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Release on September 16, 2026
Version: 78.0.0 · Release
Areas Affected
Media Library, Submittals, RFIs, Plan Sheets, Reports, Organization Settings, Mobile, Daily Logs, Observations, Objectives
Highlights
- The media library has been redesigned with a cleaner layout and improved responsiveness across devices.
- Users can now drag and drop files to attach them directly to submittals and RFIs, making it faster to add supporting documents.
- Tags and media reports created in the field now sync properly from the mobile app.
What Changed
- Redesigned the media library with a refreshed layout and improved display on smaller screens, based on user feedback gathered during review. (Ticket)
- Added the ability to drag and drop files to attach them to submittals and RFIs, making it quicker to add supporting documents. (Ticket)
- Added new category options for organizing plan sheets. (Ticket)
- RFI attachments are now included when bulk exporting RFIs to PDF, so all supporting files are captured in one export. (Ticket)
- Added the ability to set an organization-level phone number and email address. (Ticket)
- Improved syncing of tags and media reports created in the mobile app, so they reliably appear once synced. (Ticket)
Notification Changes
The notification matrix was refreshed for this release because notification-related backend files changed.
- ERNE-9974: Refactored & Re-designed media library. (#3448) (PR)
- Release PR notification-related changes (PR)
Hotfixes Since Last Release
These fixes were deployed to production independently before this release — they are listed here for a complete record of what changed since the previous release.
September 16, 2026
- Fixed an issue where users in the Admin group kept receiving email notifications even after notifications were turned off for their group. (PR)
September 15, 2026
- Fixed an issue that was preventing AI-assistant browser tools from being able to access Ernest. (PR)
- Fixed an access control issue so Field Managers have the correct permissions for observations and RFIs. (PR)
September 14, 2026
- Field Managers can now create daily logs, correcting a permissions gap. (PR)
September 12, 2026
- Fixed an issue that could cause synced documentation updates to fail when a version conflict occurred; updates now automatically retry. (PR)
- Restored rich text formatting support for objective descriptions. (PR)
- Fixed an issue that was causing general contractor logs to be created or changed unexpectedly. (PR)