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[Gen 2]{: tag-purple}
Use these release notes to learn about the latest updates to {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 that are grouped by month and year. Release notes are available for a minimum of three years. {: shortdesc}
{: #EventStreams-01jun2026} {: release-note}
{{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 now availabe in Mumbai : {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 is now also available in Mumbai (in-mum), in addition to Chennai - Airtel (in-che) and Montreal (ca-mon). For more information, see Location availability.
{: #EventStreams-27mar2026} {: release-note}
Deprecation of {{site.data.keyword.hscrypto}} : {{site.data.keyword.cloud}} is transitioning its dedicated key management offering from {{site.data.keyword.hscrypto}} to {{site.data.keyword.keymanagementservicelong}} Dedicated (Single Tenant). As part of this transition, {{site.data.keyword.hscrypto}} will reach End of Life (EOL) on March 20, 2027. After this date, the service will no longer be supported, and any remaining instances will be terminated. To ensure continued service availability and support, you must migrate all existing HPCS root keys to {{site.data.keyword.keymanagementservicelong_notm}} Dedicated (Single Tenant) before the EOL date. For more information on how to migrate your encryption keys, see Migrating from {{site.data.keyword.hscrypto}} (HPCS) to {{site.data.keyword.keymanagementserviceshort}} Dedicated (KP-ST).
{: #EventStreams-02mar2026} {: release-note}
{{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 now availabe in Chennai : {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 is now also available in Chennai - Airtel (in-che), in addition to Montreal (ca-mon). For more information, see Location availability.
{: #EventStreams-26feb2026} {: release-note}
{{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 : {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 is now available, offering the same fully managed Event Streams engine on newer VPC‑based infrastructure with improved security and networking. Try {{site.data.keyword.messagehub}} Gen 2 now.
{: #EventStreams-dec2025} {: release-note}
Beta introduction of Enterprise Gen2 plan : Support for Apache Kafka version 4.1. : Built on VPC and software defined networking. : Available in the Montreal region.