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+id: release-9.4.0-rc.25
+title: Release 9.4.0-rc.25
+---
+<!--
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Sequent Tech Inc <legal@sequentech.io>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+-->
+# Release 9.4.0-rc.25
+
+## 📝 Highlights
+
+### 📖 [doc] Adding a section: `Reference/Third-Party Libraries`
+This issue tracks the comprehensive update of Rust toolchain, dependencies, and documentation for the Step Repository. The goal is to standardize on **Rust stable 1.90.0** across all environments (Nix, GitHub Actions, Dockerfiles) and update all Rust crates and their dependencies to their latest compatible versions.
+Additionally, this includes creating developer documentation for managing Rust versions and third-party dependencies, plus implementing tooling for dependency auditing and reporting.
+
+See [sequentech/meta#7996](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/7996) for details.
+
+## 📋 All Changes
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- ✨ Generalize `release-tool` for semver & release-flow ([sequentech/meta#9230](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9230))
+  by @edulix
+
+
+- ✨ Admin Portal > Tasks: add support for tenant level tasks, like creating a new tenant ([sequentech/meta#2348](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/2348))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- ✨ Instant-runoff Voting (IRV/RCV) System support ([sequentech/meta#8214](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8214))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- ✨ Delegate voting with imports ([sequentech/meta#7683](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/7683))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- ✨ Don't build/push images on main ([sequentech/meta#9291](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9291))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- ✨ Publicly Open Source Preparations ([sequentech/meta#9060](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9060))
+  by @edulix
+
+
+- ✨ IdP-initiated SAML SSO authentication flow support ([sequentech/meta#8213](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8213))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- ✨ Move voter signature to the voting portal ([sequentech/meta#5518](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/5518))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- ✨ Voting Portal > Nightwatch voting with no revotes ([sequentech/meta#8624](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8624))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- ✨ Automatic Launch of E2E tests for environments and during release process ([sequentech/meta#7004](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/7004))
+  by @Findeton
+
+- ✨ Prepare Release 10.0 ([sequentech/step#2474](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2474))
+  by @Findeton
+
+- ✨ Docusaurus - Tutorial on how to make calls to hasura/graphql ([sequentech/step#2429](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2429))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+- ✨ Move From Self-Hosted Runners using Runs-On in AWS to using GHA controller in a Google Cloud Project ([sequentech/meta#6511](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/6511))
+  by @oded-eid-sequentech
+
+
+### 🛠 Bug Fixes
+
+- 🐞 Ballot Verifier > Custom CSS not properly applied ([sequentech/meta#8476](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8476))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 NullPointerException on voter login after KC24 → KC26.4 upgrade ([sequentech/step#2426](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2426))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Can't send emails from keycloak ([sequentech/step#2353](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2353))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal: Can't allow write-ins ([sequentech/step#2393](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2393))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Voting Portal > Candidate images broken after export then import the event ([sequentech/meta#9087](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9087))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal: Scheduled Repeatable Reports is not working ([sequentech/meta#5412](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/5412))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Tally > Ballot Image fails on second time: duplicate ACM key ([sequentech/meta#8679](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8679))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- 🐞 sequentech-bot is not in the allow list for CLA ([sequentech/step#2314](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2314))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Voting Portal > Grace Period not applied if no scheduled event ([sequentech/meta#9091](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9091))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal > Reports > Timezone shown is not showing timezone ([sequentech/meta#6191](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/6191))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+- 🐞 Tally > Contests are not in order when using multi-contest encoding ([sequentech/meta#8678](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8678))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal > Can't send message to voters ([sequentech/meta#9721](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9721))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Errors editing forms ([sequentech/meta#9572](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9572))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Keycloak's custom event listener is not working ([sequentech/meta#9574](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9574))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Tally > Export option can't be read correctly if title is too long ([sequentech/meta#8676](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8676))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Tally > "No Results" while loading the results ([sequentech/meta#8677](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8677))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Tally UI shows manual and executes automatic after policy switch ([sequentech/meta#8472](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8472))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Contest result extended metrics are 0 ([sequentech/meta#8573](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8573))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Error with tenants and templates in Admin portal. ([sequentech/meta#9539](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9539))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Fix graphql typescript issues ([sequentech/meta#9540](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9540))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Keys Ceremony > State not cleared when switching Election Events ([sequentech/meta#8675](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8675))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Can't filter voter logs by username ([sequentech/meta#7751](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/7751))
+  by @xalsina-sequent, @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Tally > State not cleared when switching events ([sequentech/meta#8674](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8674))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Username is shown after an attempted login with a valid username ([sequentech/meta#6476](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/6476))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Fixes after dependency updates ([sequentech/meta#9132](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9132))
+  by @Findeton
+
+- 🐞 Windmill > Can't create Ballot Images on ARM ([sequentech/meta#8621](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8621))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Voter log errors ([sequentech/meta#8097](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8097))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal > Sidebar: Can't select active events tab if all Events are archived ([sequentech/meta#8876](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8876))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 🐞 Default Invalid vote policy mismatch ([sequentech/meta#8855](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/8855))
+  by @Findeton
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal: Heterogeneus use of name/alias ([sequentech/step#2440](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2440))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+- 🐞 Windmill - Duplicate Key error caused by race condition while Logging Electoral logs in process_electoral_log_events_batch task ([sequentech/step#2448](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2448))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- 🐞 IRV: Default tally operation processes the candidate results in each area ([sequentech/step#2459](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2459))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Unneeded "Or Sign With"/simplesaml in Keycloak Login ([sequentech/step#2333](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2333))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Voting Portal > IRV > Limit in ranking positions is not consistent with max_votes constraint ([sequentech/step#2328](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2328))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Admin Portal: Can't do report actions ([sequentech/step#2387](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2387))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+
+- 🐞 Tally Multi Contest area votes not included in tally if area does not have the first contest assigned ([sequentech/step#2274](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2274))
+  by @xalsina-sequent
+
+
+- 🐞 New immudb column ballot_id is not backwards compatible ([sequentech/step#2256](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2256))
+  by @BelSequent
+
+
+- 🐞 Multi-Tenant login doesn't work ([sequentech/step#2277](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2277))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+### 📖 Documentation
+
+- 📖 Add AI Agent Documentation Structure ([sequentech/step#2417](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2417))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+- 📖 [doc] v9.0.2 documentation ([sequentech/meta#9156](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9156))
+  by @Findeton
+
+
+### 🛡 Security Updates
+
+- 🛡 Security updates: ring ([sequentech/meta#9133](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/9133))
+  by @Findeton
+
+- 🛡 Security updates ([sequentech/step#2379](https://github.com/sequentech/step/pull/2379))
+  by @yuvalkom-M
+
+## 🔄 Migrations
+
+### 🐞 Admin Portal > Reports > Timezone shown is not showing timezone
+In order to see the change the default receipt template ballot_receipt_user.hbs needs some changes.
+From
+```
+<span class="value" class="timestamp-content">{{timestamp}}</span>
+```
+To
+```
+<span class="value" class="timestamp-content">{{datetime from_rfc3339=timestamp output_format="%B %d, %Y %H:%M GMT %:z"}}</span>
+```
+See [sequentech/meta#6191](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/6191) for details.
+
+### 📖 [doc] Adding a section: `Reference/Third-Party Libraries`
+### For Developers
+1. **Rust Version**: All developers must use Rust 1.90.0. Run `rustc --version` in `devenv shell` to verify.
+2. **Dependency Updates**: After pulling this branch, run:
+```bash
+devenv shell
+cd packages/
+cargo build
+```
+3. **Frontend Updates**: For frontend work:
+```bash
+cd packages/
+yarn install
+```
+4. **ESLint Migration**: Projects now use flat config (`eslint.config.js`). Old `.eslintrc.json` files have been removed.
+5. **New Documentation**: Review the new developer documentation:
+- `docs/docusaurus/docs/developers/11-Updates/updating-rust-version.md`
+- `docs/docusaurus/docs/reference/third_party_deps/third_party_deps.md`
+- `docs/docusaurus/docs/developers/03-Development-Environment/nvd-api-key-setup.md`
+
+See [sequentech/meta#7996](https://github.com/sequentech/meta/issues/7996) for details.