v3.21.0 - A few enhancements, bugfixes and new Avo 4 experiments

Hey everyone,

We have a short release today but we'll talk quite a lot about the new Avo 4 experiments so let's dive in:

Big changes

There aren't any big changes this cycle but you can see the release notes below.

New Avo 4 experiments

We've been working on a few things behind the scenes.
I'm talking about them on the video but here's a quick list of things coming your way with Avo 4:

• Configuration - A database-backed configuration engine for general use
• Form-Builder (PoC) - General-purpose form building
• In-UI dashboard editing (R&D) - Create and manage dashboards and cards completely in the UI
• In-UI scope editing + dynamic filters (R&D) - Create and manage scopes using filters completely in the UI
• Anonymous actions, cards, and scopes (R&D) - Quickly build actions, cards, and scopes inside the resource file
• Namespaced resources (PoC done) - Avo::Resources::Galaxy::Planet::Satellite
• Dynamic collections (PoC + R&D) - Create new resources inside the UI
• Dynamic properties (R&D) - Add properties on resources on the fly insite the UI
• Customizable table view (R&D) - Hide and show columns, manage filters, and more in the table view inside the UI
• Keyboard shortcuts (R&D) - Doh 🤦‍♂️
• UI-driven menu-editor - Drag and drop menu editor inside the UI

Plus some things we mentioned last time:

• Collaboration tools (PoC) - Chat, status updates, and reactions on records
• Calendar and Kanban views (PoC & R&D) - View your records in a board or calendar view
• Improved search experience (R&D + PoC)
• New look + Theming (R&D)
• REST API (R&D)
• Reactive fields (PoC)
• HTTP Resource (PoC)
• Nested records (beta)

That's about it folks.
Thanks for being awesome!
Adrian and Paul ✌️

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Release notes

For more information and the release video check out the full release page

✨ Enhancements

• enhancement: add clearlicenseresponseondeploy configuration option @Paul-Bob (#3892)
• enhancement: cluster divider @Paul-Bob (#3883)
• enhancement: mount_avo accepts custom routes block @Paul-Bob (#3854)
• enhancement: assign action record from index page @Paul-Bob (#3853)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: mark BaseResource as abstract in resource manager fetch_resources @Paul-Bob (#3920)
• fix: mark BaseResource as abstract in resource manager initialization @Paul-Bob (#3893)
• fix: navigation when editing via parent resource @Paul-Bob (#3886)
• fix: belongs_to polymorphic on clusters @Paul-Bob (#3880)
• fix: hide polymorphic holder div @Paul-Bob (#3878)
• Fix: Keep actions dropdown visible and on top when opened @icaroryan (#3874)
• fix: tag fields on nested forms @Paul-Bob (#3866)
• fix: add avo- prefix to nested-form @Paul-Bob (#3864 & avo-advanced #66)
• fix: belongs_to when using for_attribute @Paul-Bob (#3847)
• fix: row actions on array resources @Paul-Bob (#3863)
• Fix filters on association field @julianrubisch (#3862)
• fix: populate self.query for standalone index_control actions @icaroryan (#3861)
• fix: keep filter value when using fetch values from @Paul-Bob (avo-dynamic_filters #91)

💡 Refactor

• refactor: remove dead code @Paul-Bob (#3887)
• refactor: store_accessor support in key value field @adrianthedev (#3881)
• refactor: allow progress field to submit nil values @Nevelito (#3856)
• refactor: move card logic from component @Paul-Bob (avo-dashboards #55)

🤖 Maintenance

• [ruby] Update all Bundler dependencies (2025-05-29) @depfu (#3896)
• [js] Update all Yarn dependencies (2025-05-29) @depfu (#3895)
• [js] Update all Yarn dependencies (2025-05-22) @depfu (#3870)
• [ruby] Update all Bundler dependencies (2025-05-22) @depfu (#3871)
• [ruby] Update all Bundler dependencies (2025-05-15) @depfu (#3852)
• [js] Update all Yarn dependencies (2025-05-15) @depfu (#3851)
• 🚨 [security] [js] Update trix 2.1.14 → 2.1.15 (patch) @depfu (#3841)
• [ruby] Update all Bundler dependencies (2025-05-08) @depfu (#3839)
• [js] Update all Yarn dependencies (2025-05-08) @depfu (#3838)
• chore: maintenance last in release notes @adrianthedev (#3834)