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Summary
This release continues the ongoing entity page redesign and improves reliability across the curation dashboard and the Curie research assistant, alongside several platform-level fixes to grid data handling.
Key areas of work in this release: entity page layout and styling, curation dashboard due-date handling, Curie/Curator attachment support and grid reliability, and data export correctness.
A total of 15 items were completed in this release.
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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Researchers browsing entity pages |
More consistent section titles, tab styling, and a cleaner download options menu |
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Data curators using the curation dashboard |
Due dates behave more predictably and no longer show misleading status colors |
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Curie / Curator users |
Can now attach PDFs and other files; grid row updates are more reliable |
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Users exporting grid data to CSV |
Exports now correctly align columns and values after a schema change |
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Users navigating from portal pages to Synapse documentation |
A previously broken documentation link now resolves correctly |
Deprecated or Breaking Changes
None in this release.
New Features
Attach files to your Curie conversations New
You can now upload PDFs and other attachments directly in a conversation with Curie, Synapse's research assistant. This makes it easier to share source documents for Curie to reference while helping with curation and data tasks, rather than having to describe the content manually.
Who benefits: Researchers and curators who use Curie to work through documents, datasets, or reference material.
Fixes & Improvements
Refreshed entity page styling
Several visual inconsistencies on entity pages were cleaned up as part of the ongoing redesign: section titles now share a consistent style, tab appearance was streamlined, and the file download options menu was updated to match the new design. Outdated UI elements that no longer fit the redesign were also removed.
Who benefits: Anyone browsing files, folders, or projects on Synapse.
Clearer discussion thread display
The discussion thread list on entity pages now shows an improved empty state when there are no threads yet, making it clearer what the section is for before any discussion has started.
More accurate due-date status in the curation dashboard
Due dates in the curation dashboard no longer appear in red once a task is marked complete, and the underlying due-date data is now stored more reliably so status updates behave consistently.
Who benefits: Data managers and curators tracking task deadlines.
Fixed a disappearing Bulk Edit button
The Bulk Edit option in Synapse Tables previously flashed on screen briefly and then disappeared. This has been corrected so the button now displays reliably for users with edit access.
More reliable Curie grid updates
Fixed an issue where Curie's grid update process would report success even when changes had not actually been applied. Grid updates from Curie now reflect what was actually saved.
Who benefits: Curie/Curator users relying on grid bot updates.
Corrected CSV export formatting
Fixed an issue where CSV exports from a grid session could be missing empty values for newly added columns, which caused data to be misaligned with its column headers. Exports now include the correct placeholders so headers and data line up properly.
Fixed a data sync error
Resolved an error that could occur when syncing certain grid data, caused by the system misinterpreting some identifiers as numbers. This is now handled correctly.
Fixed a broken documentation link
The "More Info" link next to Files on portal pages previously led to a 404 error. It now correctly points to the relevant Synapse documentation.
Feature flag improvements for safer rollouts
Internal feature flag handling was improved so that a feature can now be fully disabled for all users, including those in experimental mode. This gives the Synapse team a safer way to turn off a risky feature quickly if needed. There is no visible change for most users.