2025 Alation Frontend Releases

Alation Cloud Service Applies to Alation Cloud Service instances of Alation

Note

These release notes cover updates to the Frontend service in the New User Experience, available on Alation Cloud Service only. Frontend updates are released every two weeks, with additional patch releases as needed.

Alation Frontend Release June 04, 2025

Frontend Version: 1.2

Build: 10.326.4-22791

Previous Build: 10.311.1

Bug Fixes

  • AL-194244: Fixed a display issue where the columns might appear or disappear from the search results table. This was caused by the UI referencing incorrect data when determining which filters should be shown.

  • AL-193994: Previously, users couldn’t select 13px (Alation’s default font size) from the font size dropdown in the Rich Text editor. This update adds 13px as a selectable option, making it easier to return to the default size when adjusting text formatting.

  • AL-193870: Fixed the null pointer error when loading filtered search that manifested itself as the error Uncaught TypeError: Cannot use ‘in’ operator to search for ‘parent_group_id’ in undefined in the user interface. This occurred when one filter already returned no results and an additional filter was applied on top.

  • AL-193858: Technical fixes: use both content_long_html and content_html to copy and render SQL code in modal dialogs; allow persisting columns sizes; add support for last_executed_by as a string.

  • AL-193652: Clicking the logo in the top left corner now navigates to the user’s preferred homepage, rather than the default homepage.

  • AL-193293: Fixed an issue where documents added to a subfolder were not visible in the parent (top-level) folder. Now, when a user adds a document to a folder that is itself a subfolder, the document correctly appears in the parent folder’s view.

  • AL-192669: Users can now add tags to documents, folders, data policies, policies, policy groups, files, and file systems directly from the Add dialog in the Tag object table. This update brings functional parity across the Classic and New User Experiences, ensuring tags can be added to the same object types consistently.

  • AL-192608: When using the Stewardship Workbench, users can now maintain item selections when navigating between pages in search results, enabling efficient bulk operations across large datasets. Users can select individual items or entire pages, and the selections will persist as they browse through paginated results. Selections are cleared when applying new filters or changing search terms to ensure relevant results.

  • AL-192330: On folder detail pages, the subfolder table will only render when there are one or more subfolders present. This restores the original functionality, which had recently been changed to always show the table even when empty.

  • AL-191899: In the full search table view, users can now select the same columns in the New User Experience that were previously available in Classic, resolving an issue where most columns were not selectable.

  • AL-187934: Improved error handling to prevent unnecessary backend requests. We’ve implemented a fix to stop the UI from sending requests to the backend when specific errors occur (for example, 499, 500, 502, 504). This enhancement improves system stability and prevents unnecessary pod restarts.

  • AL-183900: Shared titles are now visible in the New User Experience when defined by a catalog set, addressing an issue where shared titles were previously missing. When multiple catalog sets define shared titles for the same object, users see a See all button. On hover, all shared titles are displayed along with their respective catalog set names, providing clarity without cluttering the user interface.

  • The release also includes internal updates aimed at maintaining the stability and quality of the application.