The Calm Before The Code Storm

Redacted.ai version 2…Going once, going twice…This is the final 2.X release, before our major 3.0 update. Many of the user facing features are rolling with 3.0, but 2.10 brings stability updates to make sure the app is nice and tidy before we start the major renovations.

Tempting you with Templates!

A behind the scenes feature that we have slipped into 2.10 codebase is a new Templates section of the app. It’s currently hidden so you can’t use it just yet (remember, 2.10 is a stability release with no new usable features), but the stage is all set for templates.

Templates allow our users to save a set of instructions for how files should be redacted. You’ll be able to pick which entities should be redacted, what custom entities should be added, and the level of accuracy in which the auto-redaction takes affect.

You’ll be able to create many different templates which can be applied to a collection of files at any point in the future.

Fixes and improvements

• No longer lock yourself out of the system! We added a check to ensure that a user cannot remove themselves from an organization, if they do not have another organization set.
• Improved the new superuser (admin) logic to match the subscription list.
• Fixed flaky tests by increasing the timeout. This is useful because it will allow us to ensure all tests are run before shipping any new updates.
• Updated the logic for when a new user enters the app for the first time to address potential user confusion.
• Fixed bugs with the entity detection and added a check to ensure the same pages are not processed multiple times.
• Started implementing a framework to allow for users to see a dashboard of their actions.
• Reimagined the preprocessing pipeline for when a document is received. Several updates were made which will allow us to start embedding OCR data into files that have images instead of text. The new pipeline will be used starting next release in 3.0  👍