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# Latest updates

*Last updated 29 October 2025*
*Last updated 15 January 2026*

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This section summarizes the recent enhancements and new features for the new [IBM Quantum Platform.](https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/)

**January 2026**

- **Our first Nighthawk QPU and latest Heron QPU are now available.** We are pleased to announce the release of two powerful new processors that debuted at the [IBM Quantum Developer Conference](https://www.ibm.com/quantum/blog/qdc-2025) in November.

- Premium and Flex Plans now have early access to `ibm_miami`, the first IBM Quantum Nighthawk QPU. Our most advanced quantum processor to date, Nighthawk is a 120-qubit device with a square-lattice topology (218 couplers versus Heron's 176) that is designed to support more complex workloads. The team has been hard at work since our early Nighthawk preview at QDC, and we are proud to say the released Nighthawk has the highest coherence of our fleet - even higher than what we reported at QDC - with a median T1 of 350 µs.

- Please note that `ibm_miami` is currently an exploratory QPU that is still being tested and optimized as part of our continual cycles of learning. As such, it temporarily has the following limitations:

- Default repetition time has been temporarily increased from 250 µs to 4 ms, which will impact QPU time required to execute workloads
- Dynamic circuits are not yet supported, and quality of mid-circuit measurements is limited

- Additionally, Premium, Flex, and Pay-As-You-Go Plans now have access to `ibm_boston`, our most performant IBM Quantum Heron r3 to date. It has demonstrated an EPLG at 100 qubits of 2.15e-3, with 57 of 176 possible two-qubit gates below the 1e-3 error level.

- **Compute resources page now displays QPU scheduled maintenance.** The [Compute resources page](https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/computers) now includes a banner at the top of your Compute resources table, as well as in the Analytics section, whenever there is upcoming or active planned maintenance for QPUs in your selected region. This feature gives you the transparency you need to plan your workloads around expected downtimes.

- Visit the [Compute Resources page](https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/computers) today to see if any maintenance is scheduled, and plan your work accordingly.

- **Introducing instance archiving.** We're excited to announce a new feature for administrators on IBM Quantum Platform: instance archiving.

- With this update, administrators can archive any instance within their account. Archiving an instance ensures that:

- Collaborators retain access to results and QPU metrics, properties, and calibrations from past workloads.
- No new workloads can be submitted to the archived instance, preventing unintended usage.
- Archived instances do not subtract anything from your account's plan allocation.
- All archived instances are neatly organized under a dedicated "Archived" tab.
- Administrators can reactivate an instance at any time.

- Use archiving today and keep your workspace organized without losing access to valuable data.

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**October 2025**

- **Learn quantum computing in your own language**: We're excited to announce that translations are now available across all documentation and learning pages on IBM Quantum Platform! Translations have been the most-requested feature in user feedback, and now, quantum learning and development are more accessible than ever.
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- **Learning in IBM Quantum Platform** now has an updated home page to help you navigate the educational resources available, as well as two new catalog pages to help browse courses and modules. [Check out the updates!](/learning)

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**24 June 2025**

- Profile page: Now you can find integrated profile details directly in the new platform. Find your profile by clicking on the user icon in the top right or visiting your [profile page.](https://quantum.cloud.ibm.com/profile)
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## Qiskit Runtime client 0.42.0
## Qiskit Runtime client 0.45.0

**September 2025**
**January 2026**

- Highlights: Since backends now support running jobs that contain both fractional gates and dynamic circuits, control flow instructions are no longer filtered out when using `use_fractional_gates=True`. As a result, there is a new translation state plugin, `IBMDynamicFractionalTranslationPlugin`, for targeting circuits with both dynamic circuits and fractional gates.
- Highlights:
- ``qiskit-ibm-runtime`` is now compatible with Qiskit v2.3.
- The ``delete_job()`` method has been reintroduced.

- For all updates, bug fixes, and new features, see the full [0.42.0 release notes.](/docs/api/qiskit-ibm-runtime/release-notes#0420-2025-09-15)
- For all updates, bug fixes, and new features, see the full [0.45.0 release notes.](/docs/api/qiskit-ibm-runtime/release-notes#0450-2026-01-08)

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## Qiskit Transpiler Service client v0.11.0
## Qiskit Transpiler Service client v0.15.2

**25 March 2025**
**January 2026**

- See the [v0.11.0 release notes.](/docs/api/qiskit-ibm-transpiler/release-notes#0110-2025-03-25)
- See the [v0.15.2 release notes.](/docs/api/qiskit-ibm-transpiler/release-notes#0152-2026-01-13)

*To see the release notes for all versions, visit the [Qiskit Transpiler Service client release notes](/docs/api/qiskit-ibm-transpiler/release-notes).*

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