26.01 Release notes

This release includes document versioning and locking, PDF exports, attestation template enhancements with participant roles and inventory scoping, use case grouping, helper text for workflow fields, platform notification management, user management improvements, and more.

Backend

Bug fixes

Fix broken link in email notifications

This update fixes an issue with broken links in email notifications. Links in the email notifications should now work as expected.

Update CSV export field for inventory models

This update improves the CSV export functionality for the inventory model by renaming a field from use to use_case. This change resolves an export issue reported by some users.

Frontend

Highlights

Document versioning and locking

You can now version and lock saved copies of model documentation, validation reports, ongoing monitoring, and custom document types. This improves auditability by preserving document state at specific points in time.

Work with document versions

Document versioning

Export documents as PDF

In addition to existing Word document exports, you can now export a single document as a PDF from the ValidMind AI Risk Platform.

Export documents

Export documents as PDF

Manual entry for date and time fields

We have introduced a new date picker. You can now quickly navigate years and months using dropdown menus or input a custom date directly for faster entry.

Date picker with calendar dropdown

Edit and group use cases

We improved the existing use case category settings and added grouping support. You now can:

• Create a new group in the use case core field listed on the Model Inventory Fields page
• Create a new option and move it between groups
• Retain the ordering when listing use cases in the single select form in the Model Overview page

Manage use cases

Add group

Helper text for custom model and artifact fields

You can now add helper text to custom model and artifact fields, offering additional guidance to users beyond the standard field description.

Helper text appears under the description when you edit or complete the field.

This enhancement is useful when configuring fields or filling out model inventory forms, as it helps clarify what information should be entered.

Manage model inventory fields

Manage artifact fields

Manage platform notifications

Customer admins can now turn platform email notifications on or off for specific event types for their organizations.

Manage platform notifications

Platform notifications

Attestation templates improve how you configure attestations, with new options to define participants, scope models, and set notifications.

Working with attestations

Define stakeholders and roles for attestation participants

Assign specific stakeholders and roles for the attestation process, including:

• Submitter
• Reviewer
• Approver

Define models in scope for attestation submission

Set the inventory scope by filtering which models are included in each attestation:

• Create filtering rules based on specific conditions
• Use nested groups for more complex filtering criteria
• View which models match your filter criteria

Notifications via email and My Inbox

Configure email reminders for attestation periods:

• Set how many days before the end date to send reminders
• Customize the subject and body using dynamic variables
• Send reminders to submitters, reviewers, and approvers

Attestation tasks now show up in My Inbox for each participant. Additionally, you can view attestation details through a progress chart for all attestation instances, sorted by group and owner.

Attestation templates

Attestation progress

Remove and disable users in the admin UI

You can now remove a user from an organization directly in the admin UI. On the user details page, where all organizations are listed, a new Remove from Organization button lets you remove a user from a specific organization.

Additionally, you can disable a user from the ValidMind platform entirely. The user details page now features a Disable user button at the top right that allows you to disable the user, denying access to all organizations.

Remove user

Disable user

Bug fixes

PDF upload events now appear in the activity log

Add troubleshooting for SSL issues

Previously, PDF upload events were not recorded in the activity log because only updates to ValidMind documentation templates triggered logging. The platform now adds an activity log entry for PDF uploads to any documentation type

View model activity

Documentation

Add troubleshooting for SSL issues

Troubleshooting guidance is now available to help you address SSL verification errors when initializing the ValidMind Library.

Troubleshooting