Tealium for Cordova 1.x release notes (By Date)

Tealium for Java

• Removed unnecessary reference to javax.xml.ws.http.HTTPException to support newer JDKs without additional dependencies.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.6.0
  • HttpClient now supports only retrying on response codes that support retries.
  • Fix: ResourceRetriever refresh interval affecting library settings being fetched too often.
  • Fix: Reinstated missing ResourceEntity class
• RemoteCommandDispatcher 1.4.0.
  • Adding a RemoteCommand with a remote URL config now supports falling back to loading from an Asset named {command id}.json on the first launch.
    • If a file name is also provided, then it will use that name to lookup the Asset.
    • It is now safe to omit the .json extension on the filename parameter when adding a new remote command, although the .json extension of the actual file should still be present.
    • Fix: Refresh interval was not being adhered to
  • Updated the module dependency minimum on com.tealium:kotlin-core to 1.6.0.
• TagManagementDispatcher 1.2.2
  • The webview is refreshed on new sessions to ensure that the latest IQ configuration is available.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Improved local RemoteCommands to accept files path with or without the extension
• Fixed remote commands and remote settings refresh mechanism and caching
• Improved remote commands and remote settings retry mechanism
• Allow URL RemoteCommands to use a bundled local file with the commandId as the name while downloading the remote file or if it can’t be downloaded and is not cached
• Added a TagManagementWebview refresh after a session is expired

Remote commands

• Updated Braze SDK version to support Apple privacy manifest requirements.

Tealium for Cordova

• Upgrade native iOS and Android Tealium dependencies to the latest versions.
• Target XCode 15 for iOS and bump iOS minimum deployment target to iOS 12.
• Fixed Firebase plugin installation ordering issue that could cause Firebase not to work if installed before the main plugin.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Fixed Privacy Manifest NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons for the disk space category.

Remote commands

• Updated SKAdNetwork implementation in the Attribution module to support XCode15.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Now officially supporting XCode 15.
• Increased minimum supported operating system versions: iOS 12.0, TvOS 12.0, and MacOS 10.14.
• Added Privacy Manifest in the SDK for disclosing the privacy API usage reasons. Learn more

Remote commands

• Updated consent options for Adjust on iOS and Android.
• Updated Firebase Remote Commands on Android to support setting multiple user properties with a single command.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Increased minimum supported operating system versions: iOS 11.0, TvOS 11.0, WatchOS 4.0, and MacOS 10.13.
• Changed the storage default directory on disk for TvOS from Application Support to Caches because Application Support was not supported on the TVs.
• Removed the iAd framework from the Attribution module because it was disabled by Apple and will be removed soon.

Low Impact Changes

• Implemented the option to disable the whole SDK from remote settings.
• Updated the list of device names, including Mac devices and the newest iOS devices.
• Fixed TealiumVisitorProfile parsing to gracefully accept null strings.
• Improved error logs readability.
• Updated list of iOS device models.

Known Issues

• This is our final release targeting XCode 14. Note that XCode 15 dropped support for iOS 11. To install on XCode 15, you must manually increase the minimum deployment target of the Tealium library to iOS 12 after installing it or the app will crash on launch. For more information, see TEALIUM SWIFT BUG: Runtime crash on launch with Xcode 15 Release.

Remote commands

• Fixed the implementation of the Adjust trackThirdPartySharing flag.
• Updated Braze Remote Commands on iOS to unify functionality between all platforms and tag for webview.

Tealium for React Native

• Updated Android build.gradle files to allow the use of Kotlin version from parent project.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Version 4.50 provides more transparency and control over cookies written by utag.js.

Previously, we recommended using multi-value cookies (multicookies). However, due to the increasing demand for transparency and simplicity, particularly for data privacy audits, we have revised our recommendation. Now, we advise using standalone cookies, which is now the default behavior in utag.js.

This release includes the following updates:

• Writes separate utag_main cookies instead of a single multi-value cookie. To use the legacy behavior that stores multiple values in a single cookie, set split_cookie to false.
• Moves responsibility for utag_main_v_id from utag.js to the Tealium Collect tag. To force utag.js to set the utag_main_v_id cookie, set always_set_v_id to true.
• Adds a new id element in the Consent Manager cookie for logging consent. When this cookie is first set, it will match any utag_main_v_id values found, after which it won’t be changed. That behavior prioritizes maintaining the link between the user and the logged events, but means that a match isn’t guaranteed in all cases.
• Can easily be upgraded by updating the relevant templates.
• Adds the following utag settings:
  • split_cookie - Set to false to use the legacy single multi-value cookie.
  • split_cookie_allowlist - Specifies an array cookie names that can be set using the utag_main namespace.
  • always_set_v_id - Forces utag.js to set the utag_main_v_id cookie or the v_id component of utag_main.
• Updates the following templates:
  • utag.js (loader) to version 4.50, to update cookie behavior
  • cmGeneral to version 3.0.12, to add centralized logic for generating or retrieving a device ID that can be called from consent logging templates
  • cmDoNotSell to version 1.4.0, to call the centralized logic
  • fullConsentEventHandler to version 1.0.3, to call the centralized logic
  • partialConsentEventHandler to version 1.0.3, to call the centralized logic
  • Collect to version tv:20064.20230519 (released in May 2023)

For more information about the new settings for enhanced transparency in utag 4.50 or later, see Enhancing Cookie Transparency with utag 4.51.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Fix: ProGuard adjustment resolve missing BatchDispatch$Companion class.
• Minor lint warning fixes

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Removed data from the data layer that remained from a previous migration from the Objective-C library: app_version, uuid, visitor_id, last_track_event and last_session_created.
• Prevented an eventual crash on XCode 15 beta due to +load method being defined on an obj-c category of a Swift class.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.5.4
  • Session data expiration bug fix: fixes an issue whereby session scoped data may not be expired on launch
  • Event router events buffering: buffers events until SDK is ready so events are not missed during startup
  • Database lock crash bug fix: Some uncaught exceptions in persistence led to possible crashes
  • ProGuard rules updates to reinstate incorrectly obfuscated BatchDispatch class
• AdIdentifier 1.1.2
  • Fix: Data layer writes moved onto Tealium background thread

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Gradle updates, and Android compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion increased to version 33 for all modules.

Tealium for React Native

• Android-Kotlin dependencies updated including several fixes listed below.
  • Core 1.5.3, Visitor Service 1.2.0 and Lifecycle 1.2.0
• Fix: Some event sending delayed by Visitor Service updates
• Fix: Lifecycle negative values
• Fix: ModuleManager crashes caused by concurrent modification

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Database bug fix: Add database status check before performing writable actions, and allow event queuing until database is fully operational
• Library settings bug fix: Update how remote settings were fetched and saved
• Module manager bug fix: Update to thread-safe collection

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Added the getTagManagementWebView method on the Tealium instance to access the internal TagManagement WebView so clients can set the isInspectable flag and debug on XCode 14.3+.
• Fixed a possible crash that could happen when comparing two TealiumConfig objects with a WKWebViewConfiguration inside.
• Fixed an edge case that could cause some of our internal files to be unintentionally backed up and reused on different devices.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Improved launch performance in case of a large data layer.
• Fixed a bug where publish settings were not updated correctly in some internal modules.

Tealium for Cordova

• Added handling of Map type from the Ionic plugin. Map types are converted to Object where necessary.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Connectivity collector bug fix: Fixed an issue in the event where telephonyManager.networkOperator returns a blank string
• Deep link reporting bug fix:
  • Deep link handling limited to activities launched with intents where action == Intent.ACTION_VIEW
  • Empty URIs are ignored, and deep links that match what is already stored is a no*op
  • Handling pushed on to Tealium background thread.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Introduced overrides for compound keys in JSON remote commands to replace default delimiters (, and :) with the new configuration keys: keys_separation_delimiter and keys_equality_delimiter.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Tealium internal files on device to be reset when updating the library.

Tealium for Xamarin

• Updated Tealium native libraries dependencies. Tealium Swift 2.9.1 and Tealium Kotlin 1.5.1.
• Implemented methods to support visitor switching:
  • Added support for config option visitorIdentityKey to specify the key used to identify multiple users the app.
  • Added the method ResetVisitorId() to clear and generate a new visitor ID.
  • Added support for config option clearStoredVisitorIds to clear all stored visitor IDs on the device.
• Added the config option overrideConsentCategoriesKey to override the name of the consent categories attribute sent in consent events.

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Fixed to avoid possible crashes when trying to open a deep link with unescaped query parameters.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Implemented the new Apple Search Ads API for iOS 14.5+ in the Attribution module.
• Added new static objects mapping and compound keys functionality to the JSON remote commands to increase flexibility of use.

Low Impact Changes

• Updated device names lookup file.

Tealium for Java

• Persistent Data Deletion - deletePersistentData method added to the DataManager class.

Tealium for React Native

• Visitor Switching support
• Kotlin/Swift SDK dependencies updated

Tealium for Cordova

• Visitor Switching support.
• Kotlin/Swift SDK dependencies updated.

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Added support for QueryParameterProvider - allows additional parameters to be added to the URL used for the WebViewDispatcher

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Improved the Tag Management module code and thread security.
• VisitorService’s requestVisitorProfile now skips the timeout set by the visitorServiceRefresh config key.
• Added an observable for onVisitorId changes in the Tealium class to notify new IDs when resetVisitorId is called or when we automatically switch to a new visitor.
• Added the visitorIdentityKey config key for the new visitor switching API.
• Migrated the app_uuid storage to the data layer to allow applications to delete it if needed.
• Added clearStoredVisitorIds method in Tealium class to delete all stored visitor IDs for current and previous identities and reset the current visitorId.
• Added decorateUrl method to AdobeVisitorService module to add Adobe query parameter to a URL.

New Features

• Added query parameter provider functionality for Adobe ECID in the Tag Management module to decorate the webview URL with Adobe query parameter.
• Added support in remote commands for command mappings to all_events and all_views, which are triggered on each event and view, respectively.
• Added support for visitor switching.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Visitor Switching
  • Added TealiumConfig.visitorIdentityKey to specify the data layer key that represents a known identity in the data layer
  • Known identities are hashed and linked to the tealium_visitor_id for better switching between known identities
• Added the following listeners:
  • VisitorIdUpdatedListener: notifies when the visitor ID is updated as a result of switching identities or resetting the visitor ID
  • DataLayerUpdatedListener: listens for updates to key/value pairs in the data layer
  • onDataUpdated(String, Any): notifies when a value is updated in the data layer
  • onDataRemoved(Set<String>): notifies when the specified key is removed from the data layer by user interaction or data expiration
• RemoteCommandDispatcher 1.2.0
  • Support for default mapping all_events and all_views in the JSON mapping file to enable triggering specific commands in response to each view or event
• TagManagement 1.2.0
  • QueryParameterProvider: added additional parameters to the URL for the Tag Management module
  • Improved webview instantiation and page load management
• Kotlin dependency updates
  • Stdlib: 1.6.21
  • Coroutines: 1.6.2

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Values from localStorage and sessionStorage are automatically added to the data layer object.
• Added override options ignoreSessionStorage and ignoreLocalStorage.
• Fixed an issue where tealium_environment and ut.env were not set correctly for first-party domain customers.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Updated SKAdNetwork calls to use updatePostbackConversionValue if on iOS 15

High Impact Changes

• Removed initial call to trackUserConsentCategories this may effect you if you rely on that being called.

New Features

• Added config option overrideConsentCategoriesKey to override the name of the Tealium consent categories attribute, to support custom enforcement of server-side consent.

Tealium for React Native

• Added React 18 to supported versions for all packages
• All remote command and location modules updated to support React 18
• Upgraded Kotlin version to 1.6.0

Tealium for Cordova

• Fixed incorrect plugin_version version number in data layer.

Tealium for Xamarin

• Fixed a bug that caused events to be tracked as views.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.4.3
  • DeviceCollector bug fix: Correct calculation for tealium_logical_resolution
• TagManagement 1.1.3
  • Bug fix: Relocate sessionCountingEnabled to fix miscount on fresh launch
• VisitorService 1.1.1
  • Bug fix: Move visitor service profile override to earlier initialization
• Location: Add missing ProGuard rules for new classes

Tealium for React Native

• Kotlin dependency upgraded to 1.4.1
• Swift dependency upgraded to 2.6.4
• Added overrideCollectProfile, overrideCollectDomain and sessionCountingEnabled keys to the config
• Added gatherTrackData method to Tealium instance

Tealium for Xamarin

• Added a custom implementation of a Firebase Remote command 1.0.0.

Tealium for Nativescript

• Kotlin dependency upgraded to 1.4.1
• Swift dependency upgraded to 2.6.4
• Added overrideCollectProfile, overrideCollectDomain, and sessionCountingEnabled keys to the config
• Added gatherTrackData method to Tealium instance

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.4.1
  • Bug fix: Update consent status to return string instead of enum value

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Improved logic for storing and updating visitorId for the visitor profile.
• Added the config flag enableBackgroundLocation to enable location updates when the app is running in the background.
• Fixed dispatchExpiration logic to accept -1 as never expire for queued tracking events.
• Removed support for catalyst in the prebuilt frameworks to solve building errors.
• Fixed remote commands name and version tracking.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.4.0
  • Added gatherTrackData to expose all data layer and collector variables

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.3.3
  • Update remote command dependency
• RemoteCommandDispatcher 1.1.1
  • Added remote command names and versions to data layer

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Fixed a bug that could cause publish settings to be retrieved more than once.
• Fixed a bug that caused dataLayer variables with untilRestart expiration not to be deleted.
• The following Location modules have been replaced with their respective getters:
  • createdGeofences -> getCreatedGeofences(completion:)
  • lastLocation -> getLastLocation(completion:)
  • monitoredGeofences -> getMonitoredGeofences(completion:)

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.3.2
  • Added events property to TealiumConfig to add listeners at startup. This fixes the issue of missed events at startup.
• Lifecycle 1.1.1
  • Bug fix: Fixed the default values for some attributes that caused missed events when combined with the Tag Management module
• InAppPurchase 1.0.1
  • Additional purchase_date key provided in ISO-8601 format
• Tag Management 1.1.2
  • Added the sessionCountingEnabled flag to TealiumConfig to disable session counting for Tealium iQ accounts that use self-hosted JavaScript files

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Added the sessionCountingEnabled flag to TealiumConfig to allow disabling of session counting for Tealium iQ accounts that use self-hosted JavaScript files.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Added the sessionCountingEnabled flag to TEALConfiguration to allow disabling of session counting for Tealium iQ accounts that use self-hosted JavaScript files.
• Fixed a crash that could happen for devices with no preferred language.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Improved logs for enum based errors.
• Added the sessionCountingEnabled flag to TealiumConfig to allow disabling of session counting for Tealium iQ accounts that use self-hosted JavaScript files.

Tealium for React Native

• Support added up to React Native 0.67.1 + gradle 7
• Added support for additional Optional Modules, as well as packaged Remote Commands
• Tealium Kotlin 1.3.0 and Tealium Swift 2.6.0 dependency increase
• Added Location Module 1.0.0

For iOS, the podspec has been split, so you should now add pod "tealium-react-native-swift", :path => '../node_modules/tealium-react-native/tealium-react-native-swift.podspec' to your Podfile.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.3.1
  • Stability fix for failed webview creation
  • Stability fix for connectivity exception handling
  • In App Purchase auto tracking 1.0.0 release

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Added a new TealiumInAppPurchase module to automatically track in app purchases.

Low Impact Changes

• Added remote commands names and versions to the data layer.
• Added a workaround in isLowPowerModeEnabled for the iOS 15 internal crash.
• Internally refactored the handling of lifecycle events.
• Replaced internal usage of deprecated NSKeyedUnarchiver in the migrator from the legacy Tealium Objective-C library.
• Fixed an issue that caused duplicated JSON remote commands the first time we requested the remote configuration.
• Fixed a typo in gatherTrackData.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Fixed import of Swift code in Objective-C files when compiling as a static library, such as when using Cocoapods without setting use_frameworks! or using Tealium React Native library.

Low Impact Changes

• Prevented automatic deep link tracking from digesting AppDelegate’s deep links, in order to allow other implementations to handle their own deep links.
• Fixed threading issues for TagManagement module and TealiumConfig.

Tealium for Nativescript

• Bumped version numbers for new release, no actual changes

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

High Impact Changes

• The AutoTracking module now supports SwiftUI and UIKit and is cross-platform (iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS).

Medium Impact Changes

• Added SPM support for AutoTracking module.
• Added automatic handling of deep links for SceneDelegate and SwiftUI apps.
• Added an info.plist flag TealiumAutotrackingDeepLinkEnabled with the value of false to disable automatic deep link tracking.
• Added support for manual tracking of deep links:
  • SwiftUI: use trackingAppOpenUrl() View modifier or TealiumAppTrackable container View.
  • UIKit: use handleDeepLink() from your AppDelegate or SceneDelegate.

Low Impact Changes

• Made all data layer and Collector’s variables available using the method Tealium.gatherTrackData().
• Renamed TealiumKeys to TealiumDataKeys, for use with gatherTrackData().
• Improved Codable support by ignoring non-codable values in release builds and causing a crash in debug builds.
• Reduced Geofences loading usage of main thread.

Known Issues

• CocoaPods platform iOS version is increased to 11 due to linting issues (but, if required, it’s safe to lower it to 9 with a post-install script).
• Carthage generates warnings with Xcode 13 (https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage/issues/3238).

Tealium for Xamarin

• Initial release

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when deallocating a RemoteCommand before sending HTTP requests to our internal command.
• Fixed a bug that prevented data layer variables from being persisted for sessions longer than 30 minutes.
• Avoided registration for isLowPowerModeEnabled notification if the batterySaver feature is not enabled, avoiding possible crashes on an iOS 15 internal deadlock.
• Fixed a bug where the tracking call queue would not get processed after receiving consent.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.2.8
  • Added TealiumConfig.logLevel to enable overriding the log level derived from the environment
  • Added consent_last_updated timestamp to the payload of each event triggered by the Consent Manager
  • Payload key constants migrated to Dispatch.Keys.XXX for ease of access
  • Bug fixes
    • app_name now falls back to a non-localized version of the app label
    • Fixed event router crashes caused by threading.
    • screen_title re-added to the TealiumView payload by default, and set to the viewName when one is not provided in the context data
    • Unnecessary logging removed when trying to load tealium-settings.json as an asset.
    • Where multiple deep links occur during a session, previous deep link parameters are now removed from the data layer prior to adding the new ones.
• CollectDispatcher 1.0.6, HostedDataLayer 1.0.4, RemoteCommandDispatcher 1.0.5, TagManagement 1.0.7
  • Event key references updated to use the new Dispatch.Keys.XXX (only present in Core 1.2.8+).

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

• Version skipped due to publishing issues.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.2.7
  • Added device_logical_resolution to the data layer from the DeviceData module.

Tealium for Nativescript

• Fixed iOS dependency problem
• Updated Android dependencies

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Fixed issue with Lifecycle XCFramework file that prevented successful archiving of the enclosing app’s .ipa file
• Carthage can now use XCFrameworks directly from the Github repo without requiring an intermediate JSON file (see Install). Any existing Cartfile references must be updated.
• CocoaPods now uses XCFramework files

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Finalized fix on bug that caused IDFA and ATT authorization status to not update at runtime.

Tealium for React Native

• Android support for customVisitorId
• Added support to get session ID - use getSessionId()

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Storage updates to prevent unnecessary file backups.

Low Impact Changes

• Added Media module which tracks streaming media in apps through the use of custom events.
• Removed legacy authentication option from Remote HTTP Command.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.2.6
  • Added TealiumConfig.existingVisitorId to support using your own unique identifier.
  • Added TealiumConfig.consentManagerLoggingProfile to support to overriding the profile for consent logging
  • Consent Logging event routed through all enabled dispatchers.
  • Updated values for data layer variables app_build and app_version.
• Tag Management Dispatcher 1.0.6
  • Support for consent logging profile override.
• Collect Dispatcher 1.0.5
  • Support for consent logging profile override.
• Visitor Service 1.0.5
  • Bug fix: Deserializing stored long values.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

High Impact Changes

• Added the option to set a WKProcessPool instance on the TealiumConfig object for the Tealium Tag Management webview to use to avoid cookie synchronization issues.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Medium Impact Changes

• Updated the persistent storage module to use Application Storage instead of the Caches directory. This prevents persistent data from being deleted when upgrading to iOS 14.7+.

Low Impact Changes

• Updated the Connectivity module to use one instance of CTTelephonyNetworkInfo instead of instantiating multiple times.
• Removed the cookie migration logic that was used to migrate cookies from the UIWebView to the WKWebView.
• Updated the RegEx that was used to validate URLs. This allows more uncommon URLs to be used, such as localhost, local IPs, and URLs with ports.

Tealium for React Native

• Tealium Android dependencies updated to the latest
• Android launch event fix + tests
• iOS VisitorProfile arraysOfStrings update
• Update tealium-react-native.podspec to support 0.64+ and Hermes
• Update the index.d.ts
• Update example app

Tealium for Cordova

• Initial release.
• Cordova 9.0.0 is the minimum requirement.
• Updates the SDK from Java to Kotlin, and from Objective-C to Swift.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Minor fix to revert consent policy key back to policy.
• Verified that the decline_consent event is not queued or dropped.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Fixed issues with HttpClient and consent logging failures.
• Improved asynchronous performance by moving HttpClient execution onto the IO dispatcher.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• utag.js version 4.48 template updated with secure_cookie setting.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

High Impact Changes

• Added the option to set a WKProcessPool instance on the TealiumConfig object for the Tealium Tag Management webview to use to avoid cookie synchronization issues.
• Removed the data layer value call_type and replaced it with tealium_event_type. When the event type is a standard track and not a screen view, the tealium_event_type value is now event instead of link.

If your load rules or attribute rules are configured to look for call_type, update them to look for tealium_event_type instead. If they were checking for the value link on event types, update the condition to check for event.

Low Impact Changes

• Minor fix to resolve a small memory leak in the RemoteCommands module.
• Minor fix in the lifecycle module that was sending the lifecycle_diddetectcrash=true on sleep and wake events.
• Custom consent policies are now supported.

Tealium for React Native

• New optional initialization callback to support methods that are required to be accessed after the Tealium instance is ready
• New remoteCommands config property to permit passing RemoteCommand objects in during configuration.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Core 1.2.4

  • Added new data layer variables enabled_modules and enabled_modules_versions. Both are arrays of strings, containing a sorted list of modules in use and their version number - latest versions of all modules required to retrieve their version.

  module names have also been changed from UPPER_SNAKE_CASE to PascalCase to match Swift.

  • New config option remoteApiEnabled to permit disabling of remote_api events when using the RemoteCommands and TagManagement modules.
  • New config option overrideCollectProfile to permit overriding the value of tealium_profile in the event payload, routing events to a different Tealium profile to the one set on the TealiumConfig object.
  • Bug fix: Added support for both application/json and x-www-form-urlencoded content types when using the HttpRemoteCommand.
  • Bug fix: Fixed an issue with specific collections not being encoded correctly.

Tealium for React Native

Low Impact Changes

• Bug Fixes:
  • safeGet extension methods added in Kotlin to check key safety on earlier React Native versions earlier than 0.63.3
  • React module imports added to the bridging header in order to accomodate React Native versions earlier than 0.63.3
• SDK dependency and package.json increments

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• ProGuard and consumer rules revision; added missing public classes, and the consumer rules have been revised
• Core 1.2.1, Collect Dispatcher 1.0.3, TagManagement Dispatcher 1.0.3, Install Referrer 1.0.2, Lifecycle 1.0.3, Location 1.0.3, VisitorService 1.0.3, RemoteCommand Dispatcher 1.0.2, Hosted DataLayer 1.0.2, Crash Reporter 1.0.1, Ad Identifier 1.0.1

Tealium for Nativescript

• Update plugin with latest Tealium Kotlin and Swift libraries
• Added support for Consent Expiry

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Fix: WebViewDispatcher - Allow for proper dequeuing of offline events after reestablishing network connectivity.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Medium Impact Changes

• Lower-cased the value of the platform variable to correct mobile session timer. Previously, sessions were measured similarly to web (30 minutes of consistent activity). By lower-casing the platform variable, the Customer Data Hub recognizes the incoming data as a mobile session and the session length is shortened to 2 minutes.

Update your load rules if you have Load or Attribute Rules configured checking for case sensitive platform values such as iOS vs ios.

Low Impact Changes

• Resolved build warnings and updated deprecated APIs

Tealium for React Native

Low Impact Changes

• Bug Fixes:
  • Included all .ts files in package directory (the common.ts file was missing)
  • Updated the path to source files in the .podspec

Tealium for Java

• Bug fix - Updated track method to use a copy of Persistent Data to stop event data unexpectedly being stored

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Adds defensive code for potential jQuery vulnerability. Checks to make sure the src of a JavaScript file is set directly and not inherited from a compromised Object.prototype. This issue was fixed in jQuery 3.5.0, but re-introduced in 3.5.1.

• Update to check for Array type with the built-in utag.ut.typeOf function instead of using instance of. Fixes issue with utag.js running in iframe in a testing environment (such as Cypress) and JavaScript instance of operation not working correctly.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

Low Impact Changes

• Removed TealiumCore as an embedded framework as it was causing AppStore submission errors when using Carthage as a dependency.
• Re-added TealiumAttribution scheme within tealium-swift.xcodeproj which permits the framework to be built by Carthage.

Tealium for React Native

Initial Release

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Consent Management
  • Consent Expiration: Introduced the ability to set an expiration for provided consent
  • Deprecated consentManagerEnabled config property; setting a valid ConsentPolicy automatically enabled the Consent Manager
  • Bug fix: Incorrect consent collector logic
• Visitor ID: New method manually regenerates a Visitor ID for the device
  • ProGuard: Initial ProGuard rules added to generated binaries and consumer ProGuard rules
• AdIdentifier 1.0.0
  • Initial release of the AdIdentifier module: if available, AdIdentifier is added to each dispatch
• CrashReporter 1.0.0
  • Initial release of the CrashReporter module: uncaught exceptions causing a crash are recorded and any crash data is sent on the next dispatch when the app launches again
• Collect Dispatcher 1.0.2, Hosted DataLayer 1.0.1, InstallReferrer 1.0.1, Lifecycle 1.0.2, Location 1.0.2, RemoteCommand Dispatcher 1.0.1, TagManagement Dispatcher 1.0.1, Visitor Service 1.0.2
  • ProGuard - Initial ProGuard rules added to generated binaries and consumer ProGuard rules

Tealium for Nativescript

• Initial Release

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

New Features

• Added the Timed Events feature which tracks the time between specified events.

Low Impact Changes

• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to set a custom endpoint for the Collect module.
• Renamed the collectOverrideURL to overrideCollectURL for consistency with other libraries.
• Introduced new URL override option for batched events overrideCollectBatchURL.
• Added device_manufacturer to the data layer.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Timed events support for reporting the time taken between user events of interest
• New device_model and device_manufacturer data keys provided by the DeviceCollector
• Automated unit and instrumented tests for PRs into master using GitHub actions
• Collect Dispatcher 1.0.1
  • Additional Collect URL overrides
  • Test coverage increase
• Hosted Datalayer 1.0.0
  • Test coverage increase
• Lifecycle 1.0.1
  • Bug fix: Missing autotracked key on sleep events
  • Test coverage increase
  • Location 1.0.1
  • Bug fix: Issue with automatically adding nearby geofences
  • Test coverage increase
• Visitor Service 1.0.1
  • Non-breaking change for testability purposes
  • Test coverage increase

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Refactor to accommodate for new remote commands adapter
  • Fixes issue regarding erasing visitor profile before deletion
• RemoteCommands Adapter Module 1.0.0
  • General Remote Commands extracted from core library for use with Tealium Android-Java and Tealium-Kotlin

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

New Features

• The remote commands feature was updated with a new option to use a remote or locally hosted JSON configuration files, removing the requirement for a webview. If using the Remote Command tag option, in iQ Tag Management, the webview is required. Learn more about JSON controlled remote commands.
• Added support for Approximate Location Tracking (iOS 14+) with the function requestTemporaryFullAccuracyAuthorization(purposeKey:) through the TealiumLocation module. Learn more about the iOS 14 Location Updates and requesting temporary full authorization

Medium Impact Changes

• Lower-cased the value of the platform variable to correct mobile session timer. Previously, sessions were measured similarly to web (30 minutes of consistent activity). By lower-casing the platform variable, the Customer Data Hub recognizes the incoming data as a mobile session and the session length is shortened to 2 minutes.

Update your load rules if you have Load or Attribute Rules configured checking for case sensitive platform values such as iOS vs ios.

Low Impact Changes

• Add origin: mobile to the track payload

Tealium for Xamarin 1.x nelease notes

• Updated core libraries - iOS 5.7.0, Android 5.8.0.
• Removes UIWebView dependency.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Support for multiple instances of Tealium
  • Breaking changes introduced for construction of Tealium instances
• Fix: Connectivity issues on older Android versions

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Maven dependency fix
• Additional Dispatch payload logging

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Tealium iQ session reporting is now handled by the SDK rather than the webview

Update your mobile.html template within Tealium iQ when updating to v5.8.0 in order to support this change.

• Minor fixes for issues raised by security scan
• CrashReporter 1.1.0
  • Crash data is now saved when the crash occurs and subsequently sent on the next launch of the application. This update increases the reliability that crashes are tracked successfully

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

High Impact Changes

• Added support for native session counting in lieu of using the session counting logic within utag.js. This provides more accurate session counts, and fixes some edge cases where background activities triggered new sessions, resulting in higher than expected session counts.

⚠️ Important ⚠️ If Tag Management is enabled in the Mobile Publish Settings, you must also update the mobile.html template within the associated account. If this action isn’t performed, duplicate sessions are recorded in Tealium. Read more about how to update a template.

Tealium for iOS (Swift)

New Features

• New CCPA API added to the Consent Manager module. Learn more in the Consent Manager documentation.
• Native Hosted Data Layer support
• Automatic Deep Link tracking that will add deeplink URLs, universal link URLs, and query string parameters to the data layer when the user opens the app from one of these methods.
• Ability to start a Trace by scanning a QR Code from the Customer Data Hub UI
• Added a new TealiumLogger that uses the Apple preferred OSLog vs the print function. There is still an option to use print by setting the logType property on the TealiumConfig object. Read more about Logging.
• Combined several ancillary modules into the Core library for faster and more straightforward installation. See the modules section for more information.
• Updated the track() method to accept a Dispatch type of View or Event. This allows us to support one track method and provide more clarity around screen and event tracking. Read more about the updated track() method.
• Support for more expiration options for data variables. See Data layer for more information.
• Support for native session counting in lieu of using the session counting logic within utag.js. This provides more accurate session counts, and fixes some edge cases where background activities triggered new sessions, resulting in higher than expected session counts.

⚠️Important⚠️ If the Tag Management Module is being used as the dispatch option, you must also update the mobile.html template within the associated TiQ account/profile. If this action isn’t performed, duplicate sessions are recorded in Tealium. Learn more about how to update a template or contact your Account Manager for assistance.

High Impact Changes

• Updated the API to be more in line with Swift best practices
• Optimized the modules system for better performance
• Optimized the individual modules for better performance
• Removed multiple delegate options for API simplicity
• Improved connectivity checks - NWPathMonitor now used on supported devices
• Removed the CrashReporter module from the project and added to a separate repository for those that want to use it
• Removed NotificationCenter in the RemoteCommands module and replaced it with the Delegate pattern

Low Impact Changes

• Added more protocols and result types for testability
• Updated class names for consistency with other Tealium libraries
• Added more inline code documentation
• Updated unit tests and added performance testing

For previous release notes prior to 2.x, see Tealium for Swift 1.x.

Tealium for Android (Kotlin)

• Initial release
• Tealium Tag Management support
• Collect support

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Fix: Added Tealium.Config API setOverrideCollectDispatchProfile to override profile for Collect module
• Lifecycle 1.1.4
  • Fix: tealium_event now contains the lifecycle event type (launch/wake/sleep) to support Event Specifications

Tealium for Android (Java)

• Fix: WebViewClient onRenderProcessGone implemented for Android API 26+ to gracefully handle a render process crash and reinitialize the WebView (TagManagement module only)

Tealium for React Native

Low Impact Changes

• Added ability to override the Collect Dispatch URL in the initializeCustom method
• Enabled null in TypeScript definition for parameters that accept it
• Fixed TypeScript definition for Remote Command methods

Tealium for Flutter 1.x

High Impact Changes

• Added support for Tealium remote commands through Flutter. This allows for a remote command to be added in a JavaScript file and the payload will be passed back via a callback function. Remote commands may also be removed. Refer to the Flutter API to learn more about the remote command methods.

Low Impact Changes

• Underlying Tealium libraries updated to versions 5.7.0 (Android) and 5.6.6 (iOS)

Tealium for React Native

High Impact Changes

• Added support for Tealium remote commands through React Native. This allows for a remote command to be added in a JavaScript file and the payload will be passed back via a callback function. Remote commands may also be removed via React Native. Refer to the React Native API to learn more about the remote command methods.

Low Impact Changes

• Underlying Tealium libraries updated to versions 5.7.0 (Android) and 5.6.6 (iOS)
• Added TypeScript typings

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Bug Fix. Update log format on removeRemoteCommandID.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Fix to the captureTimeDataSourcesForType method to use the volatileDatasourcesCopy instead of the clientVolatileDataSources directly. This means that the addToVolatileDataSources method may now safely be called from a separate thread.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Added the tealium_session_id the volatile data variables so is easily retrieved and used.

Tealium for React Native

High Impact Changes

• Support for ReactNative Autolinking in 0.60+
• Better support for nested event data specifically for Android platform
• Underlying Tealium libraries updated to versions 5.5.5 (Android) and 5.6.3 (iOS)
• Bug Fixes
  • Corrected method signature for Tealium.getPersistentData(key, callback)
  • Build errors in iOS relating to Vdata/Event enums have been fixed
  • Fixed crashes on some iPad versions (only when using TealiumIOS pod v5.6.0/5.6.1)

Tealium for Xamarin 1.x nelease notes

• Updated embedded Android SDK to 5.6.0
• Updated embedded iOS SDK to 5.6.5
• Updated sample app dependencies

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

High Impact Changes

• Removed the UIWebView entirely to now only support WKWebView as Apple has deprecated UIWebView since iOS 8.0. We kept the support for the UIWebView for convenience, and to ensure visitor sessions and analytics history was left intact. However, per ITMS-90809: Deprecated API Usage - Apple will stop accepting submissions of apps that use UIWebView APIs. Learn more about UIWebView. We do have the WKHTTPCookieStore in place that will migrate the cookies used in UIWebView over to the WKWebView. This will ensure that the user IDs/visitor cookies will seamlessly transition to the new implementation.

Medium Impact Changes

• Updated the device list to include the latest Apple devices (X, XR, XS, 11, etc). We also updated the implementation to load from a JSON file instead of hardcoding the device names. Lastly, we added two more variables with extra device detail: model_name (such as iPhone 8, iPhone XR Max, iPhone 11 Pro, etc) and model_variant" For example, "GSM", "WiFi", "model A1457, A1518, A1528", etc. If no extra model information is available, the standard device variable will read something like: "iPhone 10,0".

Tealium for React Native

Low Impact Changes

• Removed rnpm from package.json and added a react-native.config.js per React documentation.
• Updated Android and gradle versions in the sample app.
• Updated both Android and iOS sample apps to use the latest versions of their respective Tealium libraries.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Added functionality to reattach to the view at each track call so that Tealium does not need to be reinitialized when view hierarchy changes. Validation in your own app is essential; verify that you see tracking calls leaving your app in a variety of different screens in your app, including any views that may be launched from push notifications, where the view hierarchy may have changed.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

Low Impact Changes

• Removed trace ID cookie check on each call to the webview since this appeared to be causing crashes. This worked nicely with UIWebView but seemed to cause problems with WKWebView. Refer to Debugging Tealium Mobile Apps for other Tealium installation validation and debugging methods.

Tealium for C sharp

High Impact Changes

• Collection endpoint changed from VData to HTTP API.
• Introduced Support for both HTTP GET and POST methods for sending data; default is POST.

Low Impact Changes

• Trace helper methods added to the Tealium class to make it easier to join/leave/end a Trace.
  • This adds the tealium_trace_id key and trace ID value to all events whilst a trace has been joined.
• Bug Fix
  • Optional Data supplied on Config creation was not being passed in events.
  • This is not present on all events.
• .gitignore file added to remove unnecessarily tracked compiled code.

Tealium for Flutter 1.x

• Initial release.
• This plugin allows users to use the Tealium native mobile libraries (Android/iOS) within Flutter applications.

Tealium for iOS (Objective C)

High Impact Changes

• Tag Management now uses WKWebView instead of UIWebView by default. Read Tag Management documentation carefully before upgrading.

Low Impact Changes

• New sample app added to showcase WKWebView updates/changes

Tealium for React Native

Low Impact Changes

• null activity handling, as well as extra instance null checks for Consent Manager methods.
• Gradle updates to target latest Android version.

Tealium for Java

• Removed visitor_id and switch to "event" endpoint
• tealium_visitor_id and tealium_vid removed
• Use the "event" endpoint using the POST method with JSON
• Created a Udo data object to represent data instead of the ambiguous Map<String, Object>
• Updated methods to use the Udo data type and deprecate API methods using Map<String, Object> for data
• Lots of refactoring and introduction of TDD practices to encourage more maintainable code in the library

Tealium for React Native

Low Impact Changes

• Bug Fix - Fixed public trackEvent() to call trackEvent() on Tealium instance for Android

High Impact Changes

• Additional public-facing methods of Tealium iOS and Tealium Android are now exposed.
  • Consent Management
    • iOS
    • Android
  • VisitorID - Retrieve the Visitor ID for the current Tealium instance, or for any other instance specified.
• Multiple instances of Tealium are now supported.
• New configuration options have been added that include the enablement of Consent Management, Lifecycle, and a Datasource ID.

Tealium for Xamarin 1.x nelease notes

• Initial Release

Tealium for React Native

High Impact Changes

• Added NPM Package support to the initial release

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Adds support for the following new built-in variables:
  • tealium_session_number - a duplicate of the existing value in utag.data['cp.utag_main__sn']
  • tealium_session_event_number - the cookie value in utag.data['cp.utag_main__se'] that counts the number of tracking calls (utag.view(), utag.link()) in the current session (visit). This is useful for Single Page Apps (SPAs) where there is only one page load with many tracked events on that page. For pages using the noview flag, the value is ‘1’ for both page load (load rule evaluation) and the first call to utag.view().
• Adds support for an empty param list passed into utag.link, utag.view or utag.track calls. In previous versions, calls to utag.link() or utag.view() work fine, but gets an extra cfg object added to the data layer. Calls to utag.track() causes an exception in previous versions.
• For pages using noview flag, there are two things to keep in mind:
  • The data layer will have a ‘1’ value for tealium_session_event_number for both page load (utag.js uses data layer to loads in tags) and first call to utag.view (which fires tags and/or loads in more tags.)
  • Because cookies are used and initialized at page load time, if the utag.view call does not happen in time on the first page, and the page is refreshed in browser, it moves to ‘2’ for the first utag.view call which happens on second page. This is an edge case since most implementations calls utag.view immediately after utag.js executes.
• This update also includes fixes for the “OU” function used by legacy Privacy Manager Extension.
  • The OPTOUTMULTI cookie is re-checked with each call to utag.view/link (no page refresh required)
  • Tags fired directly by tag’s UID also checks the OPTOUTMULTI cookie settings before firing

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Fixes bug introduced in version 4.40 that added an extra entry in browser history for pages that loaded the same tag in an iframe more than once. This issue likely impacted Single Page Apps (SPAs) using iframe-based tag vendors.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Removed use of global variable i – previously used in loop through global variable utag_cfg_ovrd (config override object)
• Removed legacy s2s support (as this was previously removed from Tealium iQ.) Cloud Delivery supported in Tealium Customer Data Hub.
• Adds support for error handler function passed into utag.ut.loader utility function. This is only for modern browsers (older browser may the standard callback cb function instead)

utag.ut.loader({
        "src"   : "https://www.example.com/path/file.js",
        "cb"    : function(){console.log("CALLBACK")},
        "error" : function(){console.log("ERROR IN LOADING")}
        });

Tealium for Java

• Added Datasource
• New variable tealium_datasource added
• Persistent file name changed to account.profile.data (if upgrading from prior version, file no longer accessible)
• Bug fix for unit test

Tealium for C sharp

• Event Tracking
  • Track event names with optional additional data. Provide completion blocks to handle any responses.
• Collect Module
  • Support for sending event data to a collection endpoint. If needed, override the defaults to Tealium’s VData endpoint.
• AppData Module
  • Provides automatic inclusion of useful app data (session id, random number and timestamp) to each events, as well as user defined optional data.
• Logger Module
  • Provides log output for debugging purposes.
• Sample application included showing example interaction with the main classes.

Tealium for Java

• New variable tealium_event_type added
• track(type, title, data, completion) added as new primary track method, types avail:
  • activity
  • conversion
  • derived
  • interaction
  • view
• DispatchCallback update to return info dictionary instead of just encodedUrl -> ( boolean, map<String, Object>, error) that
• Removed of convenience retry track(string, callBack)

Tealium for Java

• Bug Fix - LogLevel enum converted to public API

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Add new built-in Tealium event attributes. These new attributes are added to the data layer with each Tealium view or link event.

• tealium_visitor_id The Tealium-generated ID in the cookie cp.utag_main_v_id
• tealium_session_id The epoch timestamp string of current session start in ms
• tealium_account The account string value in the path to the utag.js file
• tealium_profile The profile string value in the path to the utag.js file
• tealium_environment The environment string value in the path to the utag.js file. For example, “dev” or “prod.”
• tealium_datasource The data source key from Tealium EventStream.
• tealium_random A random number as a string for use in cache busting
• tealium_library_name The name of the library (utag.js)
• tealium_library_version The version of the utag.js. For example, “4.42.0” for this release)
• tealium_timestamp_epoch Current epoch time in seconds as an integer
• tealium_timestamp_utc Current ISO string timestamp for UTC time zone (not available on older browsers)
• tealium_timestamp_local Current ISO string timestamp for browser’s time zone (not available on older browsers)

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Minor update to fix typo for the fallback function in utag.ut.encode.

The encodeURIComponent call now falls back to use JavaScript’s escape call for the exception when encoding badly formed unicode characters.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Improvements in behavior in Single Page App (SPA) sites using utag.link and utag.view

Previously, items in current data layer passed to utag.link/view were merged into the utag.data global object. This was required to re-evaluate load rules for each utag.link/view call. The utag.js 4.40 template takes advantage of a publish engine update so that this is no longer required. In version 4.40, the utag.data global object is not updated with each utag.link or utag.view call.

You may use the following JS Extension to test for backwards compatibility with 4.39 behavior before updating to 4.40.

// JS Extension scoped to "Before Load Rules"
utag.ut.merge( b, utag.data, 0 );
utag.ut.merge( utag.data, b ,1 );

New “noconsole” flag.

Setting the flag in utag_cfg_ovrd object to true stops any output from utag.DB from displaying in the web console. If debugging is enabled, the output still persist in the utag.db_log array.

Creating an iframe in DOM using utag.ut.loader function

If an iframe with the same ID already exists, the iframe is not added again. Instead, the iframe src is updated.

Updating JS Page vars value for utag.view or utag.link calls

JS Page vars are now updated to their current value with every call to utag.view or utag.link. As a result the b["js_page.my_global_var"] has the latest value in window.my_global_var each time utag.link is called.

Bug fix to keep cp.utag_main_ses_id in the data layer with every utag.link or utag.view call

The value is now updated with a new session ID following a utag.link/view call that occurs when the visitor has been on the same page for 30 minutes with no activity.

Removed trick to use eval to read the document.referrer value into the data layer’s b["dom.referrer"]

New utag.ut.encode function

This function falls back to use escape when encodeURIComponent issues an exception (an exception is possible when attempting to encode Unicode characters that are incomplete or incorrectly formed).

_t_visitor_id and _t_session_id are no longer available

Auto-generated data layer values _t_visitor_id and _t_session_id are no longer available. These are replaced by ut.visitor_id and ut.session_id. If still desired, add them back in as follows:

// JS Extension scoped to "Before Load Rules"
b["_t_visitor_id"] = b["cp.utag_main_v_id"];
b["_t_session_id"] = b["cp.utag_main_ses_id"];

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Adds support for the Tealium Collect Tag that writes visitor enrichment data to a profile-specific location in local storage.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Supports a new drop-down list for selecting when to execute an All-Tags-scoped Extension.
  • After Load Rules (default selection)
  • Before Load Rules (not supported by 4.37 and below)
  • After Tags (not supported by 4.37 and below)

This feature is not compatible with 4.37 below as they may cause the Extension to run more than once.

• Added support for calling utag.view before all the Tags have loaded; this fixes a bug when calling utag.view to fire a specific Tag by its UID inside a DOM Ready-scoped Extension.
• Added support for calling utag.link for a specific Tag by its UID.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Fixed a bug that incorrectly decodes any instance of $ value in the utag_main cookie and render it as a separator instead. Following this fix, the utag_main cookie values are not ‘double decoded’ anymore.
• Fixed a bug that caused the utag_main__ss cookie to be set incorrectly when the readywait flag was set and /or the utag_data object was absent from the page.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Load new tags on call to utag.link(). Calling utag.link() can load tags not already on the page.
• Fixed a bug in which the utag.data object was not initialized for DOM Ready-scoped extensions when the waittimer and readywait flags were set to true.
• Added new built-in Data Layer variables:
  • utag.data["ut.domain"]: The website’s domain
  • utag.data["ut.version"]: The version of utag.js loading on the site
  • utag.data["ut.event"]: The type of event (link or view)
  • utag.data["ut.account"]: The Tealium iQ account on the site
  • utag.data["ut.profile"]: The Tealium iQ profile on the site
  • utag.data["ut.env"]: The publish environment
• Fixed a bug in which manual utag.view and utag.link calls were not extending the session end cookie timestamp. This is especially useful for single-page apps and sites that rely on AJAX to keep the session open while the visitor interacts with the site.
• Fixed a bug for blocking Tags that prevented synchronously loading Tags from being used as blocking Tags.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the loading of multiple synchronous blocking Tags from cache for older of Internet Explorer.
• Added debugging to output the Data Layer at the point right before All Tags-scoped extensions run.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Fixed a bug in which the Data Layer was not preserved for utag.view() calls made in rapid succession. Now a snapshot of the Data Layer is preserved for each call.
• Added more debugging output for manual utag.view() and utag.link() calls.
• Added a new utility function: utag.ut.typeOf(). For example, utag.ut.typeOf([]) returns the value “array.”

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Added an override (utag_cfg_ovrd) flag to utag.js in order to delay the loading of Tags until the DOM readyState “complete” (AKA “load”) event. This flag provides a delay that may improve page display time speeds by causing all Tags with the Wait = Yes setting to execute even later. Set this flag by entering the following code into a PreLoader-scoped JavaScript Code extension:

    var utag_cfg_ovrd = {};
    utag_cfg_ovrd.dom_complete = true;

• Fixed a bug for the Internet Explorer browser in which the DOM readyState was reported as “interactive” prematurely. An extra delay for readyState “complete” was added for older of Internet Explorer.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Added two new DOM Variables (formerly Data Sources): browser height (dom.viewport_height) and browser width (dom.viewport_width). Use these in Load Rules to detect when a visitor is using a certain devices to browse your site. For example, when this value is less than 480, you might assume the visitor is using a phone device. Try this on your phone for fun.
• Added support for custom attributes on iframes/scripts to the utag.ut.loader function.
• Fixed a bug in which Tags were not loading in order indicated in the Tags tab when fired by a manual utag.view call.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Fixed a bug with Publish Settings so that you may now enable both the Ready Wait Flag and Bundling Libs publish settings for the same profile.
• Fixed a bug in which enabling the Ready Wait Flag setting caused the utag.cfg.noview flag to reset to “false” if you had set it to “true.”
• Introducing the new configuration flag, Wait Timer (utag_cfg_ovrd.waittimer). Tags do not load until the DOM Ready signal goes out. With this flag set exactly how long after the DOM Ready signal the Tags wait before they load. Setting this flag exposes the load time of a webpage without including the load times of third-party vendor Tags. You set this value in milliseconds.

Here is an example of how to set the Wait Timer flag:

    var utag_cfg_ovrd={};
    utag_cfg_ovrd.waittimer=3000;

This code snippet delays the loading of all Tags until 3 seconds after the DOM Ready signal.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Fixed a UTAG utility function bug for Internet Explorer browsers when bringing in external JavaScript files and running a callback function. This addresses a rare timing issue in which the callback function runs too soon.
• Introduces additional debugging output for when utag.view is called before all Tags are loaded. The Tag UID which may have an error now shows up in the output.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Fixes a bug which prevented support for more than one blocking Tag. You may now have more than one Tag act as a blocking Tag. For example, Tealium Currency Converter with another external .js file.
• Extensions scoped to “All Tags” run after any blocking Tags complete.
• The utag.v.js file is no longer sent in the situation that you are self-hosting the utag.js file.
• Removed “top.” from visitor ID generation logic. This fixes issues with iframes.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

• Introduces support for AudienceStream Data Layer Enrichment. This requires AudienceStream and the DataCloud Tag.
• The utag.js reads Meta tags with every utag.view call in order to capture dynamic Meta tags.
• There are several changes to the utag_main cookie:

  • The utag_main cookie’s lifespan is now set to 1 year to conform to EU laws.

  • The session ID (ses_id) value in the utag_main cookie is now a timestamp that is used to compute a visitor’s time on your website.

    To reference this value, use the following syntax:

    b["cp.utag_main_ses_id"]
    

  • Introduces the session number value in the utag_main cookie.

    To reference this value, use the following syntax:

    b["cp.utag_main__sn"]
    

  • Introduces the page number value, which increments every time utag.js loads, essentially with each new URL load. This is not to be confused with an Event Counter. This value starts over at 1 with each new session.

    To reference this value, use the following syntax:

    b["cp.utag_main__pn"]
    

  • Known issue: The page number (_pn) and session number (_sn) values are set to NaN whenever a visitor visits a website in which the utag_main session cookies was already set by a version of utag.js prior to 4.27. This issue is resolved in utag.js version 4.28.

• Introduces the utag.ut.flatten function, which flattens objects. This is primarily used with Data Layer Enrichment for AudienceStream.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Load rules are re-evaluated for both utag.view() and utag.link() calls.

Changes to the way the utag.js 4.26 file handles query string parameters and meta tags means that they are no longer lower-cased by default. If you have query string parameters or meta tags identified as data sources in your profile, you may need to update those data source names in the Data Layer tab to match upper case and lower case letters exactly.

Custom Script Source is a Blocking Tag

A blocking tag is a tag that must run before any other tags run. When you enter the location for the custom script source advanced setting for a tag, this tag automatically becomes a blocking tag. This tag still loads asynchronously, but subsequent asynchronous scripts. For example, utag.10.js does not load until the blocking tag is complete.

Best Practice: If you want to load custom JavaScript for a tag but you do not want it to be a blocking tag, use the Tealium Generic Tag to load it.

Wait Flag Improvement

The Wait Flag is an advanced setting within tag configuration.

Tags whose Wait Flag is set to “No” load and fire immediately after the utag.js file loads. Those tags, whose Wait Flag is set to “No,” that load sooner may fire sooner, regardless of their order in Tealium iQ. For example, if Tag 2 loads before Tag 1, and Tag 1 is placed higher in the Tags tab in Tealium iQ, Tag 2 may still fire sooner, despite the order they’re in. Previously, tags executed in the order specified in Tealium iQ. These tags then waited for tags placed higher in the order to load before loading themselves.

This means that you may now have a mixture of tags with their Wait Flag set to ‘No’ and tags with their Wait Flag set to ‘Yes’ in the same profile.

Control Load Rules-based Tracking for AJAX

Subsequent utag.view() calls on the page trigger load rules to load new tags. In previous versions, a utag.view call does not load new tags. This feature is enabled by default in utag.js 4.26.

Disable this feature to keep current behavior. See utag.cfg.load_rules_ajax flag details below for more information.

A utag.link() call does not load a new tag. Only a utag.view() call does this.

Load a Tag Directly By UID (Update to utag.view and utag.track calls)

For advanced implementations, especially those using AJAX, use the utag.view() call to bring in a new tag and fire it based on the tag’s UID (as seen in the Tags tab of Tealium iQ). This bypasses all load rules.

utag.view({page_name : "New Page"}, null, [5]);

• Param 1: Data Layer
• Param 2: Callback function (or null)
• Param 3: Array of UIDs to load and fire

Learn more about page tracking.

Automatically Read New “Meta” tags

These types of meta tags with “name=” were picked up in a previous version of utag.js:

<meta name="keywords" content="Apple,Tab" />

The new utag.js 4.26 now picks up those with property= (see “Open Graph” meta tags)

<meta property="og:type" content="video.movie" /> 

Removing the “lowercase” by default of “qp.” (query string) and “meta.” variables

This is a logic change in the default behavior of utag.data. Set the utag.cfg.lowerqp flag to true to automatically lowercase. However, the default setting keeps the mixed case.

Set the utag.cfg.lowerqp flag to true for backward compatibility with previous utag.js behavior.

Set the utag.cfg.lowermeta flag to true to enable lower-casing for the meta tags. This only applies to the name of the name/value pair for that meta tag.

If you have mixed-case query string parameters, you need to update the data source’s name in the Data Sources tab to match exactly. Any code that refers to this query string type data source must also be updated.

New Values in utag_main Cookie

There are new cookie name/value pairs in the utag_main cookie:

• utag_main_vid
  A long string to uniquely identify the visitor, such as 013efdc67183001adeec0eef13010a051001b00f0093c)
• utag_main__ss
  A “Session Start” flag. Set to "1" for the first page view of a new session. Default session time is 30 minutes elapsed with no activity.

(The previous cookie values utag_main__st and utag_main_ses_id are still set.)

Session Start Tracking

A request for an empty file, utag.v.js, is made once at the start of a visitor’s session. This is used internally by Tealium to log the session count. The HTTP request URL looks like this:

http://tags.tiqcdn.com/utag/tiqapp/utag.v.js?a=tealium/main/201306012057&cb=1370276499302

The new cookie value utag_main__ss, is used to determine when to fire. This is only sent on the first event of a session. This request is sent last, after all tags have fired.

New “Tealium” Values

Identify the new cookie values in the Data Layer tab:

• The session ID value in the utag_main_ses_id cookie
• The visitor ID value in the utag_main_v_id cookie
• The session start flag (0 or 1) found in the utag_main__ss cookie

URL Fragment Parameters

Previously the name/value pairs in a URL after the ? were read and stored in utag.data as qp. values. Now, items after the hash/fragment # sign are also used to build these. This adds an important feature for AJAX sites.

Example Domain URL:(http://www.example.com?param1=value1&param2=value2#hash1=value3)`

Previous:

utag.data = { "qp.param1" : "value1", "qp.param2" : "value2"}

New:

utag.data = { "qp.param1" : "value1", "qp.param2" : "value2", "qp.hash1"  : "value3"}

All Page Data Available to utag.view and utag.link Calls

Previously, utag.view and utag.link calls only knew about the data you passed them. Items like b["qp.campaign"] were not available. Now, all “built-in” data points such as URL, meta, or cookie values are added to the data layer for the utag.link and utag.view calls.

Also, dynamic items that may have changed for AJAX sites (such as b["dom.url"]) are re-built so they use the current value. The current value may be different from the value at the time of the initial landing on an AJAX page.

New Options in utag.cfg

Use a Pre Loader-scoped JavaScript Code Extension and the global variable window.utag_cfg_ovrd.

// JS Code in Preloader Extension
window.utag_cfg_ovrd = {
    "noview"          : true,
    "lowerqp"         : true,
    "load_rules_ajax" : false
};

The following new options are available:

• utag.cfg.load_rules_ajax
  Set this flag to false when you do not wish to “re-evaluate” load rules for each utag.view and utag.link call. For utag.view, this may also load a new utag.X.js file if it did not load on the initial page view.
• utag.udoname
  The name of the data object. The utag.js code assumes the data object is a global variable. For example, not an object within another object. By default, this is set to utag_data
• utag.cfg.load_rules_at_wait
  Set this flag to true when you wish to re-evaluate load rules at Wait (DOM Ready). This enables legacy support where data may have been set after utag.js loads and you want to use this data to fire a Tag set to wait for DOM Ready.
• utag.cfg.lowerqp
  Set this flag to true if you wish to lowercase your query string name/value pairs. This used to be the default behavior.
• utag.cfg.lowermeta
  Set this flag to true if you wish to lowercase your meta tags’ names. The value of the name/value pair for the meta tag is not lowercased.
• utag.cfg.noview
  Set this flag to true if you wish to control when the initial utag.view call is made. This is common for AJAX sites where your application controls the page view event (not the initial page load action.)

Things to Consider

• Accidentally Firing Multiple Orders - The utag.link and utag.view calls now have all of the “DOM” type of data points available in every call. For example, the query string data such as b["qp.order_id"] is read on the page load and trigger an order event. However, if you fire a utag.link call on that same order page, it also has the b["qp.order_id"] data set and trigger a second order event.

• For most intuitive behavior, we recommend setting all utag_data values before you load in the utag.js file. And keep utag.cfg.load_rules_at_wait at “false,” which is the default.

• Be aware that updating to utag.js 4.26 changes the default behavior for lower casing your query string params. Values are no longer automatically lower-cased.

• “All Tags”-scoped Extensions may or may not run before DOM Ready-scoped extensions. Order is not guaranteed. If you manipulate a data layer element in an All Tags-scoped extension, then it may affect your Content Modification Extension’s criteria.

  Best Practice: Do not modify the original data layer object. If you need to modify a value, use a new variable instead.

Known Issues

• The Data Layer’s utag_data object becomes a reference to utag.data, and changing one changes the other.
• Internet Explorer 8 may introduce timing issues if your Data Layer is defined at the end of your <body> element, just before DOM Ready (and the utag.js is already loaded). As a best practice, always declare your utag_data object before you load the utag.js file.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Fixes a bug when using the Tealium Currency Converter tag or any Tag with a value set for Custom Source Advanced setting, in which the Tag waits until for a force timeout threshold of 3 seconds or greater to call the u.send function for the other Tags.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Fixes a bug in which “Wait = Yes” tags wait for a “load” event instead of DOM Ready event when utag.js was executed after DOM Ready.

For many sites, this is a significant performance boost and loads tags that are set to wait for DOM Ready much sooner.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Update to support domains ending in “.edu.au” and “.net.au” (using “au” for an example.) The previous utag.js only supported “.com.au” and “.org.au”

Update to utag.loader.GV (the internal “Get Variables in Object” function) to use hasOwnProperty. This is the safer way to iterate.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

The Publish Engine builds a utag.loader.cfgsort variable that is an Array of the Tag UIDs. This Array is in the right order of the Tags in Tealium iQ. Tags now fire in the order that matches the Tealium iQ’s order.

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Adds the utility function utag.ut.decode.

Also adds support for a “no cookie” flag utag.cfg.nocookie. When the utag.cfg.nocookie value is defined and set to true then utag.js does not write any utag_main cookies.

Existing utag_main cookies are not modified or removed. Some tags expect that utag_main cookies exist, so use this flag at your own risk.

Sample (Pre Loader-scoped JavaScript Code Extension):

var utag_cfg_ovrd={};  
utag_cfg_ovrd.nocookie=true;

utag.ut.decode is a safer version of decodeURIComponent (if decodeURIComponent issues an exception, then unescape is used)

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Includes a fix for an Internet Explorer DOM Ready Extension “timing” issue in Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 in which Internet Explorer may or may not run the DOM Ready Extensions before Tags are loaded. This version fixes the issue to ensure that DOM Ready Extensions run first. This provides consistent behavior in all browsers.

Changes in utag.DB. This function is changed so that every utag.DB call does not “re-check” the cookie for utagdb=true; this makes for a high-performance utag.DB function.

Adds additional utag.DB calls in utag.js.

How do you turn on debugging? Run this in a console: document.cookie="utagdb=true"

Sample utag.DB call:

utag.DB("Inside of DOM Ready Extension");

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Adds the ability to set a utag_main cookie to expire at a specific timestamp.

utag.loader.SC("utag_main",{"mycookie123":"testing123;exp-1351111959896u"});

Note the u at the end of the timestamp

Tealium Universal Tag (utag.js)

Fixes a cookie decode issue in which the cookie had strange characters.