Benchling Validated Cloud Maintenance Releases
2026.1.2 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
|---|---|---|
Analysis | Fixed an issue where large analyses may have intermittently failed due to insufficient backend retries and timeout handling | M |
Bioanalysis | Fixed an issue where assay templates (procedures) could become unsearchable after renaming | M |
Bioanalysis | Fixed an issue where the “Set from matrix scanner” action within Boxes and Matrix Plates failed when scanning containers with freeze-thaw tracking enabled | M |
Bioprocess | Fixed an issue where users were unable to complete Worksheet review stages if cross-step data references were enabled and the Worksheet sent for review contained @-mentioned objects. This issue only impacted the 2026.1 Preview upgrade. | H |
Notebook | Fixed an issue where an Entry’s modified_at time was updated when the Entry was sent for review. Note that this was listed in the 2026.1 RIA, and only impacted the 2026.1 Preview upgrade. | M |
Platform | Fixed issues where the following features were not auto enabled in the 2026.1 upgrade: Structured table validation | M |
Platform | Fixed an issue where times could be incorrectly displayed as 24:XX instead of 00:XX if a user was using the “International 24 hour” locale. Note that there is no impact to the underlying time data. | M |
Platform | Fixed an issue where SAML e-signature authentication in Chrome could intermittently cause the authentication popup to hang, preventing the review stage from completing | H |
Platform | Fixed an issue where data modification reasons and comments entered when submitting text boxes were not recorded in the audit log. This issue only impacted the 2026.1 Preview upgrade. | H |
Platform | Fixed issue where Compose could intermittently fail to fill plate and box tables | M |
Platform | Fixed an issue where the "Create other results" Results Permission setting was not being enforced when creating Results via the Developer Platform. A user's ability to create Results was not affected by this permission's configuration. This issue only impacted the 2026.1 Preview upgrade. | H |
Platform | Fixed an issue where submission and update actions in Mixture Prep tables were not recorded in the audit log. | H |
Release Timing
- Validated Cloud Preview release: Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 under change control CC-000225
- Validated Cloud Production release: Friday, April 3rd, 2026 (as part of the quarterly Production upgrade) under change control CC-000226
- No associated downtime with this patch.
2026.1.1 Patch Release
| Application | Fix Description | GxP Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory | Fixed issue where exporting a chain of custody report would fail if the Container or Plate had transfers involving multiple source containers | H |
| Notebook | Fixed issue where pasting Inventory chips into notebook table columns did not preserve the unique ID of the items, which could result in the chips not loading properly in the table where they were pasted | M |
| Platform | Fixed an issue where archiving Analysis Templates, Files, Procedures, Datasets, Units and Unit Types would fail if the selected archival reason was not a default out of the box reason (Made in error,Retired,Other) | H |
| Platform | Fixed an issue where Worksheets referenced prior to the 2026.1 release did not appear in the referenced Entity's Relevant Items tab. Worksheets referencing an Entity after the 2026.1 release are unaffected. | M |
Platform | Fixed an issue where configuration migration import would fail if the import file contained a Run schema linked to an analysis template. This issue only impacts Preview environments. | M |
Release Timing
- Validated Cloud Preview release: Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 under change control CC-000223
- Validated Cloud Production release: Friday, April 3rd, 2026 (as part of the quarterly Production upgrade) under change control CC-000226
- No associated downtime with this patch.