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26.8.0 - Aug 18

Released: 2026-08-18

We are happy to announce the following enhancements to NQE as part of release 26.8.0.

See the full release notes for Forward Enterprise version 26.8.0.

What's New​

  • FWD-57832 - MIST_AP is now a value of OS.
  • FWDN-12628 - CLOUD_GENIX_PORTAL is now a value of OS.
  • FWDN-12629 - SILVER_PEAK_ORCHESTRATOR is now a value of OS.
  • FWDN-12633 - T128_CONDUCTOR is now a value of OS.
  • FWDN-12663 - CHECKPOINT_MANAGER is now a value of OS.

What's Fixed​

  • BUG-26899 & BUG-27044 - The lines that blockDiff reports as Missing or Extraneous now appear in the order in which they occur in the pattern and the configuration, respectively. Previously, they could be reported out of order, which made the differences harder to read.
  • BUG-27027 - A query that calls ipSubnet with an out-of-range prefix length, such as ipSubnet("1.2.3.4/133"), now fails with a clear error message. Previously, the query terminated with a runtime error that had no message.
  • BUG-26793 & FWD-57274 - NQE infers a type for JSON data supplied via a literal, a data file, or a data connector. If a JSON object has more than 200 keys, then that object is now ignored. Previously, a large type was inferred, which could cause slow performance or a crash. This change was initially released in 26.7.4.

Command Changes​

  • FWDN-12572 - The Command with CommandType value HOSTNAME was modified for the OS value CHECKPOINT in some cases by adding show device-details in the Outputs of a Device.

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.