Release v25.0 Technical Information for Superusers

• In order to utilise the new AI Lesson Plan generator, you must provide an OpenAI or Azure OpenAI endpoint and be running GPT-4o, GPT-4o Mini, or a later version.
• We’ve added support for new GPT engines, including GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 Mini. We've removed GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, and all customers who previously used GPT-3.5 or GPT-4 have been upgraded to GPT-4.1 Mini for improved price and performance.  
• As part of the upgrade, we’ve added a new field, ‘Current Location,’ to student profiles. Please review its visibility settings to ensure you’re comfortable with who can view the student’s current location.
• By default, a timetable/daily org import is now scheduled for 8:30 AM. Please review this setting to ensure it aligns with your expected timetable availability and does not conflict with your existing full import schedule.
• For customers using the ISAMS API, make sure to provide REST API credentials to receive high-quality portrait photos. You can set these credentials on the School Data Import home screen.
• In order to utilise the pastoral expiries, you must review the default expiry period for each pastoral type and sub-type. Once you have set the expiry period, you can apply an expiry date to all historical records, ensuring that items created beyond the expiry period are archived.
• To enable help text for pastoral types, review all your types and sub-types, and ensure you set up the appropriate explanation text to display when teachers are adding records of that type.
• If you wish to sync confidential pastoral attachments to Synergetic, you must configure a secure document classification in Synergetic. Then, you can set this classification on the Pastoral Types List screen for confidential documents.
• All self-issued JWTs now contain a JTI, which is required to improve JWT security.

• Migrated web request caching from the local file system to the Redis cache for improved performance and efficiency.
• All self-issued JWTs now contain a JTI, which is required to improve JWT security.
• Removed the axios JavaScript library and replaced it with native fetch calls for improved performance and simplicity.
• Added support for utilising a proxy to relay error reporting to Sentry, enhancing the security and flexibility of error handling.
• Added the ability to capture profile data on a subset of requests to assist with performance analysis and optimisation.  

As of the 25.1 release, the following features will be removed:

• WebDAV Server: This feature lets you mount the Schoolbox filesystem as a native drive on your computer. It's rarely used and requires special setup to work properly.
• LDAP Authentication: For security reasons, LDAP authentication has not been supported in the cloud. We're also moving away from supporting it on-premise, as the risks increasingly outweigh the benefits. We strongly recommend that all customers currently using LDAP start planning a migration to SAML or OAuth (OIDC).

• Deprecated table `user_professionaldevelopment`
• Updated table `allowedFileTypes`
  • Deprecated `inline`
• Updated table `sis_user_profile`
  • Added `metadata`
• Updated table `sis_import_queue`
  • Added `strats`
• Updated table `sis_user_profile_staff`
  • Added `house_name`
• Updated table `pastoral_bulk_import`
  • Added `expires_at`
• Updated table `lu_pastoral_type`
  • Added `entry_tip`
  • Added `default_expiry`
  • Added `default_points`
  • Added `pastoral_document_classification_confidential_id`
• Updated table `lu_pastoral_subtype`
  • Added `entry_tip`
  • Added `default_expiry`
  • Added `default_points`
• Updated table `pastoral_report`
  • Added `include_archived_records`
• Updated table `pastoral`
  • Added `expires_at`
• Updated table `lesson_plan`
  • Added duration
• Updated table `lesson_plan_template_field`
  • Added description
• Updated table `lesson_plan_field`
  • Added description
• Updated table `submission_return`
  • Added `instructor_mark`
• Updated table `submission_box`
  • Added `instructor_mark_type`
  • Added `instructor_max_mark`
  • Added `submission_instructor_grade_group_id`
• Update table `lu_year_level`
  • Added `birthday_celebration_enabled`
• Updated table `courseTemplates`
  • Added `sequence`
• Updated table `summative_report`
  • Added `footer`
• Updated table `openai_log`
  • Added `input_tokens`
  • Added `output_tokens`
  • Added `model`
  • Added `response`