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title: DreamFactory 2.6 adds Firebird SQL and API management improvements
description: DreamFactory 2.6 has shipped! We've added Firebird SQL support and some major enhancements. You can download the 2.6 release from Bitnami or GitHub now.
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# [DreamFactory 2.6 adds Firebird SQL and API management improvements](https://blog.dreamfactory.com/dreamfactory-2-6-release-0)

 Written by [Terence Bennett](https://blog.dreamfactory.com/author/terencebennett) | January 17, 2026

DreamFactory 2.6 has shipped! We've added Firebird SQL support and some major enhancements to [API management](https://blog.dreamfactory.com/5-best-api-management-solutions/) as well as many [API improvements](https://www.dreamfactory.com/hub/categories/all/) and important bug fixes. You can download the 2.6 release from [Bitnami](https://bitnami.com/stack/dreamfactory) or [GitHub](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dreamfactory) now.

Read more about [DreamFactory's new features.](https://www.dreamfactory.com/features/)

Here's what's new:

## **Version 2.6 release notes**

- API improvements 
    - Added support for Firebird SQL database. Simply connect to your Firebird database in the DreamFactory admin console and DreamFactory automatically generates a [REST API](https://blog.dreamfactory.com/an-enterprise-grade-rest-api-for-sql/) for Firebird data and schema.
    - Added support for endpoint-level API limits and HTTP verb-specific limits to DreamFactory Gold. This provides granular control over API limits in your DreamFactory instance.
    - Added option to use Redis cache for API limits in DreamFactory Gold.
    - Added support for "upsert" on database services, where supported (using PUT verb).
    - Fixed inconsistent behavior for selected fields and related data in SQL database services.
    - Updated Cassandra service to better handle native types such as UUID and timestamps.
    - Added ability for HTTP services to detect and replace external links in response when resolved to other DreamFactory service URIs.
- Miscellaneous enhancements and bug fixes 
    - Added support for username authentication. Email is still the default but now you can set username authentication with an environment configuration option.
    - Added option to send email invitation to newly created Admin users.
    - Fixed JWT token refresh and forever token refresh issue.
    - Fixed issues with resource-level role-based access control in API docs.
    - Fixed PUT section on API docs for system/{resource} and system/{resource}/{id}.
    - Fixed scripting response handling with single quotes, particularly in Python.
    - Fixed scripting execution for Node.js exceptions.
    - Fixed scripting handling of file upload.

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