What's new and changed in the IBM Software Hub command-line interface

The IBM Software Hub command-line interface (cpd-cli) updates can include new features and fixes. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Software Hub.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.3.0

A new version of the IBM Software Hub command-line interface was released in December 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.3.0.

Version: 14.3.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features

This release of AI Factsheets includes the following features:

Run health checks for watsonx™ Orchestrate

You can now run service functionality checks for the watsonx Orchestrate service by specifying --services=orchestrate when you run the cpd-cli health service-functionality command.

For more information on running health checks, see the cpd-cli health service-functionality command reference.

Single command to create operators and custom resources

The install-components command replaces the apply-olm and apply-cr commands. The command ensures that the required operators are created before the custom resources are created.

For details, see cpd-cli manage install-components command reference.

Deprecated features

The following commands were deprecated in this release:

The setup-instance command is deprecated

The cpd-cli manage setup-instance command is deprecated. Use the new cpd-cli manage install-components command to install and upgrade the IBM Software Hub platform.

For details, see:

Installation: Installing the required components for an instance of IBM Software Hub
Upgrade from 5.1: Upgrading IBM Software Hub
Upgrade from 5.2: Upgrading IBM Software Hub

The apply-olm command is deprecated

The apply-olm command is replaced by the install-components command.

The apply-cr command is deprecated

The apply-cr command is replaced by the install-components command.