Create blog entry “2023-05-23-kotahi-1-7-1-released-today”

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+---
+title: Kotahi 1.7.1 released today!
+date: 2023-05-23T16:37:40.483Z
+intro: Its a 'minor' release but lots of good updates for our best in class
+  journal and preprint/PRC platform. Multitenancy coming in a few weeks!
+icon: /static/images/uploads/Kotahi.png
+image: /static/images/uploads/Kotahi.png
+---
+**Release notes:**
+
+A **’Submit new version’** action has been added to the Configuration Manager. When enabled, authors are able to submit a new version without requiring an editor submitted a decision verdict (accept, revise or reject).
+
+![submit_new_version](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/kotahi/kotahi/uploads/a8b029e9cd794e7028d171ae7f37b3d8/submit_new_version.png)
+
+**ThreadedDiscussion** form field engagement history is now displayed across versions.
+
+![ThreadedDiscussion_version_history](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/kotahi/kotahi/uploads/72346128665bb9e9d237c5c6a359d147/ThreadedDiscussion_version_history.png)
+
+Easily unassign Editor roles from the Control panel>Teams>Assign Editors dropdown menu using the cancel action.
+
+![unassign_editor](https://gitlab.coko.foundation/kotahi/kotahi/uploads/b1c2c2b0eb43b82ab4cbaf738ee170ad/unassign_editor.png)
+
+**Other;**
+
+* Node has been upgraded to version 16. This was done in conjunction with a Cypress Docker upgrade.
+* **XSweet** has been added as a microservice.
+
+**Bug fixes;**
+
+* Publish action is now working again on the `aperture` and `colab` instance archetypes.
+* Task Manager; error message erroneously indicating that email notifications are not being sent has been fixed.
+* A record of unresponsive reviewers are now kept across versions. Access to a review is restricted to Reviewers who have ‘accepted’ an invitation to peer review (version 1, for example), have done so after a new version of the manuscript has been submitted (version 2, for example).
+* Numerous updates and fixes to `aperture` Cypress tests.
+* Fix for JATS generation, and
+* better handling of broken images in Wax.
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