v16.32.0

API

• Updated API URL from version 2 alpha to version 2.

Documentation

• Added a How-to for file validation.

Genome

• Fixed a bug in the display of genome assembly revision history

v16.31.0

Command-line tools

• Implemented an update that activates ZIP file validation by default for NCBI Datasets data packages.
• Improved the error messages for the dataformat tool.

Documentation

• Added description of MD5 checksum file to data package documentation pages.
• Added links to ANI (Average Nucleotide Identity) in documentation
• Restructured documentation to make API information more prominent.
• Updated the API keys page with new details and added related FAQs in preparation for the rate limiting testing phase.

v16.30.1

Services

• Resolved an issue in our taxonomy service that impacted content on our web pages and affected the download functionality

v16.30.0

Documentation

• Added new section for Contamination Screening and added additional details on Foreign Contamination Screening (FCS) and Average Nucleotide Identity (ANI) screens.
• Added a How-to example for --usa-state flag.
• Updated the Glossary entry for Reference genomes and removed section on Representative genomes.

v16.29.0

Command-line tools

• A new "U.S. State" field has been added to the virus data reports, enabling users to filter virus genome summary and download requests using the two-letter state code (e.g., NY). For additional details, please see the Virus Data Reports Documentation.
• For more information on the new CLI flags used for virus genome summary and download requests, please refer to the Command-Line Interface (CLI) Documentation .

Services

• Resolved an issue with the md5sum.txt file that was causing download failures.

v16.28.0

Data packages

• MD5 checksum files are now available for most package downloads. This will allow you to verify the integrity of the downloaded files. Please note that documentation on how to use these checksums is currently in development and will be available shortly

v16.27.2

Command-line tool

• Resolved an issue with the automatic retries feature in the command-line tool.

v16.27.1

Documentation

Update description of how reference genomes are selected.

Taxonomy service

*Added search request query to children results in the API.

v16.26.2

Dataflow

• Bug Fixes: Update genome annotation data

Documentation

• Bug Fixes: Update mac zip bug page to add additional bug info
• Bug Fixes: Update Rapidoc to always use light mode
• Bug Fixes: Update v1 deprecation banner to red

Taxonomy API

• Bug Fixes: Suppress 'effective name' notes when doubled

v16.26.0

Documentation

• Added a link to the Prokaryotic ANI Report README
• Added organelle genome RefSeq accession example to the API documentation page