v2.2.0-preview.5.4

Highlights:
Added backend support for the SF-85 and SF-85P, improved test coverage, audited existing SF-86 complete test scenarios, corrected validation regressions.

Specific end-user improvements:

• Prohibit applicants over age of 100 [EN-2383]
• Add word "Safety" to narcotic drug question [EN-2825]
• Dual/multiple citizenship has error by default [EN-2963]
• Place of Birth Mandates City and County, only one required [EN-3886]
• Valid Citizenship Status data is not valid on initial load [EN-3889]
• Update international numbers w/ more or less than 10 digits [EN-3906]
• State of service field not present [EN-3909]
• Validation fails when birth place changes to outside of the US [EN-3928]
• Contact Information only requires 1 valid email [EN-3931]
• Employment "gap" entries save as employment entries instead of staying as gaps [EN-2915]*
• People you know timelines validation error [EN-3938]*

*Technically, completed in sprint 5.5, but incorporated in the 5.4 release due to their criticality.

v2.2.0-preview.5.3

Highlights:
Focus of work on the past sprint included the completion of a new session management layer to replace JWT for authentication, SF-85 corrections and testing, and minor corrections to the UI.

Specific end-user improvements:

• Phone time of day not reset when telephone component mode toggled [EN-2285]
• Phone Number Validation not triggering for "0" response [EN-3104]
• Selecting "Army" or "Navy" in U.S. Military subsection shows "Unknown" in accordion header [EN-3792]
• Unable to select "Use a different name instead" on alternate names found modal [EN-3793]
• Accordion headers are not updating with content [EN-3796]

Environment variable changes:

• Added CSRF_SECRET, must be set in load balanced environments.

Note: this release should not be deployed in production due to a regression that was fixed in #1829

v2.2.0-preview.5.2

Highlights:
Focus of work on the past sprint included front-end support for the 85P, validation audit and reconciliation, start of a new session management layer to replace JWT for authentication, and dependency clean up/updates.

Specific Improvements:

• Initial SF-85P support [EN-3830, EN-3831]
• Social Security Number section does not validate in nav until leaving and coming back [EN-3052]
• Leaving "Where you went to school" section blank doesn't trigger error on section review [EN-2967]
• Education verifier section redesign to match e-QIP implementation [EN-2670]
• Validation regression in employment section [EN-3853]

v2.1.0-preview.4.5

Highlights:
When a form is rejected back to the applicant we now clear a large set of “No” answers that need to be re-answered before re-submission. We also completed the validation refactoring on the front end which already makes it easier for us to fix validation bugs

Specific Improvements:

• Updated mobile styling [EN-3781]
• Validation error - employer's information is incomplete [EN-1630]
• Cross-validate passport number with required-ness of foreign born citizenship documentation [EN-3445]
• PDF front-end part 1 [EN-3690]
• Re-ask questions on kickback/re-submittal [EN-2373]
• Accordion performance improvements [EN-3803]
• Should only show most current signature pages [EN-1610]
• Selective Service errors do not show when viewing question [EN-3077]
• Update SF-86/85 copy based on OPM feedback [EN-3807]

v2.1.0-preview.4.4

Highlights:
This sprint focused on quite a lot of behind-the-scenes validation, completing the storage refactoring, and automated testing work. A number of user-visible fixes were also completed.

Specific improvements:

• Signature Date Missing on Medical Release [EN-3649]
• SF-86 Release forms need to be updated to current version [EN-3650]
• Self employment cannot have an APO [EN-3704]
• Review help text associated with removed optional comments [EN-3774]
• Police offense questions are not being asked when cited answer is No [EN-3786]
• Unable to provide address for court that issued a relatives naturalization paperwork [EN-3791]
• Filling out Mandatory drug counseling and navigating to voluntary subsection doesn't change subsection [EN-3795]
• Unable to get "Additional offenses" to validate if you've chosen "yes" to sentencing [EN-3798]
• Citizenship / Multiple screen errors out [EN-3799]

v2.1.0-preview.4.3

Highlights:
This sprint focused on some behind-the-scenes validation and storage refactoring work, archival PDF UI and API design, and a small number of defect fixes.

Specific improvements:

• Remove remaining eApp optional comment fields that aren't supported by e-QIP (sex, school address, reason leaving, investigation, clearance granted, residence verifier). [EN-3669, etc.]
• Collect secondary (alternate) addresses for employment entries. [EN-2685]
• Display informational banner when application has been returned to applicant for changes. [EN-3209]
• Under certain circumstances, "In the U.S." addresses would be saved with a blank country instead of "United States" [EN-3446]

v2.1.0-preview.4.2

Highlights:
This sprint focused on some behind-the-scenes validation refactoring and maintenance work, some network performance improvements, and a small number of defect fixes.

Specific improvements:

• [USER] Require applicant to supply at least 1 email under Information about you —> Your contact information [EN-3651]
• Clear out state field when toggling Citizenship Status —> Place of issuance from In the U.S. to Outside the U.S. [EN-3433]
• Remove DSN option until we determine a mechanism to round-trip the phone numbers from IM/e-QIP [EN-3667]
• Minor text copy changes for 85 and 86 [EN-3653]

New configuration variables:
Add HTTP header to direct the browser to cache CORS preflight responses (CORS_MAX_AGE) [EN-31433]
Add ability to set PostgreSQL sslmode (DATABASE_SSLMODE)

v2.1.0-preview.4.1

Highlights:
This was a short sprint due to travel and multi-day off-sites. We split our time between addressing a number of SF85-specific details, cross-form defects, and laying the ground work for kickback enhancements.

This will be the last release where the corresponding issue management/sprint plan is available in GitHub. Going forward, the sprint boards and backlog of stories, defects, etc. will be managed in an internal NBIS tool.

Detailed list of issues:
https://github.com/18F/e-QIP-prototype/projects/18

Specific improvements:

• Fixed defect where education reference would incorrectly say "I don't know".
• Correctly encode a response of "I don't know" in the SF-86 XML for clearance level.
• Require at least one phone number for each instance of a person who knows you well.
• Initial release of dbmigrate command-line tool for updating the backend database schema separate from the API server itself.
• Initial release release of dbreset to drop and create the backend database for automated testing.

v1.0.15

Highlights:
We split our time between implementing the frontend for the remaining SF-85 sections, correcting defects from pre-prod log analysis and Army user reports, and supporting the NBIS 2.x integration events and the product increment planning session.

Detailed list of issues:
https://github.com/18F/e-QIP-prototype/projects/17

Specific improvements:

• [User Reported] Fixed defect where foreign-born document input fields were not always required when they should be.
• [User Reported] Fixed defect where selecting “I don’t know” for clearance level would result in a browser error.
• Fixed defect where Future Benefit would not validate and save correctly.
• When toggling “I don’t know” option for relatives' foreign affiliation and employer, clear any previously entered state.
• Don’t permit “I don’t know” for telephone number of: spouse, education verifier, employment, employment physical location, employment supervisor.
• Clear certification/release signatures when user navigates away/logs back in without submitting form.
• Move passport question out of the foreign associations section to the citizenship section for improved question flow.
• Update front page welcome banner to be agnostic of the investigation tier.

v1.0.14

Highlights:
We split our time between implementing the remaining SF-85 sections, correcting defects from pre-prod log analysis and Army user reports, and supporting weekly NBIS 2.0 integration events. We also conducted user testing of the applicant <> agency review flow, with detailed analysis to come in the next sprint.

Specific improvements:

• [User reported] Fixed issue where marking Not Applicable for bankruptcy discharge date would not be saved.
• [User reported] Fixed issue where label for a military employment entry would list rank instead of the duty station.
• [User reported] Fixed issue where Estimated checkbox for Foreign national financial support was not clickable.
• [SF-85] Built the front-end for the following sections: Package, Psychological, Legal, Relationships, Substance Use, Foreign
• [SF-85] Store form type (and version) at account creation and include in form API call response
• [SF-85] Updated form instructions
• Fixed issue to make certain date-related errors more specific and easier to understand.
• Encode document types for born-abroad/foreign-born applicants correctly in SF-86 XML.
• Encode IDontKnow correctly for Selective Service registration question in SF-86 XML.
• Encode IDontKnow correctly for foreign contact birthplace in SF-86 XML.
• Improved U.S. passport guidance

Full list of issues