Release information

Details of NHS CIS2 Authentication releases.

CIS2 Authentication release 12.0

Planned release on 21 July 2026: backend changes to upgrade Directory Services software to the latest supported version

CIS2 Authentication release 11.09

Planned release on 6 July 2026: Updated smartcard authentication failure message

CIS2 Authentication release 11.08

Planned release on 8 June 2026: backend changes to support future functionality

CIS2 Authentication release 11.07

Planned release on 11 May 2026: backend changes to support future functionality

CIS2 Authentication release 11.06

Planned release on 20 April 2026: backend changes to support future functionality

CIS2 Authentication release 11.05

Planned release on 16 March 2026: backend changes to support future functionality

CIS2 Authentication Release 11.04

Planned release on 16 February 2026: backend changes to support future functionality

CIS2 Authentication Release 11.03

Planned release on 26 January 2026: upgrades to the underlying platform components and some security enhancements

CIS2 Authentication Release 11.02

Planned release on 12 January 2026: internal maintenance only

CIS2 Authentication Release 11.01.01

Planned release on 15 December 2025

CIS2 Authentication Release 11.01

Planned release on 8 December 2025

CIS2 Authentication Release 11.0

Planned release on 17 November 2025

CIS2 Authentication Release 10.11

Planned release on 13 October 2025: added functionality for users who are self-claiming their identity to reset their authenticator app if it has been locked

Digital Signature Service release 1.7

Planned release on 8 October 2025

Outage for authentication traffic using TLS 1.0/1.1

Planned release on 18 August 2025

CIS2 Authentication iPad app release 1.8

Planned release on 8 May 2025: functionality to enable registration reset without reinstalling the app, and other improvements

Earlier releases

Earlier release information is available through The National Archives.

Last edited: 14 July 2026 9:14 am