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title: Manufacturing Connect 2.26.0
slug: manufacturing-connect-2260
docTags:
createdAt: 2025-02-26T19:42:40.796Z
---
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**Note: **The LTS release 2.26.0 is compatible with both MDE 1.5.x and 1.4.x.
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Release Date: April 13, 2025
Review the current list of [Limitations](docId:1zpbUPVyAO0qAUHR8GPNw).
## New Features
| Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Zerotouch Activation:**
* You can now manage *Zerotouch *configurations, generate and download *Zerotouch bundles*, with logging for all actions.
- Supports public Docker registries in initial release.
* You can now enable the **Default Router** checkbox in the *Static IP *section of *the Add Zerotouch Configuration *dialog box when configuring static gateways. |
| **Edge Device Metrics Sync Interval:**
* You can now configure the Manufacturing Connect Edge metrics sync interval via project settings. |
| **Cloud Configuration:**
* You can now manage configuration files, add or view imported packages, and display logs with updates on import status for better tracking changes. |
## Enhancements and Improvements
| Description |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Dashboard:**
* You can now view the unreported consumption amount for GCP Marketplace Billing Service displaying the number of consumed tags not reported to the GCP Marketplace. |
| **Activation:**
* You now have updated **Activation Request **list with optimized summary of all action requests.
* You will see modified *Activation Stage *error messages with the stage name included. |
| **Applications:**
* You can now upgrade your marketplace applications where the old version stays active until the new version of applications are fully downloaded.
* The **Publisher **name column is added to the *Applications *table. |
| **Central Certificate Management:**
* You can now bulk deploy renewal certificates to edge devices.
* You can set up notifications through alerts for expired certificates. |
| **Central AI/ML Model Management: **
* The Edge device status is now visible on AI/ML model list page for better insight before applying models. |
| **Alerts:**
* You will now receive updated *Webhook* alerts in JSON format.
* You now have updated *PagerDuty* trigger action field within the *Edit Action *dialog box.
* The email content for Alerts is updated to show device status changes. It will now display **CONNECTED** when online and **DISCONNECTED **when offline.
* You can now define alerts for expiring API tokens, receiving notifications with token details and days until expiration. |
| **Settings:**
* You will be prompted with a *Removal Confirmation* dialog box before deleting the upgrade file.
* You can now use the updated backup feature for the Manufacturing Connect:
- API and CI/CD integration
- mass deletion of backup stored from admin console
* You can now configure the device management metrics poll interval, set from 1 minute to 1 week, with options to disable polling and trigger manual data refresh. |
## Resolved Issues
| Description |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Software Update:**
* Fixed issue where edge devices were being deleted due to synthetic DeviceHub ID overload after upgrading from versions `2.15.0` and below. |
| **Alerts:**
* Fixed issue where *Incident Record *now displays when a new trigger and severity are set to info. |
| **Events:**
* Fixed issue where admin token creation event displayed incorrect name and inaccurate expiration. |
| **Security:**
* Resolved the following vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2024-38821
- CVE-2016-1000027
- CVE-2025-24813
- CVE-2024-24790
- CVE-2024-24790 |
| **Support:**
* Fixed issue with syslog message size limit causing exceptions. |
# Available with OVA Deployment
## New Features
| Description |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Digital Twins:**
* You now have digital twins available that can be used to create models and predict how a product or process performs. |