DOC-2578: The commentAuthor property is now included in reply events of the event log.

Author: kemister85

modules/ROOT/pages/7.6.0-release-notes.adoc

@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ The {productname} {release-version} release includes an accompanying release of
 
 **Comments** includes the following fixes and improvements.
 
+==== The `commentAuthor` property is now included in reply events of the event log.
+// #TINY-11489
+
+In previous versions of the tinycomments plugin, the `commentAuthor` property was missing from 'reply' events within the event log, which led to incomplete tracking of user interactions when retrieving data through the `+getEventLog()+` API.
+
+{productname} {release-version} addresses this issue. Now, the `commentAuthor` property is included in 'reply' events in the event log.
+
+For more information on the `getEventLog`, see xref:comments-commands-events-apis.adoc#getEventLog[getEventLog].
+
 ==== Allow mentions in comments dropdown to flow freely outside of the editor container
 // #TINY-11504
 

modules/ROOT/partials/plugin-apis/comments-apis.adoc

@@ -56,13 +56,17 @@ The `getEventLog` returns a log that contains information and timestamps of all
 ----
 {
   "type": "reply",
-  "timestamp": "2024-10-01T03:07:53.771Z",
-  "conversationUid": "annotation-r1nn5xdo5ye",
-  "commentUid": "annotation-uh00rb41kma",
+  "timestamp": "2024-12-06T06:38:42.444Z",
+  "conversationUid": "mce-conversation_16214546531733467122444",
+  "commentUid": "mce-reply_70110186641733467132519",
   "conversationContext": "Welcome",
-  "conversationContent": "new comment (Edit comment)",
-  "conversationCreatedAt": "2024-10-01T03:07:53.771Z",
-  "commentContent": "reply to existing comment",
+  "conversationContent": "new comment",
+  "conversationCreatedAt": "2024-12-06T06:38:42.444Z",
+  "commentContent": "reply to comment",
+  "commentAuthor": {
+      "author": "DEMO USER",
+      "authorName": "DEMO USER"
+  },
   "conversationAuthor": {
       "author": "DEMO USER",
       "authorName": "DEMO USER"