A message from our Technical Writer, Jamie Mauro:
By the time you read this, it will be February: a time for uncommonplaces. We cram lengthening days into the smallest calendar grid; every few years, it overflows like the Yangtze. Some of us gather in reverent silence to watch a rodent predict the weather. I, lacking the groundhog’s oracular sense, dare not forecast what this month may hold. That said, let us hindcast some of January’s bounty:
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The SDK Client library gained a powerful query() method that accepts raw Lucene queries without implicit constraints; the RawQueryBuilder return type provides chainable methods for precise query control.
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New configuration properties allow greater control over session-cookie security attributes.
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The Analytics toolkit now includes a Conversions Dashboard with attractive data visualizations and improved conversion-tracking precision.
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Legacy VTL Custom Fields have been migrated to components leveraging modern API methods.
The full changelogs are a more thorough retrodiction, featuring critical fixes, refactorings, dependency updates, interface modernizations, and on it goes. Check them out, and then startle friends and soothsaying marmots alike with your uncanny command of the past.
2026 Product Roadmap Webinar — Watch the Recording
Thank you to everyone who joined us live for the dotCMS Winter Product Webinar. We appreciate your time, questions, and insights during the session.
If you couldn’t attend — or want to revisit specific updates — you can now watch the recordings below:
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Vision & Roadmap 2026 — The big picture and platform direction
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Shopify Integration — What’s now available
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UVE Content Palette & Style Editor — Visual editing enhancements
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UX Improvements & Content Drive — What’s coming next
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Content Analytics & Future of Visual Editing — Where we’re headed
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Infrastructure Update — Platform evolution
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