Dear all,
The Production release of the July 2026 SNOMED CT® International Edition is now available to all users, from the MLDS distribution site.
All files distributed for the July 2026 International Edition are available from the “July 2026 v1.0” version in the “SNOMED CT International Edition” project, which can be found on the “SNOMED Releases” page in MLDS, accessed here:
The SNOMED CT International Edition contains SNOMED CT files in Release Format 2 (RF2) only, distributed in a zipped file archive:
- SnomedCT_InternationalRF2_PRODUCTION_20260701T120000Z.zip
The Release Notes (“doc_SnomedCTReleaseNotes_Current-en-US_INT_20260701.pdf”) can be downloaded as distinct files from the same MLDS release version, or accessed online:
Those Members using MLDS as their distribution site will find that their affiliates have access to the new release automatically.
All vendors and affiliates should please contact their National Release Centre (NRC) for information on when the latest release package will be available for download from the NRC website. Contact details for all NRC’s can be found here - http://www.snomed.org/members/
Please refresh your memory of all major changes to this upcoming release, as published on the Early Visibility page here: https://conf.spaces.snomed.org/wiki/spaces/RMT/pages/343801863/2026+Early+Visibility+Release+Notifications, and in the Release Notes (where changes to the final Production package made throughout the Release cycle are logged).
These include, but are not limited to, the increase to the maximum length of Description Types. In line with the agreed Transition plan, the changes to increase the maximum allowed length of Descriptions have been implemented in the July 2026 International Edition. As highlighted in earlier communications, with the exception of the Medicinal Product hierarchy, the vast majority of descriptions will remain at their current length, well below 255 characters. Actual increases to International Edition descriptions (currently targeted for a handful of descriptions, to be increased to approximately 330 characters in length) will be deployed in subsequent International releases, starting in August 2026. The only change for this July 2026 International release, is to transition the International Edition to the new configuration, allowing for a new maximum Description Length Limit of 4096 characters.
If you have any questions about the July 2026 International Edition release, or have difficulties downloading the files from the distribution site, please contact SNOMED International at release@snomed.org with “July 2026 International Edition release question” in the subject line.
Kind regards,
Andrew Atkinson | Release Manager