This guide is designed to help Crelate System Administrators understand the potential user impact of an upcoming release of Crelate. The guide provides additional insights that Crelate System Administrators should be aware of. Crelate provides this guide ahead of scheduled releases to allow Crelate System Administrators time to prepare for and take advantage of new or changing system capabilities.

All upgrades to Crelate are automatic, benefit all users and typically require no user action. However, not all system upgrades are on by default. System Administrators may need to opt-in or opt-out of some new functionality. We know change can be disruptive and we work hard to ensure System Administrators have the flexibility to control when new features are available to their users.

NEW – This is a new feature or functionality. It may need to be enabled and configured.

IMPROVED – This is a change to an existing feature.

CHANGED – This is an existing feature or behavior that has changed, and users need to be aware.

As previously announced during our September Release; the Crelate Job Portal v1 is no longer supported. Crelate Job Portal v1 will be deprecated entirely and disabled in Q1 2025. Please update your job portal integrations to use the new web portal widget as soon as practical. Moving to the new job portal is very easy, you can read about its migration HERE.

The Crelate job portal will now use the ‘Tile’ color when displaying posted jobs in ‘List’ format. Previously the Background Color was just used by default.

The Crelate Client Portal settings have been relocated within the Settings area. Previously found under "Advanced" at the bottom of the Settings menu, they are now conveniently located in the "Portal" section near the top.

We've improved document security within checklists to ensure better control over access. Now, users must have the appropriate privileges to view documents attached to completed checklist items, aligning access with document type permissions.

The HR Center employee record UI has been updated with new sub-tabs. Information previously found under the Summary tab is now organized into dedicated Payroll and Worksites tabs.

We've enhanced our EEOC functionality to distinguish between pre-hire and post-hire data. Previously, our EEO offering combined both without clear separation between applicant-submitted and recruiter-entered data. Now, EEOC responses include a designated type (Pre/Post Hire), and the EEOC details dialog on Contact records has been updated to display this information. Additionally, we've improved filters and columns in EEO reporting charts and introduced pre-defined charts that allow you to analyze data by type.

Officially, Crelate is only developed and tested against the most recent version of modern browsers. However, we do not explicitly block users on browsers that are 5+ years old. To improve security performance and general quality of the product, Crelate is updating the minimum support versions for our Web Application.

The development team is now coding against the more modern ES2022 standard, which means that starting in February 2025, you will need to be on the following browsers.

Communication to Crelate’s servers are always protected by encryption. Encryption requires both the client (your server, your API, etc.) and our server to agree on how to encrypt the data. This process selects a mutually agreeable encryption method or “Cipher” for the two to use. As part of regular security improvements, we have aligned our Cipher Suites with the latest security recommendations of Cloudflare and other major internet service providers.

If you run a server, or service, such as on-premises exchange, you may need to update your servers Cipher Suites to include:

We are also disabling the following legacy Ciphers: