What's new in containers

To meet your business needs, Sterling™ Order Management System Software regularly introduces important new features and enhancements in IBM® Sterling Order Management System certified containers.

For a list of the resolved issues, see Resolved issues in containers.

20 February 2026 (10.0.2601.1)

Updated Operator version and images
  • Operator version: v1.6.0
  • Case version: 3.0.36
  • Images:
    • IBM Sterling Order Management System Software Enterprise:

      icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-ent-case-catalog:v1.0

    • IBM Sterling Order Management System Software Professional:

      icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-pro-case-catalog:v1.0

    • The v1.0 catalog images will be deprecated soon and the users are encouraged to subscribe to the following new catalog images.
      icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-pro-case-catalog:stable
icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-ent-case-catalog:stable

      For more information, see Enterprise case and Professional case.

    • JDK8: 10.0.2601.1-amd64
    • JDK21: 10.0.2601.1-jdk21-amd64
Service name updates for new backends in Order Service
With the addition of new backend components in Order Service, the naming conventions for services generated by the Operator are updated in the following manner.
<omenv name>-orderservice-<order service type>-service
For example, if you deploy all types of Order Services, then the following services are created by the Operator.
omenv1-orderservice-os-service: original order service deployment (order service type: os)
omenv1-orderservice-fetcher-service : order service fetcher backend (order service type: fetcher)
omenv1-orderservice-indexer-service : order service indexer backend (order service type: indexer)
omenv1-orderservice-summary-generator-service : order service summary generator backend (order service type: summary-generator)
Updated JSON Web Token (JWT) file path
The file path for JWT is now changed from /opt/ssfs/runtime/jwt to /opt/ssfs/runtime/jwt/jwt.
New feature to postpone deletion of purged orders
The Order Archive time‑triggered transaction now supports Delayed Deletion. This feature allows you to postpone the deletion of purged orders from Sterling Order Management System Software after the orders are archived. For more information, see Order Archive agent.
New Operator annotations introduced
  • apps.oms.ibm.com/enforce-non-root

    When set to yes, this annotation enforces that the container runs as a non‑root user.

  • apps.oms.ibm.com/enforce-readonly-root-filesystem

    When set to yes, this annotation forces the container to use a read‑only root filesystem.

For more information, see Annotations used in Sterling Order Management System Operator.

30 January 2026 (10.0.2601.0)

Updated Operator version and images
  • Operator version: v1.5.0
  • Case version: 3.0.35
  • Images:
    • IBM Sterling Order Management System Software Enterprise:

      icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-ent-case-catalog:v1.0

    • IBM Sterling Order Management System Software Professional:

      icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-pro-case-catalog:v1.0

    • The v1.0 catalog images will be deprecated soon and the users are encouraged to subscribe to the following new catalog images.
      icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-pro-case-catalog:stable
icr.io/cpopen/ibm-oms-ent-case-catalog:stable

      For more information, see Enterprise case and Professional case.

    • JDK8: 10.0.2601.0-amd64
    • JDK21: 10.0.2601.0-jdk21-amd64
Introduced probe handlers for Order Hub and Call Center
You can now configure handlers for the probe configurations of readiness, liveness, and startup in your Order Hub and Call Center custom resources. If not specified, the configuration falls back to the default probe handler for the corresponding deployment. For more information, see Properties for probeConfigs.