What's New
You can find information about the features introduced, enhancements, or other changes made in HCL DevOps Loop.
What's New in DevOps Loop 2025.12 (2.0.0)
Release date: 12th January 2026The following table lists the new features, enhancements, or other changes made in DevOps Loop:
| Feature title | Description |
|---|---|
| GKE platform support | You can now install DevOps Loop on Google Kubernetes Engine, with full support for Filestore NFS, DNS configuration, load balancers, and Helm-based installation. See Installing DevOps Loop on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). |
| Learning Loop enhancements | Learning Loop now provides an automated CI/CD demonstration flow from code changes to build, deployment, and a live updated webpage served through a new NgineX web server pod with a unique URL for each loop. See Learning Loop overview. |
| Support for DevOps Loop MCP server integration | You can now integrate the DevOps Loop MCP server with external MCP clients such as VS Code and Claude Desktop to retrieve and update loop resources directly from those tools. See Connecting VS Code to the DevOps Loop MCP server and Connecting Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP server. |
| Enhanced Loop Genie with multi-agent workflow engine |
Loop Genie now uses a multi-agent workflow engine that can perform multi-step automation, run complex tasks, and produce well-formatted responses by using models such as Claude Desktop, OpenAI, and Gemini. |
| Support for a centralized Loop Details page | You can now view all loop configuration details in one place through the new Loop Details page, including linked resources and team members, with options to add additional test projects and repositories. See Loop Genie - Tech Preview. |
| AI provider support for Loop Genie | You can now configure AI providers such as Claude Desktop and Gemini in DevOps Loop to enhance the AI capabilities of Loop Genie. See Configuring Claude Desktop integration, Configuring Gemini integration. |
| UI and accessibility enhancements | DevOps Loop UI is now improved with consistent color schemes, fonts, pagination, and alignment which provides a uniform and accessible user experience. |
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Enhanced search capabilities |
The Search feature has been enhanced with new capabilities that make it easier to find and understand information across your loops. You can now search multiple artifact types including issues, builds, tool requests, commits, and deployments. You can also filter results by selecting a loop. See AI-powered search. |
| Support for mixed licensing tiers | As an administrator, you can now
assign users to different licensing tiers: Essential, Standard,
or Premium with access and feature availability automatically
adjusted based on the selected tier. Non-admin users receive a tier during onboarding, and admin users automatically receive the highest tier available. See DevOps Loop licensing information. |
| Plan | |
| UI enhancements for query links and work item subscriptions | You can now copy query links to the clipboard and more easily subscribe other users to work items. |
| Enhancements to Schema Designer | You can now apply new schema revisions directly to your application, including adding and editing record-type Fields, Actions, and States. |
| Code | |
| Viewing metrics in the running dev containers | You can now get real-time visibility into key dev container resource metrics to help optimize performance. See Working with dev containers. |
| Support for automated SSH authentication by using the Open with DevOps Code UI option | You can now securely clone a Control Git repository by using the DevOps Code UI with SSH authentication. See Authenticating with DevOps Code UI. |
| Support for temporary GitHub Copilot in dev containers | You can now configure a dev container to support GitHub Copilot for AI-powered code suggestions and chat assistance. See Installing GitHub Copilot in dev containers. |
| Build | |
| Automatic Build agent configuration | Build agents are now automatically configured and added to the agent pool during the teamspace initialization. |
What's New in DevOps Loop 2025.09 (1.0.3)
Release date: 31st October 2025
The following table lists the new features, enhancements, or other changes made in DevOps Loop.
| Feature title | Description |
|---|---|
| Support for installation of DevOps Loop in an air-gapped environment | You can install DevOps Loop in environments without internet access. See Installation of DevOps Loop in an air-gapped environment. |
| Support for private CA and self-signed certificates | You can now configure DevOps Loop to trust private or self-signed certificates. See Private CA and self-signed certificate support. |
| Support for backup and restoration of DevOps Loop data | You can now back up and restore DevOps Loop data by using Velero and Minio for disaster recovery and upgrades. See Backup and restoration of DevOps Loop. |
| Support for upgrading DevOps Loop | You can now upgrade DevOps Loop with support for restoring configurations and resources if needed. See Upgrading DevOps Loop. |
| Support for Learning Loop with built-in sample data | You can now use sample data for Build, Control, Deploy, and Plan by enabling Learning Loop for training and experimentation without affecting production data. See Learning Loop overview. |
| Support for IBM watsonx integration for Loop Genie | You can now integrate IBM watsonx in DevOps Loop to enhance the AI capabilities of Loop Genie. See Configuring IBM watsonx integration. |
| Enhanced Loop Genie AI assistant - Tech Preview | You can now use Loop Genie as an intelligent, chat-based assistant to manage teamspace users, loops, and perform control actions such as creating branches or managing pull requests. New features also include voice interaction and improved tracking capabilities. See Loop Genie - Tech Preview, Prompt references for Loop Genie. |
| Support for customizing Dashboards | You can now edit dashboards, swap panels, clone panels, and add titles directly within DevOps Loop, which provides enhanced customization and visibility. See Dashboards and insights. |
| Support for Search across issues | You can now search for issues such as epics, defects, and stories across loops and teamspaces. Search results include issue metadata, associated URLs, and AI-generated summaries with results filtered by your access permissions. See AI-powered search. |
| Support for loop enabling or disabling functionality | You can now enable or disable loops. Disabling a loop moves it to a Disabled tab and stops associated plugins and webhooks, while re-enabling the loop restores all previously disabled functionality. See Disabling a loop and Enabling a loop. |
| Support for Build integration | Build is now automatically set up during loop and teamspace creation, which streamlines resource setup and CI/CD steps. |
| Support for UI and accessibility enhancements | You can now experience improved UI consistency across DevOps Loop, including updated color schemes, fonts, pagination, and alignment which provides a uniform and accessible user experience. |
| Support for removing members from Teamspaces and Loops | You can now remove members from loops, which automatically removes them from all associated capabilties of DevOps Loop. After you remove members from loops, you can also remove the members from their teamspaces. See Removing a member from a loop and Removing a member from a teamspace. |
| Measure | |
| Support for integration with Measure to export test execution metrics | You can now integrate Test Hub with Measure by using a webhook and specify additional parameters related to the test run so that you can view the summary metrics of the test run in the Measure dashboard. The results are categorized based on the type of test – Functional, Unit tests, API, and Performance. |
| Code | |
| Support for launching Dev Containers via URL | You can now launch Dev Containers directly from a shared URL in DevOps Code, not just from the landing page, enabling quicker access and simplified collaboration. |
| Support for viewing running Dev Containers | A new Running Containers tab is available on the landing page to show active Dev Containers in DevOps Code for improved visibility and management. |
| Display of Dev Container descriptions in UI | Each Dev Container tile on the landing page now displays its description, helping users understand the container’s purpose before launching it. |
| Inclusion of sample Dev Containers in new teamspaces | Each newly created teamspace is now prepopulated with a set of sample Dev Containers, enabling users to explore and start development quickly without manual setup. |
| Support for Git device code authentication | You can now authenticate Git operations using device code authentication, ideal for secure or restricted environments. |
| Support for embedding preinstalled extensions in Dev Container images | As an admin, you can now embed extensions directly into Dev Container images, ensuring they are preinstalled at launch - ideal for air-gapped environments without access to online extension registries. |
What's new in DevOps Loop 2025.06 (1.0.2)
The following section lists the new features, enhancements, or other changes made in DevOps Loop:
| Feature title | Description |
|---|---|
| Support for teamspace creation | You can now create teamspaces for your teams in DevOps Loop and the linked teamspaces in all the integrated applications such as DevOps Plan, DevOps Control, DevOps Code, DevOps Test Hub, DevOps Deploy, DevOps Measure, and DevOps Release. See Teamspace management, Creating a teamspace, and Adding or inviting members to a teamspace. |
| Support for OpenSearch dashboards | You can now view the visualization of the data that is gathered through the DevOps activities in the integrated applications. See Dashboards and insights. |
| Integration of AI providers - Tech Preview | You can now integrate AI providers such as OpenAI and Ollama to enable Loop Genie to search and summarize the project data in a loop. See AI provider integration for Loop Genie - Tech Preview, Configuring OpenAI integration, Configuring Ollama integration, and Integration management. |
| Integration of Loop Genie - Tech Preview | You can now use the Loop Genie chatbot to answer your queries related to the project in a loop. See Interacting with Loop Genie. |
| Revoking licenses | You can now revoke licenses for users when they are no longer required in a project. See Revoking a license. |
| Integration of Build | You can now configure and use DevOps Build as part of the platform for managing continuous integration and build processes. |
| Support for custom dev containers | DevOps Code now supports custom dev containers. A teamspace owner can configure the dev containers accessible to the members. The configuration is based on the Dev Containers specification. You can push specifications of Dev containers to a Control Git repository to version the containers. |
| Support for a new landing page | DevOps Code now includes a new landing page. From the landing page, you can select the teamspace that you want to work and choose the branch from where you can fetch the available dev containers. You can launch, open, or terminate Dev containers directly from this landing page. |
What's new in DevOps Loop 2025.03 (1.0.1)
The following section lists the features, enhancements, or other changes made in DevOps Loop:
| Feature title | Description |
|---|---|
| Integration of DevOps Code | You can now use DevOps Code (Code) as part of the platform. Code is a cloud-based integrated development environment for creating and managing your code. See Code. |