Scheduled patch contents for Validation 25.10.6

We will be moving forward with the scheduled patch for Validation 25.10.6 which will be available in the Staging environment on March 24, 2026 and Production environment on March 31, 2026. The key resolved bugs include the following:

• Large system configuration files failed to upload displaying an incorrect "invalid password" error message to users while the underlying system error was a timeout (HTTP 504).

• Creating experiments via API bypassed multi-select list set as mandatory

• User-defined columns in chemistry experiments became unavailable following the introduction of the Admin Defined Chemistry Autotext feature.

The defects listed here represent our current assessment of customer-reported critical issues as of Monday, March, 16, 2026. This list is preliminary and subject to change prior to the Staging deployment based on ongoing technical evaluation and prioritization. The final Patch Summary Report to be provided upon release will contain the authoritative list of all defect resolutions included in this patch.