Glossary and Policies

September 2026 Release Notes

The following list of updates and bug fixes are included in the latest Sprint 26.08 release to the FEWS NET Data Platform.

Updates

Datasets for CPI and Exchange Rates (DATA-5118)

Datasets can be created in the FEWS NET Data Warehouse (FDW) for Price Index and Exchange Rates data.

Investigate celery task results admin page for indexing (DATA-5254)

Updated the library used for the celery task results page in FDW to fix loading issues.

Update spatial document_type filters to datasourcedocument_set everywhere (DATA-5590)

Updated the codebase to reflect the Data Source Document Set functionality, including updating the FDW admin screens and updating document_type to the datasourcedocument_set filter in API calls.

Create a Help Desk ticket when a new spatial Data Source Document is created (DATA-5710)

A Jira ticket is now automatically created when a new spatial Data Source Document is added in FDW to ensure that it is assigned to the correct Data Source Document Set.

Refactor repeating viewset filters (DATA-5670)

Updated the API to group common duplicated filters to reduce repeated filter declarations and boilerplate without changing behavior, and make future filter additions and refactors easier and safer.

Enable failure email notifications for selected Dagster pipelines (DATA-5702)

Expanded the failure email notifications to the Help Desk to include additional pipelines/jobs.

Global view for Data Freshness Tool (DATA-5693)

The Data Freshness Tool available in the Visualizations section of the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE) has updated filters that allow data to be visualized for multiple countries and multiple domains.

Bugs

Fix merged columns in population data extract (DATA-5329)

Fixed the /api/geographicunit population data extract to ensure zone_type is preserved when present in any row, and that zone_type, area, and all other fields remain in the correct columns across CSV and HTML extracts.

FDW admin pages fixes

The following fixes to the FDW admin pages were released following changes from a Django upgrade:

  • The UI of the FDW admin pages was not rendering correctly. The admin pages are now appearing as expected (DATA-5676).

  • The ordering function for the admin screen tables were not working correctly. The tables can now be ordered as expected (DATA-5691).

FDE bug fixes

The following bug fixes were released to FDE:

  • When deleting a Visualization, users were experiencing a delay in seeing the action reflected in the UI. The UI now updates immediately (DATA-5598).

  • Dashboards with more than one remote sensing maps were rendering incorrectly. Now all Visualizations render as expected (DATA-5699).

  • Changed the API auth requests for FDE to use JSON format to improve response time and reliability (DATA-5600).

  • Changed additional API requests to include format=JSON to improve response time and reliability (DATA-5601).