Benchling Validated Cloud Maintenance Releases
2024.4.3 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Bioprocess |
Fixed issue where an error would occur when attempting to add a row to a Materials Input table if a formula was present in the table |
Medium |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where users were able to cut (ctrl-x/cmd-x) structured tables from entries created from fill-in only templates |
High |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where unit-aware cells did not display the cell-level precision they were set to |
Medium |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where archived units appeared as an option in Inventory tables |
High |
| Notebook |
Fixed an issue where structured tables could continue to appear unsubmitted in a Notebook entry despite being submitted if network connectivity was lost during the submission |
Medium |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where warehouse schema field column renames could fail for particular schema field types |
Medium |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where symbol audit event was not captured during Unit creation |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025.
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, February 19th, 2025.
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.4.2 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where modifications to a Connection's schema fields were not captured in the Connection's audit trials |
High |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where specified timezones of spreadsheets were converted incorrectly during spreadsheet imports and runs if the timestamp data had timezones and user's or run's local timezone was configured in a timezone other than UTC |
High |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where dragging to reorder rows and columns would incorrectly update out-of-bounds cell references |
Medium |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where columns and rows were unable to be inserted into or deleted from previously submitted mixture prep tables |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, January 24th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.4.1 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Procedures |
Fixed issue where an error message would appear when a Worksheet step is completed even if the step is completed successfully |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, January 24th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.3.6 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where Inventory table re-syncs could cause Notebook entries to be inaccessible |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, December 11th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.3.5 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where Lunatic Connections were not parsing files with 3 or more wavelengths |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where Agilent Gen5 Connections were not properly parsing Luminescence image mode files |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where Quantstudio Design and Analysis files with multiple tabs were returning file format error |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where Immunospot Connections were created with csv file extensions instead of txt |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, November 13th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.3.4 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where the download link for Benchling Desktop Sync did not contain the latest version 1.3.5, which contains security fixes and enhancements that were identified during a proactive security audit |
High |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where a Luminex instrument file retrieved via a Connection displayed a file format error |
Low |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.3.3 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Notebook |
Released Benchling Desktop Sync version 1.3.5, which contains security fixes and enhancements that were identified during a proactive security audit |
High |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where users could download the complete .csv of a results table containing data that was inaccessible to them in Benchling |
High |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where Connectors would not import supported files due to minor updates in the instrument software version |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where users could edit Connection extension fields which were listed as "Uneditable" in the Connection schema |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where run schemas with "Record equipment" enabled could be migrated to tenants where Equipment functionality is not enabled |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, October 16th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.3.2 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Analyses |
Fixed issue where structured table fields with multiple linked values would only display one value for the field when sent to datasets |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where global schema access policy settings were not applied to individual Connection schemas |
Medium |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where bulk selecting projects with other object types in Global Search would crash the Global Search page |
Low |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024.
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, October 11th, 2024
- There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.3.1 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Analysis |
Fixed issue where an Analysis would not load if certain transformations were used |
Medium |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where Benchling Connection files were displayed as unavailable |
Medium |
| Inventory |
Fixed issue where users were unable to edit Location barcodes when the permission for editing Location barcodes is granted |
High |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where chip popovers would be displayed differently between UI and PDF export |
Medium |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where users were unable to select a Project when moving objects if project level data modifications is enabled |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, September 18th, 2024.
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, October 11th, 2024
- There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.2.6 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Platform |
Fixed an issue where a large volume of registered entities requiring (re)validation could lead to significant tenant-wide performance degradation |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024.
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.2.5.1 Hotfix Release
| Application | Hotfix Description | GxP Risk |
| Notebook |
Fixed an issue where Registration table submissions of tables, which contained less than 100 rows, were not captured in the audit log |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview and Production environments on Tuesday, August 20th, 2024.
-
There was no associated downtime with this hotfix.
- This hotfix was released to your Preview environment as 2024.2.5.1 and Production environment as 2024.2.4.1. The patch scheduled for release to your Production environment on Friday, 23Aug2024 will be released as 2024.2.5.1.
2024.2.5 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Notebook |
Fixed an issue where users may inadvertently duplicate a structured table submission resulting in unintended Benchling object creation |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Friday, August 16th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Friday, August 23rd, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
- This patch was released to your Preview environment as 2024.2.5. This patch will be released to your Production environment as 2024.2.5.1 due to the hotfix release above.
2024.2.4 System Maintenance Release
| Application | System Maintenance Description | GxP Risk |
| Platform |
Updated TLS certificate for webhooks RDS database. The updated certificate allows for uninterrupted use of webhooks with Benchling Apps. There is no action needed by customers for this certificate update. |
Low |
Release Timing
- This system maintenance will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, August 14th, 2024.
-
This system maintenance will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Monday, August 19th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this system maintenance.
2024.2.4 System Maintenance Release
| Application | System Maintenance Description | GxP Risk |
| Platform |
Added a script to determine if objects were unintentionally unarchived when a sibling object was unarchived. This script allows Benchling to identify impacted objects of the unarchival bug patched in the 2024.2.3 patch. |
Low |
Release Timing
- This system maintenance will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024.
-
This system maintenance will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this system maintenance.
2024.2.4 System Maintenance Release
| Application | System Maintenance Description | GxP Risk |
| Platform |
Updated warehouse certificate for new warehouses in support of warehouse certificate updates on 27Jul2024. Note that this only affects warehouses created after the system maintenance date. Refer to this help article for more information about the changes to your existing warehouse. |
Low |
Release Timing
- This system maintenance will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, July 17th, 2024.
-
This system maintenance will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this system maintenance.
2024.2.4 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where multiple input files were pushed to the input file directory when a custom transform is applied to the input file |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Thursday, July 11th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.2.3 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where an untransformed input file was pushed to the input file directory instead of a transformed input file |
Medium |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where unarchiving a child object that was archived at the folder level results in the folder and it's child objects being unarchived |
High |
| Workflows |
Fixed issue where inventory actions could not be performed on direct execution tasks |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, July 10th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.2.2 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where output files with repeating source container barcodes would fail to pass validation checks when updating source container volumes in an output file processor |
Medium |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where users were unable to select a row in a source table when adding from a structured table if the source table contained an archived row |
Low |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where Studies was inadvertently referenced within Plate and Box access policies |
Low |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, June 5th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, June 14th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.2.1 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where "Quantity" values may not have been returned by qPCR Connectors (QuantStudio RT-PCR and QuantStudio Design & Analysis) |
Medium |
| Inventory |
Fixed issue where locations with overcapacity or non-allowed inventory schemas would not trigger a validation failure |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, June 14th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.1.4 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Platform | Fixed issue where Templates and Sub-Templates updated via Configuration Migration did not display the correct "Last Modified" date | High |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where newly created Connections would not receive data files |
Medium |
| Notebook |
Fixed issue where text and formatting edits to Templates were not captured in the audit trail |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.1.3 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Platform | Fixed issue where schema name changes, schema field updates and schema field creations during configuration migration were not captured in the audit trail | High |
| Platform |
Fixed issue where users without developer platform access were unable to view the Benchling API documentation page |
Low |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.1.2 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Notebook | Fixed issue where users could not submit inventory tables for updating existing containers if out-of-the-box columns were re-ordered | Low |
| Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where the SoftMax Pro adapter would treat the first populated column as the first column in the plate resulting in mislabeling of columns Fixed issue where the SoftMax Pro adapter would fail to parse all data in a plate if entire rows were not populated with result data |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, March 13th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, March 22nd, 2024.
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2024.1.1 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
| Inventory | Fixed issue where previously submitted transfer tables were unable to be re-submitted when new rows were added into the middle of the table | Low |
| Notebook | Fixed issue where user who are not the entry author nor the Admin of the Team assigned in a review stage are able to reassign the review stage to another team member | High |
| Platform | Fixed issue where feature flag INSTRUMENTS_ENABLE was not customer visible | Medium |
| Notebook | Fixed issue where Notebook structured tables were unable to be re-synced | Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, February 28th, 2024.
-
This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, March 22nd, 2024.
-
There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
Support
For any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Benchling Support Team via chat or email support@benchling.com.