generated: '2026-07-18'
method: searched
source: https://docs.aviatrix.com/docs/enterprise/9.0/reference/release-notices/what-is-new/what-is-new-controller.md
scheme: semver
current_version: 9.0.0
channels:
  - name: Controller and Gateway Software
    url: https://docs.aviatrix.com/docs/enterprise/9.0/reference/release-notices/release-notes/controller/index.md
  - name: CoPilot
    url: https://docs.aviatrix.com/docs/enterprise/9.0/reference/release-notices/release-notes/copilot/index.md
  - name: What's New in the Aviatrix Platform
    url: https://docs.aviatrix.com/docs/enterprise/9.0/reference/release-notices/what-is-new/what-is-new.md
entries:
  - version: 9.0.0
    date: '2026-05-12'
    breaking: true
    highlights:
      - Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) with TLS decryption.
      - Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF) expanded to serverless resources and edge platforms; DCF transparency mode for existing AWS Transit Gateway environments.
      - Active Mesh 4.0 Phase 2 with enhanced multicloud resiliency; IPv6 expansion; Site-to-Cloud on horizontally scaled transit gateways; first-hop VRF for overlapping CIDRs.
      - Gateway drain/undrain during maintenance; unified upgrade planning with automated upgrade-path validation; image upgrade support for self-managed and Equinix Edge gateways.
      - New Dell R470 hardware for AEP Edge replacing end-of-support models.
    removals:
      - Removed legacy Site2Cloud telemetry fields.
      - Deprecated RRD database dependencies.
notes: Recent-window capture from the "What's New in the Aviatrix Controller" page; the live release-notes pages are the source of truth for the full dated history. Terraform provider tracks the platform at v9.0.10.