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Release notes for Cloud Manager 2026.5.0 in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service release-notes

Last update: Thu May 07 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Learn about the release of Cloud Manager 2026.5.0 in AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) as a Cloud Service.

See also the current release notes for Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service.

Release dates release-date

The release date for Cloud Manager 2026.5.0 in AEM as a Cloud Service is Thursday, May 7, 2026.

The next planned release is Thursday, June 4, 2026.

What’s new - Cloud Manager cloud-manager-whats-new

  • Soft delete for a production program

    Cloud Manager now allows customers to delete production programs using a soft delete workflow. You can restore deleted programs within 30 days, providing you an additional safety window before permanent deletion. This feature is being rolled out progressively throughout May.

    See Mark a production program for deletion.

Beta programs private-beta-program

Participate in Cloud Manager’s beta programs to get exclusive access to upcoming features before their general release.

IMPORTANT
Beta releases may contain defects and are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind. Adobe has no obligation to maintain, correct, update, change, modify or otherwise support (by way of Adobe Support Services or otherwise) the beta releases. Adobe advises customers to use caution and not rely on the correct functioning or performance of beta releases, or on any accompanying documentation or materials. Features and APIs in beta are subject to change without notice. Accordingly, any use of the beta releases is entirely at the customer’s own risk.

See also AEM Beta programs

The following beta program opportunities are currently available:

Edge Delivery Services with AEM Authoring and flexible publish tier configuration eds-with-aem-authoring

Cloud Manager introduces two capabilities designed to support modern delivery architectures.

  • Edge Delivery Services with AEM Authoring
    You can now deliver sites using Edge Delivery Services while continuing to author content in AEM Author mode. Depending on your workflow preferences, you can choose between the following authoring approaches:

    • Document-based authoring
    • AEM Author-based authoring

For more information, see Create Edge Delivery site in Cloud Manager.

  • Flexible publish tier configuration

Cloud Manager now lets you configure whether a publish tier is required for your program. This flexibility lets you set up environments that better match your chosen delivery architecture.

For more information, see Flexible Publish Tier (Beta).

To join the Beta, email grp-beta_xwalk-publish_config@adobe.com with your Adobe Organization ID and Program ID.

Faster builds with module caching quick-build-cm-pipelines

A new build model compiles only changed modules (rather than the entire repository) using module-level caching to shorten build times. It applies to production pipelines. You control which production pipelines use Smart Build.

For more information, see the following:

To join the Beta, email beta_quickbuild_cmpipelines@adobe.com with your Adobe OrgID and Program ID.

Bug fixes bug-fixes

There are no significant bug fixes in the May 2026 Cloud Manager release.

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