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2026 Release Notes

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Release 6.20.0

Release date: 29 July 2026

Updates

  • Rainfall plots are now available in the Global Analysis Plots
  • Updates to the Global Analysis Plots plot view to improve zooming, dragging and viewing plot descriptions
  • All predicted consequences of a variant are now available for somatic and germline small variants on the variant grid and variant details pages
  • cDSS now prioritises the same transcript in the variant grid as the transcript displayed in the HTML report
  • Bug fixes

Release 6.19.0

Release date: 20 May 2026

Updates

  • GEL 100K dataset annotations are now available on the variant details page
  • Bug fixes

Release 6.18.0

Release date: 22 April 2026

Updates

  • Variants are now annotated against the GEL 100K dataset to replace COSMIC as a somatic database
  • COSMIC annotations have been removed due to licensing constrains
  • Bug fixes

Release 6.17.0

Release date: 25 March 2026

Updates

  • Filters have been upgraded to improve usability and make them more intuitive to use.
  • New filters are now available in the DSS:
    • Copy number filter for somatic and germline copy number variants
    • Variant type filter for somatic structural and copy number variants
    • Flag status filter for germline copy number variants
    • Non-pass option (VCF filter) for somatic small and structural variants, and germline small variants
    • Pass and Non-pass options (VCF filter) for germline copy number variants
  • New functionality available to sort variants by genomic coordinates. Note: this functionality will only be available for cases ingested into the DSS after January 28, 2026.

Release 6.16.0

Release date: 25 February 2026

Updates

  • Apart from the total population germline allele frequency and alternate allele frequencies in each subpopulation, the alternate allele count, allele number, and number of individuals homozygous for the alternate allele in each subpopulation will also be displayed in the DSS for gnomAD exomes v2.1.1 (liftover). This information will be available in the variant details page of small variants.
  • Bug fixes

Release 6.15.0

Release date: 28 January 2026

Updates

  • Evenness of local genome coverage QC metric is now available in the case summary page of all cases ingested into the DSS after July 23, 2025.
  • Bug fixes