pyvelm v0.7.0

Release date: 2026-05-23

Record-form chatter (Odoo-style activity), automatic field tracking, and a workflow history timeline — plus layout and workflow fixes from the 0.6.0 line.

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Highlights

Activity / chatter on forms

Any model that mixes in MailThread (before BaseModel) shows an Activity panel on display forms:

Feature	Description
Feed	Notes, emails, and field-change lines — newest first
Filters	All · Notes · Emails · Changes
Log note	Internal comment (subtype=note)
Send email	Queues SMTP via notify() with recipient + optional subject
Attachments	Upload files on compose; linked to mail.message

Example models: crm.lead, feedback.intake, res.partner (via PartnerWorkflow).

Field tracking

Set on any field:

stage = Char(string="Stage", tracking=True)

On write(), tracked fields post a chatter line (subtype=mail_tracking) with old → new values (including Many2one / Many2many display names).

Workflow history

The workflow bar includes a Workflow history timeline (workflow chatter + pending approvals). The activity column shows workflow + general chatter side by side on wide screens.

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Upgrade

pip install -U pyvelm

1. Sync or reinstall apps if you use example modules (partners workflow, feedback intake tracking fields).
2. Open any MailThread record in display mode to see the Activity panel.
3. No new PyPI dependencies beyond v0.6.0.

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API routes (chatter)

• GET /web/chatter/panel?model=&res_id=&filter=&mode= — HTMX fragment
• POST /web/chatter/post — log note or send email (multipart form fields)

Programmatic posting unchanged: record.message_post(...), record.notify(...).