Release notes and notices


Learn what’s new or changed for BMC Helix ITSM, including new features, urgent issues, documentation updates, and fixes or patches.

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September 23, 2026

Patch 1 for version 26.3 is available to on-premises customers.

Enhancements to BMC Helix ITSM 26.3.01 are:

  • Streamline change approval efficiency by using CAB Workspace
  • Use Change Coordinator to automatically validate change requests and assess their risks
  • Enhanced bulk import of impacted areas for incidents
26.3 enhancements and patches
September 22, 2026

Patch 1 for version 26.3 is available to SaaS customers.

Enhancements to BMC Helix ITSM 26.3.01 are:

  • Streamline change approval efficiency by using CAB Workspace
  • Use Change Coordinator to automatically validate change requests and assess their risks
  • Enhanced bulk import of impacted areas for incidents
26.3 enhancements and patches
July 21, 2026

Enhancements to BMC Helix ITSM 26.3.00 are:

  • Use Ticket Resolver to control auto execution of triage and remediation steps
  • (Controlled availability customers only) Enable root cause analysis to streamline problem investigation and resolution
  • Enable company scope in MSP environment for Service Collaborator
  • Support for processing ticket attachments in Service Collaborator for detailed results
  • Resize the Activity pane to view ticket details with reduced scrolling
  • Use Agent Assist for work order, problem investigations, and change requests
  • Perform advanced impact analysis on incidents to find the impacted CIs
  • Enhanced PIR management with support group controls and localization
  • Response screening for automated follow-ups for incidents
  • Automatically validate change requests and assess their risks to improve approval decisions

Enhancements to BMC Helix Innovation Suite 26.3.00 are:

  • Configure OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials authentication for Snowflake destinations
  • Support for Danish and Catalan locales in Progressive Views
  • Validate data before importing into BMC Helix CMDB by using the Data Management Console
  • Prevent out-of-memory errors by limiting the CLOB column size value
  • Enhance container security with read-only root file system

Enhancements to BMC Helix CMDB 26.3.00 are:

  • Improved RE performance with the RE Job Manager
  • Maintain accurate and reliable CMDB data with Data Monitor
  • Monitor BMC Helix CMDB data with CMDB value dashboards
  • Improve the security and reliability of BMC Helix CMDB with a read-only container filesystem
  • Validate data before importing into BMC Helix CMDB by using the Data Management Console
26.3 enhancements and patches
June 8, 2026Patch 1 for version 26.2 is available to on-premises customers.26.2 enhancements and patches
May 29, 2026

Enhancements to BMC Helix ITSM 26.2.01 are:

  • Use Problem Solver to detect recurring incidents and create problem candidates
26.2 enhancements and patches
April 21, 2026

Enhancements to BMC Helix ITSM 26.2.00 are:

  • Use Ticket Resolver to autonomously manage incidents
  • Publish Post Incident Reviews (PIR) for resolved incidents
  • Use prompt extensions to help LLM interpret organization-specific language for Agentic AI capabilities
  • Maintain CMDB data accuracy with Data Monitor rules
  • Analyze and resolve CMDB data issues with HelixGPT-powered insights
  • Use email templates to send emails from incidents
  • Reply to emails from incident activity notes
  • Capture business, operational, and financial impact for incidents
  • Progressive data loading on scroll for list-based tables in Progressive Web Applications
  • Configure BMC Helix Innovation Suite Knowledge Management as a knowledge source for BMC HelixGPT capabilities in BMC Helix ITSM
  • Track the progress of BMC Helix Digital Workplace Catalog service requests in BMC Helix ITSM

Enhancements to BMC Helix Innovation Suite 26.2.00 are:

  • Use updated support for technology stack
  • Simplify the process of setting up the BMC Deployment Engine
  • Activate SmartGraph services to use Network Impact Analysis
  • Additional products available for on-premises installation

Enhancements to BMC Helix CMDB 26.2.00 are:

  • Maintain CMDB data accuracy with Data Monitor rules
  • Analyze and resolve CMDB data issues with HelixGPT-powered Insights
26.2 enhancements and patches

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