2026#4 - Fredhopper Discovery Release Notes

Deployment version number	2026#4
FAS version number*	26.4
Suggest+ version number	26.4
Release date	2026-04-27
Release type	major
Backwards compatibility	The Query, Data, and Configuration API are backwards compatible with all versions of the Fredhopper Discovery Platform from 7.5 and up.

* This is the version number as displayed in Merchandising Studio.

What's been improved

Suggest+ (with Smart Keywords feature enabled)

key is used as the default searchable field for all indices.
The fields used for search matching can now be configured per index.
Improved keyword search results for product names containing separator characters such as dashes.
Improved keyword autocomplete results for singular and plural variations.

Merchandising Studio & Preview Pages

Filters using “attribute of a viewed item” for conflated attributes now persist correctly after saving a campaign, even when the conflation segment appears in the middle of the attribute name.