Blend Release Notes - 2024/12/06

Posted 12 days ago by José Gómez

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Note: you can download the Release Notes PDF in the Release Notes PDFs section 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 help.blend.com.

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

Announcements (2) 

Winter Code Freeze 

We will have two code freezes this season. During the freeze windows, no new feature development, significant changes, or enhancements will be released. Only critical bug fixes and urgent issues will be addressed. 

What are the affected periods?

Thanksgiving freeze : Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - Friday, November 29, 2024

Winter freeze: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 - Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Update on Blend’s Encompass Web Support Timeline

Last week, we sent email communication regarding our plans for supporting customers moving to Encompass Web and for customers interested in our plans as it relates to the Encompass SDK deprecation.  For those who did not receive this email, you can find all the details on our Community page here.

Maintenance Announcements (4)

(Update) Email-Coordinator and Identity DB's Major Version Upgrade

12/11/24 Update: The version description has been updated from “version 12.18 to 13.18” to “version 12.18 to 13.16." 

We will be upgrading our beta and prod Postgres DBs versions for Email-Coordinator and Identity, from version 12.18 to 13.16. This is because the end of life support from AWS to version 12.18 will be on February 28, 2025.

The maintenance is expected to take the full two hours of the listed periods below.

Will there be a maintenance page during this time?

No. 

What are the affected periods for beta and production?

Beta: 6pm to 8pm PT Thursday Dec 19, 2024 (12/19/2024)

Prod: 12am to 2am PT Tuesday Jan 7, 2025 (01/07/2025)

 

(Update) Connectivity DB's Minor Version Upgrade

12/11/24 Update: The beta and prod dates have been updated. 

We will be upgrading our beta and prod Postgres DBs versions for Connectivity, from version 13.7 to 13.9. This is because AWS recently ended the support for the version.

The maintenance is expected to take about 15 minutes in the scheduled time window.

Will there be a maintenance page during this time?

No. 

What are the affected periods for beta and production?

Beta: 12am - 2 am PT on 1/20/2025 (Monday)

Prod: 12am - 2 am PT on 1/22/2025 (Wednesday)

 

Scheduled Maintenance 

Blend will be performing maintenance on November 20, 22, and December 16, 2024 during regularly-scheduled maintenance hours. The estimated downtime for each window is expected to be less than 2 minutes.

What are the affected periods for beta environments?

  • 12am-1am Pacific Time on November 20, 2024
  • 12am-1am Pacific Time on November 22, 2024
  • 12am-1am Pacific Time on December 16, 2024

What are the affected periods for production environments? 

  • 12am-1am Pacific Time on November 20, 2024
  • 12am-1am Pacific Time on November 22, 2024
  • 12am-1am Pacific Time on December 16, 2024

 

OneSpan eSign Provider Maintenance

Update 11/14: OneSpan published new maintenance windows for the first half of 2025. Those dates have been added, below. 

One of Blend’s eSign vendors, OneSpan, has announced recurring downtime for maintenance windows. These downtimes will result in periods where Blend lender and applicant users will not be able to create new eSign envelopes or sign outstanding envelopes.

Existing eSign tasks will be able to be reopened once maintenance is over.

Failed creation of disclosures, closings, or other eSign tasks will not automatically be retried. Users will need to re-attempt creating or issuing eSign tasks.

Will there be a maintenance page during this time?

No.

What are the affected periods for beta and production?

  • January 19, 2025, 9pm - 12am Pacific
  • February 16, 2025, 9pm - 12am Pacific
  • March 16, 2025, 9pm-12am Pacific
  • April 20, 2025, 9pm-12am Pacific
  • May 18, 2025 9pm - 12am Pacific
     

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