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What's new in CF239

The following features and updates are available to customers installing HCL Digital Experience (DX) Container Update CF239 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
  • User Session Reporting Tool - New -assumeClientIP flag

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

  • Practitioner Studio Dashboard - New widgets

Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version

  • Helm values updates
  • IQ - Configuring cross-session memory
  • IQ - HTTPS support for the MCP Server
  • Search V2 - Search Admin UI
  • WAS, JDK, UBI, and iFix versions

Notices of deprecation

  • Advanced 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 CF239. For more information on the changes, improvements, and bugfixes, refer to the Blueprint changelog.

The HCL DX Blueprint design system has been updated for CF239. 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.

User Session Reporting Tool - New -assumeClientIP flag

The User Session Reporting Tool now includes an optional -assumeClientIP command-line flag. This flag is designed for deployments utilizing complex proxy chaining, such as Akamai combined with IBM HTTP Server (IHS). When enabled, it instructs the tool to extract only the first IP address from the X-Forwarded-For header to use as the stable client IP, preventing session fragmentation. For more information, refer to Handling the routing setup and Generating user session data usage in MHS metrics format.

The User Session Reporting Tool now includes an optional -assumeClientIP command-line flag. This flag is designed for deployments utilizing complex proxy chaining, such as Akamai combined with IBM HTTP Server (IHS). When enabled, it instructs the tool to extract only the first IP address from the X-Forwarded-For header to use as the stable client IP, preventing session fragmentation. For more information, refer to Handling the routing setup and Generating user session data usage in MHS metrics format.

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.

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

Practitioner Studio Dashboard - New widgets

The Practitioner Studio Dashboard now includes two widgets to help you monitor content schedules and search indexing:

  • Calendar: Displays a monthly or weekly grid and daily agenda of content based on publish and expiry dates.
  • Search Crawlers: Displays the status of Search V2 crawlers.

For more information, refer to Calendar and Search Crawlers.

The Practitioner Studio Dashboard now includes two widgets to help you monitor content schedules and search indexing:

  • Calendar: Displays a monthly or weekly grid and daily agenda of content based on publish and expiry dates.
  • Search Crawlers: Displays the status of Search V2 crawlers.

For more information, refer to Calendar and Search Crawlers.

Digital Experience 9.5 Container Version

Helm values updates

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

IQ - Configuring cross-session memory

You can now enable the optional cross-session memory feature in IQ. This feature allows IQ to store and reference context from past conversations. To enable cross-session memory, set RAG_ENABLED to true in your custom-iq-values.yaml file and upgrade the Helm release. For more information, refer to Configuring cross-session memory.

IQ - HTTPS support for the MCP Server

IQ now supports HTTPS to secure connections between the MCP server and the IQ Integrator. HTTPS is disabled by default. For configuration instructions, refer to Enabling HTTPS for the MCP Server.

Search V2 - Search Admin UI

The Search Admin UI provides a centralized interface for managing Search V2 components. Administrators can configure content sources, crawlers, common field mappings, and native language support (NLS) translations from a single dashboard. You can access the UI either as a standalone application or directly within Practitioner Studio. For more information, refer to Search Admin UI.

WAS, JDK, UBI, and iFix versions

HCL DX 9.5 CF239 contains the following:

For more information, refer to WAS, JDK, UBI, and iFix versions.

Notices of deprecation

Advanced rich text editor (8.5, 9.0, and 9.5)

The Advanced rich text editor (CKEditor) component in HCL DX was deprecated on August 05, 2025 and reached End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features.

The Advanced rich text editor (CKEditor) component in HCL DX was deprecated on August 05, 2025 and reached 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 was deprecated on August 05, 2025 and reached End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features. It has been replaced by Nex Haven.

The Woodburn Studio demo site in HCL DX was deprecated on August 05, 2025 and reached End of Support (EOS) on August 04, 2026. For more information, refer to Deprecated features. It has been replaced by Nex Haven.

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

Note

HCLSoftware U offers technical education for the HCLSoftware product portfolio, organized by practitioner role.

  • To access Learning Journeys, events, and replays, go to the HCL Digital Experience section.
  • For more DX CF lessons, go to the What's New category of the Courses section.