In progress - Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 30, 2026 - 09:00 BST
Scheduled - Dear Users,
We would like to inform you of a planned release being deployed for CloudOS.
SW 6.4 Elder Release will be deployed on Thursday, 30 April 2026 between 09:00 (BST) and 18:00 (BST).
Please note that we cannot ensure the normal functionality of the CloudOS application during this time.
This release will include 14 new features for CloudOS, including: - Revamped Navigation for Federated Data, Data Science and Advanced Analytics - Interactive Sessions through the Lifebit CLI - Linked Folders in Snapshots and RShiny Apps - Simplified Data Adding for Interactive Sessions - Expanded Nextflow Version Support - Deprecation of Community Tools
If you have any issues following this release, please let us know by raising a Service Desk ticket.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused by this upgrade.
Best wishes, Genomics England
Apr 30, 202609:00-18:00 BST
This is a reminder that GEL will be deleting cases from Congenica on a regular basis. The cases that will be marked for deletion will be the ones that have been closed for 2 weeks in the Interpretation Portal, this is regardless of the amount of time that it has been in Congenica. Closed is defined as the report/summary of findings and exit questionnaire being completed by the user.
The next set of deletions will take place on the Thursday, 30 April 2026.
If you wish to keep a case in Congenica, we advise that you inform the Genomics England Service Desk at least 3 days in advance of the 2 week mark for your case. Posted on
Apr 16, 2026 - 11:52 BST
We would like to inform you of software releases in the NGIS production environment. Regulus Increment 1.4 and Congenica v4.2 will be released on Wednesday, 06 May 2026 from 17:00 (BST) to 21:00 (BST).
The main changes in the Regulus Increment 1.4 release are: - Gene panel updates to align to Test Directory v9 - Bug fixes
The main changes in the Congenica v4.2 release are: - Exomiser Upgrade The platform’s variant prioritization pipeline has been upgraded from Exomiser v12 to v14.1. - HPO Reference Dataset Update The internal Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) database has been updated to the 2025-11-24 Release. The platform now supports searching and submitting all HPO terms included in this version. - Bug Fixes
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 28, 14:00 BST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 28, 10:00 BST
Scheduled -
Dear all,
We would like to inform you of an outage on the NGIS UAT environment, to implement a software release to Congenica. The outage will be on Tuesday, 28 April 2026 from 10:00 (BST) to 14:00 (BST).
- Exomiser Upgrade The platform’s variant prioritization pipeline has been upgraded from Exomiser v12 to v14.1. - HPO Reference Dataset Update The internal Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) database has been updated to the 2025-11-24 Release. The platform now supports searching and submitting all HPO terms included in this version. - Bug Fixes
Please note that Congenica in the NGIS UAT environment will be unavailable during the advised timeframe. There will be no impact to NGIS production Congenica portal.
Apr 24, 13:22 BST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 22, 21:00 BST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 22, 17:01 BST
Scheduled -
Dear all,
We would like to inform you of planned maintenance and a software release for Cancer DSS in the NGIS production environment. CDSSv6.18.0 will be released on Wednesday, 22 April 2026 from 17:00 (BST) to 21:00 (BST).
The main changes in the CDSSv6.18.0 release are: - Ability to support 100k frequency data display in cDSS - Bug fixes related to filtering and usability improvements
Please note that all applications the NGIS production environment will be unavailable during this timeframe.
Apr 15, 17:11 BST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
Apr 22, 17:00 BST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Apr 22, 13:00 BST
Scheduled -
Dear all,
We would like to inform you of a planned data release for PanelApp in the NGIS UAT environment. Regulus Increment 1.4 will be released on Wednesday, 22 April 2026 from 13:00 (BST) to 17:00 (BST).