Blend Release Notes - 2023/05/05

Release Notes

May 5, 2023

(Note: you can download the Release Notes PDF in Help Center)

For this release, we anticipate the following introductions in your environments. Major features are documented in the Blend Knowledge Base accessible at https://help.blend.com/

If that resource does not answer your question, please reach out to Blend Support support@blend.com.

Announcements (0)

Maintenance Announcements (3)

• Maintenance for Postgres 14 Upgrade for Pricing and AUS
• Database Maintenance
• Kubernetes Spot Instance Maintenance

Preview Environments (Test/Dev/Beta) (2)

• Allow more specific pricing error messages
• (Update) Allow for negative self-employment income

Production Environments (Prod) (4)

• (New) Pipeline Search
• (New) Update to Encompass Integration for VA Funding Fee Fields
• (Update) Automatically triggering Blend Income verification at ITP
• Include total borrower monthly income in Optimal Blue pricing search requests

Maintenance Announcements (3)

Maintenance for Postgres 14 Upgrade for Pricing and AUS

Description

Blend will be upgrading the engine version of our production databases to Postgres 14 for Pricing and AUS.

What services or products are affected?

AUS and Pricing.

Will this impact the borrower and lender experience?

Yes. Lenders and borrowers will experience error messages if Pricing or AUS is attempted during the maintenance window.

Affected Period:

• Prod: AUS - May 15 11:59PM - 2am PST
• Prod: Pricing - May 16 11:59PM - 2am PST

Database Maintenance

Description:

Blend will be conducting maintenance on our shared database cluster to
upgrade the engine version to the latest.

What products or services will be affected during the maintenance window (platforms, applications, integrations, n/a, etc.):
All of Blend Platform will be impacted

Will this impact the borrower experience?
Yes

Will this impact the lender experience?
Yes

Affected Period:

• Beta: May 3rd, 2023 12am-2am
• Prod: May 10th, 2023 12am-2am

Kubernetes Spot Instance Maintenance

Description:

Blend will be conducting maintenance on our Kubernetes clusters to replace a
number of nodes with Spot instances

There is no expected disruption to products or services. This will not impact the borrower or
lender experience.

Affected Period:

• Prod: April 19th, 2023, April 26th, 2023, 11:59pm - 2am
• Prod: May 10, May 17 - 11:59pm - 2am (Wednesday night - Thursday morning)

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