Dataverse Software 6.5 Release

Release Overview

Dataverse 6.5 is now available with several important bug fixes and new features.

Bug fixes. Dataverse 6.5 fixes the following important bugs, including:

  • We fixed a problem with Dataverse 6.4's subfield "Relation Type" (Related Publication) (see #10632)
  • We fixed a dataset landing page problem where "Newest" and "Oldest" were reversed when sorting files. See #10742 and #11000
  • The Guestbook UI form now checks the email address for validity. See #10661 and #11022
  • We also fixed a problem involving deaccessioned datasets with a single previous version. See #9351 and #10901.

New features. New release 6.5 features include:

  • New API endpoints, including editing of collections, Search API file counts, listing of exporters, comparing dataset versions, and auditing data files
  • UX improvements, especially Preview URLs
  • Increased harvesting flexibility
  • Performance gains
  • And a security vulnerability was addressed

Thanks to all community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

For a complete list of code changes in this release, please see the GitHub 6.5 Milestone

View release details and upgrade instructions here: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/releases/tag/v6.5