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v2.0.2

apache/answerv2.0.2Jul 21, 2026by robinv8

AI Summary

This release introduces support for AI reasoning content in conversations, adds configuration options for email verification, and improves system reliability through panic recovery middleware. It also includes various bug fixes and operational improvements to the email queue and Docker build processes.

Key Highlights

  • Added support for AI reasoning content in chat records and UI to preserve model thinking output.
  • Introduced a recovery middleware to handle HTTP request panics more gracefully.
  • Updated Docker and CI builds to use Buildx and Go 1.25 for better performance.
  • Enhanced operational control over email notifications with dedicated workers and configurable throttling.
  • Fixed multiple issues related to short links, login bindings, and permission checks.

New Features

  • Add reasoning content support in AI conversation records and chat UI
  • Allow disabling email verification from site settings
  • Add recovery middleware to handle unexpected panics more gracefully
  • Add interval support for new question email notifications

Full Release Notes

## What's New in Apache Answer 2.0.2

### New Features

- Add reasoning content support in AI conversation records and chat UI to preserve model thinking output across follow-up rounds (@hgaol #1530)
- Allow disabling email verification from site settings for deployments that do not require mandatory email confirmation (@AsyncAssassin #1540)
- Add recovery middleware to handle unexpected panics more gracefully in HTTP requests (@hhc7 #1537)
- Add interval support for new question email notifications (@AsyncAssassin #1545)

### Improvements

- Move new question email throttling to a dedicated worker and make the email queue configurable for better operational control (@AsyncAssassin)
- Update Docker and CI build flow to use Buildx and Go 1.25 for image builds (@LinkinStars)

### Bug Fixes

- Fix edit question failing when short links are enabled (@LinkinStars #1554)
- Fix missing license entry for mozillazg-go-unidecode (@LinkinStars #1552)
- Prevent incorrect external login account binding during connector sign-in flows (@LinkinStars)
- Align revision audit permission checks for both approve and reject actions (@LinkinStars)
- Enforce avatar cleanup ownership checks when updating profile images (@LinkinStars)
- Harden Accept-Language parsing against malformed oversized headers (@LinkinStars)
- Remove stale administrative API key access after role or account changes (@LinkinStars)
- Restrict deleted or pending answer visibility in answer and MCP retrieval paths (@LinkinStars)
- Preserve accepted answer operations when short links are enabled (@hgaol #1541)
- Limit JSON 500 rewriting to API routes and avoid rewriting responses after they have already been flushed (@hhc7)
- Avoid the `/topic` fallback for non-Latin titles by generating pragmatic ASCII slugs (@ahmedqasid #1526)

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/apache/answer/compare/v2.0.1...v2.0.2