2025-08-17 Ver.17.1 Enhanced Chat Feature

Table of Contents
  1. Release Overview
  2. Details for Version 17.1.0
  3. Details for Version 17.1.1
  4. Details for Version 17.1.2
  5. Details for Version 17.1.3
  6. Plans for Future Changes

2025-08-08: Published
2025-08−15: Added new changes to the details for version 17.1.0
2025-09-29: Added Details for Version 17.1.1
2025-11-10: Added Details for Version 17.1.2
2025-11-19: Added new changes to the details for Version 17.1.2
2025-12-21: Added Details for Version 17.1.3

Release Overview

Updating Date

*Workflow platforms for which the system administrators have requested immediate update to the new version

Changes to be Noted

  • [(Deprecated) AWS: Stable Diffusion 1.0: Generate Image] is discontinued
  • (Notice) In Ver. 18.0, the app category list will be made visible to all users
  • (Notice) Windows 10 will no longer be supported
  • (Notice) Script tag, style tag and Script in Work Manual will be prohibited
  • (Notice) The URL auto-linking feature in text, bulletin board, and table data items will be updated to only recognize HTTP/HTTPS links
  • Check out the plans for changes in future versions [Plans for Future Changes] at the bottom of this page

Details for Version 17.1.0

($.: appended 2025-08-15)

Changes in Functions for All Users

  • The login page (or logout page) will now be displayed when automatically logged out due to session expiration (#10822)
    • The logout notification dialog will no longer be displayed, and the login screen will be displayed directly
    • Adjusted the design of the page title (h4 / h3 / h2) (#10836)
    • Removed “SaaS Edition” from the footer (#10898)

Workflow

  • In the notification function (displayed in the upper right corner) When clicking [See All], the display will be switched within the dialog box instead of transitioning to another page (#10732)
    • Changed the internal implementation as well
  • In the header search box, the character limit for search terms has been set to 256 characters (#10783)
    • To match the subject line length limit
  • Changed the layout so that the left side menu and the main display area can be scrolled vertically independently (#10765)
    • Same behavior as the [Collab Chat] screen
  • Change the default font size to 12pt

Workflow Collab Chat (Process Channels)

  • The related conversations section is now displayed on the right side of the process details screen (#10745)
    • Internal implementation changes have also been made
  • Hashtags such as “#organization name” in posts now function as channel links (#10846)

Collab Chat

  • Migrated the implementation format to a single-page application (#10701)
    • To enhance security, improve UX, reduce system load by cutting HTTP requests
  • $. User information can now be displayed by clicking on the username (#10620)
    • User’s email address, affiliation, and self-introduction will be displayed
    • Self-introduction can be written in Markdown by going to [Account Settings] > [Bio.]
  • The channel name is now included in the notification emails (#10616)
    • For those updated to a new URL
    • For threads that belong to a single channel, the URL is updated, but older threads may not change
  • For attachment links in posts, conversion to page titles is no longer performed if the URL is within the same workflow platform (#10654)
    • Links attached after Ver. 17.1 are affected
    • The URL will be displayed as is
  • $. The left side menu can now be opened and closed (#10856)
    • Closing (hiding) the menu will make the main area larger
  • $. The left side menu will no longer be displayed when creating a new channel or when setting up channel administrators and members (#10733)
  • Organization channel lists in the left side menu will no longer rearrange based on unread status (#10813)
    • The display order remains fixed as all accessible channels are listed
  • When there are no unread messages in a channel, this will be reflected in the channel list on the left menu (#10815)
    • Linked to all channels except the app list
  • Changed the display when there are no threads in a channel yet (#10844)
  • Organized display messages (#10843)
    • Changed some labels and messages
    • A series of messages/comments will now be represented as a thread
  • When automatically logged out due to a session expiration, the login page (or logout page) will now be displayed (#10822)
    • The logout notification dialog will no longer be displayed; the login screen will now be displayed directly
  • Fixed the following bugs:
    • In automatically posted comments (Quest-kun posts), the cursor would change when hovering over the poster’s name or icon image (#10634)
      • Since these are not clickable, it would be better if the cursor did not change
    • Unnecessary white space would sometimes appear at the bottom of the screen (#10762)

Thread Search

  • Added a search function that covers all channels (#10586)
    • Threads from channels you cannot view will not appear in search results
    • Introduces two search options: cross-channel and within-channel search
  • Minor search specification changes (#10824)
    • Search phrases split by half-width spaces are treated as separate keywords
    • Full-width spaces are now also used as delimiters in search strings
    • Searches will now return results even if the keyword contains common two-character English words, such as “is, to, as, if“
    • Single-character keywords, such as “a 1,” are ignored in searches

Organization Channels

  • When trying to view an Organization channel you’re not a member of, the organization name is displayed with an “Not Authorized” error (#10730)

App Channels/Process Channels

  • Stars are now displayed in the app list and app channels (#10812)
    • Stars can be toggled on and off
    • Stars are shared with the App list in App settings and the Workflow feature
  • The App list can now be filtered by Category, App name, or Starred (#10746)
  • Changed the display priority in the App list from unread to Starred (#10756)
  • Only Starred Apps are displayed in the left side menu (#10757)
    • The menu now displays only Apps that users are interested in (Starred)
  • Improved performance of the left side menu and the Process channel list for specific Apps (#10768)
  • Supports organization mentions for organizations with granted permissions (#10821)
    • Organization mentions are now supported for organizations with Data Viewer permissions in the App
    • Excludes organizations where permissions are exclusive to Users with a specific Position

User-Created Channels

  • User-created private channels now support organization mentions for authorized organizations (#10823)
    • Organization mentions are now possible if channel members are specified by the organization
    • Excludes organizations where permissions are exclusive to Users with a specific Position
  • The user-created channel list can now be toggled between joined and not joined (#10852)
    • Only joined or not joined lists are displayed
  • Unread badges are now displayed in the User-created channel list (#10875)
    • Unread badges are now displayed in the list in addition to the left side menu
    • Unread badges are not displayed for public channels that users are not a member of

For Mobiles

  • Mobile screens also now operate as single-page applications (#10723)
    • Automatic checking for new messages will be performed
  • $. Now you can switch between all the organization channels you’re in (#10876)
    • Organizational channels appear in the drop-down menu
    • In Version 17.0, only the main organization channel was displayed.
  • $. It is now possible to switch between App channels and Process channels (#10896)
    • The pull-down menu will display [App List], from which you can move to the App/Process channel

Account Settings

  • [Authorization] now displays the authorization status for creating Collab Chat channels (#10760)

Changes in Functions for Workflow Designers

App Settings/List

  • Changed “Created User” to “Updated User” in the initial display column settings (default settings) (#10655)
    • This does not apply to users who have already changed the default settings (they must change them themselves)
  • (Announcement) We plan to make the App Category list visible to all users (#10887)
    • Scheduled for Ver. 18.0 (April 2026)
    • Currently, only viewable App Categories are listed
    • Please review any Category names you may have assigned that you do not want others to see

App Editing

  • Built-in automated steps such as [Data Update] and [AI Agent] now display step descriptions (#10377)
  • A message now appears if there are inapplicable settings when bulk updating data editing permission settings (#10687)
    • The message “Inapplicable settings were ignored” is displayed

Process Log

  • $. Improved performance of Process Log display (#10841)

AI Agent

  • Reading and overwriting Numeric data field values are now available (#10700)
  • Added the following models to “AI Models” (#10863)
    • Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    • Claude Sonnet 4
  • Support for “Extended Thinking Mode” (#10865)
  • $. Improved internal implementation to avoid processing failures (#10895, #10908)

CSV Data Update

  • It can now read values from String-type (single-line) data items (#10785)
    • Can now be used to handle single-line CSV/TSV data, or convert text to numeric data
    • (Text to numeric conversion is not supported in the [Data Update] step)
  • Added an option to automatically add an ID column to input TSV/CSV data (#10840)
    • Automatically add an ID indicating the row number of the data
    • Processing will fail if the CSV/TSV data contains an “ID” column
  • Support for saving to Numeric data items (#10698)
    • Cell values can now be saved directly to Numeric data items
    • Multiple aggregation results, such as “Max”, “Average” and “Total” can now be saved all at once
    • You can now save the first row of a String-type (multi-line) data item to “Numeric Type 1”, the second row to “Numeric Type 2”, etc.
  • Added an option to suppress column names from appearing on the first line of the output file (#10680)
    • Converting from a “headerless” table to another “headerless” table (CSV/TSV) is now possible
    • Also effective for converting between multi-line strings
  • Supports saving to String-type (multi-line) data items by column (#10699)
    • Each column can now be saved to a separate String-type (multi-line) data item, enabling applications such as updating Options Masters
  • You can now change the sort order of destination data fields in CSV cell-by-cell save settings (#10558)

Google

  • Changed specifications and internal implementations in the following automated processing steps
    • $. Google Vertex AI: Gemini: Chat
      • Updated available models
        • Removed: gemini-1.0-pro / gemini-1.5-pro / gemini-1.5-flash
        • Added: gemini-2.0-flash / gemini-2.0-flash-lite
      • If the inference runs out of tokens and the response is empty, the process will terminate abnormally

Amazon Web Services

  • Discontinued the following automated processing steps
    • (Deprecated) AWS: Stable Diffusion 1.0: Generate Image (#10631)
  • Changed specifications and internal implementations in the following automated processing steps
    • Amazon Bedrock: Stability AI: Generate Image (#10857)
      • Removed from available models
        • Stable Diffusion 3 Large
        • Stability Image Ultra v1
        • Stability Image Core v1

OpenAI

  • Changed specifications and internal implementations in the following automated processing steps
    • OpenAI ChatGPT: Chat (#10858)
      • Updated available models
        • Removed: o1-preview / o1-mini
        • Added: gpt-4.1 / gpt-4.1-mini / gpt-4.1-nano / o3 / o4-mini

GitHub

  • Added the following automated processing steps (Service Task)
    • GitHub: Delete File (#10818)
      • Deletes a file in a specified repository on GitHub
    • GitHub: Upload/Update File (#10826)
      • Upload/update a file to a specified GitHub repository
      • When updating a file, specify the SHA of the file to update

Changes of Functions for System Administrator

User/Organization

  • Collab Chat channel creation permission status is now displayed on the User details screen (#10759)

License

  • Removed display of number of running processes (#10075)

Authorization

  • Reorganized the left side menu [Authorization] (#10614)
    • [System-wide ]: System Administrator, User Manager
    • [Workflow]: App Creator, App Authorization
    • [Collab Chat]: Channel Creators, Channel Administrators
  • In the App list of App Authorization, the initial display column setting (default setting) changed from “Created User” to “Updated User” (#10655)
    • This does not apply to users who have already changed the default settings (they must change them themselves)
    • (Same changes as the App list in App settings)

Login

  • Implemented a mechanism to detect suspicious logins (#10445)
    • Password logins, etc. from a device or browser that has never been used before are considered suspicious logins
      • (After updating to Ver. 17.1) The first login will be considered legitimate
      • Login with Google Account/Single Sign-On is always considered legitimate
  • Added an option to require additional authentication when logging in with a password from a new device (browser) (#10837)
    • If a login from a new device is detected, the following behavior will occur depending on the option:
      • Additional authentication option enabled: a notification email will be sent to the user, and additional authentication will be requested
        • The one-time password required for additional authentication will be included in the notification email
        • If the “Unable to receive emails” is checked in the User’s profile, additional authentication will not be requested
      • Additional authentication option disabled: Login is successful and the user is notified by email that a login has been made from a new device

Logo

  • Logo updates are now reflected immediately (#10900)

Changes of Functions for Questetra REST API Developers

  • $. Added an API to query the App authorizations held by the user for a specific app (#10717)
    • /API/User/ProcessModel/{processModelInfoId}/Authority/self
  • $. Added a parameter to the task processing API so that branch destinations can be specified by node number (#10899)
    • /API/PE/Workitem/{workitemId}/Form/save
    • toNodeNumber: Specify the node number of the transition destination
    • The flow parameter will be deprecated in Version 19.0.

Details for Version 17.1.1

(Appended 2025-09-29)

Contents that only affect workflow platforms that are subject to Rapid updates are marked with “†.”
(Platforms that have been updated to Version 17.1.0 on 2025-08-18)

Changes in Functions for All Users

Workflow

  • Added spacing between radio buttons/checkbox and labels (#10910)
  • †. Corresponded the screen not to automatically scroll to the top of the page when checking Task’s checkbox in the [My Tasks] or [Offered] lists (#11050)
  • Fixed the following Bugs
    • †. On mobile UI, [Start] did not display the App list (#10951)
    • †. On mobile UI, the [Conversations about this] button did not respond when you [Terminate] a Process (#10953)

Collab Chat

  • †. In addition to relative timestamps (e.g. “1 hour ago”), absolute datetime is now shown on mouseover (#10928)
  • †. If an error occurs in an AJAX request, an error message will be displayed (#10941)
  • Fixed the following bugs
    • †. Text area for posts could not be resized (#10921)
    • †. Extra underline appeared when a comment had a “Good!” (#10926)
    • †. After previewing attachments, the page scrolled back to the top (#10936)
    • †. [X New / Updated threads] displayed the thread multiple times (#10923)
    • †. [X New / Updated threads] appeared when displaying a specific thread (#10960)
    • †. Close button missing when opening unauthorized Organization channels in the side panel (#10937)
    • †. Clicking channel links to deleted channels did not show the proper error (#11009)
    • †. Unnecessary API requests occurred when switching from channel to thread view (#10962)
    • †. Cross-channel search internal processing (API call) sometimes returned 500 errors (#10930)
    • †. Clicking Organization mentions in search-hit threads in Cross-channel search caused errors (#10993)

Changes in Functions for Workflow Designers

  • When defining fixed options in Select-type Data Items:
    • If spaces exist before/after Choice ID or Display Label, it triggers a validation error (#10912)
    • Empty Option IDs/labels or those with leading/trailing spaces cannot be set (#10940)
  • †. Improved the internal implementation of [AI Agent] to make the processing less likely to fail (#10970)
  • (Notice) Script tags, style tags, and scripts will be prohibited in the Work Manual (#11038)
    • This feature will be completely disabled (will no longer function) in version 18.0 (April 2026)

Changes of Functions for System Administrator

  • †. Added Help buttons for [Workflow] and [Collab Chat] in Authorization (#10957)
  • Fixed the following bugs
    • †. In User Details, changes to Main org/Position were not reflected (#10981)
    • †. In Organization Details /Role Detail, user deletion/role changes were not reflected (#10985)

Non-functional Changes and Changes of External tool Functions

Details for Version 17.1.2

(Appended 2025-11-10, $.: appended 2025-11-19)

Changes for All Users

Login

  • Improved suspicious login detection by refining user agent analysis (#11081)

Workflow

  • (Notice) The URL auto-linking feature in text, bulletin board, and table data items will be updated to only recognize HTTP/HTTPS links (#11102)
    • This change will be implemented in version 17.2 (December 2025)
    • Currently: The system automatically links URLs with schemes beyond http:// and https:// (e.g., file:///)
    • Future: Only URLs beginning with http:// or https:// will be automatically linked
  • Enhanced performance for CSV downloads when searching processes and tasks (#11075)
  • Streamlined the CSS used for print-screen functionality within the process details and print views (#11070)
    • We have unified the line break specifications and styling for data item names and values across both the process detail and print views
  • Fixed the following bugs:
    • Corrected an error page layout issue that occurred when attempting these actions during task processing (#11079)
      • Trying to accept a task that is no longer available for acceptance
      • Trying to withdraw acceptance of a task that is no longer eligible for withdrawal
    • The bottom portion of Table-type data items or workflow diagrams could be cut off in printing screen when printing from the process details (#11099)

Changes for Workflow Designers

  • (Notice) The input and display specifications in the business manual will be changed to be the same as those for [String-type (Markdown)] (#11159)
    • This change is scheduled for Ver. 18.0 (April 2026)
    • In addition to the specifications of [String-type (Markdown)] Ver. 17.1, the details and summary tags will be available from Ver. 17.2.

Changes for System Administrators

  • Improved performance when deleting user accounts (#11062)
    • Changed to not delete unread messages in Collab Chat synchronously
    • Unread chat messages will be automatically deleted after 60 days

Details for Version 17.1.3

(Appended on December 21, 2025)

Changes in Functions for All Users

Workflow

  • Improved header display (#11180)
    • Fixed an issue where, when the window width was narrow, the Process search box and the Log out button moved to a lower row
  • Adjusted the design of the Page for Printing on the Process Details screen (#11226)
    • Removed the vertical line displayed to the left of item names
    • Fixed an issue in Firefox where lines disappeared across page breaks when Print backgrounds was enabled
  • Fixed the following bugs
    • In [Copy Data from Other Processes] > [Select a process that you will copy data from] on the Task Operating screen, the Copy button disappeared when the [Token Current Position] filter was selected (#11236)
    • Tasks that are forcibly assigned to another user due to user deletion are not processed at the deadline (#11253)
    • In the [Start] screen, duplicate rows for the same combination of App and Step may be displayed (#11243)
      • Occurs when a new app version is released at the same time as changes to user affiliation information
    • On the [Page for Printing] in the Process Details screen, the layout may break when using a two-column or four-column layout (#11210)
    • When debugging only auto steps, Profiles were not displayed on the Process Details screen (#11139)
      • Profiles are displayed correctly in Debug Processes that target all steps
    • When a user without permission accessed the Data Edit screen, the response code was 500 (Internal Server Error) instead of 403 (Forbidden) (#11140)

Collab Chat

  • Fixed the following bugs:
    • In the Process Channel list, the unread indicator may not be displayed even when there are unread messages (#11202)
      • Occurred when the unread status was cleared once and then new messages were posted by another user
    • The right side of the [Post] button and related UI elements may be clipped (#11222)
    • In cross-channel searches, certain search keywords could result in a 500 (Internal Server Error) response (#11228)

Mobile Screens

  • Fixed the following bugs
    • On the Process Details screen, String-type sub-items within Table-type data items could overlap with other sub-item areas (#11141)
    • On the Process Details screen, values might not fit within the display area when Table-type data items had long sub-item names (#11153)
    • In [Copy Data from Other Processes] > [Select a process that you will copy data from] on the Task Processing screen, clicking the search button navigated to the PC version of the Process Details screen (#11227)

Changes in Functions for Workflow Designers

App Creation

  • Fixed the following bugs:
    • When repeatedly using [Copy as New App], if the app name exceeded 64 characters, the app could not be deleted (#11166)
      • When duplicating an app would result in a name longer than 64 characters, the app is now created with the name truncated at the end
      • If an existing app name already exceeds 64 characters, it is not automatically truncated
        • Apps cannot be deleted while their names exceed 64 characters
        • Please change the app name to 64 characters or less before deleting it
    • Some setting error messages and setting labels are incorrect (#11215)

Automatic processing Steps that cooperate with other cloud services/processing data

  • Changed specifications and internal implementations in the following automated processing steps
    • [Google Drive: Upload File]
      • When files are converted to Google Slides or similar formats, it is no longer possible to configure [Data item to store download URL] (#11248)
        • This change reflects the fact that Google Docs / Sheets / Slides do not have a concept of directly downloading the original file itself
          • Converting to PDF or other formats is handled by a separate feature
        • The labels of related configuration items have also been revised
  • Fixed the following bug:
    • In the [CSV Data Update], the AS clause in SQL statements was not reflected in the header of the output CSV/TSV file (#11247)

Plans for Future Changes

We are planning to alter the following specifications and system platform in future versions.

Schedule for Version 17.2 (December 2025)

  • The URL auto-linking feature in text, bulletin board, and table data items will be updated to only recognize HTTP/HTTPS links
    • Currently: The system automatically links URLs with schemes beyond http:// and https:// (e.g., file:///)
    • Future: Only URLs beginning with http:// or https:// will be automatically linked

Schedule for Version 18.0 (April 2026)

  • The App Category list will be changed so that all Users can view it
    • Please review any Category names you may have assigned that you do not want others to see
  • The following methods related to HTTP authentication settings in Script Task/Service Tasks (Add-on) scripts will be discontinued
    • A warning message will be output to the Process Log when a deprecated API is executed
    • You can check the target App or Process by searching for “Only logs with warnings” in [Process Log]
    • Subject
      • httpClient.getOAuth2Token(String settingName)
      • httpClient.begin().authSetting(String settingName)
  • In [Message Start Event]/[Catching Message Start Event (HTTP)], old-style reception parameters including data definition numbers (data[XX].input, etc.) will be discontinued
    • A warning message is now output to the Process log when old format reception parameters are used
    • Please change the HTTP sender to specify parameters using field names
  • In the Membership API of Questetra REST API, the request parameter role and the role property included in the response will be discontinued
  • In the Questetra REST API, the API for Task processing (/API/PE/Workitem/Form/save) will be discontinued
    • Please use the new Task processing API (/API/PE/Workitem/{workitemId}/Form/save) added in Version 15.2
  • Script tags, style tags, and scripts in the Work Manual will stop functioning

Schedule for Version 19.0 (April 2027)

  • The following URL format used in the [Catching Message Intermediate Event (HTTP)] will be discontinued
    • /System/Event/IntermediateMessage/{APP ID}/{NODE NUMBER}/receive
    • Please use the [Receive Task (HTTP)] URL of the following format
      • /System/ReceiveTask/HttpPost/{APP ID}/{NODE NUMBER}/receive
    • If you use [IP Address Filtering], you must change the settings due to the URL change.

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