## Arches 7.6.8 Release Notes

### Bug Fixes and Enhancements

-   Fix severe performance issue in graph manager view [#11898](https://github.com/archesproject/arches/pull/11898)
-   Fix severe performance issue in related resource view [#11885](https://github.com/archesproject/arches/issues/11885)
-   Fix sorting concepts with special floats [#11790](https://github.com/archesproject/arches/pull/11790)
-   Accept `datetime.date` objects in date datatype [#11895](https://github.com/archesproject/arches/issues/11895)

### Dependency changes:

```
Python:
    Upgraded:
        Django == 4.2.20 (or <5.0.0)
JavaScript:
    Upgraded:
        none
```

### Upgrading Arches

1. Upgrade to version 7.6.0 before proceeding by following the upgrade process in the [Version 7.6.0 release notes](https://github.com/archesproject/arches/blob/dev/7.6.x/releases/7.6.0.md)

2. Upgrade to Arches 7.6.8

    ```
    pip install --upgrade arches==7.6.8
    ```

3.  If you are upgrading from a version prior to 7.6.7, you'll need to rebuild your frontend bundle:

    - If you plan on doing active development, and need to see frontend changes automatically, run:
        ```
        npm start
        ``` 
    
    - If you do not plan to do active development, run:
        ```
        npm run build_development
        ```
    
    - if you are running in production, collect your static files
        ```
        python manage.py collectstatic
        ```

4. If you are running Arches on Apache, restart your server:
    ```
    sudo service apache2 reload
    ```