As we bid farewell to 2024, we’re excited to share our final changelog of the year! This sprint is packed with exciting updates like our revamped documentation site, an Apps Playground, and important ownership updates, all designed to make building and leveraging your developer portal and platform easier than ever.
We’ll be back next week with even more awesome features to kick off 2025. Happy holidays and thank you for being part of the Tempest community! And as always, join our Slack community if you have any questions, book time with our team, or DM us on LinkedIn, X, or BlueSky.
Spotlights
Documentation Site Revamp
We’ve released a completely new documentation site with expanded content pages and improved usability. Enjoy refreshed content with a better information architecture, clearer guidance, and more quick start instructions that makes navigating Tempest a breeze. Take a look at docs.tempestdx.com and check back often for regular updates!
Apps Playground
We’re introducing our Apps Playground, a powerful new tool to make building Private Apps easier than ever. With this Playground, admins can preview and test their Private App as they build it, without needing to publish a new version.
Simply input your resource definition into the JSON and instantly see what your Recipe editing experience would look like, on the same page. This feature allows you to iterate and validate your resources seamlessly, ensuring everything works perfectly before entering the full publishing flow.
Ownership Updates
We’ve enhanced ownership across Tempest with this release. This update clarifies ownership across all entities—including resources, projects, and recipes—by displaying author labels, team names with team leads, and separate sections for different owner categories.
Additionally, we've expanded ownership capabilities by adding new ownership fields, allowing you to assign individual users as DRI, Code Owner, Security, Privacy, SRE, or Manager. These improvements provide greater transparency and control, ensuring clear accountability and enhancing collaboration within your engineering teams.
Improvements & Bug Fixes
Developer Experience
Improved Project, Resource, and Private App logs to function similarly to other common logging tools.
Added support for SVG files and animated GIFs
Setup and Validation
Added input validation to the setup completion page for enhanced reliability.
Implemented error handling to notify users if an organization already exists during setup.
User Management
Allow admins to add themselves and others to any team in an organization.
Private App Enhancements
Separated team and author information in Private App versions for better clarity and management.