💥 Release Notes 02.05.2025

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Issues – Now Fully Released!

• The Issues feature is now officially out of Beta and fully released. Features include:

  • Issue tags: can be applied to issues and can be tracked in the Project Analytics. Built for project admins and team managers, this part of the Issues feature focuses data-driven quality monitoring and enables better team training and labeling guideline improvements.
  • Issues & comments: Users can add Issues to annotation and review tasks to streamline communication and feedback without sacrificing speed. Each issue supports comment threads linked to a specific label, an entire task, a specific frame, or a precise canvas location.
  An end-to-end guide for working with issues can be found here.

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Encord Agents

• OpenCV Removed from Core Dependencies: We’ve removed opencv-python as a required dependency. Instead, opencv-python-headless is now included in the optional encord-agents package. This change reduces bundle size and improves compatibility with serverless environments, which is especially useful for Editor and Task agents. If you’re using features that rely on visual dependencies (for example dep_single_frame, dep_video_sampler), make sure to include the appropriate dependency version. A warning message appears if it’s missing.

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Task Queue Search

• Search by data_hash: You can now search by data_hash in the task queue to access a particular task directly, and identify which Workflow stage a specific data unit is in. This makes debugging and tracking progress more efficient.

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Encord Labs

• Workforce Management: A new Workforce Manager user role is now available at the Organization level, enabling your 3rd-party workforces to self-organize Organization admin involvement. Workforce managers:
  • Can create and manage user groups
  • Add user groups to Projects they are an Admin or Team Manager of
  • Have limited visibility into the Organization