Release dates
| Major release 2025.2.0 |
Highlights CORE
Contextual Search
With this feature, Censhare enables its users to search for assets in the Web Client using the natural language. It perfectly accomplishes existing asset search capabilties and is perfect for situations when users do not know exact keywords and/or metadata to search for. The integrated chat-like AI agent returns a summary of all found information and a list of relevant assets. It allows users to skip going through assets one by one and to find required information quickly without writing complex search queries.
Dark mode for Web Client
We added a dark theme for Censhare Web.
Users can choose between the two modes or let the theme be defined by their device default setting. Switching between themes can be done easily from anywhere in the system, by clicking on the user icon and selecting Appearance.Read more
Dark theme for existing custom brandings: action required.
Existing custom brandings need to be expanded with the dark mode to prevent them from falling back to the default Censhare branding.
(2025.2) Create custom branding(s) (partner login required)
Creating a feature request directly from the Web Client
Following the launch of our public feature request board, we added a possibility to create new FRs directly from the Censhare Web Client. This will help users to describe a desired feature while staying within the context of the Web Client UI. The FR is then added to the public board automatically.
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ARM-native desktop clients
For optimized performance and security on Apple hardware, we re-engineered our desktop clients, making them ARM-native. They do not require Rosetta mode any longer and run directly on the actual operating system. We also continue supporting Intel-based desktop clients for macOS as well as Windows clients.
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“Last login” column in the Users table in Admin Client
Previously, to retrieve information about the last user login, admins had to export and twist user data. Now, this is directly visible in the Users table of the Master data section in the Admin Client, as well as on the user asset.
New server action for quick locale setup
Adding a new locale has been made easier, especially for the Cloud customers. Previously, you had to either run a database update script using SSH for Classic installations, or raise an IT support ticket for Cloud installations. Now, all you need is to run this new database update server action. It perfectly complements the existing workflow, making it manageable for everyone with admin access to the Server.
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Party keys instead of IDs for asset automations with workflow target change
To smooth the transition to Git-based versioning and deployments for solution development, we introduce a small but powerful change in the asset automation. You can now use user login or group key for defining workflow target change. IDs are kept as an option for backward compatibility. This allows to move automations between environments without additional adjustments.
Highlights DAM
XLIFF 2.0 support for translation management
Censhare now supports both the legacy XLIFF 1.x and the actively maintained XLIFF 2.x format for exporting and importing translations of Adoby InCopy assets. This allows for backward compatibility but also for using advantages of a more modern XLIFF standard.
Highlights Media Asset Management
Drag-and-drop assets into messages or tasks
We continue enhancing communication capabilities of the Web Client UI. Starting from this release, Censhare users can attach files to new or existing messages and tasks by uploading them directly on the Communication tab with a simple drag-and-drop into the text field of the message or task.
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Adjustable playback speed for video assets
The video player UI now includes a playback speed control with five different options. Selecting a playback speed applies the change in real-time without pausing or restarting the video and can be used for previewing and editing video assets as well as for setting markers.
Cleanup for message notifications
With a huge number of notifications messages for different users, a system can slow down noticeably. To the prevent this, an automatic server action has introduced and enabled by default.. It is regularly executed and removes older notification messages. The conditions for removing notification messages and the execution times can be configured.
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Configure asset notification cleanup (admin guide)
Highlights Integrations
CI-HUB | Self-registration for end users and simplified environment setup
End users can now enjoy a streamlined self-registration flow for the CI HUB integration, whereas admins and solution developers can profit from seamless deployments of new CI HUB integration environments.
Marmind integration for granular campaign management
Censhare and Marmind are launching a seamless integration for more granular campaign management. Now, Marmind customers can profit from Censhare DAM, and Censhare customer can profit from advanced campaign planning features offered by Marmind.
The integration is available upon request and subject to separate licensing.
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Marmind integration for campaign management (user guide)
Marmind integration (admin guide)
Acrolinx integration
Acrolinx allows you to provide central styleguides and then check your texts against these styleguides. For this purpose, Censhare integrates the Acrolinx Sidebar into Censhare Web. For more information on Acrolinx, see see Acrolinx documentation Check With Acrolinx.
General improvements and bug fixes
Deadlines in My Work
It could happen that the deadlines and relative day references in the My Work page are shown in German while English has been selected as UI language. The issue has been fixed.
Blank screen in the Properties Editor
When a user opens the Properties Editor and then creates a feature request, the Properties Editor shows a blank page after that. The issue has been fixed.
Scrolling broken in Properties Editor
Vertical and horizontal scrolling does not work in the Properties Editor. The issue has been fixed.
Properties Editor: cell size adaption for child features broken
The size of cells in the Properties Editor is not adapted to the size of the content for cells that show a child feature. The issue has been fixed.
Stored searches problems
The Stored searches functionality shows some inconsistencies in its behaviour. The issue has been fixed.
Mark task as completed causes error
A user marks a task as Done with completion of 100 %. Instead of completion, an error message is shown. The issue has been fixed.
Session time out while working in editors
User sessions are terminated while users are working in one of the editors in Censhare Web. This happens although the defined SSO session timeout in Keycloak has not been reached. The closing of the websocket connection by the Cloud Gateway causes the logout of the user before reaching the SSO session timeout. The issue has been fixed.
After broken connection, editor changes cannot be saved
When a broken websocket connection is reestablished in Censhare Web, changed text in editors, for example Text Editor, cannot be saved. The issue has been fixed.
Asset creation: selecting references broken
In the asset creation dialog, it is not possible to select asset references or asset key references. The issue has been fixed.
Translation with Memory: Editing SRX rules breaks configuration
The configuration of the service includes a set of basic SRX rules (Segmentation Rules eXchange). Adding custom rules then brakes the configuration. The issue has been fixed.
Translation with Memory: error when changing order of terminology entries
In Censhare Web, there is an error shown in the Translation tab instead of the translation related widget. This happens when a user changes entries in the terminology. After returning back to the Translation tab, the error occurs. The issue has been fixed.
Text assets in Censhare Web: Cancel after checkout broken
A text asset has been checked out via editing text in a text widget. This checkout cannot not be canceled via the CANCEL button. This is then only possible at another tab of the asset page. The issue has been fixed.
Expert search: Inconsistencies in the shown date format
When search conditions with “Created at” conditions are created, different date formats are used to show the date. The issue has been fixed.
Opening of layouts with group transformations takes long time
To open layouts in Censhare Web takes a long time if the layout contains placements via group transformation. The reason is that these transformations are executed while the opening. This also happens when the preview is opened only. The issue has been fixed.
Censhare Web: task creation requires description to be added
A task is not added to an asset in Censhare Web if the task does not contain a description. Only a task name is not sufficient. The issue has been fixed.
Complete list of release changes
Known issues
The full list of known issues present in this and earlier Censhare versions can be found on this page.
Discrepancy between video length in different widgets for existing video assets
Timecode support introduced with the release 2025.1 used to have a small bug.
Previously,the displayed number of frames has been rounded down for the master file used in the Editor. Consequently, in the Editor, the existing video assets may appear as one frame shorter than in the Preview and Annotation widgets (Overview and Communication tabs respectively).
To fix this, please run the Create Previews server action. Any new assets are not affected by the problem and does not require a fix.