Gravity Forms 2.8.9

- Added "Date Updated" to the list of default exported entry values. Credit: The GravityKit team.
- Updated the setup wizard to use a placeholder instead of default value of "blog" in the website type dropdown.
- Updated entry saving to add a note to the entry when batch saving of field values fails.
- Updated the template library to show the basic contact form before the advanced contact form.
- Updated the form submission logging statements.
- Updated the map link in the address field to open in https.
- Updated the system report to list a few recently run scheduled events (cron jobs).
- Updated the link and text on the reCAPTCHA button on the settings page.
- Updated the form template library to account for wordpress.com license type.
- Fixed an issue which prevents new forms from being saved if the title or description contain double quotes.
- Fixed an issue where in a multisite installation the setup wizard is displayed for all sites even after it is completed in the main site.
- Fixed an issue with the file upload field that allows for empty submissions of required multi-file upload fields.
- Fixed database warnings when a site has forms added before 1.8.
- Fixed a fatal error that occurs on front-end page load with MySQL versions between 5.7 and 5.7.8 and MariaDB versions up to 10.2.25.
- Fixed an accessibility issue that causes an empty div instead of the error message to be focused on form submit when the form has validation errors.
- Fixed an issue that causes the Simplebar JS library to load on the front end.
- Fixed an accessibility issue that prevents the product quantity screen reader text from rendering on the front end.
- Fixed the "for" attribute in checkbox inputs with more than 10 checkboxes in the repeater field.
- Fixed display problems when using an extended consent field in the Orbital theme.
- Fixed the password strength indicator in the default Gravity Theme to make it use colors to indicate password strength.
- Fixed an issue where the user can't login with the password they entered during registration when background feed processing is enabled for the User Registration Add-On.
- Fixed an issue that causes a required number input in a repeater to fail validation if the value is 0.
- Fixed the filter 'gform_post_select_initial_count' not applying the passed value correctly.
- Fixed an issue where the file upload field merge tag is returning the direct link to the file when used in the confirmation query string.
- Fixed an accessibility issue with inline svg files inside focusable elements.
- Fixed the warning that is thrown when creating a blank form.
- Fixed an issue that causes confusing image tags in the copied system report.
- Fixed an issue that prevents checkbox value modifiers from working when there are multiple modifiers.
- Fixed an issue that causes the subtitle text on the about page to not be readable.
- Fixed naming collisions with external JavaScript code by deprecating our custom String.prototype.format() function in favor of String.prototype.gformFormat().
- Removed unused images to downsize the image folder.
- Removed the inaccurate site registration status item from the copied system report.
- Removed an extra curly brace from the class-gf-field-name.php file.
- AF: Fixed an issue with the settings hidden field that prevented custom css classes or custom id attributes from being specified in the field settings.
- AF: Improved keyboard accessibility of the image radio and card settings field types.
- AF: Improved form submission performance for sites with multiple payment add-ons active.
- AF: Updated `GFFeedAddOn::maybe_process_feed()` to call `$this->delay_feed()` when the feed is added to the background processing queue.
- API: Added the [gform_pre_process_async_notifications](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_pre_process_async_notifications/) and [gform_post_process_async_notifications](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_post_process_async_notifications/) hooks to the background notifications processor.
- API: Added the [gform_search_criteria_entry_limit_validation](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_search_criteria_entry_limit_validation/) filter.
- API: Fixed the "no route found" error when performing an OPTIONS request to the REST API v2 endpoints.
- API: Fixed an issue where feeds can be created for forms that don't exist.
- API: Fixed an issue where feeds couldn't be created for form ID 0, which is required for feeds that can be used by any form.
- API: Fixed an issue where resetting one custom select field resets all custom select fields on the page.

- Updated the setup wizard to use a placeholder instead of default value of "blog" in the website type dropdown.
- Fixed an issue which prevents new forms from being saved if the title or description contain double quotes.
- Fixed an issue where in a multisite installation the setup wizard is displayed for all sites even after it is completed in the main site.
- Fixed an issue with the file upload field that allows for empty submissions of required multi-file upload fields.
- Fixed an issue that can cause a database warning when a site has forms added before 1.8.

- Updated the form submission logging statements.
- Updated the map link in the address field to open in https.
- Updated the system report to list a few recently run scheduled events (cron jobs).
- Fixed the "for" attribute in checkbox inputs with more than 10 checkboxes in the repeater field.
- Fixed an issue that caused display problems when using an extended consent field in the Orbital theme.
- Fixed an issue where the password strength indicator in the default Gravity Theme does not use colors.
- Fixed an issue where the user can't login with the password they entered during registration when background feed processing is enabled for the User Registration Add-On.
- Fixed an issue that causes a required number input in a repeater to fail validation if the value is 0.
- Fixed an issue where resetting one custom select field resets all custom select fields on the page.
- Fixed the filter 'gform_post_select_initial_count' not applying the passed value correctly.
- Fixed an issue where the file upload field merge tag is returning the direct link to the file when used in the confirmation query string.
- Fixed an accessibility issue with inline svg files inside focusable elements.
- Fixed an issue where a warning is thrown when creating a blank form.
- Fixed an issue that causes confusing image tags in the copied system report.
- Fixed an issue that prevents checkbox value modifiers from working when there are multiple modifiers.
- Removed the inaccurate site registration status item from the copied system report.
- AF: Improved form submission performance for sites with multiple payment add-ons active.
- AF: Updated `GFFeedAddOn::maybe_process_feed()` to call `$this->delay_feed()` when the feed is added to the background processing queue.
- API: Added the [gform_pre_process_async_notifications](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_pre_process_async_notifications/) and [gform_post_process_async_notifications](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_post_process_async_notifications/) hooks to the background notifications processor.
- API: Added the [gform_search_criteria_entry_limit_validation](https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_search_criteria_entry_limit_validation/) filter.
- API: Fixed an issue where a no route found error occurs when performing an OPTIONS request to the REST API v2 endpoints.
- API: Fixed an issue where feeds can be created for forms that don't exist.
- API: Fixed an issue where feeds couldn't be created for form ID 0, which is required for feeds that can be used by any form.
- Fixed an issue that causes the subtitle text on the about page to not be readable.
- Removed an extra curly brace from the class-gf-field-name.php file.
- Updated the link and text on the reCAPTCHA button on the settings page.