Oxygen XML Web Author Releases

Released: May 21, 2026

Updates in V28.1 Build ID: 2026051923

Features

  • Security/Component Update - Updated Apache Tomcat to version 9.0.118.
  • S1000D framework - Updated the 'Insert Image' action to handle image insertion more smoothly and prevent unexpected errors. Also, Smart Paste support has been restored, allowing content pasted from external sources to be handled correctly.

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...