Ignition 2027 – Innovation Unleashed
Innovation Unleashed
AI-powered design assistants, next-generation visualization, an enterprise historian – and much more. Public beta from Oct./Nov. 2026, general availability Feb. 2027.
Innovation for everyone
Build faster. Scale further.
Whether you are an engineer automating deployments or an executive driving enterprise standardization – Ignition 2027 has something for everyone.
AI
AI – your way
Connect the AI model you trust to your industrial data. Optional, secure, with people in control.
Historian
Enterprise-scale data
A new Enterprise Historian with TimescaleDB – built for massive time-series volumes.
Visualization
Modern applications
16 new chart components, Power Chart 1.5 and native on-screen keyboards.
Enterprise
Built for many sites
Ansible, multi-site management, AWS connector and zero-downtime DevOps.
“There simply is no other platform out there offering the diversity of functionality, the speed of development and deployment, and above all, the value of what we’re delivering with Ignition.”
Colby Clegg · CEO, Inductive Automation
Ignition Catalyst
Accelerate with AI – your way
A secure framework for working with AI inside Ignition. No proprietary walled garden: connect the AI model of your choice – and because Catalyst is optional, control always stays with you.
Catalyst Core
Catalyst Core Module · included with Ignition
AI help right where you work
Built into the platform: Catalyst Core connects your choice of AI model to the Designer or Gateway – safely, without compromising your data.
In action
From a question to a working SQL query
Describe what you need – the assistant reads the active database schema and writes the query for you to review.
Catalyst Agent
Catalyst Agent Module
Build your own AI agents
An open framework to design agents for your OT processes – without deep machine-learning expertise or building infrastructure from scratch.
In action
AI chat inside your Perspective applications
An embedded AI chat lets operators talk to their systems and navigate complex operations.
Security
Safety first
Keep systems secure while using AI
Build with confidence: a safety-first AI framework designed to keep you in complete control.
- Every AI action requires your explicit approval
- Restore a previous version of an AI-modified resource in two clicks
- Deep integration with Ignition’s authentication model
- Air-gapped facilities: keep data on-premises with a local LLM via Ollama
Historian
Build powerful historian solutions
Store, analyze and manage time-series data at a new scale – with an all-new Enterprise Historian Module and improvements to the Industrial Historian Suite.
Enterprise Historian
Enterprise Historian Module for TimescaleDB
Designed for large-scale operations
Native integration with commercial TimescaleDB engines for extreme data efficiency and fast performance – plus a new TimescaleDB edition made for Ignition with Tiger Data, sold and supported by Inductive Automation.
- Massive data ingest with optimized connection protocols
- Engine-accelerated queries with database-level aggregates
- Turnkey high availability for your entire site
Expanded capabilities
Core Historian redundancy & backups
Zero-configuration redundancy and scheduled backups, managed from the Gateway web interface.
Gapless failover
Backup Gateways in warm standby buffer history data – no data loss during failover.
Faster queries
Charts and bindings use database engine aggregates for much faster query speeds.
Visualization
Deliver next-generation visualization
New design tools bring life, modern colour and accessibility to even the dullest screens – like a digitally remastered movie.
“We’re unlocking the best of modern technology for you, and empowering everyone to go further than they ever thought possible — to truly unleash your innovation.”
Carl Gould · CTO, Inductive Automation
Enterprise
Empower your enterprise
Power tools for advanced enterprise architectures.
Automate deployments with Ansible
Official Ansible Collection – Infrastructure-as-Code for OT environments.
Manage multi-site environments
Hierarchical networks: EAM controllers talk to each other – one source of truth for many Gateways.
Maximize resilience
A new Redundancy Observer node virtually eliminates the “split-brain” problem.
AWS Connector Module
S3, SNS, SQS and DynamoDB as first-class, configurable connections.
Staged DevOps pipelines
Non-destructive, partial hot-imports for zero-downtime deployments.
And more
Details for your IT and engineering team
Security
Compliant audit trails
The “previous value” of tag writes and other changes in the audit log.
Multi-IdP support
Multiple identity providers on a single Gateway.
EU CRA compliance
Built for the EU Cyber Resilience Act out of the box.
Data & connectivity
Beckhoff ADS driver
Easy integration of Beckhoff automation.
OPC UA connection redundancy
High availability with a redundant connection type.
Native OPC UA events
Performant, scalable event-based systems.
Tags import/export with Excel
Handle system tags directly in Excel.
Tags & history REST APIs
Provision tags in pipelines and query history from external tools.
Ease & flexibility
File resources
Upload and manage files as configuration in the Designer.
Localize international projects
Improved translation management and scripting support.
Easier backups
Schedule, create and restore Core Historian backups in the Gateway.
Ignition Web Component Library
A published component library for new Gateway web pages.
A new release cadence
A major release every year – plus five years of LTS
Move at the pace that fits your team. It starts with Ignition 2027.
- Oct./Nov. 2026Public beta begins
- Feb. 2027General availability
- Q1 20282027.15.0-LTS release
- 2028 & beyondA new release each year
For teams that want the latestAdopt each new annual release as soon as it is ready.
For teams that prefer stabilityStandardize on an LTS version and upgrade on your own schedule. Today: Ignition 8.3 LTS.See Ignition 2027 at SPS 2026.
Hall 5, Booth 120 · 24–26 November 2026 · Nuremberg. Book a meeting and get a first look with our team – or start on Ignition 8.3 LTS today, and we advise you on the path to 2027.
Book a preview meetingKeep me postedIgnition 2027 beta forum
Sources: Inductive Automation – Ignition 2027 preview and “Ignition Catalyst: Our Safety-First Approach to AI in Ignition 2027” (Oct. 2026). Images, animations and icons: Inductive Automation.