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26.2.0 - Feb 17

Released: 2026-02-17

We are happy to announce the following enhancements to NQE as part of release 26.2.0.

See the full release notes for Forward Enterprise version 26.2.0.

What’s New​

  • FWD-35531 - MERAKI_MR is now a value of OS.
  • BUGX-2674 - DUPLICATE_DEVICE is now a value of DeviceCollectionError.
  • FWD-49323 - \R is now a possible regular expression, which matches any Unicode line break sequence.

What's Fixed​

  • FWD-49037 - A pattern like `{string*}` used to have type Pattern<Bag<String>> but now has type Pattern<List<String>>.
  • BUGX-2789 - For some devices with OS value ARISTA_EOS, the value in the serialNumber field of DevicePart was only part of the full serial number. Now this field contains the full serial number for those devices.

Deprecations​

Some elements of NQE are deprecated. They will be removed or forbidden in a major release.

Fields​

  • CloudAccount
    • firewallRules
    • publicUnallocatedIps
  • Cve
    • criteria
    • description
    • severity
  • Ethernet
    • negotiatedPortSpeed
  • ExternalSources
    • cliSources
    • httpSources
    • snmpSources
  • System
    • uptimeSeconds
  • VpcData
    • cloudType

Functions​

  • The built-in functions blockDiff_alpha1, blockMatches_alpha1, and hasBlockMatch_alpha1 are deprecated. They will be removed in a major release. For each function, use the function without the _alpha1 suffix instead.
  • Passing a Bag<> to a function that expects a List<> is deprecated. A warning is currently given. A future major release will elevate this to an error.

Operations​

  • The operations ==, !=, <, <=, >=, and > between a Bag<> and List<> are deprecated. A warning is currently given. A future major release will elevate this to an error.

Types​

  • Number - The Number type is deprecated. In its place, use Integer. Any use of Number will be replaced by Integer during pretty printing. A warning is given for each use of Number.