SitecoreAI Release Notes: September 15, 2026

Open Graph Metadata for Stories

• Updated supported Sitecore Story pages to publish consistent Open Graph metadata from authoritative Story fields.
• Story metadata now includes title, image and publish date values in the published page HTML.
• This creates a more reliable foundation for sharing and reusing Story information across MSU websites.

Cross-Site Story Cards Using Open Graph Metadata

• Updated Story Cards so content authors can add a published MSUToday story by entering the story URL.
• The Story Card retrieves supported Open Graph metadata from the URL and uses it to populate the card.
• This supports sharing MSUToday stories across MSU Sitecore websites without requiring authors to recreate or duplicate story content.
• Additional updates are planned to support site-specific labels for shared stories from other units.

Experiment Wrapper

• Added an Experiment Wrapper container component to support future testing and experimentation needs.

Font Display Improvements

• Addressed font display behavior to improve Lighthouse results and page performance.

Story Grid Layout Improvements

• Updated On-Page Story Grid and News Listing Story Grid padding so content aligns more consistently.

Global Redirect Improvements

• Updated lowercase redirect handling so redirects return the expected response code.

Platform Maintenance

• Completed NPM audit work to support ongoing platform security and package maintenance.
• Added a Netlify rollback script to support faster recovery options during deployment or release activities.

Aside Component Accessibility

• Fixed issues affecting the Aside component’s accessibility, including semantic structure, image associations, icon markup, lightbox text and caption behavior.
• Updated Aside behavior so links are not required when an image is not present.

Aside Lightbox

• Fixed an issue where Aside Lightbox content could be missing a title or alt text.
• Fixed an issue where the Aside Lightbox could be obscured in landscape orientation.

Error Pages

• Fixed an issue where 404-page information displayed incorrectly.

• Aside component accessibility and image behavior are improved.
• Story metadata support improves how stories can be used and displayed across the platform.
• Story Cards now support sharing MSUToday stories using published story URLs.
• Story grids and news listing layouts align more consistently.
• Redirect behavior is more reliable.
• Rollback scripting and security maintenance improve platform stability.