2026 Release Notes

Release January 28th, 2026

CORE 1.47.0. [SciNote Premium]

This release extends protocol templates so they can capture not only protocol steps and results, but also inventory items, which significantly reduces setup time and repetitive work for standardized lab processes. Additionally, you can now pin results to the top of the list in Results on Task and in Protocol Templates.

What’s new:

Assigned items on Protocol Templates 

A dedicated Items page inside of Protocol template page was introduced, where you can assign inventory items. When you load a protocol template onto a task, assigned items are automatically assigned to it, removing the need to manually re‑select them each time you create a new task.

When loading Protocol template to a Task, the items will be loaded to Assigned items section of the Task, while the Protocol template will load to the Protocol section as it has up to now.

Additionally, when using “Save as new template” in your task, you can now opt to include Results and Assigned items into the newly created template.

Item templates are now available on all plans! Learn more about how to use assigned items in this article.

Pinned Results 

Users can now pin important results to the top of the Task Results page so they’re easier to review and share. You can pin as many Results as you want. The order of pinned results is fixed by the sequence in which they were pinned (first pinned appears first). 

Improvements (functional):  

• Global search was extended to searches through content of forms used in Tasks and lists search results in existing “Task protocol” search result category. 
• In-app Notification and Email notification (depending on user settings) is sent when reminding for a signature request in Signature Request widget on Dashboard. 
• Location image display in storage locations improved. 

 Improvements (non-functional):  

• Faster image previews
  Image preview generation has been optimized so smaller images load significantly faster across the app.
• Smoother rich text editing
  Clicking outside rich text fields now saves your input without unexpectedly pulling focus back into the field.
• Cleaner activity and audit trail logs
  • Assigning access (users, groups, teams) no longer triggers unnecessary “updated” timestamps on many objects.
  • Minor table layout changes are no longer treated as data changes and will not be recorded in activities or audit trails, nor will they trigger automations. Examples include column and row resizing and calculated cell values. All actual data and value changes will continue to be recorded.
  • Browser tab titles for projects, forms, protocol templates, labels, and reports have been corrected and standardized.

  Bug fixes (functional):  

• Direct URLs to task results now correctly switch to the right workspace (if the user has access), preventing misleading 404 errors. 
• When loading a protocol to a task, users now see a clear message if some items from the template cannot be assigned (e.g. private, archived, or deleted). 
• Fixed a date picker bug where users in time zones behind UTC (e.g. US time zones) could see a one day offset on project/experiment start and due dates. Dates now appear and save correctly regardless of time zone. 
• Fixed issue with resizing of single-column tables. 

Bug fixes (non-functional):  

• Fixed cases where text/Office files could get stuck endlessly “loading” instead of showing a preview. 
• Resolved PDF report issues where drawings or parts of the content were missing or displayed with errors in Adobe. 
• Improved how file name and content updates are tracked to avoid edge case inconsistencies in audit data. 
• On Insights, long usernames no longer overflow their UI fields; the selected Insight remains correctly highlighted in navigation; Experiments in Status overview widget are now linked. 

API changes  

• The API can now restore archived PET objects, giving admins more options for recovering important data. 
• API endpoints for uploading attachments to Task Protocol steps and Results are now supporting also direct upload of files in addition to base64.