2026 Release Notes

Welcome to the 2026 Release Notes!

Every other Wednesday, Arbiter’s Product Team works hard to roll out new updates across all Arbiter products. Each release is called a Sprint—a collaboration of product owners, developers, designers, and engineers who come together to brainstorm ways to make our products more user-friendly, valuable, and best-in-class.

Under the Sections menu, click on the date of the Sprint release to view what was changed, updated, fixed, or newly created on that day.

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Sections

Sprint 613 (7/8/2026)
Sprint 612 (6/24/2026)
Sprint 611 (6/10/2026)
Sprint 610 (5/27/2026)
Sprint 609 (5/13/2026)
Sprint 608 (4/29/2026)
Sprint 607 (4/15/2026)
Sprint 606 (4/1/2026)
Sprint 605 (3/18/2026)
Sprint 604 (3/4/2026)
Sprint 603 (2/18/2026)
Sprint 602 (2/4/2026)
Sprint 601 (1/21/2026)
Sprint 525 (1/7/2026)

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Sprint 613 (7/8/2026)

Scheduling

New

• Launch of Tournament Manager: State Associations and Schools now have access to the new Tournament Manager tool. This tool allows associations and schools to manage tournaments from start to finish, ensuring teams advance correctly and brackets stay visible. Assigners can also view games associated with a tournament along with overall tournament details.
• Allow Multiple Facilities for an Event: When creating games, practices, or meets, schools can include all required sites/subsites needed to support the event. This can include additional subsites such as press boxes, locker rooms, and concession stands.
• Add Host Games: Schools can now add Host Games to their schedules. Host Games are events where none of the participating teams belong to the host site. These games provide the host site with visibility into key details such as facility requests, officials, and event workers.
• New Activities: State Associations and Schools can now add Art, Film Festival, Native Youth Olympics, Student Government, and World Language activities to their accounts.

Improvements

• Adding Events with an All-Day Duration: Schools can now create events and set the timeframe to All-Day or use a custom end time, providing greater flexibility when adding events.
• School Directory: Parent Organizations now see the Schools tab in the top-level navigation, making it easier to access Directory, Staff, and Alignment.

Fixes

• Associations with alignment already configured can now copy that alignment to a specific sport or across an entire school year, improving efficiency for year-over-year realignment.

Eligibility

New

• Enrollment by Gender and Class: Schools can now break down enrollment numbers by class (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) in addition to overall totals.

Fixes

• Removing association during registration: Fixed an issue where removing associations during registration could fail and throw an error.
• Fee Rule Fix for Repeat Registrations: Fixed a bug where registering a second gender of a sport separately could result in a $0 fee.
• Subassigner Limits Now Enforced: Admins can no longer add subassigners beyond their licensed limit.

Improvements

• Smarter Reminder Timing: Eligibility reminders now only go out while a requirement is active.
• Refreshed Reminder Email: Updated wording and support information in reminder emails.

Student Registration

Improvements

• In-App Chat Support Now Available in Arbiter Registration: Introduces Assembled Chat for faster and more seamless support.
• Users can now chat directly with support without leaving their workflow.
• Provides faster access to help with a consistent experience across platforms.
• Available with no changes to existing help resources.

Fixes

• Program Contacts No Longer Appear on Landing Page: Fixed an issue where contacts added to a program were incorrectly appearing at the organization level.

Websites

New

• AW Template Library Access Update: Administrator users no longer have access to the Template Library in Page Builder.
• AW Booster Access and Permissions Settings: New permission setting allows users to manage Booster-related content.
• Users with Booster Access can view and manage posts assigned to Booster categories.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Digital Eligibility Passes (Coming Soon): Added foundational enhancements to support the upcoming feature.
• Profile Image Updates: Users can now update and manage profile images within the app.
• Connect Tab Refresh: Updated interface for a more streamlined experience.
• School Search Enhancements: Added support for My Schools and Favorite Schools for faster access.
• Admin Badge: Added badge to indicate schools where users have administrator access.

Fixes

• Fixed a crash when viewing contact details.
• Resolved stability and error-handling issues related to background loading and startup processes.
• Corrected an issue where the wrong image gallery appeared for certain news articles.

Important Reminders

• Legacy Officials App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. Users can no longer log in and are directed to the new Arbiter Mobile App.
• rST Activity Scheduler App Notice: The Activity Scheduler App now displays a persistent, non-dismissable message informing users of the migration to the Arbiter App.
• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 612 (6/24/2026)

Scheduling

New

• Arbiter Game and Trip Request Integration: Schools using Trip Request can now turn on the integration that will send all games with a transportation request in Arbiter Game over to Trip Requests for proper management by the Transportation Department.

Improvements

• Schools can now copy rosters from co-op teams from one year to the next.
• Icons and terminology on the schedule page have been updated to better indicate when schedule changes have occurred and when a game needs attention.
• Simple Filters for Contract Status have been updated to Schedule Status and All Home/Away has been updated to All Schedule Types.
• The contract icon has been updated to a calendar icon to indicate when a game change has been made and an action is required. (Green = Everyone has accepted, Yellow = Waiting on someone else to accept, Red = Needs your attention)
• Enhancing Alignment to support Teams: Updated how states can build alignment to better support co-op teams and standings, allowing consistent alignment groupings.

Fixes

• Games with pending changes were not showing in the correct filter for schools on the schedule page. Filters now display the most updated game information.
• Searching games by Game ID was not returning correct results. Game lookup now works properly.
• Games with co-op teams were not being sent to Facility Scheduler when mapped sites were used. This has been corrected.
• When an assigner claims a game, extra slots were being added incorrectly. Default positions are now applied correctly.

Eligibility

Fixes

• Eligibility Enrollment: Officials registering in a single-sport registration were not being automatically enrolled in eligibility. This issue has been fixed.
• Removing association during registration: In rare cases, removing associations caused an error. This has been resolved.

Student Registration

Improvements

• Student Eligibility Enhancements and Enablers
• Schools can now add students from the Student List in Arbiter Game, even without a Student Registration license.
• Improved duplicate detection in student imports to prevent duplicate records.
• Added support for updating a student’s graduation year, with grade now automatically calculated.
• Introduced a process that automatically sets up eligibility settings and initializes student eligibility for new organizations.
• Added support to retrieve available academic years by organization for consistent year selection.

Fixes

• "Log In as User" now works correctly for admins. Admins can successfully impersonate users without needing to log out first.

Websites

New

• Calendar View Widget: A new calendar widget allows schools to display events in monthly, weekly, or daily views, improving visibility for fans and families.

Improvements

• Bulk Password Reset Emails: Users with Basecamp access can now send password reset emails to multiple users at once. Each user receives instructions to create a new password.

Fixes

• Improved Menu Management Permissions: Administrators now only see menu options relevant to their role, reducing access to higher-level settings.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Event Card Redesign: Updated event cards for a cleaner and more consistent layout.
• Schedule Tab Enhancements: Introduced a new Schedule tab with quick access to upcoming events.
• School Year Switching: Users can now switch between school years directly on team pages.
• Team Schedule Improvements: Schedules now automatically position to the next upcoming event.
• Account Selection Page: New account selection experience makes switching between accounts easier without logging out.

Fixes

• Unpublished non-athletic events were being returned incorrectly. This issue has been fixed.
• Accessibility improvements have been made to the official calendar experience and large fonts.

Important Reminders

• Legacy Officials App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. Users are unable to log in and are directed to use the new Arbiter Mobile App.
• rST Activity Scheduler App Notice: The Activity Scheduler App now displays a dismissible message informing users of migration to the Arbiter App. Starting July 1, this message will become permanent and can no longer be dismissed.
• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 611 (6/10/2026)

Scheduling

Improvements

• Games with assigned officials will now require schools to change the status of the game instead of being allowed to delete the game. If no officials are assigned, schools can still remove games.

Fixes

• Host games were not honoring the sport filters on the schedule page. Host games should only show for the sport you are filtering for.
• Assigners were unable to make additional changes to games if there was an outstanding game change request that was waiting on one of the schools.

Eligibility

Improvements

• Editing Custom Requirements: As an admin, you can now edit custom requirement information much quicker. Next to custom requirements there is now an edit pencil that allows you to make quick edits on things like CPR expiration date or EAP training.
• Coach Eligibility Dashboard Navigation: A new subtab is available in ArbiterGame - My Eligibility. Coaches can click on this to navigate quickly to their dashboard to see what outstanding tasks they need to complete.
• NFHS Learn Completion Date: When reviewing eligibility details you will now see the date that an NFHS Learn course was completed.
• School Registration Reporting: Each registration attempt is now reported separately, making it easier to view history and download an invoice for each attempt. All sports are included in each invoice, including coed sports.

Student Registration

Improvements

• Student Eligibility Enhancements and Enablers
• Configurable Organization Management: Configuration has been moved into a system setting, allowing updates without code changes and supporting faster onboarding of new states and organizations.
• Student Data Updates from Arbiter: Updates from Arbiter now flow back into Student Registration, allowing corrections to student information such as name, birth date, and contact details. These updates trigger eligibility recalculations when needed and are tracked for visibility.

Fixes

• Staff invitations now complete during account creation. Users no longer need to click an invitation link twice and are correctly assigned to their organization.
• Admin-created registrations now sync correctly to Arbiter.
• Custom payment amounts and deposits now apply correctly during checkout.

Websites

• Practices are now available on the schedule widget. A new filter allows users to view schedules specifically for practices.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Unified Login (Registration App): The Arbiter Registration App now uses a unified login aligned with the web experience.
• Filter Updates: Filters now persist across sessions and clearly indicate when active.
• New Activity Icons: Added icons for Swimming & Diving, Band, Choir, and Orchestra.
• Error Page Improvements: Updated error pages to improve visibility and troubleshooting.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where some users were shown a limited support message due to permission settings.
• Resolved an issue where elective event cards remained in an unaccepted state after acceptance.
• Fixed a UI issue where favoriting a team did not correctly display.
• Addressed a crash affecting the officials agenda view.
• Fixed a scrolling issue on the team page where tab buttons became unresponsive.
• Improved positioning and styling of the decline reason input.
• Fixed an issue where contact address information was not displaying in game details.

Important Reminders

• Legacy Officials App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. Users are unable to log in and are directed to use the new Arbiter Mobile App.
• Activity Scheduler App Notice: The Activity Scheduler App now displays a message informing users of migration to the Arbiter App. Starting July 1, this message will become permanent.
• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 610 (5/27/2026)

Scheduling

Improvements

• Number of Passengers has been added as an optional field when filling out transportation details. For clients using Trip Requests, number of passengers will be a required filled in order to send an event to Trip Request.

Fixes

• Assigning Defaults for Teams were getting adjusted without the school making any changes. A team's defaults should not change after a school has set them up and saved them.
• Assigners were unable to mass delete teams if any of the teams had archived games. This behavior has been updated to allow removing of teams regardless of archived games.

Eligibility

• Attachment Notifications: When coaches attach supporting documentation to their custom eligibility requirements we will email their Athletic Director so that they are aware there is something to review. This helps close the loop on those eligibility tasks that happen offline.
• Eligibility Tier Badge Issue: Admins were not able to change eligibility badge icons. This issue has been fixed.
• School Registration Invoice: Schools can now download their school registration invoice at any time from the registration dashboard. This used to only be available at checkout, but is now accessible whenever they need it.

Student Registration

IMPROVEMENTS

• Student Transfer Update: Manual School Entry Added: In Student Transfer flows, users can now choose to manually enter a school if it isn’t found in search results. When selecting a Previous or Receiving School, users can either search for a school or enter school details directly, making transfers easier and less restrictive.

FIXES

• Admin Agreement Editing Restored in Student Transfer Only Organizations: Fixed an issue where the FERPA agreement was incorrectly locked for admins when an organization was marked as student‑transfer‑only. Admins can now freely manage program agreements, while required FERPA behavior remains enforced for parent registrations.
• Corrected “Previous Status” in Transfer Notifications: Fixed an issue where transfer status notification emails showed an incorrect “Previous Status.” Emails now accurately reflect the student’s prior transfer status, giving school and state staff clear visibility into what changed.
• MySchoolBucks Refunds Display Correctly: Fixed an issue where MySchoolBucks refunds appeared as additional charges in Student Registration. Refunds now display correctly as reversals, with accurate payment totals and balances.

Websites

Page Builder & Widget Enhancements!

• New Editor Top Bar: The page editing experience now includes an updated top bar with a more streamlined layout, making it easier to navigate editing tools, settings, previews, and publishing options while building pages.

• New Breadcrumbs Widget: A new Breadcrumbs widget is now available to help visitors better understand where they are within your website. This can improve navigation and make larger sites easier to browse.

• New 360° Photo Viewer Widget:
  A new 360° Photo Viewer widget has been added, allowing schools and organizations to showcase immersive photos directly on their website. This can be useful for highlighting athletic facilities, campuses, gyms, stadiums, training spaces, and other visual experiences.

• Tournaments on widgets: On the schedule widget we now display a trophy icon next to a game if it's a tournament game. It will look like this:

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Block Improvements: Cleaner displays surface the most important details, reduce steps, and improve visibility when creating and managing blocks.
• Officials Mileage: Officials can now view mileage details for distance to their assignments.
• Fan experience: Fan view now persists across sessions, reducing the need to revisit the login/continue screen each time the app is opened.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed authentication/launch issues impacting login.
• Restored missing schedule sync option for officials.
• Fixed text truncation and header formatting issues on certain devices.
• Corrected game report icon showing red after completion.
• Fixed roster data inconsistencies.
• Resolved game acceptance edge cases.
• Improved reliability of school logo display across games and tournaments.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. Users are no longer able to log in, and in‑app messaging directs them to use the new app. The new Arbiter Mobile App is the only supported mobile app for officials.

• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 609 (5/13/2026)

Scheduling

New

• Launch of Tournament Manager to Kentucky: KHSAA is piloting Arbiter’s new Tournament Manager for Regional and State baseball and softball tournaments, enabling full tournament management within Arbiter. Following the pilot, Tournaments will be available to all 360 State Associations and ArbiterGame licensed schools, without impacting any existing tournament workflows.

Improvements

• Updated Score Entry for Schools: Schools will enter scores in Arbiter Game using the new score entry modal. Once a game is capable of being scored, the score entry box will show up for users to access. Clicking anywhere within the box opens the modal. Scores for all participating teams and any extra score details like set scores, number of innings, and overtime status can all be done within the new modal.

Users can access the new score modal by clicking on the score entry box

Add extra score details like set scores, # of innings, and OT status

• Schools are seeing games on their schedule from Youth games being Hosted at their facility. We will be updating the Host Games to only show scholastic games as Host games. This excludes youth and recreation games.

Fixes

• Games involving Co-op teams were not showing on the calendar in ArbiterLive. All games and events at your school should show on the calendar in ArbiterLive as long as they are marked as Published.
• Viewing practice details in ArbiterLive was giving the user a blank white page. Users should be able to access details for games, practices, and events.
• When assigners are archiving games using a filter, games are being included in the archived process that should not be.

Eligibility

New

• Track Student Eligibility: States using Arbiter 360 can now track student eligibility directly across their member schools. Schools get an improved student list and state‑specific eligibility fields, while states gain sport‑by‑sport visibility into eligibility data as it’s maintained at the school level. This reduces duplicate data entry and errors, and gives states stronger compliance oversight, auditability, and insurance confidence.

Here is the new student list page:

Here is the new student details page:

Improvements

• Search Custom Requirements: We’ve enhanced the Monitor Eligibility experience by adding the ability to search for custom requirements directly within the modal. When working with a large set of eligibility requirements, finding the right item quickly is critical. This update reduces scrolling and manual scanning, helping users work more efficiently and with greater confidence.

Bug Fixes

• Registrations failed to load for non-signed in users. This has been fixed.

Student Registration

ENABLEMENT

• Eligibility Enablement for Virginia and future 360 State Programs: We completed backend enablement to support state‑specific eligibility requirements. This work ensures eligibility data can be initialized, managed, and processed correctly for Virginia schools, laying the foundation for accurate eligibility workflows and upcoming user‑facing features.

FIXES

• Deposit Amount Correctly Applied at Checkout: Resolved an issue where registrations with a deposit showed the correct amount before submission but displayed the full registration price at checkout after clicking Pay & Submit. The checkout now consistently reflects the selected deposit amount, ensuring parents are charged only the deposit as intended.

Websites

Page Builder & Widget Enhancements!

• New Editor Top Bar: The page editing experience now includes an updated top bar with a more streamlined layout, making it easier to navigate editing tools, settings, previews, and publishing options while building pages.

• New Breadcrumbs Widget: A new Breadcrumbs widget is now available to help visitors better understand where they are within your website. This can improve navigation and make larger sites easier to browse.

• New 360° Photo Viewer Widget:
  A new 360° Photo Viewer widget has been added, allowing schools and organizations to showcase immersive photos directly on their website. This can be useful for highlighting athletic facilities, campuses, gyms, stadiums, training spaces, and other visual experiences.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Core Action UX: Core actions are no longer covered by the keyboard, making it easier to complete tasks.
• Text Input UX: Improved usability with multi-line text fields.
• Calendar Loading: Improved loading states for a smoother experience when viewing schedules.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issues with adding recurring blocks not consistently saving.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. While the in‑app message remains visible for the current time, the legacy app no longer returns games, assignments, or related data. All officials must use the new Arbiter Mobile App to access schedules, games, and assignments.

• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 608 (4/29/2026)

Scheduling

IMPROVEMENTS

• New sport and activities: The activities of Band, Choir, and Orchestra have been added to support State Associations registering their schools and officials through Arbiter. We have also added the combination of Swimming & Diving to help support State's where it's recognized as one sport instead of two.

Fixes

• League Schedulers were unable to edit a schedule that had been created as a duplicate of another team's league schedule.  Once a schedule has been created as a duplicate for another team, the league scheduler should be able to make the necessary changes to the schedule before publishing and creating the games.

Student Registration

IMPROVEMENTS

• Accessibility Improvements for Users with Disabilities: We've continued to make accessibility enhancements this sprint to support keyboard and low‑vision users, including full keyboard navigation across core registration flows, improved modal and focus behavior, added skip‑navigation links, stronger visual contrast, clearer focus indicators, and reliable zoom support up to 200%. These updates improve alignment with WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

Updates

• Admin Panel Cleanup (Internal): We removed a password reset link that no longer worked now that login is handled through Arbiter. This avoids confusion for internal admins. The user will need to reset their password using the link on their login page.

Showing the reset password icon that has been removed.

Websites

Improvements

• Access Control for Team Content
  We’ve improved how team content is managed by limiting users to only see and manage content for their assigned team or sport. This helps prevent content from being added to the wrong team and keeps everything more organized. This is mostly used for users with the Coach role.

• Accessibility Toolbar Control
  You can now choose whether to show the accessibility toolbar on your site. It’s turned on by default to support accessibility standards, but you have the option to turn it off if you’re using another solution. A reminder will appear to help ensure accessibility is still being considered.

• Update Master Admin Access (Internal)
  We’ve updated the Master Admin role to include additional settings and tools that were previously available through the DWC master admin account. This change ensures those capabilities are now fully available under the Master Admin role as part of consolidating admin access. Notable features that are now available in Master admin are Broken Links Settings, CSS Customization, Tags in Menus, Group Emails, View as another User.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Team List: An improved team list that reduces clicks and prioritizes favorite teams.
• Fan Zone: A new Fan Zone page provides easy access to links added in Settings (social channels, team shop, tickets, streaming, and more).
• Other Events Transportation Details: Transportation details are now available for Other Events.
• Navigation Bar Icons: Updated navigation bar icons improve selection visibility and align with refreshed branding.

Bug Fixes

• Payments now default to the selected school for multi‑school users.
• Favorites menu now appears correctly after logout.
• Fixed a blank screen issue affecting some users.
• Fixed school logo update issues for admin users.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. While the in‑app message remains visible for the current time, the legacy app no longer returns games, assignments, or related data. All officials must use the new Arbiter Mobile App to access schedules, games, and assignments.

• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

Eligibility

Bug Fixes

• Registrations failed to load for non-signed in users. This has been fixed.

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Sprint 607 (4/15/2026)

Scheduling

Coming Soon!

New Tournament Management tool for States and Schools: We’ve been working hard building a new tournament management tool to help run in-season and postseason tournaments and brackets from start to finish.

Set up auto-advance to kick off when scores are added

Fixes

• Schools were unable to import games where the opponent was a co-op team with a ‘/’ in their co-op name.
• Host games were not showing on a school's schedule if both teams were TBA. If your school's site is being used on a game and neither team participating is one of your school's teams, then you should see the game as a Host game on your schedule.
• Schools were unable to archive teams that did not have schedules or rosters for the current year. Schools can keep a current list of their teams by removing or archiving teams that are no longer active.

Student Registration

IMPROVEMENTS

• Accessibility Improvements for Users with Disabilities: Made significant accessibility enhancements to support keyboard and low‑vision users, including full keyboard navigation across core registration flows, improved modal and focus behavior, added skip‑navigation links, stronger visual contrast, clearer focus indicators, and reliable zoom support up to 200%. These updates improve alignment with WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

Fixes

• Bug Fix: Invitations Tab Now Loads Correctly: We fixed an issue where the Invitations tab on the Organization page failed to load. In some cases, users would see an indefinite loading spinner or be redirected back to the main Programs page. The Invitations tab now loads reliably across browsers, allowing users to view and manage invitations as expected.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Instant Transfer: Officials can now complete instant transfers, including adding and managing a debit card directly in the app for faster payouts.
• Game Details Enhancements: Improved access to school contacts in Game Details, now allowing users to view profiles and text or email contacts, resolving issues where contact information was difficult to access and email actions were not working for many users.
• Volleyball Scoring Enhancements: Volleyball scoring has been improved by making sets optional and displaying set information only after scores are entered.
• Non‑Athletic Events Support: “Other Events” are now displayed on the school calendar within the app.
• School Branding Updates: Refreshed school headers across the app to better represent school identity, including school colors and mascots.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the screen could become blocked after signing out.
• Resolved display issues with elective event UI acceptance.
• Fixed an issue where certain sports did not immediately update the UI after saving scores.
  Resolved a scrolling issue on multiple pages affecting content visibility for users with larger font settings and smaller devices.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. While the in‑app message remains visible for the current time, the legacy app no longer returns games, assignments, or related data. All officials must use the new Arbiter Mobile App to access schedules, games, and assignments.

• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

Arbiter 360

• State Admin Notifications for School Staff Additions: State Admins using 360 now receive an automatic email notification whenever a member school adds a new Athletic Director, Principal, or Superintendent. Each notification includes the school's name, staff member’s name, role(s), and email address, making it easier for State Admins to quickly follow up and support new contacts at their schools.
• Export Student Transfers: State users can now export a complete package of transfer information directly from Arbiter making it easier to provide documentation to legal teams, state organizations, and any external entities involved in a student transfer review.
• NFHS Learn Integration: We’ve improved how Arbiter matches user accounts with partner systems (e.g., NFHS) to ensure all valid course completions are captured and applied in eligibility calculations. Arbiter now uses both your primary email address, and any verified secondary email addresses when matching your Arbiter account to corresponding accounts in partner systems.
• Title IX Survey Reporting: We’ve updated the Enrollment in Grades 9–11 field on Title IX surveys to prevent schools from editing state-calculated enrollment numbers. This helps ensure accurate reporting and protects the integrity of survey return-rate calculations.
• Registration Types: Admins can now quickly identify each registration’s purpose with a new Type column on the Registration dashboard. This makes it easier to distinguish school vs. official registrations at a glance, with automatic support for any new types added by the system.
• Copying emails from staff list: Email addresses in the School Directory’s Staff view and on the Monitor Eligibility page are now true "mailto" links, making it easy to email or copy them without accidentally opening the details page. This update removes frustrating mis-clicks and ensures emailing staff is quick, predictable, and error‑free.
• School Registration Fix: We’ve resolved an issue where School Registration users were blocked from completing registration if their user profile address - specifically the State field - was missing. This caused the Payment/Confirmation step to fail to load during submission.

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Sprint 606 (4/1/2026)

Scheduling

NEW!

Ticketing & Streaming Links for Games, Meets, and Events: Schools can now add ticketing and streaming links to individual games, meets, and events—making it easier for fans, families, and communities to access tickets and live streams directly from ArbiterLive.

How It Works

• Links can be added, edited, or removed at any time.
• Ticketing and streaming links are shared across all schools on an event. If one school adds a link, it will be visible to all participating schools in ArbiterLive.
• If a ticketing or streaming link is added or updated, the game or event’s Last Modified Date will update accordingly.
• If no links are provided, there is no change to the game or event experience.
  Coming Soon: Ticketing and streaming links will be available for tournaments with the new Tournament Manager.

Where Links Appear

• When a valid ticketing or streaming link is added, icons will automatically display in the following places in ArbiterLive:
  • Game / Event Details page: Fans can click the ticket or streaming icon to open the link in a new window.
  • Team Schedule page: Individual games with ticketing or streaming links will show the corresponding icons for quick access.
  • Today’s Games section: Games happening today will display ticketing and streaming icons so fans can easily find tickets or watch live.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where creating multiple games consecutively using the Create Game & New button could cause opponent information to carry over from the previous game.
• Fixed an issue where practices were unintentionally included when mass updating games to a default assigning group.
• Resolved issues that prevented co-op games from appearing correctly in Payments when a participant of the co-op would Claim payment, which could block officials from being paid.

Student Registration

NEW!

Unified Login Experience: We are introducing unified login experience across Arbiter and Arbiter Registration to make signing in simpler and more consistent.

What’s changed

• The Arbiter Registration login page has a new look!

• Users sign in with one email and one password across products.

What to expect

• If you use only one product, nothing changes; continue signing in as usual.
• If you use both Arbiter and Arbiter Registration with the same email, your accounts will be connected automatically the first time you sign in.
• After that, you’ll use one password (Arbiter) when signing in going forward.

No action is required to prepare for this update

Learn more: Arbiter's Unified Login Experience
FAQs: Unified Login Experience – Frequently Asked Questions

Improvements

• Accessibility Improvements for Low‑Vision Users (WCAG Alignment): We’ve made visual accessibility improvements across the platform to better support users with low vision. These updates improve readability, clarity, and navigation—especially when zooming in.
• Bulk Registration Sync Automation: Added a background job that syncs only unsynced registrations in controlled batches, prevents duplicate syncs on reruns, skips incomplete records (e.g., missing required Graduation Year) with clear reasons, and includes improved retry handling, pacing, and run‑level reporting.

Arbiter Websites

• Wordpress upgrade version 6.9.4. We’ve upgraded our website to WordPress version 6.9.4, which includes important security fixes and stability improvements. This update helps keep the site secure, reliable, and running smoothly. No changes to site functionality or content are expected as part of this update.
• State Team Roster Widget: Arbiter 360 association websites can now embed a State Team Roster widget that lets fans quickly find and view rosters for a specific sport and gender. There is also the option to download or print out the team rosters from this widget.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Officials Address Improvements: Officials’ addresses are now visible to relevant partners from game details or the connect tab to support travel planning and ride sharing. Addresses are clickable to open in preferred map app, and visibility respects officials’ privacy settings.
• Contact Search Improvements: Users can now search their contacts regardless of how many groups they belong to. Previously, search was limited based on group membership.
• Sport Icon Improvements: Updated and refined sport icons, including improved handling and display for adapted sports.

Bug Fixes

• Navigation Responsiveness: Resolved an issue where top‑right navigation controls (agenda/calendar view, filters, and blocks) did not consistently respond to taps.
• Admin Score Editing: Resolved an issue where scores could revert to the default state after being edited by admins in certain scenarios.
• Duplicate Transactions: Resolved an issue where officials were shown duplicate transactions in the payments section.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. While the in‑app message remains visible for the current time, the legacy app no longer returns games, assignments, or related data. All officials must use the new Arbiter Mobile App to access schedules, games, and assignments.

• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

 

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Sprint 605 (3/18/2026)

Scheduling

New!

Host-Site Visibility on Schedules: We’ve improved how schools view events hosted at their facilities—especially when they are not participating in the game. Schools can now easily see and identify all events scheduled at any of their default sites directly from their schedule and calendar views. (Help Article)

• Host Access to Officials Management: Schools designated as the Host for a game can now fully view and manage Officials details. Hosts can access the Officials tab, claim the game to become the Payor, update fees when listed as the Payor, and print vouchers when applicable.
• Event Worker Support for Host Games: Hosts can now assign Event Workers to Host Games, with workers automatically receiving assignment and game‑change notifications. Workers marked as Contractors flow into the payment screen, while those marked as Employees do not.
• Host Game added to Event Type Advanced Filter: The Event Type options in Advanced Filters on the Schedule page now include Host Game, allowing schools to quickly isolate and review Host‑designated events.

Expanded Team Level Support (B‑Team, Modified, JV2): Arbiter now supports B‑Team, Modified, and JV2 team levels, enabling schools to create teams at these levels and assigners to schedule officials for their games. This enhancement ensures fuller coverage for sub‑varsity and developmental programs across participating schools. (Help Article)

Fixes

• We resolved an issue where the Excel import template for games and assignments validated officials only within the first 10,000 entries of the available officials list. Any official listed beyond that range was incorrectly flagged as invalid, resulting in failed imports.
• We’ve resolved an issue in the League Scheduler where team selections on the Schedule page could appear incorrect after clicking Save Progress. Your team selections will remain accurate across the UI, saved data, and generated games.
• Importing games as a school would fail if the opponent you were scheduling against was a co-op team

Student Registration

New!

Consent‑to‑Sync Step Removed from Program Setup: We’ve simplified the Program Setup flow by removing the old Consent‑to‑Sync step. This keeps setup straightforward for all organizations while preserving your existing consent settings.

• All registrations from this point forward will be viewable in Arbiter Game's Student List!
  • All Athletic and Combined Program Types will require the Graduation Field from this point forward
• The consent prompt no longer appears during setup
• All current consent preferences remain exactly as they are

Improvements

All Student Registration Links Now Use Arbitersports.com: We’ve completed a cleanup to ensure Student Registration uses only arbitersports.com links and assets. Any outdated references to familyid.com have been removed, and legacy traffic is safely redirected so no links break. This update makes registration emails, branding, and pages consistent across the platform—without changing any organization settings.

Fixes

Injury Date & Time Now Properly Read‑Only: Resolved an issue where Date of Injury and Time of Injury fields appeared disabled but still allowed edits when taking attendance for a student with a locked injury record. These fields are now fully read‑only, accurately reflect their locked state, and no changes can be made or saved. New or unlocked injuries remain editable.

Arbiter Websites

• Smarter Password Reset Emails: Password reset emails are now limited only to sites where you have access. This helps avoid confusion and keeps your account activity more secure.
• Improved Navigation for Keyboard Users: We’ve enhanced the Teams menu in the main navigation to ensure smoother keyboard navigation. This update improves accessibility and makes it easier for all users to move through the site.
• Protected Team Pages for Better Stability: Dynamic Team Pages and their related taxonomies are now protected to prevent accidental changes or deletions. This helps keep team pages running smoothly, while still allowing authorized admins to manage them when needed.
• Site Address on Schedule Widgets: Users can now quickly identify where a game is being played and access directions directly from any Arbiter‑powered game widget. This update introduces Site address visibility and a “Get directions” link across all event detail views, improving clarity, accessibility, and navigation for game audiences.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Improved School Search: Faster suggested results and improved stability when searching for schools.
• Schedule Sync & Quick Sync: Updated the Schedule Sync UI for officials, including streamlined Quick Sync behavior.
• Agenda vs Calendar View Enhancements: The app now remembers the last selected agenda or calendar view for a smoother return experience.
• Profile Picture Updates: Improved reliability of profile picture refreshes across the app.
• Profile Picture Detail View: Selecting a profile photo now opens it in a full‑screen view, making it easier to recognize individuals users may not be familiar with.
• Default Layout Loading: The app no longer flashes through multiple screens on launch and opens to the correct view.
• Accessibility Improvements: Improvements to better support accessibility standards, making the app easier to read, navigate, and use for all users.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a TimeZone error that occurred when adding certain events to a user’s calendar.
• Fixed unhandled assignment edge cases. 
• Fixed an issue where submitting a game report did not return users to the game details page. 
• Fixed an issue for school admins where saving a score on a multi‑opponent game kept the user on the Edit Score view. 

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. While the in‑app message remains visible for the current time, the legacy app no longer returns games, assignments, or related data. All officials must use the new Arbiter Mobile App to access schedules, games, and assignments.

• Download the Arbiter App:

  • iOS (App Store)

  • Android (Google Play)

Arbiter 360

• State Admin Notifications for School Staff Additions: State Admins using 360 now receive an automatic email notification whenever a member school adds a new Athletic Director, Principal, or Superintendent. Each notification includes the school's name, staff member’s name, role(s), and email address, making it easier for State Admins to quickly follow up and support new contacts at their schools.
• Export Student Transfers: State users can now export a complete package of transfer information directly from Arbiter making it easier to provide documentation to legal teams, state organizations, and any external entities involved in a student transfer review.
• NFHS Learn Integration: We’ve improved how Arbiter matches user accounts with partner systems (e.g., NFHS) to ensure all valid course completions are captured and applied in eligibility calculations. Arbiter now uses both your primary email address, and any verified secondary email addresses when matching your Arbiter account to corresponding accounts in partner systems.
• Title IX Survey Reporting: We’ve updated the Enrollment in Grades 9–11 field on Title IX surveys to prevent schools from editing state-calculated enrollment numbers. This helps ensure accurate reporting and protects the integrity of survey return-rate calculations.
• Registration Types: Admins can now quickly identify each registration’s purpose with a new Type column on the Registration dashboard. This makes it easier to distinguish school vs. official registrations at a glance, with automatic support for any new types added by the system.
• Copying emails from staff list: Email addresses in the School Directory’s Staff view and on the Monitor Eligibility page are now true "mailto" links, making it easy to email or copy them without accidentally opening the details page. This update removes frustrating mis-clicks and ensures emailing staff is quick, predictable, and error‑free.
• School Registration Fix: We’ve resolved an issue where School Registration users were blocked from completing registration if their user profile address - specifically the State field - was missing. This caused the Payment/Confirmation step to fail to load during submission.

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Sprint 604 (3/4/2026)

Scheduling

New!

Name search when assigning officials (AD Assigning Officials – School View): When assigning officials as a school in the AD Assigning Officials workflow, you can now search by Name, similar to the existing search for assigning event workers.

Fixes

• Reports in Arbiter Game where not including co-op team data. All reports should now include any information related to co-op teams.
• When Assigners would update Date/Time and Status on a game, only the Date/Time was getting updated. We have fixed this so both changes should now take place.  
• Auto-Assign was including archived games if a filter was being used on the schedule page before running auto-assign. We will only look at active games under a filter when running the auto-assign process.

Eligiblity

• Batch Upload Eligibility Data: Schools, states, and assigners can now update custom eligibility requirement information in bulk using a customized Excel upload workflow. This enhancement can dramatically reduce manual data entry time and supports schools transitioning from Excel‑based processes to Arbiter.

• School Classification: We’ve improved how school information is captured across Arbiter by separating the previously combined “School Level / Classification” control into two clear, easy‑to‑use fields. This change reduces confusion and helps admins enter accurate school data with fewer mistakes.

Payments

Fixes

We’ve resolved two issues that were preventing some users from successfully creating ArbiterPay accounts, even after completing verification. These fixes ensure that:

• Username availability is checked consistently across the entire flow.
• Payors (schools, assigners, officials) can complete account creation after passing identity verification.

Student Registration

New!

Extended Expiration - Now 10 Days!: We’ve extended the amount of time new user invitations stay active from 48 hours to 10 days. This gives invitees more flexibility to complete their account creation while still keeping the process secure. Existing invitations will continue to expire on their original schedule.

Improvements

• Updated Branding: We updated the subject line of organization invitation emails to reflect current Arbiter branding. Invitations now reference students.arbitersports.com instead of the outdated www.familyid.com, making it easier for invited users to recognize the message as legitimate.
• Export Transfer Records: As a State, you can now export all data associated with a student transfer into a single folder for external use or archive.

Fixes

• Edited Registration Charge: We’ve resolved an issue where updating a registration caused the system to charge for two sections instead of replacing the original selection. When parents edited their section choice after submitting a registration, both the old and new sections could appear in the payment summary, leading to an incorrect total. This fix ensures that only the final section selected is displayed and billed, and that prior selections are properly removed.
• Duplicate-Registration Warning: We fixed an issue where the duplicate‑registration warning showed the sport a family was currently selecting instead of the sport they’d previously registered for. The system now correctly checks for duplicates at the specific sport/section level and displays the accurate prior registrations when a warning is needed.

Arbiter Websites

• Basecamp – User Management – Stay on Edit Screen After Saving User Changes: When editing a user in Basecamp, saving changes was sending admins back to the User List page. This update keeps them on the same edit screen after saving so they can continue making updates without having to search for the user again.
• Update Policies Footer Link: Updated the Policies link in the footer across all Arbiter Websites.
• Migration Tool for BT FC to AW Data Conversion: Created a migration tool to automatically convert Fan Central content into a format ready for Arbiter Websites. This helps us move sites faster, reduce manual work, and keep data consistent during migration
• Score ticker for leagues: Leagues can now create and embed their own Score Ticker Widget, just like schools have today. This makes it easy to display live scores and recent results across all teams in a league on their website.
• Upcoming Events Widget: Schools can now display up to 10 upcoming published games directly on their Arbiter‑powered websites—helping communities stay informed about all upcoming athletic events across every team in the school.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Review Prompting: Added review prompts to help gather user feedback.
• Schedule Sync - Updated UI: Officials now have an improved Schedule Sync interface, including the ability to easily copy iCal URLs for use in external calendar apps. A future release will build on this update with simplified, one‑click sync options to make setup even easier.
• Updated Sport Icons: Sport icons have been refreshed for improved clarity and visual consistency throughout the app.
• Menu Layout Improvements: Menu icons and labels have been updated for clarity.
• New Lock Icon: An updated lock icon has been added to officials’ blocks to make them easier to identify at a glance while remaining accessible.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where certain games were not displaying correctly in officials’ schedules, bringing behavior in line with the web experience on arbitersports.com.
• Fixed an issue on iOS where users could not add blocks for the current date and time.
• Fixed advanced score settings not correctly respecting user permission levels and scoping.
• Fixed “null” being displayed for empty set scores.
• Fixed sport-specific scores not appearing on the game listing and game details screens.
• Fixed incorrect information being shown when selecting games within tournaments.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: The Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App is no longer supported. While the in‑app message remains visible for the current time, the legacy app no longer returns games, assignments, or related data. All officials must use the new Arbiter Mobile App to access schedules, games, and assignments.

• Download the Arbiter App:

  • iOS (App Store)

  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 603 (2/18/2026)

Scheduling

New Features

• Site History: Schools and Assigners can track the changes made to sites and subsites to know when something was updated.
• New Game Email: Athletic Directors listed on a schools account will receive a new game email and have the option to accept or decline the contract whenever anyone adds a game to their schedule. This would include games added by both assigners and opposing schools.

Fixes

• Schools can now assign officials to games where one of their co-op teams are participating.
• Updates have been made to the Team Schedule, Team Roster, and All Events reports to include co-op team information.
• Events added to a school schedule in Arbiter Game will display the school logo instead of displaying a sport icon.
• State Associations using the alignment tool will default to the alignment built for the current school year.

Eligibility

Fixes

• Officials who register the last day an eligibility is open were not being auto-enrolled in that eligibility. This has been fixed.
• For states using the Student Transfers page, the page was not sorting and filtering across all pages; rather, just the page you were on. This has been fixed and it will now sort and filter across all pages.

Payments

Fixes

• Payees downloading 1099s would sometimes get an error. This has been fixed and things should download reliably now.
• The Select All button on the payments page for schools wasn't working. This has been fixed.
• Schools paying with a .csv file would sometimes see duplicate payments if they click the Pay button multiple times. Safety precautions have been added here and there should never be any duplicate payments even if they click multiple times.

Student Registration

Improvements

• Messages Table Now Reflects Program or Section Context: The Messages page now reflects how you accessed it—whether from the full program report or a specific section.
  • If opened from the full program report, you’ll see all messages for that program across all sections.
  • If opened from a specific section, you’ll see only messages sent from that section.
• The page title will also clearly indicate what you’re viewing (for example, “Messages for A Email Test” or “Messages for A Email Test – Section Name”), making it easier to stay oriented and find relevant communication quickly.

Arbiter Websites

• Homepage Slideshow Display Improvement: We resolved an issue where slideshow images on the homepage were visible in the site editor but did not properly appear on the live site. In some cases, the image would briefly attempt to load before disappearing.
• Improved Accessibility for Teams Menu Navigation: We’ve enhanced keyboard navigation for the Teams menu in the main site navigation. This improvement ensures smoother tabbing, clearer focus states, and better access to submenu items for users navigating with a keyboard or assistive technologies.
• Fixes:
  • On the schedule widget, preset date selections like Yesterday or Next Month were off by one day. This has been fixed.
  • On the schedule widget, various display issues for small screens and mobile view have been optimized. This widget should dynamically respond on any size screen.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Team Records Visibility: Team records are now visible to all users, including officials, fans, and administrators.
• Update Prompt: Users will be prompted to optionally update their app when they are not running the latest version available in the app store.
• Version Information: The Settings screen now displays the current app version to better support troubleshooting and support cases.
• Launch Screen Improvement: The app launch screen now displays in full screen on both iOS and Android.

Bug Fixes

• Practice Schedules: Corrected an issue where the wrong practice schedule could appear when switching between genders within the same sport.
• Game Screen Scrolling: Resolved a scrolling issue in the game view that prevented some users from seeing all available information.
• Home Screen “See All”: Updated the See All button on the home screen to display all relevant team data, not just practices.
• Connect Tab (Officials): Addressed an issue where blank space could cover contact information on the Connect tab for officials.
• Arbiter Pay Empty States: Improved empty‑state messaging for Arbiter Pay when users have access to multiple schools.
• Favorite Cards Formatting: Corrected formatting issues with favorite cards/tiles on the home screen.
• Game Reports Visibility: Resolved an issue where scores entered by admins were not visible to officials when completing game reports.
• School Search Interaction: Improved school search results so the entire card/tile is selectable.

Important Reminder

Legacy App End of Support Notice: In‑app messaging has been added to the Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App to notify users that support will end on March 1, 2026. After this date, no games, assignments, or related data will be returned in the legacy app. To ensure uninterrupted access to schedules, games, and assignments, all officials are required to transition to the new Arbiter App.

• Download the Arbiter App:
  • iOS (App Store)
  • Android (Google Play)

Partners

Create Game API

• Authorized partners can now edit and create games through the Partner API. Game creation respects existing partner access permissions and scheduling rules to ensure accuracy and consistency.

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Sprint 602 (2/4/2026)

Scheduling

Improvements

• Access to Event Details in ArbiterLive: Let your fans know about important events like Graduation or Prom by adding them to your Arbiter schedule today! Fans using ArbiterLive to get game and event details can now access event details from the Calendar in ArbiterLive.
• Filtering on schedule Month View: The filtering options on the schedule page for schools will now persist between both the List view and Month view. Schools can use the Advanced Filters to filter for more specific game/event details.

Student Registration

Improvements

• More Reliable Registration Emails: We’ve made improvements to how images and content are delivered in registration emails. This helps ensure emails display correctly and consistently, with fewer issues like missing images or formatting problems. No action is required—this update simply makes email communication more dependable.
• Account Owner Always Included in Messages: When sending messages, the Account Owner is now always included as a recipient. This ensures important communications are never sent without reaching the primary contact for the account. You can still select or remove other recipients as needed, and messages will send even if the Account Owner is the only recipient selected.
• Message Recipients – Improved Name Sorting: On the Message Recipients page, participant and recipient lists now sort by last name instead of first name. This aligns sorting behavior with other areas of the platform and makes it easier to scan and find people in longer lists. Sorting still works the same way—click once for A–Z, click again for Z–A—and your selection stays consistent as you navigate through the list.

Fixes

Template Preview Shows Student Transfer Questions: Template previews in Student Registration Admin now include the Student Transfer section and questions, making it easier to verify templates before publishing.

Arbiter Websites

New Feature!

• Improved School Search in Basecamp: Finding schools in Basecamp is now faster and easier. Instead of scrolling through long dropdown lists, administrators can now search intuitively by school name or site URL. This makes managing sites quicker, more accurate, and far less frustrating, especially for organizations with a large number of schools.

• Dynamic Master Team Page Controls and Team Widget Setup: Basecamp now includes new controls to support Dynamic Master Team Pages. Administrators can enable this feature at the site level and configure team widget settings, such as widget keys for schedules, rosters, menus, and score tickers, directly in Basecamp without needing developer assistance. When this feature is enabled for a site, required team categories and tags are automatically pre filled to support team specific filtering for news, galleries, files, and forms.
• Sites that do not use dynamic team pages continue to work as they always have. 

• Improved Schedule Accuracy on Schedule Widget: Schedule widgets now display games based on publish status more consistently. Team schedules show only games that team has published, while school, state, and league schedules include games if at least one participating team has published them.
• New Date Pick Options on Schedule Widget: A new date filter has been added to the State/League Schedule widget, including a configurable “Today forward” default. Events can be filtered by a selected start date using either typed input or a calendar picker. The date filter works alongside existing schedule filters for more precise results.
• View Game Details Without Leaving the Page: Game details in the Schedule widget now opens in an in‑widget modal instead of redirecting to another page. This allows users to view key game information, status indicators (e.g., Postponed or Canceled), and site directions without leaving the schedule.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Team Records in Officials View: Team records are now visible in the Officials view, allowing officials to see the records of both teams for games they are scheduled to work. Team records will be added to Admin and Fan views in an upcoming release.
• Improved Over-the-Air Update Experience: The app will no longer force updates mid-session, reducing the likelihood of crashes. Updates will now occur in the background on app launch, or users will be prompted with an option to manually reload and update the app.
• Enhanced Hold Date Handling for Officials: Hold date functionality has been improved so hold dates are displayed correctly. Specific game details will remain hidden from officials until they are officially released by the assigner, ensuring parity with the web experience.
• Score Submission Validation: The score input form now includes improved validation to prevent incomplete or invalid score submissions for both Admins and Officials.

Bug Fixes

• Improved Session Expiration Handling: Improved the logout experience when a user’s authentication token expires, providing clearer behavior and a smoother user experience.
• Schedule Display Fix: Resolved an issue where certain games were not appearing in the mobile app due to mismatched game or team levels, causing schedules to differ from Arbiter Live.
• iOS Profile Privacy Toggle Fix: Fixed an issue on iOS where profile privacy settings were not saving or functioning correctly. Display of full address information (when set to public) to other officials from the game view—when viewing an official’s profile—will be included in an upcoming release.
• Hold Date Game Notes Fix: Corrected an issue where game notes were not displayed for hold dates.
• Calendar Schedule View Fix: Fixed an issue where the calendar schedule view was not loading or functioning correctly for some users.

Important Reminder

In‑app messaging has been added to the Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App to notify users that support will officially end on March 1, 2026. After this date, no data will be returned in the legacy app. To ensure uninterrupted access to games and assignments, all officials are required to transition to the new Arbiter App.

• Download the Arbiter App:

  • iOS (App Store)

  • Android (Google Play)

Arbiter 360 - State Tools

Title IX

• Student Surveys: Schools can now enter student survey data into Arbiter within the Title IX platform. Survey data can be stored alongside other Title IX documentation, making it easier to maintain a complete and organized record of compliance-related information.

  Student surveys are an important input when evaluating gender equity and participation trends. While survey results alone do not determine compliance, having documented evidence of student interest can help provide additional context as part of a broader Title IX review. This update ensures survey data lives in the same system as the rest of a school’s Title IX process.

School Directory

• Filter Schools by Program: States can now filter the School Directory to show only schools that offer a specific program. This makes it easier to identify and communicate with schools running particular sports or activities.

  This is especially useful for sport‑specific outreach, such as programs with more limited adoption like eSports or Field Hockey, ensuring messages reach only the most relevant schools.

Bug Fixes

• We’ve improved multi‑select behavior across Monitor Eligibility, Event Payments, and the School Directory. Clicking anywhere in the selection column now behaves like clicking the checkbox, preventing accidental navigation into row details. This makes it easier to select multiple rows without losing progress.
• Official registration has been updated to prevent users from being unintentionally removed from existing associations. Associations are now preserved when officials register multiple times to add sports, unless they explicitly choose to remove themselves.

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Sprint 601 (1/21/2026)

Student Registration 

Improvements

• Updated Terms of Service Link: Updated the Terms of Service link during Student Registration account signup displayed outdated FamilyID terms. The link now directs users to the current Arbiter Terms and Conditions, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information during signup.
• Message View CSV Download: Program administrators can now download a CSV from the Message View page containing participant and recipient details. The export includes structured, shareable data aligned with the table view and excludes action-only columns, making it easy to review and share message delivery information outside the platform.

Fixes

• Duplicate Transfer Status History Fix: Fixed an issue where simply viewing or editing non-status fields on a student transfer caused the current transfer status to be added again to Comments and History. Transfer status entries are now only logged when the status actually changes, preventing duplicate or misleading history records.
• HubSpot Integration Fix: Fixed an issue where HubSpot popups and banners were not displaying in production or staging. In-app HubSpot messaging now loads correctly across Student Registration pages.
• Recipient Type Labeling Fix: Fixed an issue on the message recipients table where Recipient Type labels displayed words instead of the correct numbered format. Labels in the table, filters, and header now use consistent, properly numbered naming conventions for clarity and accuracy.
• Student Transfer View Blank Page Fix: Fixed an issue where adding a comment to a transfer with status State Approved for Sub Varsity caused the Student Transfer view page to render blank. Comments can now be added and saved without disrupting the transfer view.

Arbiter Websites

New Feature!

• Basecamp Domain Redirection and Branded Domain Association: Basecamp now supports managing domain redirection and branded domain associations in one centralized place. Teams can associate custom domains and control redirection behavior without manual backend setup. This improves onboarding speed, simplifies domain updates, and ensures consistent handling of branded domains across sites.

Improvements

• Updated Analytics Loading Message: The analytics loading error message has been updated to no longer references third party tools or directs users to external sites. The message now simply advises refreshing the page, which typically resolves the temporary loading issue.

• Roster Widget Sorting: You can now choose to default your roster sort to jersey number, name, or class.

Bug Fix

Images Not Displaying in Public View: We fixed an issue where images appeared correctly in the editor but did not display on the live public site. Images now render consistently between admin and public views. This removes the need for manual image reuploads and improves content reliability.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Officials Calendar & Agenda Improvements: Enjoy a cleaner, faster, and more intuitive experience with multiple refinements to the calendar and agenda screens.
  • Improved Loading States: Added clearer loading placeholders to the calendar and agenda views, making the interface feel more responsive and predictable while data loads.
  • ‘Today’ Indicator: Added a button to return to “Today” at any time while navigating through the calendar.
  • Action Feedback: Introduced consistent confirmation and navigation cues across key actions—including adding/removing blocks, responding to assignments, submitting scores, and completing game reports—to ensure users can confidently continue their workflow.
• Copy Updates for Decline Contract Flow: Updated the decline‑contract flow by replacing the “Decline” label with “Cancel” to better reflect the action being taken when viewing a game contract.
• Legacy Officials App Sunset Messaging: In‑app messaging has been added to the legacy officials app notifying users that support will end on March 1, 2026. 

Important Reminder

Support for the Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App will conclude on March 1, 2026. To ensure uninterrupted access, all officials are required to transition to the new Arbiter App.

• Download the Arbiter App:

  • iOS (App Store)

  • Android (Google Play)

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Sprint 525 (1/7/2026)

Scheduling

Smart Scheduler Update

• When you set up a smart schedule you can now choose to use the default site instead of a specific site for additional schedules.

Student Registration

IMPROVEMENTS

• Messages Page Enhancements

• Message View Table Redesign: The Message View page has been redesigned to provide a clearer, more informative view of message recipients. When viewing a sent message, admins now see an updated table layout with improved headers, recipient details, pagination, and delivery indicators—matching the latest design and making it easier to understand who received a message and how it was delivered.
• Message Recipients Table Search, Sort, and Filter: The message recipients table now supports interactive search, sorting, and filtering, making it easier for admins to find specific recipients and analyze message delivery. Users can search key fields, sort across columns, and filter by recipient type using the same familiar table controls as Reports, with selections persisting across pages for a smoother review experience.
• Per-Recipient Message View: Administrators can now view exactly what each individual recipient received for a sent message. From Reports, selecting a recipient opens a modal showing the message in the format delivered—Email, Text, or both—matching the original send. Clear status messaging is shown when delivery wasn’t possible (e.g., no email, no mobile number, or text opt-out), giving admins clear validation and confidence in message delivery.

• Required Fields for Template Creation – Template creation now requires both Template Name and Type to be completed before saving. Validation is enforced in the admin UI and API, with clear error messaging and visual indicators when fields are missing. This prevents incomplete templates and ensures consistency across new and cloned templates.

FIXES

• Firefox Report Column Overlap Fix: Fixed a Firefox-specific issue where report columns with long custom field names overlapped adjacent columns. Column headers now render correctly across browsers, improving report readability and usability for organization users.
• Student Transfers “Select All” Fix: Fixed an issue where the Select All checkbox in the Student Transfers section appeared unchecked after navigating away and back, even when all options were selected. The checkbox state now correctly reflects saved selections—automatically checking when all options are selected and unchecking when any option is removed.
• Message Page Title Cleanup: Fixed an issue where the Messages page title incorrectly included a section name when accessed from a report. The title now displays only the organization name, ensuring consistent and clear labeling across all sections.

Arbiter Websites

Improvements

• Custom Post Queries in Dynamic Pages
  • What’s new: Editors can now use simple Query IDs in page builder widgets to automatically show content for the current team. Content is filtered by sport name and gender, with optional level and school year.
  • Why this matters: This removes manual filtering on team pages. Once a widget is placed and a Query ID is added, posts, photo galleries, files, forms, and other supported content will display only what is relevant to that team.

Mobile Apps

Improvements

• Sport Specific Scoring Enhancements: Users (Admins & Officials) can now add detailed scoring information for all relevant sports directly from the mobile app.
  • Volleyball: Set tracking
  • Baseball & Softball: Inning selection (introduced in a previous release)
  • Hockey, Field Hockey, Lacrosse & Water Polo: Overtime & shootout status (introduced in a previous release)
  • Soccer: Overtime & penalty kick selection (introduced in a previous release)
  • Basketball, Football, Flag Football, Rugby & Wrestling: Overtime status (introduced in a previous release)
  • Enhanced Scoring Options: Admins now have greater flexibility with scoring, including the ability to not count a game or result toward the overall record and manually select winners.
  • Empty State Enhancements: All screens now include clear empty state messaging and defined behaviors when no data is available, making blank pages more informative and user-friendly.
  • Improved App Launch Experience: The app’s startup process has been optimized for a smoother and more consistent experience. This update minimizes screen flashing and eliminates unnecessary reloads during launch and login.

Bug Fixes

• Replaced outdated dropdown UI elements on score input and game report pages with the latest component. This update resolves issues users experienced when selecting existing dropdown options

Important Reminder

Support for the Legacy ArbiterSports Officials App will conclude on March 1, 2026. To ensure uninterrupted access, all officials are required to transition to the new Arbiter App.

• Download the Arbiter App:

iOS (App Store)

Android (Google Play)

School Directory

• States will now see coaches phone numbers and emails listed on the detailed school's staff list. This will make it easier to know how to contact coaches as you're looking at a specific school

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