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+title: Kotahi 1.7.2 Release
+date: 2023-06-20T02:55:54.202Z
+intro: Mainly a bug fix release with a few new features.
+icon: /static/images/uploads/Kotahi.png
+image: /static/images/uploads/Kotahi.png
+---
+Included in this release:
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+* The ability to enable individual review submissions as ‘Shared’ has been fixed. When enabled, reviewers can access and read other submitted reviews that have been marked as ‘Shared’.
+* Chat text editor stays in focus after a user clicks enter or on ‘send’.
+* Fix for Cypress test to run on Firefox.
+* Update to `wmf` regex to handle `emf` files on conversion. Unsupported image files are replaced with a ‘broken image’ icon for ease of reference.
+* Fix to correctly display task lists across versions.
+* Fix for the inclusion of the `Funding source` element on export to JATS.
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+More [information on all releases here](https://kotahi.community/releases/).
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