What's new and changed in Data Gate
The Data Gate release and subsequent refreshes 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. Only the refreshes that contain updates for Data Gate are shown.
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 Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.2.0
A new version of Data Gate was released in June 2025.
This release includes the following changes:
- New features
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This release of Data Gate includes the following features:
- Authenticate by using client certificates
- It is now possible to configure a certificate for opening connections to z/OS and Red Hat® OpenShift® instead of using username and password based authentication. For more information see:
- Updates
- The following update was introduced in this release:
- Use an active Db2 Connect Unlimited Edition license
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Important: In the Data Gate service, you must use an active Db2 Connect Unlimited Edition license to establish a connection to Db2 for z/OS. For more information, see Activating the license for Db2 Connect Unlimited Edition
- Customer-reported issues fixed in this release
- For a list of customer-reported issues that were fixed in this release, see the Fix List for IBM Cloud Pak® for Data on the IBM Support website.