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Last update: Mon Sep 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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The following section outlines the technical release notes for the maintenance release of Experience Manager as a Cloud Service associated with 2025.8.0 feature activation.

Release 21994 21994

Summarized below are the continuous improvements for maintenance release 21994, which was publicly released on August 19, 2025. The previous maintenance release was release 21772.

The 2025.8.0 feature activation will provide the full feature set for this maintenance release. See the Experience Manager Releases Roadmap for more information.

New Features new-features-21994

None.

Enhancements enhancements-21994

GRANITE-53488: Improve deleteconf.json endpoint error handling.
GRANITE-59968: Allow to configure REPLICATION_FORCE_READY_MILLIES.
GRANITE-60183: Apache commons-fileupload 1.6.0.
GRANITE-60306: Apache commons-lang to 3.18.0.
GRANITE-60637: Apache commons-codec to 1.19.0.
GRANITE-60645: Apache commons-io 2.20.0.
GRANITE-60663: Apache commons-text 1.14.0.
GRANITE-60714: Mongo Java Driver 5.2.
GRANITE-60778: Filevault 4.0.0.
GRANITE-60823: Jackrabbit 2.22.2.
GRANITE-60967: Create metrics for tracking clientlib compilation time.
SKYOPS-105469: Adding support for acsredirectMgr in autofix api.
SKYOPS-113929: Add metrics for replication ready check.
SKYOPS-84821: Sling engine 2.16.6.
SKYOPS-114322: Bump up closure compiler language in level to ECMASCRIPT_2018.

Fixed Issues fixed-issues-21994

GRANITE-60167: Async index update in Skyline doesn’t support CSV data.
GRANITE-60532: Modification of value toggles is not picked up.
SITES-34277: Fix blocking error in translations workflows for pages.
SKYOPS-105471: Support dambaseredirect fix for aso autofix.
SKYOPS-109532: adding feature removed link as comment behind toggle.

AEM Guides guides-21994

GUIDES-26688: CSS and Page layout files in Native PDF templates exhibit inconsistent file locking behavior, allowing edits even when the files are locked.
GUIDES-30900: Copying a folder with a large number of assets from the Assets UI leads to an API timeout. The operation continues to run in the backend and completes after some time, but no success or failure message, or notification is shown in the UI.
GUIDES-29090: In the Native PDF output, the List of Index (LOI) appears in a non-alphabetical order and nested index terms are not grouped properly, making the index difficult to navigate.
GUIDES-11227: Copying a DITA map from the Assets UI also copies its attached Baseline to the new map.
GUIDES-31506: The Home page goes blank when one of the files listed in the Recent files widget is based on a template whose source template does not include a thumbnail.

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

Known Issues known-issues-21994

Apache HTTPD version 2.4.65 introduces changes that may affect certain configurations due to new restrictions implemented as part of security fixes. These fixes address vulnerabilities by ensuring that directives such as RequestHeader set, edit, and edit_r used to modify the Content-Type header are now correctly limited to request headers. This change prevents unintended modifications to response headers, particularly for static content.
Apache HTTPD version 2.4.65 introduces changes in mod_proxy when using ProxyRemote connections. If you are experiencing issues, please set the disablereuse flag to On.
ProxyPass "/example" "http://backend.example.com" disablereuse=on

Deprecated Features and APIs deprecated-21994

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-21994

AEM as a Cloud Service is dedicated to optimizing your platform’s security and performance. This maintenance release addresses 2 identified vulnerabilities, reinforcing our commitment to robust system protection.

Embedded Technologies embedded-tech-21994

Technology

Version

Link

AEM Oak

1.84.0

Oak API 1.84.0 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

2.29.0

AEM WCM Core Components

Node.js

14 (default)

Supported Node.js versions

Release 21772 21772

Summarized below are the continuous improvements for maintenance release 21772, which was publicly released on August 6, 2025. The previous maintenance release was release 21706.

The 2025.8.0 feature activation provides the full feature set for this maintenance release. See the Experience Manager Releases Roadmap for more information.

New Features new-features-21772

SITES-30049: Added new endpoint for retrieving the language copies of a Content Fragment by its UUID.

Enhancements enhancements-21772

CQ-4358722 : Resolved localization issues caused by differing locale codes between Java 11 and Java 17.
FORMS-19624: Enabled Interactive Communications (IC). It empowers organizations to deliver personalized, on-demand communications—such as statements, invoices, and correspondence—by combining structured templates with dynamic data. With features like web-based template design, reusable content fragments, rule-driven variations, and seamless data integration, IC enables consistent and scalable customer communications across channels.
FORMS-19587, FORMS-17107, FORMS-19591, FORMS-19582, FORMS-20129, FORMS-20002, FORMS-19593,FORMS-20655, FORMS-19583, FORMS-18024, FORMS-19581: The following enhancements have been made to the Adaptive Forms Rule Editor:
- The validate method in the function list can now validate panels, fields, and forms.
- Improved client-side custom function parsing to support ES10+ features and static imports.
- Added an out-of-the-box (OOTB) “Download Document of Record (DoR)” button in the rule editor.
- Added support for dynamic variables within rules.
- Enabled creation of rules based on custom events.
- Rules for repeatable panels now execute in the correct context, rather than only on the last panel instance.
- Rules can now be triggered based on query parameters, UTM parameters, and browser parameters.
- Added support for form-specific custom function scripts in EDS (Experience Data Store).
- Added support for using EVENT_PAYLOAD in the “Navigate To” action within the success handler of the rule editor.
- Supported function calls within input parameters in rule editor and ensured rules are not saved if any required parameters are missing from the function call.
- Highlighted broken rules in the rule editor UI.
FORMS-18450: reCAPTCHA V2 (including invisible reCAPTCHA) is now easier to set up and use in Adaptive Forms. The configuration is now managed in one place, making it simpler for you to enable spam protection in your forms.
FORMS-18385: Added support for AFP generation from XDP and data in AEM Forms through the Output service.
FORMS-17789: Added an out-of-the-box button in the rule editor to download Document of Record (DoR).
FORMS-20313, FORMS-2896: Added support for the dorExclude property to disable specific features in core component-based forms.
FORMS-20262: Handled invalid file attachments (0 byte) on the client-side.
FORMS-18347: Improved Adaptive Forms editor logging for missing form container proxy components.
FORMS-16205: Excluded disabled components from Document of Record (DoR) in core component-based forms.
FORMS-10836: Changed orientation of master page properties in Document of Record (DoR) for Right to Left languages.
SITES-33025: Open new CF Editor via ID instead of path.
SITES-32741: Trigger update of contenf-fragment page references asynchronously.
SITES-32087: GraphQL: Add support for _ignoreCase on StringArray.
SITES-12211: Improved Performance in template editor
SITES-32861: Performance improvement for live copy creation through chunked processing.
SITES-21383: Performance optimization for Content Fragment launch deletion operations.
SITES-31165: Performance enhancement by splitting rollout operations into manageable chunks.
SITES-21353: Query performance improvement for Content Fragment launches using database indexing.
SITES-30495: Enhancement to support UUID-based fragment references in Content Fragment launches.
SITES-32151: API enhancement exposing container property functionality.
SITES-26849: Adjust back-references when a Content Fragment Variation si moved or deleted.
SITES-31846: Add option to copy/paste root fragment and references in the same folder for copy tree operation.
SITES-30241: Adjust References located inside a long text field when moving, renaming or deleting a fragment.
SITES-32684: Enhance mechanism for syncing tab changes in UI schema.
SITES-33308: Add retry mechanism for syncing changes to the UI Schema when editing models.
SITES-32247: Missing Dialog Personalization & UI Misalignment in the “Text and Personalization” Component.
SITES-32261: Experience Fragment i18n Not Applied to Field.
SITES-32666: Template Predicate contains \n causing HTML lookup to fail.
SITES-32674: Featured Image Field Image Picker not working for Page Creation Wizard Despite cq:showOnCreate.
SITES-32014: Edge Delivery with Universal Editor: Add automatic configuration of CORS policies for localhost, aem.page and aem.live
SITES-26532: Edge Delivery with Universal Editor: Add Support for localized URLs (early access).
SITES-30887: Add Contet Fragment uuids stored in workflow metadata.

Fixed Issues fixed-issues-21772

CQ-4360190: Fixed UnsupportedOperationException occurring when attempting to use add on a keySet that does not support the operation.
CQ-4360421: Addressed an issue with Microsoft Translator subscription key encryption to improve security and compatibility.
FORMS-20980: Fixed keyboard accessibility issues on Date Picker with custom display format in Adaptive Forms.
FORMS-20498: Added a check for null pointer exceptions in OdataResponse to prevent runtime errors.
FORMS-20947: Addressed multiple accessibility issues, including screen-reader violations and text truncation/overlap problems.
FORMS-21030, FORMS-20630: Resolved issues with dropdown fields configured for multiple selections in adaptive forms. The generated PDF now correctly includes all selected values.
FORMS-19579: Fixed the issue where the Invoke service rule did not auto-correct on re-save.
FORMS-20734: Corrected the duplication of signature fields in PDF documents generated by the Output service for XFAF based input PDF templates.
FORMS-20934: Fixed the Autofill Attribute dropdown in AEM Forms authoring UI to remove duplicate entries and include all standard HTML autocomplete tokens.
FORMS-20700: Resolved the flickering of dropdown help-text on initial load in AEM Forms.
FORMS-20307: Fixed the issue where forms embedded on a site page were not getting translated with 4-character locales.
FORMS-20493: Addressed the issue where forms automatically refreshed when data was fetched, causing user inconvenience.
FORMS-18455: Enhanced the Adaptive Forms Editor for Core Components to show dots for used data objects in the data source tree.
FORMS-19373: Prevented replication errors for publish environments that do not have any replication agents configured.
FORMS-20042: Fixed the broken properties view caused by the Apache Sling GET Servlet Configuration with HTML config enabled.
FORMS-20036, FORMS-19978: Addressed PDF/A-1b compliance and validation issues.
FORMS-19166: Moved pagedatasource.jsp to servlet to improve error stack trace clarity and added more guardrails and logging.
FORMS-16466: Fixed issues with repeatable panels not populating correctly in AEM Forms.
FORMS-19629: Addressed issues with customer JSON schema parsing providing invalid results.
LC-3923083: Resolved “path object not tagged” error for bordered items in XDP templates.
SITES-33177: Edge Delivery with Universal Editor: fix broken section styles when stored as comma separated strings.
SITES-33262: Edge Delivery with Universal Editor: fix blocks with no name property break page rendering and publishing.
SITES-33309: Edge Delivery with Universal Editor: fix IllegalArgumentException when writing to a spreadsheet with a slash in columns.
SITES-33408: Edge Delivery with Universal Editor: fix Spreadsheets don’t appear as modified after making changes.
SITES-31992: GraphQL: Fix sporadical errors in model scan during bundles startup.
SITES-29967: GraphiQL: Long query names are cut off.
SITES-26266: Content references that don’t start with / are not returned from BE response (Java API).
SITES-17874: GraphQL persisted queries: Fix encoding for content-type application/graphql-response+json.
SITES-24506: Screen readers informed on search results.
SITES-25268: Screen reader improvements for annotations.
SITES-32366: Spell Check results hidden behind RTE dialog.
SITES-32829: MediaQuery emulator improvements to parse media query level 3 and 4.
SITES-32278: Tag fields fixed to use field label correctly.
SITES-25244: Horizontal bar not appearing in image modal anymore.
SITES-33395: Fixed rollout button functionality for Content Fragment live copy synchronization.
SITES-33147: Fixed service binding issue affecting live relationship functionality.
SITES-33528: Fixed timestamp preservation issue during launch promotion.
SITES-33014: Fixed excessive warning log generation from LaunchesAdapterFactory.
SITES-32305: Fixed live copy inheritance break functionality after layout changes.
SITES-32268: Disable URL encoding for Content Fragment Search.
SITES-32772: Property locked in variation’s fields was always false when enabling the enhancements from SITES-31455 - related to unifying etag value.
SITES-32696: Fixed issue when a Content Fragment Live Copy field with broken inheritance couldn’t not be edited anymore.
SITES-31712: Slow Queries from the Omni-search on prod Author.
SITES-33039: Page Events not triggering correctly.
SITES-31192: Experience Fragments losing Version History after being moved.
SITES-33529: Error while linking the ACS Campaign templates with AEM pages.
SITES-33678: Add Toggle for SITES-33529.
SITES-33468: AEMaaCS unable to connect to ACS.
SITES-33556: Regression fix for issues introduced in previous enhancement.

Altered Functionality altered-functionality-21772

SITES-26344: Unify validation of fragmentId/modelId between endpoints - these ids are now validated and a 400 status code is returned if they are not valid.
SITES-29598: Validate Content Fragment references added in fragment reference fields when updating a Content Fragment Model.

Known Issues known-issues-21772

SITES-31791: Content Fragments GraphQL - Query failing with “Maximum field count exceeded”. See Knowledge Base article.

Deprecated Features and APIs deprecated-21772

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-21772

AEM as a Cloud Service is dedicated to optimizing your platform’s security and performance. This maintenance release addresses 35 identified vulnerabilities, reinforcing our commitment to robust system protection.