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# July 13, 2026
This update will require brief downtime for data migrations. Workflows will not run, but the website will be accessible during this downtime. It is scheduled for the morning of July 13, 2026.
### Direct record updates in Workflows
We've added a new step type to directly create or update a record in the Middle storage system.
The new step can be accessed in the advanced menu.
This new step type is helpful for more complex transformations of data before handing it off to external systems, and for standardization.
### Resolved issues
Resolved a race condition that can cause record updates to be incorrectly dropped under a rare set of conditions. *Resolving this is the primary reason for the downtime, as it requires a new indexed column on the high-volume record database.*
Resolved an issue where copying and pasting workflows did not retain position information.
Added more explanatory text to sync validation for possibly misconfigured bulk workflow execution steps.
Resolved issue where searching workflow history by both a set ID and workflow caused the latter to be ignored.
#### July 14 2026 Update
Adding retry logic around a hot path in record storage to retry on a failed transaction, resolving a rare worker crash. Also improved performance in data deletion job, which had a factor in causing the hot path.
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