Webassessor Release Notes

2026.8 - Release Notes

Release Date: June 25, 2026 | Prepared by: Kryterion Product Team

Executive Summary

This release extends single sign-on to the Admin module with OIDC and adds support for multiple identity providers per program. Proctored exams gain stronger proxy detection, and admins can now generate exam items directly from prompts and source material, completing the document upload capability previewed last release. Several SSO and registration issues are also resolved. Items requiring CSM coordination are noted throughout.

What's New at a Glance

Category

Highlights

🔐 Authentication & SSO

OIDC admin sign-on, multiple identity provider support, improved single logout

🎯 Proctoring & Exam Security

Enhanced proxy detection

🧠 AI & Item Writing

AI-assisted item generation from prompts and source material

🐛 Fixes

3 issues resolved

New Features & Enhancements

🔐 Authentication & SSO

OIDC Sign-On for the Admin Module Administrators can now sign in to the Admin module using OpenID Connect, extending OIDC beyond the candidate experience delivered last release.

  • Successful OIDC authentication routes administrators directly to the Admin application

  • Applies alongside existing candidate OIDC login and logout

Action Required: OIDC configuration requires administrator setup. Contact your CSM for guidance.

Multiple Identity Provider Support Programs can now configure more than one identity provider per region, giving you the flexibility to support multiple SSO sources within a single program.

  • Multiple SAML and OIDC providers can be configured within a region

  • OIDC Just-in-Time provisioning populates Webassessor fields from your configured claim mappings automatically

Action Required: Additional identity provider configuration requires administrator setup. Contact your CSM for guidance.

Improved Single Logout SAML and OIDC logout is now more reliable across both the new and legacy candidate paths, terminating the session cleanly with the identity provider.

  • Applies to Service Provider-initiated logout for both SAML and OIDC

🎯 Proctoring & Exam Security

Enhanced Proxy Detection Proxy and remote-testing detection has been strengthened to catch a broader range of unauthorized remote access tools during proctored exams.

  • Applies automatically with no configuration change required

🧠 AI & Item Writing

AI-Assisted Item Generation Admins can now generate exam items directly from a prompt or from uploaded source material, completing the document upload capability previewed last release.

  • Generate multiple items in a single request from a prompt, source material, or both

  • Choose how many items to generate per request

  • Admins managing multiple clients can filter the source upload screen by client and client region

Fixes & Resolved Issues

Severity

Area

What Was Fixed

High

Registration

Retake rules were not consistently enforced across configured attempt limits

Medium

Candidate UI: SSO

Standard OAuth2 SSO candidates landing on the Assessments page were served the legacy candidate UI instead of the new UI

Medium

SMS

The SMS opt-in toggle did not appear on the confirmation page when a candidate registered for an exam via SSO

Rollout & Availability

Feature

Availability

Notes

OIDC Admin Sign-On

Available now

Requires OIDC configuration, contact your CSM

Multiple Identity Provider Support

Available now

Requires admin configuration, contact your CSM

Improved Single Logout

Available now

Applies to existing SAML and OIDC configurations

Enhanced Proxy Detection

Available now

No action required

AI-Assisted Item Generation

Available now


All bug fixes

Available now


Resources & Next Steps

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