Nextflow version release notes for HealthOmics

This page contains release notes for each supported Nextflow version on HealthOmics. Each section summarizes new features, enhancements, and deprecations for a specific Nextflow version.

Nextflow v26.04 release notes

The following tables summarize HealthOmics support for new features, enhancements, and deprecations released in Nextflow version 26.04.

New features and enhancements

Feature	From version	HealthOmics support	Notes
Strict syntax parser (default)	26.04	Yes	Enabled by default from v26.04. Legacy parser available via syntaxVersion: "v1" in engine settings.
Record types	26.04	Yes	For more information, see Records in the Seqera Nextflow documentation.
Workflow output summaries	26.04	Yes	Prints a summary of workflow outputs on run completion. Output format configurable via outputFormat in engine settings. For more information, see Specify Nextflow engine settings.
Agent logging mode	26.04	Yes	Configurable via agentMode in engine settings. For more information, see Specify Nextflow engine settings.
Module system (Nextflow Registry)	26.04	No	HealthOmics workflows run in an isolated network with no outbound internet access. You can include modules directly in your workflow zip.
Static typing (preview)	26.04	No	HealthOmics does not support preview features.
Auto-load collection params from files	26.04	No	Requires static typing (preview), which HealthOmics does not support.
Multi-revision pipelines checkout	26.04	N/A	Not applicable. HealthOmics does not use Git-based pipeline checkout.

Deprecations

Deprecated item	From version	Impact	Recommended action
listFiles() method	26.04	Deprecation warning	Replace with listDirectory().
nextflow.enable.strict flag	26.04	No longer needed	Remove from config. Strict mode is now the default.
manifest.defaultBranch	26.04	No longer needed	Remove from config. HealthOmics does not use Git-based pipeline checkout and has never supported this option.