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Version: v260112 (BC 2.4.4)

Summary

This is mainline version upgrade for Brief Connect - please see our product documentation for full notes around the added features and included core bug fixes: Brief Connect v2.4.1 Release Notes - Brief Connect Documentation

This release contains the following requirements changes, bugfixes and record subtype configuration items (NOTE Configurations agreed to in the standardisation session held on 12/01/2026 are not included in this release):

ID Title
665379 PDF pack - incorrect fields
667097 Appointment configuration - APMIN
667096 Appointment configuration - APGC
667095 Appointment configuration - APGIC
667094 Appointment configuration - APCAB
667093 Appointment configuration - APAR
662875 (REQ-016) Metadata field search for values (combobox)
664477 PPQ 'Updates' field - new configuration requirement
666931 Add field: 'Due date for lodgement' to all CAB and PARL record types
666932 Add field: Decision Maker due date to all record types
644052 CMIN: Request Type options to be finalised
666790 Configuration of EOB transition task
666653 Parliament: Primary Contact should be at the top of the Initiate list
666330 Cabinet: No 'All must decide' logic on multiple Recommenders in CABAR records
666934 Document section descriptions change (primary, supporting, attachments)

Manual post-deployment steps

Import config

Config file to import: DFFH Configuration v260101-config.zip

Role required: Brief Connect Administrator

If there is no configuration set, you have to set up Administrator user Id in the Environment variable AdminEntraId in the Azure Function App. The value should be the Object Id of the user in Entra ID (Azure AD).

  1. Log into the target Brief Connect environment as the Brief Connect Admin user and open the Admin Panel (https://[WEB_APP_URL]/#/adminPanel).
  2. Select Import from Zip and upload the new configuration ZIP file.
  3. The system will process the file and refresh the list of available configurations. Once it appears, select the newly imported configuration from the dropdown.
  4. Click Apply to apply the imported configuration.
  5. Wait for the confirmation message that the configuration has been successfully applied.
  6. Make sure the active configuration is selected in the dropdown.
  7. In the menu bar, click Update SharePoint Content Types.
  8. Tick Clean up unused fields from content type. It won't remove any data, only detach unused fields from Content Types, then click Confirm.
  9. Wait 20 minutes for the process to finish.
  10. Click Cleanup Unused Fields from SP Lists, then Confirm in the confirmation dialog. This process will cleanup unused fields from lists (fields provisioned with old configs and removed in later configs).
  11. Wait for 10 minutes for the process to complete.

Clear the Server cache

Role required: Brief Connect Administrator

  1. Log into the target Brief Connect environment as Brief Connect Admin user. Open the Admin Panel (https://[WEB_APP_URL]/#/adminPanel)
  2. Open browsers Developer Tools, open Console tab and run the command window.clearCache() there. After successful execution, you should see Cache cleared. Server Result: true message in the console.

Smoke Tests

We recommend following our basic testing guide after this release: Basic testing of Brief Connect - Brief Connect Documentation

  • Go through initiation process and initiate each of the APPOINTMENT record subtypes for DFFH: APMIN, APGC, APGIC, APCAB, APAR
  • Confirm the incorrect PDF pack fields have been removed
  • Confirm combobox fields are correct to specified documentation
  • Confirm addition of 'updates' field for PPQs
  • Confirm addition of 'Due date for lodgement' field for all PARL and CAB record subtypes (excluding PPQ)
  • Confirm correct values for 'Request type' on CMIN records as per PBI
  • Confirm addition of 'Decision Maker due date' for all DFFH record types
  • Confirm correct positioning of Primary Contact role in record initiation
  • Confirm 'All must decide' logic is applied to recommender tasks
  • Confirm change of descriptions for documents sections

Rollback steps to previous version

Execute all deployment steps for the target release from related Release Notes.