# nf-core/newsletter, September 2026

1 advisory, 15 pipeline releases, 2 upcoming events.

[View on the nf-core website](https://nf-co.re/newsletter/2026/09)

## Advisories

- **HIGH** [Merged families use the wrong sample's seed MSAs in proteinfamilies pipeline 2.0.0 - 2.4.0](https://nf-co.re/advisories/proteinfamilies-cross-sample-merged-seeds) _(Known Regression)_ — <p>MERGE_FAMILIES:MERGE_SEEDS paired every sample with the first sample’s seed alignments</p>


## New pipeline first releases 🎉

These pipelines just had their very first release.

- [nf-core/seqsubmit](https://nf-co.re/seqsubmit) v1.0.0 — nf-core pipeline for data submission to ENA

## Pipeline releases

- [nf-core/airrflow](https://nf-co.re/airrflow) v5.1.1 _(28 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/epitopeprediction](https://nf-co.re/epitopeprediction) v3.1.1 _(7 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/fastqrepair](https://nf-co.re/fastqrepair) v1.1.1 _(31 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/lsmquant](https://nf-co.re/lsmquant) v1.0.3 _(10 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/mag](https://nf-co.re/mag) v5.5.0 _(1 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/magmap](https://nf-co.re/magmap) v1.2.0 _(11 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/pairgenomealign](https://nf-co.re/pairgenomealign) v3.0.4 _(26 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/phyloplace](https://nf-co.re/phyloplace) v2.1.0 _(3 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/pixelator](https://nf-co.re/pixelator) v5.0.1 _(20 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/proteinfamilies](https://nf-co.re/proteinfamilies) v2.5.0 _(11 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/sarek](https://nf-co.re/sarek) v3.10.0 _(12 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/seqinspector](https://nf-co.re/seqinspector) v1.1.1, v1.1.2 _(19 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/sopa](https://nf-co.re/sopa) v1.0.1 _(25 Aug 2026)_
- [nf-core/spatialaxe](https://nf-co.re/spatialaxe) v1.0.1 _(6 Aug 2026)_

## Upcoming events

- **Bytesize** [Bytesize: nf-core/nft-utils](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_nft-utils) — 2 Sept 2026
  <p>Louis Le Nezet</p>

- **Hackathon** [Hackathon - October 2026 (Barcelona)](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/hackathon-barcelona) — 15 Oct 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
  <p>An in-person hackathon held in Barcelona</p>


## In case you missed it

### Recent events

- [Bytesize: nf-meta](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_nf_meta) — 11 Aug 2026 (Bytesize)
- [Hackathon - Agosto 2026](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/hackathon-august-2026) — 15 Aug 2026 – 16 Aug 2026 (Hackathon)
- [Bytesize: nf-core/longraredisease](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_longraredisease) — 18 Aug 2026 (Bytesize)
- [Bytesize: nf-core/drop](https://nf-co.re/events/2026/bytesize_drop) — 25 Aug 2026 (Bytesize)

### Earlier blog posts

- [nf-core/tools - 4.1.0](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/tools-4_1_0) — 29 Jul 2026
- [Maintainers Minutes: May - June 2026](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/maintainers-minutes-2026-06-26) — 1 Jul 2026
- [Introducing the nf-core newsletter](https://nf-co.re/blog/2026/newsletter-launch) — 23 Jun 2026

### Earlier advisories

- **CRITICAL** [Remote code execution and bot token theft via the pipeline template's PR-comment workflow](https://nf-co.re/advisories/pr-comment-workflow-vulnerability) — 23 Jul 2026

## New pipelines & proposals

### Pipeline proposals

From [nf-core/proposals](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues).

- [nf-core/grnintegrate](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/159) — Accepted (#159)
- [nf-core/snv-sort-and-fold](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/148) — Accepted (#148)
- [nf-core/gap-flow](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/166) — New (#166)
- [nf-core/taxmarker](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/165) — New (#165)
- [nf-core/stamp](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/164) — New (#164)
- [nf-core/<geomx-dsp>](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/163) — New (#163)
- [nf-core/plasmodiumpopgen](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/161) — New (#161)
- [nf-core/fragmentomics](https://github.com/nf-core/proposals/issues/160) — New (#160)

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