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Access Control Release Notes

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10 Feb 2026
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These Release Notes detail the changes made to each version of the Access Control Module, this includes new features or changes to the pre-existing one, including bug fixes.

Release: 2.1

Release date: 10 February 2026

New features

  • Added Shibboleth gatekeeper for preserving URL anchors during authentication flows
  • Added redirectNotFound config option for 404 redirects
  • Added version number to PHAR and ZIP filenames

Fixed Bugs

  • Fixed media restriction returning 403 for missing files (now correctly returns 404)
  • Fixed media restriction for URL-encoded filenames
  • Fixed extracting group names from VariablesType

Changes

Component Summary Key
Gatekeeper Shibboleth gatekeeper for anchor preservation during authentication flows PSCC-1010
Core Added redirectNotFound config option PSCC-1010
Core Fixed media restriction returning 403 for missing files PSCC-1010
Core Fixed media restriction for URL-encoded filenames PSCC-1010
Core Fixed extracting group names from VariablesType PSCC-1010
Build Added version number to PHAR and ZIP filenames PSCC-1010
Build Improved PHAR build: auto-install dependencies, clean stale PHAR before rebuild PSCC-1010
Core Lowered minimum PHP requirement to 7.2 PSCC-1010

 

Release: 2.0

Release date: 31 July 2024

New features

  • Added support up to PHP 8.3.
Component Summary Key
Core Update for support up to PHP 8.3 PSCC-860

 

Release: 1.3

Release date: 31 March 2021

New features

  • Added AND and Complex Logic that allows to specify expressions rather than just groups names
  • Ability to Handle MIME Types via Config Files

Fixed Bugs

  • Fixed issue with Media Library downloads
  • Fixed issue for Personalised Content specified on pages that are always allowed
  • Fixed issue with CAS and isLoggedIn

Changes

Component Summary Key
Core Complex Logic PSCC-731
Core And Logic PSCC-684
Core  Ability to Handle MIME Types via Config Files PSCC-594
Core Fixed issue for Personalised Content specified PSCC-686
CAS Fixed issue with isLoggedIn  PSCC-609

 

Release: 1.2

Release date: 10 January 2020

Fixed Bugs

  • Added support to Whitelist IP's within Access Control
  • Fixed issue when session was not started / used when using variable access control
  • Fixed issue where it was not possible to customize group information from SAML

Changes

Component Summary Key
Core Added support to Whitelist IP's within Access Control PSCC-625
Core Fixed issue when session was not started / used when using variable access control PSCC-526
Core  Fixed issue where it was not possible to customize group information from SAML PSCC-599


Release: 1.1.1

Release date: 14 May 2019

New features

  • Adds support for Five new MIME Types when using Media Access Control. It allows assets of these types to be served correctly when under protection.

Changes

Component Summary Key
Core Added support for XML - application/xml PSCC-547
Core Added support for JavaScript - application/javascript PSCC-548
Core Added support for JSON - application/json PSCC-548
Core Added support for SVG - image/svg+xml PSCC-531
Core Added support for CSS - text/css PSCC-528

Release: 1.1.0

Release date: 24 April 2019

New features

  • Adds the regex feature to the "variables" access control type for use in splitting the server group variable
  • Adds the ability to specify a custom delimiter  to the "variables" access control type for use in splitting the server group variable

Changes

Component Summary Key
Core Add support for custom regex to split SAML group information PSCC-538

Release: 1.0.0

Release date: 12 March 2019

New features

  • Ability to protect Media files in regular sections (From File Elements)
  • Allow redirects from certain urls based on groups
  • Add ability to authenticate against Terminalfour

Fixed Bugs

  • Fixed issue where Session Cookies were not given time to Live on Terminalfour Type Access Control
  • Fixed issue where session is not always started on Terminalfour Type Access Control
  • Fixed PHP notice when no media access rules are present

Changes

Component Summary Key
Core Ability to protect Media files in regular sections (From File Elements) PSCC-519
Core Allow redirects from certain urls based on groups PSCC-517
Core Add ability to authenticate against Terminalfour PSCC-506
Core Fixed issue where Session Cookies were not given time to Live on Terminalfour Type Access Control PSCC-523
Core Fixed issue where session is not always started on Terminalfour Type Access Control PSCC-522
Core Fixed PHP notice when no media access rules are present PSCC-521
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