What's new and changed in watsonx Code Assistant

watsonx Code Assistant 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.

Installing watsonx Code Assistant

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To install watsonx Code Assistant along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
To install watsonx Code Assistant independently, see watsonx Code Assistant.
Remember: All of the IBM Software Hub components associated with an instance of IBM Software Hub must be installed at the same version.

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.3

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in April 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.3.

Operand version: 5.1.3

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2025-27516, CVE-2025-27152, CVE-2025-24928, CVE-2025-22871, CVE-2025-22870

CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2024-40635, CVE-2024-21503

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.2

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in March 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.2.

Operand version: 5.1.2

This release includes the following changes:

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.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2025-23085, CVE-2025-22866, CVE-2025-22150

CVE-2024-9143, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-4741, CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45341, CVE-2024-45336, CVE-2024-28182, CVE-2024-27316, CVE-2024-12797, CVE-2024-11394, CVE-2024-11393, CVE-2024-11392, CVE-2024-10524

CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2023-45853, CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-28320, CVE-2023-27538, CVE-2023-27536, CVE-2023-27535

CVE-2022-49043

CVE-2021-3200, CVE-2021-31879, CVE-2021-22923, CVE-2021-22922

CVE-2020-11023

CVE-2019-5436, CVE-2019-3823, CVE-2019-3822, CVE-2019-12900

CVE-2018-16890, CVE-2018-16842, CVE-2018-16840, CVE-2018-16839, CVE-2018-0737, CVE-2018-0732

CVE-2017-9050, CVE-2017-9048, CVE-2017-9047, CVE-2017-7375, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-18258, CVE-2017-0663

CVE-2016-9318, CVE-2016-8625, CVE-2016-8624, CVE-2016-8623, CVE-2016-8622, CVE-2016-8621, CVE-2016-8619, CVE-2016-8618, CVE-2016-8617, CVE-2016-8616, CVE-2016-8615, CVE-2016-8610, CVE-2016-7141, CVE-2016-7056, CVE-2016-6306, CVE-2016-6302, CVE-2016-5420, CVE-2016-5419, CVE-2016-5131, CVE-2016-4658, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-4449, CVE-2016-4448, CVE-2016-4447, CVE-2016-2842, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-2109, CVE-2016-2108, CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2106, CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2016-1840, CVE-2016-1839, CVE-2016-1838, CVE-2016-1837, CVE-2016-1836, CVE-2016-1835, CVE-2016-1834, CVE-2016-1833, CVE-2016-1762, CVE-2016-0800, CVE-2016-0799, CVE-2016-0797, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0704, CVE-2016-0703, CVE-2016-0702

CVE-2015-8241, CVE-2015-7942, CVE-2015-7941, CVE-2015-7497, CVE-2015-4000, CVE-2015-3216, CVE-2015-3196, CVE-2015-3195, CVE-2015-3194, CVE-2015-0293, CVE-2015-0209, CVE-2015-0206, CVE-2015-0205, CVE-2015-0204

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.1

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in February 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.1.

Operand version: 5.1.1

This release includes the following changes:

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.

Security issues fixed in this release

The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2025-21614, CVE-2025-21613

CVE-2024-56201, CVE-2024-56326, CVE-2024-53981, CVE-2024-53899, CVE-2024-52798, CVE-2024-52304, CVE-2024-50602, CVE-2024-49767, CVE-2024-49766, CVE-2024-4603, CVE-2024-45338, CVE-2024-45337, CVE-2024-37891, CVE-2024-3596, CVE-2024-34156, CVE-2024-34155, CVE-2024-26462, CVE-2024-26461, CVE-2024-26458, CVE-2024-26130, CVE-2024-2236, CVE-2024-12085, CVE-2024-11079, CVE-2024-9287

CVE-2023-29483

CVE-2022-1271

CVE-2019-16163

IBM Software Hub Version 5.1.0

watsonx Code Assistant was released in December 2024 with IBM Software Hub 5.1.0.

Operand version: 5.1.0

IBM watsonx Code Assistant is a new service available with IBM watsonx Code Assistant 5.1.0.

watsonx Code Assistant is a generative AI coding companion that provides contextually aware assistance for programming languages such as Go, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, and TypeScript. You integrate watsonx Code Assistant into your IDE, and it helps simplify your coding tasks.

Use watsonx Code Assistant to:

Generate code suggestions: Enter a prompt that describes the code you need, and watsonx Code Assistant generates something you can choose to use.
Modernize Java applications: You can modernize your WebSphere Application Server traditional application to Liberty.
Document code: Generate comment lines that document what your code does.
Generate unit tests: Generate a test for a class, file, function, or method.
Explain code: Analyze and summarize your code to understand what the code does.

To read more about these features, see What's new and changed in watsonx Code Assistant in the IBM watsonx™ documentation.

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.