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March 2024

E2E Testing on Github Actions: A walkthrough of our CI workflows | 2024 Guide

In this walkthrough, we take a detailed look at how automated E2E Testing is performed in Mattermost, using Cypress and Github Actions. Learn more about our approach to organizing and running the test cases, and our solutions to the challenges around their automation. Ready to streamline your testing process? Join us in mastering automated E2E Testing with Cypress and Github Actions.

Mattermost AI Copilot: Accelerating the conversation with LLMs

Hello, Mattermost community! We’re thrilled to announce the release of the Mattermost AI Copilot beta, a groundbreaking addition to the Mattermost platform. This plugin is not just a tool. It’s a way for organizations to deploy artificial intelligence in mission-critical environments — a true game-changer. With that in mind, let’s explore how this plugin will establish new standards in workplace collaboration for Mattermost Enterprise customers.

Patching Go's leaky HTTP clients

In November 2023 we discovered an issue in the Go standard library’s net/http.Client that allowed an attacker who controls redirect targets on a server to exfiltrate authentication secrets. Soon after, we discovered a similar issue in net/http/cookiejar.Jar. The issues, collectively designated CVE-2023-45289, have now been fixed in Go 1.22.1 and Go 1.21.8, released on March 5, 2024. This blog post dives into the technical details behind those two bugs and the patch that addresses them.

When should you use out-of-band communications?

How would your team stay connected if your primary communication network failed? To keep lines of communication open during emergencies, today’s leading organizations deploy out-of-band communication solutions alongside their main channels. An out-of-band (OOB) communication system exists outside an organization’s primary network. As a result, it enables team members to stay connected when main lines are compromised, corrupted, or otherwise unavailable.