About the 21R1 Safety Release | Vault Release Notes

Use this page to learn about the following items for the upcoming release:

The release schedule for Safety
Release information, including what’s new in this release and the Safety Release Impact Assessment
Safety communities on Veeva Connect

For the release schedule and release details about other Vault applications, including Vault Platform, see About the 21R1 Release.

Important Dates

March 22, 2021: Pre-release Vaults available
March 23, 2021: Validation package available on VeevaDocs (System Release Memo, Compliance Documents)
March 25, 2021: Validation Summary Report available on VeevaDocs
April 15, 2021: Release to limited release and pre-release Vaults
April 23, 2021: Release to general release Vaults

Release Information

What's New in 21R1

(Last Updated April 13, 2021) Learn about new and changed features in this release.

Safety Release Impact Assessment

(Last Updated April 13, 2021) Learn about the assessed impact of new features and changes in this release.

Safety Release Impact Assessment (MS Excel™)

(Last Updated April 13, 2021) Excel version of the Safety Release Impact Assessment.

Feature Enablement

(Last Updated May 26, 2022) Learn about how to enable each new feature in this release.

Fixed Issues

(Last Updated April 16, 2021) Learn about issues that affected previous versions and are fixed in this release.

Known Issues

(Last Updated April 16, 2021) Learn about issues and limitations introduced in this release that are not yet fixed.

Pre-Release Known Issues

(Last Updated April 9, 2021) Learn about issues and limitations introduced in this release that affect the pre-release.

21R1 Safety Maintenance Releases

(Last Updated December 12, 2022) Learn about fixes affecting production environments.

Central Dictionary Updates

Safety Central Dictionary Updates

(Last Updated December 16, 2024) Learn about when central dictionary updates will be available in your Safety Vault.

Preview Webinars

The Vault Safety 21R1 Release Webinar is available here. For information about Vault Platform release webinars, see About the 21R1 Release.

General Information

About Vault Releases

(Last Updated December 11, 2023) Learn about how Vault releases work, release types, release timing, and release definitions.

Pre-Release FAQ

(Last Updated October 15, 2024) Learn about pre-releases and how to self-deploy pre-release Vaults.

Note: Do not use a pre-release Vault to process or submit Cases. If you must enter information for testing purposes, only use fake data. Records and data entered in pre-release Vaults are not transferred to your production Vault.

Template Revisions

Learn about Safety template revisions in the 21R1 release.