North Updates & Release Notes

North Platform v1.15.7 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.7 (previous: v1.15.6)

North App Version: v0.370.11 (previous: v0.370.10)

Compass Chart Version: v5.17.6 (previous: v5.17.5)

Compass App Version: v0.93.5 (previous: v0.93.5)

Bug fixes

• Improves the Analytics experience so switching sections reuses loaded results instead of loading again.
• Fixes Analytics so a failed Tools or Capabilities drilldown shows an error instead of empty results.
• Updates North app, admin, and frontend dependencies to address known CVEs.
• Updates platform and Compass images to address known CVEs.

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North Platform v1.15.6 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.6 (previous: v1.15.4)

North App Version: v0.370.10 (previous: v0.370.9)

Compass Chart Version: v5.17.5 (previous: v5.17.0)

Compass App Version: v0.93.5 (previous: v0.93.1)

Features

[Alpha] Adds a feature flag so newly created users skip the guided setup flow on first sign-in.

The flag is off by default, and existing users are unchanged.

Adds optional Helm values so you can set CPU limits on code sandbox init containers. Limits apply only when you set them, and the defaults stay the same.

Bug fixes

Libraries

Prevents connector library content from being shown to people who don't have permission to access it.

Prevents Agent Builder from saving tool and resource changes when library access can't be verified.

Prevents one failed library access check from failing the whole agent list and reports it on the agent.

Fixes default agents so a library created from their tools is available immediately, not only on the draft.

Improves Analytics with clearer loading states, more reliable navigation and table scrolling, and fewer unnecessary reloads.

Prevents deployment conflicts when horizontal pod autoscaling is enabled by allowing the autoscaler to control replica counts.

Updates the code sandbox so sessions end when they are idle instead of at a fixed maximum lifetime.

Fixes authorization service startup on FIPS installations when database client libraries don't match the base image.

Updates North app, admin, and frontend dependencies to address known CVEs.

Updates Compass and its PDF classifier, along with North's document reader and guardrails service, to address known CVEs.

Updates platform images, including the gateway, OpenFGA, and supporting services, to address known CVEs.

Updates OpenSearch bundled with Compass to 3.9.0 to address known CVEs.

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North Platform v1.14.9 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.9 (previous: v1.14.8)

North App Version: v0.350.10 (previous: v0.350.10)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.1 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.80.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Bug fixes

Prevents deployment conflicts when horizontal pod autoscaling is enabled by allowing the autoscaler to control replica counts.

North Platform v1.13.16 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.16 (previous: v1.13.15)

North App Version: v0.329.17 (previous: v0.329.17)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.1 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.76.0 (previous: v0.76.0)

Bug fixes

Prevents deployment conflicts when horizontal pod autoscaling is enabled by allowing the autoscaler to control replica counts.

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North Platform v1.15.4 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.4 (previous: v1.15.3)

North App Version: v0.370.9 (previous: v0.370.8)

Compass Chart Version: v5.17.0 (previous: v5.17.0)

Compass App Version: v0.93.1 (previous: v0.93.0)

Bug fixes

Restores the Migrate to libraries option in Agent Builder so users can convert an agent's existing file selections into libraries.

Ensures viewers of shared Microsoft libraries only see connector files they have permission to access.

Updates Dex connector validation to support the latest token exchange settings.

Prevents authentication cookies from being sent over unsecured HTTP connections.

Adds support for ingesting XML files identified with the text/xml media type.

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North Platform v1.15.3 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.3 (previous: v1.15.2)

North App Version: v0.370.8 (previous: v0.370.8)

Compass Chart Version: v5.17.0 (previous: v5.14.0)

Compass App Version: v0.93.0 (previous: v0.93.0)

Compass features

Adds an optional access check so that search results from Atlas only include documents the current user is allowed to open.

Adds optional configuration for how often Google Drive content resyncs.

Bug fixes

Fixes SharePoint Sites.Selected settings so an admin can choose the permission mode and limit syncing to an allowlist of sites.

Improves visual PDF parsing by applying a dedicated page-size limit when the visual parser prepares page images.

Fixes platform status checks that reported a healthy visual parsing model as unreachable.

Prevents temporary files from an interrupted parse from lingering and using up storage unnecessarily.

North Platform v1.13.15 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.15 (previous: v1.13.14)

North App Version: v0.329.17 (previous: v0.329.16)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.76.0 (previous: v0.76.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes a server error when registering or updating an MCP server that exposes a tool and a prompt with the same name. Existing tools, prompts, and permissions keep their current names.

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North Platform v1.15.2 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.2 (previous: v1.15.1)

North App Version: v0.370.8 (previous: v0.370.7)

Compass Chart Version: v5.14.0 (previous: v5.14.0)

Compass App Version: v0.93.0 (previous: v0.93.0)

Bug fixes

Sorts numeric table columns numerically instead of alphabetically.

Addresses an issue where images could not be uploaded to SharePoint libraries.

Fixes a security issue impacting document generation that could allow unauthenticated requests under certain conditions.

North Platform v1.14.8 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.8 (previous: v1.14.7)

North App Version: v0.350.10 (previous: v0.350.9)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.80.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes a security issue impacting document generation that could allow unauthenticated requests under certain conditions.

North Platform v1.13.14 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.14 (previous: v1.13.13)

North App Version: v0.329.16 (previous: v0.329.15)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.76.0 (previous: v0.76.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes a security issue impacting document generation that could allow unauthenticated requests under certain conditions.

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North Platform v1.15.1 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.1 (previous: v1.15.0)

North App Version: v0.370.7 (previous: v0.370.6)

Compass Chart Version: v5.14.0 (previous: v5.14.0)

Compass App Version: v0.93.0 (previous: v0.93.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes Admin Analytics v2 trend charts that previously shortened the selected date range when some time periods had no data. Now, empty time periods stay on the axis as gaps instead of disappearing or reading as zero usage.

Updates backend dependencies to address known CVEs.

North Platform v1.14.7 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.7 (previous: v1.14.6)

North App Version: v0.350.9 (previous: v0.350.9)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.80.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Features

Adds optional Helm values so you can inject extra init containers, volumes, and volume mounts on the Admin frontend Deployment, matching the existing toolkit-frontend overlay hooks.

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North Platform v1.15.0 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.15.0 (previous: v1.14.6)

North App Version: v0.370.6 (previous: v0.350.9)

Compass Chart Version: v5.14.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.93.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Agents

[Alpha]Build agents with anAI assistant by describing what you want in natural language. Instruct the assistant to set up your agent for your use case or ask it questions about the configuration.

The agent builder has been redesigned to become a more consolidated and user-friendly experience that allows for more space to write formatted agent instructions and makes it easier to see enabled tools and capabilities.

[Beta]Automatically drafted version notes are generated based on the changes you made when you publish a custom agent. You can revise the notes before publishing.

Duplicating an agent now also copies its evaluation tasks and test cases to ease the process of creating thoroughly evaluated agents.

Automations

[Beta]Redesigned Automations list.

The Automations page has been made more powerful and easy to navigate by consolidating it to just two tabs (Discovery and Runs) and offering many more filtering options.

[Beta]Automatically drafted version notes are generated based on the changes you made when you publish an automation. You can revise the notes before publishing.

[Beta]Describe an automation schedule in plain language and North fills in the schedule for you to review before you save.

Chat

Chat tools and capabilities are now consolidated into a single menu that is easy to use and search. From the plus icon, you can upload files, add libraries, switch modes (e.g., deep research), and manage tools from a single, streamlined location.

An agent selector on the homepage lets you choose which agent to chat with before you send, making the chat more versatile. You can configure the default selection in user settings.

Recent chats are now easier to navigate in the sidebar, showing conversation history as a single, chronological list of chats with all of your agents.

Chat and sidebar elements now load progressively as they are available, resulting in a smoother experience when navigating North with a slower connection.

[Alpha]Session compaction replaces older conversation history with an AI-generated summary as a chat session approaches its context limit, letting long conversations continue instead of hard-truncating history or hitting a context error. Contact your Cohere representative to enable it.

Deep research now runs only when the agent decides a prompt calls for its full multi-step research process, the same way document mode's canvas editor already opens only when the agent decides a prompt calls for one. If unsure, the agent may ask the user.

My files

Expanded supported file types. My files and local library uploads now match Compass for accepted formats, including more spreadsheet types (e.g., TSV, ODS, and macro-enabled Excel) and additional document formats such as JSON, RTF, EPUB, and OpenDocument.

Images attached in chat are now also saved to My files, the same as any other attachment, so you can reuse them in other conversations or file workflows—understanding the image in the original chat is unchanged.

Known limitation: images aren't indexed for Smart Search, so an agent won't find one just because it's sitting in your files. Reference the image directly—highlight it in chat or attach it again—to have an agent look at its contents.

Tables

[Alpha] Review mode shows every cell's review state—Reviewed, Unreviewed, or Out of date—at a glance.

[Alpha] Filtering by review state narrows the table to rows with a cell in a specific review state—Reviewed, Unreviewed, or Out of date—while in Review mode, so you can focus on, for example, just the cells that still need review.

[Alpha] Table cell citations now open in a dedicated split-screen viewer that highlights the exact source page next to the cell's answer, so you can verify a grounded response without leaving the table.

Admin

Tool plan editing is removed. As announced in v1.12.2, the following configuration found under Chat Settings has been fully removed: Allow users to edit the tool plan during a chat session.

[Alpha] Data retention now uses a single global toggle, off by default. The retention period is now measured from a conversation's creation date rather than its last activity. Its soft-delete timeout can now be set to 0 days, skipping any recoverable window before permanent deletion.

[Alpha] SCIM provisioning lets North synchronize users and groups with your identity provider across their full lifecycle—including deletions and updates.

[Alpha] New Analytics dashboard powered by ClickHouse adds deeper drill-downs across adoption, agents, automations, and tools.

[Alpha] Sandbox observability gives platform admins eBPF-based runtime visibility into sandbox pods—process execution, file access, and network activity—with an optional web interface for browsing captured sessions.

Two new system roles for compliance workflows—Compliance Requester and Compliance Approver—make it easier for admins to provision compliance staff with access. Organization admins no longer automatically get Can approve compliance requests, nor can they grant either permission to themselves or to a group they belong to—someone else must grant it.

New Library Access Manager system role lets admins grant trusted users control over organization-wide library visibility and membership without granting them full organization admin rights.

Continues the design refresh and migration to React for the Agents, Automations, Analytics (default), Compliance, Feedback dialogs, Audits, and Notification banners pages.

Libraries

Attach a library to a deep research session from the composer so North can search that library's contents during the research run.

A new Libraries page in the North admin panel lets admins browse libraries across the organization, filter by source (e.g., My files), and manage their visibility and user access from one place.

Manage library ownership for a deleted user's shared libraries by assigning them to a new owner, which allows the new owner to manage and modify the libraries going forward. Note that ownership transfer is not possible for Microsoft connector libraries (e.g., SharePoint).

Graceful Delete Settings are now applied to a deleted user's libraries in addition to other artifacts. Note that shared Microsoft connector libraries are always hard-deleted after the grace period because they are not transferable.

Local file library size limits can be configured by admins to set a storage cap per library.

Guardrails

New Guardrails gRPC API lets trusted applications call North guardrails directly over gRPC to scan prompts, model responses, and tool output.

Guardrails deployment now runs through North's own cohere-guardrails subchart instead of HiddenLayer's bundled externalApi. If you're upgrading an existing deployment that used the old path, set externalApi.enabled: false on the HiddenLayer chart and enable cohere-guardrails on cohere-eno. The AIDR scanning engine itself is unaffected—only its bundled guardrails-service API is being replaced by North's own. Leaving externalApi.enabled: true alongside cohere-guardrails.enabled: true is unsupported: both deploy the same guardrails-service against the same AIDR instance.

Infrastructure

Gateway controller identity now lets you run multiple North installs on the same Kubernetes cluster, each with its own bundled Envoy Gateway. Set a unique controllerName and the chart keeps the GatewayClass it creates in sync automatically, and fails the install or upgrade outright if the two values ever drift apart instead of silently deploying a Gateway that doesn't match.

North API

[Alpha] Default model rules route a model to specific groups and evaluate priority top-first, via six new endpoints: list, create, get, update, delete, and reorder.

Model providers can now be managed entirely via API: eight new endpoints cover full CRUD by provider key, listing provider types and their schemas, refreshing a provider's model catalog, and testing credentials before persisting a provider.

Agents now support a draft/publish lifecycle via API, matching the versioning capability in the Admin console: PATCH /v2/agents/{agent_id}/draft to update a pending configuration, POST /v2/agents/{agent_id}/publish to make it live, and GET /v2/agents/{agent_id}/versions to list published snapshots. PATCH /v2/agents/{agent_id} is deprecated in favor of this flow.

Mobile

Increased localization coverage in the iOS mobile app now ensures a more reliable and seamless experience in all supported languages.

Compass

Compass now supports the latestParse model for image and PDF vision parsing in North.

Configurable dense embedding dimensions let you create indexes with a smaller supported vector size when the model allows it, which can reduce storage and improve performance.

Compass model usage metrics for embedding, vision parsing, and rerank calls are now included alongside other billable usage in North dashboards.

Keyword search now includes document filenames in lexical search so queries that mention words from a file's name are more likely to find it, without changing embedding-based retrieval.

Ingestion for small connector files is now faster, as Atlas webhooks send small content inline, avoiding an extra download for items like email bodies and short text attachments.

Clearer errors for password-protected files return a user-friendly reason when an upload cannot be opened because it is password-protected or otherwise unreadable.

More reliable connector downloads. Atlas download timeouts have been raised to 300 seconds, with separate read and connect limits, reducing transient failures on slow exports.

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North Platform v1.14.6 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.6 (previous: v1.14.5)

North App Version: v0.350.9 (previous: v0.350.8)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.80.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Bug fixes

Addresses failed saves on admin white-label configurations on S3-compatible stores that do not support conditional writes.

Fixes the Automations page failing to load when any automation contains a node that is no longer valid, so the list of automations still loads successfully.

Prevents install and upgrade failures caused by invalid toolkit-frontend Deployment YAML syntax when white-label and custom frontend init containers are both configured at the same time.

North Platform v1.13.13 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.13 (previous: v1.13.12)

North App Version: v0.329.15 (previous: v0.329.14)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.76.0 (previous: v0.76.0)

Bug fixes

Ensures My files image uploads use the system-level image settings instead of a client-side allow_images flag, so images upload successfully when enabled.

Prevents install and upgrade failures caused by invalid toolkit-frontend Deployment YAML syntax when white-label and custom frontend init containers are both configured at the same time.

North Platform v1.12.26 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.12.26 (previous: v1.12.25)

North App Version: v0.305.29 (previous: v0.305.29)

Compass Chart Version: v5.4.1 (previous: v5.4.1)

Compass App Version: v0.73.8 (previous: v0.73.8)

Bug fixes

Prevents install and upgrade failures caused by invalid toolkit-frontend Deployment YAML syntax when white-label and custom frontend init containers are both configured at the same time.

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North Platform v1.14.5 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.5 (previous: v1.14.4)

North App Version: v0.350.8 (previous: v0.350.7)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.80.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Bug fixes

Restores readable text in Terms of Service and banner content by overriding pasted inline colors so dark-mode text no longer renders white-on-white (or otherwise unreadable).

North Platform v1.13.12 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.12 (previous: v1.13.11)

North App Version: v0.329.14 (previous: v0.329.13)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.76.0 (previous: v0.76.0)

Bug fixes

Restores readable text in Terms of Service and banner content by overriding pasted inline colors so dark-mode text no longer renders white-on-white (or otherwise unreadable).

Forces a fresh (non-cached) permission check when opening or running an agent, eliminating the delay that could return 403 errors for minutes after an agent was made public.

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North Platform v1.14.4 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.4 (previous: v1.14.3)

North App Version: v0.350.7 (previous: v0.350.6)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.80.0 (previous: v0.80.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes truncated user and group names in the admin permissions list by adding a hover tooltip that reveals the full name.

North Platform v1.13.11 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.11 (previous: v1.13.10)

North App Version: v0.329.13 (previous: v0.329.12)

Compass Chart Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Compass App Version: v0.76.0 (previous: v0.76.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes truncated user and group names in the admin permissions list by adding a hover tooltip that reveals the full name.

Ensures utility LLM calls (title generation, memory extraction, AI suggestions) route through the correct model by syncing the model ID onto the request context before provider calls.

North Platform v1.12.25 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.12.25 (previous: v1.12.24)

North App Version: v0.305.29 (previous: v0.305.28)

Compass Chart Version: v5.4.1 (previous: v5.4.1)

Compass App Version: v0.73.8 (previous: v0.73.8)

Bug fixes

Forces a fresh (non-cached) permission check when opening or running an agent, eliminating the delay that could return 403 errors for minutes after an agent was made public.

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North Platform v1.13.10 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.10 (previous: v1.13.9)

App Version: v0.329.12 (previous: v0.329.11)

Compass Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Bug fixes

Resolves PDF export failures when exporting automation runs.

North Platform v1.12.24 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.12.24 (previous: v1.12.23)

App Version: v0.305.28 (previous: v0.305.27)

Compass Version: v5.4.1 (previous: v5.4.1)

Bug fixes

Fixes an issue where conversation titles were not always generated when a custom LLM gateway is being used.

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North Platform v1.14.3 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.3 (previous: v1.14.2)

App Version: v0.350.6 (previous: v0.350.5)

Compass Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Features

[Alpha] Adds a feature flag, disabled by default, to enable the notification inbox in the sidebar for viewing notifications.

Bug fixes

Restores the North and platform version displayed in the Admin panel sidebar.

Addresses My Files read and search failures when Compass returns inconsistent or missing chunk metadata.

Improves code sandbox deployment on OpenShift and RHCOS by letting operators load required kernel modules when the sandbox starts, without a cluster-wide MachineConfig.

North Platform v1.13.9 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.9 (previous: v1.13.8)

App Version: v0.329.11 (previous: v0.329.10)

Compass Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes an issue where the can configure automations did not grant access to Admin > Automations.

Addresses My Files read and search failures when Compass returns inconsistent or missing chunk metadata.

Updates frontend dependencies to address known CVEs.

Improves code sandbox deployment on OpenShift and RHCOS by letting operators load required kernel modules when the sandbox starts, without a cluster-wide MachineConfig.

North Platform v1.12.23 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.12.23 (previous: v1.12.22)

App Version: v0.305.27 (previous: v0.305.26)

Compass Version: v5.4.1 (previous: v5.4.1)

Bug fixes

Prevents custom LLM gateway permissions from reverting when a provider model list refresh fails temporarily.

Addresses My Files read and search failures when Compass returns inconsistent or missing chunk metadata.

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North Platform v1.14.2 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.2 (previous: v1.14.1)

App Version: v0.350.5 (previous: v0.350.5)

Compass Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Bug fixes

Allows code sandbox installs to skip creating ClusterRoles when those roles are already provisioned by cluster admins.

North Platform v1.12.22 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.12.22 (previous: v1.12.21)

App Version: v0.305.26 (previous: v0.305.25)

Compass Version: v5.4.1 (previous: v5.4.1)

Bug fixes

Resolves PDF export failures when exporting automation runs.

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North Platform v1.14.1 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.14.1 (previous: v1.14.0)

App Version: v0.350.5 (previous: v0.350.4)

Compass Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Bug fixes

Fixes an issue where the Admin > Agents page listed draft and unnamed agents so that now only published agents are shown.

Prevents the memory onboarding pop-up from appearing when organization memory is disabled in Admin > Chat Settings.

Updates the Terrarium Python sandbox image to address a known CVE.

Updates frontend dependencies to address known CVEs.

North Platform v1.13.8 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.13.8 (previous: v1.13.7)

App Version: v0.329.10 (previous: v0.329.9)

Compass Version: v5.7.0 (previous: v5.7.0)

Bug fixes

Prevents the memory onboarding pop-up from appearing when organization memory is disabled in Admin > Chat Settings.

Fixes Inngest database migration failures during initial platform installation when the migration job starts before its service account exists.

Updates Inngest to address a known CVE.

Updates frontend dependencies to address known CVEs.

North Platform v1.12.21 Release

Version Information

Platform Version: v1.12.21 (previous: v1.12.20)

App Version: v0.305.25 (previous: v0.305.24)

Compass Version: v5.4.1 (previous: v5.4.1)

Bug fixes

Prevents the memory onboarding pop-up from appearing when organization memory is disabled in Admin > Chat Settings.

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