HCL DX 9.5 Access the Latest Features, News and Education - January 2026

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January 2026

This month HCL Software offers:

HCL Digital Experience offerings v9.5 updates that are available for entitled downloads through the My HCLSoftware portal platform to access your software and manage deployments.

HCL Digital Experience v9.5 version adds updates designed to:

  • Add updated Presentation Designer and ‘Blueprint” best practice site templates and components for designers, authors and developers to speed creation of custom DX solutions.

  • Add administrator controls that expand management capability with DX Core probes configuration options, and support for HAProxy custom headers

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 version adds updates designed to:.

  • Add more controls for administrators to configure container operations if script executions fail, to improve operating performance

  • DX Compose includes a main container called WebEngine that is built on the Open Liberty platform and operates on certified Kubernetes platforms.

Key Features and Benefits

HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 232 (All Versions)

  • HCL DX software is available through the My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for HCL Digital Experience offerings. My HCLSoftware portal replaces the HCLSoftware License & Download portal as of June 30, 2025. Also see the HCL Support Knowledge Article

  • Blueprint Enhancements – NexHaven sample site additions Site Designers and authors can accelerate design and updates of their DX sites using best practice site examples

  • Presentation Designer - New styling support is added for RTL (Right-to-Left) and LTR (Left-to-Right) text directions.

  • Language switcher for HCL DX Help Center now available – DX Practitioners can select to display the Help Center in two additional languages (French and German) from a new drop-down menu option.

  • HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 232 (K8s deployments)

  • Additional configuration options for DX Core probes – Administrators have new options to control performance with ability to define targets for the Core readiness and startup probes

  • DX Picker - Configuring dialog size and persisting last known location – Site designers can add size attributes to tune dialog dimensions and persist the last known location for more efficient design function.

  • *HAProxy custom headers now available -*Administrators can configure custom HTTP headers in the HAProxy configuration through the HCL DX 9.5 Helm chart. This is useful for implementing security best practices or adding specific information to responses.

  • Updated IBM WebSphere, JDK levels and iFix – This release updates to WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.25 andJava Development Kit 8.0.8.51

HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9 versions

  • Extended Support option is available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 – Customers who may not be able to update from DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 version 9.5 by June 30, 2025 can sign up for an Extended Support option. The Extended Support option will be offered from June 30, 2025 until June 30, 2026.

  • Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation – Administrators can speed upgrading to the latest DX 9.5 version from V8.5 & 9 using the CF Update process, now set as the default (configurable) setting.

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 is separately available lightweight, fast performing, cloud–only digital experience platform for delivering content-centric and transactional experiences. DX Compose includes a core container called WebEngine that is built on the Open Liberty platform and operates on Certified Kubernetes platforms. This architecture supports fast startup and execution times to deliver high-performance DX sites and the latest Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) levels.

Key Features and Benefits

HCL Digital Experience Compose 9.5 CF 232 (K8s deployments)

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 CF232 adds many of the new capabilities available with DX CF 232 Container update, and:

  • New option to configure the abort_container function in custom scripts to stop container startup when a critical failure is detected for improved management and performance. Examples include missing required configuration, unavailable external dependencies, or failed validation checks.

  • HCL DX Compose software is available through the My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience Compose offering. Also see the HCL Support Knowledge Article

HCL Leap 9.3.12

Analyst Reports, Webinars and Education

Unlocking Potential: An Overview of the TX AI Ecosystem - Wed, Jan 28, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Discover how AI in HCL Total Experience is reshaping how applications are built, run, and experienced. From AI assisted development that helps teams build smarter apps faster, to Figma to Form that instantly converts designs into working interfaces, to agentic AI that orchestrates complex workflows and vibe coding that brings ideas to life, and more, these capabilities work together to solve real development and business challenges. Join us for part 1 of our AI series. Register here

Delivering Business Success: Why Total Experience Matters – Thurs, December 18, 2025

Mike Roe, HCL Lead Digital Experience product manager presents the DX roadmap. See how HCL’s TX platform strategy leverages the HCL XDO Blueprint, including the user experience

marketing automation, curated data products, i.e., insight, discovery and data for AI, and automating operations & processes**.** Learn directions ahead and actionable insights for your organization. View the session here: https://hclsw.co/tx-recordings
Speaker: Michael Roe, HCL Digital Experience Lead Product Mgr

Search V2 in HCL DX: More than a ‘Fancy Findin’ Machine, see it live – Thurs, December 18, 2025
HCL’s DX Search V2 uses a slick OpenSearch and Analytics engine to hunt down digital content fast. See it in action with full-text search, log analytics and AI-driven tasks like vector search. This presentation / demo will leave you wondering how you survived without it! View the session here: https://hclsw.co/tx-recordings Speaker: Chirag Rana, HCL DX Technical Advocate

HCL Leap in Action: Hands-On Demos of the Latest Features – Thurs, January 8, 2026

Join HCL’s Marty Lechleider for an interactive webinar packed with live demos showcasing the newest enhancements. Discover practical ways to integrate these features into your daily processes. Walk away with actionable tips to supercharge your low-code development and boost efficiency in your own projects.
Speaker: Martin Lechleider, HCL Leap Product Manager View the session here: https://hclsw.co/tx-recordings

Volt MX v10 Unleashed: Jaw-Dropping New Powers Revolutionize Your Apps – Thurs, January 15, 2026
Buckle up, app builders and digital dynamos—Volt MX v10 is dropping bombshell updates like AI-driven app builders, turbocharged offline sync, and drag-and-drop magic that slashes dev time in half, and we’re diving deep into them with zero fluff.View the session here: https://hclsw.co/tx-recordings
Speakers: Suhas Bhat, Volt MX Director of Product Management, Souvik De, Volt MX Product Mgr

Volt MX Links with HCL DX: A Guide to Seamless Integration, Demo Style – Thurs, January 22, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
If pushing and pulling data in and out of HCL DX is what you seek–this webinar is a must see! Dai will demonstrate Volt MX’s low code tools and how they are used to integrate with HCL DX. The integration can be like a masterfully woven spiderweb; interlocking precision to create a resilient network of data points and flows as a single elegant system. Dai will demonstrate this live.
Speaker: Dai Nguyen, HCL Volt MX Technical Advocate To register https://hclsw.co/tx-webinar

HCL DX 4Q 2025 Quarterly Webinar: Tues November 19, 2025, 11:00 AM EST New Blueprint Assets, Presentation Designer & DAM updates. This session presented and demonstrated:

  • Faster, more appealing visuals easier than ever before, via Presentation Designer updates

  • How to Build faster with new Blueprint design system, complete with 120 display components and sample site, Nex Haven.
    -Simplified asset management via updates to DX Picker and Search V2

Understand the latest innovations and how you can take advantage of the new capabilities ahead! View the replay here.

Blog post: Transforming an existing Front-End JavaScript application into an HCL Digital Experience (DX) Script Application can provide several strategic and operational benefits - especially if your organization is already using HCL DX as a primary digital experience platform. Understand the capabilities of this

new tool to more easily create production-ready React based Script Applications for HCL Digital Experience: create-dx-script-app https://developer.ds.hcl-software.com/t/new-tool-to-more-easily-create-production-ready-react-based-script-applications-for-hcl-digital-experience-create-dx-script-app/172186

HCL DX 4Q 2025 Quarterly Webinar: Tues November 19, 2025, 11:00 AM EST New Blueprint Assets, Presentation Designer & DAM updates. This session presented and demonstrated:

  • Faster, more appealing visuals easier than ever before, via Presentation Designer updates

  • How to Build faster with new Blueprint design system, complete with 120 display components and sample site, Nex Haven.
    -Simplified asset management via updates to DX Picker and Search V2

Understand the latest innovations and how you can take advantage of the new capabilities ahead! View the replay here.

Keep your product requests coming in!

Contributions from our experienced and new HCL DX practitioners help us prioritize DX and DX Compose requirements for continuous delivery releases. Let us know your key requests and how they can help improve your platform operations and business goals. Visit the HCL Digital Experience Ideas Portal to review requests and submit yours. https://dx-ideas.hcltechsw.com/

Participate in discussions of DX platform successes, challenges and best practices approaches with community leaders and expert practitioners in an open conversation at the HCL Digital Solutions Developer Community https://developer.ds.hcl-software.com/ and DX User Group: https://www.dxers.ug/