What's new and changed in watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed

watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed 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 or upgrading watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed

Ready to install or upgrade watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed?

  • To install watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed along with the other IBM® Software Hub services, see Installing IBM Software Hub.
  • To upgrade watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed along with the other IBM Software Hub services, see Upgrading IBM Software Hub.
  • To install or upgrade watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed independently, see watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed.
    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 5.4.0

A new version of watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed was released in June 2026 with IBM Software Hub 5.4.0.

Operand version: 5.4.0

This release includes the following changes:

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

CVE-2026-4786, CVE-2026-4878, CVE-2026-6100, CVE-2026-6321, CVE-2026-6322, CVE-2026-8723, CVE-2026-29111, CVE-2026-29518, CVE-2026-41650, CVE-2026-41907, CVE-2026-42033, CVE-2026-42034, CVE-2026-42035, CVE-2026-42036, CVE-2026-42037, CVE-2026-42038, CVE-2026-42039, CVE-2026-42040, CVE-2026-42041, CVE-2026-42042, CVE-2026-42043, CVE-2026-42044, CVE-2026-42264, CVE-2026-43617, CVE-2026-43618, CVE-2026-43619, CVE-2026-43620, CVE-2026-44665