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, 28 May 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
May 14, 2026 - 12:50 BST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 20, 21:00 BST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 20, 17:00 BST
Scheduled -
Dear all,
We would like to inform you of an outage in the NGIS production environment, for planned maintenance and to implement software releases to Congenica and Cancer DSS. The outage will be on Wednesday, 20 May 2026 from 17:00 (BST) to 21:00 (BST).
The main changes in the CDSSv6.19.0 release are:
- Displaying the 100k frequency results in the variant details page - Bug improvements
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.
May 14, 13:00 BST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 14, 10:00 BST
Scheduled -
Dear researchers,
We would like to inform you of planned maintenance for IVA and OpenCGA in the research environment.
The applications will not be available during the maintenance period. The maintenance includes necessary upgrades to the platform and does not include any changes to data or functionality.
Maintenance period: The applications will be unavailable Thursday, 14 May 2026 from 10:00 (BST) to 13:00 (BST).
Once the maintenance is complete, you will be able to use the application as usual.
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 14, 12:48 BST
Scheduled -
Dear Congenica User,
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.
Apr 16, 11:52 BST
Completed -
The scheduled maintenance has been completed.
May 12, 14:00 BST
In progress -
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
May 12, 10:00 BST
Scheduled -
Dear all,
We would like to inform you of planned maintenance and a software release for Cancer DSS in the NGIS UAT environment. CDSSv6.19.0 will be released on Tuesday, 12 May 2026 from 10:00 (BST) to 14:00 (BST).