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Disaster recovery exercise

Scheduled Disaster Recovery Exercise for CMS.net, CMS Legacy, and AppraisalPort

Cotality will conduct a disaster recovery exercise on Saturday, February 7, 2026, from 12:01 AM to 5:00 PM CST, testing failover for CMS.net, CMS Legacy Stand Alone Instances, and AppraisalPort. Users may experience intermittent service disruptions, and any orders or status updates submitted during the window may fail and will not be processed.

December 5, 2025

UAD 3.6 Investigate Integration, Batch Quote Updates, and Engagement Letter Refinements (UAT)

This UAT release introduces Investigate solution integration for UAD 3.6 order reviews, expands Batch Quote and Engagement Letter enhancements, and resolves pagination and document upload issues ahead of the December production release.

November 24, 2025

Repave Maintenance Windows Rescheduled for Production and UAT (December 2025)

The Repave maintenance schedule for both Production and UAT environments has changed for December 2025, with Production moving to Saturday, December 13 and UAT moving to Monday, December 8.

November 20, 2025

Vendor Profile Module Hot Fix Restores Previous Version for Affected Client

A production hot fix re-exposes the previous Vendor Profile module version for one client experiencing unexpected behavior in their unique environment, while all other clients keep access to both versions with no action required.

November 12, 2025

Unscheduled UAT Maintenance for Review-Only Solution Updates

Cotality performed unscheduled UAT maintenance on November 12, 2025 to deploy Review-Only Solution updates, with no expected downtime for CMS.

November 12, 2025

Vendor Profile Modernization, EIN Field, and EPC Transaction ID Support

This production release delivers a modernized Vendor Profiles module, a new encrypted EIN field for order APIs, and EPC Transaction ID support for Encompass integrations, alongside dashboard relabeling and several issue resolutions.

November 6, 2025

Automated Collateral Review, Encrypted EIN Support, and EPC Order ID Enhancements (UAT)

This UAT release introduces an optional Automated Collateral Review document, adds encrypted EIN support to order creation, and includes the EPC Transaction ID and Digital Gateway Order ID in Encompass Send Order requests. It also renames several Service labels to Product across dashboards, rules, and configuration screens, and resolves multiple message-count, document-delivery, and BI-reporting issues.

October 24, 2025

UAT Release Date Shifted to October 28 for Monthly Maintenance

The CMS.net UAT release originally scheduled for October 27, 2025 was pushed to Tuesday, October 28, with the UAT environment inaccessible from 3:00 AM to 6:00 AM CST during the maintenance window.

October 24, 2025

UAT Maintenance Window for CMSnet and CMS Legacy Stand Alone

CMSnet and CMS Legacy Stand Alone instances underwent a required maintenance window in the UAT environment on October 17, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM CST, during which the system was unavailable. Support remained available via FNCSupport@Cotality.com or 1-888-963-3330.

October 17, 2025

UAT Maintenance Event with Expected Continued Availability

A UAT maintenance event ran on Wednesday, October 15th from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM CST; the platform was expected to remain available, though users could see brief access issues or performance degradation during the window. Normal function was expected to resume automatically once maintenance concluded.

October 14, 2025