Release Notes

Experience better app stability with the bug fixes and behind the scenes improvements we're shipping this release.

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Enhancements

• Enabled Abstract support for Sketch v69.
• Enabled Abstract support for XD v33
• Added support for adding, editing, and removing Sketch color variables in the commit history, and linking color variables through libraries.
• Added support for ignored assistants in Sketch.
• We made some tweaks to improve performance when generating assets.
• Adding new colleagues to Abstract? They’ll now see an onboarding tutorial.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved a handful of sync issues that would occur when attempting to pull project data.
• Fixed a bug where progress toasts remained visible on uncommitted changes errors until the app was refreshed.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent the commit footer from appearing despite having changes to commit.
• Fixed a bug where users were able to add removed layers to a collection.
• Fixed a bug that would prevent fullscreen collection presentation to cover the entire window.
• Fixed a rare race condition that would cause comments to instead display an error.

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Fixes

• Fixed a bug that would occasionally ask users to update a file’s Sketch version to the same version when Updating from Master; the app will now suggest updating your Sketch version.
• Fixed a bug where linked library symbols wouldn’t appear in the Insert menu.
• Fixed broken links that point to our Help Center.

We’ve made some big performance improvements to commit speed. And, over the next few weeks, we’ll continue rolling out updates to opening, renaming, deleting, and merging files. With Reporting, we’re also surfacing data that gives Admins the ability to see the status of work across the team.

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Features

• Reporting: Enterprise admins can now see team activity on projects, branches, and commits, both at the organization and contributor levels (viewable on the web only).

Enhancements

• We’ve been rolling out changes over the last few weeks to make opening files, interacting with files, and creating commits much faster.
• Abstract now fully supports Adobe XD v32.

Fixes

• Fixed an error when updating Adobe XD files based on an invalid version number.
• Prevents an error that occur on projects where files had been opened untracked.
• Fixed “Project could not be unsynced” error.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed sync error on High Sierra.
• Opening a file untracked will no longer fail to sync master branch.

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Clarity is key and, this release, we’re helping you bring more of it to your team. With Sketch Hotspot support you can now present designs the way they’re intended to work. Plus, we’ve added comment resolution so you can focus on the feedback that needs your attention 🙌

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Features

• We added support for resolving comments.
• When presenting a collection you can now navigate designs by clicking through hotspots that were created in Sketch.
• Can’t think of a commit message? We made them optional.

Enhancements

• Support for Adobe Xd 31.
• Added support for Sketches new “tint” feature.
• Added support for storing and merging Sketch assistants and embedded fonts.
• We added tooltip with user's name to everywhere that avatars appear.
• Inspect will now adjust redlines for "No symbol" overrides inside of symbols with horizontal smart layout enabled.

Bug Fixes

• New new sidebar navigation now ensures that the active project is always in view by default.
• We continued to fix individual issues that can happen during syncing.
• Fixed an issue where clicking the share link for a previous commit in a collection layer brings the user to the collection page rather than layer detail.
• Resolved an issue where opening Abstract on the developer’s beta of macOS Big Sur crashed the application immediately; work is still on-going to fully support Big Sur before its release.

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Continuing in the spirit of ease and flow— this release, we’re making it easier to focus on your top priorities by adding them as favorites to our new sidebar navigation. We’re also completing the roll out of smarter syncing and bringing your projects up to speed, at speed. We smashed a few pesky bugs along the way, too.

Features

• We rethought project navigation to make it easier to jump between projects and reduce clicks. Be sure to favorite projects you use the most to pin them in the sidebar and make the most of the new design.
• We added the ability to restore a single file to a previous commit
• A new "My branches" card was added to project overviews to make it faster to get back to your previous work.
• Continued rollout of smarter syncing – we’ve removed the need to manually sync projects in order to browse them and reduced the total data download needed to a minimum.

Enhancements

• We made it easier to leave a comment in present mode with a new input that’s displayed when the comment sidebar is collapsed
• The 'About' card on project overviews is now collapsible
• It’s now possible to share a link directly to present mode, just click the “share” icon when presenting a collection
• The in-app commit form has now gained the ability to jump to individual changed files
• Files that have not yet been changed on a branch are now displayed on branch overviews
• It’s now possible to filter projects in the “Link Library” interface
• We’ve continued to make improvements to UI performance
• All projects now show as options in the “Link Library” interface, previously only projects you’d explicitly chosen to “sync” appeared here.
• Linked library dependencies are now automatically synced when changed by another contributor
• We’ve removed one step when updating your branches from Master, to make it easier and faster.
• We’re introducing a new master icon to make the context clearer.

Bug Fixes

• Local project data is now removed automatically when a project is archived
• Fixed a display issue on the active outline on collection cards
• Fixed an issue where the changed diff in inspect would flip added/removed items
• Fixed an issue with “quick synced” projects where it would not be possible to open a file in desktop from the web app
• Fixed an issue where multi-select using the shift key could select layers that had been visually filtered out.
• The “Clear Database Cache” command now clears more data than before
• Fixed an issue that would prevent files being imported from locations on disk that include a comma in the file path
• Improved the error messaging when attempting to add more than 100 layers to a collection
• Fixed an infinite loading state when upgrading or downgrading a users contributor role
• Nested symbol master assets from an external project now load correctly in inspect
• Point releases of Sketch and XD will now get automatic upgrade commits when opening files in the new application version.

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Fixes

• We addressed a race condition that could cause an “uncommitted changes” notice to falsely appear for some users.

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Fixes

• To prevent issues with opening Sketch files, we’ve automatically enabled the Abstract Sketch plugin should it become disabled
• You may have seen our new Pride icon. We updated it to be more accessible in your dock. During Pride, we acknowledge the important work that's been done by the Black LGBTQIA+ community and celebrate our LGBTQIA+ and intersectional team members and customers.

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This month we’re celebrating Pride, amplifying black voices in design, and introducing a smoother, faster Abstract. Keep your flow state flowing with smarter syncing, and share links to specific sections within your Collections with one click.

Enhancements

• It’s no longer possible to get yourself in a sticky situation by reverting to a commit before a branch was updated from its parent
• We simplified the titlebar and syncing menu to make the app status clearer and cleaner
• Checklists in markdown comments and descriptions will now be rendered correctly
• The project overview screen was cleaned up to improve navigation
• We added a one-click link to share specific sections of your collection
• View your layers with improved clarity with the option of solid background colors
• Commit titles are now denoted as required

Performance Improvements

• We’ve been rebuilding data loading across the application to enable us to load things faster and require less syncing.
• Loading the project overview screen will load much faster and no longer show a spinner in most circumstances
• Pushing commits and changes to server is faster

Bug Fixes

• The app now correctly restores the previous project and branch again when reloading or refreshing
• In inspect, layers with resizing constraints now work within symbol instances with horizontal smart layout
• Fixed an issue where review text may not be cleared after submission and would be visible if you tried to leave a second review
• Disabled some controls while offline that should be unavailable
• Fixed a bug when exiting fullscreen with Escape key would exit out of collection entirely
• Discarding changes to all files not closes the commit modal
• Improved rendering speed of collections screen
• Fixed a case with possible infinite loading when attempting to upgrade or downgrade a users membership
• Fixed an issue where the context menu on layers in a collection would sometimes display less options
• Fixed a case where a library is removed on the parent branch and then you update, the removal never made it to the child branch
• Fixed up some input styling in dark mode
• Fixed an issue where deleted project sections would not be reflected on other users machines and would appear to be un-deletable
• Fixed an issue that would result in a blank screen in the update flow after files are upgraded
• We addressed a race condition where the app could show uncommitted changes even after committing
• The “commit changes” button in Sketch is now correctly disabled whilst a commit is already being written
• Fixed an issue where inspect boundaries would be misaligned on very thin artboards
• Fixed an issue where thumbnails in collections were misaligned at some screen sizes
• Various UI improvements for dark mode and loading states in inspect
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented flyovers from closing when clicking outside their bounds
• The correct icon for the file type as now shown in the sidebar when updating a branch with conflicts
  

Enhancements

• We added support for Sketch v66 🎉.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where when signed out, the titlebar displayed functionality as if signed in.
• Fixed an issue where conflict resolution for diverged branches would be inaccurate.

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