What's new in WebSphere Hybrid Edition
Learn about new features, improvements, any limitations, and other changes in the latest product release.
For the latest information about new features, improvements, and changes, see the What's New pages in their documentation:
- WebSphere Liberty operator 1.5.0 (released September 2025)
- WebSphere Application Server Liberty 25.0.0.9 (released September 2025)
- Network Deployment | Base | Core | z/OS
- WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.25 (released September 2025)
- WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.28 (released July 2025)
- IBM Transformation Advisor 4.4 (released September 2025)
- IBM Mono2Micro 24.0.03.3 (released September 2025)
- WebSphere Application Server Migration Toolkit 25.0.0.3 (released September 2025)
Version 5.1
- Version 5.1.0 update
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- Version 5.1.0 Features and enhancements update
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- Adds support for Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform version 4.19.
- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.18.
- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.17.
- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.16.
- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform universal base image (UBI) 8.8.
- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform universal base image (UBI) 8.7.
- Version 5.1.0 Deprecations and removals
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- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.14.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.15.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.12.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.10.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.8.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.7.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.6.
- Version 5.1.0
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- Version 5.1.0 Deprecations and removals
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- IBM Cloud Foundry Migration Runtime is removed in IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition 5.1.0. For more information, see the Software withdrawal and support discontinuance announcement.
Version 5.0
- Version 5.0.1 Update
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- Version 5.0.1 Features and enhancements update
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- Application modernization tooling updates:
- Releases new versions of IBM Mono2Micro (21.0.09),IBM Transformation Advisor (2.5.0), and WebSphere Application Server Migration Toolkit (21.0.0.3).
- Adds the ability to define custom rules in Binary Scanner and Transformation Advisor to further adapt modernization analysis to your organizational processes.
- Adds globalization support in 10 languages to IBM Mono2Micro.
- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.8.
- Replaces installer with instructions for installing or upgrading IBM Cloud Foundry Migration Runtime and [IBM Transformation Advisor](install-cta.md) directly.
- Application modernization tooling updates:
- Version 5.0.1 Deprecations and removals update
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- IBM Cloud Foundry Migration Runtime is deprecated in IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition 5.0.1 and might be removed in a future release of IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition.
- Removes support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.5.
- Version 5.0.1
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- Version 5.0.1 Features and enhancements
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- IBM Mono2Micro is updated to version 21.0.06, which includes the following enhancements:
- Usability improvements in the graph UI to more efficiently handle large amounts of analysis data
- New ways to filter partitioning recommendations by use cases and runtime call volume
- An improved method to track and handle unobserved classes
- Monolith class dependencies in the partitioning views
- IBM Mono2Micro is updated to version 21.0.06, which includes the following enhancements:
- Version 5.0.0 update
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- Version 5.0.0 Features and enhancements
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- Adds support for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.6 and 4.7
- Adds links to instructions for upgrading IBM Cloud Foundry Migration Runtime and IBM Transformation Advisor