What’s New in LabKey 25.3

March 20, 2025

About LabKey

We’re delighted to announce the release of LabKey 25.3.

This release includes powerful updates to SDMS, Community Edition – SDMS, Sample Manager, LIMS and Biologics LIMS.

See the full Release Notes 25.3 (March 2025) for more information.

 

Highlights of Version 25.3

SDMS

  • All LabKey products can now be deployed with a strong Content Security Policy (CSP). These features can be accessed by admins and developers. Our security experts have prepared guidance and best practices so you can ready your content, code, and configuration to block serious cybersecurity threats.
  • The Duo secondary authentication provider now integrates with Duo Universal Prompt.
  • A wide variety of trendline options have been added to the chart builder for line charts.
  • Assay transform scripts can be configured to run when data is imported, updated, or both.
  • Study participant data can be deleted from all datasets at once.
  • New troubleshooting options for slow or blocked database queries and long-running HTTP requests.

Community Edition of SDMS

  • Assay transform scripts can be configured to run when data is imported, updated, or both.
  • Study participant data can be deleted from all datasets at once.
  • New options to assist with troubleshooting slow or blocked database queries  and long-running HTTP requests.

Sample Manager

  • Simplify sample registration with the ability to register multiple sample types at once.
  • Better match your storage boxes by specifying locations using numeric positions instead of xy coordinates.
  • The last storage location is remembered on a per sample type basis, making it easier for users who work with different materials to return to the right location.

LIMS

  • Workflow jobs, tasks, and notification subscriptions can be assigned by group as well as by individual user. 
  • Customize source, sample & assay templates to provide more targeted starting points for your team.

Biologics LIMS

  • Rapidly find the plates and experiments in which samples have been used, and vice versa.
  • Automatically generate analytics like regressions and statistics to accelerate your work.
  • QC your results and exclude outlier data from automatic analytics.
  • Automatically select hits that meet criteria for your assays.
  • Templatize your complex assay plates to rapidly generate replicates with Dilutions patterns.
  • Include plates and plate-based data in your ELN for comprehensive documentation.

 

Release Notes