Support for Embedding Models with API Keys and Chat Model Switching (v1.13.0)
Features:
- Support for Embedding Models with API Key Usage
- Model switching within an active chat is now possible
- Expanded and updated model catalog
Bugfixes and Improvements:
- Improved Azure OpenAI support and compatibility (more consistent behavior across providers)
- Refined Sidebar & User Menu UX (dropdown menus, modals, improved usability)
- Corrected default deployment selection
- Improved syntax highlighting in code output
- Logos now display correctly after tenant switching
- Fixed API key inactivity/expiration logic
- Fixed file upload via keyboard
- Various minor UI and stability fixes
Support for Embedding Models, Iterative Image Generation, and Chat Model Switching (v1.13.0)
Features:
- Added support for embedding models:
- e5-mistral-7b-instruct, multilingual-e5-large-instruct, qwen3-embedding-8b, text-embedding-3-large , text-embedding-3-small , text-embedding-ada-002
- Added image input for image models; image models now use the most recently generated image as the default input
- Model switching within an active chat is now possible
- Expanded and updated model catalog
Bugfixes and Improvements:
- Improved Azure OpenAI support and compatibility (more consistent behavior across providers)
- Refined Sidebar & User Menu UX (dropdown menus, modals, improved usability)
- Corrected default deployment selection
- Improved syntax highlighting in code output
- Logos now display correctly after tenant switching
- Fixed API key inactivity/expiration logic
- Fixed file upload via keyboard
- Various minor UI and stability fixes
Call for participation
For an analysis of the joint use of Coscine and the RWTH HPC system, we are looking for people who actively use both services. The aim is to gain a better understanding of typical use cases, workflows, and data flows. Your experiences will help us to further develop support structures and tools in a targeted manner and align them with the actual needs of users. By sharing your approaches and perspectives with us, you will make an important contribution to the optimization and further development of both systems. If you are interested in participating, we look forward to hearing from you at servicedesk@rwth-aachen.de. Thank you for your support!
Interactive Workflow Graphic
An additional visual change concerns the Coscine website. The familiar workflow graphic is now interactive and provides a good starting point for new users.
Display of Available Storage Space
The display of storage space blocked by versions in the web interface will be available on March 3, 2026. This will give researchers a more transparent overview of storage space already used and still available.
Resource Creation
The “Create” button in the second step of resource creation was temporarily not working. The development team has now fixed the bug. The button will be functional again with the next live deployment on March 3, 2026.
Release Notes Version 2.48.0
Improvements and bug fixes:
- RWTHmoodle course list can be sorted by name and last access
- The barcode scanner in the university library (UB) has been improved
- Various bug fixes
Update to Moodle 4.5.10
RWTHmoodle has been updated to version 4.5.10.
Security Update and Cluster Maintenance for Munge
Summary: A security vulnerability (CVE) has been identified in the Munge software, which could potentially allow unauthorized access to the Munge key used for user authentication in Slurm jobs. In response to this issue, a new version of Munge has been released.
Details:
- Issue Identified: A security flaw in Munge that may expose the Munge key.
- Action Taken: Deployment of a new version of Munge to address the vulnerability.
- Maintenance Scheduled: The cluster will undergo maintenance to exchange the current Munge key.
User Instructions:
- Job Review: All users are requested to review their job lists. If any unknown jobs appear, please delete them and notify us immediately.
- Sensitive Data Handling: Users with extremely sensitive data in their directories can request a temporary suspension of job submissions for their accounts. Accounts will be re-enabled after maintenance is complete.
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we work to enhance our system’s security.
You can track any disruptions or security advisories that may occur due to the aforementioned change in the RWTH High Performance Computing (HPC) category on our status reporting portal.
Release Notes Version 2.47.0
Improvements and bug fixes:
- Learning space traffic light is now displayed in the list
- Minor improvement added to the navigation
- Various bug fixes
