cmd+Option++ / Ctrl+Option++)
  • Delete row (Cmd+Option± / Ctrl+Option±)
  • Pin or Unpin a work item (Option+P / Option+P)
  • Open comment (Shift+F2 / Shift+F2)
  • Save comment (Cmd+Enter / Ctrl+Enter)
  • Expand (Shift+Option+Up arrow/ Shift+Alt+Up arrow)
  • Collapse (Shift+Option+Down arrow/ Shift+Alt+Down arrow)

The area where these actions are performed must be highlighted in order for them to apply.

New information icons for timesheets, timesheet profiles, and timesheet preferences

Timesheets

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This update was released only to the Preview environment on November 3, 2022 and it is now available in Production.

We have added several information icons to the following settings:

  • “Can edit time” checkbox when creating or editing a timesheet or a timesheet profile to indicate that when enabled, approvers can also submit, reopen, or edit the timesheet, unless your administrator restricts these actions in the Timesheet Preferences area of Setup.
  • “Restrict timesheet editing to owners and admins” in the Timesheet & Hour Preferences area of Setup to indicate that when disabled, the following users can also edit the timesheets: users with administrative access to timesheets and hours, timesheet approvers allowed to edit time, and timesheet owners’ managers.

Notice that the functionality of these settings has not changed and only the information icons have been added to add clarity to the scope of the settings.

Maintenance Update on January 26, 2023

Error when submitting request from Outlook

Integrations

When a user attempts to submit a request with attachments from an Outlook email, one or more attachments do not upload, and the user sees the following error:

“The following error occurred: File with handle xxxx does not exist.”

This occurs only when an assignment is made for the new request, either through the request queue or manually when creating the request.

New Desktop Proofing Viewer version

Proofing

To fix a freezing issue in the Desktop Proofing Viewer, we’ve deployed a new version of the desktop proofing viewer. Users who already have the Desktop Proofing Viewer installed will get this update automatically.

Users can also manually down the latest version. For more information, see Install the Desktop Proofing Viewer.

  • Previous version: 2.1.19
  • New version: 2.1.20

User cannot edit their own user setting

Users

When a user with a license of Work, Review, or Request attempts to edit their own user settings, the popup that opens is blank, and the user cannot make any edits. To exit the popup, the user must refresh the page.

Maintenance Update on January 19, 2023

Intake column filters can now be shared

Boards

When the intake column feature was released to Boards, the filters for setting up the intake column could only be seen by the person who created those filters. Now the creator can share the filters with other users or teams.

Pin functionality available in More menu

Navigation

The following features are now available in the More menu for pins, in the Production environment:

  • Renaming pins
  • Reordering pins within the More menu
  • Moving a pin out of the More menu (when you do this, the last pin in the top navigation bar is moved to the More menu)
Maintenance Update on January 18, 2023

Expressions with wildcards are not valid in custom fields

Custom Forms

When a user uses a wildcard such as $$TODAY or $$NOW along with a modifier (such as “-30d”) in a custom field, the validator does not accept the wildcard as valid. Wildcards without modifiers are seen as valid.

Workload Balancer shows hours not associated with a project/task/issue

Workload Balancer

When a user views the Workload Balancer, they see hours logged for a user that are not associated with any project, task, or issue, nor are they logged as General hours. These hours may display only in the 4 Week or 6 Week view.

Adobe Workfront Fusion Maintenance Update (Hot Fix) on January 12, 2023

404 errors on Workfront modules

Workfront Fusion

When a scenario runs, a Workfront module returns a 404 error.

This has been reported in the following modules:

  • Read a record
Maintenance Update (Hot Fix) on January 12, 2023

“Whoops” error when setting up a calculated field

Custom Forms

When a user is creating or editing a calculated field on a custom form, and includes a custom field in the calculated field’s expression, the expression is considered invalid. The Save button is disabled, and the user cannot navigate away from the custom field. In addition, the user sees the following message below the field:

“Whoops! Something went wrong. Please contact Workfront so we can figure out what went wrong and fix it.”

Removing the custom field from the expression allows the user to save and navigate away from the field.

Cannot set access levels

Users

When a user attempts to change the access level of another user, the access levels are grayed out and the user cannot change them. This occurs even when the user attempting the change is a system administrator.

Maintenance Update on January 12, 2023

Ctrl+F or Cmd+F does not work as expected in dropdown fields

Custom Forms

When a user is filling out a custom form and searches a dropdown list using Ctrl+F or Cmd+F, then attempts to jump to the next instance of that search, the dropdown list returns to the top of the list rather than jumping to the next instance of the search. This occurs when a dropdown is set to allow multiple selections.

Edit Report screen is blank

Reports

When a user is viewing a report and attempts to edit the report, the user is taken to a blank screen and cannot edit the report.

Indented tasks do not remain indented

Tasks

When a user is viewing a task list and indents a task, the task immediately returns to its original (outdented) state.

Maintenance Update on January 5, 2023

Pin functionality available in More menu

Navigation

The following features are now available in the More menu for pins, in the Preview environment only:

  • Renaming pins
  • Reordering pins within the More menu
  • Moving a pin out of the More menu (when you do this, the last pin in the top navigation bar is moved to the More menu)

Removed the project Group limitation from adding users to the project team

Teams

We have removed the limitation that required that the users that need to be added to a project team must be in the Group associated with the project. Now, you can add any active user to a project team, regardless of what groups they belong to.

New information icons for timesheets, timesheet profiles, and timesheet preferences

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NOTE
This update has been released to the Preview environment on November 3, 2022 and it is now available in Production

Workfront

We have added several information icons to the following settings:

  • “Can edit time” checkbox when creating or editing a timesheet or a timesheet profile to indicate that when enabled, approvers can also submit, reopen, or edit the timesheet, unless your administrator restricts these actions in the Timesheet Preferences area of Setup.
  • “Restrict timesheet editing to owners and admins” in the Timesheet & Hour Preferences area of Setup to indicate that when disabled, the following users can also edit the timesheets: users with administrative access to timesheets and hours, timesheet approvers allowed to edit time, and timesheet owners’ managers.

Notice that the functionality of these settings has not changed and only the information icons have been added to add clarity to the scope of the settings.

Previous maintenance updates

Information regarding previous maintenance updates is available here:

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