August 10, 2020 Release (5.0.761.5)

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Important

Per the Coveo Version Support Lifecycle policy, this Coveo for Sitecore 5 release has been retired. See available Coveo for Sitecore releases.

Even if this release is retired, you must still perform its upgrade steps to upgrade to a more recent version of Coveo for Sitecore.

This release includes the 2.9159.8 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see June 2020 Release (v2.9159)).

When using a CDN with the Coveo Hive framework, this release includes the latest 2.9159 version of the JavaScript Search Framework (see Understanding How the Coveo JavaScript Files are Loaded (CDN)).

Note

The initial August 10, 2020 release was 5.0.761.2. However, due to an issue with the WDP download link, the package build process had to be repeated, producing build 5.0.761.5. Version 5.0.761.2 and 5.0.761.5 packages are identical.

Release Notes

This section summarizes the new features and fixed support cases introduced in the Coveo for Sitecore August 10, 2020 release (5.0.761.5).

Identifier Enhancement
SC-4450 Added support for Coveo JavaScript Search Framework version 2.9159.
SC-4455 Added rendering to support the Coveo JavaScript Search Framework CommerceQuery component.
SC-4517 Enabled crawler properties editing through the Command Center.
Identifier Service created or updated
SC-3794 Added a PUT indexes/crawlers service to edit a crawler configuration.
Identifier Case Fixed Support Case
SC-4524 00062264 Fixed Unable to get property 'appliedPrebind' error on SVG elements in Internet Explorer 11.
Identifier Bug Fix
SC-4446 Fixed vulnerability.
SC-4447 Fixed missing sort criteria options on basic facet.
SC-4473 Fixed server error when selecting a Search Box Components data source folder in the Content Editor.
SC-4522 Fixed server-side Search API calls not sending the Search Hub.

Upgrade Steps

This section describes how to upgrade Coveo for Sitecore from June 12, 2020 (5.0.710.2) to August 10, 2020 (5.0.761.5). If you're upgrading over multiple versions, Coveo has a procedure to streamline the process.

Important

For the best Coveo for Sitecore experience, always follow the upgrading leading practices.

Step 1: Upgrade Coveo for Sitecore

Important

Make sure the Microsoft MVC security update MS14-059 is installed on every Sitecore host in your environment.
  1. Log into the Sitecore Desktop.
  2. Access the Installation Wizard (Sitecore Start Menu > Development Tools > Installation Wizard).
  3. Upload and install the Coveo for Sitecore 5.0.761.5 package built for the specific version of Sitecore you’re running (for example, Sitecore 9.0). You can find it in Downloads.
  4. When prompted to overwrite files, click Yes to all.

  5. When prompted to overwrite items, select Overwrite, then click Apply to all.

    Note

    You might be prompted twice with this question. Select the Overwrite option and click Apply to all both times.

  6. Once the installation is completed, make sure that you restart both the Sitecore client and server.

Step 2: Publish Your Site

In the Sitecore Content Editor, perform a publish site action. This ensures any changes related to Coveo components in the upgrade are published to the web database.

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