all 3 forms components of apps have 3 new validation functions to be called from frontend scripts: v

all 3 forms components of apps have 3 new validation functions to be called from frontend scripts: validate, validateAll, invalidate:

rubenfOP•10/26/23, 11:49 AM

small changelog but: KEEP_JOB_DIR has been moved to the UI, RUST_LOG is now by default "info", and the EE option to expose metrics is also settable from the UI
Meaning the only env variables to set in docker-compose are:

and

for workers and servers respectively.
We cannot do any shorter

Faton•11/1/23, 7:27 AM

We have added wizards in the app editor to facilitate the configuration of components.

Tables:
Users can now modify column definitions directly within the configuration. This includes features such as:

Renaming the column
Toggling column visibility (hide/show)
Customising cell rendering with options like Link, Badge, or plain text

AG Grid:
Similar to tables, users can edit AG Grid column definitions, enabling features like:

Renaming the column
Toggling column visibility (hide/show)
Adjusting the column's minimum width and flex settings
Adding a value formatter for displaying values
Sorting

Additionally, we've implemented wizards for both ChartJS and Plotly charts. In the UI Editor mode, ChartJS and Plotly each offer two main configuration options:

X-axis data
An array of datasets

For each dataset in ChartJS, users can:

Edit the dataset name
Modify the Y-axis values

For each dataset in Plotly, users have the following options:

Edit the dataset name
Edit the Y-axis values
Set an aggregation method
Add tooltips
Choose a specific color for the dataset

rubenfOP•11/2/23, 9:51 AM

Please use and try our new AI bot @Ask Inkeep for any simple questions! It's the same AI agent used in our docs

guillaume•11/2/23, 2:00 PM

In the latest Windmill version, we've added the ability to restart a flow at any given top level step. For-loop and branch-all can be restarted at a specific iteration/branch. In the flow preview page, just select a top level node and a "Re-start from X" button will appear at the top, next to "Test flow".
And if you have the enterprise edition, this feature is also available for deployed flows

Faton•11/2/23, 9:00 PM

We've added a tree viewer to the homepage, that includes expand/collapse functions and a clearer hierarchical layout.

Hugo•11/6/23, 5:32 PM

We've added a diff button in the script, flow and apps builders so you can check your changes against the deployed version or latest saved draft! You'll also be able to check unsaved changes when you exit a builder without saving.

rubenfOP•11/7/23, 9:18 PM

On latest, the vscode extension can now edit flows. You can both visualize changes as you make them to the yaml, or write-back directly by making changes in the flow builder UI ! (update both your instance and vscode extension to benefit from it)

rubenfOP•11/9/23, 6:39 PM

on EE, you can now define custom components written in React or Vanilla JS with any styling. They can interact with the rest of your app, taking inputs and setting outputs. See template here: https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill-custom-component-template

GitHub

GitHub - windmill-labs/windmill-custom-component-template

Contribute to windmill-labs/windmill-custom-component-template development by creating an account on GitHub.

rubenfOP•11/11/23, 2:47 PM

Dedicated workers can now run deno scripts

rubenfOP•11/13/23, 6:47 PM

postgresql scripts/queries now cache their connections for up to 5 minutes of inactivity for maximum performance

Hugo•11/15/23, 5:53 PM

The diff viewer and the import/export menus are now using yaml, making it much easier to read, especially in the diff viewer for flows/apps with scripts!

rubenfOP•11/17/23, 9:49 AM

@here Dedicated workers for full flows are now available in alpha for EE. Run each step of a flow on workers dedicated to the flows at blazing speed by just toggling a setting at the flow level and assigning your worker group to that flow. When a worker is assigned to a flow, it is capable of handling every steps. The full flow attached here made of 3 scripts (1 in python, 2 in typescript) and branches executed in 36ms of worker time and took 230ms end-to-end.
This make windmill flows good fit for event streaming cases.
We've benchmarked with @guillaume windmill to be the fastest workflow engine among airflow, prefect, temporal, and by quite a margin for airflow! Read more at: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/misc/benchmarks/competitors

Also next week will be launch week. If you're a keen reader of this channel, you already know almost everything we will present except one major feature on day 5. But we will make special efforts on how we present things by having blog posts explaining in details each feature.

Airflow vs Prefect vs Temporal vs Windmill | Windmill

We compared Airflow, Prefect, Temporal and Windmill with the following usecases:

rubenfOP•11/17/23, 9:50 AM

rubenfOP•11/17/23, 6:39 PM

There was a bug affecting any version from last week where change in the string static editor for flows' steps inputs would not update the steps' inputs in some situations. It is fixed on the last release.

rubenfOP•11/19/23, 1:47 PM

In latest, form jsonschema's string patterns have been majorly upgraded:

Use custom error message
Generate regex pattern from AI

Which mean in most cases the invalidation can be done directly there instead of using background runnables

rubenfOP•11/22/23, 9:45 AM

Thanks to great contribution from @knowsuchagency , wmill python SDK is now dependency free (except for httpx): https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/pull/2665

GitHub

feat(python): Refactor Windmill Python client (remove `windmill-api...

This PR obviates the need for the windmill-api library. I believe this makes the client package is easier to understand, debug, build, (and test) without it.
Additional updates were made to improve...

rubenfOP•11/26/23, 1:33 PM

It is now possible to define a node at which the flow will return at for sync endpoints. The rest of the flow will continue asynchronously.

Useful when some webhooks need to return extremely fast but not just the uuid (define first step as early stop) or when the expected return from the webhook doesn't need to the full flow being computed

rubenfOP•11/26/23, 1:36 PM

rubenfOP•11/26/23, 3:49 PM

sync get endpoints now support adding args directly, use to have a: "foo", b: "bar", c: "foobar", passed as args

Faton•12/1/23, 8:32 PM

We have added two new components to the App builder:

Dropdown menu:

Actions are fully customisable button components (color, label, icons,...)
They can trigger a runnable on click and/or trigger a side effect (open a modal, select a tab, etc.)
The menu itself is a button that can be customised like the other buttons

Statistic cards:

They can display a value, a title, a progress in percentage and a media (icon or image)

Have a great weekend!

rubenfOP•12/2/23, 2:54 PM

Bringing a consistent UX is key to improve DX for a product as wide as windmill.
The read-eval-loop based on result and console logs work well with windmill because of the super fast backend. On latest, we reinforce those patterns with the following:

eval always show a live preview of their result underneath them as you type
inline scripts now have the same right panel for logs and result than in the flows and script editor

rubenfOP•12/3/23, 2:15 PM

It is now possible to save an app inline script to the workspace directly from the fullscreen editor (cc @Sindre )
when moving an item. a warning will now link directly to content search to ensure you're not breaking dependent items

rubenfOP•12/5/23, 9:57 AM

For anyone that updated their instance on latest between 48h and 24h, I did a mistake and your instance will be unable to start on the next update unless you apply the following to your db:

Rrubenf For anyone that updated their instance on latest between 48h and 24h, I did a m...

Damian Szetela•12/5/23, 10:28 AM

So if I skip 219 version and upgrade directly to 220, then I should be safe, correct ?

rubenfOP•12/5/23, 10:28 AM

It's not on the released versions

rubenfOP•12/5/23, 10:29 AM

just for docker-compose users if they pulled latest in between those timestamps

Rrubenf For anyone that updated their instance on latest between 48h and 24h, I did a m...

Marky•12/5/23, 8:03 PM

Thanks, needed this.

Angad•12/6/23, 7:40 AM

can any one tell me how to get query parameter in get webhook ?

AAngad can any one tell me how to get query parameter in get webhook ?

Faton•12/6/23, 7:48 AM

Hi @Angad, in synchronous webhoobs, you can use the query paramater to pipe data as args of your script/flow. Check out our doc:
https://www.windmill.dev/docs/core_concepts/webhooks#synchronous
Also, please use the #help or #feedback channels for questions!

Webhooks | Windmill

Webhooks are a way to interact with Windmill using standard web technologies.

Angad•12/6/23, 8:58 AM

@Faton Thanks alot for answering

rubenfOP•12/6/23, 6:16 PM

@Binarytide are you sure you put everything down, and then up again ?

rubenfOP•12/6/23, 6:18 PM

rubenfOP•12/7/23, 8:46 AM

ag-grid was updated to 0.31.0

rubenfOP•12/8/23, 2:46 PM

You can now parametrize the visibility of fields in forms based on the value of other fields:

guillaume•12/8/23, 6:15 PM

New feature: you can now sync your workspace with a Git repo. Any updated script, flow or app will be automatically pushed to the repo upon deploy! Only for EE. More details -> https://www.windmill.dev/docs/advanced/git_sync

rubenfOP•12/8/23, 8:32 PM

You can now declare some steps as being sensitive and having their args/logs/results removed at the completion of the flow (ee only):

Hugo•12/13/23, 2:47 PM

NEW [Major]

Schedule App Reports

Send a PDF or PNG snapshot of any app at a given schedule to slack / discord / email or via any custom script.
Enabling this feature will create a flow and a schedule in your workspace.

Docs: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/apps/schedule_reports
Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VSAZ-WTh4Y

guillaume•12/19/23, 2:54 PM

NEW [Major]

Running Services with Perpetual Scripts

Perpetual scripts restart upon ending unless canceled.

Docs: https://www.windmill.dev/docs/script_editor/perpetual_scripts
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uw3JWiIFp0
Blog on Service script pattern in Windmill using Kafka: https://www.windmill.dev/blog/service-script-kafka

rubenfOP•12/22/23, 7:49 AM

NEW [Major]

Bun smart assistant working with any dependency, all in browser

Bun now has a smart assistant that does proper completion on any npm packages, and we achieved this feat WITHOUT using LSP. Your browser is now doing all the work of fetching the types and running the smart assistant locally. It even work with relative imports!

rubenfOP•12/26/23, 2:00 PM

NEW [Minor]

Summaries can now be given to schedules

The summary will be displayed in the schedule list and the search feature can also search by summary

Rrubenf NEW [Major] 🔴 **Bun smart assistant working with any dependency, all in brows...

Nacki•12/26/23, 3:09 PM

this doesn't seem to work if you version lock dependencies

rubenfOP•12/26/23, 3:31 PM

NEW [Minor]

Schedules flows can now be toggled to never overlap over their full execution