Tag Name: 3.35.3
Release Date: 10/2/2020
GhostOpen-source publishing platform specifically designed for professional bloggers and publications. Focuses on clean, minimalist writing and publishing experience.
This patch release focuses on fixing critical issues with Ghost's email system and post saving functionality. Several bugs that caused emails to fail silently or show incorrect status have been resolved, ensuring more reliable newsletter delivery. The update also fixes a validation error when saving posts and improves handling of member data for email recipients. These fixes are particularly important for publishers who rely on Ghost's newsletter functionality.
No migration steps are required for this patch release. Simply update to version 3.35.3 to benefit from the bug fixes.
This patch release (3.35.3) is highly recommended for all Ghost users, especially those who actively use the newsletter functionality. The fixes address several critical issues with email delivery and status reporting that could lead to failed communications with your audience without proper notification. Content creators will also benefit from the fix for post validation errors.
The update is a standard patch release with no breaking changes, so upgrading should be straightforward with minimal risk.
Fixed Email Status Reporting: Emails that failed to send were incorrectly showing as successful. The system now properly updates the status when batches fail to send.
Fixed Email Preparation Errors: When errors occurred during email preparation, the status remained as 'pending' instead of being marked as failed. This has been fixed to properly update the email status and record error messages.
Fixed Newsletter Recipient Emails: Resolved an issue where newsletters were being sent to Stripe customer emails instead of member emails for paid members. This was caused by duplicate column names in SQL queries, which has been fixed by explicitly selecting data only from the members table.
Prevented Partial Email Records: Added transaction wrapping for email batch/recipient record creation to prevent partial records when errors occur during creation.
Added Data Validation for Email Recipients: Added a validation check before adding recipient details to prevent failures due to missing data, along with logging for investigation.
Ghost now properly supports accent color settings for sites with the portal flag enabled. Previously, the accent color setting was being deleted when behind the Portal flag, but this update ensures that Ghost Admin correctly reflects the accent color when the flag is switched on. This allows for more consistent branding across your membership site.
No security fixes were mentioned in this release.
No specific performance improvements were mentioned in this release. The focus was primarily on bug fixes related to email functionality and post saving.
Ghost 3.35.3 significantly improves the reliability of the email system by fixing several critical bugs that affected newsletter delivery and status reporting. Publishers who rely on Ghost's newsletter functionality will benefit from more accurate email status reporting, proper delivery to the correct member email addresses, and better error handling.
The patch also resolves a frustrating validation error when saving posts, improving the content creation experience. Additionally, site administrators using the portal feature now have proper support for accent color settings, allowing for more consistent branding.
Overall, this release enhances the stability and reliability of core Ghost functionality without introducing any breaking changes or requiring migration steps.
See the changelogs for Ghost and Ghost-Admin for the details of every change in this release.
