About the 26R1 Release

This page can help you understand the schedule for the coming release and the list of features included. Dates are subject to change.

Release Waves

For the general release, Wave 1 and Wave 2 releases occur 1-2 weeks apart (2 weeks for the R3 release). We release the 26R1 to the Wave 1 release POD (VLT-1216) during Wave 1 (April 10, 2026). This occurs 1 week before the general release (Wave 2). Then, we release the 26R1 to the remaining general release PODs during Wave 2.

Admin users can confirm which POD their vaults are on from Admin > Settings > General Settings.

If you have further questions about the Wave 1 and Wave 2 process, contact your Veeva Services representative.

Feature Information

• What’s New in 26R1 (Available March 13) provides detailed explanations of each feature.
• 26R1 Feature Enablement Details (Available March 13) includes information on how new features are enabled.

Pre-Release Information

• Pre-Release FAQ answers common questions about “pre-release”.
• Known Issues in 26R1 Pre-Release (Available March 16) lists known issues in the 26R1 pre-release. This page also lists the release notes for any maintenance releases applied to pre-release.

Release Information

• 26R1 Release Impact Assessment (Published February 23) analyzes the impact of new features. New versions will be published on Tuesdays and Thursdays if changes to the previous version have occurred.
• 26R1 Migration Vault Release Impact Assessment (Published February 23) analyzes the impact of new features.
• 26R1 Supplemental Vault Release Impact Assessment(Available February 27) lists Vault Platform features in the 26R1 release that can impact EDC or CDB customers.
• 26R1 Fixed Issues (Available April 10) documents issues that affected previous versions or pre-release and are fixed in 26R1.
• 26R1 Known Issues (Available April 10) documents issues introduced in 26R1 which are not yet fixed.
• 26R1 Maintenance Releases (Available with first maintenance release) documents fixes for issues that are affecting customers in production environments.

For details about new features in the Vault Platform in 26R1, see the Vault Release Notes .

Announcements

Retirement of the Data Export Job

The Data Export job will be retired as of the 26R2 release.

Notifications Opt-In

As a valued member of our community, providing you with control over the communications you receive from Veeva is important to us. Please allow us to send you pre-release environment notifications and other industry related information. Contact your vault’s administrator to verify that the Product Announcements checkbox is selected for your user profile.

Veeva Connect Communities

Release-related updates will be posted to Veeva Connect, a central hub for product information and a place to ask questions and share knowledge about Veeva products. Product information provided on Veeva Connect includes general release communications, release highlights, and key feature demos.

The links in the list of Vault product communities below will take you to the community and automatically add you to it. If you are not already a member of Veeva Connect, you can register using your company email address. Once registered, in addition to browsing the communities relevant to your role below, click Releases at the top-right of Veeva Connect to view all release-related content.

• Veeva Clinical Data: EDC & Coder
• Veeva CDB