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26.9.0 - Sep 25

Released: 2026-09-25

We are happy to announce the following enhancements to NQE as part of release 26.9.0.

See the full release notes for Forward Enterprise version 26.9.0.

What's New​

  • FWDN-12718 - Devices with the OS value VELOCLOUD_EDGE now populate the routerId and asNumber fields of Bgp.
  • FWD-58048 - capabilities is now a field of DeviceDiscoveryNeighbor.
  • FWD-58008 - UNLICENSED_DEPENDENCY is now a value of DeviceProcessingError.

What's Fixed​

  • BUG-27767 - Devices with the OS value ARISTA_EOS no longer have a spurious cisco.com suffix on any entry of the hostNames field of System.

Command Changes​

  • BUGX-3362 - The Command with CommandType value ARP_TABLE was modified for the OS value CHECKPOINT in some cases by adding asg_arp in the Outputs of a Device.
  • FWDN-12710 - The Command with CommandType value CONFIG was modified for the OS value FORTINET in some cases by adding show full-configuration 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.