NEW GALAXY RELEASE Galaxy 26.1 is here! New tools for connected, contextual, and reproducible research We are excited to announce the release of Galaxy 26.1! This release introduces new ways to document your analyses, receive context-aware assistance, connect Galaxy with external tools, and work more efficiently with workflows, datasets, and frequently used tools. Highlights from Galaxy 26.1 📓 Galaxy Notebooks Turn every Galaxy history into a living scientific notebook by combining narrative, datasets, visualizations, results, and AI-assisted writing in one collaborative workspace. 🤖 More context-aware GalaxyAI assistance GalaxyAI can recognize whether you are viewing a tool, job, history, or notebook and route questions to specialized agents for more relevant assistance. 🔗 Connect external AI tools with MCP Galaxy now supports the Model Context Protocol, allowing compatible external clients to securely interact with Galaxy tools, histories, datasets, workflows, and jobs. 🧰 Favorite and recent tools Quickly return to the tools you use most with an optional panel for favorites, recently executed tools, integrated search, and keyboard navigation. 🔄 Clearer workflow creation and monitoring A redesigned history-to-workflow interface simplifies workflow extraction, while expanded invocation views let you inspect step configurations during execution. 📦 Easier bulk dataset storage migration Move multiple datasets and collections between storage locations with previews, detailed progress tracking, and optional completion notifications. Explore Galaxy 26.1<https://docs.galaxyproject.org/en/master/releases/26.1_announce_user.html> Thank you to everyone across the Galaxy community who contributed to this release! The Galaxy Team Accessible, reproducible, and transparent computational research