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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