What's new and changed in Watson Discovery

Watson Discovery updates can include new features, bug fixes, and security updates. Releases are listed in reverse chronological order so that the latest release is at the beginning of the topic.

You can see a list of the new features for the platform and all of the services at What's new in IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

Installing or upgrading Watson Discovery

Ready to install or upgrade Watson Discovery?

  • To install Watson Discovery along with the other Cloud Pak for Data services, see Installing Cloud Pak for Data.
  • To upgrade Watson Discovery along with the other Cloud Pak for Data services, see Upgrading Cloud Pak for Data.
  • To install or upgrade Watson Discovery independently, see Watson Discovery.
    Remember: All of the Cloud Pak for Data components associated with an instance of Cloud Pak for Data must be installed at the same version.

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.3

A new version of Watson Discovery was released in September 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.3.

Operand version: 5.0.3

This release includes the following changes:

Version 5.0.3 of the Watson Discovery service includes various fixes.

Issues fixed in this release
The following issues were fixed in this release:
RabbitMQ pod continues to run when Watson Discovery is shutdown
Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.1

A new version of Watson Discovery was released in July 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.1.

Operand version: 5.0.1

This release includes the following changes:

Version 5.0.1 of the Watson Discovery service includes various fixes.

Issues fixed in this release
The following issues were fixed in this release:
During an upgrade, the Watson Discovery CR gets stuck in the InProgress state
RabbitMQ pods do not start after upgrade
Enrichment results from an external enrichment might not be accurate when adding entity types to an array field with multiple values
Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release:

Cloud Pak for Data Version 5.0.0

A new version of Watson Discovery was released in June 2024 with Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.0.

Operand version: 5.0.0

This release includes the following changes:

New features
This release of Watson Discovery includes the following features:
Quickly understand the extracted data with the new Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) project type

You can now use the new IDP project type to quickly understand what data is extracted from your documents in a rich document preview. If the extracted data does not meet your requirements, you can also apply enrichments to improve the data. For details, see Creating projects.

You can now use an API endpoint to send a webhook event for documents ingested in Watson Discovery

The Create collection and Update collection APIs can now send a webhook event to an external application when the status of ingested documents becomes available or failed. The webhook event allows you to take the next relevant action on your documents, without getting the document status first with the Get document details API. For details, see Document status webhook.

You can now use an API endpoint to annotate documents with a model of your choice

The Create an enrichment API can now connect to an external enrichment application by using a webhook. The new API allows you to use a model of your choice to annotate documents in Watson Discovery. Through a webhook interface, you can use custom models, advanced foundation models, or other third-party models to enrich your documents in a collection. For details, see External enrichment.

Watson Discovery no longer requires increasing the process ID limit

Starting in Cloud Pak for Data 5.0.0, you do not have to increase the process ID limit on your Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform environment for using Watson Discovery.

Issues fixed in this release
The following issues were fixed in this release:
Installation or upgrade does not complete because certain pods fail
  • Issue: Watson Discovery installation or upgrade does not complete because certain pods fail.
  • Resolution: This issue is now fixed.
The etcd operator script fails while upgrading
  • Issue:The etcd operator script fails while upgrading Watson Discovery.
  • Resolution: This issue is now fixed.
Security issues fixed in this release
The following security issues were fixed in this release: