XM Cloud Release Notes: December 4, 2025

By: Bobbie Roberts

Summary

This release delivers improvements to accessibility, navigation structure, content rendering and publishing/deployment reliability. Fixes address issues in subnavigation, curated navigation, mixed content grids, news/event content and mobile page behavior. A platform-wide fix ensures Stories pages consistently load across all sites. Enhancements include improved redirect handling, deployment performance and a new modernized form handler.

The release will be pushed to production after 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 4.

New Features

Modernized Form Handler
- Introduced a new, secure form submission handler to replace the legacy email-based form processor.
- Provides improved security, stability and compatibility with current platform standards.
Redirect File Support
- Expanded redirect file handling to improve routing accuracy and support ongoing migration and restructuring work.

Enhancements

Deployment Performance Improvements
- Optimized the Netlify PowerShell deployment script, reducing execution time and improving deployment reliability.

Sitecore Enhancements of Note

No Sitecore enhancements of note for this release.

Bug Fixes (Platform)

Navigation & Accessibility

Top of Page Navigation Structure Corrected
- Updated navigation markup so links are grouped properly within semantic lists, improving accessibility and assistive technology interpretation.
Subnavigation Heading Semantics Updated
- Ensured subnavigation headings use correct semantic heading levels for accessibility.
Subnavigation Content Load Order Improved
- Ensured subnavigation content is available prior to page rendering, improving consistency and compatibility with assistive technologies.

Curated Navigation

Mobile Font Scaling Support Added
- Fixed an issue where curated navigation text did not scale when browser font size settings increased.

Component Display

Mixed Content Grid Eyebrow Display Corrected
- Fixed an issue preventing eyebrow text from displaying in the 1-column variant of the Mixed Content Grid.
Featured News & Events Eyebrow Labels Updated
- Corrected eyebrow tag values displayed in Featured News & Events.

Mobile & Page Behavior

Footer Link Panels No Longer Open on Scroll
- Fixed a mobile issue where footer link panels opened automatically when scrolling upward.

Stories Page Loading Fix

Stories Pages Now Load Correctly From Internal Links
- Resolved a platform-wide issue preventing Stories pages from loading properly when accessed through internal site links.
- This fix applies across all sites using the shared Stories page.

Site-Specific Fixes

MSUToday Collections Listing Page Updated
- Resolved issues affecting display and filtering behavior on the collections listing page.

Configuration Changes

No configuration changes introduced in this release.

Impact for Content Authors and Administrators

New, secure form handler improves reliability and consistency of form submissions.
Redirect handling has been expanded and improved.
Navigation and subnavigation updates improve accessibility and semantic structure.
Mixed Content and Featured News & Events components now display correct eyebrow information.
Stories pages load reliably across all sites.
Deployment workflows run faster and more reliably.

Executive Summary

This release introduces a modern, secure form handler and expanded redirect handling, while improving deployment performance and resolving issues across navigation, content display, and platform-wide Stories page behavior. Together, these changes enhance accessibility, stability, and content reliability across the platform.

What's New for Content Authors

New secure form handler provides more reliable processing of form submissions.
Stories pages now load correctly across all sites.
Mixed Content and Featured News & Events components show accurate eyebrow text and metadata.
Subnavigation and curated navigation improvements enhance accessibility.
Redirect handling and deployment performance have been improved.

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