Version 4.16¶
Release date: 2019-12-12
This release contains a number of bug fixes and new features since the release of pgAdmin4 4.15.
Warning
Warning: This release includes a change to the container distribution to run pgAdmin as a non-root user. Those users of the container who are running with mapped storage directories may need to change the ownership on the host machine, for example:
sudo chown -R 5050:5050 <host_directory>
New features¶
Issue #4396 -  Warn the user on changing the definition of Materialized View about the loss of data and its dependent objects.
Issue #4435 -  Allow drag and drop functionality for all the nodes under the database node, excluding collection nodes.
Issue #4711 -  Use a ‘play’ icon for the Execute Query button in the Query Tool for greater consistency with other applications.
Issue #4772 -  Added aria-label to provide an invisible label where a visible label cannot be used.
Issue #4773 -  Added role=”status” attribute to all the status messages for accessibility.
Issue #4939 -  Run pgAdmin in the container as a non-root user (pgadmin, UID: 5050)
Issue #4944 -  Allow Gunicorn logs in the container to be directed to a file specified through GUNICORN_ACCESS_LOGFILE.
Issue #4990 -  Changed the open query tool and data filter icons.
Housekeeping¶
Issue #4696 -  Add Reverse Engineered and Modified SQL tests for Materialized Views.
Issue #4807 -  Refactored code of table and it’s child nodes.
Issue #4938 -  Refactored code of columns node.
Bug fixes¶
Issue #3538 -  Fix issue where the Reset button does not get enabled till all the mandatory fields are provided in the dialog.
Issue #4220 -  Fix scrolling issue in ‘Users’ dialog.
Issue #4516 -  Remove the sorting of table headers with no labels.
Issue #4659 -  Updated documentation for default privileges to clarify more on the grantor.
Issue #4674 -  Fix query tool launch error if user name contains HTML characters. It’s a regression.
Issue #4724 -  Fix network disconnect issue while establishing the connection via SSH Tunnel and it impossible to expand the Servers node.
Issue #4761 -  Fix an issue where the wrong type is displayed when changing the datatype from timestamp with time zone to timestamp without time zone.
Issue #4792 -  Ensure that the superuser should be able to create database, as the superuser overrides all the access restrictions.
Issue #4818 -  Fix server connection drops out issue in query tool.
Issue #4836 -  Updated the json file name from ‘servers.json’ to ‘pgadmin4/servers.json’ in the container deployment section of the documentation.
Issue #4878 -  Ensure that the superuser should be able to create role, as the superuser overrides all the access restrictions.
Issue #4893 -  Fix reverse engineering SQL issue for partitions when specifying digits as comments.
Issue #4923 -  Enhance the logic to change the label from ‘Delete/Drop’ to ‘Remove’ for the server and server group node.
Issue #4925 -  Shown some text on process watcher till the initial logs are loaded.
Issue #4926 -  Fix VPN network disconnect issue where pgAdmin4 hangs on expanding the Servers node.
Issue #4930 -  Fix main window tab navigation accessibility issue.
Issue #4933 -  Ensure that the Servers collection node should expand independently of server connections.
Issue #4934 -  Fix the help button link on the User Management dialog.
Issue #4935 -  Fix accessibility issues.
Issue #4947 -  Fix XSS issue in explain and explain analyze for table and type which contain HTML.
Issue #4952 -  Fix an issue of retrieving properties for Compound Triggers. It’s a regression of #4006.
Issue #4953 -  Fix an issue where pgAdmin4 unable to retrieve table node if the trigger is already disabled and the user clicks on Enable All.
Issue #4958 -  Fix reverse engineering SQL issue for triggers when passed a single argument to trigger function.
Issue #4964 -  Fix an issue where length and precision are not removed from table/column dialog.
Issue #4965 -  Fix an issue where the Interval data type is not displayed in the properties dialog of table/column.
Issue #4966 -  Fix ‘Could not find the object on the server.’ error while refreshing the check constraint.
Issue #4975 -  Fix issue where the user can not switch the UI language. It’s a regression of #4348.
Issue #4976 -  Fix reverse engineering SQL issue where when clause is not visible for PG/EPAS 12.
Issue #4978 -  Fix pgAdmin4 failed to start issue after upgrading to version 4.15.
Issue #4982 -  Added statistics and storage information in reverse engineering SQL of table/column.
Issue #4985 -  Fix an issue where the inherited table name with quotes did not escape correctly.
Issue #4991 -  Fix an issue where context menu is open along with submenu and the focus is not on context menu or submenu.