Workspaces Release Notes: 3.70

First released: 26th May 2025

Summary

This release of workspaces includes some bug fixes and small improvements to DRE workspaces.

We now show a list of users connected to a VM and and also improved the airlock process.

Upcoming items

We are working on the ability to edit metadata for database tables as well as some new optional workspace restrictions and AI code generator.

Released features

FeatureTypeJira keySummary
Run in background commands don't escape the script path being executedBugFixXAP-27874

When running files in background, files with characters that need shell escaped will now run successfully.

Git does not work in VMs on the workspace file mountBugFixXAP-27751

We have made a fix to Linux VM so that files mount ownership is now changed to login user account; this allows git to work again.

Show list of users logged into a VMEnhancementXAP-27655

Virtual machines panel enhancements: users can now see how many users are connected to a VM, and if they hover over the label, they will see the emails of the users in a popup list.

Icons in knowledge base are not displayed in vmBugFixXAP-27641

Minor bug fix: DRE Knowledge base will display better from within a workspace VM

Include a reason for when an airlock request is rejectedEnhancementXAP-27423

The Airlock administrator is now able to provide a reason to reject an airlock request. the user who created the airlock request will receive and email about the rejection as usual, but the email will now include the reason for rejection.

Airlock with schema issueBugFixXAP-27386

We have made a change to the system which fixes an issue with moving data tables via airlock when the table is part of a DB schema

Add option to clear filters when filtered list shows nothingEnhancementXAP-19456

In the workspaces list, the status filter has been improved slightly so it can be cleared in one click. Also, if the user filters out everything, a link in the ‘nothing to show’ message is displayed, to clear the filter again.