generated: '2026-08-01'
method: searched
source: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/4410270142484-DSM-Software-Release-Notes
docs:
- name: DSM Software Release Notes
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/4410270142484-DSM-Software-Release-Notes
- name: DSM Accelerator Release Notes
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/12153054430356-DSM-Accelerator-Release-Notes
scheme: major.minor
current_version: '5.8'
current_spec_version: 0.1.0-20260710
access:
  http_status: 403
  note: 'The Fortanix release-notes index is served from fortanix.zendesk.com, which
    returns HTTP 403 to non-browser clients. The entries below were captured from the
    publicly indexed article titles (which carry the version and the release date verbatim);
    the per-release change detail was not machine-readable and is deliberately left
    unfilled rather than paraphrased.'
entries:
- version: '5.8'
  date: '2026-07-09'
  track: DSM Accelerator
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/12153054430356-DSM-Accelerator-Release-Notes
- version: '5.6'
  date: '2026-02-26'
  track: DSM Accelerator
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/sections/12153054430356-DSM-Accelerator-Release-Notes
- version: '5.5'
  date: '2026-02-02'
  track: DSM Accelerator
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/45701827703572-DSM-Accelerator-5-5-February-02-2026
- version: '5.5'
  date: '2026-01-23'
  track: DSM Software
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/45553299886612--5-5-January-23-2026
- version: '5.4'
  date: '2025-10-31'
  track: DSM Software
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/42803809490452--5-4-October-31-2025
- version: 5.2 Patch 1
  date: '2025-09-22'
  track: DSM Software
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/41484554628116--5-2-Patch-1-September-22-2025
- version: '5.2'
  date: '2025-08-27'
  track: DSM Accelerator
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/40037848956436-DSM-Accelerator-5-2-Aug-27-2025
- version: '5.2'
  date: '2025-08-11'
  track: DSM Software
  url: https://fortanix.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/39998017729940--5-2-August-11-2025
infrastructure_notes:
  description: 'Fortanix additionally publishes per-release Kubernetes upgrade notes
    in the main documentation, which double as a coarse release timeline for the on-premises
    product.'
  entries:
  - version: '5.6'
    change: Kubernetes version upgrade to 1.34
    url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-data-security-manager-release-56-kubernetes-version-upgrade-to-134-k8s
  - version: '5.2'
    change: Kubernetes version upgrade to 1.32
    url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-data-security-manager-release-52-kubernetes-version-upgrade-to-132-k8s
  - version: '4.34'
    change: Kubernetes version upgrade to 1.30
    url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-data-security-manager-release-434-kubernetes-version-upgrade-to-130-k8s
  - version: '4.31'
    change: Kubernetes version upgrade to 1.29
    url: https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-data-security-manager-release-431-kubernetes-version-upgrade-to-129-k8s
breaking_changes_policy: 'The API reference states the forward-compatibility contract
  — clients must ignore unknown response fields, and Fortanix reserves the right to
  add new fields at any time without affecting existing clients. No separate breaking-change
  or sunset policy is published.'