We would like to inform you of a planned release being deployed for CloudOS.
SW 5.9 Serine Release will be deployed on Thursday, 18 September 2025 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 a number of new features for CloudOS, including: Advanced Analytics, users will benefit from clearer CLI error messages, the ability to resume and clone jobs programmatically, improved job filtering, and visibility into EBS costs and working directories. Data Science, updates include AWS Access Point integration for interactive sessions, advanced query logic with parentheses, a resizable SQL editor, cross-schema query access, immediate query naming, and a default 12-hour session time limit. Organisation Management, schema sharing is now restricted to Organisation Admins via Organisation settings. Workspace Management, EBS costs are now included in batch job cost estimates, improving transparency in resource usage.
You may need to clear your browser cache within the AWS Workspace to see the changes that have been applied in the release.
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, 2025 - 14:05 BST
This scheduled maintenance affects: Cloud_RE (General_Service_Updates_Cloud_RE, CloudOS).