https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v26.04.5

Feature updates and improvements​

Compute environments​

• Added the compute environment ID to the compute environment row card.
• Added the c9gd instance family to the NVMe instance list.
• Updated the list of available Azure regions.

Bug fixes​

Compute environments​

• Added a clear error message when Azure Batch pool deletion fails.
• Disabled compute environment form submission while the form is invalid.

Data explorer​

• Signed GCS genomic file URLs with V4 for IGV preview.

Feature updates and improvements​

General​

• Added SSRF host validation using lib-util-net by @pditommaso in #1061
• Added the waveBuildNotification user preference for build email notifications by @robnewman in #1069

Bug fixes​

Container building​

• Fixed conda/micromamba:v2 builds to use the micromamba 2 image by @pditommaso in #1065

Full changelog: https://github.com/seqeralabs/wave/compare/v1.34.0...v1.35.0

Feature updates and improvements​

Language features​

• Clarified storeDir caveats with env, eval, and stdout outputs by @bentsherman in #7235

Azure​

• Added docs tip for relocating Docker storage on Azure Batch nodes by @adamrtalbot in #6937

Fusion​

• Added a clear error when Fusion is enabled without an access token by @jorgee in #7263

Plugins​

• Consolidated the nf-tower plugin into nf-seqera by @pditommaso in #7252

General​

• Added Fibonacci and Pareto to the run name generator by @bentsherman in #7255
• Normalized version callouts in the docs by @bentsherman in #7256
• Propagated the Seqera Intelligent Compute scheduler run identifier to Platform by @jorgee in #7228
• Removed uncommitted specs by @bentsherman in #7267

Dependencies​

• Bumped nf-seqera@1.0.0

Bug fixes​

Language features​

• Fixed docs example for record operations by @bentsherman in #7250
• Fixed flatMap tuple error for dataflow value by @bentsherman in #7254

General​

• Fixed failing unit tests with clean build by @bentsherman in #7264
• Lowered trace-access.nf memory to fit CI runner capacity by @pditommaso in #7266

Full changelog: https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v26.06.0-edge

Feature updates and improvements​

Compute environments​

• Added VPC and multiple subnet selection to AWS Cloud compute environments.
• Added the g7 instance family to the NVMe list.

Pipelines​

• Updated Nextflow to v26.04.4.

Access control​

• Split the data_link and data_link_object permissions into separate scopes. Workspace members with View, Connect, or Launch roles can now download files and generate download URLs from data-links. Upload and delete file operations remain restricted to Maintain and above.
• Added pre-filling of first and last name from GitHub signup.

General​

• Added a default workspace preference to the user profile.

Bug fixes​

Pipelines​

• Fixed lineage incorrectly showing as not enabled for submitted runs when it was enabled.

Access control​

• Fixed detection of a personal access token as a duplicate when creating a GitHub App with the same credentials.

Feature updates and improvements​

Pipelines​

• Added pipeline schema, commit ID, head job CPUs, and head job memory to the workflow launch form summary, plus pipeline version and lineage fields when those features are active.

Bug fixes​

Compute environments​

• Fixed AWS credential validation failing for credentials using assumeRoleArn when TOWER_ALLOW_INSTANCE_CREDENTIALS=true without an explicit role mode.

Pipelines​

• Fixed duplicate credential detection to block GitHub App creation when a personal access token credential already exists for the same repository base URL.

Upgrade notes​

No breaking changes. Standard upgrade procedure applies.

Feature updates and improvements​

Language features​

• Removed the deprecated echo process directive by @pditommaso in #7206
• Added support for record type input with dot-notation CLI params by @jorgee in #7170

Azure​

• Improved Azure Batch VM image diagnostics and fixed stale 24.04 docs by @pditommaso in #7200

Plugins​

• Added workflow DAG reporting to the nf-tower plugin by @ewels in #7218
• Allowed the plugin version to be specified when running a plugin command by @JosuaCarl in #7113
• Added subcommand listing to nextflow plugins -help by @ewels in #7197

General​

• Added -help as an alias for -h in top-level CLI options by @ewels in #7238
• Added GPU metrics to the workflow-level execution summary by @cristianrcv in #7229
• Added hidden plural/singular aliases for noun subcommands by @ewels in #7239
• Added Nextflow module info to the lineage TaskRun entry by @jorgee in #7160
• Added seqera:// data-links support to the nf-tower filesystem by @jorgee in #7070
• Added a shellEnabled option and per-task prediction model to the Seqera executor by @pditommaso in #7204
• Added the nextflow logfile command by @ewels in #7177
• Added a data lineage architecture decision record (ADR) by @bentsherman in #7187
• Changed stdout outputs to stderr to avoid breaking piped output by @ewels in #7121
• Clarified the distinction between modules and script inclusion in the docs by @bentsherman in #7217
• Migrated the docs to the new build by @christopher-hakkaart in #7119
• Improved Tower telemetry error handling on transient gateway failures by @pditommaso in #7190
• Mirrored test containers to public.cr.seqera.io to harden CI against quay.io outages by @pditommaso in #7195
• Promoted the latest stable channel by version comparison instead of branch name by @pditommaso in b5ac62e0c
• Refactored changelog.txt to CHANGELOG.md by @ewels in #7179
• Added support for the accelerator directive in the local executor by @bentsherman in #5850
• Used a stop flag instead of a thread interrupt to shut down the logs checkpoint by @pditommaso in #7193

Bug fixes​

Language features​

• Fixed "No such variable" in typed output block with job arrays by @jorgee in #7221
• Fixed cast and instanceof with record types by @bentsherman in #7185
• Fixed staging of Path fields of included record types by @robsyme in #7226

Plugins​

• Preserved the order of plugin declarations in config by @jagedn in #7227

General​

• Fixed workflow completion handler being called twice by @bentsherman in #7191
• Fixed lineage records for stub-run and eval outputs by @jorgee in #7211
• Fixed netty CVE-2026-44249 via an AWS SDK bump and azure-core-http-netty pin by @jorgee in #7223
• Fixed nxf_date for uutils coreutils (Ubuntu 26.04+) by @robsyme in #7118
• Fixed nxf_date to sample seconds and nanoseconds atomically by @pditommaso in #7207

Dependencies​

• Bumped nf-amazon@3.10.0
• Bumped nf-azure@1.23.0
• Bumped nf-codecommit@0.6.0
• Bumped nf-seqera@0.22.0
• Bumped nf-tower@1.29.0

Full changelog: https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v26.05.0-edge

Feature updates and improvements​

Compute environments​

• Redesigned the compute environment list as a row-card table.
• Added attribute chips to the compute environment list.
• Added an on-demand credentials validation button.

Feature updates and improvements​

Plugins​

• Bumped the default plugin create template to v0.4.0 by @pditommaso in #7234

General​

• Added Nextflow module info to lineage TaskRun entry by @jorgee in #7160

Bug fixes​

Language features​

• Fixed "No such variable" in typed output block with job arrays by @jorgee in #7221
• Fixed cast and instanceof with record types by @bentsherman in #7185
• Fixed staging of Path fields of included record types by @robsyme in #7226

Plugins​

• Preserved order of plugin declarations in config by @jagedn in #7227

General​

• Fixed workflow completion handler being called twice by @bentsherman in #7191
• Fixed nxf_date for uutils coreutils (Ubuntu 26.04+) by @robsyme in #7118
• Fixed nxf_date to sample seconds and nanoseconds atomically by @pditommaso in #7207

Dependencies​

• Bumped nf-amazon@3.9.2
• Bumped nf-azure@1.22.6
• Bumped nf-codecommit@0.5.3
• Bumped nf-seqera@0.21.0
• Bumped nf-tower@1.28.1

Full changelog: https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/releases/tag/v26.04.4

Feature updates and improvements​

Compute environments​

• Added AWS Cloud compute environment EBS volume encryption with an optional KMS key.
• Added the m9gd instance family to the NVMe list.

Pipelines​

• Added a launch output directory option to the launch form.
• Added a shareable deep link to the task details view.
• Showed the metrics tab for canceled workflow runs.

Bug fixes​

Monitoring​

• Included gpuMetrics in task JSON serialization so GPU usage is now visible in the task payload.

Pipelines​

• Fixed an unexpected error when the workflow limiter canceled a newly launched workflow.
• Preserved a custom schema when added for the first time in pipeline edit mode.