Release Notes

July 17, 2026 — ACE Beta+

ACE Beta+ builds on ACE Beta with new compliance capabilities. This release is still a Beta — see Beta Scope for the current scope and limitations.

What's new

  • Custom policies — You can now write, deploy, and register your own policy contract and use it like a pre-built library policy. Custom policy implementations are scoped to your organization. See Custom Policies.
  • Grouped identity validation — The new GroupedIdentityValidatorPolicy applies different credential requirements to different accounts. It routes each account to a group — by credential attestation or by credential data (for example, jurisdiction) — then validates the account against that group's requirements. Use it to enforce, for example, one rule set for individuals and another for businesses, or different rules per jurisdiction, within a single policy.
  • External registries — Organizations can now share registries with each other. A registry owner grants another organization read access, and the grantee can use the shared registry's identities and credentials as a credential source in its own policies — without re-issuing credentials. Access is read-only for the recipient and revocable at any time. See External Registries.
  • Credential data validation — Credentials are no longer limited to attestation-only. You can now link a data schema to a credential type, issue credentials that carry structured data, and attach a Data Validator to a policy's credential source to enforce rules on that data. The first use case is jurisdiction control using a pre-built AllowDenyList Data Validator with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes. See Credential data and privacy.
  • Self-signing model — Organizations can now choose between delegated signing (Chainlink signs on your behalf) and self-signing (you sign operations yourself) at onboarding. With self-signing, ACE creates unsigned draft operations that you poll, sign (EIP-712), and submit using the CRE Connect SDK. Both models use the same CRE Connect Wallet and all platform capabilities work identically. See Signing & Ownership Model.
  • Managed offchain risk policies (MVP) — Screen transaction participants with TRM Wallet Screening before allowing a protected onchain action. Configure global and category-specific risk thresholds, request evaluations through the new Evaluation API, and receive single-use permits delivered onchain by a managed CRE workflow. Grant evaluation access to other organizations so they can request permits against your target contracts. This feature is an MVP; contact your Chainlink representative for help with setup. See Offchain Policies, Managing Offchain Policies (MVP), Requesting Offchain Permits, and Granting Evaluation Access.

May 26, 2026 — Mainnet support

What's new

  • Mainnet deployments — ACE Beta now supports mainnet on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Base, and Polygon, in addition to existing testnets. Mainnet access is not enabled for all organizations by default — contact your Chainlink contact to request it. See Supported Networks for chain IDs and chain selectors.

Other improvements

  • Policy Engine creation is now available in the Platform UI under Compliance > Policy Manager (previously API-only). See Managing Policy Engines.

April 15, 2026 — ACE Beta (Private Release)

Chainlink ACE Beta is now available to a first set of selected participants as a private release. This initial release provides early access to the ACE platform.

What's included

ACE Beta ships with three core components:

  • Policy Manager — Create policy engines, register target contracts, configure policy instances from the pre-built library, and enforce compliance rules on-chain.
  • Identity Manager — Set up identity registries, register on-chain identities, define credential types, and issue verifiable credentials for use in identity-based policies.
  • Reporting Manager — Query on-chain policy configurations, identity states, and transaction history via a read-only API to support compliance verification and auditing workflows.

All three components support multi-chain deployments across all supported testnets and are accessible via the Chainlink Platform UI and the Coordinator and Reporting APIs, once Chainlink provisions your organization with ACE Beta access.

Scope and limitations

This is a testnet-only release. For full details on what is supported, known constraints, and planned additions, see Beta Scope.

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