Release Notes Clarity LIMS v6.2.0
Published: August 30, 2023
Last Updated: September 2025
Latest Patch: 6.2.0
These Release Notes describe the key changes made to software components for Clarity LIMS v6.2.
Clarity LIMS v6.2 is deployable in both cloud hosted and on-premise environments.
The operating system (OS) changes from CentOS7 to Oracle Linux v8.8.
Lab account management that allows you to create, update, and delete accounts in Clarity LIMS.
You can now set and update account custom field values. These configured fields are available in the new Account management screen when you view, create, or update an account.
The Queue View page performance has been optimized.
Reviewed and addressed potential vulnerabilities for cross site scripting (XSS).
Fixed a bug where the upload of the sample submission spreadsheet with leading or trailing spaces in any of the header tags (eg, </TABLE HEADER>) resulted in import errors.
Fixed a bug where the LIMS ID (Process) in the Record Details step disappeared when you select No preset.
Fixed a bug where the custom term for Projects did not propagate to LabLink.
There is a bulk indexing error due to the memory space limitation for search-indexer when the indexing batch size is too large.
There can be additional or missing search results when using Date Received of a sample as one of the search criteria in Advanced Search when the client and server are in different time zones.
Multiple accounts that share the same email address only receive a reset password email for one of the accounts when a reset password request is made using Email information.
Additional Notes
Clarity LIMS v6.2 supports both Python2 and Python3 versions. However, there is no symbolic link created for /usr/bin/python to Python2 and there will not be a default link. Scripts have to be updated specifically to either Python2 or Python3.