February 2026

Welcome to the February 2026 release of CAP. Find the most noteworthy news and changes in the following sections.

Preview Release Notes

This is a preview of the release notes for our upcoming release. These notes share what you can expect soon. Note that these notes are work in progress, not official yet, and might still change.

• CDS Language & Compiler
• Node.js
  • Important Change ❗️
• Java
  • Important Change ❗️
  • Default Value for cds.Date
• CAP Plugins
• Tools

CDS Language & Compiler

Node.js

Important Change ❗️

Java

Important Change ❗️

Default Value for cds.Date

Make use of $now to define the current day as default value for elements of type Date:

entity Approvals {
   dayOfApproval: Date default $now;
}

When you create the entity, the system populates dayOfApproval with the day derived from the current timestamp ($now) relative to the UTC timezone.

CAP Plugins

Tools