February 2024 Product Release Notes

The following release notes cover the most recent changes over the last two months. If you have any questions, email the All of Us Researcher Workbench support team at support@researchallofus.org.

All of Us Researcher Workbench features and updates

• Jupyter image upgrade - We upgraded Jupyter image from Python 3.7 to Python 3.10 and Hail to 0.2.126. Read more about this image upgrade.
• Incremental data release for the Variant Annotation Table - We released an incremental data release to the Curated Data Repository (CDR) version 7 (v7) Variant Annotation Table (VAT). 
• Java upgrade - We upgraded Java to 17.
• Variant search in the Cohort Builder - We added a new variant search feature in the Cohort Builder so you can select all participants with structural variant data or with SNP/Indel Variants. Read more about the variant search feature in the Cohort Builder.
• Environment deletion - The Researcher Workbench supports runtime deletion from passed, running, or error states.

Bug fixes

• Researchers experienced issues with the value input field for "X or more days after," "X or more days before," or "On or within X days of" when using the temporal feature toggle. This issue has been resolved.
• Researchers were unable to delete their persistent disk when their initial credits were exhausted. This issue has been resolved, and researchers can delete persistent disks even if they have run out of credits.
• If researchers had workspaces with running applications, the workspace would not delete without deleting researcher created runtimes. This issue has been resolved, and applications delete upon workspace deletion.

Support resources

• We created the All of Us Researcher Publication, Presentation, and Poster Checklist to confirm your publications, presentations, and posters are in accordance with All of Us Research Program policies.
• We updated the What exactly am I paying for? article to include a rough formula to estimate your costs on the Researcher Workbench.
• We created two articles that explain the applications available for researchers and basic information about using and customizing Jupyter Notebook environments.
• We created new support articles to support researchers with accessing files in the workspace bucket or the persistent disk.
• New Office Hours informational sessions are available in the Video Library, including an introduction to electronic health record (EHR) data.