v1.0.0 🎉

Paper Trail Manager 1.0 — the first major release since the 2026 modernization.

What's New in 1.0

• Default stylesheet for changes views (event color coding, diff highlighting, responsive layout)
• Rails install generator (rails generate paper_trail_manager:install)
• I18n support for all UI strings (30 translation keys)
• Date range filtering (?from= and ?to= query parameters)
• Authorization security fix (allow_show? now uses correct block)
• 50 tests across authorization, helpers, response formats, and date filtering

Compatibility

• Ruby 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
• Rails 7.0, 7.1
• PaperTrail 12.x, 15.x
• Kaminari or WillPaginate

Full Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for complete history from 0.0.0 to 1.0.0.

v0.9.0

• Add date range filtering to changes index via from and to query parameters
• Add date filter UI with date inputs, filter button, and clear link
• Add Rails install generator (rails generate paper_trail_manager:install)
• Add I18n support for all UI strings (30 translation keys, default English locale)
• Add authorization integration tests
• Add unit tests for ChangesHelper methods
• Add specs for JSON and Atom response formats
• Host apps can override any translation key
• Test count: 19 → 50

v0.8.0

• Fix allow_show? calling allow_index_block instead of allow_show_block (security fix)
• Fix gemspec authors field being overwritten by misplaced email assignment
• Fix PER_PAGE constant (50) not being used as default pagination
• Fix broken HTML structure in show view (nested <tr> tags) and index view (unwrapped <td>)
• Add date range filtering to changes index via from and to query parameters
• Add date filter UI with date inputs, filter button, and clear link
• Add authorization integration tests
• Add unit tests for ChangesHelper methods
• Add specs for JSON and Atom response formats
• Add date range filter tests
• Drop support for Rails < 7.0
• Add support for Ruby 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3
• Add support for PaperTrail 12.x and 15.x

v0.7.0

• Add support for Rails 5 and 6
• Add support for paper_trail 5.x – 10.x
• Drop support for Rails < 4.1
• Drop support for Ruby < 2.5

v0.6.0

• Add support for linking changes to user records via PaperTrailManager.whodunnit_name_method and PaperTrailManager.user_path_method
• Add new PaperTrailManager.item_name_method configuration option
• Add support for paper_trail 4.x
• Refactoring, code simplification, and performance improvements

v0.5.0

• Added support for pagination with Kaminari in addition to will_paginate.
• [!] Removed direct dependency on will_paginate. You must now include either will_paginate or kaminari in your Gemfile.
• Fixed a bug with route generation when paper_trail_manager is used within another Rails engine.

v0.4.0

• Allow configuration of ChangesController's parent class, route helpers, and layout

v0.3.0

• Support Rails 3.2, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2
• Drop support for Rails 3.0 and 3.1
• Improve test suite across multiple Rails versions

v0.2.0

• Add support for Rails 3.1 and 3.2, while retaining support for Rails 3.0.
• Add test suite to check engine against multiple versions. This test suite is derived from Mike Dalessio's "loofah-activerecord" gem, available at https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah-activerecord

v0.1.6

• Fix Gemfile.lock issue with 0.1.5.