Winter 2026 Software Release Sneak Peek

The Ingeniux CMS Winter 2026 Software Release is around the corner. This major update introduces product stability and quality improvements that benefit users of all levels who work in the CMS. It includes well over one hundred updates to the software, primarily centering on the DITA Publishing Pipeline, publishing capabilities, and user experience enhancements.

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 Update

Make DITA production-ready at scale, streamline publishing pipeline operations, and reduce friction for content editors and administrators.

Highlights for DITA Authors and Administrators

• Enhanced CMS alias management to streamline separating drafts from published content while maintaining the same aliased DITA structure
• Alias support for DITA assets that use custom DTDs
• Fine-tuned control over DITA map inclusion in alias URL paths and alias URL generation for maps
• DITA Preview now available on top-level maps
• Streamlined normalized DITA output URL tracking:
  • Access alias and default URLs from the URL Management Tab to navigate to normalized DITA output on DSS
  • Use DITA alias ID or asset ID URLs to navigate to published normalized DITA content on DSS

DITA Publishing Pipeline Featurization & Fixes

• Improved accuracy of Site Tree alias structure display and publishing pipeline alias URL build processing
• Updated pipeline to publish and replicate normalized DITA output to dedicated folder separate from published asset content
• Enhanced DITA-OT output logging and DITAAlias logging to improve clarity and enhance readability.
• Updated the “Configure DITA Publishing” dialog DITA map list to exclude maps unmarked from the publishing target
• DSS returns normalized content regardless of the DITA Root folder location in the Asset Tree

Publishing Featurization & Fixes

CMS publishers benefit from increased transparency and fewer surprises.

Big Wins for Publishers

• Improved DSS Preview and publishing performance, especially for implementations with many taxonomy categories and category associations
• Publishing Monitor displays queued assets for all active and ongoing publishes
• Publish Management history list loads successfully after administrators force publishing logs to archive
• 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.

User Experience Updates

• User profile option to disable CMS keyboard shortcuts
• More reliable General Properties “Changed By” indicators for content items and assets
• Asset permissions now work independently without requiring site content item permissions
• Faster asset text search
• Enhanced taxonomy and workflow management with improved search capabilities, category selection, and workflow transition editing
• Better, Faster, More Secure

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

"Under the Hood" Improvements

• Updated RavenDB to version 5.4.210.
• Enabled Internet Information Services (IIS) cache settings to override applied IGX RuntimeCache settings
• Bundled support for the latest Ingeniux AI Module
• Improved CMS and DSS security
• Added DSS RTAPI support for view and controller C# 7.3 features

Taken together, this update makes CMS 10.6 more predictable, performant, and user-friendly for teams working with DITA and large-scale publishing operations.