Benchling Validated Cloud Maintenance Releases
2025.2.2 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Analysis |
Fixed issue where the Developer Platform endpoint for Dataset object returned the system name for column headers instead of display name when using the parquet file format |
Medium |
Analysis |
Fixed issue where large Analysis templates may not successfully apply to an Analysis |
Medium |
Analysis | Fixed issue where users were unable to replace an Analysis table with csv files with column names beginning with an underscore or number | Medium |
Benchling Connect (Platform) | Fixed issue where locally renamed or updated files did not result in a new File being created in Benchling | Medium |
Benchling Connect (Platform) |
Fixed issue where users were unable to configure S3 Instrument Gateways |
Medium |
Bioprocess |
Fixed issue where users were unable to send Worksheet Datasets to Analysis |
Medium |
Core Platform |
Fixed issue where large number of objects may result in the Configuration Migration Tool erroring out |
Medium |
Core Platform |
Fixed issue where tenant admins were unable to use the Configuration Migration Tool to migrate Request templates between tenants |
Medium |
Insights | Fixed issue where the use of the dynamic pivot function would cause a dashboard to return a syntax error | Medium |
Registry |
Fixed issue where spreadsheet (csv, raw text) import was not respecting the user's locale and instead using the en-US locale for dates/datetimes/decimal fields if the locale was never reconfirmed within the import modal prior to processing |
High |
Schemas |
When a unit within the Unit dictionary is archived, Benchling system archives any schema fields that use the now-archived unit. Previously, this archival of the schema field was not captured in the audit log. This fix addresses this by adding this missing audit event to the schema audit log. |
High |
Schemas |
Fixed issue where the update of the checkbox to use Registry ID as display label within Entity schemas did not trigger an audit event |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, June 4th, 2025.
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, June 13th, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.2.1 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Analysis |
Fixed an issue where the “equals” or “does not equal” filters on text-formatted columns in Analysis tables caused numeric string inputs (“7” or “-7”) to be incorrectly interpreted as datetime values, potentially resulting in incorrect filtering |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, May 21st, 2025.
- This patch will be released to your Validated Cloud Production environment as part of the quarterly Production upgrade on Friday, June 13rd, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.1.6 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Notebook |
Fixed an issue where interacting with the column reorder button could cause formula ranges to shift incorrectly if the column contained cells with range-based formulas |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025.
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Wednesday, May 7th, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.1.5 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where the MSD Methodical Mind and MSD Discovery Workbench connections incorrectly combined well measurements into a single well when processing instrument files as well CSV format |
Medium |
Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where MSD Methodical Mind and MSD Discovery Workbench instrument files containing leading or trailing whitespace in luminescence readings would fail to process in a Benchling Connect run |
Medium |
Inventory |
Fixed issue where Locations were displayed as the Location's API IDs instead of Location's name within Chain of Custody reports if the Locations were created by an internal Benchling tool prior to the 2024.2 Validated Cloud release |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025.
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Thursday, April 24th, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.1.4 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where some Excel files could not be loaded due to incorrect parsing of Excel stylesheets |
Medium |
Bioprocess |
Fixed issue where structured tables within Recipes were renamed from an initial prefix of "1" to "2" upon execution of a Recipe resulting in potential cross reference formula errors |
Medium |
Notebook |
Fixed issue where some resubmissions of data in custom columns of structured tables were not captured in table audit logs |
High |
Security Fixes
Application |
Fix Description |
Notebook |
Proactively patched a security vulnerability associated with a third party dependency used for image processing |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Friday, April 4th, 2025.
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Friday, April 11th, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.1.3 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Analysis |
Fixed issue where plate position datasets that were automatically generated by Analysis Templates did not include plate map confirmed parameter values |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Tuesday, March 18th, 2025.
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Friday, March 21st, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.1.2 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Benchling Connect |
Fixed issue where the TapeStation Connector was not outputting RINe and DIN fields |
Medium |
Notebook |
Fixed issue where the review criteria warning message did not prevent a self-review configured review process from proceeding to approve a Notebook entry with review criteria configured |
High |
Platform |
Fixed an issue where Notebook entry review stages were not recorded as electronically signed in the audit log until the action either completed or terminated the review process or changed the status of the Notebook entry |
High |
Platform |
Fixed issue where feature flags MODBIO_ENABLE_CUSTOM_SYNTAXES and PROCEDURES_ENABLE_USE_PARAMETERS_IN_PLATES were not customer visible |
Medium |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025.
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Friday, March 21st, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.
2025.1.1 Patch Release
Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
Analysis |
Fixed issue where the median formula was not accurate for an even set of decimal values |
High |
Bioprocess |
Fixed issue where material input table validation was failing for text type materials regardless if the material matched the expected schema type |
Medium |
Developer Platform |
Fixed issue where events were not being sent to customer Eventbridge integrations |
Low |
Notebook |
Fixed issue where a table is unable to be successfully validated, if the table had previously failed validation and the validation error was corrected |
Medium |
Notebook |
Fixed issue where a structured table with a formula referencing another structured table is unable to be submitted when the referenced structured table is updated |
High |
Release Timing
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Preview environment on Wednesday, February 26th, 2025.
- This patch was released to your Validated Cloud Production environment on Friday, March 21st, 2025.
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There will be no associated downtime with this patch.