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Status Assessment
Categories 13. Other
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 22, 2026

Restore App Registry (Customizer) Support for Community Widget Extensions in On-Premises Environments

In HCL Connections 6.5 Multi-Tenant (MT), administrators could dynamically add custom community widgets to the "Add Apps" palette using the App Registry (Customizer).

Current architecture for Connections 8.0 On-Premises has deprecated this dynamic registration. Instead, it requires manual server-side modifications to the widget-config.xml file. This creates a significant technical barrier for customers who operate in "private cloud" or restricted On-Premises environments where they have limited access to the file system or require a more agile, UI-driven deployment method.

Re-implement support for the community_widget extension type (or similar) within the App Registry V3 schema for On-Premises installations.

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