Stability
Tonight we rolled out the following stability / performance changes:
- Database Connections: We increased the number of database connections by 50% because peak traffic occasionally maxed the number of database connections.
- APIC Setting: We disabled a power management setting that was causing timer-related problems.
- AuthFactory fix: We implemented a fix that allows us to avoid locking in the status level calculator. This removes the root cause of one relatively infrequent class of system slowdowns.
While these fixes help, we are actively working on some additional stability / performance fixes that we will roll out next week.
Features
We rolled out the feature fixes described in yesterday's blog post:
- Filter searches by user: There's an additional field in Advanced Search where you can specify an individual user so that search returns matching results from that user only.
- Search returns individual messages, not threads: Search returns a result for each thread (instead of for each message) matching the search term.
- Email notification of private messages: There is a new preferences that allows you to specify whether you get sent an email when you receive a private message. This works if your email is displayed or hidden.
- Email monitor improved: The email monitor now catches (and discards) a wider range of out-of-office replies.
- Edit Email in Profile: You can now edit your email address in your profile.
And also a couple of additional fixes:
- Status Level Legend: A status level legend showing the points for each status level now displays on the people page.
- Documents-only Communities: They now show the documents tab, e.g. Community Sample Code -- before they were erroneously showing a discussions tab even though discussions were disabled.
