Thank you. Once I was able to roll back the versions to 6.X, all is working again, so that's good news.
Coming out with a "work in progress", especially with a x.8 designation would barely be acceptable for a startup, and is well out of bounds for an established mission-critical SaaS platform. I now have concerns about the future health of the platform and it viability as a solution. We will be paying closer attention going forward. I hope EN can right the ship.
Thanks again for the rapid response and workable solution.