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This page outlines the various resources you can use to stay up to date on CommCare platform announcements |
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CommCare Statuspage
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Product Updates
The CommCare Product Updates can be found here: https://dimagi.atlassian.net/wiki/x/rDTKfw.
This s updated quarterly and captures all user-facing updates made to the system. This typically includes new product releases, bug fixes, and small updates to the UI / UX.
GitHub
Since CommCare is fully open source software, all of CommCare’s open source code is freely accessible on Github at https://github.com/dimagi/.
CommCare Statuspage
https://status.commcarehq.org/
The Statuspage is used to keep up with:
Scheduled downtime and maintenance windows
Alerts of known issues on the platform, such as degradation or outage of services
We recommend subscribing to the Statuspage by clicking the "Subscribe to Updates" button found here:
. You can subscribe by email, text, or Slack!
CommCare Change Log
The CommCare Change Log is found here: CommCare Change Log (Updated Quarterly)
The Change Log is updated quarterly and captures all user-facing updates made to the system. This typically includes:
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Notifications
In-Product Notifications
Within CommCare HQ, Dimagi will periodically alert our users of announcements using the notification bell found here:
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This bell is used for:
Alerts about important Dimagi / CommCare news
Important alerts regarding your subscription
New feature announcements
Miscellaneous opportunities to connect with other app builders!
CommCare User Forum
Stay up to date on your favorite CommCare User Forum threads by setting your preferred notifications.
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CommCare Help Portal
The Help Portal is your one-stop shop to submit issues or feature requests to the CommCare Support Team as well as reach our Sales & Accounts team about questions related to your subscription and billing service.
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Below, we outline the types of actions you can take within the portal:
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View all your existing requests
Reach our Sales & Accounts Team
Reach our CommCare Support Team
You will receive responses in your inbox when you submit a query via the help portal.
For more information on submitting issues to CommCare Support, please see this page: Bug Reports
Notification Bell within CommCare HQ
Within CommCare HQ, Dimagi will periodically alert our users of announcements using the notification bell found here:
This bell is used for:
- Alerts about important Dimagi / CommCare news
- Important alerts regarding your subscription
- New feature announcements
- Miscellaneous opportunities to connect with other app builders!
Dimagi Forum
The Dimagi Forum can be found here: forum.dimagi.com
The forum is used for many different things, for example:
- Connecting with other CommCare users to ask questions and get help in the Users category (or the Spanish-speaking community!)
- Connect with developers who self-host CommCare on their own on-prem environments in the Developers category
- Keep up to date on big product announcements in the Platform Announcements category
- View various job postings related to the CommCare community in the Jobs category
You can choose to receive notifications by clicking on the bell icon within a category you're interested in:
