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MadCap Flare 2026Major versionMay 28, 2026
Features
Added Multi-Word Synonym support, you can use phrases in the synonym editor.
HTML5 Security updates:
Updated DOMPurify to 3.4.3.
Updated SBOM to reflect this.
Inline SVG Support - Allows users to insert SVGs inline into a topic and the XML editor/PDF output will display it.
Generate Output Accepting All Changes - Added a new third option when generating PDF output. You can select to have all tracked changes act as accepted so an author can see what an output may look like.
Fixes
Annotations / Reviewing
Flare should display track changes for updated snippets their point of insertion (Output).
CSH/Alias/.h
Getting stuck on "Selected identifier has a topic assigned to it" prompt if Source Control Explorer | pending changes pane is opened.
Alias file prompts for update multiple times when focusing editor again.
Testing CSH Calls in HTML Help Target does not work.
Equations
EPUB Build Hangs Indefinitely on Topics with MadCap Equations.
Footnotes/Endnotes
Flare: Footnotes: Defining mc-footnote-position overwrites other applied formatting.
Images/Multimedia
Callout text disappears from images in Flare 2025 XML editor and output.
SVG Images not displaying correctly in PDF.
Install/Uninstall
Security Vulnerability: log4j-core-2.17.1.jar.
Integration: MadCap Central
Central Reviews: Missing counts on Changes and Annotations when file is in a Submitted State.
Integration: Zendesk
Zendesk Connector: Shared Topic is Moved Instead of Duplicated When Publishing to Separate Categories.
Zendesk Connector issue: Unable to log in to Zendesk.
Lists
Custom List with Color Variable causes a hard crash.
Output: HTML5
Checkmarx vulnerability scan for madcapall.js (MadCapHelpSystem.js).
Upgrade from DOMPurify version 3.2.6 to latest version.
Output: Native PDF
Inline SVGs do not display in PDF output.
Output: Word
When there is an inline tag applied to the beginning of an autonumbered block inside of a snippet, the autonumber and the inline element switch places in Word output.
Non Breaking Space is added between autonumber and heading text when there's a bookmark.
Borders applied to Code Snippets don't look right in Word Output.
Code snippets in Word output do not soft line-wrap.
List items inherit page breaks for each subsequent list item in Word output.
Performance
Increased build times in large HTML5 target builds with Flare 2025r2 compiler.
Publishing/Destinations
Changing any field in FTP/SFTP destination file wipes out Credentials.
Remove micro content from Syndicate publish manifest.
Syndicate: Topics not in the TOC are missing from the manifest file if "Do not use content folder" is used.
Other files that should be excluded from the Syndicate manifest file when publishing from FLD/FLO to Syndicate.
Search
Phrase searches don't highlight results in topic if there is an inline tag in the phrase.
Snippets
Topic does not refresh when nested snippet is updated.
Stylesheet Editor
CSS Variable Colors from Branding Stylesheet does not load in Styles.css Color Picker.
Synonyms
Synonym file: Stem checkbox for Group does not stay checked.
Table Styles
Column defined "Cell Content Style" style is overriding the defined header "Cell Content Style".
Variables
Flare 2025 r2 Heading variables assigned to the topic Title in topic properties appear as Undefined variable in TOC.
XML Editor
Unable to use proper parentheses in a LTR text that is part of an Arabic topic.
XML Editor: Non-breaking space ignored after regular space.
Futura LT BT Causes characters to stack together when a non-breaking space is used.
Xref text does not break on the following line when there's autonumber defined on the referenced heading and the xref format.
Getting an exception applying a generic style class to a table cell Via Cell Content Style (The local name for elements or attributes cannot be null or an empty string.).