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What's new in CF229

The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF229 on supported platforms:

All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)

  • Blueprint design system
  • My HCLSoftware delivery portal
  • New How-to articles now available
  • Presentation Designer - Default and Override stylesheets now available
  • TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor - Additional configuration settings now available
  • User Session Reporting Tool - Removed -productFeatureIdName as a command-line parameter
  • Notice of deprecation of the CKEditor Rich Text Editor
  • Notice of deprecation of the Woodburn Studio demo site

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

  • Helm values updates
  • Access Layer updates in DX deployments
  • Integrating HCL Leap and HCL Volt MX Foundry with HCL DX
  • DAM - Cancel ongoing uploads through the progress bar
  • DAM - Collection sorting
  • Search V2 Authoring - Deleting items from search results now available
  • 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)

Blueprint design system

Blueprint is a design system aimed at accelerating the implementation of new sites in the HCL DX platform. The Blueprint design system will be automatically installed as part of this CF and future release. For more information, refer to the Blueprint page or visit the HCL DX Blueprint Storybook.

Blueprint is a design system aimed at accelerating the implementation of new sites in the HCL DX platform. The Blueprint design system will be automatically installed as part of this CF and future release. For more information, refer to the Blueprint page or visit the HCL DX Blueprint Storybook.

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:

New How-to articles now available

A new batch of How-to articles has been migrated from the knowledge base to the HCL DX Help Center. For more information, refer to the New and migrated articles section.

A new batch of How-to articles has been migrated from the knowledge base to the HCL DX Help Center. For more information, refer to the New and migrated articles section.

Presentation Designer - Default and Override stylesheets now available

Default and Override stylesheets have been added to Presentation Designer. The Default stylesheet provides a foundational set of styles that are automatically applied to various elements while the Override stylesheet allows users to customize styles for specific elements. These stylesheets support the handling of type selectors and class selectors. For more information, refer to Default and Override stylesheets in Presentation Designer.

Default and Override stylesheets have been added to Presentation Designer. The Default stylesheet provides a foundational set of styles that are automatically applied to various elements while the Override stylesheet allows users to customize styles for specific elements. These stylesheets support the handling of type selectors and class selectors. For more information, refer to Default and Override stylesheets in Presentation Designer.

TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor - Additional configuration settings now available

Additional configuration options for web content in-place editing are now available for the TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor. Currently, the following TinyMCE configuration options are supported: valid_children, toolbar, and toolbar_mode. The value must be in an array format. For more information, refer to Using a custom TinyMCE editor configuration with in-place editing.

Additional configuration options for web content in-place editing are now available for the TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor. Currently, the following TinyMCE configuration options are supported: valid_children, toolbar, and toolbar_mode. The value must be in an array format. For more information, refer to Using a custom TinyMCE editor configuration with in-place editing.

User Session Reporting Tool - Removed -productFeatureIdName as a command-line parameter

In the User Session Reporting Tool, productFeatureIdName has been removed as a command-line parameter. The productFeatureId will now be read from the License Manager’s environment variable instead of being passed in the command. For more information, refer to Configuring MHS file-based session reporting.

In the User Session Reporting Tool, productFeatureIdName has been removed as a command-line parameter. The productFeatureId will now be read from the License Manager’s environment variable instead of being passed in the command. For more information, refer to Configuring MHS file-based session reporting.

Notice of deprecation of the CKEditor Rich Text Editor

The CKEditor Rich Text Editor component in HCL DX will be deprecated on August 05, 2025 and will reach End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features.

The CKEditor Rich Text Editor component in HCL DX will be deprecated on August 05, 2025 and will reach End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features.

Notice of deprecation of the Woodburn Studio demo site

The Woodburn Studio demo site in HCL DX will be deprecated on August 05, 2025 and will reach End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features.

The Woodburn Studio demo site in HCL DX will be deprecated on August 05, 2025 and will reach End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features.

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. 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

Helm values updates

Helm value properties in HCL DX that were added, removed, or changed for this release are documented in DX Helm values updates.

Access Layer updates in DX deployments

The Access Layer documentation has been thoroughly revised to provide clearer guidance on integrating an external Access Layer with HAProxy, which continues to serve as the internal reverse proxy and load balancer. This update details how to effectively leverage external access solutions for robust traffic management.

The Ingress documentation has also been updated to reflect current best practices and address common configuration scenarios. Additionally, new documentation for the Gateway API has been introduced, offering it as an optional, modern alternative to Ingress for managing external access to cluster services.

For more information, refer to Configuring Access Layer for DX deployments.

Integrating HCL Leap and HCL Volt MX Foundry with HCL DX

You can now configure Access Layers for HCL Leap and HCL Volt MX Foundry integration with HCL DX using Gateway API to supplement the existing Ingress option. For more information, refer to the following topics:

DAM - Cancel ongoing uploads through the progress bar

The upload progress bar now includes controls to cancel uploads that are in-progress. You can cancel individual file or folder uploads using the Cancel Uploading button next to each in-progress item. You can also use the Cancel All button to stop all pending items at once. For more information, refer to Uploading rich media assets.

DAM - Collection sorting

You can now sort collections and their contents to find them more efficiently. Sorting options are available for root-level collections and the assets and sub-collections within them. This feature is available in both Grid and List views. A dedicated icon allows you to switch between ascending and descending order. For more information, refer to Uploading rich media assets.

Search V2 Authoring - Deleting items from search results now available

In Search V2 Authoring, you can now delete items from the search results. The item will be removed during the next crawler run that updates the search index. For more information, refer to Using Search V2 Authoring - Deleting an item from search results.

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 CF229 contains the following:

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.