Considerations

  • No change to RFI creation process.

  • No new custom notifications for External RFIs.

  • For an RFI to sync to a receiving project, the connected user must meet both of the following requirements:

    • Permissions: Must be the RFI Creator, Manager, Assignee, or on the Distribution List.

    • Validation: Must be a validated connection via the Connection Manager tool.

  • Auto-Link RFI Revisions: Revisions auto-link only upon closure. Draft or Open stage revisions do not auto-link. Auto-linking applies to both Cross-Account Collaboration and manually linked RFIs, tracking every revision in the Change History of both local and external RFIs.

  • Permanent tool-level disablement has been replaced by an Inactive state. This change allows you to pause, re-enable, and modify data flow directions (Sending or Receiving) at any time without destroying the underlying connection foundations.

  • Cross-Account Collaboration (Open Beta): Receiving project teams can now toggle on self-service collaboration in Connection Manager to export active RFIs directly to a Sending project, automatically generating a linked Draft RFI in the Sending account while tracking live status updates, field changes, and official responses in real time from their own account.

  • If both the sending and receiving projects belong to the same company account, private RFIs sync by default and do not require the specific permission or connection checks.

  • Both Sending and Receiving projects support unlimited, independent project connections per tool. Disconnecting one project never affects the others.

  • After the sync is complete, a user's ability to view or manage the RFI in the receiving project is governed by their local RFI tool permissions.

  • Project connections can only be initiated by the receiving project.

  • Connections can only be made with ‘active’ projects. Inactive projects are not supported.

  • GovCloud accounts will not be able to participate in a project connection.

  • Not currently supported:

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