Here are the first 2026 updates: a better search experience, more flexible custom properties and discussions, clearer stewardship and data product roles, new guides (CSV, OPA policies, deployment), and MCP/resource-type improvements.
New Features and Improvements
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Search improvements: Search now uses relevance scoring and sorting, and shows highlighted content snippets in results so you can see why a page matched. Results only appear when they match every search term, for more precise discovery. Intelligent Search Features
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Custom properties regex based render rule: Custom properties support regex in rendering rules for more versatile display and validation. You can mark properties to render as a search filter in the catalog. Documentation for the system page and stewardship ACL has been updated, including discussion responsibilities assignment over data catalog systems.
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CSV Import and Export: New guide covering CSV import/export workflows, including API export methods and clearer section structure. CSV Import and Export .
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Metadata Management documentation: The Metadata Management section has been expanded with architecture overview, knowledge layer, data catalog, and data product catalog, plus an introductory image and refreshed timestamps. Metadata Management .
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Policy and governance guides: New mini guide for writing OPA policies and a guide to using trace in policy implementation. Policy engine registration documentation now includes curl examples. Computational Policy Deployment , Policy Validators .
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Data product roles: Permissions for data product EDITOR and ADMIN roles are clarified in the user management documentation. Platform Administration – Users and Access .
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MCP and resource types: The get relationships tool and JSON schema now support LOGICAL_NAMESPACE and LOGICAL_RELATION resource types. The list of supported resource types for relationships has been updated.
Other Key Updates
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Agent and deployment: Agent installation docs updated for Java 21, revised prerequisites, and supported software versions. README now includes deployment instructions. Marketplace configuration is better explained with an example in the agent config. Agent , Marketplace Configuration .
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Fixes and polish: Corrected link to the executor configuration page and ODM help center. Markdown content centers images by default in the docs theme. Copyright and timestamps refreshed.
Versions
- blindata-api: v1.168.0
- blindata-ui: v1.152.0