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Release on June 26, 2026
Areas Affected
Natural Language Search, AI Assistant
Highlights
- Natural Language Search is faster and more reliable, with improved document text recognition and automatic retries under high demand.
- AI-powered features now handle service interruptions more gracefully — long-running responses are less likely to time out or fail mid-stream.
- The AI assistant can sustain longer, more complex conversations without losing context from earlier steps in a session.
What Changed
- Natural Language Search received several reliability and speed improvements. Document text is now extracted faster, with a backup recognition method available if the primary approach struggles. Search results are retrieved more efficiently, and the system automatically retries when under heavy load — reducing failed or slow searches. (Ticket)
- The connection between Ernest and its underlying AI service is now more resilient. The system retries automatically when the AI service is temporarily unavailable, and long-running AI responses are kept alive rather than being cut off before they finish. (Ticket)
- When the AI service is overloaded or encounters an error mid-response, the system now detects the problem more reliably and closes the response cleanly — rather than leaving users waiting on a stalled or incomplete result. (Ticket)
- The AI assistant now manages its working memory more efficiently during multi-step tasks, allowing it to handle longer and more complex interactions without running into limits that could cut a session short. (Ticket)
- Behind-the-scenes tracking of AI usage has been made more accurate and consistent, ensuring the platform has reliable data to monitor performance and capacity. (Ticket)
- Automated checks were added to verify that AI responses remain consistent and accurate as the platform evolves.
- Additional automated tests now validate that AI-driven multi-step workflows complete correctly end to end.
- Basic health checks were added to confirm that core platform functionality is working correctly after each deployment.
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.
June 23, 2026
- New AI-powered actions were added to Natural Language Search, expanding what users can do directly from their search results. (PR)