APFJ - September 2025

Added a global setting to allow manual initiation of approvals.
Enabled exclusion of Assignee, Reporter, and other dynamic user fields from work item field - group step
Added links in outgoing approval emails to the "My approvals" list, specific approval content, and action buttons for both internal and external approvers.
Added filters to the admin project-level activity view table.
Added toggle to enable/disable email notifications when an approval workflow trigger fails.
Optimized approval retrieval by replacing Jira REST API expression evaluation with standard JQL search.
Added vote step to REST API, including full response support while maintaining backward compatibility.
Added delegateDisplayName to REST API.

Secured direct action links to prevent unauthorized execution by bots triggered via email actions
Fixed 404 error when switching back to Personal Approvals view
Fixed API issue where project-specific definitions were not displayed when listing all definitions
Ensured GET /webapi/v2/definitions endpoint lists project-specific definitions when requested
Fixed Project page Jira Permission Scheme issue where Approval Path did not appear correctly despite disabled settings
Fixed error when manually searching for "Any" definition in Definitions tab
Fixed message template rendering issue where variables such as issueLink and action were missing during global settings testing

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