2026 03 18 release notes (core)

Release summary

This page summarises items scheduled for the following release to the Patchworks Core Production environment.

Release version	Release date	Release status
v2026-03-18	Wednesday 18th March 2026 (a.m)	pending

New features, updates, and enhancements of note are summarised by product area, below:

• Drag & drop canvas

• Process flows

• Connector builder

• Virtual environments

• Company management

• General

Drag & drop canvas

Type	Summary	Ref #
New	Legacy canvas sunset notice The classic process flow canvas will be retired at the end of March. As a reminder, you'll see a banner at the top of the canvas when you choose to edit or create a process flow. Once dismissed, the banner is cleared for 24 hours. If you have any questions about the new drag & drop canvas before this change, please contact our Support team. The drag & drop canvas	CPT-5584
New	Integrated shapes panel The canvas now includes a shapes panel so you can drag and drop shapes directly to the canvas. In this way, shapes are dropped, ready for you to configure and connect when needed. If you drag a shape to the end of an existing flow, it connects automatically. Remember to configure this shape; otherwise, it (and any subsequent shapes) are ignored. The shapes panel can be sorted by shape type; it also remembers recently used shapes and can be searched/collapsed. Note that you can still use the + icon within the process flow to add a shape from the shapes palette at a given point. The drag & drop canvas	CPT-5533
Enhancement	Shape selection improvements When selecting shapes, all selected shapes are clearly outlined in their corresponding colour, so it's easy to see what's included in the selection. Multi-select for Linux users has also been fixed. Drag & drop canvas interactions	CPT-5558
Enhancement	Canvas tutorial Minor updates to the canvas tutorial text for clarity and consistency. The drag & drop canvas	CPT-5549
Bug	Shape selection Fixed an intermittent issue where it was possible to become stuck in select mode when selecting multiple shapes using the SHIFT key. Drag & drop canvas interactions	CPT-5396
Bug	Missing translations Missing translations for the new canvas have been added.	CPT-5547

Process flows

Type	Summary	Ref #
Enhancement	Improved filter & sort options for process flow list Flow list filters and search options have moved out of table headings and now sit at the very top of the list. A new sort option is available, whilst deployed/undeployed and label filters have been fixed. The process flows page	CPT-4359
Change	Run process flow shape links Selecting a linked flow from a run process flow shape now opens the target flow in a new browser tab. Only applicable for the drag & drop canvas. Run process flow shape	CPT-5551
Bug	Branch shape Fixed an issue where branch shape settings included duplicate branches when no shapes had been added. Only applicable for the drag & drop canvas. The branch shape	CPT-5548
Bug	Route shape - CSV payloads Fixed an issue where passing a CSV payload through a route shape would corrupt the payload and convert it to JSON. A new plain option has been added to the payload format selector in route shape settings. If selected, the payload is preserved in its original plain text format. Note that this option is only available from the drag & drop canvas. The route shape	CPT-4053
Bug	Route shape filter OR operator Fixed an issue where the or operator for route filters was not working as expected.	CPT-4413
Bug	Deleted deployment requires refresh Fixed an issue where attempting to delete a process flow having just deleted the last existing deployment would fail, because the deleted deployment was not registered before a page refresh. Only applicable for the drag & drop canvas. Deleting a flow deployment	CPT-5510

Connector builder

Type	Summary	Ref #
Bug	Pre & post request scripts for authentication Fixed an issue where deleting a pre or post request script associated with a connector's authentication method could also remove the authentication method, and in turn any associated connector instances. Pre & post request scripts	CPT-5488

Virtual environments

Type	Summary	Ref #
Enhancement	Deploy package from the compare page You can now choose to deploy a package directly from the package compare page. Comparing packages	CPT-4515
Enhancement	Deploy package to multiple environments in a single action You can deploy a package to multiple virtual environments in a single action. Having chosen to deploy a package, available environments are displayed with checkboxes - select one, multiple, or all. Deploying a package	CPT-4376
Bug	Data pool replacements Fixed an issue where the list of data pool replacements failed to paginate, so only page 1 was displayed. Date pool replacements	CPT-5106
Bug	Replacement selectors Fixed an issue where selectors for replacement caches, cross-refs and data pools were not populated, so it was necessary to search for replacement items. Virtual environment replacements	CPT-5571

Company management

Type	Summary	Ref #
New	Download insights summary as CSV You can now download the current insights summary as a CSV file - look for a Download CSV button in the top, summary panel. The CSV file is delimited with a single comma and includes the following fields: company,cpu_time,payload_size,operations_sent,operations_received Company insights	CPT-5084

General

Type	Summary	Ref #
Bug	Data pool export/import Fixed an issue where importing a previously exported data pool failed due to 'invalid headers' in the file. Now, data pools can be exported and then imported elegantly. Importing & exporting de-dupe data	CPT-5007
Bug	Cross-reference lookup delete error Fixed an issue where attempting to delete a cross-reference lookup resulted in an error due to an overzealous validation check. Cross-reference lookups	CPT-4972