Release Notes: 16 March 2026
This release focuses on strengthening system stability, improving AI-assisted workflows, and enhancing integration reliability across the Comtrac platform. The update addresses a number of know issues affecting case management, task creation, document export, and location handling. Improvements have also been made to AI prompt behaviour and system notifications to provide a more stable and predictable user experience. No new modules or features have been introduced in this release.
1. What’s New
This release focuses on platform integrity, usability improvements, and resolution of known issues.
1.1 Enhancements
Bulk Exhibit Management
Enabling users to efficiently update or delete multiple exhibits at once. These improvements significantly reduce manual effort when managing large volumes of exhibit records and improve operational efficiency for investigators.
1.2 Fixes
The following issues have been resolved:
Case & Offence Management
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Deleting an offence element now correctly removes associated AI prompts and messages
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Duplicate AI prompt records are no longer created when saving prompt configurations
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Errors when creating allegations containing large amounts of text have been resolved
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Import Field Note to Case no longer requires administrator permissions
Task Management
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Tasks can now be created when addresses contain only a region
Address & Location Accuracy
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Incorrect latitude and longitude coordinates applied to addresses in the Frontline App
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Time zone handling inconsistencies across system services
Audit Logging
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Running sheet creation from correspondence not appearing in audit logs
API Behaviour
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Unclear system responses when delete actions failed
1.3 Benefits
This release delivers the following improvements:
Platform Stability
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Reduced system errors during case, allegation and task creation
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Improved reliability when exporting briefs of evidence
Investigation Workflow Reliability
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AI prompts load the correct default prompt when no custom prompt is configured
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Duplicate AI prompt records prevented
Data Accuracy
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Corrected address coordinates in the Frontline App
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Standardised time zone handling across system services
Compliance & Traceability
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Running sheet creation events now recorded in audit logs
1.4 Impacts
Workflow Impact
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Running sheet creation from correspondence now maintains audit traceability
Behaviour Changes
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Time zone handling standardised across system services
User Impact
Users may experience:
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Fewer system errors when creating cases, allegations and tasks
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More reliable AI prompt behaviour
Training Requirements
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No additional training required
1.5 Controls & Oversight
Where AI prompts are used within the platform, outputs remain advisory only.
Investigators and authorised users retain responsibility for reviewing, editing and approving AI-generated content before it is used operationally.
Audit logging improvements within this release further strengthen transparency and compliance oversight.
1.6 Action Required
Internal Teams
- No action required
- Continue to monitor support tickets for any unintended impacts
Clients
- No action required
- Improvements apply automatically
1.7 Availability
Environment: Production
Deployment: Standard release deployment
Rollout: Immediate upon deployment
2. Known Issues
No critical known issues associated with this release.
Any device or environment-specific issues will be addressed through standard patch cycles.
3. Verification Status
The following verification activities have been completed:
- Functional testing completed across core platform areas
- Reporting and document formatting fixes verified
- Security control updates validated
Overall, this release is considered stable and production-ready, with no critical risks identified.