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What's New
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**Last Updated:** May 28, 2016

Refer to this article for information about each new release of Tethys Platform.

Release 1.4.0
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App Permissions
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* There is now a formalized mechanism for creating permissions for apps.
* It includes a `permission_required` decorator for controllers and a `has_permission` method for checking permissions within controllers.

See: :doc:`tethys_sdk/permissions`

GeoServer
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* The GeoServer docker was updated to version 2.8.3
* It can be configured to run in clustered mode (multiple instances of GeoServer running inside the container) for greater stability and performance
* Several extensions are now included:<commit_msg>Added tags to the What's New page<commit_after>**********
What's New
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**Last Updated:** August 13, 2016

Refer to this article for information about each new release of Tethys Platform.

Release 1.4.0
=============

App Permissions
---------------

* There is now a formalized mechanism for creating permissions for apps.
* It includes a `permission_required` decorator for controllers and a `has_permission` method for checking permissions within controllers.

See: :doc:`tethys_sdk/permissions`

Tags for Apps
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* Apps can be assigned tags via the "tags" property in app.py.
* App tags can be overriden by portal admins using the ``Installed Apps`` settings in the admin portal.
* If there are more than 5 app tiles in the apps library, a list of buttons, one for each tag, will be displayed at the top of the Apps Library page.
* Clicking on one of the tag buttons, will filter the list of displayed apps to only those with the selected tag.

GeoServer
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* The GeoServer docker was updated to version 2.8.3
* It can be configured to run in clustered mode (multiple instances of GeoServer running inside the container) for greater stability and performance
* Several extensions are now included:
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