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FDSA Release 2.4.1

Version: 2.4.1 Date: Jan 26 2026
Release type: Feature Development - partner support, single sign on support and bug fixes
Audience: FDSA administrators, data providers, and researchers

What’s New

  • Dual SSO Support (Key Highlight)
    Added support for an additional identity provider (EPND) and improved account linking when multiple SSO providers are used.
  • Enhanced Data Access Controls
    Introduced validation to ensure users only see data schemas they are authorized to access.
  • Improved DAR Administration Experience
    • Expanded DAR review details with clearer feedback.
    • Enhanced filtering and search capabilities to help administrators find requests faster.
    • In some configurations, DAR reviews can now proceed even when a specific external token is unavailable.
  • Improved Authentication Handling
    More robust support for environments configured with multiple identity providers.
  • Release Process Enhancements
    Additional automated validation checks have been added to the release process to detect issues earlier.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • Authentication & SSO
    • Improved error handling for sign-in and token refresh issues to make troubleshooting easier and reduce user disruption.
    • Added stricter validation for accepted login callback URLs to prevent configuration errors.
    • Updated production identity provider configurations, including improvements related to AD Workbench.
  • Installer & Upgrade Stability
    • Improved installer and startup logging for clearer diagnostics.
    • Fixed edge cases related to installer re-runs and configuration validation.
    • Updated default configuration settings to better reflect real-world deployments.
  • Frontend Configuration
    • Resolved an issue where frontend runtime configuration was not always delivered correctly, ensuring the UI loads with the proper settings.
  • Task Tracking Reliability
    • Addressed issues that could cause tasks to appear incomplete or missing.
  • Security & Infrastructure
    • Improved AWS environment security by migrating to a newer, more secure metadata access method.

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