Announcements

Track system outages and stay up to date with the latest news, announcements, and product updates

November 2023

Product update|about 7 hours ago

Qiskit.org redirects and content migration

Qiskit documentation and learning resources have a new home on IBM Quantum Platform.

Product update|1 day ago

Journey toward utility: a new 127-qubit system for Open plan users

The 127-qubit system ibm_kyoto is now available for Open plan users. The following systems have been retired on November 28th: ibm_nairobi, ibm_lagos and ibm_perth.

Product update|1 day ago

New URL strategy on IBM Quantum

Our new home is at quantum.ibm.com

Product update|8 days ago

Updates to our quality and speed metrics

Introducing the error per layered gate (EPLG), a new quality metric, and updated CLOPS.

Product update|16 days ago

Switch between different instances

If you have access to run on multiple instances, you will have now the ability to switch between.

October 2023

Product update|about 1 month ago

Session interactive timeout value for premium/pay-as-you-go users is changing

Session interactive timeout value between jobs in a session for premium and pay-as-you-go users is changing from 5 minutes to 1 minute starting 25 October 2023.

Product update|about 1 month ago

Optimizing primitives for speed

Updates to setting the optimization level in Qiskit Runtime primitives.

Product update|about 1 month ago

Introducing the IBM Quantum Network Page

Members of the IBM Quantum Network - access content curated by IBM to help you stay up-to-date and progress in your quantum skill-building.

Product update|about 2 months ago

Retired systems updates and a new system available to the Open plan

The following systems have been retired on September 26th: ibmq_lima, ibmq_belem, ibmq_quito, ibmq_manila, and ibmq_jakarta. The 127-qubit system ibm_brisbane is now available for Open plan users.

September 2023

Product update|2 months ago

New Open Plan and IBM Quantum Credits

We're redefining our Open Plan, reflected in the IBM Quantum End-User License Agreement latest update; also, the quantum research community can now apply for IBM Quantum Credits.

Product update|3 months ago

Updates to the Composer and Sampler jobs

The Composer is now using Sampler and results of a Sampler job includes the transpiled circuit

Product update|3 months ago

Updates in job estimation and forecasting queue wait times

You're now able to see the estimated usage of the job in advance, while your job is still sitting in the queue

August 2023

Product update|3 months ago

Upcoming updates to Open Plan access and terms

The IBM Quantum End-User License Agreement will be updated on or around September 26th with new terms applicable to the Open Plan.

Product update|3 months ago

IBM Quantum has a new navigation and application updates!

With your feedback, we have implemented updates that make it easier to onboard to quantum, and to find the documentation you need to work with our technology.

January 2023

Quantum news|11 months ago