February 2026
This month HCL Software offers:
HCL Digital Experience offerings v9.5 updates 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 these updates and benefits:
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Additional language versions of the DX Help Center enabling more DX practitioners to apply the guidance in their preferred language and accelerate creation of DX solutions. Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish translations are now available, in addition to French, German and English.
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More capabilities for administrators to manage and optimize security and networking options, analyze DAM performance, and work with updated IBM WAS, and iFix versions.
HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 version adds these updates and benefits:
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Simplified configuration of Impersonization, XML Access and Search V2 seedlist endpoints for more efficient management in production
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Updated OpenLiberty and JRE support levels
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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 233 (All Versions)
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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
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New DX Help Center Language Translations - The HCL DX Help Center is now available in Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Spanish, in addition to French, German and English. To switch languages, select an option from the dropdown menu in the top-right corner of any DX Help Center page.
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HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 233 (K8s deployments)
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Configuring LTPA for DX Core – Administrators can enable Single Sign-On (SSO) for the Core component using Lightweight Third Party Authentication (LTPA), and can define the required keys and password directly in the values.yaml file for development environments, or reference an external Kubernetes Secret for production environments.
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DAM Database Analysis- Administrators can view detailed metrics and insights of the DAM deployment, including database performance, storage utilization, and media asset distribution that can be accessed through the DAM REST API endpoint.
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DAM - New required configuration to enable OpenSearch search Indexing – Admnistrators can set the damIndexing parameter to true in the values.yaml file and ensure all required searchMiddleware configurations are set*.*
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New HAProxy security configuration parameters – Administrators have new options to apply security configuration parameters to specify colon-separated lists of cipher suites for SSL/TLS and TLS 1.3 connections, and HAProxy global configurations.
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newDbManagement flag for database management - Administrators can use the newDbManagement flag (introduced in CF231) to allow the Runtime Controller to manage database scaling, configuration updates, and failover automatically.
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Updated WAS and JDK levels - HCL DX 9.5 CF233 updates to WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.26, Java Development Kit 8.0.8.55, iFix PH68243, and iFix PH68418
HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9 versions
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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.
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Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation – Administrators can upgrade to the latest DX 9.5 version more efficiently 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 233 (K8s deployments)
HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 CF233 adds many of the new capabilities available with DX CF 233 Container update, and:
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Simplified Impersonization configuration: Administrators can configure impersonlzation without additional setup. This enables administrators to act as a different user within the application for troubleshooting and verifying user-specific configurations while maintaining the performance benefits of authentication caching.
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Using authFilter for XMLAccess and Search V2 redirection in OIDC – Administrators can apply the authFilter element to exclude XMLAccess and seedlist endpoints from OIDC authentication, ensuring scripts and Search V2 requests process locally and improve operations efficiency.
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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
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HCL DX Compose Evaluation Option: Is available for HCL DX customers with select offering entitlements. See this HCL Digital Experience Developer Community post and HCL Support Knowledge Article.
See the latest DX and DX Compose CF233 features -View the latest lessons:: Stay Current with the Latest HCL DX Cumulative Fixes – Watch the New Lessons
HCL Leap 9.3.12
- Leap 9.3.12 is now available with new features and updates. These include new data import config property, app services filter, application upgrade enhancements new API and Javascript functions. The release also improves memory handling during data import operations, Rich text item embedding, support for IBM DB2 v12, and more. For more information please see “What’s New in HCL Leap 9.3.12” in the HCL Leap Help Center.
Analyst Reports, Webinars and Education
HCL DX: Performance and Caching Best Practices – Wednesday, February 4, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This is the best webinar on HCL DX performance, and caching. Join Alex – fantastic guy, Alex – he’s been in the performance and caching world for over 20 years, longer than anybody, really knows his stuff. We’re going to make your Digital Experience load faster than anybody’s ever seen – lightning fast pages, incredible interaction, you’re going to love it. Alex is going to show you what to look for when tuning the database, WebSphere, the web server – everything working together beautifully.
Speaker: Alex Lang, DX Principal Software Engineer. Register and view the session here: https://hclsw.co/tx-webinar
Unlocking Autonomy: The Power of Agentic AI: Wed, Feb 18, 2026 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for Part 2 of our AI in HCL Total Experience webinar series to see how HCL Volt MX leverages agentic AI to power engagement and connected experiences across the enterprise. Discover how autonomous agents coordinate complex workflows, integrate disparate systems, and make real time decisions within defined governance frameworks and with human oversight, reducing operational friction, accelerating outcomes, and enabling smarter, more responsive enterprise applications. Register here.
Self-Service Learning for DX and MX – Thursday, February 19, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
You want to get started with HCL DX or Volt MX and learn about them? You have heard of HCLSoftware U (University), HCL Software Marketplace (SoFy), and Lab materials. It seems like too much. Have no fear … Herbert and Seth will show you how to get started on HCL DX and Volt MX. They will demonstrate how to use the learning tools and show you how to navigate to the resources that matches your needs.
Speakers: Herbert Hilhorst, HCL DX Technical Advisor, Seth Weissman, HCL Volt MX Training Leader Register here: https://hclsw.co/tx-webinar
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 and view the session here
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 View the session here:**https://hclsw.co/tx-recordings
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
HCL Volt Foundry provides a powerful integration layer that enables you to consume any REST API—such as those provided by HCL Digital Experience (DX)—in a secure, governed, and reusable way. By importing Swagger (OpenAPI) definitions directly into Volt Foundry, you can rapidly create services and operations without manual API modeling. This approach centralizes authentication, simplifies client-side integration, and decouples applications from backend implementation details. The result is a consistent, scalable API experience that accelerates development across mobile, web, and low-code applications. Access the guide 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/