# Updates 2026

### May 6, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Dynamic dataset property columns in dataset tables**
  * Add a property column popover and dynamic columns to dataset and dataset version tables, sourcing keys from a new project property-keys endpoint with per-key counts; reserved `valohai.*` keys are filtered out
  * Let users surface custom dataset properties directly in list views
* **Persist dataset property column visibility**
  * Remember which dynamic property columns are shown or hidden in dataset tables across sessions
  * Avoid reconfiguring columns on every visit
* **Store model version in deployment files**
  * Record the model version when a model URL is used to define a deployment endpoint's input, and surface it in the frontend
  * Make deployments traceable back to the specific model version that produced them

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Structured fields mode for the property editor**
  * Add a structured field-based editor alongside the JSON editor with row add and delete controls and improved focus handling; de-emphasize the JSON editor mode
  * Make routine property edits faster without needing to write JSON

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix image compare blending for plain images**
  * Use direct CSS `mix-blend-mode` on `<img>` elements for plain images, reserving SVG overlays for tint colors
  * Restore correct visual blending in the image comparison view

### April 28, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Include metadata in dataset and dataset version list APIs**
  * Add an `?include=metadata` query parameter to dataset and dataset version list endpoints to return metadata properties inline, with a join to avoid N+1 queries
  * Skip extra requests when fetching property data for many datasets at once
* **Filter datasets and versions by property values**
  * Add a Pydantic-based property query parser, dataset and version filters, nested depth guard, and protection against unsafe property names
  * Let users search large dataset collections by structured property values
* **Cursor-style pagination for datums**
  * Add `id_before` and `id_after` filters for datum listings, using ULID ordering as a stable cursor
  * Allow paging through large datum lists until full cursor pagination ships
* **Create executions and tasks without a repository**
  * Let library-step executions run without requiring a project commit, and hide task-only UI until a commit or library step is selected
  * Reduce setup friction for users running library steps without a connected repository
* **Dataset QueryBuilder and property editing (feature flagged)**
  * Add an initial QueryBuilder UI behind the `QUERY_BUILDER` and `DATASET_PROPERTIES` flags, wire property editing for datasets, refresh version properties on save, and sort properties by insertion order
  * Begin rolling out structured property querying and editing to early-access teams

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Clearer reauthentication prompt**
  * Add context to the "please reauthenticate" message so users understand why it appeared
  * Reduce confusion when sensitive actions trigger a reauth prompt
* **Help text for the environment scale group field**
  * Add inline help text explaining the purpose of the `scale_group` field on environments
  * Make environment configuration easier to understand
* **QueryBuilder polish**
  * Clear the final rule instead of deleting it, add a `not_contains` operator, allow slashes in property keys, and drop `allowedValohaiKeys` validation
  * Smooth out rough edges in early QueryBuilder usage
* **Fix sidebar utility bar icon alignment**
  * Correct icon misalignment in the SidebarUtilityBar
  * Restore consistent sidebar visuals

#### Bug Fixes

* **SSO users with password or MFA can pass reauthentication**
  * Record SSO logins through allauth's `audited_login` so users with a usable password or MFA can complete reauth-protected actions
  * Unblock SSO users who were previously locked out of sensitive operations

### April 21, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **JSON editor for upcoming dataset property editing**
  * Add a JSON-based property editor with relaxed syntax support (single quotes, trailing commas, unquoted keys) and protection for reserved `valohai.*` properties
  * Lay the groundwork for property editing on dataset and dataset version detail pages
* **Rework trace view with server-side graph loading**
  * Replace client-side graph traversal with continuation-based server-side loading and progressive rendering
  * Reduce database queries from \~230 to \~30 for large traces, improving load times for complex lineage graphs
* **Enforce reauthentication for sensitive account operations**
  * Require users to reauthenticate before changing passwords, managing MFA, or generating API tokens
  * Strengthen security for account-critical actions

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix organization and team name exposure in API responses**
  * Remove organization and team names from team and access-grant API responses where they shouldn't be visible
  * Close an information disclosure issue in multi-tenant environments
* **Fix session cookie security configuration**
  * Correct the session cookie security setting name so it takes effect properly
  * Ensure session cookies are secured as intended

### April 15, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Preview video files in the output browser**
  * Add in-browser preview support for video files (mp4, webm, mov, avi, mkv, mpeg, ogv, wmv) in the output browser
  * Let users inspect video outputs without downloading files
* **Add minimap and node search to pipeline graph**
  * Add a toggleable minimap (on by default for graphs with more than 8 nodes) and a search input to find and focus on nodes by name
  * Make it easier to navigate and locate nodes in large pipeline graphs
* **Add Inputs tab to Execution view**
  * Move execution inputs into a dedicated tab with inline input titles
  * Give users a focused view for inspecting execution input sources
* **Show properties list on dataset and dataset version details**
  * Display metadata properties as a read-only list on dataset and dataset version detail pages
  * Give users direct visibility into attached properties without needing the API
* **Expand datum directory listing to all views**
  * Enable folder-based directory listing for datums across all contexts, not just within a project scope
  * Allow browsing datum folder structures wherever datums appear
* **Add member email access to organization API**
  * Allow organization admins to request member email addresses via `?include=emails` on the organization detail endpoint
  * Enable admin tooling and integrations that need member contact information
* **Improve OpenAPI documentation coverage**
  * Add missing request body schemas, default field descriptions, and pagination parameter documentation across the API
  * Provide more complete and accurate API documentation for integration developers
* **JSON export for the upcoming query builder**
  * Allow exporting the current query as a JSON document from the query builder interface
  * Make it easier to save, share, and reuse structured queries once the query builder ships

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Drag-and-drop reordering for the upcoming query builder**
  * Support reordering query conditions by dragging them into position
  * Make it faster to rearrange complex queries without deleting and recreating conditions
* **Upgrade syntax highlighter for code views**
  * Replace the previous syntax highlighting engine with Shiki for improved language support and rendering
  * Provide sharper, more accurate code highlighting across file previews
* **Truncate long property names in the middle**
  * Show the start and end of long property key names instead of cutting off at the end
  * Make it easier to distinguish properties that share a common prefix

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix crash when using `?only` parameter on API endpoints with nested serializers**
  * Prevent `?only` field selections from propagating into nested serializers where the fields don't exist
  * Eliminate 500 errors when filtering API response fields on endpoints with nested data
* **Fix N+1 query in pipeline detail endpoint**
  * Precompute shared execution IDs in a single aggregation query instead of running per-node queries
  * Improve response times for pipeline detail pages with many nodes
* **Fix Azure uploads failing without storage key**
  * Correct upload info generation for Azure stores configured without a direct storage key
  * Restore reliable file uploads to keyless Azure storage configurations

### April 8, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Browse files by directory tree in execution outputs and dataset versions**
  * Add a collapsible directory tree sidebar for navigating files by folder path in the execution outputs tab and dataset version contents view
  * Make it easier to find specific files when executions or dataset versions contain deeply nested output paths
* **Dataset and dataset version metadata properties**
  * Add API endpoints for creating, updating, and deleting metadata properties on datasets and dataset versions
  * Allow teams to attach structured key-value properties to datasets and versions, visible in dataset details
* **Staged metadata apply on dataset creation**
  * Apply pending metadata property updates automatically when a dataset version finishes building
  * Prevent metadata from being silently lost when a version completes during property writes
* **Datum multi-purge API**
  * Add an API endpoint for purging multiple datums in a single request
  * Make bulk cleanup faster and reduce the number of API calls needed for large-scale purges
* **Track purge count per dataset version**
  * Record how many datums have been purged per dataset version and show a "partially purged" indicator in the UI
  * Give users visibility into storage reclamation at the version level
* **Execution input origin links and direct URI downloads**
  * Restore the source datum link on execution inputs and make all URI-type inputs trigger a direct download
  * Let users trace an input back to its originating datum and download URI inputs without extra steps
* **Runtime Config Presets visible in restricted environments**
  * Show and allow administering Runtime Config Presets when viewing restricted environments
  * Remove a gap where preset configuration was unavailable for restricted-access environments
* **Upcoming query builder component**
  * Add a new query builder UI component with structured query building and async suggestions
  * Lay the groundwork for upcoming filter and query interfaces across dataset and datum views

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix terminate button shown on machines that don't support termination**
  * Hide the terminate button for machine types that do not support the termination action
  * Prevent users from triggering an unsupported action that would fail silently
* **Fix dataset project filter leaking across organizations**
  * Correct a bug where filtering datasets by project could return results from other organizations
  * Ensure project-scoped dataset queries are always properly isolated to the correct organization

### March 24, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Add datum "last used" tracking**
  * Show when and where each datum was last used, with a "Last used" column in the datum browser and usage details in the datum panel
  * Help users identify stale data and understand how files flow through their workflows
* **Delete dataset versions with optional file purge**
  * Add delete buttons for dataset versions with a toggle to also purge their underlying data files
  * Let users reclaim storage directly when removing dataset versions, without a separate cleanup step
* **Support `project:counter` retrieval for Pipeline API**
  * Allow fetching pipelines by project-scoped counter in addition to UUID
  * Bring the Pipeline API in line with other APIs that support shorthand lookups

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Faster output preview grid**
  * Load preview images on demand as you scroll instead of rendering them all at once
  * Improve scrolling performance when previewing large numbers of output files

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix large dataset version comparison crash**
  * Resolve a crash when comparing dataset versions with a large number of datums
  * Restore reliable comparison for heavy dataset versions
* **Fix copied pipeline commit change resetting too much state**
  * Preserve compatible parameter values when switching commits on a copied pipeline
  * Prevent losing manual configuration changes during commit switches
* **Fix back-navigation trap on deployment endpoints**
  * Fix the back button getting stuck in a loop when navigating away from a deployment endpoint
  * Pressing back now returns to the previous page as expected
* **Handle dataset loading errors gracefully**
  * Show proper error states when a dataset fails to load (e.g., after deletion) instead of crashing
  * Prevent broken UI when navigating to a removed dataset
* **Fix plural labels in admin log entries**
  * Correct verbose name plurals for several models displayed in admin and log views
  * Ensure consistent grammar in system messages and audit logs

### March 19, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Search datums by ID and datum:// URI**
  * Add support for searching datums by their UUID or datum:// URI in the datum browser
  * Make it faster to locate specific data files when you already have a reference
* **Show dataset version inputs in deployment version view**
  * Display dataset version inputs alongside file inputs in the deployment endpoint details, with a type column and URI references
  * Give users full visibility into all input sources attached to a deployment version
* **Improve pipeline input error messages**
  * Show human-readable error messages when pipeline inputs are misconfigured
  * Help users diagnose and fix pipeline setup issues without reading raw error payloads

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Truncate long input source lists in execution details**
  * Collapse large datum and URI input lists with an expand option
  * Prevent execution detail pages from becoming unwieldy when inputs have many sources
* **Improve execution input list layout**
  * Compact datum input rows and streamline the visual style of execution inputs
  * Make the execution input section easier to scan
* **Reword configuration snippet help text**
  * Clarify help text for configuration snippets in both admin and public views
  * Reduce confusion about how config snippets work

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix session key exposure in API responses**
  * Remove the full HTTP session key from API output
  * Close a security issue where session identifiers could leak to clients
* **Handle advisory lock timeouts in task execution creation**
  * Catch lock timeout errors when tasks try to create child executions concurrently
  * Prevent hard failures when multiple task nodes compete for execution creation
* **Fix broken external links**
  * Correct external link URLs that pointed to wrong destinations
  * Ensure documentation and help links navigate correctly
* **Avoid redundant git commit fetching**
  * Check for existing commit records before performing a full fetch
  * Reduce unnecessary git operations when commit data is already available

### March 11, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Show execution input sources grouped by type**
  * Display execution inputs organized by source (dataset versions, model versions, URIs) with clickable links in the execution detail view
  * Make it easier to trace where each input came from and navigate to the source
* **Preview tabular data files (JSONL, NDJSON, Parquet)**
  * Add in-browser preview support for JSONL, NDJSON, and Parquet files in the output browser
  * Allow users to inspect tabular output data without downloading files
* **Restrict views for external model hub users**
  * Limit model-hub-only users to model views and hide execution-related links and actions
  * Provide a focused experience for external collaborators who only need model access
* **Make Snowflake stage cleanup optional**
  * Allow keeping Snowflake staging data after execution runs instead of always cleaning up
  * Give users control over stage lifecycle for debugging or reuse purposes
* **Optimize API list endpoint performance**
  * Apply serialization caching to 13 additional list serializers for shared related objects
  * Improve response times for list endpoints where items share owners, projects, or environments
* **Add OIDC identity provider support**
* Enable OpenID Connect as an authentication method for the platform
* Allows using Valohai credentials for single sign-on to Valohai LLM

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Improve execution input detail layout**
  * Use smaller badges for input types, add collapsible input groups with file counts, and display formatted datum queries
  * Make the execution inputs section more compact and scannable
* **Show deployment target details in deployment detail view**
  * Display target base URL and configuration directly in the deployment detail page
  * Reduce navigation needed to find deployment endpoint information
* **Collapse long tag lists in dataset table cells**
  * Truncate long tag lists in dataset tables with an expand option
  * Prevent tag-heavy datasets from stretching table rows
* **Support dark mode for ClearFeed chat widget**
  * Apply dark mode styling to the in-app support chat
  * Match the chat widget appearance with the platform's dark theme
* **Improve CORS handling for Gateway API deployments**
  * Implement manual CORS headers for Kubernetes Gateway API endpoints
  * Ensure cross-origin requests work with gateway controllers that lack native CORS filter support
* **Don't block UI while stores are loading**
  * Allow data views and organization settings to render before store data finishes loading
  * Remove unnecessary loading delays when navigating to data or settings views
* **Improve store error messages**
  * Show clearer error messages when a store endpoint URL is misconfigured
  * Help users diagnose and fix store connection issues faster

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix datum alias display in execution inputs**
  * Resolve incorrect URI handling for datum aliases in the input source view
  * Ensure aliased data inputs display and link correctly
* **Fix metadata chart selection leaking to single execution views**
  * Scope chart selection state to prevent it from carrying over between multi-execution and single-execution views
  * Eliminate unexpected chart configurations when switching views
* **Fix empty string in deployment target routing**
  * Handle empty target routing values that prevented the default target from being selected
  * Restore correct default target assignment for deployments
* **Handle missing datum in deployment version UI**
  * Account for null datum IDs when displaying deployment version endpoint details
  * Prevent UI errors when a deployment version references a deleted or missing datum
* **Filter out missing datums from endpoint API responses**
  * Exclude datums that no longer exist from deployment endpoint detail responses
  * Prevent API errors when endpoint files reference removed data
* **Handle access control for org-owned deployments without a project**
  * Fix a 500 error when accessing dataset or model version inputs on org-owned deployments that lack a project
  * Ensure deployment version input access checks work regardless of project association

### February 26, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Add model commenting system**
  * Introduce commenting functionality for models with user tagging support
  * Enables collaboration and discussion around model versions
* **Support Gateway API for Kubernetes deployments**
  * Add support for Kubernetes Gateway API routing alongside Ingress
  * Provides modern, flexible routing options for deployment endpoints
* **Add SME access grant support**
  * Enable Microsoft Entra ID integration for SME workflow access
  * Simplifies authentication for subject matter experts in enterprise environments
* **Soft-delete model comments**
  * Allow deletion of comments while preserving metadata and conversation context
  * Maintains audit trail while removing inappropriate or outdated content
* **Optimize Datum API performance**
  * Implement serialization caching and optimize URL generation
  * Significantly improves response times for datum listing endpoints

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Rename Notes to Comments throughout UI**
  * Update terminology from "Notes" to "Comments" for consistency
  * Applies to models, executions, and tasks
* **Add axis labels to confusion matrix**
  * Display predicted and actual labels on confusion matrix visualizations
  * Improves readability and interpretation of classification results
* **Hide "Show all outputs" for SME users**
  * Remove output filtering option from SME interface
  * Simplifies workflow result viewing for non-technical users

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix missing deployment node edges**
  * Restore missing edge connections in deployment graph visualization
  * Ensures deployment pipeline structure is correctly displayed
* **Fix dataset version links with trailing slash**
  * Correct URL generation for dataset version references
  * Prevents broken links in dataset navigation

***

### February 19, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* [**Add output preview grid tab to Compare Executions view**](/changelog/announcements.md#output-preview-grid-for-compare-executions)
  * Add an image grid tab with synchronized hover state and a filter field for comparing execution outputs visually
  * Lets users compare output artifacts (images, plots) side by side across executions
* **Find dataset by UUID in addition to name**
  * Accept dataset UUIDs when creating dataset versions, preventing accidental creation of a new dataset named after the UUID
  * Reduces errors when referring to datasets programmatically by ID
* **Disallow UUID and 'latest' as dataset version names**
  * Reject reserved names during dataset version creation to avoid ambiguity with lookups
  * Prevents confusing collisions between version names and system identifiers
* **Improve pipeline creation performance**
  * Create pipeline edges in bulk and skip redundant FK validation and sanity checks
  * Speeds up creation of large pipelines with many edges
* **SME: Revalidate commit list after repository fetch**
  * Refresh the commit list and update selection after fetching the repository in the SME create view
  * Ensures users always see the latest commits when creating a new workflow

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Allow any value for grouped plot filter values**
  * Remove restrictions on filter value input in the grouped metadata plot
  * Gives users full flexibility to filter on arbitrary metadata values

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix project URL resolution for projects with 'datasets' in the name**
  * Match URL fragments properly instead of the first occurrence of reserved keywords
  * Fixes broken navigation for projects whose names contain words like "datasets" or "dataset-version"

***

### February 11, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* [**Add execution selector to Compare Executions view**](/changelog/announcements.md#execution-selector-for-comparing-executions)
  * Add an execution selector sidebar for choosing which executions to compare, with filtering support
  * Makes it easier to pick and switch between executions in comparison workflows
* **Automatically use referenced task blueprints on task nodes**
  * Resolve task node steps through their associated task blueprint instead of requiring manual configuration
  * Simplifies pipeline setup when task nodes reference existing blueprints
* **Support runtime config preset YAML override in API**
  * Convert hyphenated YAML configuration keys to underscored format when processing runtime config presets
  * Ensures YAML-defined presets work correctly through the API without manual key conversion

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Improve grouped metadata plot**
  * Add filtering by metadata values and support grouping by metadata values in addition to keys
  * Brings pivot-table-like interactivity to the grouped chart view
* **Use trace-specific colors for min-max shadows in statistics graphs**
  * Replace hardcoded gray with per-trace colors (blue for CPU/Memory, orange for GPU)
  * Makes it easier to distinguish overlapping resource utilization ranges

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix multiple metadata charts sharing the same configuration state**
  * Scope metadata chart configuration per view to prevent charts from interfering with each other
  * Eliminates unexpected behavior when switching between views with metadata charts
* **Prevent filter state leakage between DatumBrowser views**
  * Assign unique view names and sanitize hidden filter keys when navigating between output views
  * Stops filters from one view carrying over into unrelated datum browsers
* **Fix input focus styles**
  * Restore correct focus ring styling on form inputs
  * Ensures keyboard-navigating users can clearly see which input is active

***

### February 3, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Add grouped metadata plot**
  * Introduce a grouped chart view with box plots and a statistics table for metadata, supporting grouping by categorical keys
  * Helps users compare distributions across experiment groups at a glance
* **Add SME workflow blueprint status frontend**
  * Allow managing workflow blueprint status from the SME interface and only show valid workflows in the start flow
  * Gives teams direct control over which workflows are visible and launchable
* **Allow store owner to delete project-scoped stores**
  * Grant project store creators the ability to delete their own stores from the UI
  * Further reduces dependency on organization admins for store lifecycle management
* **Support runtime config preset YAML override in Create Pipeline UI**
  * Apply runtime-config-preset overrides when creating pipelines from the UI
  * Ensures pipeline creation respects preset configurations consistently

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Improve table loading and empty states**
  * Fix and refine the Tablor component's loading and empty states to avoid layout shifts
  * Delivers a smoother experience when tables are loading or have no data

***

### January 27, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* **Add SME workflow run history view**
  * Allow SME users to view full workflow run history with context-aware headers, pagination, and workflow name display
  * Gives subject-matter experts visibility into past runs without navigating away from the SME interface
* **Add SME workflow blueprint status API**
  * Introduce a status field on workflow blueprints so blueprints can be marked active or inactive via API
  * Allows teams to control which workflows are available for launching
* **Validate required assigned inputs in SME workflow creation**
  * Prevent creation of workflow versions when required assigned inputs lack a value
  * Avoids workflow failures caused by missing mandatory inputs
* **Allow setting associated projects in execution output metadata**
  * Support a list of associated project IDs in the `valohai.dataset-versions` output metadata property
  * Enables automatic cross-project dataset association from execution outputs
* **Add `output_execution_counters` filter to datum API**
  * Allow filtering data by execution counter in the datum browser and API
  * Makes it easier to locate outputs from specific executions
* **Allow store owner to administer project-scoped stores**
  * Grant project store creators the ability to manage their own stores
  * Reduces dependency on organization admins for routine store management
* **Add UI to purge outputs when deleting pipelines and tasks**
  * Add purge-output toggles to pipeline and task delete dialogs and table actions
  * Lets users clean up outputs directly from the UI during deletion
* **Only show organization tokens for organizations that have them enabled**
  * Gate organization token visibility by the organization-level feature flag instead of user privilege
  * Prevents confusion by hiding token management from organizations where the feature is not active
* **Add audit logging to store secret administration**
  * Log changes made through the store secret configuration admin interface
  * Improves traceability and accountability for sensitive store configuration changes

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Overhaul Compare Dataset Versions view**
  * Replace the cramped modal with a full-page view, add checkbox selection, a swap button, and improved comparison layout
  * Makes dataset version comparison more readable and easier to navigate
* **Improve DatumBrowser loading state**
  * Add integrated loading indicators for datum queries and a separate loader for the side panel
  * Provides clearer feedback when data is being fetched or filtered
* **Make maximum number of metadata property keys configurable**
  * Allow the property key limit to be adjusted instead of using a hard-coded cap
  * Supports projects with large numbers of metadata keys without truncation
* **Replace Zendesk chat with ClearFeed web chat**
  * Swap out the Zendesk widget for ClearFeed-based support chat
  * Provides a refreshed in-app support experience

#### Bug Fixes

* **Fix copying executions that use environment variable groups**
  * Resolve a regression where copying executions with EVGs failed due to strict typing
  * Restores the ability to reliably copy and re-run executions that reference variable groups
* **Return proper error when stopping an already-stopped resource**
  * Raise `InvalidStatusAPIException` instead of a generic error when attempting to stop a resource that is already stopped
  * Gives callers a clear, actionable error message
* **Block non-allowed email domains on social signup**
  * Enforce the email blocklist for social login (OAuth) signups, not just email/password registration
  * Closes a loophole where restricted email domains could bypass the allow-list via social auth

***

### January 14, 2026

#### Features & Enhancements

* [**Add transient environment variables**](/changelog/announcements.md#transient-environment-variables)
  * Allow users to define transient environment variables via API and manage them through a new editor in user and organization settings
  * Enables injecting short-lived, secret-capable variables into job payloads without persisting them in project configuration
* **Add API to purge outputs when deleting pipelines and tasks**
  * Provide a `purge_outputs` option on pipeline and task delete endpoints
  * Lets users reclaim storage in a single API call instead of manually cleaning up outputs after deletion
* **Support model version URL as deployment endpoint input**
  * Accept a model version URL when creating deployment endpoint files, automatically converting it to a dataset version URL
  * Simplifies deployment version creation by allowing direct model references
* **Add deployment version model input UI**
  * Add a model version input field to the Create Deployment Version page
  * Makes it easier to attach model versions to deployment endpoints directly from the UI
* **Default to execution hash v2**
  * Switch the default execution hashing algorithm to v2
  * Improves execution deduplication accuracy
* **Exclude interactive executions from hashing**
  * Skip hash computation for interactive (notebook/SSH) executions
  * Avoids misleading hash values for executions that are inherently non-reproducible

#### UI/UX Improvements

* **Debounce datum metadata query input**
  * Add input debounce and Enter-key flush to the metadata query field
  * Reduces unnecessary API calls while still allowing instant search on demand
* **Parse true/false as boolean in datum queries**
  * Recognize `true` and `false` as boolean values in metadata query input
  * Allows users to filter on boolean metadata without special syntax

#### Bug Fixes

* **Ensure deleted triggers do not run**
  * Prevent soft-deleted triggers from being evaluated and executed
  * Eliminates unexpected pipeline or workflow runs from stale trigger configurations
* **Catch missing job data exceptions gracefully**
  * Handle cases where job data is absent instead of raising an unhandled exception
  * Prevents 500 errors when viewing executions with incomplete backend data

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