FAIR Data Services Version 2.51.0

First Released: 17 December 2025

Summary

This release amalgamates form creation for catalogue templates and data access request forms, see below for further details and suggested integration testing. This release also upgrades the version of Camunda run by FAIR, and introduces foundational changes in support of DRE organisations in FAIR. 

Form amalgamation

FAIR 2.51.0 will amalgamate the form building code for catalogue templates and data access request (DAR) forms. This change has been made to make the far wider array of field types currently available when creating a catalogue template available to users creating DAR forms. 

This change will have no impact on end users, but it does mean that where a DAR form is being edited via the API type safe attributes will now be required for things like maximum and minimum e.g:

  • maximum: 2, instead of maximum: “2”
  • defaultValue: true, instead of defaultValue: “true”

Where a hub has a third party integration with its DAR process there is a small possibility that there could be issues with:

  • submission and display of new requests (based on existing 3rd party request forms)
  • display of existing requests

In this circumstance we suggest hub owner tests their integration when the change is released to their staging environment. Any new forms or amendment to forms will also now need to be type safe. 

Released features

Feature Type JIRA Key Summary
Amalgamate Request and Catalogue Form Building Enhancement

FAIR-7402

This change amalgamates form building for catalogue templates and data access requests (DAR). This makes a wider array of field types available when creating a DAR form

Migrate Camunda from v7.21 to v7.23 Maintenance FAIR-9600 This ticket upgrades the version of Camunda FAIR is running from 7.21 to 7.23
Introduce Guest Organisation to support commons mode Enhancement FAIR-9630 This is a foundational change to support the introduction of multi-organisation FAIR