Shutdown of Cloud Management 

On 30th November 2026 Flexera will shut down Cloud Management. This will involve shutting down Self Service and Legacy CWF as well as removing support for legacy ‘RightScale’ credentials and for some legacy endpoints. The following will explain the impact of each and how to avoid your org being impacted. 

Self Service 

The impact of this shutting down will not impact anyone using catalog templates. Any legacy templates using self service should be adjusted to use cloud workflow (CWF) instead. 

Legacy CWF (cloud workflow) 

The impact of this shutting down will not impact anyone. Legacy CWF has been replaced with a more modern deployment which offers all of the same features. All existing and future applied policies will use the new CWF (unless they do not have CWF actions). 

Legacy RightScale credentials 

The impact of this shutting down will not impact anyone using catalog templates. Some legacy templates will need to be updated to accept a Flexera credential like shown below. 

Legacy endpoints 

The impact of this shutting down will not impact anyone using catalog templates. Some legacy templates will need to be updated to either use the newer hosts or to use the variable. Examples below: 

https://governance-3.rightscale.com -> https://api.us-east-1.policy.flexeraeng.com 

https://governance-4.rightscale.com -> https://api.us-west-2.policy.flexeraeng.com 

Official release of FlexNet Inventory Agent 27.0.0

We are pleased to announce the release of the FlexNet Inventory Agent 27.0.0.

Release Date: EU/AP: 2026-11-18, NA: 2026-11-25

This release includes:

• Security context settings for the KRM controller
• Fix for Linux operating system details not gathered by zero-touch inventory
• Fix for scheduler module not updating RetryPolicyCommand contents
• Fix for unnecessary KRM RBAC permissions
• Fix for Usage Agent core dump on Unix-like operating systems
• Fix for KRM scanning and discovery on OpenShift
• Fix for Linux agent upgrade termination
• Fix for KRM Helm chart deployment in OpenShift
• Fix for IBM DB2 detection with noexec on /var/tmp
• Fix for IBM LPARs reported as physical machines
• Updated qclib library for s390x architectures
• Bundled software version updated

Customer Impact:

• Previously, the Helm chart for the Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent (KRM) did not expose security context settings for the KRM controller. This made it difficult to deploy KRM in environments that require containers to run as non-root users. Now, the KRM Helm chart values.yaml file supports securityContext options for the controller, including runAsNonRoot, runAsUser, capabilities, and readOnlyRootFilesystem.
• Previously, zero-touch inventory on Linux devices would not gather operating system information. This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, the agent could fail when trying to update the machine schedule on devices that have been upgraded from an agent version older than 22.2.0. This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, KRM controller cluster roles for networking.k8s.io/ networkpolicies included unnecessary delete and patch permissions. This release resolves that issue.
• Previously, there was an issue where the Usage Agent could unexpectedly terminate on Unix-like operating systems while reading configuration settings. This release resolves this issue.
• The Flexera Kubernetes Inventory Agent (KRM) has been updated to support CRI-O container runtime scanning via configurable node image scan sockets, along with updated Security Context Constraints (SCC) and RBAC permissions for cluster discovery. This release also introduces projected pull secrets for registry authentication and an automatic registry scanner fallback when local CRI-O inspection is unavailable.
• Previously, the Linux agent would fail to start after an automated agent upgrade.This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, removing certain OpenShift extensions prevented the Kubernetes agent from deploying successfully in OpenShift environments. This release resolves this issue.
• Previously, when security policies enforced noexec on /var/tmp, the FlexNet Inventory Agent could not execute temporary discovery scripts, preventing IBM DB2 inventory collection. The agent now automatically falls back to the standard DB2 detection method if script execution is blocked on /var/tmp, ensuring uninterrupted inventory tracking without requiring manual environment reconfigurations.
• Previously, the agent reported IBM LPARs with MachineType set to Physical. This release resolves this issue by setting MachineType to Virtual.
• The FlexNet Inventory Agent now uses version 2.5.2 of the qclib library on s390x architectures, improving compatibility and maintenance for IBM Z systems.
• The OpenSSL, Expat, podman, containerd and Go third party libraries bundled with the agent have been updated in this release to address security vulnerabilities.

Product Documentation: Agent Documentation 

Please find more about the content of this release in the Release Notes.

IT Visibility – TI Reporting: Enhancements – Now Live!

What's New

1. Expanded Container Inventory and Vulnerability Visibility

 Broader Container Coverage. Deeper Software and Security Insights.

 IT Visibility now extends container inventory support beyond Kubernetes to include containerd, Podman, and Docker environments, providing customers with broader visibility across their container ecosystem. The Container Inventory report has been enhanced with three dedicated pages to provide a more structured view of container infrastructure, software, and vulnerabilities:

• Container Ecosystem: Provides visibility into container and underlying infrastructure inventory, helping teams understand their container landscape.
• Container Software and Vulnerability Visibility: Brings together container software inventory, lifecycle insights, and vulnerability information. Dedicated container, software, and vulnerability filter groups make it easier to narrow down insights based on software category, lifecycle stage, vulnerability criticality, and CVE-related attributes.
• Node Hardware Insights: Includes a new Containers column in the Node Hardware Summary table, helping customers understand the relationship between their infrastructure nodes and container workloads.

Customer Value

With expanded container ecosystem coverage and integrated software lifecycle and vulnerability insights, IT teams can gain a more comprehensive view of their container environments. This enables better visibility into deployed container technologies, helps identify software lifecycle exposure and security risks, and supports more informed infrastructure and vulnerability management decisions.

For details on enabling containerd, Podman, and Docker scanning through inventory agents, see Editing Inventory Agent Common Settings.

2. Lifecycle Metrics Calculation Logic – Improved Transparency and Clarity

 Clearer Lifecycle Calculations. More Confident Decision-Making.

 Based on customer feedback, we have introduced comprehensive documentation outlining the calculation logic behind Lifecycle metrics across IT Visibility reports. The documentation explains how lifecycle statuses and their associated metrics are determined, providing greater transparency into the underlying calculations and helping customers better understand how Lifecycle Intelligence insights are derived. This guidance supports customers in interpreting lifecycle information consistently and understanding the methodology behind lifecycle classifications and related metrics across the following IT Visibility reports:

• Software Portfolio Overview
• Software Lifecycle Intelligence

Customer Value

By making lifecycle calculation methodologies more transparent and accessible, customers can better interpret lifecycle insights, validate reported statuses, and build confidence in the information used to prioritize technology refresh initiatives, manage end-of-life exposure, and make informed technology investment decisions.

For more information, see Software Lifecycle Stage Calculation.

Release Date: 11/06/2026

Product Documentation: https://docs.flexera.com/flexera-one/it-visibility/it-visibility-with-tip-reports/working-with-tip-reports/technology-intelligence-platform-report-descriptions/container-inventory-overview , https://docs.flexera.com/flexera-one/it-visibility/it-visibility-with-tip-reports/working-with-custom-reports/working-with-measures/#:~:text=Containers%20with%20Vulnerabilities , https://docs.flexera.com/flexera-one/it-visibility/it-visibility-with-tip-reports/understanding-report-types/#hardware

Release Notes: https://docs.flexera.com/flexera-one/feature-list/new-features-in-2026/november-2026#container-inventory-for-containerd-podman-and-docker-now-available-in-it-visibility

Previous Container Blog: https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000xrCly0AE ,

https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000umX8Y0AU

Important Flexera Beacon security beacon update IOK-2107311/CVE-2026-110390 – action required

An important update is being made to the Flexera Beacon component used by Flexera One. This update will improve the beacon component's security.

The update may require action to be taken on beacons in the organization you manage.

Why these updates are being made

These updates address a security vulnerability affecting certain Flexera Beacon deployments. The issue affects Beacon deployments for Flexera One.

See the following Security Advisory for details: Security Advisory: Flexera Beacon Security Update (CVE-2026-110390).

What you need to do

Follow the recommended actions as detailed in the Security Advisory, including:

1. Apply the latest beacon update immediately, as per guidance on the following page: Flexera Beacon security hotfix IOK-2107311.
2. Review beacon configuration against security best practices: Beacon Security Best Practices.

Where to get additional information

If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Flexera Support. We are here to help.

Partners can now choose which customers connect their own cloud bills.

Partners can now decide which of their customers can connect their own cloud bills to Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization. They do this with a new Bill Configuration capability on each customer's Capabilities tab.

A partner pays Flexera for the cloud spend collected across all its customers. That includes bills a customer connects itself, which the partner may not manage. Bill Configuration lets the partner decide which spend it takes on.

When a partner switches it off

• The customer can't add new cloud bills or upload bill files.
• Flexera One stops collecting the customer's own bills.
• Nothing is deleted. Switching it back on resumes collection, with nothing to set up again.
• Every customer beneath that customer is switched off too.

Who's affected

• Existing customers keep Bill Configuration on, so nothing changes until a partner acts.
• New customers that a partner creates start with it off.
• Customers who buy directly from Flexera aren't affected.

Learn more

• Documentation: Managing Bill Configuration
• Release notes: October 2026

Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM) – October 2026 release – Now Available

We are pleased to announce that the October 2026 release of Flexera One ITAM is now available customers. North American customers will receive access during next week. This release focuses on keeping integrations current and reliable, reducing manual effort in data onboarding, and improving device visibility – with enhancements shaped by customer feedback.

Nutanix Prism/AHV Integration Upgraded to v4.2 APIs

The IT Asset Management integration with Nutanix Prism/AHV now supports Nutanix v4.2 APIs for virtualization inventory collection, helping ensure continued compatibility with supported Nutanix platforms as Nutanix transitions away from v3 APIs.

To maximize compatibility across Nutanix environments, the integration first attempts a v4.2 API probe call. If the probe is successful, inventory is collected using the v4.2 APIs. If the Nutanix environment explicitly does not support v4.2 APIs, the integration automatically falls back to the v3 APIs.

Key highlights:

•      Helps avoid inventory collection failures as v3 APIs are retired, and maintains compatibility with newer Nutanix releases

•      Provides a modern, unified API framework with enhanced security, advanced querying and batch processing, and access to new

Nutanix platform features

•      All collected data continues to be normalized into the existing IT Asset Management inventory model, so there are no changes to compliance, reporting, or optimization workflows

This enhancement protects continuity of virtualization inventory and supports reliable compliance and optimization processes for customers running Nutanix.

REST API Support in Business Adapter Studio

Business Adapter Studio (BAS) now supports native REST API integrations, enabling IT Asset Management administrators to integrate directly with cloud services, SaaS applications, and third-party systems without relying on custom scripts or file-based imports.

Key highlights:

•      Connect directly through REST APIs, with a guided configuration experience for connection setup, data preview, and field mapping

•      Import large datasets efficiently with built-in support for common pagination methods

•      Map REST API data directly to ITAM records such as contracts, licenses, and purchase orders

•      Protect sensitive credentials with secure storage, encryption, and masking of API keys, tokens, and client secrets

•      Two new preconfigured Coupa templates – CoupaContract.xml and CoupaPurchaseOrder.xml – provide predefined mappings between Coupa REST API responses and ITAM contract and purchase order records

By removing reliance on external tools and staging processes, this enhancement accelerates integration projects and reduces implementation and maintenance effort.

Simplified AI Purchase Order Ingestion

Users can now start the AI purchase creation workflow directly from the All Purchases page and easily track uploaded documents with direct access to unprocessed purchases. 

Key changes:

•      The Create A Purchase button on the All Purchases page is now a dropdown with two options: Manual Purchase Creation, which opens the General tab of the Purchase Properties page, and AI Purchase Creation, which takes you straight to the Data Imports page with Document (AI Recognition) pre-selected

•      A new View all unprocessed purchases link on the AI creation page opens the Unprocessed Purchases page, so users can check the status of previously uploaded documents in seconds

This delivers faster workflows, greater transparency, and improved auditability, with complete visibility into unprocessed purchase orders throughout the ingestion process.

Note: the AI Purchase Order Ingestion capability requires the Allow AI assisted purchase order upload setting to be enabled under Turn on AI capabilities within IT Asset Management in your organization’s settings.

Full DNS Host Name Support in Device Views and Reports

IT Asset Management now supports DNS Host name as a separate device property throughout the user interface and Report Builder. Previously, device listings relied on the Computer name field, which displays the NetBIOS name and is limited to 15 characters, so longer device names were truncated. The full DNS host name reported by the Flexera Agent is now captured and displayed separately, while existing NetBIOS-based workflows and integrations are preserved.

DNS Host name is available as an optional column or property in:

•      Device views and grids – open any inventory grid, select Column Chooser, and add the DNS Host name column

•      Device properties – shown in the General properties section of a device record

•      Report Builder – available as a report column or filter for custom reports under Inventory Device and Remote Device

This enhancement provides complete device identification across your IT estate and makes it easier to find and report on devices with long host names.

Additional Detail

Full details can be found in the Feature by Release announcement for October here and in the IT Asset Management release notes here, which also cover fixed known issues and the FlexNet Inventory Agent and Inventory Beacon 26.4.0 changes.

Action Required: Flexera One ITAM and IT Visibility: Inventory Unification

For customers using both Flexera One ITAM and IT Visibility, inventory is being unified to provide a more complete inventory view.

With Inventory Unification, devices and software installations that exist in ITAM but are missing from IT Visibility are added to IT Visibility, creating a more complete inventory view without changing ITAM.

A new self-service experience gives you visibility and control before this happens. You can review the expected impact, download detailed impact information, and manage your activation date directly in Flexera One.

Activation dates can be set anytime until November 2. On November 9, all remaining orgs will be activated. For assistance, please contact Flexera Support.

Find it under Administration > IT Visibility Settings and click here for more details.

IT Visibility: TI reporting Updates - Export Report with filters applied - Live Now!

What’s New

Users with view-only permissions can now apply filters and slicer selections to a report and export the report with those selections reflected in the exported content.

The Problem We Addressed

Previously, when users accessed a report in view mode and applied filters or slicers, those selections were not carried through during export. Because the export process was backend-driven, the exported report could revert to the default report state rather than reflecting the user’s current view.

This created a gap for users who had permission to consume and analyze reports but did not have edit access, limiting their ability to export a personalized view of the data.

The Improvement

The export experience now captures the user-applied filter and slicer selections in view mode, ensuring that the exported report represents the context the user was actively analyzing.

Customer Value

• Enables view-only users to personalize reports before exporting.
• Ensures exported content reflects the filters and slicers selected by the user.
• Provides a more consistent experience between the report being viewed and the exported output.
• Removes the need for edit permissions simply to export a filtered view.
• Helps users easily share or retain focused, context-specific insights from their reports.

Why It Matters

This enhancement makes report export more aligned with how customers consume embedded reports filter first, analyze the relevant information, and then export the view that matters to them, regardless of whether they have edit or view permissions.

Release Date: 10/06/2026

Release Notes: https://docs.flexera.com/flexera-one/feature-list/new-features-in-2026/october-2026#export-reports-with-current-filter-settings