Completed
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Posted Aug 18, 2026 - 07:00 CEST
In progress
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Aug 18, 2026 - 06:00 CEST
Scheduled
Announcing a service release of the Cirrus platform containing the following improvements and bug fixes on the following hostings: EU, CA, SG, AU and EU-prem
[EU, CA, SG, AU]
Improvements
- Admin: Users section improvement. (CR-25904, CR-25938, CR-26101)
- Office 365: Improved integration reliability. (CR-25955)
- Security: Updated a third-party component used for link handling. (CR-25981)
Bugfixes
- Candidate dashboard: Fixed an issue where security labels on schedule cards could be truncated. (CR-25840)
- Results exports: Fixed an issue where Start Date and Submit Date did not follow configured regional settings. (CR-25951)
- Candidate delivery: Fixed an issue where reopening a completed assessment after all attempts were used could show an indefinite attempt-generation message. (CR-26072)
- Reports: Fixed an issue where candidate answers exports could fail for assessments with multiple forms. (CR-26085)
- SOWISO: Fixed an issue where opening a SOWISO item directly from Library > Items could show a blank editor. (CR-26091)
- Feedback: Fixed an issue where the creation date in a feedback ticket's information drawer could differ from the table. (CR-26118)
[EU-prem]
Improvements
- .NET 10: platform upgrade Cirrus now runs on .NET 10, the latest long-term support version of our core framework, alongside updates to a wide range of underlying components including the MongoDB database driver. This strengthens the security, performance, and long-term reliability of the platform. (CR-25738)
- Creatio integration — Improved reliability of external ID handling for candidates on integration-based schedules. (CR-25740)
- Proctorio: Added configurable default behavioural settings for the Proctorio gradebook, reducing repeated setup for reviewers. (CR-25549)
- Proctorio Live: Added configurable behavioural settings for live-proctored sessions. (CR-25950)
- Invigilation: Improved invigilator message handling. (CR-25354)
- Data & Insights: Updated the domain name shown in the interface. (CR-26009)
- Security: Applied security updates to third-party and platform components and refreshed Cirrus security policy documentation. (CR-25886, CR-25982, CR-26029, CR-26037)
- Resource File viewer: Fixed several issues affecting search and zoom (CR-25822)
Feature
- Schoolyear integration — Cirrus now integrates with the Schoolyear lockdown browser, adding a new option for secure exam delivery. Full documentation will be available in the Cirrus Knowledge Base from 16 July. (CR-25477)
- AI-assisted authoring: Added support for generating assessments and question content through the Examplary integration. (CR-25527)
For more details please visit the Cirrus Release Notes page.
Time of release per hosted region:
EU: 06:00 CET/CEST (05:00/04:00 UTC)
CA: 00:00 EST/EDT (05:00/04:00 UTC)
SG: 22:00/21:00 SGT (14:00/13:00 UTC)
AU: 01:00/00:00 AEDT/AEST (14:00/13:00 UTC)
Posted Aug 07, 2026 - 13:11 CEST
This scheduled maintenance affected: 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)).