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26.5.0 - May 19

Released: 2026-05-19

We’re pleased to announce the following updates to the Forward Networks API as part of release 26.5.0.

See also the full release notes for Forward Enterprise version 26.5.0.

Breaking changes​

None.

Scheduled breaking changes​

  • FWD-52020 Network Collection: The deprecated …/startcollection operation will be removed in release 26.6. Use POST /api/collector-tasks?type=NETWORK_COLLECTION instead.

    • Affected operations:
      • POST /api/networks/{networkId}/startcollection

  • FWD-52021 Network Collection: The deprecated …/collector/status operation will be removed in release 26.6. Use GET /api/collector-tasks/{collectorTaskId} instead.

    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/collector/status

  • FWD-52675 Networks: The Network property created (a string timestamp) has been deprecated for removal in release 26.7. Use createdAt (also a string timestamp) instead.

    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks
      • PATCH /api/networks/{networkId}
      • DELETE /api/networks/{networkId}
      • POST /api/networks/{networkId}/snapshots
      • POST /api/networks/{networkId}/workspaces

  • FWD-51950 Network Devices: The MissingDevice property possibleTypes has been deprecated for removal in release 26.8. Use vendor instead.

    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/missing-devices

Model changes​

  • ConnectivityTestError

    • BUG-24923 Added value "LIMITED_DEVICE_SUPPORT"
    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/classic-devices
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/classic-devices/{deviceName}
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/endpoints
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/endpoints/{endpointName}

  • DeviceCollectionError

    • FWDN-12402 Added value "VELOS_PARTITION_WITHOUT_BLADES", reported when an F5 Velos partition has no blades and so cannot accept or load-balance traffic.
    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices/{deviceName}

  • DeviceType

    • FWDN-12317 Added value "GCP_INTERCEPT_DEPLOYMENT", a synthetic GCP object that creates tunnels to inspection VMs (analogous to an AWS Gateway Load Balancer).
    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices/{deviceName}
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/paths
      • POST /api/networks/{networkId}/paths-bulk
      • POST /api/networks/{networkId}/paths-bulk-seq

  • MissingDevice

    • FWD-51950 Added the vendor property, present when the vendor could be determined from CDP/LLDP data or MAC address even if the exact device type is unknown.
    • FWD-51950 Deprecated possibleTypes for removal in release 26.8. Use vendor instead.
    • FWD-51950 Added possibleTypes value "cisco_apic_api"
    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/missing-devices

  • VendorOs

    • FWDN-12317 Added value "gcp_intercept_deployment"
    • Affected operations:
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices
      • GET /api/networks/{networkId}/devices/{deviceName}