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2025 Releases

BrightMove releases for 2025.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

Overview

Welcome to the 2025 BrightMove Releases page! This site is the central hub and authoritative source for tracking all major updates, enhancements, and new features introduced throughout the year. As we continue to evolve our Applicant Tracking System (ATS), we will document each release here to keep you informed on the latest improvements.

Expect regular updates that enhance job posting automation, communication tools, reporting, and overall system efficiency—designed to help you streamline your hiring process. Stay tuned for continuous innovation in 2025.

Summarized Change Log

For details, please see the corresponding release number and full details below.

Release #

Summary

2025.11.0

Multiple Bug Fixes and Enhancements

2025.10.0

State-wide Job Flag

2025.9.0

Sendout Override Fix

2025.8.0

Job board distribution improvements, multiple bug fixes

2025.7.0

Email deliverability improvements

2025.6.0

Wiz AI, Email & Submittal Tab improvements.

2025.5.0

Submittal UX, Welcome email template, Bug Fixes

2025.4.0

Email improvements, Wiz AI beta, Offer letter improvements

2025.3.0

Offer letter and job template improvements

LightHub 2.0

Major upgrade to customer support platform

2025.2.0

Interview question improvements, attachment preview and UX fixes

2025.1.0

Consolidated job description tab and multiple bug fixes


Detailed Change Log

2025.11.0 Release on Thursday, August 28, 2025

Release 2025.11.0 on Thursday, August 28, 2025, represents our eleventh production deployment of 2025. This release contains significant improvements to security management, user permissions, application processing, search functionality, licensing management, and messaging capabilities to enhance overall system performance and user experience.

  • Security Role Management Enhancement: Fixed 500 error that occurred when deleting security roles, which previously caused the screen to become stuck on the activity indicator. Users can now successfully delete security roles without error, and employee role assignments are properly updated.

  • Cross-Company Note Deletion Fix: Resolved issue where RPO users in child companies were unable to delete job notes they created due to incorrect company validation errors. Employees with proper delete note permissions can now manage requirement notes across company hierarchies without error.

  • Basic Qualifications Character Limit Enhancement: Fixed error that occurred when candidates submitted Basic Qualification responses exceeding 4000 characters while using multi-byte characters. The system now properly handles extended character responses without application errors.

  • Hiring Manager Recovery Enhancement: Fixed issue where Hiring Managers deleted and then restored from the Recycle Bin would display broken profiles with blank or partially loaded content. Undeleted managers now appear correctly in Recent tab, All Site search, and Power Search grid with proper location access.

  • All Site Search Filtering Improvement: Updated All Site Search functionality to properly distinguish between Job Templates and active Job records. Job Templates are now excluded from search results, preventing confusion between templates and actual job postings.

  • License Management Enhancement: Fixed issue in Manage Subscriptions where adding new licenses incorrectly set renewal item values. The system now properly checks the COMPANY_LICENSE table and correctly displays license information with accurate invoice and renewal item associations.

  • Hiring Manager Attachment Preview: Extended attachment preview functionality to Hiring Managers, previously only available to Admin users. Hiring Managers can now preview applicant attachments directly within the platform.

  • Basic Qualifications Status Management: Resolved issue where candidates failing Basic Qualifications were incorrectly assigned a global "Disqualified" status at the candidate profile level. Failed BQ candidates now maintain "Active" status with proper declined submittal status for specific jobs.

  • V2 Portal UI Cleanup: Comprehensive cleanup of the V2 Portal user interface including: fixed Time Card table headers to display full width, removed duplicate footer elements, eliminated empty panels on apply pages with no UDF set, improved table formatting consistency, and enhanced overall visual presentation.

This release affects all editions.


2025.10.0 Release on Monday, August 11, 2025

Release 2025.10.0 on Monday, August 11, 2025, represents our tenth production deployment of 2025. This minor release contains several customer-facing fixes to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

  • State Wide Job Flag: System flag and logic changes to candidate experience portal and job board job distribution to designate a hybrid job as "state wide". This new flag allows employers to designate a job as "state wide" versus being forced to define a specific city or metro to advertise the job under.

This release affects all editions.


2025.9.0 Release on Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Release 2025.9.0 on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, represents our ninth production deployment of 2025. This minor release contains several customer-facing fixes to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

  • Override Recipient in Sendout: We corrected a bug in the Sendout page to override the contact that the sendout is delivered to.

This release affects all editions.


2025.8.0 Release on Thursday, June 26, 2025

Release 2025.8.0 on Thursday, June 26, 2025, represents our eighth production deployment of 2025. This release contains significant enhancements to job posting, integration management, user interface improvements, and several customer-facing fixes to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

  • Job Board Integration Enhancement: Improved application acceptance logic to properly validate applications against job Basic Qualifications (BQs). Applications missing required BQs will now be appropriately rejected with proper error handling for Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and Generic job board endpoints.

  • Internal Job Portal Link Generation: Added automatic link generation for internally posted jobs. The internal portal link now appears on the Job profile under the "Sharing/Posting Section" with intelligent filtering based on enabled publishing types and portal preferences.

  • Job Board Display Accuracy: Updated the Job Board tab to accurately reflect job boards enabled for each company based on package type and Direct Employer status. HR packages now show all available boards, while Staffing & RPO packages display boards based on Direct Employer configuration.

  • Interview Question Answer Sorting: Implemented consistent answer ranking for multiple choice questions across all interfaces. Answers now appear properly sorted in Interview Questions page, Job Interview Questions tab, Conduct Interview modal, and Interview PDFs.

  • Submittal Activity Management: Fixed issue preventing users from saving submittal activity due to null submittal status errors. Enhanced the submittal workflow to include proper table refresh when activities are deleted.

  • Candidate Selection Interface: Resolved issue where "Select Candidate" button checkboxes weren't updating properly. The selection functionality now works correctly on both applicant folder pages and contact submittal tabs.

  • BrightSync Integration Display: Fixed BrightSync management modal to display current Office 365 configuration data accurately instead of showing empty fields. The modal now properly shows existing Tenant ID and configuration settings.

  • Placement Salary Auditing: Enhanced audit logging to capture salary changes when creating or editing placement activities. Current and Desired pay modifications are now properly tracked in the candidate audit trail.

  • Resume Access Improvement: Updated the submittal card interface in BrightFlow view with a clearer document icon and "view resume" tooltip for better user experience and functionality clarity.

This release affects all editions.


2025.7.0 Release on Thursday, June 5, 2025

Release 2025.7.0 on Thursday, June 5, 2025, represents our seventh production deployment of 2025. This release minor improvements to the email delivery tracking features as well as several changes to support the release of Engage, later this year.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

Release Details

  • Email Delivery Tracking: Event tracking of messages sent via communication templates from submittal workflow status changes are now tracked via our email delivery and engagement feature.

  • Indeed Disposition Feed Fix: The disposition feed was updated to have the proper create date of the submittal activity. Prior to this fix, the create date of the job was being sent instead of the create date of the activity, skewing the disposition results.

  • Platform Integration: We deployed several platform changes in advance of new product releases later this year.

This release affects all editions.


2025.6.0 Release on Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Release 2025.6.0 on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, represents our sixth production deployment of 2025. This release contains several customer-facing improvements and internal system enhancements to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

Enhanced Email Capabilities

  • Editor Enhancements: Our email composer now includes two new plugins:

    • Preview: Easily see how your email will appear to recipients before sending

    • Code: Access and edit the HTML code directly for advanced customization

    • Copy & Paste: Improved editor controls from menu, right click and Control-C/Control-V

  • Improved Batch Email Handling: We've made significant improvements to our email system, ensuring that invalid email addresses will no longer cause an entire email batch to be sent to the replay queue, delaying successful delivery. Valid emails in a batch will continue to be sent even if some addresses are invalid.

Submittal Tab Experience Enhancements

  • Consistent Action Buttons: We've standardized the action buttons across both the Applicant and Requirement Submittal tabs, creating a more intuitive and consistent user experience. For example, the Google Maps link to illustrate the distance between the Applicant's home address and the job location are accessible from the More dropdown on both screens now.

Wiz AI Improvements

  • Expanded Contextual Understanding: Our Wiz AI now has enhanced context awareness across multiple areas:

    • Job descriptions now include requirement context

    • Emails from the Requirement Submittal Tab include job context

    • Individual applicant and contact emails include relevant context

    • Sender and receiver context for more personalized communication

Hiring Manager Communication

  • Additional Manager Notifications: Now all additional hiring managers listed on a job will receive the communication templates triggered by submittal status changes, not just the primary hiring manager.

Engage Application Integration

  • Added system support and unified experience for endpoints required by the emerging, new Engage interface. More details will come with the anticipated Q3 release of this new AI CRM product from BrightMove.

This release affects all editions.


2025.5.0 Release on Saturday, April 26, 2025

Release 2025.5.0 on Saturday, April 26, 2025, represents our fifth production deployment of 2025. This release contains several customer-facing improvements and internal system enhancements to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

Visual Enhancements

  • Submittal Tab Redesign: We redesigned the layout of the submittal tab on the candidate screen and the job screen. The reason for this redesign is reduce horizontal scrolling and to reduce frustration for the user when critical buttons are off the main screen viewport.

  • Contact Avatar Fix: We've resolved an issue where manager avatars were displaying as broken images after upload.

  • Dashboard Chart Improvements: Charts on the Applicant and Requirement Dashboard tabs now display "no data available for this chart" when no data exists, providing clearer visual feedback.

  • Client Logo Updates: We've implemented a new API for generating client logos, ensuring more accurate and up-to-date company branding.

Wiz AI and Parsing Improvements

  • Enhanced AI Prompts: We've improved our Wiz AI functionality for emails and SMS, removing unnecessary commentary and ensuring correct formatting when using substitution fields.

  • Resume Parsing Error Handling: We've enhanced our resume parsing system with better error handling and logging. If the parser encounters an error, you'll now receive a clear notification popup after upload.

Enhanced Recruiter-Manager Communication

  • Customizable Welcome Emails: Company admins can now select from predefined communication templates when granting system access to managers. This feature allows for easy customization and personalization of the welcome email. Access these templates through the new 'Engage Settings' link under Settings.

  • Contact Profile Viewing: We've resolved an issue where managers were unable to view other managers' profiles despite having the proper permissions.

Company Creation & Management Improvements

  • Automatic Role Assignment: When an RPO Parent user creates a new company via RPO template, the user will now be automatically assigned the "Administration" role to the newly created company, eliminating the need for manual role assignment.

  • Enhanced Data Tables: The Company Management Security modal now features an improved data table interface for better usability.

Job Board Integration

  • ZipRecruiter Disposition Feedback: We've added ZipRecruiter to our Job Board Disposition Feedback project, ensuring continued support for the organic feed.

Technical Improvements

  • API Support: Added system support for endpoints required by the emerging, new Engage interface. More details will come with the anticipated Q3 release of this new AI CRM product from BrightMove.

This release affects all editions.


2025.4.0 Release on Saturday, April 5, 2025

Release 2025.4.0 on Saturday, April 5, 2025, represents our fourth production deployment of 2025. This release contains several customer-facing improvements and internal system enhancements to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

  • Email Improvements: A major improvement was made to the email editor. Now, when sending email to candidates and hiring managers from within the ATS, the composition screen is intuitive, fast and responsive. Also, the ability to delay the time when the message is sent was added.

  • Wiz AI Limited Beta: Wiz is the Agentic AI bot within ATS that can perform smart, time saving tasks. In this release, we introduce Wiz as a limited beta - limits apply to the number of AI requests a user can perform. Wiz's current capabilities allow you to use generative AI to create rich email content and job descriptions.

  • Offer Letter Improvements: Offer letter templates now support the dynamic inclusion of user defined fields into the offer letter. Additionally, the users can dynamically assign the signing order of the offer letter from within the offer screen.

This release affects all editions.


2025.3.0 Release on Thursday, February 27, 2025

Release 2025.3.0 on Thursday, February 27, 2025, represents our third production deployment of 2025. This release contains several customer-facing improvements and internal system enhancements to improve overall system functionality and user experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release:

  • Job Templates Enhancement: Fixed an issue with job templates to ensure the correct original opening value is displayed when viewing templates. When creating a new job or template, the system will now automatically copy the original opening value to the openings field if it's empty.

  • Offer Letter Modal UI Enhancement: Improved the Offer Letter modal UI to better indicate who will receive the letter and the sequence of the signing process. Reorganized the order of signers on the modal and added explanatory helper text detailing the signing order.

  • Offer Letter Attachment Name Consistency: Fixed an issue where the attachment name in DocuSign differed from what was shown in the ATS when selecting the offer letter. This ensures naming consistency across both systems and improves the end-to-end document signing experience.

  • Internal system improvements for billing processes and scheduling functionality.

This release affects all editions.


LightHub 2.0 Release on Saturday, February 22, 2025

Wiz is live!

We're excited to announce that LightHub 2.0 is now live! This major upgrade transforms how you'll receive support and access resources within BrightMove.

What's New?

We've transitioned from Zendesk to Intercom, creating a more streamlined support experience. Don't worry – all your historical service desk information has been seamlessly migrated to the new platform.

Meet Wiz - Your 24/7 AI Assistant

The centerpiece of LightHub 2.0 is Wiz, our new AI chatbot designed to make BrightMove easier to use than ever. Wiz is always available to:

  • Help you find relevant guides and documentation

  • Answer common questions instantly

  • Direct you to specific resources

  • Connect you with our support team

Getting Started

  1. Look for the LightHub icon in the bottom right corner of your screen

  2. Click to access your service tickets and chat with Wiz

  3. Need human assistance? Simply type "Talk to a person" to connect with our support team

We're committed to making your BrightMove experience more efficient and user-friendly. Try LightHub 2.0 today and let us know what you think!


2025.2.0 Release on Thursday, February 20, 2025

Release 2025.2.0 on Thursday, February 20, 2025, represents our second production deployment of 2025. This release is a minor release that contains several high visibility bugs, new UI features, and UI enhancements that have been delivered to improve customer experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release.

  • Improved sorting of questions and questionnaires in the Interview Questions feature

  • New attachment preview widget that enables users to preview attached documents without requiring a full download of the file

  • Ad hoc reporting labels alignment with company preference labels

  • Improved error handling with Offer Letter integration with Docusign

  • Improved layout of PDF Job attachment file to include better display control or skills

  • Fix to resolve issue with the inability to add submittal activity

  • Fix to resolve issue with the inability for hiring managers to be able to add applicant folders

  • Infrastructure improvement for platform monitoring

This release affects all editions.


2025.1.0 Release on Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Release 2025.1.0 on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, represents our first production deployment of 2025. This release is a minor release that contains several high visibility bugs and UI enhancements that have been delivered to improve customer experience.

The following changes were deployed as part of this release.

  • Combined Job Description tab (public and internal descriptions are displayed on same tab, with toggle button)

  • Internal job description not syncing with public description

  • UDF label corrections in BrightForm attachments

  • Fix to resolve issue with the ability to view all marketing locations assigned to a job

  • Fix to resolve issue with the ability to assign all marketing locations assigned to a job

  • Fix to resolve DataTables error displayed on offer letter eSignature queue

  • Capture and replay enhancements to Indeed Apply API integration

  • Infrastructure improvement to automatically reload sessions for users after deployment

This release affects all editions.

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