7th of July 2024 (patch release)

This article contains this patch release's bug fixes.

Changes to the platform

Users are now required to re-authenticate with their identity provider when signing in via SURFconext or a custom SAML provider
We have added a ForceAuthn attribute to the SAML authentication request, requiring users to always re-authenticate with their identity provider before signing in to Ans. This additional security measure prevents users from accessing an account belonging to a different user if the identity provider session is still active. This issue could occur on shared computers, where the Ans session has ended, but the identity provider session remains active. Previously, users could sign in to Ans without re-authenticating, potentially accessing another user's active session. Users must now re-authenticate with the identity provider before returning to Ans.

Bug fixes

• Fixed degraded performance on pages showing an abundance of questions in the initial exercises
  Previously, the loading times of pages showing questions was very slow if the first exercises contained a lot of questions. Now, the presence of numerous questions in those exercises has a much smaller impact on loading times.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where duplicating match and statement questions was not possible if the question was already duplicated once
  Previously, copying match or statement questions would fail if the question was duplicated at least once. Now, match and statement questions can be duplicated continuously without issue.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the choice correctness indicator for choices with zero points was green rather than red
  Previously, when the "start with zero" option was enabled, answers with a value of zero were incorrectly coloured green. Now, these answers are correctly coloured red.
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the assignment analysis export did not take the school year filter into account
  Previously, the school year filter would not be applied when requesting the assignment analysis export in the school insights. Now, the year filter is correctly applied again when requesting the export.