A faster, more powerful Iris

Over the last three months, we’ve been hard at work rebuilding Iris from the ground up—and it’s finally here. 🎉 This release introduces a completely refreshed UI, a more modern React-based frontend, and new API layers that power smoother, more reliable workflows across the product.

While the new look and feel is the most visible change, this update goes much deeper. We’ve re‑architected key parts of Iris to make it faster, easier to use, and more scalable as your workflows (and teams) grow.

A brand‑new interface

• A cleaner, more modern design that makes it easier to focus on your work

• Improved layouts and spacing for better readability and accessibility

• Faster load times and more responsive interactions across the app

Under‑the‑hood improvements

• A fully rebuilt React frontend for long‑term performance and maintainability

• New API layers between core processes to improve reliability and flexibility

• Better foundations for future features and integrations

Additional improvements & fixes

• No more question details page: View sources, change history, add comments comment or attachments, and notify approvers all from one static project review page.

• Ability to move questions between sections directly in the Project Outline modal for PDF and Word Uploads

• Search for questions within the Project Outline modal

• Improved filtering behavior in Project Details

• Updated Manage Participants button in Project Details

• Auto‑annotate no longer overrides dropdown answers

• Project exports better retain formatting

• More consistent and reliable copy actions throughout the app

• Fixes to question regeneration behavior

• Expanded citation metadata for clearer sourcing