Today marks a major milestone for our web application:
We are officially moving out of the 0.x series — welcome to v1.0.5! 🚀

This production release introduces a powerful new foundation along with exciting new features, enhanced flexibility, major stability improvements, and a much smoother user experience.

Here's what's new:

Major New Features

• Jobs Are Here!
  Users can now create Job Templates, launch Jobs, and track Job statuses seamlessly. This brings structured, scalable computing workflows directly into the platform.
• Data Retrieval from Archived Storage
  You can now retrieve datasets between hot and archived storage at will—giving you full flexibility over your storage management.
• Environment Version Selection for Job Templates
  When creating Job Templates, you can choose a specific environment version rather than always defaulting to the latest—empowering you with greater control and reproducibility.
• Create Environment Versions from Sessions
  Environment creators can now save a live session as a new environment version—making it easy to iterate, experiment, and improve setups over time.
• Academic-Only Public Environments
  Public environments can now be restricted to academic users only, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing within the academic community.
• User Type Prompt on Signup
  New users are prompted to identify themselves as academic or industry users. This enables tailored experiences, services, and access.

Improvements to Stability and Usability

• Better File Uploads at Scale
  Uploading large numbers of files is now faster, more stable, and more resilient to network interruptions.
• Sponsor Selection Requirement
  When launching a session or running a job, users must now select a Sponsor. This makes usage attribution, tracking, and responsibility management simpler and clearer.
• View Logs from Previous Environment Versions
  Output logs are now available for older environment versions as well, making debugging, troubleshooting, and auditing easier.
• Cockpit UI/UX Enhancements
  The Cockpit has been cleaned up and improved:
• • No more confusing disconnected messages when no detector is attached.
  • Clearer messaging and a more intuitive overall experience.

Together we build a better cloud!