Dalet Flex 2025.8.0 Release Notes

Dalet is excited to present the release of Dalet Flex 2025.8.0 

This release of Dalet Flex provides the new features, quality and security enhancements, bug fixes, and other changes listed below. 

Dalet Flex

New Features

Dynamic Tile View in FlexMAM

To improve user experience in FlexMAM and allow you to display different numbers of assets in Tile View, FlexMAM now supports a dynamic tile view featuring an updated tile design. 

Dynamic Tile view supports:

• Four tile sizes: Small, Default, Large, XLarge
• Dynamic use of available space
• Zooming In/Out
• Customizable metadata templates – with/without metadata labels
• Hover overlay to display metadata on small tiles
• Tooltip to display truncated asset names
• Select a tile to load to player

Click the Zoom In/Zoom Out buttons to change the size of the tiles. 

Add support for displaying VOL waveforms in FlexMAM

From this version of Dalet Flex, FlexMAM/FlexREVIEW supports displaying VOL waveforms. The VOL waveform is generated in Flex using an Extract Audio Waveform action configured to generate VOL, JSON+BIN waveform format. When Dalet Brio performs an ingest, it also generates a VOL file for the proxy asset it creates.  

The VOL waveform is extracted from proxy assets and stored in the same location as the proxy file. FlexMAM first checks if there is a JSON+BIN waveform and uses that and if that does not exist, it looks for a VOL waveform to display.  

Improve Hotfolder performance on S3 Storage using AWS SQS (Amazon Simple Queue Service)

From this version of Dalet Fex, you can configure a hotfolder on S3 storage to detect changes in the bucket using S3 event rules on SQS that send notifications whenever files are added to the hotfolder. This development improves the performance of hotfolders on S3 buckets that contain large numbers of files and for which scanning takes a long time. Any messages that reach the queue are notifications of new files in the hotfolder and trigger the workflow to import the asset to Dalet Flex.

AWS Prerequisites

Event rules on the S3 bucket used as the hotfolder

SQS queue +DLQ configured on S3 bucket

hotfolder-service must have permissions to interact with the SQS

Dalet Flex configurations

1 Storage Resource using S3 Protocol and map it to the Hot Folder and then to 1 SQS listener (recommended configuration). If more than 1 SR is mapped to the hotfolder, they will not have S3 Protocol and will not be scanned. 

Path in the S3 storage should match the prefix/filter in the S3 event forwarding rule to map the incoming message to the right hotfolder.

NOTE: If an SQS listener is configured for a hotfolder, NO legacy scanning is performed on the storage resource.

Enable semantic search from FlexMAM

From this version of Dalet Flex, you can enable/disable semantic search using the icon in the Search Bar in FlexMAM to decide whether to use semantic search to improve your search results on the fly. 

When semantic search is enabled, type in a regular query and Dalet Flex will automatically perform a semantic search. You can add filters and save your searches and the semantic toggle setting is persisted in the Saved Search. When semantic search is toggled on, sort is disabled and results are ordered by relevance.

Prerequisites

Consul KV `flex/shared/featureToggles/search/ai/semanticSearchEnabled`= true, the semantic search toggle button is displayed in the Search Bar.

Behavior

If Consul KV flex/shared/featureToggles/search/ai/defaultToHybrid = true and semantic search is enabled, any query you type performs both semantic and lexical (exact) search.

The query (wedding dresses) is sent as ai-search(wedding dresses) OR (wedding dresses)

If Consul KV flex/shared/featureToggles/search/ai/defaultToHybrid = fasle and semantic search is enabled, any query you type performs only semantic search.

The query is sent only as ai-search(wedding dresses) 

Support customized icons for wizards  

To make it easier to work with wizards in FlexMAM and in FlexCORE, you can now assign customized icons for each wizard. The icons are added in the Wizard creation page and are stored in the Account Storage in Account Metadata. Supported formats are PNG, SVG and files must be smaller than 2 MB.

In FlexMAM, the icon is displayed next to the wizard name.

In FlexCORE, the icon is displayed in the Wizard configuration page, in the I want to area in Desktop, Desktop events, Asset toolbars and when hovering over the Wizard list.

If no customized icon is uploaded, the default icon is used. 

Image Extract Technical Metadata plugin to use FSP engine by default

The image technical metadata extracted by FSP has been mapped to the Enterprise model and if no Forced Engine is specified, Image Extract Technical Metadata plugin uses the FSP engine to extract the image technical metadata by default.

Transcode Resource configuration field added to the plugin.

Support creating FCPXML for SpannedMedia and ImageSequence

To improve integrations with external 3rd party post-production solutions, from this version of Dalet Flex, we support exporting Spanned Media and Image Sequences in FCPXML file format using the Export Edit plugin.

FlexXtend 

New Features 

Partial check-in of local media

By default, FlexXtend checks in the entire local media file in the Premiere Bin regardless of how much material is used in the sequence in the Project. To save resources (storage/processing time) when checking in local media, you can perform partial check-in that only checks in the portion of media in use on the Timeline (together with predefined handles.) Partial check-in generates new files from the local media used in the clips in the sequence. The new files are generated in a designated Bin in the project Media Bin and when you render or save the project, these smaller files are uploaded to Dalet Flex instead of the full media.

A Partial Check-in section has been added to the FlexXtend settings dialog to configure parameters such as handle size, maximum percentage threshold of the original file being used to trigger clip generation, target folder etc.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To support partial check-in, Adobe Media Encoder (AME) must be installed on the Adobe Premiere client machine. The partial check in clip rendering is done by the local AME that is running on the editor’s machine.

Use a deeplink to directly open a specific Adobe Project in FlexXtend from an external app/location

You can now use a deeplink to open a specific project saved in Dalet Flex in Adobe Premiere directly from an external app.

Prerequisites

An updated version of OREO must be installed and running on the computer hosting Adobe Premiere. OREO has been updated to support running automatically when a user logs in to the computer. OREO imports the asset specified in the link asset via FlexXtend.

By default, OREO runs to port 3010. If this is changed, you must update the value of the port at:

`ListenPort` at "C:\ProgramData\Dalet\Data\OREO\config.json"

The URL shared to any third party is:

http://localhost:3010/premiere/openasset/[ASSET_ID] where 3010 is the default listenport of the OREO server and the ASSET_ID is the id of a project in Dalet Flex.

This asset can be accessed in 3 modes:

FlexXtend supports private S3 compatible storage

From this release, FlexXtend supports reading and writing to S3 compatible storage endpoints for all media operations:

• Media check-in
• Project save
• Rendering
• Proxy media reading

The Compatible URL field has been added to the FlexXtend settings panel/ flexXtendAdobePanelSettings.json. In the Sequence – Render and Export section.

To enable working with S3 compatible storage, select the Upload Rendered Sequence to S3 check box and configure: access key, secret key, bucket name, path (optional), Compatible URL.

New variables are sent to Dalet Flex from Adobe Premiere via FlexXtend

To improve tracking workflows triggered to import/render projects created in Adobe Premiere via FlexXtend, new variables are generated and sent to Dalet Flex.

Prerequisites

These options must be selected in the FlexXtend settings for the parameters to be sent:

• Save Project on Render
• Create Flex Edits

Save workflow that is triggered automatically by render sends SaveProjectTriggeredByRender = true otherwise it is false.

If Save Project on Render is selected, then FlexXtend sends these parameters to the project import workflow after completing the render.

renderedSequenceFCPXML - FCPXML sequence asset id - the XML of the sequence that was 

renderedProject- the Asset ID of the project asset (.prproj)

Changelog

2025.7.0

Enhancements DaletFlex

• Checkin/Checkout: editLock on asset: TTL / keep-alive logic.  Add Consul KVs to manage default release on Edit Locked Adobe Premiere Project assets.
  flex/enterprise/editLocks/ttlInMilliseconds - defaults to 60000 milliseconds (10 minutes) - sets the default edit lock TTL duration.
  flex/enterprise/editLocks/monitoringIntervalInSeconds - defaults to 30 seconds – sets how frequently the monitor task runs to check if the EditLock duration has expired.
• Support multipart indirect copy to write files in GCS and AZBS S3 compatible storage  
• IndexElastic: When ACLs are updated on a root-level UDO, bulk-update logic (which updates the derived ACL of all descendant UDOs) updates the sharedWithThirdPartyUsers flag.
• Enhance GET UserAPIQuery in Enterprise to filter users by multiple email addresses, and support exact matching. Updated JAE disable user plugin to retrieve users by email & exactEmailMatch matrix params
• Augment eventdata prev/new values of asset duration on Growing file tech metadata reporting.
• Flex (either JEF Extract Tech Metadata or on reading Enterprise/FO mapping) to support human readable values instead of raw information on fields.   
• Addressed an issue with large NDF fractional timecodes performing incorrect calculation of timecodes and displaying incorrect values.
• Bulk update ACL of items when ACL is modified for Assets/UDO.
• Support purge action deleting associated tcd file when deleting an MP4 asset.
• Whitelist org.apache.groovy.util by default .
• Bulk annotation creation API should return a list of the new annotation through APIs (through the REST API and JEF SDK).
• A KV, flex/shared/featureToggles/forceAbsoluteTimeInAnnotations, to force the use of Absolute Time Code in annotations has been added. When the value of this KV = true and the flex/shared/featureToggles/decoupleStartTimecodeEnabled = false, the timecode of annotations created for a placeholder is not changed when an asset is associated to the placeholder the annotations were created for. NOTE: This KV should not be used without consulting Support first.  
• Support adding File Information and Technical Metadata to placeholder objects via REST API. Once updated, the object is no longer a placeholder.
• Normalize assetid number on import FCPXML to produce String assetid to align with Dalet Cut (and Conform expectation).
• In annotations API, allow filtering annotations by multiple types and originatorCorrelationId.
• Update Consul KV flex/enterprise/workflow/workflowSchedulerPollingIntervalInSeconds default polling interval of workflow scheduler to 1 second.
• Apply forced index usage for workflow search by start date/end to improve performance. Created a Consul KV `flex/enterprise/featureToggles/disableMysqlIndexForce` with default value = false. This KV can be used if there are issues, such as SQL not supporting force index command.
• JEF Move action should have exclusive lock to prevent concurrent modifications and failures.
• Improved error message when Third-Party users is disallowed to act-as. The error message has been improved to include logged-in user id and act-as user id. Also, printed actAsUserId header to log in error case scenario.
• Create a Workflow and/or Action Job for Pyramid to import and attach a file to a placeholder and Extract and update the technical metadata. 

Fixed Issues DaletFlex 

• [Purge] Fixed an issue where performing a Purge only file action on an asset removes the asset associated to the file from a collection.
• Fixed an issue where annotations created on a placeholder were getting the wrong time code when an asset was associated to the placeholder when working with this KV flex/shared/featureToggles/decoupleStartTimecodeEnabled = false. Issue fixed by creating a new KV flex/shared/featureToggles/forceAbsoluteTimeInAnnotations and setting it to true.
• Fixed an issue where concurrent updates on the same asset were causing an error while trying to move File.
• Workflow Designer: Fixed an issue where deleting a node with a transition was causing the browser to freeze.
• [Extract Technical Metadata] Fixed an issue where the Extract Technical Metadata action on an ogg file was failing with this error: The following mandatory fields are not set: fileDetails.mimeType. Issue fixed by adding "video/ogg" and "audio/ogg" MIME types to the formatMimeType map.
• Fixed an issue where running an Import Edit action on an FCPXML file was failing to generate a valid AFF file for Dalet Cut.
• Fixed an issue where extract-technical-metadata-with-json on image sequence assets show 100% progress while they are still running and they take a long time to complete. Issue linked to incorrect looping logic for image sequences containing more than 1000 images.
• Fixed an issue where FlexTRACK does not show any data when filtering by workflow start/end time.
• Fixed an issue where the Proxy asset was showing the wrong media status.
• Fixed an issue where bulk updates on annotations were failing for more than 800 annotations.  
• Fixed an issue where Parent workflow with multi-nested child workflows does not change to 'Running' when child is retried.
• Fixed an issue where Get API call on a UDO was failing with an exception error due to missing metadata values.  
• Fixed an issue where in some cases keyframes were not visible or properly displayed when opening an asset page due to a dimension retrieval issue.
• [Conform]: Fixed an issue to support Conform action on an EDL (AFF) generated by Flex plugin - Import Edit with create a Dalet Cut Edit configuration set to true.
• Fixed an issue where exporting an edit from FlexXtend to a target folder in FlexMAM was failing. Issue solved by updating the mechanism of a typeahead type metadata field used in a metadata definition in FlexXtend.
• Fixed an issue where Drop-frame timecode is incorrectly displayed with : instead of ; in Enterprise UI and in API responses.
• Changed the input creation logic in FSP to deterministically preserve order of inputs in job spec so that transcoding jobs do not fail.
• Live Assets: Fixed an issue where the live media duration is not recognised by the Shaka player.
• Prevent truncation of growing files (M3U8 and MPD) due to reporting of earlier smaller file size in content length header. Read the whole file before setting the Content-Length.
• Fixed an issue where wizards were handling timecode incorrectly when triggering a transcode job.   
• Fixed an issue in custom marker annotation time field display not considering the user timezone.
• [AdobeXtendPanel]: Fixed an issue where the 'Any/All/None' dropdown is not visible in the Advance search bar at the left-hand side of the panel.
• Fixed an issue where the Parent Asset is removed from its location even though the Purge Asset action failed with a validation error. If purge fails due to validation errors, no files should be removed from the location, neither for parent nor child assets
• Fixed an issue where Disabled/Deleted users can be added to Object ACLs for assets, collections and collection content. Issue fixed by checking if a user/group is disabled/deleted and if they are this error is displayed Groups/Users with IDs: [XXXX] are either disabled or deleted.
• Fixed the error displayed when trying to create a new role with an existing role name.  
• Added new event key to capture the information about transitions values during ACL updates. Old and new permissions are captured.
• Fixed an issue for wizards triggered from the toolbar where the Custom Wizard Icon is not displayed in the asset and UDO toolbars in FlexCORE.
• Advanced Filter: Fixed an issue where it was not possible switch between AND/ OR operators from advanced filter. The operators were not available on click.

• Fixed an issue where the Settings menu opens in the wrong direction. It opens to the right, even if there is no room instead of to the left. 

   

Enhancements FlexXtend 

•   Asset IDs for all checked in media are added in the `<logginginfo><lognote>` section of the XML created when creating Flex Edits and Project XMLs.

List of Services upgraded between 2025.7.0 and 2025.8.0

For the new 2025.8.0 release, most services have changed.