Summary
Version 2.1.3 introduces faster response performance, expanded local government coverage, major improvements to chat context controls, a refined coverage hierarchy, and increased transparency around how Abstract uses private uploads. The release also includes key reliability fixes across indexing, strategy report structure, and tracking report visibility.
1. Chat Enhancements
Instant Policy Preview in Add Context
Purpose: Enable users to inspect policy documents immediately before asking Abstract about them.
New Capabilities:
When searching for a policy in Add Context, users can now click the item to open a full preview.
Supports bills, regulations, executive orders, and city or county agenda items.
Displays structured metadata such as last action, sponsors, and linked documents.
Why it matters:
Users no longer need to ask the AI to summarize a known policy. They can instantly view relevant information after selecting it.
Explicit Context Persistence
Purpose: Make Add Context selections reliable across the full lifecycle of a chat.
Update:
Explicit context is now saved directly in the database when added in a chat.
Ensures that policy documents and uploads selected at the beginning remain associated with subsequent messages.
Why it matters:
Prevents loss of context during long running chats and improves auditability of which documents influenced each step.
Improved Context Transparency for Private Uploads
Purpose: Increase clarity around how Abstract constructs responses.
Update:
If Abstract uses any private uploads to generate an answer, those sources now appear in an "Uploaded Sources" list at the bottom of the message.
Why it matters:
Gives users full visibility into which internal documents shaped the reasoning.
2. Coverage and Data Enhancements
Refined Coverage Hierarchy in Add Context
Purpose: Make jurisdiction and policy type navigation clearer.
Update:
Coverage is now grouped into Federal, State, and Local levels.
Within each level, Abstract distinguishes between:
Congress
Executive orders
Federal agencies
State legislatures
State agencies
City councils
Why it matters:
Users with broad coverage can locate documents more quickly and avoid confusion from previous inconsistent groupings.
Local Agendas and Meeting Minutes Support
Purpose: Expand monitoring to include local government activity for customers who purchased local coverage.
Update:
Abstract now supports ingestion of city and county agendas and meeting minutes.
These documents are available across chat, Add Context, and other policy workflows.
Why it matters:
Local government actions often signal early regulatory or political trends. This capability brings those signals into the same workflow used for state and federal monitoring.
Executive Order Indexing Fix
Purpose: Ensure full coverage of executive order documents.
Update:
Resolved an issue where executive orders would not index in Elastic if the text content was missing.
Why it matters:
Prevents gaps in executive branch coverage and improves reliability of search and monitoring.
3. Platform Performance
Faster Responses Mode
Purpose: Reduce wait times for eligible accounts.
Update:
Abstract now uses OpenAI Priority Mode, resulting in significantly faster response generation.
Average response time is approximately 30 seconds.
Why it matters:
High speed analysis improves workflows for legal, policy, and government affairs professionals working under tight deadlines.
4. Reporting and Output Enhancements
Strategy Report Field Renaming
Purpose: Improve clarity and alignment between report sections and industry terminology.
Update:
Several sections in the Strategy Report were renamed for accuracy and consistency.
The update modifies labels only, not content structure.
Why it matters:
Ensures Strategy Reports match user expectations and reduces confusion when sharing reports with colleagues or clients.
5. Reliability and Infrastructure Improvements
Agendas Collection in Weaviate
Purpose: Support the new local agenda and minutes ingestion pipeline.
Update:
A dedicated Weaviate collection for agenda content is now in place.
Why it matters:
Improves indexing performance and lays the foundation for more advanced local policy analysis.
Tracking Reports Visibility Fix
Purpose: Correct an issue where tracking reports appeared across organizations.
Update:
Tracking report visibility has been fully constrained to the appropriate organization.
Why it matters:
Prevents cross tenant bleed and ensures strict separation of customer data.
Additional Completed Fixes
The release also includes several Done items from engineering that address stability, indexing consistency, and internal refinements. These items do not affect user visible functionality but contribute to overall performance and reliability.