2025-05-13: Updates to IDA service and CLI tools

The latest release of the IDA service brings a number of changes and improvements:

Command line tools
  • Downloading and installing a new version of the command line tools and creating a new app password is required. The command line tools are now available at https://github.com/CSCfi/fairdata-ida-v3/tree/master/cli. The new version of the command line tools has been updated on Mahti and Puhti supercomputers.
Browser user interface
  • The freeze/unfreeze actions, marked with a snowflake icon, have moved and can now be found inside the ellipsis menu (“…”) of each file / folder. Deleting files if done through the same menu in both staging and frozen area.
  • The top Files and Actions menus have a different appearance, and are now marked with icons.
  • New internal share links available, which only work for members of the same CSC project.
  • Checksums available for files in staging, visible in the file details.
  • The action summary lists all files associated with that action that were within the scope of the action when initiated. The action summary also now shows the node type of the action scope (file or folder) and the total number of files associated with the action.
  • Option to upload folders from the “+ New” menu.

Updated user guides with screenshots are available at:

The update included changes to the web UI which require you to flush your browser cache and cookies to make sure that the UI functions correctly.