Releases & Patches

Release Stream:

IBM Content Cortex 26.1.x

Current Release Stream

IBM Content Cortex 26.1.0 GA

📅 Q3 2026 General Availability ✓ Latest Release

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🎉 What's New

Watson Enhanced Extraction Service Operator: Intelligent document understanding and workflow orchestration for enterprise content
Redis Operator: High-availability Redis cache layer for Content Cortex workloads
PostgreSQL Operator: Embedded PostgreSQL cluster management for IBM products
Watson Gateway Operator: Unified gateway for AI model access and routing
Expanded Helm chart suite: Grows from 4 to 8 charts for complete infrastructure control
Multi-architecture support: Extended amd64, ppc64le, and s390x coverage

🔧 Component Versions

Content Operator AI Services Operator Watson Enhanced Extraction Service Operator Infrastructure

Content Operator (Helm) 26.1.0

Content Platform Engine (CPE) 26.0.0

Content Navigator (ICN) 26.0.0

GraphQL Server 26.0.0

CMIS Server 3.0.7 IF14

Content Search Services (CSS) 26.0.0

External Share (ES) 26.0.0

Task Manager (TM) 26.0.0

Enterprise Records (IER) 5.2.1 IF9

Content Cortex for Microsoft Office (CCxMO) 26.0.0

AI Services Operator (Helm) 26.1.0

Core MCP Server 26.0.0

Reasoning Service 26.0.0

Navigator AI Agent 26.0.0

Watson Enhanced Extraction Service Operator (Helm) 26.1.0

Document Understanding Service 26.0.0

Classification Engine 26.0.0

Workflow Orchestration 26.0.0

IBM Redis Operator (Helm) 1.4.0

IBM PostgreSQL Operator (Helm) 28.4.0

IBM Watson Gateway Operator (Helm) 13.0.4

IBM License Service (Helm) 4.2.23

IBM Usage Metering (Helm) 1.0.6

📋 System Requirements

Kubernetes 1.24+ or OpenShift 4.12+
Helm 4.0+ (for Helm-based deployments)
Python 3.12+ (for Python script deployments)

🔗 Resources

📚 Documentation 📦 Helm Charts 🏷️ Release Notes

📦 Interim Fix History for 26.1.x

Interim fixes provide targeted updates between major releases. iFixes are cumulative and include all previous fixes in the release stream.

No interim fixes have been released for 26.1.x yet.

IBM Content Cortex 26.0.x

Current Release Stream

IBM Content Cortex 26.0.0 IF1 (Helm charts 26.0.1)

📅 July 2026 Interim Fix ✓ Latest Release

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🔧 Component Versions

Content Operator AI Services Operator

Content Operator (Helm) 26.0.1

Content Platform Engine (CPE) 26.0.0-IF001

Content Navigator (ICN) 26.0.0-IF001

GraphQL Server 26.0.0-IF001

CMIS Server 26.0.0-IF001

Content Search Services (CSS) 26.0.0-IF001

External Share (ES) 26.0.0-IF001

Task Manager (TM) 26.0.0-IF001

Content Collector for SAP (ICCSAP) 26.0.0-IF001

Enterprise Records (IER) 26.0.0-IF001

Content Cortex for Microsoft Office (CCxMO) 26.0.0-IF001

Base Image Versions

Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI) ubi9:9.8-1784165989

IBM Java Semeru 25.0.3

IBM Liberty 26.0.0.6

🔗 Resources

📚 Installation Guide 📦 Helm Charts 🏷️ Release Notes

IBM Content Cortex 26.0.0 GA

📅 June 26, 2026 General Availability View on GitHub

🎉 What's New

AI Services Integration: Core MCP server and Reasoning service with Navigator AI Agent
Agentic AI Capabilities: Intelligent content processing with natural language interactions
Helm Charts: Modern Helm-based deployment as alternative to OLM
Python DevOps Scripts: Enhanced automation suite with rich CLI interfaces

🔧 Component Versions

Content Operator AI Services Operator

Content Operator 26.0.0

Content Platform Engine (CPE) 26.0.0

Content Navigator (ICN) 26.0.0

GraphQL Server 26.0.0

CMIS Server 3.0.7 IF14

Content Search Services (CSS) 26.0.0

External Share (ES) 26.0.0

Task Manager (TM) 26.0.0

Content Collector for SAP (ICCSAP) 4.0.0.4 IF200

Enterprise Records (IER) 5.2.1 IF9

Content Cortex for Microsoft Office (CCxMO) 26.0.0

📋 System Requirements

Kubernetes 1.24+ or OpenShift 4.12+
Helm 4.0+ (for Helm-based deployments)
Python 3.12+ (for Python script deployments)

🔗 Resources

📚 Documentation 📦 Helm Charts 🏷️ Release Notes

Patch History — 26.0.x

iFixes are cumulative and include all prior fixes in the stream.

26.0.0 IF1 (Helm charts 26.0.1)

📅 July 2026

Latest Patch

Full release details are shown above. Quick links:

View on GitHub Installation Guide Helm Charts

Upgrade Guide

📖 Upgrade Documentation

Comprehensive guides for upgrading between versions:

🔄 Upgrade Paths

Supported upgrade paths to IBM Content Cortex

FNCM 5.5.8+ → CCx 26.0.0 ✓ Supported

CCx 26.0.0 → CCx 26.1.0 ✓ Supported

CCx 26.0.0 IF1 → CCx 26.1.0 ✓ Supported

⚠️ Important: Migration from YAML or OLM-based deployments to Helm-based deployments requires careful planning. Review the Helm Migration Guide before proceeding with the upgrade.

🛠️ Upgrade Tools

Use the Python DevOps scripts for automated upgrades:

cd scripts/
python3 deploy_operator.py
python3 upgrade_deployment.py