Product Release Notes - Wed, April 2nd 2025 – Brightidea Support Portal

Our latest product release took effect Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. This post may be different from the release notes received via email.

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General Platform Fixes and Enhancements

SAML Error- We fixed an issue causing 500 errors when clicking on SAML response error codes in some systems.
User Activity Promote Votes- We fixed an issue with the User Activity report where the "Promote Votes" column did not account for Chips voting properly.
Admin Tag Latency Fix- We fixed a latency issue with adding Admin tags in View Idea 2.0.
Auto-Advanced Review Action Items- We fixed an issue with Review steps, where submissions auto-advanced to the next step would not be assigned action items.

Hackathon

Added Nudge for Participants on Multiple Teams- We added a nudge feature to highlight participants who are part of multiple teams in the Hackathon Dashboard.
New Cohort Feature- Added a "participants on multiple teams" cohort to the quick add list in the email template, allowing admins to easily email participants who are on more than one team.
Hackathon Dashboard Cost Display Fix- We corrected an issue causing costs to not display in charts for some systems.
Improved Dashboard Timeline Clarity- We updated the timeline labels on the Hackathon Dashboard to ensure clearer labeling and additional background lines for more precise metric visualization.

Whiteboard

Fixed Selection Issue in Whiteboard- We corrected a UX regression that impacted the ability to move only one end of a line or arrow using the select handle in the Whiteboard tool.
AI Modal Click-Away Closure in Whiteboard- We addressed feedback by implementing functionality to automatically close the AI Modal when the user clicks anywhere outside of it in Whiteboard.
Sticky Note Crash Fix- We resolved an issue that caused a crash when editing text and links on Sticky Notes in the Whiteboard.
Whiteboard Object Scaling Enhancement- We added the ability to scale rotated objects in the Whiteboard, allowing for more flexibility when working with object groups.