Scheduled
Announcing a service release of the Cirrus platform containing the following bug fixes and improvements:
**[EU/CA/AU/SG]**
Improvements
- .NET10: With this release we will upgrade the technology underpinning Cirrus's platform to future-proof security and increase performance. This includes an update to .NET 10, the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) version of the framework that powers the Cirrus platform, alongside updates to a wide range of underlying components, dependencies, and runtime libraries. As part of this work, some platform-level services have also been refreshed. (CR-25738)
Your workflows, content, and settings are not expected to be affected. However, as with any platform-level upgrade, we recommend validating your environment in RC ahead of the production release to ensure everything continues to work as expected.
- Creatio integration: Improved reliability of external ID handling for candidates on integration-based schedules. (CR-25740)
Feature
- Schoolyear integration: Cirrus now integrates with the Schoolyear lockdown browser, adding a new option for secure exam delivery. (CR-25477)
[Eu-prem]
Improvements
- NEO: Added a new item type (CR-24675)
- NEO: Added a new item type (CR-24673)
- Improved the AI Assistant's ability to access existing question content (CR-25149)
Bugfixes
- Delivery: Fixed a text spacing issue in section content (CR-25850)
- Fixed an issue affecting numeric input fields on Essay questions (CR-25849)
- Fixed an issue affecting feedback display in question preview (CR-25833)
- Fixed a file disclosure vulnerability (CR-25556)
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)
EU Premium: 06:00 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 Jul 14, 2026 - 18:00 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)), CA Assessment Management (Montreal) (Scheduling (CA), Marking (CA), Authoring - Library/Assessments (CA), Administration (CA), Auxiliary - Services (CA)), EU Premium Assessment Management (Dublin) (Scheduling (EU Premium), Marking (EU Premium), Authoring - Library/Assessments (EU Premium), Administration (EU Premium), Auxiliary - Services (EU Premium)), and EU Premium Candidate Delivery (Dublin) (Candidate Delivery incl Proctoring API (EU Premium), Single Sign-On SAML 2.0 / LTI (EU Premium), Invigilation (EU Premium)).