Announcing Archer Platform Release 2024.11 Update Release 04 for OnPrem Clients

Announcing Archer Platform Release 2024.11 Update Release 04 for OnPrem Clients

Summary

Archer Platform Update Release 2024.11.04 delivers a targeted bug fix for the Archer Platform.

This release is available to OnPrem clients on July 15, 2025.

Release Notes

·        Archer Announces Availability of Archer Release 2024.11.04.

·        The difference between Update Release 3 and Update Release 4 is an internally found defect. The details are as follows:

Update on Character Encoding Behavior and Recent Fix Rollback: Archer has always contained scenarios where special characters and/or character encoding can behave differently through different input and output vectors. This has long been a significant source of client support issues.

As part of our ongoing commitment to improving usability and reliability, we’ve launched a program to streamline and enhance how these scenarios are handled. Recently, we identified a defect related to encoding functionality that caused HTML self-closing HTML tags to display raw markup in Calculations and Data Feeds. This issue had the potential to affect all users. A fix was initially in the 2024.11.01 release. However, we discovered that the fix did not fully resolve the issue. To ensure consistency with known behavior, we made the decision to revert to the previous behavior in the 2024.11.03 release. Details about this change were shared in the Technical Advisory. We received valuable feedback from clients indicating that the change was being introduced too quickly, without adequate time for preparation. In response, we’ve decided to defer this update from the upcoming release. While we still believe this change will be beneficial in the long term, we want to ensure it is introduced thoughtfully and with ample communication. As a result, self-closing HTML tags will continue to be exposed as they are in the 2024.11.02 release today.

We’ll provide further updates and guidance in the future as we revisit this enhancement. Some of these changes may require action on your part, and we’ll be sure to communicate those clearly and in advance.

What does this mean to you?

·        Script results: No action is needed for this release.

·        Open Support cases regarding invalid HTML discovery: These can now be closed.

Thank you for your continued partnership and feedback as we work to deliver a more seamless experience.

Download

Archer Platform downloads are available on the myArcher Customer Portal. Please review Instructions to access Archer Platform Downloads through the myArcher Customer Portal to learn how to register and access the download.

This release is available for download on myArcher on July 15, 2025.

Note: Zip file version will be available after July 16, 2025.

Documentation

You can now find your Platform Help information for this release from a single link:

·        Welcome to Archer Platform Help

The following information is available from the Archer Community:

• Archer 2024.11.04 & Later Known Issues (PDF format)
• Archer 2024.11.04 & Later Known Issues (Excel format)
• Presentation – Archer Release 2024.11 Overview  

Blogs

Clients can find Archer Blogs  and Archer Roadmap Blogs under the More -> News section of the Archer Community.

·        Archer Product Pulse: A New Way to Connect on What's Next

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End of Product Support Policy

Archer has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. For additional details, refer to the Product Version Life Cycle.

Originally posted on July 15, 2025 in the Archer Community.