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# 5.7.0

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Version 5.7.0 is a **feature** release published on August 18, 2025.
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## Changes

#### Automatic Assignment of Manager in Assess activities of Approval workflows

**Assess** activities of an **Approval** workflow can now be configured to automatically assign the user's manager defined in Microsoft Entra ID as the approver of the submitted request. This behavior can be controlled by setting the new **Approver Source** property of the **Assess** activity to *Automatic*.

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NOTE: This feature requires to correctly configure Microsoft Entra ID with a Client Secret.
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#### Data Sources Registration support

Data Sources are now extended with support for registration. This means that the system automatically tracks when a data source was created and modified.

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NOTE: Existing data sources will always have their **Created** property left empty. This is because the information is simply not available, but their **Modified** property will be updated after each change,
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## Fixes

<table data-search="true"><thead><tr><th width="85">ID</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>9534</td><td>Links in the Inbox no longer work.</td></tr><tr><td>9597</td><td>Template property length constraint does not function properly.</td></tr><tr><td>9598</td><td>On User Frontend, template properties with a Length constraint shows wrong message on validation errors.</td></tr><tr><td>9821</td><td>Adding a new Assessment activity on the workflow canvas renders incorrectly.</td></tr><tr><td>10400</td><td>Buttons in details popup of workflow items are overlapping. </td></tr><tr><td>10751</td><td>While creating a new request, Date/Time picker in the form keeps displacing when reopening.</td></tr><tr><td>10752</td><td>Help Text not shown on the new request form if one of more mandatory fields has been chosen.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Known Bugs

<table data-search="true"><thead><tr><th width="85">ID</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>10466</td><td>Data Sources are not sortable based on DateCreated/DateModified in the grid.</td></tr></tbody></table>