{"id":28810,"date":"2026-06-29T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/release-notes-version-2-44-0\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:24:53","slug":"release-notes-version-2-44-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/release-notes-version-2-44-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Release Notes \u2013 Version 2.44.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"heading theme-primary\">\n<i class=\"icon-nouveautes\"><\/i><br \/>\nMajor new feature &#8211; Suspension of Change Requests and Two-Way Messaging<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:16px;color:#555;margin-bottom:4px\">\nModification of the request validation flow; Impact on 2 portals<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#888;margin-top:0\">\n<strong>Enhanced Portals<\/strong> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Client Portal &amp; Segic Platform<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading theme-primary\">\nOverview<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>ABOUT THIS UPDATE<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">The change request flow for employee records has been enhanced with two new capabilities: the ability to <\/span><strong>put a request \u201cOn Hold\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"> by the administrator, and <\/span><strong>\u201ctwo-way messaging\u201d<\/strong> between the administrator and the plan sponsor.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:16px;margin:20px 0\">\n<div style=\"flex:1;border:2px solid #a0b4d6;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;background:#f0f4fc\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#3a5a8a;margin-bottom:10px\">\ud83d\udc65 Client Portal (plan sponsor)<\/div>\n<p style=\"color:#444;margin:0\">The plan sponsor can view the <strong>\u201cOn Hold\u201d<\/strong> status of their requests and exchange messages with the administrator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex:1;border:2px solid #c4a8d6;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;background:#f8f0fc\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#6a3a8a;margin-bottom:10px\">\u2699\ufe0f Segic Platform<\/div>\n<p style=\"color:#444;margin:0\"> The administrator can put a request <strong>\u201cOn Hold\u201d<\/strong>, send a message to the plan sponsor, and choose to notify them by email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:12px;padding:24px;background:#fff;margin:20px 0\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:700;color:#222;margin-bottom:16px\">NEW REQUEST LIFECYCLE<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin-bottom:12px\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:6px 16px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600\">\u23f3 Pending<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#aaa\">\u2192<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0c050;border-radius:20px;padding:6px 16px;color:#c8901a;font-weight:600\">\u23f1 On Hold<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#aaa\">\u2192<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #5cb85c;border-radius:20px;padding:6px 16px;color:#fff;background:#5cb85c;font-weight:600\">\u2713 Accepted<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;margin-bottom:16px\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0c050;border-radius:20px;padding:6px 16px;color:#c8901a;font-weight:600\">\u23f1 On Hold<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#aaa\">\u2192<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #e8a0a0;border-radius:20px;padding:6px 16px;color:#c0392b;background:#fdecea;font-weight:600\">\u2715 Refused<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"color:#999;font-size:13px;margin:0\">A request On Hold can be accepted or refused after an exchange of messages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading theme-primary\">\n<i class=\"icon-nouveautes\"><\/i><br \/>\nNew Features &#8211; Client Portal<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<div style=\"border:1px solid #e0e0e0;border-radius:12px;padding:24px;background:#fff;margin:20px 0\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:12px\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Status <span style=\"border:2px solid #f0c050;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 12px;color:#c8901a;font-weight:600;display:inline-block\">\u23f1 On Hold<\/span> visible on the request list<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:12px\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span><strong>\u201cDiscussions\u201d<\/strong> section accessible from the detail of a request On Hold<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:12px\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ability to send a reply message to the administrator directly within the request<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Receipt of an email notification when the administrator sends a message<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>CHANGE REQUEST PENDING PROCESSING<\/h2>\n<p>It is also possible to add a message directly to a pending request by clicking the button <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-note-version.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"160\" height=\"164\"> at the bottom right of the record.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-change-requests-list.webp\" alt=\"Change request awaiting processing in the client portal, with View the details button\" width=\"1200\" height=\"227\" class=\"wp-image-930722\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-change-requests-list.webp 1200w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-change-requests-list-300x57.webp 300w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-change-requests-list-1024x194.webp 1024w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-change-requests-list-768x145.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>VIEW OF A REQUEST ON HOLD<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">The <\/span><strong>\u201cOn Hold\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"> status appears at the top left of the record with the icon <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-pause.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"116\" height=\"128\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">The <\/span><strong>\u201cDiscussions\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"> section displays the message left by the administrator. The plan sponsor can reply via the button <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-note-version.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"160\" height=\"164\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-request-on-hold.webp\" alt=\"Change request on hold in the client portal, with the hold reason in Discussions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"292\" class=\"wp-image-930723\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-request-on-hold.webp 1200w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-request-on-hold-300x73.webp 300w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-request-on-hold-1024x249.webp 1024w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-request-on-hold-768x187.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>ADDING A MESSAGE TO THE CHANGE REQUEST<\/h2>\n<p>The plan sponsor replies via this window. The checkbox allows sending an email notification.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-add-message.webp\" alt=\"Add message window in the client portal with a notification recipient\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" class=\"wp-image-930721\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-add-message.webp 430w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-client-portal-add-message-300x239.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"heading theme-primary\">\n<i class=\"icon-nouveautes\"><\/i><br \/>\nNew Features &#8211; Segic Platform<\/h2>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>NEW ADMINISTRATOR CAPABILITIES<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin:20px 0\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Icon \u23f1 <strong>\u201cOn Hold\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 temporarily blocks the request and activates messaging<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Section <strong>\u201cDiscussions\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 sending messages to the plan sponsor<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #f0a500;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#f0a500;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap\">New<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Choice of plan sponsor to notify by email among the plan sponsor\u2019s contacts<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:12px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #eee\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #c8901a;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#c8901a;font-weight:600;background:#fef9ec;white-space:nowrap\">Existing<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Icon <span style=\"color:#c0392b\">\u2715<\/span> <strong>\u201cRefuse\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 also available from the \u201cOn Hold\u201d status<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:12px 0\">\n<span style=\"border:2px solid #c8901a;border-radius:20px;padding:4px 14px;color:#c8901a;font-weight:600;background:#fef9ec;white-space:nowrap\">Existing<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Icon <span style=\"color:#5cb85c\">\u2713<\/span> <strong>\u201cProcess\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 also available from the \u201cOn Hold\u201d status<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>CHANGE REQUEST TO PROCESS<\/h2>\n<p>Just like in the Client Portal, it is possible to add a message directly to a pending request by clicking the button <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-note-version.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"160\" height=\"164\"> at the bottom right of the record.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-change-requests-list.webp\" alt=\"Change request in the admin view with hold, refuse and accept actions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"240\" class=\"wp-image-930718\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-change-requests-list.webp 1200w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-change-requests-list-300x60.webp 300w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-change-requests-list-1024x205.webp 1024w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-change-requests-list-768x154.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>CHANGE REQUEST \u2014 PUT ON HOLD<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">By clicking the button <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-pause.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"116\" height=\"128\"> to put the request on hold, a window opens requesting a <\/span><strong>\u201cmandatory suspension reason.\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"> This reason will be visible in the <\/span><strong>\u201cDiscussions\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"> section on the Client Portal side.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-place-request-on-hold.webp\" alt=\"Place request on hold window with a required hold reason\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-930719\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-place-request-on-hold.webp 482w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-place-request-on-hold-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>VIEW OF THE CHANGE REQUEST ON HOLD<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">The icon <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-pause.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"116\" height=\"128\"> appears to the left of the request number. The <\/span><strong>\u201cDiscussions\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"> section displays the entered reason. The admin can edit their message or add new ones via the button <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/icon-note-version.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:24px;height:24px;vertical-align:middle;display:inline\" width=\"160\" height=\"164\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-request-on-hold-discussion.webp\" alt=\"Change request on hold in the admin view, with the hold reason in Discussions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"285\" class=\"wp-image-930720\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-request-on-hold-discussion.webp 1200w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-request-on-hold-discussion-300x71.webp 300w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-request-on-hold-discussion-1024x243.webp 1024w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-request-on-hold-discussion-768x182.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rn-content\">\n<h2>ADD A MESSAGE TO THE REQUEST AND NOTIFICATION<\/h2>\n<p>The administrator sends a message to the plan sponsor and may optionally notify a selected contact by email.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-add-message.webp\" alt=\"Add a message window asking the client for a signed enrollment form\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" class=\"wp-image-930717\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-add-message.webp 481w, https:\/\/segic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/segic-2-44-admin-add-message-300x249.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major new feature &#8211; Suspension of Change Requests and Two-Way Messaging Modification of the request validation flow; Impact on 2 portals Enhanced Portals \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 Client Portal &amp; Segic Platform Overview ABOUT THIS UPDATE The change request flow for employee records has been enhanced with two new capabilities: the ability to put a request \u201cOn Hold\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":930747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-release-notes-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930724,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28810\/revisions\/930724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segic.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}