Changelog

18. Jan, 2022

1.13.0

Release: 2022-01-19

added sessions, views, bounces, and bounce rate to hourly visitor statistics
updated Hugo version for docs
retry generating docs after an error
fixed average session duration calculation
updated dependencies

1.12.9

Release: 2022-01-09

fixed subscription checkout

1.12.8

Release: 2022-01-06

fixed session collapsing and caching

1.12.7

Release: 2022-01-05

fixed chart color

1.12.6

Release: 2021-12-31

fixed opening language details
fixed displaying “unknown” in lists
updated pricing
updated dependencies

1.12.5

Release: 2021-12-23

set theme-color depending on light or dark mode settings
website and blog optimizations
fixed round corners for modal dialogues on Safari
fixed cleaning up non-confirmed accounts
updated dependencies

1.12.4

Release: 2021-12-21

integrated blog into website
fixed updating a client returning the client secret again
fixed detecting Windows 11
updated dependencies

1.12.3

Release: 2021-12-15

removed hostname from API (not required)
fixed session collapsing issues
updated dependencies

1.12.2

Release: 2021-12-13

fixed grouping referrers with trailing slashes

1.12.1

Release: 2021-12-12

fixed smaller configuration issues
fixed entry/exit page panels not being displayed when filtering for an event

1.12.0

Release: 2021-12-12

added entry/exit path filter to events
added filters for screen width and height (exact match)
added filtering for event metadata (API only right now)
added new API endpoint to list events including metadata
added user client API to perform actions that previously could only be performed by a user
popular referrers are now grouped (like google.com and google.de -> Google)
OS versions will now be grouped by minor version instead of the full version string (10.12 instead of 10.12.3 for example)
sessions are now reset when the referrer or UTM parameters change
sessions will no longer count as bounced when an event is received
set filter limit to the release of Pirsch instead of one year back
optimized checking permissions on hit/event/session requests
updated dependencies

1.11.6

Release: 2021-11-26

hide growth in live filter
fixed switching country/city/language tabs when adding or removing filters
fixed charts being updated multiple times
fixed GSC keywords loading infinitely

1.11.5

Release: 2021-11-25

new graph for top statistics
fixed events label for event metadata table

1.11.4

Release: 2021-11-18

added missing defer for event script snippet
added option to ignore pirsch.js and pirsch-event.js using the localStorage

1.11.3

Release: 2021-11-14

merged panels where it makes sense and only load data when opened
load all news instead of the latest three
always show CR for conversion goals and events
improved title (on hover) wherever possible
removed title (on hover) for values (redundant)
removed obvious hints from panels
fixed login, logout, and sign up buttons not working on public dashboards
updated dependencies and replaced JWT library

1.11.2

Release: 2021-11-09

fixed X-Frame-Options header for dashboard

1.11.1

Release: 2021-11-09

removed visitors by hour when live filter is active
fixed light/dark mode settings on account page
fixed styling for filter and domain selection
updated dependencies

1.11.0

Release: 2021-11-07

added domain search to selection
added auto selection for light/dark mode
added automatic timezone selection when creating a domain
added link to public dashboard on settings pages
added query parameter to hide UI elements when embedding a dashboard into an iframe
added live view
optimized CORS by setting max age header
news are now served from the API and will be set to latest news on registration (so none is displayed on first login)
deny embedding the registration, login, or any other related page in iframes (X-Frame-Options)
removed user timezone settings
fixed some statistics loading twice on a single filter change
fixed panels showing different totals than chart due to grouping by day and summing up results
updated Hugo
updated dependencies

1.10.7

Release: 2021-11-01

fixed small Pirsch (library) configuration issue

1.10.6

Release: 2021-10-27

added timeout for GSC requests
fixed collecting page title if enabled
fixed email report scale
fixed sending email report without previous data
fixed email report chart time range
updated dependencies

1.10.5

Release: 2021-10-23

fixed setting start date in frontend
fixed session collapsing

1.10.4

Release: 2021-10-22

renamed views to events in event details panel
removed focus of table search on mobile devices
removed the requirement to send a page view before an event can be tracked
fixed line chart labels
fixed setting timezone for dates in frontend
fixed active pages keeps loading after switching to dashboard from another page

1.10.3

Release: 2021-10-22

fixed statistics that were wrong due to last larger update (v1.10)
updated dependencies

1.10.2

Release: 2021-10-18

fixed reading active visitors directly from hit table
fixed reading full referrer (for favicon URL)

1.10.1

Release: 2021-10-18

fixed visitor statistics limit

1.10.0

Release: 2021-10-18

added hostname to fingerprint salt
performance improvements for all queries
improved panel labels when filtering for an event
removed bounce rate for events
updated dependencies

1.9.8

Release: 2021-10-11

added endpoint to manually extend sessions
fixed events counting up page views

1.9.7

Release: 2021-10-10

fixed updating referrer panel when the referrer name and URL are equal
fixed timezones
fixed setting filter date when the end date is today
updated dependencies

1.9.6

Release: 2021-10-07

added autofocus for search fields in modal dialogues
fixed filtering for null when pressing Ctrl + A in modal dialog search field
fixed too many calls of history.replaceState
fixed average session duration being distorted by broken session lengths

1.9.5

Release: 2021-10-05

fixed timezone settings

1.9.4

Release: 2021-09-29

fixed path filter for entry/exit pages
fixed entry/exit rate calculation
fixed total bounce rate calculation
fixed signup confirmation email sender

1.9.3

Release: 2021-09-28

use Redis as a session cache
added filtering entry/exit pages for paths back in

1.9.2

Release: 2021-09-27

fixed filtering for entry/exit pages while filtering for a page

1.9.1

Release: 2021-09-25

fixed referrer modal dialog

1.9.0

Release: 2021-09-25

Changes to the Dashboard

referrers are now grouped by hostname (if possible)
filtering for a referrer will reveal the full list of links visitors came from
statistics can now be filtered by the entry and exit page, in addition to the regular page filter
the entry and exit page panels now include the entry and exit rates
filtering for a country now displays a city panel
statistics can now be filtered by “unknown” and are displayed as “null” in the filter list (e.g. “Referrer is null”)
tabs in panels are no longer reset to the first tab if you change the filter

Technical Changes to the Core

added rolling forward page view information for deeper analysis of sessions
added filtering for entry and exit page
added filtering for “none”/“unknown” (empty strings) by setting a filter to “null”
added all statistics available for hits to events as well
added optional limit for active visitor statistics
added merging referrers by hostname and detailed statistics by filtering for the referrer name
added city statistics
added method to clear session cache to tracker
optimized data layout
optimized statistics queries
optimized filter (non required fields are now longer selected)
the User-Agent header is now stored in a separate table for later analysis (filtering bots)
removed unused UserAgent and full URL from hit and event table
remove trailing slashes from referrer URLs
updated dependencies

1.8.9

Release: 2021-09-16

updated website and dashboard UI

1.8.8

Release: 2021-09-14

show individual usage limits on billing page
updated Pirsch library

1.8.7

Release: 2021-09-10

added gzip compression to pirsch.js, pirsch-event.js, and pictures
added filter inversion
added individual pages for each settings tab
added dashboard button (the logo will be used differently in the future)
fixed filtering by unknown/none in detailed view
updated Pirsch library
updated dependencies

1.8.6

Release: 2021-09-07

updated Pirsch library

1.8.5

Release: 2021-09-07

changed session time from 15 to 30 minutes
updated website

1.8.4

Release: 2021-09-04

added defer to JavaScript snippets
added different number formatting for axis and values to charts
platforms (desktop, mobile, unknown) with no visitors are now hidden
added more screen classes
updated Pirsch library
updated dependencies

1.8.3

Release: 2021-09-02

fixed pirsch-events.js parameter encoding

1.8.2

Release: 2021-08-31

fixed UTM parameters when using pirsch.js and encode URL parameters

1.8.1

Release: 2021-08-30

added response to JWT middleware

1.8.0

Release: 2021-08-28

numbers are now shortened when greater than 1000 (displayed as 1.2k and 1.23m)
added titles to all numbers to display their raw value (31% = 0.3195…, 1.2k = 1234, and so on)
added active domain to URL so that it sets the correct domain when sharing a link to a private dashboard
added descriptive time interval values to the URL (like “today”, “7d”, … instead of the index)
added text filter to modal dialogues
added dynamic page view limit to overwrite default plans
added country flags
added grouping page results by title instead of path (for dynamic pages, like /article?id=123)
fixed displaying hours in durations
fixed deleting conversion goals when deleting domain
fixed deleting conversion goals when deleting account
fixed updating domain on settings page
updated dependencies

1.7.10

Release: 2021-08-17

added JavaScript event function mock for easier debugging

1.7.9

Release: 2021-08-13

added more testimonials to website
fixed default time range interval for public dashboards (back to one week)
updated dependencies

1.7.8

Release: 2021-08-10

added “yesterday” option to time range filter
added news modal dialog
small improvements to the website, settings, and more
updated dependencies
fixed reading email report domains

1.7.7

Release: 2021-07-31

enabled tax ID collection on checkout

1.7.6

Release: 2021-07-29

updated landing page
fixed double minus sign in reports
fixed loading metadata if no keys are present

1.7.5

Release: 2021-07-25

added registration event to website

1.7.4

Release: 2021-07-24

updated pirsch.js (“modernized”)
updated pirsch-events.js to return a promise

1.7.3

Release: 2021-07-24

fixed event scope being used to send hits
fixed missing event scope when creating JWTs

1.7.2

Release: 2021-07-23

added missing event average duration to panel and metadata

1.7.1

Release: 2021-07-23

fixed event metadata value label in table

1.7.0

Release: 2021-07-23

added custom event tracking
added custom events to CSV export (not including metadata yet)
added white background to favicon
simplified email report content
updated dependencies
fixed filter showing regex instead of pattern for conversion goals
fixed redirect to login if token runs out or is invalid
fixed displaying 0% in lists on the dashboard
fixed charts in panels on Safari

1.6.6

Release: 2021-07-06

fixed link in social proof section (full width)
added referrer to outgoing links in social proof section

1.6.5

Release: 2021-07-06

added social proof section to landing page

1.6.4

Release: 2021-07-02

visitors are now tracked across days (GDPR compliant)
time on page is now limited to one hour so that idle visitors have less impact on the average time on page
updated dependencies

1.6.3

Release: 2021-07-01

increased access token leeway to reduce errors when requests are made to a different node from the one the JWT was scheduled on

1.6.2

Release: 2021-06-24

fixed sending conversion goal reached emails
fixed link to dashboard on website

1.6.1

Release: 2021-06-19

improved create goals modal dialog
fixed path patterns for conversion goals

1.6.0

Release: 2021-06-17

added conversion goals for pages (using a pattern)
added conversion goals to CSV export
swapped views and visitors in page details modal dialog
updated Pirsch library
updated dependencies
fixed updating keywords panel
fixed calculating relative visitors and views
fixed database transaction leaks

1.5.3

Release: 2021-06-12

fixed limiting access when calculating number of hits (now includes deleted domains)

1.5.2

Release: 2021-06-10

remove member from domain on ownership transfer to that particular user
show usage for domains that have been deleted on billing page

1.5.1

Release: 2021-06-06

optimized loading pages and referrer (invisible panels are first loaded when needed)
added browser and operating system versions (enlarge the panel)

1.5.0

Release: 2021-06-03

added entry and exit pages
optimized loading statistics (invisible panels are first loaded when needed)
fixed report colors
updated dependencies

1.4.2

Release: 2021-05-30

added hard limit for the number of domains a user can have (to 1000 by default, as spam protection)
fixed filter not showing today if set to today from URL parameter

1.4.1

Release: 2021-05-25

added blog link to resources on dashboard
fixed preselected timezone when adding domain and on account page

1.4.0

Release: 2021-05-25

added client scopes to API
added support for timezones (user settings and on a domain basis)
added API access read domains for clients
removed visitor by time of day sum as that was confusing and didn’t make much sense (the sum is correct, but has a different meaning than the unique visitor sum above)
fixed loading indicator position on some pages
fixed bounce rate in email reports and colors

1.3.3

Release: 2021-05-19

added views to email reports
fixed percentage formatting in reports and colors

1.3.2

Release: 2021-05-14

token expiration is now set to UTC
fixed access token validation if a token was created on another server

1.3.1

Release: 2021-05-14

fixed screen panel displayed if no statistics available
fixed countries showing 9 instead of 10 results due to “empty” country code containing null bytes
fixed integration for pirsch.io

1.3.0

Release: 2021-05-13

added UTM parameters to track ad campaigns and customized URLs
added number formatting to email reports
added stackable filters to better analyze data
removed visitors by time of day for the past week
switched to ClickHouse to generate statistics, this should improve the performance and scalability
detailed graphs are now shown in modal dialogues
improved loading indicators on panels
fixed graph rendering on some email clients for email reports
fixed styling on Safari desktop and mobile

1.2.5

Release: 2021-04-23

added missing DNT (do not track) header to API and JS integrations
require billing address collection on checkout
updated dependencies

1.2.4

Release: 2021-04-16

opt out of Google FLoC
added loading states when switching filter or domain on settings page
fixed deleting accounts
fixed active visitors modal z-index (it was above header)
fixed flickering on modal dialoges while loading more data

1.2.3

Release: 2021-04-15

improved email templates
keep charts open on page reload
send email for upcoming invoices
added missing number formatting on billing page
added loading states (spinner) to pages, lists, and tables
fixed deleting domains with email reports
fixed showing subscription banner to members (only the owner of the current domain is supposed to see warnings)
updated dependencies

1.2.2

Release: 2021-04-09

See below.

1.2.1

Release: 2021-04-09

added white fallback favicon for referrers for dark mode
added blacklist for disposable email domains
added copy button after domain creation
improved email texts
fixed account settings not showing default filter time range
fixed live demo showing the past two days instead of the past week

1.2.0

Release: 2021-04-04

better labels for Search Console domains (no “sc-domain:” at the beginning)
added tabs to the settings page
added data deletion for selected statistics, all statistics, and a time range
added transfer of ownership for domains
improved sign up process and page
fixed cleaning up statistics if a domain gets deleted

1.1.4

Release: 2021-03-31

improved keywords panel
fixed panels hiding “unknown” not showing ten results

1.1.3

Release: 2021-03-30

fixed setting default filter time range on registration

1.1.2

Release: 2021-03-30

fixed sign up (wrong sender for emails)
fixed connecting to Google account

1.1.1

Release: 2021-03-29

fixed Google redirect URI
fixed logo on live demo

1.1.0

Release: 2021-03-28

added setting to define a default time range for the filter
added Google Search Console integration to show keywords
added sortable tables
added more content on website and better design
added robots.txt and sitemap.xml to website
updated dependencies

1.0.2

Release: 2021-03-17

fixed CSV export being limited to one week
fixed small styling issue

1.0.1

Release: 2021-03-14

fixed some issues with updating subscriptions

1.0.0

Release: 2021-03-12

added payments
fixed calculating bounce rate growth
fixed filtering by path for growth statistics

0.33

Release: 2021-03-02

fixed average time on page calculation for today

0.32

Release: 2021-02-26

fixed green bar for propotion in lists
fixed calculating average time on page/session duration
fixed visitors today showing NaN on load

0.31

Release: 2021-02-26

added number formatting (separators) to all numbers in lists and tables
added average session duration to the dashboard
added time on page to the detailed page statistics (modal dialog)
added page views to the dashboard
bounce graph now shows the bounce rate instead of absolute bounces for each day
added formatting for labels to graphs (on hover)
moved active pages to a modal dialog (click on the active visitors on top of the dashboard)
fixed tooltip triggering clicks on mobile and opening up panels
fixed showing visitors today graph while filtering by page
fixed deleting accounts marked for deletion
fixed accepting hits for domains starting with www if the domain has been configured with www as a subdomain

0.30

Release: 2021-02-16

added tooltips to dashboard
infrastructure and maintenance

0.29

Release: 2021-02-14

added absolute and relative visitor and bounce statistics to CSV export for pages and referrer
fixed saving history state when navigating
fixed selecting export dates

0.28

Release: 2021-02-06

fixed country statistics
fixed order of page statistics
performance improvements

0.27

Release: 2021-01-31

filter parameters are now displayed in the URL and no longer stored locally
percentages are now formatted with two decimal places and localized to en-US
small optimizations for the dashboard
only allow following referrers if it’s a valid URL
we no longer show referrers on our live demo for our own subdomains, like docs.pirsch.io or our customer public dashboards
added bounce rate per page and referrer
added relative visitor count for pages
display the name and icon for Android apps

0.26

Release: 2021-01-26

removed enlarge button from active page panel (this is a fix)
fixed modal border when it’s scrollable
fixed referrer in email reports

0.25

Release: 2021-01-25

export your data to CSV in the settings
add email addresses to send reports (weekly, monthly)
improved dashboard design and usability (better colors, sticky header)
fixed filter limits when start date was swapped with end date and and end date was before the limit

0.24

Release: 2021-01-19

the bounce rate is now displayed as a relative number instead of showing the total number of bounces
fixed updating JavaScript snippet when identification code is reset
fixed filtering the hostname as a referrer (including www as a prefix)

0.23

Release: 2021-01-16

fixed documentation links after adding a domain
updated Pirsch library (added source and utm_source as query parameters for referrers)

0.22

Release: 2021-01-15

show selected domain in title
updated dependencies

0.21

Release: 2021-01-14

added a custom favicon service (open-source, you can find it here)

0.20

Release: 2021-01-13

updated dependencies

0.19

Released: 2021-01-07

fixed “(unknown)” for languages
fixed referrer icon for direct/none

0.18

Released: 2021-01-07

added public access links to the settings page
added profile pictures for members to the settings page
“(unknown)” is no longer displayed, except you open the detailed view or no other data is present
opening the detailed view for statistics now show all stats immediately
better time and day format
added favicons to referrers

0.17

Released: 2021-01-03

added account deletion on the settings page
accounts that haven’t been activated after a month are now automatically deleted
fixed time range selection when switching domain or filtering for path
fixed ignoring subdomains for referrer

0.16

Released: 2021-01-01

screen sizes are now grouped
added buttons to copy client ID, client secret, and JavaScript snippet to clipboard
fixed displaying some error messages
fixed inviting someone to more than one domain with the same mail address

0.15

Released: 2020-12-28

fixed the dashboard not rendering on Safari
fixed visitors being counted multiple times in statistics for paths