CONTENT NOTIFICATION : Upcoming Correction to Application Mappings in Bundle Licenses 

We identified an issue introduced during recent internal maintenance that resulted in incorrect applications being associated with certain bundle licenses.

ISSUE AND IMPACT

During internal maintenance, obsolete and unused application records were removed. In some cases, identifiers previously associated with these records were reused, resulting in unrelated applications being associated with certain bundle licenses. Customers may therefore see an unrelated application mapped to, or proposed for, an affected license. In some cases, an RLC may recommend an application from an unrelated publisher.

RESOLUTION

We have completed a broader assessment across the ARL, SKU, PURL, and Bundle libraries to identify impacted licenses and are implementing the required corrections. Fixes for the reported issue, along with other affected bundles identified during our review, will be delivered through the November and December SKU, PURL, and Bundle releases.

RECOMMENDED ACTION

We recommend reviewing new RLCs before accepting them. If the proposed application does not appear relevant to the license or bundle, please do not accept the RLC.

If an incorrect RLC has already been accepted, no immediate manual correction is required. Once the affected bundle is corrected, a subsequent RLC may be generated recommending removal of the incorrectly associated application. Customers can then apply the corrected mapping through the standard RLC process.

We appreciate your patience and understanding while these corrections are being implemented and delivered.

Thank you!

FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2997 and Service Life Data Pack 842 are available

What's new in this release?

• Count of new applications added:

• Publishers renamed as listed below:

• Updates to Microsoft OneDrive classification and product consolidation have been implemented as part of this release. For further information, refer to the https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000zzpya0AA
• Enhances Oracle Fusion Middleware masking script for Unix scans.

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL:  315,598 across 18,653 publishers.
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  99,339
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,645,104
  • Installer evidence rules:  2,422,748 
  • File evidence rules:   1,218,605 
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,729
  • Application suite evidence rules: 2,022

Details of changes in the ARL

You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

• List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2997
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2997
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2997
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2997
• List of Applications deleted in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=DeletedApplicationsARL2997

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, 9th November 2026

FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, November 13th, 2026

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

- Team Content

ARL Content Change: Publisher Updates for HP Products

Content Library : ARL

Severity : Level 3 – Publisher name update

Impacted Publisher/Product : HP, HPE, and VMS Software products listed in the attached workbook

Expected Implementation : ARL release scheduled for November 23, 2026

SUMMARY OF CHANGE

Flexera is updating the publisher names for selected products in the Application Recognition Library (ARL). The updates align the affected ARL records with the publisher’s information documented in the attached product list. The change includes publisher updates from HP to HPE, selected HP products moving to VMS Software, and Instant Share moving from HPE to HP. Product recognition and existing ARL relationships will be retained.

DETAILS OF CHANGE

The publisher updates in the attached workbook are summarised as follows:

Total affected products: 97

Scope note: This CCN reflects the publisher changes exactly as listed in the attached workbook. The workbook provides the affected product names, current publisher names, updated publisher names, and supporting links where available.

WHAT IS NOT CHANGING

This is a publisher-name update only. The change is not intended to alter:

• Product and application recognition results
• Inventory collection or software discovery
• Existing installations or deployments
• Evidence linking and recognition rules
• Product names, versions, editions, or classifications
• Existing product relationships, except for the associated publisher value

Systems that currently recognize the affected applications will continue to recognize them following the publisher update.

CUSTOMER IMPACT

After the update, customers will see the affected products under their updated publisher names in the ARL. Customers may observe the revised publisher values in:

• Custom reports and dashboards
• ARL exports and downstream data feeds
• Integrations that consume ARL product and publisher information
• Automated workflows that use publisher names as filters or conditions

RECOMMENDED CUSTOMER ACTION

Customers should review custom reports, dashboards, ARL exports, integrations, and automated workflows that reference HP, HPE, or VMS Software as publisher values. Where applicable, update publisher-based filters or conditions to align with the revised ARL publisher names. No deployment or inventory changes are required solely because of this ARL update.

RELEASE INFORMATION

These changes are scheduled for a 23rd November 2026 ARL release. The attached workbook contains the complete list of affected products, their current and updated publisher names, and the supporting links supplied for the change. The final implementation date should be added after the release schedule is confirmed.

ATTACHMENTS AND REFERENCES

Attachment: Publisher changes for HP to HPE and VMS Software.xlsx

Supporting references are provided against the applicable products in the attached workbook.

Note: For additional questions or if unexpected behavior is observed after the release, please raise a Flexera Support case and reference this Content Change Notification.

Thank you!

ATTACHMENTS AND REFERENCES

ARL Content Change: Classification Update for Apple macOS

Content Library: ARL

Severity: Level 3. Tier1 Product Classification update

Impacted Publisher/Product: Apple macOS releases listed below

Expected Implementation : ARL release scheduled for November 23, 2026

SUMMARY OF CHANGE

Flexera is updating the ARL classification of the Apple macOS releases listed in Details of Change from Commercial to Freeware.

The classification update reflects Apple’s published statements that the referenced releases, from macOS 10.9 Mavericks through macOS 26 Tahoe, are available as free upgrades or free software updates. Release-specific supporting information is provided in Apple References. The affected scope is limited to the versions listed in the table.

DETAILS OF CHANGE

Flexera is updating the ARL classification of the listed releases from Commercial to Freeware to reflect Apple’s published no-charge upgrade and update announcements.

This proposed change is limited to classification. As in the existing notification, we intend to retain metadata, evidence linking, and product relationships.

CUSTOMER IMPACT

After the update, customers will see the affected Apple macOS releases classified as Freeware instead of Commercial in the ARL. Customers may observe the new classification in:

• Custom reports and dashboards
• ARL exports
• Integrations that consume ARL classification data
• Automated workflows that use Product Classification as a filter

The proposed ARL classification update reflects the no-charge availability described in Apple’s release announcements; the final ARL classification remains subject to approval.

RECOMMENDED CUSTOMER ACTION

Customers should review custom reports, dashboards, ARL exports, integrations, and automated workflows that use the Classification or Product Classification attribute and adjust filters as appropriate once the change is implemented. No deployment or inventory changes are required solely because of this proposed classification update.

REFERENCES

Apple release announcements — no-charge availability

OS X 10.9 Mavericks: Free from the Mac App Store.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2013/10/23OS-X-Mavericks-Available-Today-Free-from-the-Mac-App-Store/

OS X 10.10 Yosemite: Free upgrade.

https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2014/10/16OS-X-Yosemite-Available-Today-as-a-Free-Upgrade/

OS X 10.11 El Capitan: Free update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2015/09/29OS-X-El-Capitan-Available-as-a-Free-Update-Tomorrow/

macOS 10.12 Sierra: Free update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/09/macos-sierra-now-available-as-a-free-update/

macOS 10.13 High Sierra: Free update.

https://www.apple.com/cm/newsroom/2017/09/macos-high-sierra-now-available-as-a-free-update/

macOS 10.14 Mojave: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/09/macos-mojave-is-available-today/

macOS 10.15 Catalina: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/10/macos-catalina-is-available-today/

macOS 11 Big Sur: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/11/macos-big-sur-is-here/

macOS 12 Monterey: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/10/macos-monterey-is-now-available/

macOS 13 Ventura: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/10/macos-ventura-is-now-available/

macOS 14 Sonoma: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/09/macos-sonoma-is-available-today/

macOS 15 Sequoia: Free software update for Mac.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/09/macos-sequoia-is-available-today/

macOS 26 Tahoe: Free software update.

https://www.apple.com.cn/newsroom/2025/06/macos-tahoe-26-makes-the-mac-more-capable-and-productive-than-ever/

Questions & Support

For questions about the affected Apple OS X and macOS releases or the proposed classification change, please raise a case through your usual Flexera support channel and reference this notification.

Thank you.

ARL Content Change: Product Name Updates for OpenText Products

Content Library : ARL

Severity : Level 3 – Product name update

Impacted Publisher/Product : OpenText – Exstream, Exstream Communications Builder, Exstream Prime Protect, Exstream Accelerators

Expected Implementation : ARL release scheduled for November 16, 2026

SUMMARY OF CHANGE

Flexera is updating the Application Recognition Library (ARL) product names for selected OpenText offerings to align with OpenText’s current product naming. The changes are limited to the affected product names; recognition and related ARL relationships will be retained.

DETAILS OF CHANGE

OpenText states that it is moving to a more cohesive approach using straightforward product names and provides a product-renaming decoder that maps previous names to corresponding new names. The affected ARL entries will be updated as follows:

OpenText evidence used for the update:

• The official OpenText rebranding page maps Exstream to OpenText Communications and OpenText Core Communications.
• An OpenText developer forum page places Communications Builder and Communications Server 16.6.2 under the Communications (Exstream) category.
• The Guidewire Marketplace reference identifies the offering as OpenText Communications Accelerator for PolicyCenter.

Scope note: This CCN records the requested ARL product-name updates. The first mapping is explicitly present in OpenText’s rebranding decoder. The remaining product names are supported by current products, forum, and marketplace references supplied for this change.

WHAT IS NOT CHANGING

This is a product-name update only. The change is not intended to alter:

• Product and application recognition results
• Inventory collection
• Software discovery
• Existing installations or deployments
• Evidence linking
• Existing application metadata, except for the affected product names
• Existing product relationships

Systems that currently recognize the affected applications will continue to recognize them following the product name update.

CUSTOMER IMPACT

After the update, customers will see the affected OpenText products under their updated product names in the ARL. Customers may observe the new names in:

• Custom reports and dashboards
• ARL exports
• Integrations that consume ARL product information
• Automated workflows that use product names as filters or conditions

RECOMMENDED CUSTOMER ACTION

Customers should review custom reports, dashboards, ARL exports, integrations, and automated workflows that use ARL product names. Where applicable, references to the previous names should be updated to align with the revised ARL product names. No deployment or inventory changes are required solely because of this ARL update.

RELEASE INFORMATION

These changes are scheduled to be included in the ARL release on November 16, 2026. The attached file contains the list of affected products and applications included in this update.

ATTACHMENTS AND REFERENCES

• OpenText product name changes
• OpenText developer forum – Communications Builder and Communications Server
• OpenText video – Business Support to Prime Protect transition
• Guidewire Marketplace – OpenText Communications Accelerator for PolicyCenter

FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2996 and Service Life Data Pack 841 are available

What's new in this release?

• Count of new applications added:

• Publishers renamed as listed below:

• Classification updated for Microsoft 365Companions from Commercial to Component. Refer to the following for more details: Feed Detail

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL:  315,424 across 18,648 publishers.
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  99,326
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,597,550
  • Installer evidence rules:  2,376,640
  • File evidence rules:   1,217,162
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,727
  • Application suite evidence rules: 2,021

Details of changes in the ARL

You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

• List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2996
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2996
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2996
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2996
• List of Applications deleted in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=DeletedApplicationsARL2996

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, 2nd November 2026

FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, November 6th, 2026

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

- Team Content

FlexNet Manager Update – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates - Release #587

The SKU, Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL) and Bundles libraries, used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL/Bundles libraries have been published and are now available.

Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM) will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and will be available on Monday, November 2nd, 2026, in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 155 new SKUs have been added to the SKU library. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher: 
•  More than 130 SKUs are mapped to their respective applications.
• SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered more than 6,997 SKUs. Details on the number of SKUs covered across each publisher:
• 25 new custom FLX SKUs - 1 Atlassian SKU and 24 SKUs for Tier 3 publishers have been created and released to supplement Flexera One SaaS Manager workflow for the respective products and cater to customer requests. SKUs details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForOctober2026.xlsx'.
• Updated Publisher from "McAfee" to "Trellix" for Mvision related products across the SKU Library to align with vendor documentation.
• Expanded the PUR library by adding six new publishers: Acoustic, Trellix, Docker, Nexthink, VanDyke Software, and Screaming Frog.
• Added 'Trellix' and 'NEXThink' as new publishers in the bundle library.
• Refreshed 10 bundles by adding/removing applications and SKUs as per latest vendor literature.
•  26 New Bundles published for October release, mapping 182 SKUs.
• Library information is as follows:

o  Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,227,456 across 2,554 publishers.

o  Total number of PURL templates is 7,924 across 94 publishers.

o  Total number of published Bundles is 5,144 across 41 publishers.

How do I report issues with SKU/PURL/Bundles Library updates?

Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL/Bundles processing with FlexNet Manager, please contact Flexera Support. Visit Contact-Flexera-Support for more details.

The regular schedule for SKU/PURL/Bundles updates

We expect the next update to the PURL, SKU & Bundles Library to be available on Friday, November 27th, 2026. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated weekly via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM)  will have this update applied by Monday, November 30th, 2026, in your time zone.

Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually

The SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).

For full details on how to install content library files once they have been downloaded, see the "Manual Updates of Library Data" topic in the Installing FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises PDF applicable to your version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

To locate this PDF, go to the Flexera Product Documentation website and select your FlexNet Manager Suite version from the VERSION drop down list. The file will now be listed and available for you to download.

Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.

Regards,

Team Content

ARL Content Change: Microsoft OneDrive classification and product consolidation

Content Library : ARL

Severity: Level 1. Tier1 Product Classification update

Impacted Publisher/Product: Microsoft OneDrive and OneDrive for Business

Expected Implementation: ARL release scheduled 6th Nov 2026

SUMMARY OF CHANGE

In the upcoming ARL update, Microsoft OneDrive releases will be classified as Commercial instead of Freeware, and OneDrive for Business 2022 will be consolidated into OneDrive 22. Microsoft uses the same OneDrive sync client and version numbers across personal and business environments, so this change will provide more consistent recognition and reporting. Refer : Microsoft OneDrive Sync Release Notes

DETAILS OF CHANGE

·      Classification update: OneDrive applications currently classified as Freeware will be changed to Commercial for all the versions present in ARL.

·      Product consolidation: OneDrive for Business 2022 will be merged into OneDrive 22. Existing recognition data for OneDrive for Business 2022 will map to OneDrive 22 after the update.

·      Reason for change: This update will make OneDrive product recognition and reporting more consistent across customer environments.

·      Recognition handling: Installations currently recognized as OneDrive for Business 2022 will be reported as OneDrive 22 after the update.

Records retained without change: The following records will not change:-

• legacy and pre-release on-premises versions, including OneDrive for Business 2016, 2019, 3.0, and 2013 Preview
• OneDrive for Office 365 products and plans
• OneDrive Mobile versions 2 through 6 and
• OneDrive Online for the Microsoft 365 SaaS application.

The table below lists each affected ARL record and its planned change

CUSTOMER IMPACT

·      Classification and reporting: The affected OneDrive releases will appear as Commercial instead of Freeware after customers receive the updated content library.

·      Normalization and recognition: Installations currently recognized as OneDrive for Business 2022 will appear as OneDrive 22 after the consolidation.

·      Existing records: OneDrive for Business 2022 records will move to OneDrive 22, and affected OneDrive applications will change from Freeware to Commercial. Products listed under “Records retained without change” are not affected.

·      License and entitlement: This update affects product classification and recognition only. It does not change license entitlements.

RECOMMENDED CUSTOMER ACTION

No customer configuration changes are required. After receiving the updated content library, customers should review reports, filters, dashboards, and integrations that rely on the classification and the OneDrive for Business 2022 product name.

For questions or suggestions about the listed OneDrive changes, please raise a support case with us and reference this content change notification for review. Thank you!