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Release Notes April 23, 2026

May 5, 2026|Skyler Young|

Norse v2.5.0

New Features

  • Contact person info now displayed on resource detail pages
  • Optional Location Name added to the custom search card layout

Improvements

  • The hours description and service area description are now visible on resource details
  • Auto-translation for Highlights — highlights content is now automatically translated when switching languages
  • CDN caching enabled for home, topics, and legal pages — faster load times for the most visited pages

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed pagination resetting — page param now clears when applying filters, and focus is correctly set on page change
  • Fixed favorites management issues (ISS-207, ISS-601) — creating, updating, and removing favorites works reliably again after recent user experience updates
  • Fixed website URLs without a protocol not being clickable on resource pages
  • Fixed autocomplete scroll behavior (ISS-758)
  • Fixed parsed lists UI rendering (ISS-639)
  • Fixed custom attribute localization handling — custom attributes now display correctly in all languages
  • Fixed search dialog styling and translation issues
  • Fixed hydration error related to the React Tour component — tour functionality restored
  • Fixed responsive tour positioning, with interaction properly disabled outside the tour for keyboard and mouse users
  • Fixed empty cards on resource pages
  • Fixed search dialog button roles and text announcements for assistive tech

Accessibility

This is a major WCAG accessibility release based on manual review from the VPAT certification team at Equalize Digital. Remediation work covers nearly the entire app surface:

  • Screen reader announcements for search suggestion counts
  • Search components — dialog, inputs, and buttons (MNADR-041 to MNADR-060, MNADR-078, MNADR-084 to MNADR-089)
  • Home page — categories, alert, and tour modal (MNADR-035 to MNADR-039, MNADR-061 to MNADR-073)
  • Search results — filter panel, pagination, and results section (MNADR-074 to MNADR-088)
  • Results list & shared UI — copy badges, dialogs, referral buttons, share/SMS (MNADR-076 to MNADR-139)
  • Resource detail & search — result cards, resource detail, maps (MNADR-107 to MNADR-147)
  • Map — markers, popups, keyboard navigation, and mobile visibility (MNADR-111 to MNADR-117, MNADR-135, MNADR-144)

Full changelog: https://github.com/211-Connect/Norse/releases/tag/v2.5.0

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