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# 2024

DNAnexus publishes release notes by deployment date. Most platform releases are deployed on Tuesdays throughout the year, which provides a predictable cadence for delivering security updates, reliability improvements, and new platform capabilities.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Product Versioning**: Release versions are identified by deployment date. For example, a release deployed on June 17, 2025 can be identified as `_20250617` in validation and compliance records. This format helps regulated customers identify exact production release versions for compliance.
{% endhint %}

{% updates format="full" %}
{% update date="2024-12-17" %}

## Release for 17-Dec-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* Efficiency and bug fixes for writable symlinks and object deletion process
* Apps: `gatk4_haplotypecaller_parallel` v2.2.2 and `gatk4_haplotypecaller_rnaseq` v1.0.2 are released to production
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-12-10" %}

## Release for 10-Dec-2024

* Security patching for EC2 and Docker containers
* Titan Refactoring: fixes in the data catalog and DBCluster, and tuning of the symlink functionality
* Apps: FastQC v4.0.2 is released to production
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-12-03" %}

## Release for 03-Dec-2024

* Security patching
* Refactoring to extend the internal management of secrets, upgrades to the worker to support the latest pyPI functionality and internal upgrades from node.js v18 to v20.
* Apollo: addition of the `locus_ids` in the details field API
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-11-26" %}

## Release for 26-Nov-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* Updates to writable symlinks - added functionality
* User interface improvements regarding tables, spend limits
* Apollo: Fix for status reports on nested directories in Azure
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-11-18" %}

## Release for 18-Nov-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* Added: `BILLING_COMPUTE_COREHOURSURCHARGE_SKU` and `BILLING_COMPUTE_SPOT_INVOICING`
* Update field dependencies, fix for the getDetailsDate objects descriptors. Updates to clone restrictions for writable symlinks
* Updates to the spending limits
* App Update: `sra_fastq_importer` to v5.0.1, `bowtie2_fastq_read_mapper` to v2.1.0
* Apollo: Minor fixes
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-11-05" %}

## Release for 05-Nov-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Update of concurrency to drive services
* Library updates to s3deleter, audit log processing, API servers and download functions
* Updates to the details in the user spend limits on the User Interface
* Apps: LocusZoom upgrade to v1.2.2, `snpeff_annotate` to v3.0.0, `bowtie2_fasta_indexer` updated to v2.1.0, `hisat2_index` to v2.0.1, `hisat2_mapper` to v2.0.1, `jellyfish_and_genomescape` to v2.0.1, and `strelka2_germline` to v1.2.1
* Apollo: new databaseResultsRestricted changes
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-10-22" %}

## Release for 22-Oct-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* Updates to OIDC and writable symlinks
* User Interface updates and fixes for URL redirects in httpsApp-enabled apps or applets
* App Releases: SVAL upgrade to 1.0.1
* Apollo: Additional support for somatic variant datasets
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-10-08" %}

## Release for 08-Oct-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Efficiency enhancements via concurrent job event queues
* NVIDIA driver enhancements - additional drivers and ability to select the NVIDIA driver for their workers
* App Releases: prsice2 v1.0.4 and raremetal2 v1.0.2
* Apollo: Upgrade apps
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-10-01" %}

## Release for 01-Oct-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers
* GxP document cleanup
* Titan bug fixes for httpsApp-enabled apps or applets that truncated URLs and broke redirects
* Update NVIDIA drivers in the workers
* For appropriate subscribers, upload and download functionality from writable symlinks is available
* App Releases: GATK BQSR (Parallel) v3.2.0, RSEM v0.3.3, FastQC v4.0, SVAL 1.0.0,
* Apollo:
  * Security fix forbidding the use of '{' and '}' in restricted commands
  * Fix building of cohort query for pheno-somatic dataset linked by non-global primary key.
    {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-09-24" %}

## Release for 24-Sep-2024

* No release for Titan or Apollo
* Release of REGENIE apps (version 2.0.1)
* Release of MultiQC app (v 2.3.0)
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-09-17" %}

## Release for 17-Sep-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers
* Hardening of secrets management
* Bug fixes on usage limits
* User Interface upgrade to the React 18 framework
* `app-plink_gwas` was upgraded to version 1.1.0
* Apollo: upgrade of internal Python to version 3.11 and accompanying libraries
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-09-10" %}

## Release for 10-Sep-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Efficiency enhancements and fixes of the User Interface
* The dxCompiler Docker image published to Docker Hub is deprecated with removal scheduled for November 1, 2024. As a replacement, there are [instructions to build the image](https://github.com/dnanexus/dxCompiler/pull/470)
* App `app-plink_gwas` was upgraded to 1.1.0, including an upgrade to the supporting `dxfuse` functionality
* Apollo: Security patching, fixes in the allele frequency for somatic variant assay in the genomic-range API.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-08-27" %}

## Release for 27-Aug-2024

* Fixes for data dependencies and User Interface bugs
* Updated the Somatic Variant Assay Loader
* Updated the `app-snpeff_annotate` application
* Apollo: Fix for search in the `/system/findDatabases` API
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-08-20" %}

## Release for 20-Aug-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* Bug fixes for Titan, including fixes to remove duplicate tokens and reporting project spending limits
* Release of Picard CollectMultipleMetric v2.1.2, STAR Fusion Caller (v1.0.1), an MQC update of internal binaries, and a fix for a customer content bug
* Apollo: Fixes for oncoplot and fix for the search in database functionality
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-08-13" %}

## Release for 13-Aug-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Bug fixes in Titan
* Apollo: adding lollipop-plot for somatic variant analysis
* Release of GATK4 BQSR (parallel) v3.1.0 to the tool library
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-08-06" %}

## Release for 06-Aug-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* New internal functionality to support writable symlinks
* Removing some error message emails
* Re-enabling remaining usage estimates on the org billing page. This includes storage estimates and other usage metrics.
* Apollo: Fixes to the somatic variant functionality, including the addition of new datasets
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-07-30" %}

## Release for 30-Jul-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* Bug fixes for project rollup pages, writable symlinks UI and other minor UI fixes
* New functionality to allow finding external drives (for selective customers)
* Apollo: VizServer updates, HDFS filesystem updates across all regions containing Apollo
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-07-23" %}

## Release for 23-Jul-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* node.js upgrade to the server and supporting libraries
* Writable symlinks are supported (behind a feature switch)
* Bug fixes to address Redis issues, OIDC fixes, and fixes to the monthly estimate calculations
* Apollo: memory expansion of backend vizserver and Thrift servers
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-07-16" %}

## Release for 16-Jul-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* Fixes to auto-provisioning users and cloud manager
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-07-09" %}

## Release for 09-Jul-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Fixes to DBCluster describe
* Efficiency improvements on index caching and token-based authentications
* CVE-2024-27322 patched on R-based apps. Unpatched version is still present for existing pipelines.
* Apollo: fixes to API counts in vizserver, additional ability to query somatic datasets
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-06-25" %}

## Release for 25-Jun-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* Fixes for email notifications when approaching the spending limits
* Efficiency enhancements for archiving
* Somatic variation application available (first phase)
* Spot instances are available in Azure
* Apollo: efficiency enhancements in API calls
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-06-18" %}

## Release for 18-Jun-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers and NVIDIA drivers
* UI changes to make the columns easier to read
* Adding additional billing functionality
* Apollo: additional code to check database access before making queries
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-06-11" %}

## Release for 11-Jun-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Fixes on project storage limits
* Version upgrades for `dxpy` for Nextflow
* Apollo: performance fixes
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-06-04" %}

## Release for 04-Jun-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers
* Bug fixes and efficiency enhancements on archival services, enhancements to the metadata storage database and DBCluster accounting
* Version upgrades to `dxpy` for new Nextflow pipelines
* Azure spot instance enhancements
* Apollo: query builder fixes
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-05-21" %}

## Release for 21-May-2024

* Security patches for EC2 instances and Docker containers
* Updates to MySQL object to the latest version
* Fixes to airlock functionality of the TRE, Azure spot functionality, and minor UI fixes
* Apollo: Enhanced filter support for somatic variant data in the Cohort Browser
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-05-14" %}

## Release for 14-May-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Added multiple functions to support write-able symlinks
* Deprecated some SSO functionality that is no longer used
* Refresh of CIS Level 2 hardening of Ubuntu instances
* Fixes to the spending and storage limit functionality
* Apollo: Fixes to project describe symlinks
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-05-07" %}

## Release for 07-May-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers
* Bug fixes in Titan for DBCluster billing, project storage spend limit, JobID token
* Apollo: Fixes to the file describe functionality
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-04-30" %}

## Release for 30-Apr-2024

* Security patches for Docker containers
* Fixes for Titan egress events and UI. Added additional information in the error messages.
* Apollo: Minor fixes in the error messaging
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-04-23" %}

## Release for 23-Apr-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* TRE: Fixes for withdrawals of data, withdrawal of data with watermarks and withdrawal enforcer
* Performance improvements on lateral scaling of concurrency and spending limit enhancements
* Apollo: Fixes with symlinks in Azure
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-04-16" %}

## Release for 16-Apr-2024

* Patches for Python and Java, patching of Docker containers
* User Interface modifications to withdrawal functionality and execution lists
* Apollo: bug fixes around symlinks in Azure
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-04-09" %}

## Release for 09-Apr-2024

* Patching of EC2 instances and Docker containers
* Updates to the pricing model for DBCluster charges
* Changes to the User Interface for the monitor page
* Cloud usage reporting, with project spend limits and notifications
* Apollo: bug fixes
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-03-26" %}

## Release for 26-Mar-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers
* First component of writable symlinks
* Apollo: bug fixes to file describe functionality and cleanup of abandoned symlinks
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-03-12" %}

## Release for 12-Mar-2024

* Security patching for Docker containers and EC2 instances
* UI fixes for the project change list
* Apollo: fixes to the `filecloser`
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-03-05" %}

## Release for 05-Mar-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* Refactoring of API proxy and tokens
* Added security.txt file
* Apollo: updates to symlinks functionality.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-02-27" %}

## Release for 27-Feb-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* Efficiency enhancements on the API proxy upload functions
* Fixes to the search terms to accept odd characters
* Apollo: symlink changes
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-02-13" %}

## Release for 13-Feb-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Fixes to DBCluster pricing and project spend limits
* Updated `dxpy` version in workers
* Apollo: No release
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-02-06" %}

## Release for 06-Feb-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* UI fixes when deleting more than 10,000 files in a folder and when the "New Folder" option is obscured in some menus
* Fixes to user-initiated withdrawals, fixes to watermarking, fixes to the email notification of spend limits, fixes to DBCluster billing, and fixes to project archiving when the project contains many files.
* Apollo: Fixes in the Azure directories for Azure instances.
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-01-23" %}

## Release for 23-Jan-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers and EC2 instances
* Fixes to billing for DBClusters
* Efficient implementation of watermarking
  {% endupdate %}

{% update date="2024-01-09" %}

## Release for 09-Jan-2024

* Security patching of Docker containers
* Spending limit changes
* Job log forwarding (licensed customers only)
* Apollo: Vizserver security patching
  {% endupdate %}
  {% endupdates %}


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