• It's a huge update, with many new features--but it's only an update (update 8), not a new version (there will be no CF2026, but there may be a CF2027)
• The update is available ONLY (for now) for CF2025, not also CF2023 (though that version is still supported and will get future updates)
• The new AI functionality may seem the most significant part of the update (and has hundreds of pages of documentation, but note that a) it's optional and b) is not installed by default with the update
• The update does include also updates to 53 of the CF packages, while also adding new packages (all related to AI, from one literally called AI to others related to the 4 kinds of vector stores)
• Beyond AI there are many other new and changed features, including language features, security features, and more
• Also, though not related to the update, per se, Adobe also released today an updated doc site. That will be worthy of my creating a separate post
• Also released today is a substantial new update to CF Builder, the VSCode extension. While some of what's new is related to the new AI functionality, there are other important improvements to CFBuilder that warrant attention by those who use it (and those who may have tried it and moved on due to challenges, many of which are addressed in this CFBuilder extension update). Again, this will be worthy of its own post.

I had hinted at how large this update would be, in my recent post about the prerelease/beta for the update, which had been open for several weeks.

Because this is SUCH a substantial update, I can't easily list here ALL that's new. But I will highlight some of the key things, and I'll point to resources for you to learn more. Then I may do posts later that highlight some things I am interested in.

And like with each CF update I'll offer links to more about getting the update, finding more about it beyond the docs, and some issues that are common to applying any CF update, etc.

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