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 5.2.2

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in October 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.2.2.

Operand version: 5.2.2

This release includes the following changes:

Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2025-54388, CVE-2025-53643, CVE-2025-50182, CVE-2025-50181, CVE-2025-47273, CVE-2025-32415, CVE-2025-32414, CVE-2025-23166, CVE-2025-8747, CVE-2025-8058, CVE-2025-7458, CVE-2025-7425, CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-5914, CVE-2025-5197, CVE-2025-3730, CVE-2025-2953, CVE-2025-1795, CVE-2025-1550

CVE-2024-55459, CVE-2024-7592, CVE-2024-0397

CVE-2022-40896, CVE-2022-29458, CVE-2022-0530, CVE-2022-0529

CVE-2021-4217

IBM Software Hub Version 5.2.1

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in August 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.2.1.

Operand version: 5.2.1

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-2025-54121, CVE-2025-50182, CVE-2025-50181, CVE-2025-49796, CVE-2025-49794, CVE-2025-48379, CVE-2025-48060, CVE-2025-8747, CVE-2025-7783, CVE-2025-7339, CVE-2025-6021, CVE-2025-5889, CVE-2025-5702, CVE-2025-5197, CVE-2025-4802, CVE-2025-47273, CVE-2025-4565, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4373, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-3933, CVE-2025-3777, CVE-2025-3730, CVE-2025-3576, CVE-2025-3264, CVE-2025-3263, CVE-2025-3262, CVE-2025-2953, CVE-2025-25724, CVE-2025-24928, CVE-2025-24528, CVE-2025-22868, CVE-2025-1795, CVE-2025-1550, CVE-2025-0938

CVE-2024-56171, CVE-2024-55459, CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2024-47081, CVE-2024-23337, CVE-2024-21538, CVE-2024-12747, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2024-12243, CVE-2024-12133, CVE-2024-12088, CVE-2024-12087

CVE-2023-45143, CVE-2023-38552

CVE-2022-49043, CVE-2022-40896, CVE-2022-0530, CVE-2022-0529

CVE-2021-4217

IBM Software Hub Version 5.2.0

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant was released in June 2025 with IBM Software Hub 5.2.0.

Operand version: 5.2.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of watsonx Code Assistant includes the following features:
Improve your AI responses by using IBM Granite™ model 3.3
You can now use IBM Granite model 3.3 with watsonx Code Assistant on IBM Software Hub to experience enhanced chat responses and code generation quality.
Fix Java unit tests
You can now start a unit test fix for any Java file that is in an application test folder of a Java project. For more information, see Generating unit tests.
Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

CVE-2025-43859, CVE-2025-32434, CVE-2025-22872, CVE-2025-1194, CVE-2025-0395

CVE-2024-8176, CVE-2024-2511