📜Release Notes 2026

Pathogenwatch release notes for 2026

v87

15th July

Updated

• "Folders" (also previously referred to as data sources in some contexts) have been renamed to "Projects" and references to them made consistent. This change is intended to better clarify the purpose of projects. We will soon be bringing more changes to improve their usability, including moving genomes between project.

v86

13th July

Updated

• Klebsiella LIN code assignments have been updated to the 7th July 2026.

v85

8th July

New

• Added Kaptive serotype assignments for the Klebsiella oxytoca species complex: K. oxytoca, K. huaxensis, K. spallenzi, K. michigansis, and K. pasteurii.

• The read QC report from the assembly pipeline is now displayed in genome reports.

Updated

• Kaptive serotype assignments for the K. pneumoniae species complex and Acinentobacter baumanii.

Fixed

• In the cluster view, selecting points on the map now correctly selects the corresponding genomes in the clusters.

• Various analysis result download issues.

v84

1st July

New

• Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has been added to the supported organisms list.

• We've added the Geno7PET tool for classifying sublineages of 7PET V. cholerae genomes.

Updated

• All MLST schemes, along with the Listeria virulence scheme have been updated.

• Maximum contig threshold for FASTAs raised to 1500.

Fixed

• Missing date, location and accession fields have been added back into the metadata downloads.

v23.5.2

7th January

Fixed

• The Kleborate virulence score descriptions in the Genome Reports has been updated to match the Kleborate v3 descriptions.

• Pasteur MLST schemes now link to the Pasteur overview page instead of the Klebsiella schemes specifically.