RELEASE DATE: June 28th 2025
Release Notes – CAST Highlight Summer 2025 Release

We’re very proud to announce the next major release of CAST Highlight, the software intelligence product that enables you to take command of your software portfolio. This version introduces new innovations including: the Portfolio Advisor for Technical Debt, Obsolete Technology Version reporting, Cloud Maturity insights for Docker and Terraform technologies, and many other new capabilities.

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Portfolio Advisor for Technical Debt

Prioritize tech debt reduction efforts and identify where exactly you have ‘bad debt’ vs ‘good debt’ across all your applications with the Portfolio Advisor for Technical Debt. Insights are organized into various types of tech debt including low Software Health in custom code, outdated OSS components, and obsolete technology versions.

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Obsolete Technology Version Detection

Pinpoint applications with tech debt related to obsolete versions of Java, .NET, .NET Core and Spring Boot.

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Terraform Cloud Maturity Insights

Optimize Terraform applications on the cloud with 34 new Cloud Maturity patterns for the Terraform technology.

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Docker Cloud Maturity Insights

Optimize Docker applications on the cloud with 13 new Cloud Maturity patterns for the Docker technology.

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Enhanced Custom Segmentation

Create more robust Portfolio Advisor dashboards using new segmentation options such as OSS component names, technical debt, keyword scan data, and technology versions.

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Many other feature improvements

The product team also took the opportunity with this new release to introduce many additional enhancements such as: Code Reader can now import .properties files for pre-configured scans, Code Reader’s authentication enhancements (token), SBOM export in CycloneDX 1.6, refined Cloud Service recommendations for Azure , and much more.