June 2025 Release Notes: Updates & Enhancements!

Product Updates - June 2025

Release 25.52.0 - Release Candidate (June 26, 2025)

Improvements and Optimizations

• • Enhanced Accessibility for Alert Images

    • Administrators are now required to provide alternative text (alt text) when adding images to the Message Body section of the Send Alert form. This alt text is included in the sent alert to ensure a more accessible experience for visually impaired users.

      This update reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and inclusivity across all communication channels.

Release 25.51.0 - Release Candidate (June 25, 2025)

Improvements and Optimizations

• • Brands are now displayed with the default brand listed first; all other brands are listed alphabetically.
  • A broken image link on the Public Content page has been fixed—images will now display correctly and no longer redirect to unintended pages.

Release 25.49.0 - Release Candidate (June 19, 2025)

Improvements and Optimizations

• • Enhanced Alert Visibility for Ad Hoc Contact List Recipients

    Alerts sent using ad hoc contact lists—comprising user IDs or external IDs that correspond to existing contacts in our system—are now viewable on the Alerts Received page. This enhancement ensures that such alerts are seamlessly integrated into the recipient's alert history, providing a more comprehensive and unified alert management experience.

  • Automatic Scaling for Large Social Media Images

    When you attach a large image to an alert for posting on social media, the system now automatically resizes it to a more suitable and viewable size. This ensures the attachment looks great without overwhelming the layout.

  • IPAWS - An issue was resolved that prevented the appropriate WEAHandling parameter from being generated on some alerts using the 'Missing and Endangered Persons Emergency' event type.

Release 25.48.0 - Release Candidate (June 11, 2025)

Improvements and Optimizations

• • The integration for Standard Weather Alerts has been updated.  The previous link to view detailed weather category information has been removed. This information is now accessible through the newly introduced Weather Package section.

Release 25.46.0 - Release Candidate (June 10, 2025)

Improvements and Optimizations

• • Enhanced Accessibility for Social Media Image Posts

    Administrators are now required to provide alternative text (alt text) for all images uploaded when creating alerts to Social Media Platforms. This alt text will be included in Social Media posts to ensure a more accessible experience for visually impaired users.

    Action Required:
    Previously uploaded images intended for Social Media distribution must also be updated to include appropriate alternative text.

    This update reflects our ongoing commitment to accessibility and inclusivity across all communication channels.

Release 25.44.0 - Release Candidate (June 3, 2025)

Improvements and Optimizations

• • The Social Media management page has been redesigned, offering administrators a more modern and intuitive experience.