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Summary
Stack-600 continues the modernization of Synapse's AI-powered Data Curation Assistant (Curie/GridBot), moving it onto a more capable multi-agent framework and adding the ability to attach existing Synapse files directly into a curation chat session. In addition, the release delivers governance workflow improvements for Data Use Certificates and NIH researcher identity linking, several table/grid and entity-page UX refinements, and a handful of platform reliability fixes.
Key areas of work this release: AI-assisted data curation, governance & data access workflows, table/grid querying, and platform reliability.
This release included 20 completed tickets.
No breaking changes or required user actions are included in this release.
Affected Users & Systems
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Who / What |
Impact |
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Users of the Data Curation Assistant (grid/table curation chat) |
Chat sessions now run on a more capable multi-agent architecture and support attaching existing Synapse files to a conversation |
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Data Access Request (DAR) creators and Governance staff |
New services to preview electronic Data Use Certificates (eDUCs) and validate DocuSign templates before use |
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Users of tables and grid queries |
Fixed a filtering bug and clarified button naming |
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All users |
Backend reliability improvements to migrations, search indexing, and AI tool-call error handling |
Deprecated or Breaking Changes
None in this release.
New Features
Data Curation Assistant now supports file attachments and a more capable multi-agent design New
The AI-powered Data Curation Assistant (known internally as Curie/GridBot) has been rebuilt on a multi-agent framework, where a supervisor coordinates specialized agents for tasks like querying and updating grid data. As part of this upgrade, users can now attach existing Synapse files directly into a curation conversation, and the assistant will incorporate them into its analysis.
Who benefits: Researchers and curators using the AI chat assistant to review, query, and update tabular data in Synapse.
Preview an electronic Data Use Certificate before sending New
A new service allows a Data Access Request (DAR) creator to preview how an electronic Data Use Certificate (eDUC) will look, fully populated with the request's data, before it's sent out for signature.
Who benefits: DAR creators and Governance teams managing data use agreements.
Validate DocuSign templates used for data use certificates New
A new backend service checks whether a DocuSign template meets Synapse's requirements (the correct roles and signing fields) before it's used for an eDUC, and explains what's missing if it doesn't.
Who benefits: Governance staff setting up or maintaining DUC templates.
Fixes & Improvements
Fixed grid queries that returned no results with array-wrapped filter values
The grid query "equals" filter previously returned zero results when the comparison value was wrapped in an array (e.g. matching a single value the same way a multi-value "in" filter is specified). This has been corrected so both forms behave consistently.
Clarified table action naming
The "Bulk Edit" button on tables has been renamed to "Edit Cells" to more accurately describe that it edits the currently visible page of data rather than performing a bulk operation across an entire table.
Consistent naming for the download list feature
A leftover reference to the older "Download Cart" naming has been updated to match the current "Download List" terminology used elsewhere in the product.
More resilient handling of AI assistant tool errors
When the AI assistant's underlying model produces a malformed tool request (for example, unescaped special characters in a multi-line script or query), Synapse now returns a clear correction back to the model so it can retry, rather than failing the conversation outright. This improves the reliability of AI-assisted chat and curation features.
Improved search index reliability after platform migrations
Search indexes that depend on tables which are temporarily unavailable during a migration are now automatically rebuilt once the underlying table becomes available again, instead of relying on repeated retries that could expire before the table was ready. There is no user-facing impact.
Resolved a migration failure during the stack update process
A database error that could interrupt the platform migration process has been fixed. There is no user-facing impact.
Investigated a brief service interruption
The team investigated a short (approximately 5-minute) service interruption that occurred during a prior stack rollout and confirmed the cause. There is no user-facing impact.
Continued foundational work on the entity page redesign
Additional groundwork was completed for the ongoing entity page redesign, including porting the visibility indicator component to the new web client. This work remains behind an experimental flag and is not yet visible to general users.
Early research into cross-platform data access requests
The team completed an initial research spike exploring how researchers could request access to data hosted on external platforms (such as RDCA-DAP) directly from within a Synapse-hosted portal. This is exploratory and has not yet resulted in a user-facing change.