Oxygen XML Web Author Releases

Released: Apr 23, 2026

Updates in V28.1 Build ID: 2026042208

Features

  • Security/Component Update: Updated Apache Tomcat to version 9.0.117.

Released: Apr 6, 2026

Updates in V28.1 Build ID: 2026040611

Fixes

  • DITA / Tables: Fixed an issue where the inner table header overlapped the parent table header.
  • DITA / Tables: Removed the default maximum height for tables, which was causing some rendering and UX issues.
  • Author / Table: Fixed various arrow key navigation issues inside tables.

Released: Mar 18, 2026

Updates in V28.1

Features

Oxygen AI Positron for Web Author

  • Optimized Token Consumption for AI Prompts and Tools - The prompts and tools that the AI uses to generate answers have been improved to consume fewer tokens/credits.
  • New Planner Chat Mode for Resource Consuming Tasks - The newly-introduced Planner chat mode is available for complex, token-intensive operations (e.g. "Translate all files in the current folder" or "Find all conrefs and replace them with conkeyrefs in userguide.ditamap"). After being given...

Released: Nov 26, 2025

Updates in V28.0

Features

Oxygen AI Positron for Web Author

  • Expanded AI Service Integration - The latest Oxygen AI Positron for Oxygen XML Web Author supports the latest generation of AI models and introduces broader integration options with a variety of AI platforms, making it easier to connect your preferred AI services.
    • Default model update: GPT-4.1 is now the default OpenAI model, providing faster, larger-context processing with improved accuracy.
    • Google Gemini Connector: Integrate directly with Google's...

Released: Sep 1, 2025

Updates in V27.1 Build ID: 2025082715

Features

Security/Component Updates

  • Updated Tomcat to version 9.0.108.

Released: Jun 3, 2025

Updates in V27.1 Build ID: 2025052822

Features

Security/Component Updates

  • Updated Tomcat version 9 to 9.0.105.

Released: Mar 24, 2025

Updates in V27.1

Features

Compare/Merge

  • New Differences View Helps Understand Review Comments - A new Differences view has been added in the File Comparison tool. Its main purpose is to help you understand differences in review comments. For example, when comparing a document that went through a review process with its original version, this view presents the newly added comments and replies.
  • Ignore Whitespaces in Text-based Comparisons - When using the File Comparison tool to show text-based differences, the...

Released: Feb 11, 2025

Updates in V27.0 Build ID: 2025021023

Fixes

Web Author

  • Fixed an issue where using CTRL+CLICK on links inside table cells would not open the link, on Firefox.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the UP arrow to jump to the start of the document if the cursor is placed at the end of the last list item from a list.

Concurrent Editing/DITA

  • Fixed a bug where the full path to the conref target was displayed for collaborators.

Released: Nov 27, 2024

Updates in V27.0

Features

AI Positron Assistant

  • Oxygen XML Web Author now supports the latest version of the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation - The new retrieval-augmented generation process leads to more meaningful AI responses by using information retrieved from the current document (or a documentation site bound to Oxygen Feedback) to enrich the AI context.
  • Function Calls - Within the definition of custom actions, you can reference existing...

Released: Apr 12, 2024

Updates in V26.1 Build ID: 2024041023

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that prevented uploading an EXF framework that does not have a base framework attribute.
  • Fixed a document loading issue when a &ditamap=null URL parameter is present.
  • Fixed an issue where a user would log out from a tab but the user would still be logged in for other already opened tabs. Now, it logs the user out from all tabs.
  • Fixed an application authentication issue for WebSphere Liberty.
  • Fixed a bug where the application authentication fails if two authentication...