Seal Changelog

This page details Seal's platform updates, including new features, product changes, and any features that have been removed.

We also send regular product updates to all users. Not receiving emails? Let us know at [email protected].

Note that not all changes are detailed here. Version changes that do not have user-facing notes, or introduce new concepts (such as performance improvements and minor bug fixes) may not logged.

▶ 24.06.25 - v2.0.200

• Fixed a performance regression

▶ 23.06.25 - v2.0.199

• No user-facing changes

▶ 23.06.25 - v2.0.198

• No user-facing changes

▶ 23.06.25 - v2.0.197

• No user-facing changes

▶ 18.06.25 - v2.0.196

• Improvements for nested work instructions:

  • Publishing an instance with work instructions will not automatically complete parent work instructions

  • Instead the parent work instruction is completed once the all the child's work instructions are completed

• You can now convert Submission fields into Reference fields directly from the action menu next to the field, preserving all the referenced entities in the process

• Ability to submit to submission field through scripts when referring to a type

• Formulas can now reference both entity properties and field names using the "@" symbol in formula fields, field value entity references, e.g. field:Reference=ref(@ID), and computed titles

• You can now use Triggers to run scripts onMakeEditable (whenever you make a new draft version of a published entity)

• You can now export submission tables as CSV. The resulting CSV will have the same configuration as the block it was exported from

▶ 17.06.25 - v2.0.195

• No user-facing changes

▶ 17.06.25 - v2.0.194

• No user-facing changes

▶ 16.06.25 - v2.0.193

• Added a "References" section to change sets. Any referenced entities that are drafts or unpublished are now clearly marked with a warning icon, helping users avoid publishing errors due to incomplete references.

• New 'hide version number' instance setting on Types. This can be used to hide the version number when not relevant for a given type's instances

• It's now easier to set up Saved search fields with the additional ability to show, hide and order columns

▶ 11.06.25 - v2.0.192

• You can now easily navigate between entity versions via the version dropdown in the top navigation bar

▶ 11.06.25 - v2.0.191

• See more detail about text changes in the audit log.

• Significantly sped up closing change sets

• Configure a submission field with a type

  • Create rows using any template from that type

• Can view entity previews when hovering reference fields in search

• Show Go to active version button when looking at a live entity

▶ 09.06.25 - v2.0.190

• Configuring fields can now be done in the block menu when hovering over a block that uses a field. Changing the field configuration in one block will also apply the same changes to field globally.

• You can now filter by the contents of reference, submission and script fields

▶ 09.06.25 - v2.0.189

• Ability to create entity specific custom status tags when setting the upcoming status and version info in change sets and when changing the status of draft entities from the top navigation bar of the entity.

▶ 07.06.25 - v2.0.188

• No user-facing changes

▶ 06.06.25 - v2.0.187

• No user-facing changes

▶ 06.06.25 - v2.0.186

• No user-facing changes

▶ 06.06.25 - v2.0.185

• No user-facing changes

▶ 06.06.25 - v2.0.184

• File previews now available when hovering over Reference fields that contain files in the 'Fields' right side drawer tab.

• Better formatting of changes for script code entities in the audit log and change sets

▶ 05.06.25 - v2.0.183

• You can now hover user tags and names in the audit log to see the associated email address

• Field value filter enhancement in search: you can now use 'null' or 'NULL' in the field value filter to search for empty fields and unchecked checkbox fields. Example: field:"Fieldname"=NULL

• Improved list formatting in exported PDFs, and improved display of tasks and checkboxes.

• Files can now be replaced in bulk with new versions when uploading files into reference fields, whenever file names match existing entities

• Ability to view live script logs and cancel from the action button when embedded in a page

• Date and Time & Date fields now have consistent formatting

• Improved navigation: Click field icons in side drawer to scroll to field cards on the page

• Charts will now render within reference fields placed into a document

▶ 04.06.25 - v2.0.182

• No user-facing changes

▶ 02.06.25 - v2.0.181

• No user-facing changes

▶ 02.06.25 - v2.0.180

• No user-facing changes

▶ 02.06.25 - v2.0.179

• No user-facing changes

▶ 30.05.25 - v2.0.178

• No user-facing changes

▶ 30.05.25 - v2.0.174

• No user-facing changes

▶ 30.05.25 - v2.0.173

• You can now edit status tags for templates and instances from their type settings, you do not need to create custom 'status groups'

▶ 30.05.25 - v2.0.172

• No user-facing changes

▶ 30.05.25 - v2.0.171

• Fixes a bug using get_workflow_tasks_for_containing_entity in draft entities

▶ 29.05.25 - v2.0.170

• No user-facing changes

▶ 29.05.25 - v2.0.169

• Improvement to number input fields so users can only enter valid numbers, which means invalid formats like "4-1" are now blocked

• Fix an issue where review phase names were staying the same when reordered

• It is now possible to send reminder emails to users who have not responded to a review request

• You can now send training and review reminders from the sent panel of the inbox

▶ 28.05.25 - v2.0.168

• Fix for an issue with the cursor jumping when editing an image caption and review phases

• Added get_workflows_referencing function in the Seal module to fetch all workflow entities that use this entity as a work instruction

▶ 28.05.25 - v2.0.167

• It is now possible to search for entity kind via the search bar (kind:template or kind:instance)

• Work instructions are now versioned: Updating the current draft work instructions will not update work instructions on previous versions

• There is now a new field type: Saved search — you can view saved views within your entities

▶ 28.05.25 - v2.0.166

• No user-facing changes

▶ 27.05.25 - v2.0.165

• No user-facing changes

▶ 27.05.25 - v2.0.165

• File names of downloaded files will now match filename that was in use when the file was uploaded

• It is now possible to delete tags via the Seal Module using delete_tag_from_entity and delete_tag

• Users can download PDFs - this is behind a feature flag, speak to our team to find out more!

▶ 26.05.25 - v2.0.164

• Improvement to how Change Sets are displayed to make it easier to navigate, search, and review large sets of entities.

▶ 23.05.25 - v2.0.163

• No user-facing changes

▶ 23.05.25 - v2.0.162

• No user-facing changes

▶ 23.05.25 - v2.0.161

• No user-facing changes

▶ 23.05.25 - v2.0.160

• Fixes a Seal module updating fields with names containing special characters

▶ 22.05.25 - v2.0.159

• Fixes a bug where formula fields with properties were blocking publishing of changesets

▶ 22.05.25 - v2.0.158

• No user-facing changes

▶ 22.05.25 - v2.0.157

• Formatting for date range filters in the search bar has been updated to match local timezone

• It is now possible to cancel scripts

• The In-app chat is now replaced with Plain

▶ 21.05.25 - v2.0.156

• Added ability to create a new script from a script field

▶ 21.05.25 - v2.0.155

• No user-facing changes

▶ 20.05.25 - v2.0.154

• You can filter by assignees in the search page

• Fixed a bug where OOS was not being updated on field rename

▶ 19.05.25 - v2.0.153

• Change set size has now been limited to 500 entities

• Submission fields will flag OOS warnings if any entities within them have OOS warnings

▶ 19.05.25 - v2.0.152

• New /active route in URLs that will take you to the active version of an entity

• Checks can be added along with Review Requirements. These are scripts that will run automatically, and have to 'pass' (i.e. not error) for the entity to be sent for review

• When duplicate an entity, any Work Instructions, Tags, and Review Requirements will also get copied across

▶ 16.05.25 - v2.0.151

• You can overwrite computed titles when changing an entity's title through the API/ scripts

▶ 16.05.25 - v2.0.150

• Review requests (and requirements) can now be set to individual users (one per phase)

• Replies when responding to reviews are now shown in emails

▶ 15.05.25 - v2.0.149

• There is a new seal module method in scripts: create_change_set

• You must also pass a list of entity references that will be added to the new change set - you cannot leave it empty.

▶ 15.05.25 - v2.0.148

• No user-facing changes

▶ 15.05.25 - v2.0.147

• No user-facing changes

▶ 14.05.25 - v2.0.146

• Referenced files can be previewed in page content, toggle the preview on from the block menu

• Filter improvements:

  • You can filter by where entities were submitted from

  • You can filter by Created at and Last updated by date and time

• You can use draft templates when configuring submission fields - you cannot make any entities in the submission when the template is in draft

▶ 14.05.25 - v2.0.145

• We now surface more detail about review request approval in change sets, including any replies

• Improvements have been made to the Date time picker

• Improvements have been made to the overflow indicator in entity reference fields

▶ 13.05.25 - v2.0.144

• No user-facing changes

▶ 14.05.25 - v2.0.143

• You can get tags from the API/ scripts

▶ 09.05.25 - v2.0.142

• No user-facing changes

▶ 09.05.25 - v2.0.141

• No user-facing changes

▶ 09.05.25 - v2.0.140

• You can now filter by createdBy and lastUpdatedBy in search queries. Multiple users can be selected (e.g. all entities createdBy either person A or person B).

▶ 08.05.25 - v2.0.137

• You can increase the required number of approvals of a required review phase

▶ 07.05.25 - v2.0.136

• Field titles can be edited from document content

• Viewers and operators can respond to review requests as well as managers (editing review requirements still requires manage permissions, but any user can respond to reviews).

▶ 02.05.25 - v2.0.133

• Draft templates can be used when setting up Work Instructions (they must be published before the containing entity or in the same change set)

• You can set review requirements on the type for both templates and instances. Review requirements for templates must be met in order to publish a template. Review requirements for instances will be the default on a template, and can be removed or edited.

▶ 01.05.25 - v2.0.128

• Views can be re-ordered within view groups

• You can 'Copy link to block' to allow you to be taken to a specific block in each page

▶ 29.04.25 - v2.0.125

• Script fields now exist. These will replace script cards embedded in documents. This allows you to choose the active version of a script in templates. It will also allow you to see exactly where each script has been used.

• Archived entities are now filtered out of the inbox

▶ 25.04.25 - v2.0.121

• Triggers can be configured on scripts. These will trigger the script to run on specific system events.

• Computed titles can be removed from instances (this requires manage permissions)

• You can easily copy the JSON of an entity (this requires manage permissions)

• New JSON field type -> you can render these fields as formatted JSON in page content

▶ 24.04.25 - v2.0.120

• Work Instruction improvements to encourage users to instantiate templates from a Work Instruction rather than directly from the template. We have also made it possible to retrospectively link an instance to a Work Instruction.

• You can now export views to csv

▶ 23.04.25 - v2.0.118

• We have introduced Test Change Sets, so the Change Set page does not get clogged up with Change Sets containing Test entities.

• You can now set Out Of Spec criteria on text fields

▶ 18.04.25 - v2.0.111

• You can configure a chosen entity to be your organization's homepage

• You can re-order view groups from the settings page

▶ 12.04.25 - v2.0.94

• Custom statuses can be set on templates as well as instances

• You can now negate type and statusTag filters, to filter out particular entities from a view

▶ 11.04.25 - v2.0.92

• You can now filter by custom status tags

• Script functionality has improved. Scripts can now:

  • Add tags to an entity

  • Add an entity to a change set

  • Create a new draft

▶ 10.04.25 - v2.0.91

• You can now lookup submission fields via a formula

• Drafts can be reverted to the previous version via the 3 dot menu. The entity data will be rest to the latest published version

• New formula functionality: dateAdd allows you to add or subtract a certain length of time from an existing date field. Supported units are days, months, and years.

▶ 09.04.25 - v2.0.89

• Out Of Spec criteria can be set on select fields

• You can resize images in page content

• Creating, editing and archiving of views has been restricted to Manage permissions

▶ 04.04.25 - v2.0.86

• Searches can be filtered by field values eg. field:Number=5

• Number fields can have formatting configured on them

• You can configure multiple status options for published entities, you can set what status the entity will become when published on the Change Set overview page

▶ 03.04.25 - v2.084

• On a template, you can configure whether users need to be trained on the template in order to execute it

• Text fields can be 'Multi-line' which supports markdown formatting

• Major and minor versioning has been introduced. When publishing a set of changes, the new version will default to being a minor (eg. v1.2 -> v1.3 ) increment. This can be changed to a major (eg. v1.2 -> v2 ) increment on the change set.

• Script functionality improvements:

  • Scripts can create instances and test instances

  • Scripts can run other scripts

▶ 01.04.25 - v2.0.81

• Instances can be assigned to users

• You can set default assignees on templates, these users will automatically be assigned when instances are made from the template

▶ 27.03.25 - v2.0.75

• Default columns can be hidden in search

• Select cells can be used in formulas

▶ 14.03.25 - v2.0.61

• Connect templates together, with Work Instructions — piece together templates to create a long workflow.

• A change set is a collection of drafts and related entities undergoing changes together. All entities in the same change set are reviewed together — all review requirements from included entities are combined.

▶ 21.02.25 - v2.0.39

• Compare your current draft with its latest published version within your Change set. All changes are also documented in the audit log.

• We've improved review requirements to how it can be configured and executed, such as:

  • On templates, you can now set minimum review requirements that all instances of that template must meet.

  • When you request a review, each requirement that has been set becomes a phase in the review process. You can then:

    • Select who from each role to notify, or ‘notify all’

    • Re-order the phases

    • Add new phases

▶ 17.02.25 - v2.0.30

• You are able to submit instances to submission fields.

▶ 17.02.25 - v2.0.29

• The now() function in OOS expressions can be used to compare Time & date to the current unix timestamp — this can be used to set OOS for expiration dates.

▶ 13.02.25 - v2.0.27

• Entities now have active versions. The active versions defaults to the latest published version but for continuous entities you can choose to 'pin' a specific version as the active version.

▶ 12.02.25 - v2.0.25

• Users can now see real-time previews of formulas and OOS calculations, enabling real-time validation.

▶ 10.02.25 - v2.0.22

• Improvements made to speed of initial page loading time and search page

▶ 04.02.25 - v2.0.17

• You can now request training from any published entity version, not just the latest one

• Set 'out-of-specification' expressions on Number and Formula field values using the formula language.

▶ 31.01.25 - v2.0.12

• Improvement of computed titles — users will receive a browser warning when trying to navigate to a different page or reloading the browser, before changes have saved.

▶ 30.01.25 - v2.0.10

• All Users can duplicate templates and instances.

• Converting of types is limited to Manager roles.

▶ 27.01.25 - v2.0.6

• Manage and operate mode are now more visually distinct — actions buttons are now completely hidden from Operators and Viewers instead of only being disabled.

▶ 24.01.25 - v2.0.3

• Builders and Operators can now toggle between different modes on the navigation bar.

• It is now possible to convert between compatible entity types

▶ 23.01.25 - v2.0.1

• V2 of Seal is live

▶ 20.12.24 - v1.1.38

• It is now possible for formula columns to reference other formula fields

▶ 17.12.24 - v1.1.37

• AI chats with Neal are now saved in the co-pilot table so you can resume and refer back to them

  • The AI chats can also be cleared

▶ 13.12.24 - v1.1.35

• There are now new API routes to replace files and create runs and records

  • The API documentation has also been updated

• Connected steps are now deprecated, but are behind a feature flag

  • Existing connections will still work, but new connections cannot be configured

• Computed views are now deprecated

  • New computed views cannot be made

  • Existing computed views have been archived

  • All data will still remain on your Seal Platform

▶ 11.12.24 - v1.1.33

• It is now possible to bulk archive procedures and steps from the main search table. Highlight the entities and right click -> Archive items.

▶ 09.01.24 - v1.1.32

• There is a new way to view content in a multi record step, and in collections.

  • Hover on the row header and click on the expand button to open a preview modal of the record content. You can navigate to the record's page from the modal header.

▶ 09.12.24 - v1.1.31

• Templates can now include images

• It is now possible to bulk respond to review requests.

▶ 05.12.24 - v1.1.29

• To simplify the platform, it is now not possible to create steps via the '+ New' button on the side bar. They are created via:

  • the search page when searching with the 'type:' filter

  • within a procedure.

▶ 03.12.24 - v1.1.23

• Users are now able to view permissions levels of all users across the platform. Navigate to the roles tab in the settings page. Only Admins can edit these roles.

▶ 27.11.24 - v1.1.23

• Entities that have never been published or marked as done are now hidden from the homepage

▶ 26.11.24 - v1.1.22

• The AI Copilot for Script Steps has been enhanced - it is now able to read the context of the Procedure or Run that your Script is in, including the full details of the surrounding steps.

▶ 25.11.24 - v1.1.21

• You are now able to duplicate draft steps and procedures, from the three dot menu on the top right corner.

▶ 21.11.24 - v1.1.19

• It is now possible to extract data from files with AI directly in scripts, using the seal.extract_data_from_file function.

• Script records can now be opened in another tab, from a run

▶ 18.11.24 - v1.1.16

• It is now possible to test run procedures in Seal, without first publishing the procedure.

▶ 15.11.24 - v1.1.15

• Tags are not classed as entity data anymore. This means they can be changed at any time without needing to create new drafts of any published entities

• It is now possible to replace the file used for a file entity, using the three dot menu at the right hand corner.

• It is possible to connect single record steps in procedures.

▶ 14.11.24 - v1.1.14

• In multi-record tables, fields not found are displayed with 'FIELD NOT FOUND' rather than an empty value, for user clarity.

• The API keys tab in settings is now visible to everyone, but only admins can create, edit, or rename keys.

▶ 12.11.24 - v1.1.11

• Untitled pages will no longer show in the search pages

▶ 11.11.24 - v1.1.10

• New naming conventions have been added to reference in Titles: $INDEX , $STEP_INDEX, $STAGE_INDEX , and $PROCEDURE_INDEX

▶ 08.11.24 - v1.1.9

• The template install modal will now show entities that will be created when installing the template, and a warning if there are any duplicate titles between the pages that will be created, and those that already exist in your organisation.

▶ 07.11.24 - v1.1.8

• It is now possible to set a naming convention for Titles in Steps and Procedures.

  • All records and runs created from steps and procedures with a set naming expression will have their title automatically generated.

▶ 05.11.24 - v1.1.6

• Admins can now generate, rename, and revoke API keys in the settings page.

▶ 04.11.24 - v1.1.5

• It is now possible to drag and re-order steps in the Procedure tab.

▶ 31.10.24 - v1.1.3

• Manage all 'Saved Views' in organisation settings. It is possible to add, edit, and remove Saved views in this page.

• It is now possible to upload multiple files at once.

• Neil, the AI copilot, is now able to look at your current code to help you debug issues or add to the existing code - simply write a prompt.

▶ 28.10.24 - v1.1.0

• Users can save searches and view them in the various view groups down the left hand side in the navigation bar

• There is a new field type: lookups. These allow you to get field values from referenced objects.

▶ 25.10.24 - v1.0.25

• The audit log now shows events for review responses

• "New" button added to navigation sidebar

• " + " button in search page has moved from top right to the bottom right corner

▶ 24.10.24 - v1.0.24

• Ability to remove a view

• There is now a custom Seal AI copilot in Script Steps and Computed Views. This can be assessed from the side tab and can be used to write and refine code

▶ 23.10.24 - v1.0.23

• Titles of records can now be edited in the run, within each step

• There is a new entity called 'File'

  • Users can upload pdf, csv, images, and videos

  • Files can be given titles, fields, tags, reviews, and training

• Users can reference and create new file entities in the 'Reference' field

  • The 'File' field is now replaced by the 'Reference' field, existing 'File' fields will still remain

• 'Reference' fields should be used for all upload needs

▶ 22.10.24 - v1.0.22

• Users can duplicate published procedures, steps, and document versions

▶ 18.10.24 - v1.0.19

• In-app chat support has been added, accessible by the 'Support' tab on the left hand side

▶ 17.10.24 - v1.0.18

• Ability to create, modify, and rename views

• Ability to connect steps in a procedure

  • Script steps can also be connected to for batch procedures

• The list of entities currently referencing a given entity is displayed on the "Info" tab