# Specify 7.8.8 Release Announcement

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-8-8-release-announcement/1108>\
**Category:** Announcements & News\
**Tags:** Specify-7, Announcement\
**Created:** [March 20, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-8-8-release-announcement/1108 "2023-03-20T17:07:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-7-8-8-release-announcement/1108/1 "2023-03-20T17:07:57Z")

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# Release Announcement

Compatible with Specify 6.8.01 or newer.

This release focuses on bug fixes.

## [7.8.8](https://github.com/specify/specify7/compare/v7.8.7.1...v7.8.8) (March 20 2023)

### Added

- A new warning for attachments that are too large to upload has been added ([#729](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/729))
- A webpack visualizer has been added for development purposes ([#3119](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/3119))

### Fixed

- “Export to KML” functionality has been returned ([#3088](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/3088) - _Reported by CSIRO_)
- Fixed issue that prevented some users from merging items in the trees ([#3133](https://github.com/specify/specify7/pull/3133) - _Reported by RBGE and AAFC_)
- Display issues preventing the “Name” field from displaying in the Security & Accounts panel has been resolved - ([#3140](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/3140) - _Reported by SAIAB_)
- Record sets can no longer have a negative index value ([#3033](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/3033))
- The color picker is now correctly positioned in Safari ([#2215](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/2215))
- The default export delimiter is once again “Comma” instead of " Tab" ([#3106](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/3106) - _Reported by FWRI_)
- Fixed some app resources not displaying due to a scoping bug ([#3014](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/3104) - _Reported by SAIAB_)
- System information is now stored in the stack trace ([5be8ece](https://github.com/specify/specify7/commit/5be8ece6cd5937354622b9efae162a9cd7aeb329))
- Header overflowing has been resolved in the App Resources viewer ([#3103](https://github.com/specify/specify7/issues/3103))

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The full changelog is available on [GitHub.](https://github.com/specify/specify7/blob/production/CHANGELOG.md)

For source code go to the [GitHub Specify 7 repository](http://github.com/specify/specify7/).

For more information about Specify 7, or about this release, see [Specify 7 | Specify Collections Consortium](https://www.specifysoftware.org/products/specify-7/), or email [support@specifysoftware.org](mailto:support@specifysoftware.org).