# 2026

## 2026 Feb 25 - ICA v2.43.0

#### New Features and Enhancements

* General
  * Improved error identification for forms that have multiple tabs
* Base
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* 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
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* Data Management
  * ICA Storage Configurations now support [**IAM roles**](https://help.ica.illumina.com/home/h-storage/s-awss3/iam-role-method) 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
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* Bench
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* Cohorts
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* 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](https://help.ica.illumina.com/project/p-bench/bench-workspaces) 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
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* Base
  * Minor updates to the Base UI
* Bench
  * Multi-user bench [workspaces](https://help.ica.illumina.com/project/p-bench/bench-workspaces) 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
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* Bench
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* 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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