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# 2018

DNAnexus publishes release notes by deployment date. Most platform releases are deployed on Tuesdays throughout the year, which provides a predictable cadence for delivering security updates, reliability improvements, and new platform capabilities.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Product Versioning**: Release versions are identified by deployment date. For example, a release deployed on June 17, 2025 can be identified as `_20250617` in validation and compliance records. This format helps regulated customers identify exact production release versions for compliance.
{% endhint %}

{% updates format="full" %}
{% update date="2018-12-18" %}

## Release for 18-Dec-2018

* Updates to the SCIM server for specific customers to integrate with the DNAnexus Platform Okta authentication server (no impact for all other customers)
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-12-11" %}

## Release for 11-Dec-2018

* Deprecated command line interface (CLI) commands `dx sh` and `dx exit`
* Internal refactoring of code, including adding internal monitoring and alerting functionality
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-12-04" %}

## Release for 04-Dec-2018

* Added i18n/I10n support to allow the user interface to recognize the user's language selection
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-11-27" %}

## Release for 27-Nov-2018

* Refactoring external API servers to support Ubuntu 16.04 and configure for autoscaling
* Ability of the user to archive without requiring support intervention (AWS-East only)
* Augmentation of the MongoDB server with an AWS Aurora server (AWS only) for select customers
* Support for HTTPS access for JupyterLab
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-11-13" %}

## Release for 13-Nov-2018

* Updated the download proxy service to handle a large volume of files
* Movement of SSO functionality from the internal Auth Server to Okta for an existing customer
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-11-06" %}

## Release for 06-Nov-2018

* Custom expiration dates on tokens
* Added email preferences to user profile
* Turned on the load balancer on the internal API server.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-10-30" %}

## Release for 30-Oct-2018

* Upgraded the nginx web server to v15
* Refactoring of the job manager to a high availability status
* Allowing users to see the public symlink URL
* Upgrade to React v16 of the JavaScript library
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-10-23" %}

## Release for 23-Oct-2018

* Removed the social media links on the landing page of the Platform
* Alerts to org admins when the Audit Trail is turned off (a configuration setting)
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-10-09" %}

## Release for 09-Oct-2018

* Deployment of the Apollo functionality of the Translational Informatics Suite to appropriately licensed users
* Refactoring code for data egress
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2018-09-25" %}

## Release for 25-Sep-2018

* Refactoring of the beta-Apollo code (Translational Informatics Suite)
* Refactoring of data egress functionality
  {% endupdate %}
  {% endupdates %}


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