Maintenance Release Notes maintenance-release-notes

The following section outlines the technical release notes for the maintenance release of Experience Manager as a Cloud Service associated with 2025.10.0 feature activation.

Release 22943 22943

Summarized below are the continuous improvements for maintenance release 22943, which was publicly released on October 14, 2025. The previous maintenance release was release 22758.

The 2025.10.0 feature activation provides the full feature set for this maintenance release. See the Experience Manager Releases Roadmap for more information.

Enhancements enhancements-22943

  • ASSETS-57809: Index definition update for damAssetLucene-13.
  • ASSETS-36521: Improved DM Reupload Workflow to Ensure Consistent Post-Processing.
  • ASSETS-56400: Added new OOTB Zoom PNG rendition for assets with transparency.
  • ASSETS-55326: Enabled AI metadata folder config view through HTTP events.
  • ASSETS-56905: Support connection to Indesign via proxy.
  • ASSETS-48286: Add CAI properties to Algolia for GenStudio.
  • ASSETS-48653: Apply the invisible watermark in the preprocessing phase.
  • ASSETS-55874: Migrating image preset from scene7 to DMWithOpenapi.
  • SITES-30452: Content API improvements for ASO on the /content/definition endpoint.

Fixed Issues fixed-issues-22943

  • ASSETS-56301: Fixed selective metadata export to include PredictedTags in CSV.
  • ASSETS-55543: Refactored async processing logic into a reusable bundle.
  • ASSETS-54789: Fixed NPE in ACLPermissionsValidator when DM ACL is enabled.
  • ASSETS-55888: Fixed malware rendition appearing in the UI renditions panel.
  • GRANITE-62236: Fixed keyword localization issue in saved searches for smart collections.
  • GRANITE-61875: Fixed “invalid expression evaluation” hotfix issue preventing saving Content Fragments and asset downloads.
  • SITES-24074: Fixed hidden mobile navigation receiving focus during keyboard tab navigation.
  • SITES-33611: Fixed Live Copy Overview issue for high-volume markets.

AEM Guides guides-22943

  • GUIDES-31421: When multiple DITA maps or topics are open and one of the topics is closed, the >> button which showcases all the open tabs gets overlapped with the remaining open tabs on the Tab bar.
  • GUIDES-33229: When generating PDFs, the filtering rules in a DITAVAL file are ignored if any property name contains a period.
  • GUIDES-33720: When zooming in the screen of Translation UI, the Send for Translation button moves under the ellipsis and becomes enabled even without any asset being selected.
  • GUIDES-33590: When a reviewer completes a review task or initiator updates review task without entering comments, the notification email sent displays the most recent previous comment.

For more information about the new and enhanced features and issues fixed in the release, view the Experience Manager Guides release roadmap.

Deprecated Features and APIs deprecated-22943

Deprecated and removed features and APIs in AEM as a Cloud Service are detailed in the Deprecated and Removed Features and APIs document.

Security Fixes security-22943

AEM as a Cloud Service is dedicated to optimizing your platform’s security and performance. This maintenance release addresses 14 identified vulnerabilities, reinforcing our commitment to robust system protection.

Change Notice

  • This release contains the following new product index versions:
  • damAssetLucene-13

Embedded Technologies embedded-tech-22943

Technology
Version
Link
AEM Oak
1.86.0
Oak 1.86.0 API
AEM SLING API
2.27.6
Apache Sling API 2.27.6 API
AEM HTL
1.4.28-1.4.0
HTML Template Language Specification
Apache HTTP Server
2.4.65
Apache Httpd 2.4.65
AEM Core Components
2.30.2
AEM WCM Core Components
Node.js
14 (default)
Supported Node.js versions

Release 22758 22758

Summarized below are the continuous improvements for maintenance release 22758, which was publicly released on October 1, 2025. The previous maintenance release was release 22450.

The 2025.10.0 feature activation provides the full feature set for this maintenance release. See the Experience Manager Releases Roadmap for more information.

Enhancements enhancements-22758

  • ASSETS-56227: Rename adobe-countdown-timer modifier.
  • CNTBF-493: Bump content-backflow bundle version to 2.0.28.
  • CQ-4361110: Granite translations.
  • CQ-4361112: Latest AEM translations.
  • GRANITE-56026: Improve permissions API status code responses.
  • GRANITE-61015: Added org.apache.commons.io.channels package to the public exported list.
  • GRANITE-61167: Felix log has been updated to the latest OSGI spec.
  • GRANITE-61167: Update a number of Apache Felix dependencies.
  • GRANITE-61169: Improve the check for protected strings.
  • GRANITE-61622: Update a number of Apache Sling dependencies.
  • GRANITE-61663: Add com.adobe.granite.repository.indexdefs-1.0.2 to quickstart.
  • GRANITE-61811: Add com.adobe.granite.repository-2.0.0 to quickstart.
  • SITES-32014: Listen for external events to update service registrations.
  • SITES-34277: Fix blocking error in translations workflows for pages.
  • SKYOPS-108706: Upgraded release toggles bundle to latest version (etag caching).
  • SKYOPS-114210: Updating to latest version of aem.pss.service bundle.
  • SKYOPS-116171: Update to Sling ResourceResolver 1.12.12.
  • SKYOPS-119811: Released dispatcher-publish 2.0.258.

Fixed Issues fixed-issues-22758

  • GRANITE-61875: Fix triggers for “invalid expression evaluation” – Authors cannot save Content Fragments & assets fail to download.
  • SITES-22059: Fix JS error in PDF Viewer components. Unlocalized “File preview not available” string in Core Components site > PDF Viewer.
  • GRANITE-59704: Fix htmllibmanager.debug causing edit mode to fail.
  • GRANITE-61042: Integrate FELIX-6796 (ServiceTracker NPE fix) into AEM Felix Web Console bundle.
  • GRANITE-61165: Workspace.copy() throwing RepositoryException.
  • GRANITE-61875: Update ui.commons to 5.10.50.

Known Issues known-issues-22758

None.

Deprecated Features and APIs deprecated-22758

Deprecated and removed features and APIs in AEM as a Cloud Service are detailed in the Deprecated and Removed Features and APIs document.

Security Fixes security-22758

AEM as a Cloud Service is dedicated to optimizing your platform’s security and performance. This maintenance release addresses 13 identified vulnerabilities, reinforcing our commitment to robust system protection.

Embedded Technologies embedded-tech-22758

Technology
Version
Link
AEM Oak
1.86.0
Oak 1.86.0 API
AEM SLING API
2.27.6
Apache Sling API 2.27.6 API
AEM HTL
1.4.28-1.4.0
HTML Template Language Specification
Apache HTTP Server
2.4.65
Apache Httpd 2.4.65
AEM Core Components
2.30.1
AEM WCM Core Components
Node.js
14 (default)
Supported Node.js versions
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