(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 (1)

Finicity Connect Name Change 

Update 8/15/2025: Per Mastercard, the new beta and production release dates for this name change is scheduled for 9/11/2025.

As part of Mastercard’s continued efforts to streamline and align its product offerings under a unified brand, Finicity Connect is being rebranded as Mastercard Data Connect. 

This update impacts only Blend customers who leverage ACH detail or asset connectivity with Finicity. The change is limited to product name and branding, there are no changes to functionality, workflow, or user experience.

Maintenance Announcements (3)

OneSpan Maintenance 

OneSpan will be performing regular system maintenance. 

Will there be downtime associated with this maintenance?

Yes, the downtime will impact features and services in the borrower application and the lender application.

What services or products are affected?

This will block all signing flows that utilize OneSpan. All document signings in OneSpan. 

What are the affected periods for beta?

Sun Aug 17 2025 06:00:00 GMT+0200. Approximately 5 minutes. 

What are affected periods for prod environments?

Sun Aug 17 2025 06:30:00 GMT+0200. Approximately 5 minutes.

E-original Maintenance  

E-original will be performing regular system maintenance. 

Will there be downtime associated with this maintenance?

Yes, the downtime will impact features and services in the borrower application.

What services or products are affected?

eCore and SmartSignWeb will not be able to issue or sign E-original E-notes during this time.They are performing standard infrastructure maintenance and patching. 

How will this impact the application?

Borrowers will not be able to sign their E-notes if they have a task to do so. There will be no impact to lenders. 

What are the affected periods for beta?

4 hours, Sunday, August 17, 2025 2:00 AM - 6:00 AM ET

What are affected periods for prod environments?

4 hours, Sunday, August 17, 2025 2:00 AM - 6:00 AM ET

Configurable Platform Database Upgrade

We will be upgrading the Configurable Platform database in beta and production environments. In beta, we will only be changing database parameters and rebooting the database. In production we will be changing the database server capacity (instance size type), changing parameters and rebooting.

Impact: Borrowers will not be able to submit applications through Blend (for Configurable Platform loan types). API endpoints for Configurable Platform will be down. Internal calls to Configurable Platform will fail.

What are the affected periods for beta?

Sep 5, 2025, 12AM-2AM PDT. The maintenance is expected to take approximately 60 minutes. 

What are affected periods for prod environments?

Sep 12, 2025 12AM-2AM PDT. The maintenance is expected to take approximately 60 minutes. 

Will there be downtime associated with this maintenance?

Yes, the downtime will impact features and services in the borrower application and the lender application. We expect the actual down time to be less than 1 hour. There will be a maintenance notice in all tenant environments. 

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