SitecoreAI Release Notes: March 17, 2026

• MSUToday Releases and Statements – Admin Story Support
  • Updated the MSUToday Releases and Statements pages to support displaying stories using the Admin Story type.
• Publishing Queue Monitoring
  • Added enhanced publishing queue monitoring to provide better visibility into publishing activity and background publishing jobs.
• Search Environment Support
  • Additional search environments have been provisioned and configured, enabling improved development and testing procedures.
• User Permissions Reporting
  • Added a user permissions and roles report to support auditing and reviewing user access across the platform.
• Platform Performance Protections
  • Implemented protections that block requests to commonly scanned paths, reducing unnecessary traffic and improving platform performance while lowering server and network load.

• Carousel Accessibility Improvements
  • Improved the color contrast of carousel arrow buttons to better meet accessibility standards and improve visibility.
• Mixed Content Layout Improvements
  • Updated the Mixed Content Full Bleed container to improve layout behavior and display consistency.
  • On mobile devices, the image now appears above the main heading to improve layout readability and visual hierarchy.
  • Adjusted the CTA button placement to appear closer to the description content.

• Accessibility & UI Improvements
  • Fixed an accessibility issue where label contrast on landing pages using the legal footer did not meet accessibility standards.
  • Corrected an issue where footer links relied only on color to indicate they were clickable.
  • Improved color contrast for carousel controls to improve accessibility.
• Navigation & Layout
  • Fixed an issue where navigation column links could appear in incorrect columns.
  • Improved hero banner sizing behavior on smaller mobile screen sizes.
  • Fixed an issue where new sites could render without a footer.
• Listing Pages & Facets
  • Fixed an issue where listing page facets required multiple clicks to open or close.
  • Fixed an issue where the date facet overlapped other controls on mobile devices.
• Publishing & Workflow Improvements
  • Fixed an issue preventing hero images and thumbnails from publishing correctly from Content Hub.
  • Fixed an issue where grid containers could fail to publish and display an error message intended only for edit mode.
  • Improved workflow behavior across the platform, including updates affecting story pages.
  • Improved listing page publishing.
  • Improved the Featured News and Events component to provide more consistent results by using Sitecore Search.
  • Fixed an issue where certain scripts used to remove items from the site and search index were not functioning.

• MSUToday
  • Fixed an issue where Qual environment stories could appear on the production site.

• Improved accessibility and visibility of navigation and carousel controls.
• More reliable publishing of images and story content.
• Listing pages publish more consistently after content updates.
• Navigation and hero components behave more consistently across devices.
• Improved visibility into publishing activity and user access auditing.

The March 17 production release improves accessibility, navigation reliability and publishing consistency across the platform. It also introduces new platform capabilities that improve publishing monitoring, development testing environments, user access auditing and platform performance protections.

• Improved accessibility of carousel navigation and footer links.
• Listing pages publish more reliably after content updates.
• Story images and thumbnails publish more consistently.
• MSUToday Releases and Statements pages now support displaying Admin Story content.