The Libra release is officially here, and it’s packed with dozens of new features and enhancements to help you create an even smarter and more engaging workplace experience. Plus, you’ll discover several powerful new Appspace Intelligence capabilities within this release that empower you to interact with the platform in innovative ways!
Check out the video below to see the highlights.
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Additional Libra Release Notes
11 July 2025, Friday
New Features & Updates (ac.1)
Platform
| Features | Description |
| Time Format Standardization
| Date and time displays will now automatically adjust to match the user’s browser locale. This ensures a standardized and familiar format for all date and time representations. Note Space Reservation and Visitor Management features are not yet included in this date and time display update. Further information regarding these will be provided later.
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| User Invitation Improvement
| User invitation emails will now be sent in each user’s preferred language, enhancing clarity and personalization. Additionally, the user onboarding pages can also be translated into various languages, ensuring a smoother and more accessible setup experience for everyone. |
| Web Push Notifications for Browser
| Web push notifications have been implemented to support browser users. This feature enhances user engagement by delivering timely updates and alerts directly to their web browsers. |
| Streamlined First-Time User Onboarding
| The initial sign-in experience for first-time users on Appspace is now streamlined. We’re pre-populating modules with sample data to offer a guided introduction to our solutions, helping new users get up to speed quickly.
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| SCIM-Based Group Management
| This feature enables the automated creation and management of user groups within Appspace via your existing Identity Provider (IdP) using System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) protocol support. This eliminates the need for manual group updates, streamlining administrative tasks. While group names and memberships are controlled by the IdP, Appspace administrators retain the ability to assign roles and licenses as required. |
Visitor Management
| Features | Description |
| Drop-in workflow improvements
| This feature ensures that when visitor drop-ins are disabled at a specific location, visitors using the kiosk will not have access to the drop-in workflow (without a reservation code), this option will be hidden. This prevents confusion and ensures the correct process is followed when drop-ins are not permitted.
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| Check-in notification delegation
| This feature delegates check-in notifications to designated individuals or teams instead of the original host. It's especially useful for meetings with external stakeholders or clients, where a dedicated team or assistant handles visitor arrivals.
Operational Details:
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| Expanded Device Support for Visitor Kiosk Card
| This enhancement broadens the compatibility of the Visitor Kiosk Card across a wider array of devices. It integrates essential functionalities such as camera support for QR code scanning and photo capture, along with ensuring seamless printer compatibility. This expansion will significantly improve the user experience by offering greater flexibility in hardware choices.
Supported Devices:
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| Visitor Kiosk Check-in Lead Time Enhancement
| This improvement to the Visitor Kiosk introduces a new “Visitor Check-in Lead Time” field. This field, which is tied to the “Allow Visitor Reservations” rule, gives administrators the flexibility to define how far in advance a visitor can check in for a scheduled meeting.
Previously, the system had a fixed one-hour lead time for check-ins. Now, with this update, if the “Allow Visitor Reservations” rule is enabled and an administrator doesn’t specify a different lead time, the default will remain one hour. This enhancement provides greater control and customization for visitor check-in procedures.
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Space Reservations
| Features | Description |
| Enhanced Delegates Feature with Executive Assistant View
| This update fully enables the Delegates feature, expanding upon the initial Executive Assistant View (Phase 1) to offer comprehensive support for executive assistant workflows.
Phase 2 specifically empowers delegates with full operational control over executive reservations by importing their permissions directly from O365. This means delegates can now perform key actions on behalf of other users, including:
Additionally, the Concierge module now also supports actions performed by delegates on behalf of other users, further streamlining administrative tasks.
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Employee Communications
| Features | Description |
| Link Snippets in Sharebox and Editor
| This feature streamlines content creation by automatically generating link previews whenever a URL is pasted into the page editor, story editor, or sharebox. This enhancement provides an immediate visual representation of the linked content, improving the user experience and facilitating quicker content review. |
| Custom Praises
| Account owners can now configure custom praises directly from the admin view. This feature allows for the personalization of both praise names and their corresponding illustrations, enabling a tailored recognition experience within the system.
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| Enhanced Comments Threads & Attachments
| This feature significantly upgrades the comment section by enabling comment threads and supporting attachments. Users can now engage in more organized discussions through nested replies and share relevant files directly within the comments, streamlining collaboration and information exchange. |
| Conversational AI
| This feature provides users with answers, updates, and support through an intuitive, chat-like interface. It’s designed to make communication faster and more personalized, enhancing the user’s experience. |
| AI Connectors
| This feature empowers publishers to enhance content imported from various sources using artificial intelligence. It enables AI-driven enrichment of synced content and facilitates the creation of scheduled content with AI assistance. |
| Document Library in Topics
| The Document Library feature is now available within Topics, mirroring its functionality and accessibility in Communities. This enhancement allows for organized document storage and retrieval directly within Topic sections. |
| Content Schedule Calendar | The Content Schedule Calendar provides a centralized, interactive display of all scheduled content and upcoming expirations. This eliminates the need for manual spreadsheets and significantly reduces the risk of outdated content.
Available in:
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| Ask AI Widget in Community Feeds
| Community administrators can now integrate the Ask AI widget directly into the community feed. This allows users to leverage AI capabilities for quick information retrieval and support within their community environment.
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Digital Signage
| Features | Description |
| GA Feature Flags for AI Image/Text Generation and AI Generate Card | The feature flags for AI Image/Text Generation and the AI Generate Card are now generally available (GA). This release enables users to fully access and utilize these artificial intelligence capabilities.
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| Feature Flag for Cisco Legacy Devices | A new feature flag has been implemented to restrict the registration of legacy Cisco devices via the Cisco CR broker service within Advanced Device Registration. This proactive measure is in anticipation of these devices soon being designated as unsupported. Feature Flag Details: feature.devices.registration.legacy
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| Extended Playout Metrics | Detailed playout metrics, previously exclusive to Advanced Channels, now include Autoplay Channels, Single Channel Playlists, and Multizone Playlists. This expansion offers a more comprehensive overview of content performance across various channel types. |
| New Columns and Filters on Content Playback Analytics Report
| The Content Analytics Report now includes additional columns and filters to provide more granular insights into content playback. New Columns:
New Filters:
These additions allow for more detailed analysis and reporting on content performance across various device classifications. |
| Multi-Select Dropdown Filters on Content Playback Analytics Report
| The Content Playback Analytics Report now features enhanced filter selection. The user can now multi-select for the following filters, simplifying their data analysis:
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| Non-Mandatory Channels Filter on Content Playback Analytics Report
| The Channels filter on the Content Playback Analytics Report is no longer mandatory. Users can now create or edit reports without selecting a channel, providing greater flexibility in data analysis. |
| Improved Duration Formatting on Content Playback Analytics Report
| The Content Playback Analytics Report now displays duration in a more standardized and comprehensible hr:min:sec format. This improved formatting applies to both the “Content Duration” and “Duration” columns, making it easier to read and analyze your data. |
| GA Location Settings Feature Flag
| The Location Settings feature flag is now generally available (GA). This enables access to Device Settings, the Locations tab, and the Location App Update Management setting, providing users with comprehensive control over their location-based configurations. |
| Removed Device Settings Extension from Devices Menu
| The Device Settings extension has been removed from the Devices menu. This change is part of the ongoing modernization of Device Settings and prevents users from accessing the legacy user interface.
To access relevant settings pages (Global, Downloads, and Locations), users should now navigate to Devices > Settings.
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| Device Locations Extension Removed from Devices Menu
| The Device Locations extension has been removed from the Devices menu. This update is part of the modernization of Device Locations, preventing users from accessing the legacy user interface.
To access the modernized Overview, Properties, and Notifications for device locations, users should now navigate to Devices > Settings > Locations tab. |
| New Device Management Webhook Events
| New webhook events have been introduced specifically for device management. These events provide real-time notifications for key device lifecycle changes:
Note To access the Integrations > Webhook page and utilize these events, users must enable the existing feature.integrations.webhooks feature flag.
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| New Device Health Status Webhook Events
| New webhook events have been implemented specifically for device health status. These events provide real-time notifications for critical changes in device connectivity and synchronization:
Note To access the Integrations > Webhook page and utilize these events, users must enable the existing feature.integrations.webhooks feature flag.
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| Total Device Registered and Devices By Type Widgets
| The “Total Devices Count” and “Devices By Type” widgets will be retained. These widgets continue to provide essential oversight into your device ecosystem.
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Maintenance Releases
25 Sept 2025, Thursday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.14 (Private)
- AE-13133 – The schema creation logic in Universal Search allows race conditions, which generate duplicate schemas with identical keys in the schema repository, leading to index errors and unintended behavior.
3 Sept 2025, Wednesday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.11 (Private)
- AP-56989 – Modern Authentication fails to process SSO login when the IdP returns a non-standard mail SAML claim.
20 Aug 2025, Wednesday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.9 (Preview)
- AE-12832 – The update in the Space Reservation > Microsoft Outlook Integration module improves room import logic and error handling, preventing unhandled exceptions during resource synchronization.
- AE-12917 – Device registration fails in the DeviceCreated webhook when hardware information is null, which results in missing devices on the Device Listing page and requires immediate action to ensure proper registration and visibility.
16 Aug 2025, Saturday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.8
- AE-12906 – Attempting to import sensors into Appspace fetches incorrect drivers, despite the driver IDs in the import file matching those in Appspace, indicating a possible issue with the ID lookup process.
11 Aug 2025, Monday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.7
- AP-56094 – Live channels imported via channel groups created in channel extensions are not linked to the new channel group.
- AP-56116 – When an account is not an FTU account, existing widgets such as Upcoming Events and Featured are not displayed.
5 Aug 2025, Tuesday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.6.
- AP-55858 – Users are unable to update the content fallback configuration for a network, as the previous implementation managed fallback content through player properties rather than a front-end interface.
31 July 2025, Thursday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.5
- AE-12824 – Unnecessary device integration webhook events appear in other microservices queues as events not intended for subscription are published to the generic *.devices topic.
- AP-55446 – Frontline worker accounts are unable to view content in the Advanced Channel, encountering a 404 error despite the content being properly created in the library and visible in the properties.
- AP-55746 – MediatR registration error occurs when starting up Content Resolver pods due to the absence of container verification before executing App.Run().
- AP-55856 – The Analytics Service will accept Base-Theme as the only non-GUID cardThemeId to prevent bad requests and allow analytics submission.
- AP-55877 – FTU widgets show incorrect behavior due to unclear requirements, faulty show-hide logic, and inability to remove the Shortcuts widget when using the hidden FTU default theme.
28 July 2025, Tuesday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.3
- AE-12826 – Adding a user to a user group does not recognize existing groups, even with identical configurations, but newly created groups are correctly found and selectable.
- AP-55798 – Missing the SCIM ConstellationToken for existing accounts on public cloud causes provisioning errors and IDP misalignment during user updates or creation, although users are still provisioned successfully.
26 July 2025, Saturday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.2
- AP-54438 – In Posts in the Employee App, spaces between text and hyperlinks are not displayed, and mentions are not rendered correctly.
- AP-55447 – After importing the playlist, the new playlist displays the correct content from the original, but some items intermittently do not appear in the library despite multiple import attempts.
- AP-55494 – Frontline worker accounts are unable to import Advanced Channels by pasting the URL.
- AP-55500 – The Library Service index error is likely caused by a script that modified an index, leading to conflicts during create and drop operations across multiple pods.
- AP-55511 – Content Playback report data is delayed due to a background job and will only include device tags or groups after content changes or channel selection.
- AP-55528 – To prevent bad requests, the Analytics Service will accept Base-Theme as the only non-GUID cardThemeId for content playback analytics, as used by stock theme card templates.
- AP-55576 – In Location > Overview > Software Update, the software update scheduling and tooltip information are missing from the interface.
- AP-55617 – An error is shown when creating an Event Post with an empty description.
- AP-55699 – Slowness on the device.devices collection in stage is caused by a compound index update that inadvertently removed the index used by the device summary query.
18 July 2025, Friday
Libra build 8.11-ac.1.1
- AE-12712 – The Employee App’s Audio Digest not loading in mobile devices is addressed, preventing instances where the digest becomes unresponsive during loading.
Appendix
Release Schedule Information
The following is the release management schedule as per our Release Calendar for Public Cloud:
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New Appspace functionality and major platform optimizations will now be released under a quartely release cycle, scheduled at 08:00 pm CST on Friday.
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Scheduled minor feature updates, cloud service optimizations, and bug and escalation fixes are typically scheduled at 08:00 pm CST time throughout the week, typically on a Tuesday or Friday.
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Critical updates including security patches or emergency fixes that support the reliability and availability of the Appspace platform will be deployed as necessary and as soon as it is administratively feasible.