Feature releases and communication

Note: We are currently updating our process to how we communicate major changes to our product and features that impact how you do business. For our current deployment schedule and current week releases, please visit our Release Notes.

Learn about Genesys Cloud feature releases, controls, and communication that Genesys provides to help customers manage changes in a continuous delivery model.

Feature releases

Genesys Cloud feature releases occur weekly. Feature release approvals occur on Thursdays. The actual feature release begins the following Monday.

Release approval for new and enhanced Genesys Cloud features requires thorough testing and limited use in controlled production environments. Release approval includes other criteria such as completed documentation and a plan for customer communication.

Most new features and enhancements require administrator or contact center manager configuration. Some new features and enhancements impact agents and the agent interface.

To minimize customer impact in this abbreviated release cycle, particularly to agents and the agent interface:

  • If a major functional change impacts the agent interface, Genesys takes extra care to communicate it across the channels described below.
  • New features and major changes to existing functionality are typically gated from appearing in the agent interface by one or both of the following:
    • Administrators must enable new feature licensing and permissions.
    • Administrators or contact center managers must complete new feature or major functionality change configuration.

    Feature release communication

    Genesys provides various pre-release and release communications to help customers prepare for new and enhanced feature releases.

    Features coming soon

    Advance notice about features coming in the next release are available five days before release in Features coming soon.

    Genesys Knowledge Network and Genesys Community

    Planned high-level changes, announcements, webinars, and blogs about upcoming features are posted in Genesys Knowledge Network and Genesys Community.

    Genesys Cloud Developer Center 

    Advance notice about upcoming API changes is available in Announcements in the Genesys Cloud Developer Center.

    Genesys Cloud Release Notes 

    The Genesys Cloud Release Notes announce the new and enhanced features released each Monday, with links to Resource Center and Developer Center documentation. The Genesys Cloud Release Notes also include deprecation announcements.

    To increase accessibility:

    • Customers can subscribe to receive weekly email notifications that Genesys sends after the Monday Genesys Cloud Release Notes publish.
    • Customers can open the Genesys Cloud Release Notes directly from the Genesys Cloud Admin UI in the right column.
    Note: The Genesys Cloud Release Notes do not include bug fixes or minor cosmetic changes.

    Genesys Cloud announcements

    Genesys Cloud aims to provide customers with timely information about feature and platform updates and feature retirements. For a categorized record of user interface and user experience (UI/UX), platform, and deprecation updates, see Announcements.

    Deprecations

    The complete list of features deprecations, including announcement and removal dates, is available in Feature deprecations.