View Source Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure to see the Upgrading Versions guide in the HexDocs documentation if you're having an issue after upgrading.

[0.15.1] - 2025-10-21

Added

  • Documentation describing recommendations for how to use (or not use) ecto_watch in test mode (see #51)

[0.15.0] - 2025-09-30

Fixed

  • Don't output warnings about ew_* triggers on partition tables (triggers should be managed via the root table, and warnings will be outputted on those) (#57 / thanks @ponychicken)

[0.14.0] - 2025-09-16

Changed

  • Automatically use CREATE TRIGGER / DROP TRIGGER when using postgres <= 13. When >= 14, use CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER (#55 / thanks @ponychicken)

[0.13.3] - 2025-06-19

Fixed

  • Documentation typos (#52 / thanks @elfenlaid)
  • debug? field not specified correctly (#53 / thanks @elfenlaid)

[0.13.2] - 2025-05-22

Fixed

  • Documentation for using label when creating a watcher without an Ecto schema (#48 and #49 / thanks @dv01sw and @ponychicken)

[0.13.1] - 2025-04-04

Fixed

  • Updated README docs and improved error message for subscribing to :inserted for specific IDs (#46 / thanks @ghecho)

[0.13.0] - 2025-04-04

Added

  • Added support for source option in ecto schema fields (#44 / thanks @danwanek-wm)
  • Added column_map option for schemaless watchers (#44 / thanks @danwanek-wm)
  • PGUSER, PGPASSWORD, PGHOST, and PGDATABASE environment variables for testing of library (#44 / thanks @danwanek-wm)

[0.12.6] - 2025-04-01

Added

  • Testing guide in docs (#45 / thanks @Bodhert)

[0.12.5] - 2025-02-14

Fixed

  • Removed extra broadcast for inserts (#40 / thanks @Zurga)

[0.12.4] - 2025-02-13

Fixed

  • Docs typo

[0.12.3] - 2025-02-13

Fixed

  • Add errors for when postgres identifiers would be too long
  • Added docs to explain identifiers and using labels

[0.12.2] - 2024-12-16

Fixed

  • Link to CHANGELOG on hex.pm

[0.12.1] - 2024-10-17

Added

  • Docs fix

[0.12.0] - 2024-10-17

Added

  • Ability to unsubscribe (#33 + #34 / thanks @nelsonmestevao)

[0.11.2] - 2024-10-07

Fixed

  • Docs (#32 / thanks @c4710n)

[0.11.1] - 2024-08-22

Fixed

  • Don't print extra trigger / function error message if there is no extra triggers (#31 / thanks @ponychicken)

[0.11.0] - 2024-08-19

Added

  • debug? option for individual watchers as well as globally. See the "Debugging" section of the HexDocs documentation

[0.10.0] - 2024-08-16

Added

[0.9.11] - 2024-08-12

Fixed

  • Allow empty trigger_columns and extra_columns options (#24 / thanks @barrelltech)

[0.9.10] - 2024-08-12

Fixed

  • Non-EctoWatch function were being reported as needing to be cleaned up (#23 / thanks @barrelltech / @adampash)
  • Function / trigger cleanup was still looking for ECTO_WATCH_CLEANUP_TRIGGERS environment variable when ECTO_WATCH_CLEANUP was the documented option (#23 / thanks @barrelltech / @adampash)

[0.9.9] - 2024-08-10

Added

  • Documentation release

[0.9.8] - 2024-08-10

Added

  • Documentation release

[0.9.7] - 2024-08-10

Added

  • Documentation release

[0.9.6] - 2024-08-10

Added

  • Documentation release

[0.9.5] - 2024-08-08

Added

  • Add validation errors for when watchers are created which can't be disambiguated

[0.9.4] - 2024-08-08

Fixed

  • Documentation release

[0.9.3] - 2024-08-08

Fixed

  • Documentation release

[0.9.2] - 2024-08-08

Fixed

  • Documentation release

[0.9.1] - 2024-08-08

Fixed

  • Documentation release

[0.9.0] - 2024-08-07

Added

  • Warnings when there are extra triggers / function in the database
  • Support for auto-deleting triggers and functions when the ECTO_WATCH_CLEANUP environment variable is set to cleanup

[0.8.1] - 2024-08-07

Fixed

  • Add detail to exception for more helpful info on the change in messages

[0.8.0] - 2024-08-07

Changed

  • BREAKING: Don't require specifying update type for watchers with labels (#19)

Added

  • Allow watchers without an ecto schema (thanks @frerich / #18)

[0.7.0] - 2024-07-31

Changed

  • Allow empty watcher list (thanks @barrelltech / #14)

[0.6.0] - 2024-07-30

Added

  • Support for subscribing to association column values (thanks @barrelltech / #6)

Changed

  • Changed broadcast messages from a 4-element tuple to a 3-element tuple (see #12 / thanks @venkatd + @barrelltech)

[0.5.4] - 2024-07-18

Fixed

  • Backwards compatibility with older versions of postgres that don't support the OR REPLACE clause in CREATE TRIGGER (thanks @adampash / #10)

[0.5.3] - 2024-07-12

Fixed

  • Support primary keys other than id (thanks @venkatd / #3)

[0.5.1] - 2024-07-02

Fixed

  • Use quotes around table name in trigger to allow for special characters

[0.5.0] - 2024-07-02

Fixed

  • Support for ecto's @schema_prefix