Universal Editor 2026.01.15 Release Notes release-notes

These are the release notes for the 15 January 2026 release of the Universal Editor.

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What’s New what-is-new

  • Support for setting and persisting default values of model fields has been added.

    • If no value is set, the Universal Editor will persist whatever is defined as value in the model definition.
    • This ensures that what you see will match what is persisted in the backend.
    • This is a breaking change.

Early Adoption Features early-adopter

If you are interested in testing the upcoming features listed below and sharing your feedback, please send an email to your Adobe Customer Success Manager from the email address associated with your Adobe ID.

  • Shallow copy has been implemented for Content Fragments.

Other Improvements other-improvements

  • Data cleanup is now performed correctly on content switch.
  • Multiple operations in extensions’s update are now supported.
  • Close button for developer login now behaves as expected.
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