Release on August 10, 2026

Release

Areas Affected

Subcontracts, Notes, AI Assistant

Highlights

• The Ernest AI assistant can now look up subcontractor insurance details and contract templates to help answer questions faster.
• Notes now support multiple file attachments, so you can share all the relevant documents together instead of just one at a time.

What Changed

• Added internal code quality checks for our engineering team to catch potential issues earlier. This has no visible impact on your experience using Ernest. (Ticket)
• The Ernest AI assistant can now retrieve subcontractor insurance information and contract templates to help answer related questions more quickly. We also removed the assistant's ability to delete insurance records, to help prevent accidental data loss. (Ticket)
• Notes can now include multiple file attachments instead of being limited to just one, making it easier to share everything relevant in a single note. (Ticket)

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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.

August 10, 2026

• Made minor visual and styling adjustments with no impact on functionality. (PR)

August 7, 2026

• Resolved a deployment issue by redeploying a previous update to production. (PR)

August 6, 2026

• Fixed an issue where importing scope sheets could create blank or incorrectly placed line items. (PR)
• Improved the reliability of the AI assistant's automatic edits by having it recognize and correct invalid changes before applying them. (PR)

August 5, 2026

• Fixed an issue where documents with no section heading name set were not handled correctly. (PR)

August 4, 2026

• Fixed an issue that could prevent plans from being found correctly when searching for them. (PR)
• Improved how internal documentation for new features is kept up to date when features are created. (PR)

August 3, 2026

• Improved the reliability of the internal tooling that keeps feature documentation up to date. (PR)
• Improved the reliability of the internal tooling that keeps feature documentation up to date by better handling temporary errors. (PR)
• Improved how internal feature documentation is organized and kept searchable. (PR)

July 31, 2026

• Fixed an issue with the guidance the AI assistant uses when creating or updating RFIs, submittals, and observations. (PR)

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Chores

• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• Use org GitHub App for MCP sync cross-repo auth (#413) (PR)
• add Claude code review workflows and MCP-specific reviewers (#412) (PR)
• auto-sync hotfix from main to staging
• Replace deprecated langchain-community BedrockEmbeddings with langchain-aws (#410) (PR)