xBit v3.14.7 Release Notes

October 02, 2025

🚀 New Feature

Evidence ID Field

The current evidence id is now a default field which can now be configured to a desired template within the form builder. Simply go to the form builder and click on the edit icon next to the Evidence ID field:

By inputting the appropriate tokens from the right hand side, you can build your template however you like. The template will interpret the token as the intended value such as [Y] for the year and [#] for the number.

The sequence token section impacts the number displayed.

You can set the scope to:

  • Global - Request Submission and Evidence have a single continuous sequence for all evidence
  • Local - Request Submission and Internal evidence have separate sequences
  • Case - Begins from 1 for each case

Length will set how many digits will be seen.

Incremental Step lets skip multiple numbers for each evidence item.

Copy when adding to workflow - This lets you copy the evidence id from a request submission to the evidence item when it is added to workflow in the lab submission manager. This is only possible when Sequence Scope is Global.

Reset sequence - will set sequence to 1.

External Users

  • Admins are now able to edit external users.

🐛 Bug Fixes

Evidence Manager

  • Bulk Assign Action now only displays users who are permitted in all selected cases for bulk assignment.
  • The bulk assign action will now be blocked if an unauthorized user is assigned to evidence.
  • The assignment modal will now refresh when the evidence selection changes.

Stats Explorer

  • Renamed fields are now correctly displayed in the Stats Explorer.

Chain of Custody

  • Added arrow navigation to the popup control for Dropdown and Single Choice fields.
  • Corrected the display of dates in printed custody entries to ensure accuracy.

🌈 UI Changes

Forensic Tools

Switched the positions of the form save and remove buttons to ensure consistency across the application.

About / Settings

The deprecated Database / Updates tab has been removed.

Memos

Fixed the date handling on memo reports to correctly account for time zones.