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What's new in CF227

The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF227 on supported platforms:

All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)

  • DXClient - Style-sheet components for LiveSync
  • My HCLSoftware delivery portal
  • User Session Reporting Tool - Updated the command to generate user session data usage in metrics format

Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions

  • Extended Support option now available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0
  • Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation

Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version

  • DAM - Access Control Cache
  • Search V2 - Added supported CSS part attributes for each Atomic Component
  • Search V2 Authoring - New Authoring Search interface
  • Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository
  • Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates
  • WAS, JDK, and iFix versions

Go to the HCL Software Support Site/HCL DX Software Fix list for the list of software fixes, including Container Update releases.

All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)

DXClient - Style-sheet components for LiveSync

Style-sheet components are now supported in LiveSync Pull and Push commands for the HCL Web Content Manager (WCM) Design Library. For more information, refer to LiveSync - Limitations and Troubleshooting: WCM Library.

Style-sheet components are now supported in LiveSync Pull and Push commands for the HCL Web Content Manager (WCM) Design Library. For more information, refer to LiveSync - Limitations and Troubleshooting: WCM Library.

My HCLSoftware delivery portal

HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. This is in parallel to the existing HCL Software License Portal delivered in FlexNet, through June 30, 2025. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:

HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. This is in parallel to the existing HCL Software License Portal delivered in FlexNet, through June 30, 2025. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:

User Session Reporting Tool - Updated the command to generate user session data usage in metrics format

User Session Reporting Tool parameters have been updated to allow all named parameters to be used in any order within the generate user session data usage command. You can now exclude multiple IPs and session keys by adding multiple -excludeIP or -excludeSessionKey parameters, respectively. The -excludeIPs and -excludeSessionKeys parameters have also been updated to exclude the -excludeIP and -excludeSessionKey parameters. For more information, refer to Using the User Session Reporting Tool with My HCLSoftware and User Session Reporting Tool.

User Session Reporting Tool parameters have been updated to allow all named parameters to be used in any order within the generate user session data usage command. You can now exclude multiple IPs and session keys by adding multiple -excludeIP or -excludeSessionKey parameters, respectively. The -excludeIPs and -excludeSessionKeys parameters have also been updated to exclude the -excludeIP and -excludeSessionKey parameters. For more information, refer to Using the User Session Reporting Tool with My HCLSoftware and User Session Reporting Tool.

Digital Experience 8.5 and 9.0 Versions

Extended Support option now available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0

HCLSoftware announced End of Support for HCL Digital Experience versions 8.5 and 9, effective June 30, 2025. Customers are encouraged to upgrade to HCL Digital Experience version 9.5, released in a continuous delivery model. Refer to the Deprecated features page for more information.

To accommodate customers who might be unable to update from DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 to DX version 9.5 by that date, customers can sign up for Extended Support until June 30, 2025. For more information, see the article Starting on August 30, 2024, Extended Support will be available for HCL Digital Experience V8.5.x and 9. Extended support will be offered from June 30, 2025 until June 30, 2026.

Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation

In CF219, a feature was introduced where DX version 9.5 is automatically applied to an 8.5 or 9.0 installation if the configuration setting install_95=true is set. Note that a later CF might apply 9.5 by default unless you set install_95=false. This statement is not a guarantee of future releases or their features.

Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version

DAM - Access Control Cache

The DAM Access Control Cache improves performance by reducing redundant access control checks with the Ring API. It caches responses with a configurable Time-to-Live (TTL) mechanism and optimizes efficiency by handling in-flight requests. Caching is enabled by default with a TTL of 10 seconds. For more information, refer to DAM Access Control Cache.

Search V2 - Added supported CSS part attributes for each Atomic Component

Supported CSS part attributes have been added for each Atomic Component (AC) of Search V2. CSS part attributes are responsible for determining the appropriate CSS for each AC and its elements based on the component's state and properties. For more information, refer to Components of Search V2 - Atomic Components.

Search V2 Authoring - New Authoring Search interface

Search V2 Authoring aims to replace the existing Authoring Search feature in HCL DX. This feature introduces a new search interface along with a new backend service that utilizes OpenSearch to provide a seamless search experience. For more information, refer to Search V2 Authoring.

Notice of deprecation of non-OCI-based registry for Harbor Helm chart repository

Starting CF216, the Harbor repository is updated with an OCI-based registry and the Helm chart command is updated to be OCI-compliant. Instructions on how to pull Helm charts using OCI commands are now available. For more information, see the Help Center topics Configure Harbor Helm Repository and Download and Deploy from HCL Harbor Repository.

Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates

Runtime Controller triggering Pod restarts for direct configuration changes in ConfigMaps is removed. You must restart the appropriate Pods manually to apply the changes made to the ConfigMaps for testing configurations. For more information, see Deprecated features.

WAS, JDK, and iFix versions

HCL DX 9.5 CF227 contains the following:

  • WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.23
  • Java Development Kit 8.0.8.40
  • No iFixes

Access the latest HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Education Materials on HCLSoftware U

The HCLSoftware U offers technical education for the HCL Software portfolio of products, organized by practitioner role. See the HCL Digital Experience section of HCLSoftware U and the What’s New for Digital Experience section for more information.