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Release Notes: 2022

November 2022​

Improvements​

  • Added filter toggle to display and hide organisation level certificates while navigating software statement certificates

  • When creating a new Software Statement, correctly display as "required" the field for RedirectURIs

  • Added "click to copy" button for certificate generation commands

  • Added option to download BRCAC_2022 automatic generated configuration for Windows & Linux

  • Added warning labels to Authorisation Servers list whose Security Certifications are missing

  • New optional fields in Authorisation Servers: Deprecated Date, Retirement Date and SupersededByAuthorisationServerID

  • If a Software Statement is Locked, the UI will now display the Software Statement Assertion when accessing the page

  • Fixed Tags issue not appearing in "Participants" API

  • Added additional countries into SMS field option when creating a new account

  • Created public "unauthorised" page that is displayed when a user ends session while in the account registration process

September 2022​

New features​

  • Software Statement webhook field is now available. Institutions can register a webhook notification field to receive updates

Improvements​

  • New menu experience when entering the directory for the first time: organisation options menu doesn't directly appear

  • Active items are now shown first in specific list views such as Organisation Adminstrators, Authorisation Servers and Software Statements

  • Screens will no longer exit when clicking outside of the view area, reducing issues of exiting without saving

  • New Organisation Domain User: Contact Role field text improved for clarity (i.e PTC to Primary Technical Contact)

  • "Hide inactive organisations" filter added to organisation list

  • Added "Issued Date" field to certificates list table

  • Added menu information tooltips to the organisation menu that will be displayed when hovering

  • Organisation Details date field format display changed to a more user*friendly pattern

  • Tag called "Habilitado Iniciacao Pagamento" can be added to organisations by SuperUsers

  • OrganisationName field is returned to user information API response_body

  • Non*ASCII characters are no longer allowed on the field "Name" and "City" while creating new Organisations

  • Discontinue the old U.I. All requests to the old U.I (ui.directory) will be redirected to the main one

Bug fixes​

  • Fixed Software Statement Wizard that added wrong Org UID when using the automatic certificate configuration to generate BRCACs

  • Configured Authorisation Server's well-known field to be non-mandatory unless specific API resources that require it are added

August 2022​

New features​

  • Added Software Statement wizard feature – 4-steps wizard that facilitates Software Statements creation, improving tooltips and making the process of creating the resource more intuitive to the end user

Improvements​

  • Improved left menu usability when selecting sub-options

  • Deactivating administrators with "+" email should no longer error out

  • Reference Data field is now only shown to SuperAdmins

  • When creating a new organization, tags and segment options now correctly appear

  • When selecting organization that has no Authority Domain Role Claims, left menu now correctly shows

  • Organisation Domain Users: Added "System" column to improve visibility

  • Renamed field "Authority Claims" inside Software Statements to "Software Authority Claims"

  • "Server Certifications" menu is now correctly shown

  • Changed "TnC" text to "Terms & Conditions" on directory messages

  • Changed "Legal Name" to "Organisation Name" in Organisation List

  • Improved UI breadcrumbs navigation

July 2022​

Improvements​

  • Domain Role Name length changed to 60 characters *> this won't impact existing domain role names

  • Corrected T&C status bar message to match DocuSign status

  • Updated Phase 1 APIs to not require certification URI

  • Fixed issue where software statements from one organisation weren't shown to organisation administrators from other organisations

  • Participants are now able to click the resign button in the Orgs T&C History view

  • Software Statement certificates are now showing after 10 counts

  • Improved table item selection, where in some cases it was showing incorrect item

  • Improved certificate upload functionality: now correctly refreshes when uploading two certificates in sequence

  • Block the publication for duplicated APIs: directory will not allow two major APIs of the same family type to be published *> this won't affect already published API resources

  • New software statements will automatically have either "sandbox" or "production" value set on the environment field when created

  • CustomerFriendlyName field length restricted to 40 characters

  • Update directory trusted clients list to allow integration with FVP results page

  • Improved directory error messages * Server should always sends error details together with HTTP error code

  • Certificate generation: Removed BRCAC/BRSEAL fields "commonName" and "DNS" rule to no longer require SubjectAlternateName or Wildcard

  • Updated unauthorised participant message

  • Added Poland to list of accepted countries for sign-up

June 2022​

Improvements​

  • Improved directory webhook response format, which now will include the timestamp of the update and the path of the updated resource

  • Updated the directory public swagger file to match the more recent changes

  • Increase length of field of AuthorisationDomainRoleName field from 30 characters to 40 characters

  • Improved naming of the sandbox generated transport and signing certificates

  • Administrator user changes email now correctly identify if it's production or sandbox

  • Fixed issue when trying to revoke BRSEAL certificates

  • Fixed no menu shown when user has no authority domain role claim and selects the menu

  • Added options to Segments and Tags when creating a new organisation

  • Adjusted the Organisation Details page

  • Added pagination to Software Statements, Authorisation Servers and Certificates views

  • Users should now get correctly logged out when session is expired

  • Active/Inactive buttons are no longer "clickable"

  • Logo added when in the "User" profile

May 2022​

Improvements​

  • Updated API Family Type size to 128

  • Added "No Organisation Selected" when user is unauthorised

  • "Self-Certified" option when editing API resource is now available and set as default. It wasn't available in the selectable options

  • Improved overall UX/UI:

    • Selectable tables now have correct mouse pointer

    • Added Software Statement title when creating adding a new software statement certificate

    • Disabled icons when the user doesn't have correct permission

    • Changed default value for "auto registration supported" to false. This field is not used at the moment

  • Improved organisation search -> should return nothing if no matching records

Bug fixes​

  • Fixed issue when an organisation administrator is trying to see information from an organisation he doesn't have access
  • Adjusted issue with Terms & Conditions status
  • Fixed two issues with automatic config generation for BRCAC

April 2022​

New features​

  • Updated API endpoint version field to allow semantic versioning (x.x.x). This change won't affect already registered API endpoints

  • Implemented wizard to support the certificate configuration generation for BRCAC and BRSEAL certificates

  • Authentication will now redirect to the new UI, which will have the web.directory as its DNS - Previously it was ui.directory. Old UI will still be accessible over ui.directory

Improvements​

  • Removed the banner that says that the UI will be replaced on the future date
  • Improved overall UI (added breadcrumbs to menus and edited views to improve user navigation)
  • Adjusted translations and misspellings
  • Changed "Reset" button to "Refresh"
  • Phone Number field is now required when creating a new Contact
  • Sign Terms & Conditions: added correct response when pressing "save" button
  • Corrected the displayed options for Authorisation Domain Names and Authorisation Domain Role Claims as they weren't being properly filtered
  • Added missing Member State field to Authority Domain Role Claim Authorisation
  • Added raw JSON information to user profile

Bug fixes​

  • Fixed issues with Organisation Administrators:
    • Adjusted status toggle functionality
    • Removed incorrect icons
    • Organisation Administrators can now correctly edit and delete a "Contact" and a Domain User

March 2022​

New features​

  • Legacy-UI deprecation banner – a prominent warning in the old interface that directs users to the new UI and flags the forthcoming retirement of the legacy UI

  • Global delete-confirmation dialog – every delete action now triggers a pop-up asking for confirmation, preventing accidental data loss

  • Participants API upgrade – endpoint now surfaces self-certified API resources and Authorisation-Server certifications, giving integrators a complete compliance view

Improvements​

  • Authority Domain Claim:

    • Added an Authority Name column

    • New Role-Claim form now lists only roles enabled by the selected authority

  • Authorisation Servers:

    • "Active/Inactive" label added to Status column

    • Terms of Service URI no longer required when creating a server

    • Customer Friendly Name and OpenID Discovery Document URI are now editable

  • Software Statements:

    • Client Name editable when the statement is unlocked

    • Terms of Service and Policy URI no longer required on creation

  • T&Cs:

    • Replaced signing icon to better reflect action

    • Updated status banner in the old UI

  • Organisation Certificates – standardised action icons and refreshed button colours

  • UI / UX polish:

    • Tooltips on every action icon

    • Horizontal virtual slider for very wide pages (e.g., long resource URIs)

    • Grey highlight for the selected organisation in the directory

    • Background-colour refresh and clearer inactive-user buttons

    • "Show my orgs" toggle defaults to true

    • In Registration, "Do you have an E-CPF?" defaults to No

    • Translation updates, incl. "Histórico dos Termos e Condições" label

  • Authorisation-Server Certification & SS/SSA workflow:

    • New certifications default to Self-Certified

    • Permission rules defined for changing Self-Certified status

    • Users may add an inactivated EXT_BRCAC claim if valid in production

    • software_subject_type claim disabled once the SSA is generated

Bug fixes​

  • Authority Domain Claim: fixed non-responsive View button

  • T&Cs: signing icon now triggers expected action

  • Authorisation-Server Security certification table rendering corrected

  • Self-Certified status now persists on all existing certifications (UI & API)

  • New UI again lets super-users and certificate managers assign Self*Certified status

  • Removed pointer cursor from the "Active/Inactive" toggle

  • Corrected false validation error on Customer Friendly Logo URI

  • Wrapped pages into virtual horizontal sliders for oversized content

  • Translation tweak: "Historia TnC" → "Histórico dos Termos e Condições"

  • Grey selection bar now appears when an organisation is chosen in the directory

  • Default E-CPF switch value fixed on Registration form

  • Background-colour and inactive-user button updates

  • Other miscellaneous translation and UI fixes

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