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# 3.9.3 Release Notes

Squirro 3.9.3 was released on December 11, 2023.

Reference: Learn more about the [Squirro Release Process](../../squirro-release-process.md#getting-squirro-process).

## What’s New

- Squirro now supports license keys for easier provisioning and updating of Squirro features and metrics.
- Added a mechanism to the ingester service to restart the local Apache Tika service in case of internal server errors. This mechanism is controlled by the server config option `ingester.tika.restart-on-error-*`.
- You can now change boolean operator chip values (`AND`, `OR`, `NOT`) by clicking on them and selecting from the dropdown.

[![Boolean selection options in search bar chips](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/getting/chips-boolean.png)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/getting/chips-boolean.png)

- In the Tabs widget, the communityPopulated property was replaced with a new “Control By Community” option in the UI.

[![Control by Communities in Tabs Widget](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/getting/tabs-communities.png)](https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.squirro.net/docs/technical/getting/tabs-communities.png)

## Improvements

- Exporting a matrix chart in the AI studio model validation will now have the title _Confusion Matrix_.
- Improved dashboard loading performance. Sections will now lazy load based on visibility.
- Deleting or modifying a parent item now reflects changes in the corresponding paragraphs.
- Removed the reset zoom button from the timeline chart.
- Add an option to autoexpand and hide accordion layer controls.
- Added paragraphs locator and index to existing projects, allowing the use of semantic search.
- Now, custom empty status for widgets can be HTML-based.
- Updated the design of the Facets widget.
- Improved search bar chips hover and focus styling.
- The text highlight color from project settings is now also used for entity highlighting.
- Removed the avatar option for the Cards widget and improved sources fetching.

## Bug Fixes

- Reduced occurrences of `Unable to convert content` errors in item bodies resulting from internal server errors in Apache Tika.
- Ensured pipeline navigation sits below the project selection navigation.
- Fixed an issue with dashboards when there was nothing to serialize in the URL.
- Fixed an issue with persisting column widths in the Items table edit mode.
- Prevented a problem with reordering to negative indices in the pipeline workflow editor.
- Fixed an issue with global search queries not clearing when navigating to the Setup space.
- Fixed issues with the display of tabs in accordion mode in both React and Backbone.
- Fixed an issue where global search query context was being applied to reference items in ItemDetail, creating incorrect results.
- Fixed an issue with Community Item breaking on the next document from inside the Items details.
- Users can now navigate to Global Search as the first dashboard as long as it’s visible.
- Fixed the reset password workflow.

## Breaking Changes

There are no known breaking changes in this release.

## Installation and Upgrade

For new installations, find step-by-step instructions in [Install and Manage Squirro with Ansible](../../../install/ansible/index.md#ansible) (recommended) or [Installing Squirro on Linux](../../../install/linux.md#install-linux).

To upgrade an existing installation, see [Upgrading Squirro](../../../install/upgrade.md#install-upgrade).
