Release Notes - Version 7.1.1 GA (Release Date: 11/06/2024)

Brainspace 7.1.1 Key Feature Highlights

Streamlined the upgrade process to complete application upgrades in minutes.
Simplified dataset archiving and restoration directly within the Brainspace application interface.
Added support for restoring archives from Brainspace version 6.6 and later.
Improved management of expired licenses.
Increased performance for entity extraction.
Strengthened security across the application and infrastructure.

Upgrading

Important
Before upgrading, users are strongly encouraged to perform a manual backup of their data.

Brainspace 7.x

To make upgrades faster and easier, the Brainspace 7 backup process has been decoupled from the upgrade process. In previous versions of Brainspace, the upgrade script automatically backed up user data. This is no longer the case. Proceeding without a manual backup could result in unrecoverable data loss if the upgrade encounters issues.

See section APPENDIX D - Brainspace 7 Backups of Installation & Upgrade Guide - Brainspace 7 for additional details.

Brainspace 6.x

Brainspace version 7.1.1 must first be installed. Afterwards, the 6.x instance can be migrated. Those processes are described in the following articles:

Release Details

Type	Category	Feature	Description
New	Administration	Upgrade Process	Upgrade Brainspace quickly with a new, simplified installation process that reduces complexity and minimizes system downtime. To learn more, see Installation & Upgrade Guide - Brainspace 7.
New	Administration	Archive and Restore Datasets	Archive and restore datasets directly in the Brainspace user interface—no Linux command line required! Additional details are available in the Dataset Archive and Restore Options guide.
New	Administration	License Management	Renew licenses directly through the user interface, without needing to exit the application.
New	Administration	Application Stability	Enhanced container performance for faster application startup and increased reliability.
New	Administration	Dataset Restore	Added the ability to restore datasets that were archived from Brainspace 6.6+. Note: While restoring datasets from versions prior to 6.6 may work, it has not been tested and is not officially supported.
New	Administration	Dataset Archive	Added support for archiving datasets with spaces or special characters in their names.
Update	Administration	Entity Extraction	Upgraded analytics component to optimize memory management.
Update	Security	Infrastructure	Updated container configuration to enhance security and mitigate potential exploits.
Update	Security	Library Update	Updated a component to prevent potential XSRF security exploits.
Update	Security	Apache Tomcat	Updated component to version 9.0.93 to prevent potential security exploits.
Update	Security	File and Dataset Imports	Strengthened validation checks for file and dataset imports to enhance security and prevent potential exploits.
Update	Security	XML Parser	Enhanced XML parsing security to prevent potential XXE exploits.
Update	Security	Archive Uploads	Enhanced security controls for uploaded archive files to guard against potential exploits.
Fix	Administration	Services Tab	Fixed an issue where the link to display detailed version information for analytics services returned a server communication error.
Fix	Analytics	Entities	Fixed issue where Entity fields sometimes failed to overlay into Relativity.

Brainspace - 7.1.3 Release Notes

Release Details