Merge pull request #303800 from v-rachitsh/personal/v-rachitsh/julyrealeasenotes

updated the Aug FHIR release notes

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

articles/healthcare-apis/azure-api-for-fhir/release-notes-2025.md

@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ ms.author: kesheth
 
 Azure API for FHIR® provides a fully managed deployment of the Microsoft FHIR Server for Azure. The server is an implementation of the [FHIR](https://hl7.org/fhir) standard. This document provides details about the features and enhancements made to Azure API for FHIR.
 
+## August 2025
+### FHIR service
+
+**Bulk Delete remove references feature**: The $bulk-delete operation now supports the option to remove references to resources that are being deleted. This means that if you delete a resource that is referenced by another resource, the reference will be removed from the referencing resource. More information [here](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/fhir/fhir-bulk-delete#preview-capabilities-for-the-bulk-delete-operation). 
+
+**Patient export improvement**: Improved performance of Patient/$export functionality by splitting patients into smaller groups and processing them in parallel.
+
+#### Bug fixes:
+
+**Bulk delete and custom search parameter fix**: Previously, there was a bug where after using $bulk-delete to hard delete a custom search parameter, it was not possible to then create the same custom search parameter with the same url or code. This issue has been fixed, and you can now create a custom search parameter after using $bulk-delete to hard delete a custom search parameter with the same url or code.
+
 ## July 2025
 
 #### Bug fixes:

articles/healthcare-apis/release-notes-2025.md

@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ ms.custom:
 
 This article describes features, enhancements, and bug fixes released in 2025 for the FHIR® service, Azure API for FHIR, DICOM® service, and MedTech service in Azure Health Data Services.
 
+## August 2025
+### FHIR service
+
+**Bulk Delete remove references feature**: The $bulk-delete operation now supports the option to remove references to resources that are being deleted. This means that if you delete a resource that is referenced by another resource, the reference will be removed from the referencing resource. More information [here](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/healthcare-apis/fhir/fhir-bulk-delete#preview-capabilities-for-the-bulk-delete-operation). 
+
+**Patient export improvement**: Improved performance of Patient/$export functionality by splitting patients into smaller groups and processing them in parallel.
+
+#### Bug fixes:
+
+**Bulk delete and custom search parameter fix**: Previously, there was a bug where after using $bulk-delete to hard delete a custom search parameter, it was not possible to then create the same custom search parameter with the same url or code. This issue has been fixed, and you can now create a custom search parameter after using $bulk-delete to hard delete a custom search parameter with the same url or code. 
+
 ## July 2025
 ### FHIR service