Stream: community

Topic: Dataverse 6.12 is here! 🚀

Philip Durbin 🚀 (Sep 17 2026 at 20:10):

Dataverse 6.12 is now available with several new features, bug fixes, and improvements.

Highlights for Dataverse 6.12 include:

• HTML is now supported in the description of files.
• "Translator" is now available as a "Type" under the "Contributor" field.
• External vocabulary scripts now support the use of multiple PID services per field. For example, the Author field can allow both an ORCID value and a ROR value.
• New and improved APIs
• Bug fixes
• Security fixes
• Performance improvements

Thank you to all community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

View release details and upgrade instructions here: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/releases/tag/v6.12

Last updated: Nov 02 2026 at 07:01 UTC