Fall-Winter 2025 Software Release Sneak Peek

The Fall-Winter 2025 Software Release is around the corner. This major update introduces improvements to the stability and quality of the product that users of all levels will benefit from when working in the CMS. It includes well over one hundred updates to the software, most of which center on the DITA Publishing Pipeline (DPP), publishing capabilities, and day-to-day authoring features.

Here’s a sneak peek at what you can expect in this upcoming release. Stay tuned for full release notes, which will become available at launch.

DITA Publishing Pipeline (DPP) Update

Make DITA production-ready at scale, smooth out the publishing pipeline, and reduce friction for content editors and content admins.

Highlights for DITA Authors

• Cleaner alias URLs
• Safer renames and more reliable publishing behavior
• Improved Preview and XML views for top-level maps
• Glossaries use the glossterm value in alias labels

DPP Fixes

• Consistently publishes the latest checked-in version
• Correctly normalizes submaps
• Returns normalized content regardless of where the DITA root lives in the Asset Tree

Publishing Featurization & Fixes

Publishers in the CMS will benefit from more transparency and fewer surprises.

Big Wins for Publishers

• Publishing Monitor displays queued assets
• Publishing history survives log archiving with clear error indicators
• Several path and caching issues resolved on the DSS – notably, edge cases that could cause 404s or duplicate caches

Impactful Updates for Everyday Users

A collection of small changes adds up to make a big impact on users working in the CMS day-to-day.

Updates for Content Wizards

• Option to disable keyboard shortcuts
• More reliable “Changed By” indicators
• Asset-only permissions that truly stand alone
• Faster asset text search
• Improved taxonomy and workflow behavior

Better, Faster, More Secure

Behind the scenes, this release delivers some exciting new updates. 

"Under the Hood" Improvements

• An updated RavenDB
• Bundled support for the latest Ingeniux AI Module
• Improved security posture on the DSS

Taken together, this update makes CMS 10.6 feel more predictable, more performant, and more comfortable for teams living in DITA and large-scale publishing operations.