# 2026

## 2026 Apr 9 - ICA v2.44.2

#### Fixed Issues

* General
  * Fixed an issue where calling the following endpoints without a version resulted in a 500 internal server error. These endpoints will now default to V3 if no version is specified.
    * GET /projects/{projectId}/pipelines
    * POST /projects/{projectId}/pipelines:createCwlPipeline
    * POST /projects/{projectId}/pipelines:createNextflowPipeline

## 2026 Apr 7 - ICA v2.44.1

#### Fixed Issues

* General
  * Fixed an issue where creating a Docker image from a Docker file while in tree view resulted in a constraint violation.

## 2026 Apr 2 - ICA v2.44.0

#### New Features and Enhancements

* General \*
* Base \*
* Bench
  * \-
* Cohorts
  * Create Cohort page now dynamically updates subject attributes and counts based on the selected project and study filters.
  * Molecular Breakdown page now allows users to identify filtered subject lists by gene and clinical attribute values.
  * Marker Frequency Analysis now supports germline data, enabling gene‑level carrier frequency calculations across cohorts.
  * New REST APIs provide programmatic access to PromoterAI, PrimateAI, and SpliceAI scores using variant IDs.
* Data Management
  * The data grid now displays a Type column (file/folder) as the first frozen column,

    includes improved search UX with mode toggle tooltips (“Flat view”/“Folder view”),

    redesigned breadcrumbs, and contextual search result captions.
  * Parent folder and path information are now combined into a single column in the

    data grid for a cleaner layout.
* Flow
  * Users can now delete pipelines directly from the pipeline detail screen in the UI.

#### Fixed Issues

* General
  * Fixed an issue where pop-up windows (Export, Schedule for download, Create

    folder, etc.) could be opened multiple times simultaneously.
  * Fixed the Bundle creation screen so the Save button is active immediately;

    required-field validation now appears on click rather than disabling the button.
  * Fixed a session/EntityManager closed error related to idle database transactions.
  * Fixed duplicate redundant scrollbars appearing in several UI areas.
* Base
  * Fixed the “Page unresponsive” issue when switching tabs in the Base Query screen.
  * Fixed the Base Query History search returning “Free text search is not supported”

    error.
  * Fixed Base reference fields showing internal IDs instead of UUIDs for

    pipeline\_reference and sample\_reference.
  * Renamed 'execution\_reference\_id' to 'analysis\_id' and 'sample\_reference\_id' to

    'sample\_id' in Base tables for clarity.
* Bench
  * Fixed GPU Bench workspaces failing to start; GPU instances updated from p3 to g5

    instance family. Additional GPU families will be released in future versions.
  * Fixed a 403 Forbidden nginx error that could appear after creating a tool in Bench.
  * Fixed Docker build being allowed on a running workspace whose image had been

    deleted.
  * Fixed Docker not working on Bench cluster worker nodes when ephemeral disk size

    was 0.
  * Fixed long workspace names displaying partially outside their field boundary.
  * Fixed an error (okio.Socket) when starting a Bench workspace.
* Cohorts
  * Fixed an issue where data ingestion via the Cohorts UI could fail for newly created ICA projects.
  * Import Jobs page now displays full job messages for improved visibility and troubleshooting.
  * Fixed an issue where cohort counts were incorrectly updated when delete jobs included blacklisted subjects.
  * Fixed an issue where shared cohort subject counts did not refresh correctly on the cohort list page.
  * Fixed an issue where loading cohorts with deleted blacklisted subjects could result in a 400 error.
* Data Management
  * Fixed an issue where copying a folder within the same project with “Keep both”

    produced an error instead of creating a copy.
  * Fixed parent folder breadcrumbs not appearing when navigating into a subfolder

    from flat view.
* Flow
  * Fixed an issue where analyses did not sort properly by Request date after using

    search.
  * Fixed input data not being dropped on Rerun for XML-based pipelines with

    configuration changes.
  * Fixed resource type duplicates appearing in graphical mode CWL machine profiles.
  * Fixed UI text overlap when long paths are entered in Logs/Output folder fields

    during analysis.
  * Fixed an error when clicking Preview during Graphical CWL pipeline creation.
  * Fixed inconsistent pipeline name validation when a slash (/) character was used.
  * Fixed an issue where Nextflow JSON pipelines could not be started.
  * Fixed the GET /api/projects/{projectId}/pipelines endpoint missing the ‘status’

    parameter for non Draft/Released pipeline statuses.

## 2026 Feb 25 - ICA v2.43.0

#### New Features and Enhancements

* General
  * Improved error identification for forms that have multiple tabs
* Base
  * \-
* Bench
  * Users now can select different Docker images for head nodes and worker nodes in Bench cluster workspaces. This gives users increased flexibility in how analyses are provisioned and run.
* Cohorts
  * \-
* Data Management
  * ICA Storage Configurations now support [**IAM roles**](/home/h-storage/s-awss3/iam-role-method.md) for improved security when accessing a customer-owned S3 bucket. Going forward, this is the recommended way to create new credentials. Corresponding APIs also have been updated.
  * Improved data search capabilities on the data tab
* Flow
  * Improved guardrails to reduce bugs when users interact with pipeline statuses

#### Fixed Issues

* General
  * GPU instances updated from p3 to g5 instance family. Additional GPU families will be released in the near future.
  * API - POST /api/projects - The project creation endpoint now enforces a maximum string length of 255 characters for the "storageConfigurationSubfolder" field.
  * UI stability improvement for text editor.
* Base
  * \-
* Bench
  * \-
* Cohorts
  * \-
* Data Management
  * Improved error handling and retry logic for moving folders.
* Flow
  * Fixed issue where specifying mount paths for input data did not work with data URNs.
  * Fixed issue with invalid numeric values able to be entered in CWL editor.
  * Fixed issue where not all CLI commands were supporting JSON input forms.

## 2026 Jan 28 - ICA v2.42.0

{% hint style="warning" %}
Multi-user bench [workspaces](/project/p-bench/bench-workspaces.md) will no longer authenticate automatically. To use the CLI in these workspaces, you must provide an API key within the workspace.\
Single-user workspaces will continue to authenticate automatically.\
For workspaces created before this release, the change will take effect after they are restarted.
{% endhint %}

#### New Features and Enhancements

* General
  * Nextflow v25.10 is now available and the default Nextflow version
  * Added support for pipeline filtering within the [analysis list view API](https://integration.v2.stratus.illumina.com/ica/api/unified/swagger/index.html#/Project%20Analysis/searchAnalyses)
* Data Management
  * \-
* Base
  * Minor updates to the Base UI
* Bench
  * Multi-user bench [workspaces](/project/p-bench/bench-workspaces.md) will no longer authenticate automatically.
  * Created images will always be owned by the creating user, regardless of which domain the user is in
* Flow
  * Improved guardrails to reduce bugs when users interact with pipeline statuses
* Cohorts
  * \-

#### Fixed Issues

* General
  * The help icon now works appropriately when a banner message is displayed
* Flow
  * Fixed an issue where an empty folder would be created when a user used custom output log folders in their analysis.
  * Analysis and workflow details now appropriately show in the UI.
  * Validation errors on invalid email entries for analysis notifications no longer persist after the email is corrected
  * Refreshing an analysis input form no longer automatically fills the email notification field with the last used email address
* Base
  * \-
* Bench
  * \-
* Data Management
  * Fixed an issue that caused copy and paste of URL to not show filtered results when combining folders with filters
  * Data copy now prevents recursive copying of data with the "copy from" command
* Cohorts
  * \-


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