> ## Documentation Index
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# January 2024

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Platform infrastructure improvements and Studio workflow enhancements highlighted this month's releases.

## Platform

* **DynamoDB migration**: Moved string components and sharables from Kafka state store to DynamoDB for improved scalability and reliability
* **Component configuration**: Added support for component config encryption and AWS Secrets Manager integration
* **DSL logging**: Introduced DSLLogger for better debugging and monitoring capabilities
* **Component metadata**: Components can now access their own metadata within definitions
* **AWS credentials**: Switched to default credentials chain with support for assume-role authentication

## Studio

* **API Init interaction**: New interaction type for initializing verification flows with custom payloads
* **URL redirect interaction**: Added ability to redirect users to external URLs during flows
* **User management**: Improved user invitation workflow with automatic list refresh
* **Code editor themes**: Added ability to specify custom themes for code editors
* **Tutorials system**: Enhanced onboarding tutorials with permission controls and continuous guidance
* **Flow upgrading**: Improved migration scripts for safely upgrading legacy flows

## Client SDK

* **Idemia SDK updates**: Pass sessionId as evidenceId, removed deprecated options
* **Input improvements**: Fixed number input return types and date picker blur events
* **Country selection**: Removed rarely used countries similar to US for cleaner selection lists