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Epicenter Release 5.7

Release date: March 10, 2026

Overview​

This release adds project-home run history charts and fixes several authentication and workflow issues. New configuration options and features for automatic data cleanup are now available. It also includes miscellaneous performance and stability improvements.

Epicenter Administration New Features​

Self-Registration Flow​

  • Self-registration flow refactor and completion step: Self-registration now routes through dedicated follow-up screens instead of collapsing everything into the initial form. This release adds a neater post-registration completion page with clearer progress states, registration details, and a direct project link.

Project Home Analytics​

  • Run history charts in the project home: Project home now includes simulation run charts for the last 12 days, 12 weeks, and 12 months. Under the hood, the Epicenter composes rollup data to approximate in-progress periods, so teams get a more useful near-real-time view of project activity instead of waiting for a full reporting window to close.

Project Status Visibility​

  • Published status shown directly in the project home: The project home page now shows whether a project is published or still in development for all dashboard viewers, not just internal Forio users. For projects still in development, the page also points users to support@forio.com for a no-cost upgrade to published status.

Epicenter Administration Fixes and Improvements​

Authentication and Login​

  • Meaningful account lockout messaging: Login now surfaces a clear lockout message when repeated failed attempts trigger an authentication blackout, including the remaining wait time when available.
  • Preserved redirect query parameters on required-login flows: The Dashboard now preserves the full attempted URL, including search parameters, when redirecting users to log in. This fixes broken redirect behavior in SSO-sensitive routes such as authentication via Discourse.

User Management​

  • Spreadsheet upload now keeps forward email data intact: Bulk user upload handling was adjusted so email values survive the iterative import workflow more reliably, including duplicate and discarded-user paths. This improves confidence that the uploaded email data appears in the final user record as intended.

Dashboard and Content​

  • Dashboard banner fetching restored to the CMS-backed service: In-app announcement banners are once again loaded from the active web API endpoint, restoring the expected publishing and acknowledgment flow for dashboard notices.

File Management​

  • Fixed paste in the file editor context menu: Resolved a Monaco editor issue where right-click paste could fail in Chrome after the editor lost focus. Paste from the editor context menu now works as expected.
  • Corrected SFTP instructions: Project file-management screens now show the correct SFTP host instead of deriving an incorrect value from the app URL.
  • Regression: Invalid URLs now show a proper 404 page: Broken or mistyped URLs no longer fall through to a generic 500 Internal Server Error. Users now get a cleaner Page Not Found experience instead.
  • Fixed documentation link in the New Run Configuration popup: The help link in the run-configuration explainer now points to the correct Epicenter documentation.

UI/UX Polish​

  • Add-user form clarity improvements: The add-user workflow now marks required fields more clearly and no longer shows the email field when the handle is not an email address, reducing ambiguity during manual user creation.

Platform/API Improvements​

  • Data cleanup: Automatic removal of orphaned users (not in groups/workshops) is now available. Email support@forio.com to turn this on for your organization.
  • Store email address automatically: When adding a new user, Epicenter will automatically copy the handle (username) into the email field if it is in email format.
  • Miscellaneous: Improvements to site performance and stability

Platform/API Improvements (experimental)​

This release includes a few experimental features that are not yet documented. Contact support@forio.com with questions on these features.

  • Histogram API: A new API is available to collect data and return it in histogram buckets.
  • Delete users when deleting groups: Users can be deleted from the organization when a group is deleted via a special query parameter.
  • Support for ARGON2: Optional support for stricter password encryption in the database with the ARGON2 algorithm.
  • Git Integration: Additional support in Git integration for public/private keys