#Data Engine

• "Project Key" item was added to the feedback filter and view lists as well as to dynamic tag interfaces. This can now be used to properly template user and feedback integrations.

#Miscellaneous

• An issue was corrected where access to files and images would be broken due to layered session identities when using Assume

#Data Engine & Custom Reporting

• Reports created by a user that has been merged into a different user will no longer require an edit to then begin refreshing properly.

#Form Engine & Custom Surveys

• Adjusting access to matrix or stack rank form elements via the overview quick icons will now include each row properly.

#Integrations

• Email footer messaging on Jira external destination failure messages was corrected.

This October, we’re serving up a few treats for your testing toolkit, including a suite of accessibility improvements, and a convenient way to access Centercode Labs, a new space where you’ll find fun, experimental tools designed to make your day-to-day a little easier (and a little more fun!)

#👻Accessi-boo-lity Improvements! 👻

This month we're rolling out a round of screen reader enhancements across key tester-facing areas of Centercode, including Menu Navigation, the Feedback List, Feedback View, Form Engine, Login, and Activities. These updates are entirely seamless, there’s nothing you need to configure! The platform simply works better for users who rely on screen readers. We’ve introduced improved tab order, landmark skipping, and more intuitive focus states, all of which provide meaningful audio context for page functions and actions. That means users with visual impairments can now navigate and engage with our platform more efficiently and with significantly less friction!

These enhancements not only improve accessibility for current users, they also support a wider range of test types, including Accessibility-focused testing programs. That means you can confidently include users with visual impairments in your projects, expanding your reach while maintaining a seamless experience. This is part of our ongoing investment in accessibility, and future developments will be built with these enhancements as a foundation. We’re actively welcoming feedback from screen reader users to help shape what comes next!

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#🧪Centercode Labs, just in time for mad science season! 🧪

In keeping with the spirit of the season, we've got a fun treat for you this month! Centercode Labs is our playground for building small, interactive tools and toys designed to make product development a little easier (and sometimes a little more fun). Now you can check out the latest drops whenever you’re in the platform!

You'll find the new link in your community admin help dropdown menu:

#User Interface & Experience

• A rollback (with a correction to come next week) for ordering issue mismatches between project/program lists on the community homepage, admin program list, and user preferences list. We will get this one "sorted" out!

#User Interface & Experience

• A correction was made to the User Preferences project display list under a specific Program configuration.

#Data Engine & Custom Reporting

• A reporting drill-down issue related to filtering by teams was corrected.
• Reporting on feature satisfaction rating when rating does not exist no longer breaks the view.

#Miscellaneous

• Fixed the Remove button layering so it now appears above the footer in Cross Project Labels.
• Prevented errors when users without the Manage survey role try to create or change cross-project labels - now they receive proper permission feedback.

#Data Engine & Custom Reporting

• Access to view/filter data by role was adjusted to ensure users accessing reporting can apply a view/filter

#Data Engine & Custom Reporting

• The "Insert Above" action when building a form will no longer be misplaced if directly following an element removal.

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• The "include labels" option on specific report elements will not bleed into other elements in that report with labels.
• Reports exported at license caps were adjusted.

#Integrations

• Filtering on External Listeners is once again optional when creating or modifying them.

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• A few additional filtering adjustments were made to numeric "between" entry field behavior, and when using multiple "is not one of" numeric results in the same filter.

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• An issue using dynamic tags in document style custom reports was corrected.

#Notices

• Users on the primary Admin team (project or community) will no longer encounter Block Notices they have access to.

#Test Planning

• Archived Features with a connected survey will continue to allow survey completion for users that met the feature completion before it was archived.

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• Dynamic tag adjustment when the tester impact dynamic tag value is empty (now displays 0, was displaying blank prior).
• Incomplete activities in CDE data will now return blank as intended.

#Form Engine & Custom Surveys

• Project survey notices will now be included on both the activities menu as well as the project homepage survey list.

#Onboarding/Recruiting

• File names that contain certain special characters will no longer cause background image display issues.

#Community and Project Homes

• Community home will now correctly display all projects a user is an applicant for

#User Authentication & SSO

• Addressed security vulnerability with certain SSO setups

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• Larger dataset (6mb+ file size) custom reports have had their PDF processing corrected.
• Feature filtering under feedback context was adjusted to correctly maintain context.

#Miscellaneous

• Project files modification is now tied to the administration role at the corresponding scope (community on create, project on modify).
• Dynamic tag storage corrections made when added to feedback webhook macros.

#Onboarding/Recruiting

• Corrected an issue with project recruiting email links not properly guiding users to the project homepage after SAML SSO login.

As we soak up the last stretch of summer, it’s the perfect time for a little inbox refresh. This month’s update introduces smarter email controls that give your users more choice in what communications they receive, without sacrificing the messages you need them to see. From streamlined opt-outs to clearer message types, it’s all about keeping communication clean, simple, and in your hands. Read below to find out more!

#Email Unsubscribe & Essential Emails

We’ve added new email user preference settings that give users more control over what lands in their inbox, while still making sure you can reach them when it really matters. With a single click, users can now opt out of non-essential emails (more on that below) without losing access to their account or test opportunities. A new "Receive updates via email" setting, found in each user’s My Preferences, controls whether they get general updates (such as Ted emails and other project emails not marked as essential), and it’s turned on by default.

Every Centercode email now includes a footer that clearly shows why the user received it, whether it’s considered essential, and how to unsubscribe if it’s not.

As an admin, you can now explicitly mark outgoing emails as "essential," which overrides user preferences when necessary. And don’t worry, emails sent directly to individual users (like password resets) are always treated as essential by default.

These new tools make it easier to respect user preferences and ensure your critical messages still get through, giving you more clarity, control, and confidence every time you hit "send!"

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• A lengthy file name issue causing an export failure was corrected.
• The new filter/view layouts in reporting were adjusted to retain form position when selecting each sub-element.

#Onboarding/Recruiting

• Corrected an issue with .txt and .csv files when adding to an email list invitation source type.

#Integrations

• An additional adjustment was made to JIRA external destinations to prevent duplication on updates under certain configurations (standardized handler).

#User Interface & Experience

• Back end corrections were made to prevent instances of top menu bar load/display problems.

#Miscellaneous

• A special character encoding issue in certain mac file names was corrected.

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• Corrected a data issue with CDE columns pertaining to state/province and country.
• Corrected an issue when exporting data via user/feedback management or direct form export.
• Certain navigation pathways when creating and modifying filters will no longer present misleading filter previews.

#Integrations

• Corrections made to specific Jira external destination configurations to prevent poor updating.

#Recruiting

• Dedicated URL recruitment sources that begin with "enter" will now work as expected. (might require a browser cache refresh)

#Data Engine & Custom Reporting

• Check results for view/filter will return results on very large or slower response communities
• Exporting to PDF will once again work for customers that use a different base URL
• When filtering on download status (Downloaded, Failed, Not downloaded), it will return the correct results
• Addressed addresses by addressing address types (Home, Shipping, etc.) displaying incorrectly in the data engine and reports

#Hello Centercode Admins!

We are releasing a hotpatch today (July 17th, 2025) to resolve urgent platform issues reported by you. Mid-day or mid-week hotpatches typically result in only brief downtime so you can be back up and running ASAP.

#Data Engine & Custom Reports

• Addressed an issue where in certain conditions, Feature engagement elements would not show in reports
• Addressed an issue with the sorting order of view/filter and reporting data items (ducks are successfully now in rows)
• Reports created from the Survey management > Create report hover will correctly show text elements
• Test platform elements will provide a summary of the test platform for each row instead of the platform name

#Email

• Email hover on Team Management page functionality has been restored

#User Interface

• Cutoff descenders have been cleaned up in view/filter and super filter

#Centercode Mobile App

• Mobile activity completion will no longer jump to the top of the page for each action