Product Updates

Release Notes Administration API Application/Intake Underwriting

SPARK 8.3.1 Release Notes & Webinar

The SPARK 8.3.1 release is planned for Saturday, November 7th. This update adds entity extraction to AI Document Classification and expands AI Narrative Generation. The maintenance window will occur from 11:00 PM CT on Saturday, November 7th through 9:00 AM CT on Sunday, November 8th. Please join us for a release webinar on Thursday, November 12th at 11:00 AM CT, where you can see a demonstration and ask questions about the content of this release.

October 29, 2026

Security

SPARK Unaffected by PHP Vulnerabilities

Ignify Technologies is aware of the recently reported PHP vulnerabilities known as "PHP2Shell" (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619), which may pose security...

October 27, 2026

General Updates Maintenance Security

Resolved: Delayed SPARK Notifications

The delays affecting some emails sent from SPARK, including two-factor authentication codes and password reset notifications, have been resolved. Emails are...

October 26, 2026

General Updates Maintenance Security

Delayed SPARK Notifications

We're currently seeing delays with some emails sent from SPARK, including two-factor authentication codes and password reset notifications. Our team is...

October 26, 2026

Maintenance

Upcoming SPARK Maintenance

SPARK will undergo routine maintenance from Saturday, October 17th at 10:00 PM CT through Sunday, October 18th at 10:00 AM CT . During this period, your...

October 14, 2026

General Updates

SPARK AI Narrative Generation Update

On Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00 PM CDT, SPARK will move SPARK - AI Narrative Generation from the Claude Sonnet 4 AI model to Claude Sonnet 4.6. Claude Sonnet...

October 9, 2026

SBA

Regarding SBA SOP 50 10 8.1 with Technical Updates

Last Thursday, we announced our 8.3.0 release, which will update SPARK the evening of Wednesday, September 30th to reflect SBA SOP 50 10 8.1. Last Friday,...

September 29, 2026

Release Notes Application/Intake Closing/Funding SBA Underwriting

SPARK 8.3.0 Release Notes

The SPARK 8.3.0 release is planned for Wednesday, September 30th at 11:00 PM CT. This release includes bringing SPARK up to date with SOP 50 10 8.1 and SBA FY27 Guaranty Fee Waivers. View the complete release notes announcement to watch a video recording demonstrating the SBA updates in this release.

September 24, 2026

Maintenance

Upcoming SPARK Maintenance

SPARK will undergo routine maintenance from Saturday, September 19th at 10:00 PM CT through Sunday, September 20th at 10:00 AM CT . During this period, your...

September 16, 2026

Release Notes API Application/Intake Closing/Funding Underwriting

SPARK 8.2.9 Release Notes

The SPARK 8.2.9 release is planned for Saturday, September 12th. This update adds a new Reg B calendar-day underwriting metric to the reporting API and extends webhook events to referred packages. The maintenance window will occur from 11:00 PM CT on Saturday, September 12th through 9:00 AM CT on Sunday, September 13th.

September 4, 2026