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and making local file synchronization more dependable on both operating systems.\n\n- **Unified sync behavior and conflict handling**\n  Synchronization logic has been improved to better handle edits, deletions, and file version conflicts so teams can stay aligned with less manual cleanup.\n\n- **Improved update and release experience**\n  Desktop update flows are now more robust, helping users stay current with less disruption during app upgrades.\n\n- **Better visibility into sync health**\n  Expanded sync diagnostics and event tracking improve supportability and help teams identify and resolve sync issues faster.\n\n## Workflow, Extraction, and Automation Enhancements\nFebruary introduced a major expansion to [AI Workflows](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.clearideas.com\u002Fai\u002Fai-workflows), adding upload-triggered extraction automation and metadata-aware search patterns that connect ingestion, AI processing, and retrieval in one flow.\n\n- **More reliable webhook-driven workflows**\n  Incoming and outgoing webhook handling has been refined with stronger validation and more predictable job execution behavior.\n\n- **Improved workflow build quality**\n  Workflow generation and editing experiences now include clearer guardrails for step structure, limits, and variable handling.\n\n- **Stronger file-aware workflow execution**\n  File and attachment handling in workflow runs has been improved, especially for image and document-heavy use cases.\n\n- **New centralized Extraction Workflows configuration**\n  Site administrators can now manage extraction applicability from one settings area with both site-level defaults and folder-level overrides, making rollout and governance significantly easier for large repositories.\n\n- **Upload trigger with variable mapping**\n  Upload-triggered runs now use configurable trigger-to-workflow variable mapping, similar to webhook mapping patterns, so teams can standardize workflow inputs without rigid variable names.\n\n- **Deterministic rule resolution for upload execution**\n  Matching logic now applies one effective rule per upload using nearest-folder precedence over site defaults, reducing duplicate runs and making execution outcomes predictable.\n\n- **Automatic metadata persistence on file records**\n  Extraction outputs are now saved back to file metadata attributes, enabling downstream search, filtering, and automated classification without additional integration work.\n\n- **Workflow editor support for Upload trigger semantics**\n  Workflow design and assistant prompt guidance now include Upload trigger behavior so generated and edited workflows align with centralized extraction rule assignment.\n\n## Chat and Content Experience\nUpdates across [AI Chat](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.clearideas.com\u002Fai\u002Fai-chat) and workflow surfaces make it easier to work with rich content and generated outputs.\n\n- **Improved image handling in chat**\n  Image interactions and gallery behavior have been refined for smoother generation, viewing, and follow-up actions.\n\n- **Better workflow assistant usability**\n  Assistant editing and workflow authoring flows now include clearer controls and improved interaction patterns for faster iteration.\n\n- **Ongoing model and prompt quality updates**\n  Continued tuning of model configuration and prompt behavior supports better consistency across chat and workflow results.\n\n- **Metadata-aware search syntax**\n  Search now supports `@` metadata filters (for example `@expiryDate:2026`), including mixed queries that combine open text with metadata constraints for precision retrieval on extracted attributes.\n\n- **Metadata surfaced directly in file context**\n  Extracted metadata is now visible in file-level experiences and linked from content listing surfaces, reducing context switching when validating AI extraction output.\n\n- **Expanded extraction and search documentation**\n  New administrator guidance now covers extraction workflow setup, upload trigger mapping, rule scoping, and metadata search patterns for faster implementation.\n\n## Analytics and Reporting Improvements\nAnalytics capabilities were expanded to provide clearer attribution and more useful operational insights.\n\n- **Additional document engagement reporting**\n  New PDF page-view analytics and related reporting enhancements provide deeper visibility into how content is used.\n\n## Under the Hood\nQuiet improvements that make everything feel steadier: refined validation across critical workflows, improved error handling and processing consistency, and ongoing performance tuning across the API, web app, and desktop sync 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