We would like to inform you of a planned release being deployed for CloudOS.
SW 6.1 Aspen Release will be deployed on Thursday, 22 January 2026 between 09:00 (GMT) and 18:00 (GMT).
Please note that we cannot ensure the normal functionality of the CloudOS application during this time.
This release will include 22 new features for CloudOS, including: • Edit Cost Limit During Job Execution: Users can now update the cost limit of a pipeline job while it is running, allowing them to dynamically adjust budget thresholds based on their analysis needs. • Default Nextflow Version Updated: The default Nextflow version for all new job submissions is now 24.04.4, ensuring compatibility with newer pipelines and features. Users can still select version 22.10.8 if required for their analysis. • Lifebit Platform CLI updates: Job archiving/unarchiving, paginated job tables, clickable links to job outputs. • Per-User Cost Attribution in Interactive Analysis Usage Tab: The Usage tab for interactive analyses now shows which user started and stopped each session resume, with compute and volume costs attributed to the corresponding user for clearer per-user cost visibility. • Enhanced S3 mounting in interactive sessions: Interactive sessions now support linking entire S3 buckets via the “Link folder by S3 link” option.
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 Jan 16, 2026 - 15:27 GMT
This scheduled maintenance affects: Cloud_RE (General_Service_Updates_Cloud_RE, CloudOS).