Scheduled
Announcing a service release of the Cirrus platform containing the following feature, improvements and bug fixes on the following hostings: EU, CA, SG and AU.
Feature
- Authoring: Added settings for administrators to save default question settings for their environment. New questions use these defaults, and authors can change settings for each question. (CR-25533)
Improvements
- Marking: Allowed users with publishing permissions on a schedule to publish results after remarking. (CR-25611)
- Users and reports: Added separate first name and surname columns and sorting by surname in user, candidate and marking views. (CR-26123)
- Data & Insights: Improved the process for loading past data into reports. (CR-25960)
- Reporting: Improved the speed of exam attempt counts used for service and usage reports. (CR-26169)
Bug fixes
- Neo candidate delivery: Fixed issues with section navigation, on-screen instructions, page layout and pausing or resuming attempts. (CR-25630)
For more details, please visit the Cirrus Release Notes page.
Time of release per hosted region:
EU: 06:00 CEST (04:00 UTC)
CA: 00:00 EDT (04:00 UTC)
SG: 21:00 SGT (13:00 UTC)
AU: 00:00 AEST (14:00 UTC)
Posted Sep 07, 2026 - 10:32 CEST
This scheduled maintenance affects: EU Assessment Management (Dublin) (Scheduling (EU), Marking (EU), Authoring - Library/Assessments (EU), Administration (EU), Auxiliary - Services (EU)), EU Candidate Delivery (Dublin) (Candidate Delivery incl Proctoring API (EU), Single Sign-On SAML 2.0 / LTI (EU), Invigilation (EU)), AU Candidate Delivery (Sydney) (Candidate Delivery incl Proctoring API (AU), Single Sign-On SAML 2.0 / LTI (AU), Invigilation (AU)), AU Assessment Management (Sydney) (Scheduling (AU), Marking (AU), Authoring - Library/Assessments (AU), Administration (AU), Auxiliary - Services (AU)), SG Candidate Delivery (Singapore) (Candidate Delivery incl Proctoring API (SG), Single Sign-On SAML 2.0 / LTI (SG), Invigilation (SG)), SG Assessment Management (Singapore) (Scheduling (SG), Marking (SG), Authoring - Library/Assessments (SG), Administration (SG), Auxiliary - Services (SG)), CA Candidate Delivery (Montreal) (Candidate Delivery incl Proctoring API (CA), Single Sign-On SAML 2.0 / LTI (CA), Invigilation (CA)), and CA Assessment Management (Montreal) (Scheduling (CA), Marking (CA), Authoring - Library/Assessments (CA), Administration (CA), Auxiliary - Services (CA)).