F7 Trading System
Apr 20, 2026

F7 Production Release v4.5 update on 25 April 2026 – FIX Upgrade + Optional API Upgrade / Decommissioning of TLS v1.2 support

The Eurex Repo F7 production environment will be updated to F7 Release 4.5 on Saturday, 25 April 2026.

On the evening of 25 April 2026, Eurex Repo will announce the completion of the update via Implementation News. After the update, the production system will be technically available in unattended mode (no technical support).

With the start of the business day on Monday, 27 April 2026, the software version for Repo F7 production will be 004.560.000.

As F7 Release 4.5 is only an optional API upgrade, acceptable version numbers for API clients are “4.4” and “4.5”.

F7 Release 4.5 includes GUI enhancements, optional F7 API changes and a F7 FIX Gateway upgrades with the following changes:

  • General enhancements
    • TLSv1.3 Support, decommissioning of TLSv1.2 support
    • Modify Rollover Rate (Extendable Trades)
    • Trader Permission Changes
    • Field Changes


  • F7 GUI specific enhancements
    • Modify Rollover Rate (Extendable Trades)
    • Fast Entry – Max. # SubTrades support
    • Linked Quotes – Extra Checks


  • F7 API specific enhancements
    • Modify Rollover Rate (Extendable Trades)


  • F7 FIX Gateway specific enhancements
    • Modify Rollover Rate (Extendable Trades)


  • F7 MTX specific enhancements
    • Field Changes only

TLSv1.3 Support, decommissioning of TLSv1.2 support

With F7 Release 4.5 Repo F7 will only support TLSv1.3.

Starting from the following decommissioning dates, any attempts to connect with TLSv1.2 will be rejected.

  • F7 Production, April 27th, 2026
  • F7 Advanced Simulation, May 6th, 2026

TLSv1.3 supported ciphers

The following ciphers are supported by Repo F7 services with TLSv1.3:

  • TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  • TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

More publications about the TLS change can be found on the Eurex website www.eurex.com under:

F7 GUI users are strongly recommended to clear the browser cache after the release introduction to ensure that the newly introduced GUI functionalities behave correctly. 

Details on the various enhancements and features are described in the “F7 4.5 Release Notes" which has been published in the Member Section under the following path: Resources > Eurex Repo > System Documentation > Release 4.5

The following documents are also available under the above-mentioned path:

  • Eurex Repo F7 4.5 Release Notes
  • Eurex Repo F7 GUI – User Manual, Release 4.5
  • Eurex Repo F7 FIX Gateway Overview, Manual, Examples and FIX44.XML
  • Eurex Repo F7 API Manual, Examples and XSDs
  • Eurex Repo F7 MTX User Manual
  • Eurex Repo Common Report Engine (User Guide, Download Eligible Securities)


If you have questions or require further information, please contact repo.sales@eurex.com.


Market Status

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The market status window is an indication regarding the current technical availability of the trading system. It indicates whether news board messages regarding current technical issues of the trading system have been published or will be published shortly.

Please find further information about incident handling in the Emergency Playbook published on the Eurex webpage under Support --> Emergencies and safeguards. Detailed information about incident communication, market re-opening procedures and best practices for order and trade reconciliation can be found in the chapters 4.2, 4.3 and 4.5, respectively. Concrete information for the respective incident will be published during the incident via newsboard message. 

We strongly recommend not to take any decisions based on the indications in the market status window but to always check the production news board for comprehensive information on an incident.

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