We would like to inform you of a planned release being deployed for CloudOS.
SW 6.9 Sycamore Release will be deployed on Thursday, 17 September 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 CloudOS release includes 8 new features, bug fixes and UX improvements: • Linux Interactive Sessions: Install/run custom GUI apps; snapshots save environments. • Session Storage Allocation: View storage split across libraries, session data and mounted volumes. • devtools Dependencies: R devtools dependencies included by default. • Convert Text Case: Change Data Map columns to upper/lowercase. • Empty Values Substitution: Replace blanks with fixed value, mean or median. • Independent Airlock Capabilities: Enable Data Import and Export separately. • Airlock Import Setup: Configure file scanning once in Airlock Tower.
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
Posted Sep 10, 2026 - 08:24 BST
This scheduled maintenance affects: Cloud_RE (General_Service_Updates_Cloud_RE, CloudOS).