2024-11-16: Copy button in answer UI

This release adds a "Copy" button to answers for ease of copying by users. Screenshots:

Before copying:

Just after copying:

What's Changed

• Feature: Add copy button to answer UI by @jeannotdamoiseaux in #2131
• Bump vite from 5.4.10 to 5.4.11 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2140
• Bump i18next from 23.15.2 to 23.16.5 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2141
• Update README.md to remove the OpenAI form by @pamelafox in #2156
• Update cost estimation guide by @pamelafox in #2150

Full Changelog: 2024-11-12...2024-11-16

2024-11-12: Chat history with CosmosDB

You can now enable chat history that's persistent with Cosmos DB.
See the documentation on enabling chat history.

That requires you to also have setup the optional login.
See the documentation on enabling login.

Here's an example of chat history in action:

What's Changed

• Update pre-commit hooks, re-run on files by @pamelafox in #2128
• Update links and clean up tasks by @pamelafox in #2124
• Port Python tests workflow to uv by @pamelafox in #2129
• Feature: Store chat history in Cosmos DB by @fujita-h in #2063

Full Changelog: 2024-11-05...2024-11-12

2024-11-05: Danish translations

This release adds Danish translations for the UI, and includes various bug fixes, refactor, and Azure OpenAI model/API version updates.

What's Changed

• feat: Add Danish (da-DK) translations.json and update config.json by @EMjetrot in #2119
• Bump quart from 0.19.6 to 0.19.7 in /app/backend by @dependabot in #2082
• Bump werkzeug from 3.0.4 to 3.0.6 in /app/backend by @dependabot in #2084
• Bump @vitejs/plugin-react from 4.3.2 to 4.3.3 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2087
• Bump vite from 5.4.8 to 5.4.10 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2075
• Bump @types/react-dom from 18.3.0 to 18.3.1 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2060
• Bump @fluentui/react-components from 9.54.13 to 9.55.1 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2054
• Update model version for gpt-4o to latest by @pamelafox in #2106
• Documentation improvements: Remove duplicate READMEs, consistent titles by @pamelafox in #2118
• Properly handle AZURE_SPEECH_SERVICE_VOICE azd env var by @pamelafox in #2107
• VS Code debug launch improvements: remove azd extension dependency, add compound, add docs by @pamelafox in #2120
• Upgrade Azure OpenAI API version and use AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION consistently by @pamelafox in #2105
• Refactor settings into a single component across Chat/Ask by @bnodir in #2111

New Contributors

• @EMjetrot made their first contribution in #2119

Full Changelog: 2024-11-04...2024-11-05

2024-11-04: Dutch translations

This release fixes a few issues (noted below) and adds support for nl translations to the UI.

What's Changed

• Fix regression from PR #2056: Allow whitespace in citation filenames by @bnodir in #2100
• Add missing variables to azd pipeline by @pamelafox in #2104
• feat: Add Dutch (nl-NL) translations.json and update config.json by @jeannotdamoiseaux in #2115

New Contributors

• @jeannotdamoiseaux made their first contribution in #2115

Full Changelog: 2024-10-28...2024-11-04

2024-10-28: Default to Container Apps instead of App Service

To improve the deployment experience for new developers getting started with this template, we are switching the default from Container Apps to App Service. If you are an existing develop and pull from main, then you will need to follow this guide to stick with App Service:
https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/blob/main/docs/azure_app_service.md
If you want to switch to Container Apps from App Service, you may need to delete the current App Service before you run azd up, or at least remove the "backend" tag from the App Service, as that tag is how azd figures out where to deploy.

Also note that ACA private endpoints are still in private preview, so you need to stick with App Service if you are using the private endpoints feature.

We apologize for the inconvenience for existing developers. Please post in issue tracker for any migration issues.

What's Changed

• Switch to ACA by default by @pamelafox in #2092

Full Changelog: 2024-10-23...2024-10-28

2024-10-23: New option to include category

The most significant feature in this release is an additional developer setting to "include category". Read the guide for how to ingest documents with categories set: https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/blob/main/docs/data_ingestion.md#enhancing-search-functionality-with-data-categorization

What's Changed

• feat: add Portuguese (pt-BR) translations and update i18n configuration to include the new language by @glaucia86 in #2052
• Bump typescript from 5.5.3 to 5.6.3 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2037
• Bump @azure/msal-browser from 3.24.0 to 3.26.1 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2039
• Fix: Provisioning failure issue by @fujita-h in #2058
• Bugfix: Citation Parsing Issue (Version 2) by @bnodir in #2056
• Bump prettier from 3.0.3 to 3.3.3 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2061
• Fix scrolling bar issue for long content in chat UI by @BetterAndBetterII in #2044
• When uploading file with upper case extension name, cannot match correct parser by @BetterAndBetterII in #2069
• Feature: include category by @bnodir in #2021

New Contributors

• @glaucia86 made their first contribution in #2052
• @BetterAndBetterII made their first contribution in #2044

Full Changelog: 2024-10-17...2024-10-23

2024-10-17: Built-in vectorizer for all indexes

This release includes updates to the code that sets up the search index and optional integrated vectorization feature.
Going forward, all indexes will have an Azure OpenAI vectorizer by default, even if not using integrated vectorization. That makes it easy to issue queries in the Portal or from the SDK without having to compute the embedding yourself. It will also make this index more compatible with the VoiceRAG demo.

For those of you using integrated vectorization, it should be easier to use that feature with the newer embedding models now.

What's Changed

• Update all AVM modules to latest by @tonybaloney in #2043
• Updates to integrated vectorization by @pamelafox in #2045

Full Changelog: 2024-10-12...2024-10-17

2024-10-12: Azure OpenAI deployment types

This release adds parameters to change the Azure OpenAI deployment type from the current default of "Standard" to one of the other types ("GlobalStandard", a load-balanced deployment, and "Provisioned", a high-capacity pre-reserved higher cost deployment).

Instructions for changing the SKU are here:
https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/blob/main/docs/deploy_features.md#using-gpt-4

What's Changed

• Bump i18next from 23.14.0 to 23.15.2 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2027
• Bump react-router-dom from 6.23.1 to 6.26.2 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2025
• Bump @types/react from 18.3.3 to 18.3.11 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2024
• Bump @vitejs/plugin-react from 4.3.1 to 4.3.2 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #2026
• Adding support for Azure OpenAI Deployment Types (Global Standard, Standard, Provisioned) by @zedhaque in #2014

Full Changelog: 2024-10-04...2024-10-12

2024-10-04: Browser-stored chat history

This release adds a chat history feature that is stored entirely in the browser, using IndexedDB. See guide for enabling it here:
https://github.com/Azure-Samples/azure-search-openai-demo/blob/main/docs/deploy_features.md#enabling-chat-history

In the future, we may add an option to store that chat history in CosmosDB as well. Subscribe to this issue if interested:
#1863

 ## What's Changed

• Bump @azure/msal-browser from 3.19.1 to 3.24.0 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #1984
• Fix roles for integrated vectorization by @pamelafox in #2016
• Add chat history feature by @fujita-h in #1988

New Contributors

• @fujita-h made their first contribution in #1988

Full Changelog: 2024-10-02...2024-10-04

2024-10-02: Local CSV Parser

This release adds a Python-based CSV parser which indexes each row separately.

What's Changed

• Bump vite from 4.5.3 to 5.4.8 in /app/frontend by @dependabot in #1995
• Adding CSV Parser by @saravana87 in #1996

New Contributors

• @saravana87 made their first contribution in #1996

Full Changelog: 2024-09-26...2024-10-02