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SitecoreAI

Sept. 15, 2026 | Read time 2 min

SitecoreAI Release Notes: September 15, 2026

By: Bobbie Roberts

Summary

The September 15 release focuses on accessibility improvements, metadata enhancements, redirect behavior, component layout refinements and platform maintenance. Updates include improvements to the Aside component, story metadata, MSUToday story card sharing, scripts, security maintenance and layout consistency across story grids and news listings.

New Features

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.

Enhancements

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.

Bug Fixes (Platform)

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.

Impact for Content Authors and Administrators

  • 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.
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