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What's new in CF232

The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF232 on supported platforms:

All Digital Experience Versions (8.5, 9.0, 9.5)

  • Blueprint updates
  • My HCLSoftware delivery portal
  • New How-to articles now available
  • Presentation Designer - Direction-specific styling for bidirectional text layouts

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 Version

  • German and French translations now available

Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version

  • Additional configuration options for DX Core probes
  • DX Picker - Configuring dialog size and persisting last known location
  • Dynacache invalidation domain configuration
  • HAProxy custom headers now available
  • Helm values updates
  • WAS, JDK, and iFix versions

Notices of deprecation

  • CKEditor Rich Text Editor (8.5, 9.0, and 9.5)
  • Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates (9.5)
  • Woodburn Studio demo site (9.5)

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 updates

The HCL DX Blueprint design system has been updated for CF232. For more information on the changes, improvements, and bugfixes, refer to the Blueprint changelog.

The HCL DX Blueprint design system has been updated for CF232. For more information on the changes, improvements, and bugfixes, refer to the Blueprint changelog.

My HCLSoftware delivery portal

HCL DX software is available through the My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. For more information, refer to the following knowledge article and help center topics:

HCL DX software is available through the My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience v9.5 offering. 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 - Direction-specific styling for bidirectional text layouts

Override styles now support direction-specific styling for bidirectional text layouts through the Canvas direction toggle in the Presentation Designer header. This allows you to create distinct styles for RTL (Right-to-Left) and LTR (Left-to-Right) text directions. For more information, refer to Override stylesheet.

Override styles now support direction-specific styling for bidirectional text layouts through the Canvas direction toggle in the Presentation Designer header. This allows you to create distinct styles for RTL (Right-to-Left) and LTR (Left-to-Right) text directions. For more information, refer to Override stylesheet.

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 the 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 Version

German and French translations now available

The HCL DX Help Center is now available in German and French. To switch languages, select an option from the dropdown menu in the top-right corner of any page.

The HCL DX Help Center is now available in German and French. To switch languages, select an option from the dropdown menu in the top-right corner of any page.

Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version

Additional configuration options for DX Core probes

The targets for the Core readiness and startup probes can now be configured for more flexibility. For more information, refer to Core probes configuration.

DX Picker - Configuring dialog size and persisting last known location

You can now add the size attribute to your dx-picker function to change dialog dimensions. You can set this attribute to:

  • md or medium
  • lg or large
  • xl or extra-large

Additionally, DX Picker now saves the selected item's last known location and displays it automatically when reopened. This saved location persists until the session ends or expires. For more information, refer to Accessing DX Picker and Selecting an item.

Dynacache invalidation domain configuration

You can now change the domain or schema used for the dynacache invalidation table in DX. This table synchronizes dynacache updates across pods. By default, the INVALIDATION_TABLE is created in the RELEASE domain. To specify a different domain (such as JCR, COMMUNITY, or CUSTOMIZATION), override the db.cache.invalidation.domain property in the ConfigService.properties file. For more information, refer to Changing the domain or schema for the dynacache invalidation table in the database.

HAProxy custom headers now available

You can now configure custom HTTP headers in the HAProxy configuration through the HCL DX 9.5 Helm chart. You can add new headers and remove existing headers from responses generated by HAProxy. For more information refer to Configure Networking - HAProxy custom headers.

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.

WAS, JDK, and iFix versions

HCL DX 9.5 CF232 contains the following:

Notices of deprecation

CKEditor Rich Text Editor (8.5, 9.0, and 9.5)

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.

Removal of automated Pod restart on ConfigMap updates (9.5)

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.

Woodburn Studio demo site (9.5)

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

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.