What's new in Blocks

Release Notes

v3.7.15 introduces deeper integration between Workflows and Data Gateway, enhanced localization control through glossary management, improved identity onboarding flexibility, and expanded developer tooling via CLI updates.

This release strengthens Blocks Cloud’s position as a unified platform by enabling event-driven data workflows, improving translation accuracy, and providing greater control over authentication and application scaffolding.

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Workflow – Data Nodes

Workflows now integrate directly with Data Gateway through the introduction of data-aware nodes, enabling event-driven automation and seamless interaction with persistent storage.

This enhancement allows workflows to react to data changes in real time and perform operations directly on stored data—eliminating the need for intermediary services or custom backend logic.

New Nodes

Data Trigger Node

The Data Trigger Node enables workflows to be triggered automatically based on changes in Data Gateway collections.

• Listens to insert, update, and delete operations
• Configurable per specific collection
• Enables real-time, event-driven workflows based on data activity

This allows teams to build reactive systems such as audit pipelines, notifications, synchronization processes, and downstream data workflows triggered by changes in persistent storage.

Data Action Node

The Data Action Node allows workflows to directly perform operations on Data Gateway collections.

• Supports operations:
  • Get
  • Insert
  • Update
  • Delete
• Configurable per target collection

For schemas protected by access modifiers, the node can:

• Use client credentials configured in Blocks Cloud IAM
• Automatically authenticate using those credentials
• Execute operations securely without manual token handling

This enables secure, automated data manipulation within workflows while respecting existing access control policies.

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Localization – Glossary

The Localization module now includes a Glossary system, providing precise control over how specific terms are handled during auto-translation.

Blocks Cloud’s auto-translation engine detects untranslated values and generates translations across enabled languages. However, certain terms—such as technical keywords, brand names, or domain-specific terminology—should not be translated or should follow specific rules.

The Glossary feature allows users to define and control these terms explicitly.

Glossary Scopes

• Global Glossary
  Applies to all localization keys across the application

• Module-Level Glossary
  Applies to all keys within a specific module

• Key-Level Glossary
  Applied manually to individual keys for fine-grained control

Users can define whether glossary terms:

• Should be excluded from translation
• Should be translated in a specific way

This ensures higher translation accuracy, consistency, and control across multilingual applications.

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IDP – Configurable Sign-Up Flow

Blocks Cloud now provides greater flexibility in how users register and access applications through configurable sign-up flows.

Administrators can now:

• Enable or disable self-service user registration
• Define the allowed authentication methods for sign-up

Supported Sign-Up Methods

• Email and Password
• Single Sign-On (SSO) (requires prior configuration in Blocks Cloud)

When self-sign-up is enabled, users can register directly into the associated Construct application using the configured methods.

This enhancement allows organizations to align user onboarding with their security policies and identity strategies.

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CLI

The Blocks CLI has been enhanced to support multiple frontend scaffolding options, improving flexibility for developers.

Previously, the CLI supported only the React-based Construct. With this update:

• Support for Blazor-based Construct has been added
• Users can now choose their preferred framework during project setup

This allows developers to align application scaffolding with their preferred technology stack, supporting both JavaScript and .NET ecosystems.

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Release Notes

This release strengthens Blocks Cloud with secure Magic Links, OIDC-based SSO via Blocks IDP, enhanced Selise AI agent integration, improved localization change detection, AWS S3–compatible storage support, and a redesigned environment and user management experience.

Together, these updates improve automation, governance, flexibility, and AI-driven workflows across the SELISE Blocks ecosystem.

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Utilities - Secure Redirects & Backend Action Triggers

Blocks Cloud now introduces Magic Links, enabling teams to generate secure, time-limited URLs for streamlined user flows and automated backend actions.

Magic Links are designed for flexibility and control, supporting configurable usage limits, expiration dates, authentication scopes, and environment-specific base URLs.

Two Types of Magic Links

Redirect Magic Links Generate shortened URLs that securely redirect users to a configured destination while maintaining authentication context. Ideal for passwordless login, invitations, and guided user journeys.

Action Magic Links Trigger predefined backend HTTP requests (GET or POST) when accessed. These links execute actions such as email verification, workflow triggers, or system events—without requiring user redirection.

Key Capabilities

• Configurable usage limits
• Optional automatic expiration
• Scoped access via client credentials
• Support for custom headers, payloads, and query parameters (Action type)
• Customizable short URL base configuration
• Centralized dashboard for viewing, filtering, and managing links

Magic Links provide a secure and extensible mechanism for handling authentication flows, event-driven automation, and controlled access patterns across environments.

Identity - OIDC

OpenID Connect (OIDC) Support for Blocks IDP

This release adds OpenID Connect (OIDC) support, enabling applications to use Blocks Identity Provider (IDP) as a standards-compliant Single Sign-On (SSO) solution.

Applications can now integrate with Blocks IDP using the Authorization Code flow, enabling secure, standards-compliant user authentication while delegating identity management to the Blocks platform. This allows any third-party application to use Blocks IDP as its SSO provider.

Blocks Construct also supports this capability—by enabling Bring Your Own SSO and implementing Blocks OIDC—allowing Construct-based deployments to participate in the same unified single sign-on experience across environments.

Key benefits include:

• Centralized authentication through Blocks IDP
• Secure, industry-standard OIDC authorization flow
• Seamless SSO availability across Blocks-based deployments
• Reduced need for custom authentication logic in applications

This enhancement strengthens identity integration within the SELISE Blocks ecosystem and provides a scalable foundation for SSO-enabled applications.

Localization

A new endpoint is now available to help determine whether localization content has changed, without requiring a full language file download. This allows applications to efficiently detect when an update is necessary by checking the publication history of language resources.

New endpoint: /Key/GetLanguageFileGenerationHistory Detailed specifications are available in the API documentation Swagger.

The endpoint returns versioned metadata for published language files, including creation time and project context, enabling lightweight change detection.

Newly Supported Languages

• Bengali (Sylheti)
• Bengali (Chittagonian)

This update improves localization efficiency while expanding language coverage for regional variants.

Selise AI – Blocks Cloud Agent Integration

Selise AI continues to evolve as a unified conversational interface.

Previously, users could interact with multiple large language models (LLMs) within a single GPT-style experience. With this release, Selise AI now supports direct interaction with agents configured on Blocks Cloud.

This enhancement allows users to connect to agents powered by the Blocks RAG architecture, leveraging:

• Dedicated knowledge bases
• Custom tunings and configurations
• Context-aware retrieval
• Enterprise-ready deployment controls

By integrating Blocks Cloud agents into Selise AI, organizations can move beyond general-purpose LLM conversations and interact with domain-specific, retrieval-augmented assistants tailored to their own data and business logic.

This update strengthens the bridge between conversational AI and the broader **SELISE Blocks ecosystem, enabling more intelligent, contextual, and controlled AI experiences.

UDS – AWS-Compatible Object Storage Support

UDS (formerly Data Gateway) now supports AWS S3–compatible object storage, enabling integration with alternatives such as MinIO.

This enhancement allows organizations to use self-hosted or third-party S3-compatible storage solutions while maintaining compatibility with existing AWS-style APIs. It provides greater flexibility in storage architecture, supports hybrid and on-prem deployments, and reduces dependency on a single cloud provider.

Blocks Cloud

A new dedicated section has been introduced for navigating Environments, Project Settings, and People Management, creating a more structured and intuitive user experience.

This update streamlines navigation across environments and improves visibility and control over user access. Teams can now:

• Invite users to multiple environments
• Clearly see who has access to each environment
• View and manage user profiles
• Manage project-level settings from a centralized location

Release Notes

v3.7.9 continues to evolve Blocks Cloud into a modern, extensible platform for building, securing, and operating intelligent systems. This release introduces visual Workflows for automation, Roles and Permissions for fine-grained access control, and meaningful upgrades across AI, localization, and platform APIs.

Together, these enhancements bring greater control, transparency, and composability—allowing teams to automate processes, govern access across data and applications, and gain deeper insight into AI behavior, all while staying aligned with current industry standards for platform engineering and AI operations.

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Roles and Permissions

Blocks Cloud introduces Roles and Permissions to give teams fine-grained control over access across data, APIs, and user interfaces. This capability aligns with modern security and governance standards, ensuring the right users have the right access—no more, no less.

Access Control Areas

Roles and permissions can be applied across three key aspects of the platform:

1. Data Connect
   • Control access to data using row-level and schema level permissions.
   • Ensure sensitive data is visible only to authorized roles.
2. Endpoints
   • Define who can access and invoke specific API endpoints.
   • Enforce consistent authorization rules across services.
3. Front-End
   • Control access to front-end pages and resources.
   • Tailor UI visibility based on user roles.

Benefits

• Stronger security through least-privilege access control.
• Centralized governance across data, APIs, and UI.
• Cleaner separation of responsibilities for teams and collaborators.
• Scalable access management as applications and organizations grow.

Workflows

Blocks Cloud now introduces Workflows, enabling teams to orchestrate automation and integrations through a visual, node-based experience—similar to modern workflow tools used across the industry.

Nodes Available

Workflows are built by connecting reusable nodes that can be arranged in any configuration:

• HTTP — Send HTTP requests to external services or APIs.
• Webhook — Receive incoming HTTP calls with user-defined input and output schemas.
• Email — Send emails as part of automated flows.
• AI — Invoke any agent configured in Blocks Cloud directly within a workflow.

Key Capabilities

• Flexible, visual node-based composition for building automation flows.
• Support for custom input and output definitions, enabling predictable integrations.
• Combine AI, external APIs, and notifications in a single workflow.

Benefits

• Faster automation without writing glue code.
• Seamless AI integration—use agent as first-class workflow components.
• Greater flexibility to connect services, react to events, and automate processes.
• Extensible foundation for future workflow nodes and integrations.

AI

The assistant now provides live feedback after a prompt is submitted, indicating the current stage of processing so users know the request is actively being handled.

• The assistant now provides live feedback after a prompt is submitted, indicating the current stage of processing so users know the request is actively being handled.
• Ask AI in Tracing and Logs also has real-time responses
• Improvements in AI conversation history
  • See workflow steps
  • See duration in each step
  • See the tools that were used, if any, along with the input and output parameters
  • See the used retrieval calls, if any, along with the chunks
• The Tools sections input and output parameters has been improved and supports nested objects
• The output parameters can be reduced based on output parameter limits. This helps reduce token calls
• Tools dashboard tab is now active. See useful information like:
  • Total Requests
  • Success Rate
  • Success Requests
  • Failed Requests
• Configuration improvements

Microservices endpoint changes

Some microservice endpoints have been updated in this release. The previous endpoints will remain supported for a limited period to ensure backward compatibility.

We recommend updating your integrations to use the new endpoints as soon as possible, as the legacy endpoints will be deprecated and removed after the announced deprecation window.

Localization Service Webhook

Get notified every time the auto-translation is complete. Use the following endpoint to set up your webhooks.

curl --location 'https://api.seliseblocks.com/uilm/v1/Config/SaveWebHook' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your-token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "itemId": "<uuid>",
  "createDate": "<iso_8601_timestamp>",
  "lastUpdateDate": "<iso_8601_timestamp>",
  "url": "<webhook_url>",
  "contentType": "application/json",
  "blocksWebhookSecret": {
    "secret": "<webhook_secret>",
    "headerKey": "<signature_header_name>"
  },
  "isDisabled": false,
  "projectKey": "<project-key>"
}'

Bug Fixes

• Fixed key duplication when migrating language keys form one environment to another
• Fixed only keys are IDs were being exported when exporting to Excel format

This release introduces powerful new authentication options, deeper health monitoring for deployed and managed services, and improved visibility into system uptime. v0.0.8 expands Deploy & Observe into a full monitoring suite while delivering more flexibility in identity mapping across external providers.

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Release Notes

v3.7.7 enhances platform observability with a new Health view, configurable service monitors, and alerting options. On the Identity side, expanded social logins and JWT claim mapping streamline authentication and integration for both Blocks Cloud and Construct apps.

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Authentication

New Social Logins

Users can now authenticate using GitHub, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn.
These new social login providers are supported across:

• Blocks Cloud
• Construct projects

This simplifies onboarding, enables broader identity federation, and reduces friction for end users.

JWT Claims Mapping

Different identity providers expose different fields inside their issued JWT tokens.
With JWT Claims Mapping, administrators can now:

• Map external token fields to Blocks Cloud–expected fields
• Align custom claims from third-party identity providers
• Ensure seamless authentication flows across Construct and Cloud

All mapping is done directly through the Cloud portal for consistency and ease of configuration.

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Deploy & Observe

Modern cloud platforms rely on real-time visibility, automated health checks, and proactive alerting — and Deploy & Observe continues to evolve to meet these industry standards. With v0.0.8, Blocks Cloud introduces a comprehensive health monitoring experience that brings deeper transparency, better uptime awareness, and stronger operational control across all services.

New Features

• Health Overview Dashboard — view uptime summaries and a 24-hour health timeline, where each bar represents one hour of service health.

• Hover & Click Insights — hover to see uptime percentage and time ranges; click to open detailed monitoring options.

• Service Details View

  • Incident history
  • Notification configuration (email recipients, triggers, etc.)
  • Callback monitoring support (your service pings Blocks Cloud to confirm it’s alive)
  • Request-based monitoring (Blocks Cloud pings your service to verify availability)
  • Support for JSON payloads and custom headers
  • Options to pause or delete monitors

• Core, Managed & Deployed Services Monitoring — health checks now support all service types across the platform.

• Monitoring Setup in Deploy & Observe — configure callback or request monitors directly from the dashboard with an improved setup flow.

Benefits

• Unified visibility — see the state of your entire ecosystem (core services, deployed workloads, and managed services) from a single view.
• Proactive issue detection — understand uptime patterns hour-by-hour and catch incidents before they scale.
• Fewer surprises in production — automated health checks ensure that degraded services are flagged quickly.
• Flexible monitoring — choose callback or request-based checks depending on how your service reports health.
• More control — pause, delete, or reconfigure monitors without redeploying anything.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where all client credential grant types were being set as inactive.
• Resolved issue where already filled-in values were being translated when using auto-translate.

This release focuses on isolation, identity, and intelligent communication. Each project and environment now has its own schema, ensuring complete data separation. The IAM module gains new authentication options, while the AI, Communication, and Managed Services sections see meaningful functional and usability updates.

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Release Notes

v3.7.6 introduces dedicated Data Gateway instances, smarter identity management with client credential support, and context-aware AI translations. These enhancements improve security, flexibility, and collaboration across SELISE Blocks Cloud.

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Projects & Environments

Every project and environment now has its own schema, replacing the previously shared model.
This provides complete isolation between environments, ensuring that project-specific data, rules, and configurations remain independent.

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IAM (Identity & Access Management)

New Features

• External IdP JWKS Support — Administrators can now integrate third-party authentication providers such as Auth0, Keycloak, or any custom OpenID Connect (OIDC)–compliant service through JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) configuration. By sharing the provider’s JWKS endpoint within IAM settings, Blocks Cloud can directly verify tokens issued by these external systems. This enhancement allows organizations to bring their existing user base into Blocks Cloud without requiring re-registration or manual synchronization. Users authenticated through their existing IdP can seamlessly access Blocks Cloud resources while benefiting from native identity, authorization, and LMT (Logs, Metrics & Tracing) capabilities. In essence, teams can now unify their external authentication ecosystem with Blocks Cloud — maintaining centralized identity management externally while still gaining full observability and policy control within the platform.
• Client Credentials Grant — Added support for the Client Credentials OAuth 2.0 flow, enabling secure, machine-to-machine authentication. This allows backend services or applications to access APIs using client ID and secret without requiring user interaction.
• SSO Renaming — The “Social” tab has been renamed to SSO (Single Sign-On) for clarity and alignment with industry standards.

Improvements

• Tab Sequence Updated — The sequence of authentication tabs has been restructured for a more logical setup flow.

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Data Gateway

New Features

• Preview Section — Added a powerful preview interface allowing users to view endpoints for GraphQL databases, auto-generate Create/Read/Update/Delete (CRUD) queries, and inspect schema structure in JSON format.
• Dedicated Instances per Project/Environment — Each project or environment now comes with its own Data Gateway instance, ensuring dedicated GraphQL resources and complete data separation.

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AI

New Features

• Custom Agent Banner — Organizations can now add branded banners to their agents. The banner appears at the top of the agent interface and supports image formats, allowing teams to display announcements, promotions, or visual identity elements.

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Communication

New Features

• Sinhala Language Added — Sinhala is now supported as part of the translation system, expanding accessibility.
• Key-Specific Context Provision — AI translation models often produce linguistically correct results but can miss contextual nuances — especially when the same phrase or label carries different meanings depending on where it appears in the interface. With key-specific context provision, developers can now attach contextual metadata to each translation key. This additional layer of information helps the AI understand where and how the text is used — whether it’s part of a button, tooltip, message, or title — allowing translations to stay accurate not just in language, but also in intent and placement. As a result, automatic translations across the platform become more reliable, natural, and domain-aware, minimizing errors that come from one-size-fits-all translations.

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Managed Services

New Features

• Managed Services — The Managed Services capability allows users to connect their own backend services with the core features of SELISE Blocks Cloud — effectively extending the platform’s observability, identity, and data capabilities into their own systems. In this release, users can integrate Blocks’ native Logs, Metrics & Tracing (LMT) features directly into their managed services. This enables unified monitoring, debugging, and performance analysis across both internal and Blocks-hosted components. Looking ahead, this integration layer will expand beyond LMT to include additional platform services — allowing teams to view their service usage, operational health, and even vulnerability scans (via SCA, SAST, and DAST) within the same dashboard.
• Future Enhancements — In upcoming releases, users will also be able to view service health and scan for vulnerabilities using SCA (Software Composition Analysis), SAST (Static Application Security Testing), and DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) integrations — bringing proactive observability and security into one place.

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Documentation

• User Docs Site Launched — The official documentation for SELISE Blocks Cloud is now live at docs.seliseblocks.com/cloud. Explore detailed guides, configuration steps, and API references.

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed UI responsiveness issues in the “Export Keys” section.
• Updated “Reload Schema” API to dynamically load projects. (#1680)
• Fixed agent scrolling issues on mobile devices. (#1497)
• General responsiveness improvements across modules.
• Fixed language data migration bug where duplicate keys were being created.
• Resolved issue where Test Construct users were unable to log in due to a cache problem. (#1645)

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Summary

SELISE Blocks Cloud v3.7.6 continues the journey toward isolation, intelligence, and integration — offering developers more control, businesses stronger identity options, and teams smarter tools for communication and observability.

This release strengthens SELISE Blocks Cloud with smarter recommendations, enhanced security controls, and deeper integrations. Users gain contextual suggestions, schema-level permission management, and flexible authentication options across the platform. Together, these improvements make the environment more adaptive, secure, and developer-friendly.

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Release Notes

This release introduces data-driven suggestions, identity enhancements, and schema-level permissions while refining deployment and observability. Teams benefit from stronger security, streamlined workflows, and intelligent automation across SELISE Blocks Cloud.

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AI

New Features

• Data-Based Suggestions — recommendation system powered by user data and behavioral signals to surface relevant actions and configurations.
• Input-Based Suggestions — real-time suggestions derived from current user input, improving task accuracy and reducing setup time.
• Knowledge Base Notifications — in-app notifications when documentation updates or relevant knowledge base articles are published.
• Word Count — live word count within Markdown fields to assist with documentation and content management.

Improvements

• Enhanced suggestion logic for better contextual relevance across multiple workflows.
• Introduced visual distinction for suggestions derived from data versus input.
• Optimized notification frequency and relevance to match project type and workspace activity.

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Data Gateway

New Features

• Schema-Level Permission Controls — adds support for Row Level Security (RLS) and Column Level Security (CLS) to manage data visibility with precision.
• Administrators can now define role-based filters and masking policies directly from Data Gateway settings.

Improvements

• Improved schema management UI for quicker configuration of RLS and CLS rules.
• Policy changes are now logged for audit tracking.

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Deploy & Observe

New Features

• SCA Redirection — users can now be redirected directly to Software Composition Analysis findings and vulnerability reports for faster issue resolution.

Improvements

• Updated integration flow to align with dependency management services.

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Identity

New Features

• Personal Access Tokens (PATs) — create and manage scoped tokens for secure programmatic access.
• Third-Party Token Validation — validate tokens issued by external systems for broader interoperability.
• Revoke Access — revoke issued tokens, sessions, or connected app access directly from profile settings.
• OIDC Integration — introduces OpenID Connect (OIDC) support for seamless authentication between Dependency Track and SELISE Blocks Cloud.

Improvements

• Improved token management interface with clearer expiration indicators.
• Enhanced identity synchronization and access token handling.

Fixes

• MFA Issue Fix — resolved inconsistencies in multi-factor authentication prompts that affected certain user accounts.

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User Interface

Improvements

• Terms and Conditions Placement — moved Terms and Conditions section to the bottom of relevant flows for improved readability and layout.

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Git Integration

Fixes

• Git Command Reliability — fixed issues affecting specific Git commands during repository synchronization. Operations like fetch, commit, and push now perform as expected.

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Summary

SELISE Blocks Cloud v3.7.5 continues the platform’s focus on adaptability, control, and security — empowering teams to build, manage, and integrate confidently within a unified cloud environment.

This release includes major upgrades in identity management, user handling, security features, and email configuration. Below is a summary of what's new:

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Security Enhancements

• MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) configuration enabled for projects and users via IAM (login, profile).
• reCAPTCHA integrated for Signup, Forgot Password, and Activation pages (cloud frontend).

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User Management

• Advanced user filtering for quicker access.
• Enhanced user details view with:
  • Basic info display
  • Password reset
  • MFA enable/disable
  • Assign roles and permissions directly from the user profile
• Device-wise access log per user.
• User activity history for audit and tracking.

Roles & Permissions

• Add and manage roles.
• Assign permissions to roles.
• View role details and filter the permission list.

Email Management

• Add and list mail server configurations.
• Manage email templates: add, edit, filter, clone, and view.
• Send test emails.
• Simplified configuration management.

People Management

• Invite users to the platform.
• View and manage the list of invited users.