There is a new version of the 1.9 series being released soon! This maintenance release specifically stable version 1.9.6 can be grabbed via github or preferably at http://osticket.com/download once it's released. It features some enhancements, improvements/bug fixes, and and a few Performance and Security fixes. Here is a list of the changes:
Enhancements
- New Message-Id system allowing for better threading in mail clients (#1549, #1730)
- Fix forced session expiration after 24 hours (#1677)
- Staff panel logo is customizable (#1718)
- Priority fields have a selectable default (instead of system default) (#1732)
- Import/Export support for file contents via cli (#1661)
Improvements
- Fix broken links in documentation, thanks @Chefkeks (#1675)
- Fix handling of some Redmond-specific character set encoding names (#1698)
- Include the user's name in the "To" field of outbound email (#1549)
- Delete collaborators when deleting tickets (#1709)
- Fix regression preventing auto-responses for staff new tickets (#1712)
- Fix empty export if ticket details form has multiple priority fields (#1732)
- Fix filtering by list item properties in ticket filters (#1741)
- Fix missing icon for "add new filter", thanks @Chefkeks (#1735)
- Support Firefox v6 – v12 on the file drop widget (#1776)
- Show update errors on access templates (#1778)
- Allow empty staff login banner on update (#1778)
- Fix corruption of text thread bodies for third-party collaborator email posts (#1794)
- Add some hidden template variables to pop out content (#1781)
- Fix missing validation for user name and email address (#1816, eb8858e)
- Turn off search indexing when complete, disable incorrectly implemented work breaking, squelch error 1062 email from search backend (afa9692)
- Fix possible out of memory crash in custom forms (#1707, 0440111)
Performance and Security
- Fix generation of random data on Windows® platforms (#1672)
- Fix possible DoS and brute force on login pages (#1727)
- Fix possible redirect away from HTTPS on client login page, thanks @ldrumm (#1782)
You can read more about it at the github repository. As usual it is recommended that you upgrade immediately.