The 2025.3 release of InterSystems IRIS® data platform, InterSystems IRIS® for HealthTM, and HealthShare® Health Connect is now Generally Available (GA). This is a Continuous Delivery (CD) release.
Release Highlights:
- Secure Wallet: A new encrypted framework for managing sensitive data, built on the IRISSECURITY database, improving system security and access control.
- Expanded Observability & Cloud Integrations: Enhanced OpenTelemetry metrics, including new process and ECP metrics, plus journal archiving now supports Azure Blob Storage for cost-efficient retention.
- Data & AI Improvements: Foreign tables now support JOIN pushdown for better SQL performance, and Vector Search gets an upgraded HNSW index with faster, more robust similarity searches.
- Healthcare Enhancements: Improved FHIR Bulk Data Access and authentication features.
- Developer & UI Updates: Interoperability UI gains bulk management actions, expanded search within the Production Configuration, and improved usability for large-scale productions, reinforcing a modernized user experience.
Please share your feedback through the
Developer Community so we can build a better product together.
Documentation
Details on all the highlighted features are available through these links below:
- InterSystems IRIS 2025.3 documentation and release notes.
- InterSystems IRIS for Health 2025.3 documentation and release notes.
- Health Connect 2025.3 documentation and release notes.
In addition, check out the
upgrade impact checklist for an easily navigable overview of all changes you need to be aware of when upgrading to this release.
Early Access Programs (EAPs)
If you’re interested in the Early Access Program, you can
register here.
Download the Software
As usual, Continuous Delivery (CD) releases come with classic installation packages for all supported platforms, as well as container images in Docker container format.
Classic Installation Packages
Installation packages are available from the WRC's
InterSystems IRIS page for InterSystems IRIS and InterSystems IRIS for Health, and WRC’s
HealthShare page for Health Connect. Kits can also be found on the
Evaluation Services website.
Availability and Package Information
This release comes with classic installation packages for all supported platforms, as well as container images in Docker container format. For a complete list, refer to the
Supported Platforms document.
The build number for this Continuous Delivery release is 2025.3.0.226.0.
Container images are available from the
InterSystems Container Registry. Containers are tagged as both "2025.3" and "latest-cd".