Welcome to the Blueprint Release Highlights page.
This page provides a curated overview of the latest Blueprint features and enhancements, organised by release month and presented in a consistent, scannable format.
Below you’ll find summaries of new and enhanced capabilities, including plain-English overviews and details of what’s changed in each release. Each feature also includes a dedicated section for supporting videos and discussion topics, allowing you to explore walkthroughs, examples, and deeper explanations as they become available.
For the full, authoritative release documentation, see the official Blueprint release notes:
https://docs.pega.com/bundle/blueprint/page/platform/blueprint/blueprint-whats-new.html
Use this page to quickly understand what’s changed, navigate to detailed feature content, and stay aligned with the latest Blueprint capabilities. New releases are added at the top, with older updates retained below for reference.
March 2026
Build applications by using natural language with Blueprint AI Assistant
Area: Authoring 
Capability: AI Assistant
Overview
Blueprint now features a conversational, Pega GenAI-powered vibe-coding design experience that transforms how you build and refine your applications — describe what you want, and the AI Assistant turns those ideas into well thought-out designs.
What’s new
- A dedicated AI Assistant pane enables conversational interaction with Blueprint — consult, create, and update workflows, data, Personas, and other elements using plain language
- Blueprint guides you through available actions at each step, keeping changes relevant to your current context and design stage
- In the Workflows step, iteratively refine your Case Types through follow-up questions and conversational adjustments
- The AI Assistant makes Blueprint more approachable for new users while helping experienced designers build faster
Supporting content
Walkthrough video
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Agentic processing of assignments by email
Area: Authoring Capability: Assignment Steps
Overview
Blueprint now supports proactive, agent-driven assignment processing, enabling users to provide information for an assignment through the email channel — without manual intervention.
What’s new
- Enable agentic assignment processing directly on an Assignment Step in Blueprint
- At run time, a Pega-provided AI agent contacts the assignee by email, including relevant Case context, collects the required information, updates the Case, and resolves the assignment automatically
- Assignment Steps configured for agentic processing display with a distinct purple icon in the Lifecycle, differentiating them from standard green Assignment icons
- Reduces manual effort for common assignment interactions and helps workflows progress faster
Supporting content
Walkthrough video
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Refine your Blueprint before download
Area: Authoring Capability: Blueprint Quality
Overview
Blueprint now surfaces best-practice suggestions before you download, helping you address common authoring issues early and improve overall quality before sharing or exporting your design.
What’s new
- Clicking Download Blueprint in the Summary step now triggers a pre-download suggestions dialog
- Suggestions are based on best practices, including unused Data Objects, unreferenced fields, and default routing choices
- Direct links to relevant Blueprint assets are included within the suggestions dialog for quick remediation
Supporting content
Walkthrough video
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
February 2026
February 2026
SLA configuration for Assignment Steps
Area: Authoring Capability: Assignment Steps
Overview
Configure Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) directly within Assignment Steps, capturing essential SLA expectations during early design without adding complexity to the Blueprint authoring experience.
What’s new
- SLA configuration is available directly on Collect Information and Approve/Reject Assignment Steps
- Guided model supports goal and deadline duration configuration
- Escalation options include: notifying an assignee or manager, adjusting urgency settings, and reassigning Cases to a manager, user, or Persona
Supporting content
Walkthrough video
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Select Embedded Data fields in workflow Steps
Area: Authoring Capability: Data Configuration
Overview
Blueprint now provides greater control over how embedded data is used within workflow Steps, allowing you to choose exactly which fields to include when associating embedded data with a Step.
What’s new
- Select specific fields from an embedded data structure when associating it with a Step
- Reuse the same embedded data structure across multiple Steps, each showing only Relevant fields
- Steps remain focused and uncluttered by displaying only the fields they need
Supporting content
Walkthrough video
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Automatic backup before Blueprint regeneration
Area: Authoring Capability: Blueprint Management
Overview
When regenerating a Blueprint, the system now automatically creates a restorable backup version, preventing data loss and ensuring you can confidently refine and regenerate without risk.
What’s new
- A snapshot of the current Blueprint is automatically saved before regeneration begins
- The version number is incremented on regeneration (e.g. BP-456200 becomes BP-456200-2)
- Reverting to a previously saved state is quick and straightforward
Supporting content
Walkthrough video
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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January 2026
January 2026
Assignment routing options expanded with user references
Area: Authoring Capability: Assignment Routing
Overview
Route Assignments to any relevant user reference defined within a Case, in addition to the current user, manager, and Personas.
What’s new
• User reference fields are available as Assignment routing targets
• Supports more realistic, business-driven routing scenarios
Supporting content
Walkthrough video Blueprint Update: 30th Jan 2026
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Route to a different Stage by using a Decision
Area: Authoring Capability: Case Lifecycle
Overview
Decision outcomes can now move a Case directly to another Stage in the Case Lifecycle, enabling out-of-sequence processing.
What’s new
• Decision Steps can route to any Stage
• Supports revisiting or skipping Stages based on business rules
Supporting content
Walkthrough video Blueprint Update: 30th Jan 2026
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Generate picklists with Pega GenAI
Area: Authoring Capability: AI Assistance
Overview
Automatically generate picklist values using AI, based on field context and language.
What’s new
• Context-aware, AI-generated picklist values
• Language-aware generation for multilingual teams
Supporting content
Walkthrough video Blueprint Update: 9th Jan 2026
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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December 2025
December 2025
Support for User Reference fields
Area: Authoring Capability: Data Model
Overview
User Reference is now supported as a field type for Case and Data objects.
What’s new
• New User Reference field type
• Stronger alignment between workflows and personas
Supporting content
Walkthrough video Blueprint Update: 19th Dec 2025
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Enhancements to Create Case Step
Area: Authoring Capability: Case Lifecycle
Overview
Enhancements to the Create Case Step improve support for advanced and multi-case modelling scenarios.
What’s new
• Expanded Create Case configuration options
• Improved support for complex case orchestration
Supporting content
Walkthrough video Blueprint Update: 19th Dec 2025
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)
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Enhanced domain-based sharing
Area: Authoring Capability: Collaboration
Overview
Blueprint sharing can now be restricted by organisation and domain to improve collaboration governance.
What’s new
• Domain-level sharing controls
• Improved collaboration boundaries
Supporting content
Walkthrough video (link to be added)
Discussion / deep dive (link to be added)