January 2026 Release Notes

Release 1/6/2026

Enhanced

• Feature Flag Menu Item (KCOM System Admin Role only): This update introduces a new Feature Flag Menu item exclusively for users with the KCOM System Admin role (Engineering). This feature allows system administrators to enable or disable specific functionalities within the application, providing greater control over the user experience and feature deployment. The implementation aims to enhance system management and ensure that only authorized personnel can access critical configuration options.
• Update HealthCheck Endpoint to Emit Log Messages that Support Monitors and Alerts: Enhanced the DataDog HealthCheck endpoint by implementing log message emissions that facilitate better monitoring and alerting capabilities. The new logging features will allow for improved visibility into the health status of the system, enabling quicker response times to potential issues and ensuring more reliable service operations.
• Add Associated Forms, HR Documents, Competencies, and Trainings to be shown in the Regulation details: Enhanced the Regulation details by adding associated Forms, HR Documents, Competencies, and Trainings. This improvement allows users to easily access relevant resources and information applicable to their Location via each regulation, streamlining processes and improving overall efficiency. Users can now find all documentation and training materials associated to a specific regulation, facilitating better compliance and understanding of regulations.

Release 1/13/2026

Enhanced

• LCR/UCR - Remove the Compliance Statuses of Late and Double Late to Reduce Complexity: Simplified the compliance statuses in the Location Compliance Report (LCR) and User Compliance Report (UCR) by removing the Late and Double Late categories. This change aims to streamline reporting, allowing compliance to be categorized simply as compliant or not compliant. Key updates include the removal of Late and Double Late references from the codebase and UI, with affected items now labeled as Not Compliant. Additionally, this work assures that this removal will not introduce new issues with compliance scores, although scores for previously Late or Double Late items will change. Lastly, updates were made technical documentation in Confluence and PHP Unit tests implemented to ensure functionality.
• Location List Audit Page: The Location List Audit Page presents a detailed table that shows the audit status for all Locations, accessible exclusively to Compliance Admin roles. Users can filter the table by Location name, state, company, and regulator, with entries sorted by audit score in ascending order. Each Location features an audit score and summary messages, along with actions such as reviewing audit details and associating templates. The page ensures accurate audit scoring, computes coverage scores, and excludes items marked as Not Applicable, while also displaying pertinent audit messages and recording user activity.
• Location Audit Details Page: Introduced the Location Audit Details Page, which provides a comprehensive side-by-side analysis of a Location compared to its associated Templates. This feature allows Compliance Admin roles to annotate differences and explore ways to better align Locations with Templates, including summaries of linked Templates and uncovered Services or Regulators. The comparison table displays detailed information about the Location and Templates, highlighting differences and actionable items, with color-coded cells indicating status. Additionally, user activity is tracked, and several UI components implemented to enhance usability, such as improved filtering options and clearer formatting of actions.
• Location Audit Details page - Associate Missing Template: Builds on the Location Audit Details page by introducing a feature that enables users to link and associate missing Templates. A new link titled "Assign template now" will appear when there are Services, Regulators, or Levels of Care on the Location that lack associated Templates. By clicking this link, users will be redirected to the Location Details page to associate the necessary Templates. 
• New Roles Based Permissions - Documented Elsewhere Functional Role: A new functional role called "Documented Elsewhere" has been introduced to enable the management of Documented Elsewhere records within Compliance Reports. This role allows users to create, view, edit, and delete DE records as allowed by the Users permissions associated with the form. It can be assigned through the Company Admin interface and is designed to be stackable and dynamic, adapting to the user's permission level for accurate regulatory documentation management. 
• Client Side - Forms - List Performance Enhancement: The purpose of this ticket is to address recent performance and latency concerns and is part of a bundle to improve overall system speed and performance. This ticket in particular improves the load time of the Client Side Forms List Page.
• Client Side - Top Page Search Performance Enhancement: The purpose of this ticket is to address recent performance and latency concerns and is part of a bundle to improve overall system speed and performance. This ticket in particular improves the load time of the Client Side Search/Magnifying Glass function.

Fixed

• Speed/Performance - Partial -> DTO Conversion: Resolved current issues affecting application performance, including query conflicts caused by the use of partials for data retrieval and delays from rebuilding key components on every page load. To address these, tasks include implementing a DTO solution to optimize data retrieval and introducing caching for user roles and permissions. The expected outcomes are a reduction in query complexity, fewer conflicts, and improved response times due to caching enhancements.
• Reinstate the Location Revisions Button in Edit Location Details: Resolved a display issue that inadvertently hid the Location Details Revisions. This issue was introduced in a recent release, but it has now been reinstated for visibility when revisions exist on a Location record. 

Release 1/21/2026

Enhanced

• Client Side - Form Answer - List Performance Enhancement: Addressed recent performance and latency concerns and is part of a bundle to improve overall system speed and performance. Improved the load time of the Form, HR Doc, and Competency answer list pages. 
• Client Side - Form Answer - New/Edit/View Performance Enhancement: Addressed recent performance and latency concerns and is part of a bundle to improve overall system speed and performance. This ticket in particular improves the load time of the Form, HR Doc, and Competency Create New, Edit, and View pages.

Fixed

• Revert Script that Updated Trainings to Not Allow Skip: Updated all Kipu Compliance (KCOM) Trainings to prevent skipping closed trainings and was applied to production last week. This implementation revealed issues with a timer that prevents users from clicking "Complete" until it runs its course. Some trainings have mismatched timer and video durations, causing difficulties for users. The script will be reverted until a new solution is explored to ensure users can complete training videos without a duration requirement that differs from the video's runtime.