OS Image Composer 2026.0 Release

[srmungar]

Key New Features

Multi-Repository Package Management:
Seamlessly integrate packages from multiple repositories into your target images, supporting both RPM and Debian package formats. This flexibility allows you to leverage diverse software ecosystems within a single, unified workflow.
**Package Dependency Visualization: **
Gain unprecedented insight into your package relationships with our new graphical dependency visualization tool. Navigate complex package dependencies through intuitive graph charts directly in the GUI, making troubleshooting and optimization more efficient than ever.
Pre-Deployment Configuration Management:
Streamline your deployment process by embedding configuration settings/binaries directly into target images. Configure system settings, application parameters, and deployment-specific configurations before image boot, ensuring your systems are deployment-ready from first startup.
**Intel Open Edge Platform Integration: **
Effortlessly incorporate Intel's Open Edge Platform components and AI libraries into your target images. This native integration simplifies the process of building AI-enabled edge solutions with Intel's optimized software stack.
**Embedded Software Bill of Materials (SBOM): **
Enhance security and compliance with automatic SBOM generation and embedding. Each target image now includes a comprehensive software bill of materials, providing complete visibility into all components for security auditing and compliance requirements.
**EMF-Compatible Image Composition: **
Expand your deployment options with support for EMF-compatible Ubuntu and EMT OS image generation. This capability ensures broader compatibility across diverse edge computing environments and deployment scenarios.

What's Changed

• Disable also run_version_dev since VERSION file is not present by @adimoft in Disable also run_version_dev since VERSION file is not present #427
• [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml from 2026.0.8 to 2026.0.10 by @dependabot[bot] in [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml from 2026.0.8 to 2026.0.10 #433
• [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml from 2026.0.8 to 2026.0.10 by @dependabot[bot] in [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml from 2026.0.8 to 2026.0.10 #432
• docs: add copilot instructions and PR documentation checklist by @arodage in docs: add copilot instructions and PR documentation checklist #425
• fix ssh issue in other os by @samueltaripin in fix ssh issue in other os #434
• [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml from 2026.0.10 to 2026.0.12 by @dependabot[bot] in [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml from 2026.0.10 to 2026.0.12 #437
• [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml from 2026.0.10 to 2026.0.12 by @dependabot[bot] in [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml from 2026.0.10 to 2026.0.12 #438
• Added more comprehensive support to inspect bootloader configuration by @magerstam in Added more comprehensive support to inspect bootloader configuration #404
• Added Retry Logic for Ubuntu download and updated M9 for RC2 changes by @srmungar in Added Retry Logic for Ubuntu download and updated M9 for RC2 changes #435
• docs: fix versions, provider lists, and broken internal links by @arodage in docs: fix versions, provider lists, and broken internal links #439
• Add zizmor fix by @elvin03 in Add zizmor fix #442
• M9 docker fix by @srmungar in M9 docker fix #453
• fix bug on elxr ISO and fix rpm dlstreamer version by @samueltaripin in fix bug on elxr ISO and fix rpm dlstreamer version #445
• ptl bronze for EMT and Ubuntu by @samueltaripin in ptl bronze for EMT and Ubuntu #436
• efibootmgr to configure boot device selection at runtime by @srmungar in efibootmgr to configure boot device selection at runtime #441
• Validation error debugging by @samueltaripin in Validation error debugging #460
• docs: add comprehensive field-by-field template reference by @arodage in docs: add comprehensive field-by-field template reference #446
• Remove redundant trivy and zizmor workflow by @elvin03 in Remove redundant trivy and zizmor workflow #463
• Fixing package name with numeric issue in top level package resolving by @yockgen in Fixing package name with numeric issue in top level package resolving #456
• docs: deduplicate index.md by removing content covered in guides by @arodage in docs: deduplicate index.md by removing content covered in guides #461
• fix index.md formatting by @kblaszczak-intel in fix index.md formatting #465
• Enabling RCD DLStreamer by @yockgen in Enabling RCD DLStreamer  #459
• Revert "Enabling RCD DLStreamer (Enabling RCD DLStreamer  #459)" by @samueltaripin in Revert "Enabling RCD DLStreamer (#459)" #467
• Enabling dlstreamer and ssh for RCD by @yockgen in Enabling dlstreamer and ssh for RCD #468
• Build optimization by @samueltaripin in Build optimization #455
• fix emt ptl rt image wrong package by @samueltaripin in fix emt ptl rt image wrong package #470
• Remove duplicate packages emt3 emf rt by @rpandya28 in Remove duplicate packages emt3 emf rt #473
• [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml from 2026.0.12 to 2026.0.17 by @dependabot[bot] in [gha] Bump open-edge-platform/orch-ci/.github/workflows/post-merge.yml from 2026.0.12 to 2026.0.17 #475
• fix emt build issues by @samueltaripin in fix emt build issues #476
• doc update for multirepo features update by @samueltaripin in doc update for multirepo features update #454
• [DOCS] Update file structure and references by @sgolebiewski-intel in [DOCS] Update file structure and references #472
• Enabling RCD network by default by @yockgen in Enabling RCD network by default #474
• Support to extract and compare image SBOM by @magerstam in Support to extract and compare image SBOM  #458
• Ssh issue by @samueltaripin in Ssh issue #479
• fix(pkgfetcher): encode + as %2B in download URLs by @arodage in fix(pkgfetcher): encode + as %2B in download URLs #477

Full Changelog: 2026.0-Code-Freeze...2026-0-Release

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