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January 5th, 2026

Major Updates

Cloud: AWS lab support in AI Compass
Cloud: Databricks Lab support on Azure
Cloud: Support for Azure Copilot Studio lab
Infrastructure: Provide script support for Cloud labs to prep lab environments

Minor Updates

AI: [GenAI] Adding Budget Alert for Org level Services
AI: [GenAI] Adding logging to userkey budget overrides
AI: Expose Organization level keys for Quiz authoring in Control center dashboard
AI: Show all available models in the UI
AI: Enable Gemini and Veo3 models to AI Gateway
API/LTI: Enforce User-Agent Header for Canvas API Requests
API/LTI: Add GPU budget details to GET resources API endpoint
API/LTI: Add containers API endpoint for image management
API/LTI: Modify PUT courses update children action to copy newly created parts
API/LTI: Modify GET courses API to support searching for parent id
API/LTI: Return container image in GET parts response
API/LTI: Add API endpoint for container images
API/LTI: Add option to change grading rule via PUT parts API
API/LTI: API for AWS Cost Explorer role creds
API/LTI: Add option to update Databricks max number of users per workspace for children courses via API
Cloud: [AWS] Disable Termination Protection for Cloudformation
Cloud: Auto-Start AWS Labs in Container labs
Cloud: Sagemaker Stop Lab Functions
Cloud: [AWS] Inspector and Inspector2 Delete Functions
Cloud: [AWS] Add stop Rekognition models/ updated delete functions
Compass: Feature: Upload Quiz Questions
Compass: Feature: Changing a questions’ concept
Container: Added org-level setting to hide .voc files from submission file tree
Container: Install Rust on the jupyter and vscode containers
Container: Add local site packages to the python path in VNB
Container: [AWS] VNB AWS panel: close lab starting modal when an error status returned
Container: VNB Panel for Databricks
Container: Start student VS Code container in /voc/work
Container: Add “Explain error” using GenAI in VNB
Infrastructure: Custom role for enabling course access control codes
Infrastructure: Finance Report For GenAI Spend
Infrastructure: Add field to track user that created access code
Infrastructure: Allow orgs in the same org group to have access to each other’s container images
Infrastructure: Combo Labs for VNB
Infrastructure: Add basic + document lab types to container arch
Infrastructure: Quicksight Lab Operation Logging
Infrastructure: Add Access Code data to Data Pipeline
Infrastructure: Allow multiple courses to be linked to a server cluster
Infrastructure: Add custom role permission for view course (readonly)
Infrastructure: Allow users with custom roles to bypass access code
Infrastructure: [AWS] Controlcenter add new Payer to allow duplicated account ids
Infrastructure: Add attach time to lab sessions data pipeline
Infrastructure: Allow configurable access_end_date for container arch courses
Infrastructure: Arrivals queue for users when all servers are busy
Infrastructure: Updates to Access Coupon Codes: Add Start Date, Allow code editing, Add limit Validation
Infrastructure: [Quicksight] ViewHistoryLog integration
UI/UX: Allow Copy to Clipboard in Databricks iframe
UI/UX: Feature: Assignment flat view – “Combine Parts”
UI/UX: Add app configuration for admins to integrate custom SAML apps in Digital Backpack
UI/UX: [AWS] AWS panel: hide budget and spend info when the show ‘Budget’ option is OFF
UI/UX: Add modal for workspace errors in Databricks workspace table
UI/UX: [AWS] New AWS Controlcenter Settings page
UI/UX: [AWS] Add detail cost list view option
UI/UX: Add select all option for generate notebook modal
UI/UX: Create Gradebook Analytics Digest; Support LaTeX
UI/UX: make account cost page accessible from main and update viewcost.php links to accountcost.php

Bug Fixes

AI: [GenAI] Rate limiiting for for API keys is not working as expected
Cloud: [AWS] Get the check_concurrent_s3 checked property instead of the value
Cloud: [AWS] Change key/SSO download URL from data: to blob:
Compass: Fix dollar signs causing latex issues
Container: VNB Kernel Issues – add alerts and restart on failures
Container: Fix invalid notebook format when publishing notebook and submitting
Container: Fix issue with course cloning when ‘container arch’ flag is ON
Container: Fixed custom Jupyter cell headers not appearing in VNB
Grading: Fix for Python kernel not connecting in debug mode of grading page
Infrastructure: [BUG] improve file save operation when browser tab is reloaded
Infrastructure: Fix bug where labs weren’t starting for users with apostrophes in their email
Infrastructure: [LTI 1.3] Fix Cross-Org + Cross-Scope LTI Issuer Access
Infrastructure: Adjust click target for public course “Enroll Now”, trim whitespace in access codes
UI/UX: [VNB] Add ability to toggle Cell Height limit
UI/UX: Fix auto-grading results displaying in VNB when “publish grades” is off
UI/UX: Remove irrelevant topbar buttons for RStudio Container Lab Type
UI/UX: Fix VS Code frontend displaying wrong application when opening ports
UI/UX: Fix homepage course catalog to use start-end course timezone
UI/UX: Fix for converting notebooks to HTML for non-Jupyter lab types
UI/UX: Fix for enter workspace as admin not working
VM: Fix for report panel not updating when grading/submission job is taking a long time to complete