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OCI Generative AI now supports Cohere Embed 4
OCI Generative AI has added support for Cohere Embed 4. This model processes mixed modality inputs (text and images ...
Compute Cloud@Customer introduces new features 🔗
A new release of Compute Cloud@Customer is now available with the following new features:
- Updated Platform Images ...
Generative AI is now available in LangChain4j 🔗
OCI Generative AI models are now supported in LangChain4j, the Java version of LangChain. This integration expands Java developers’ ...
Oracle Data Safe Has Added Support for Oracle Database@Google Cloud 🔗
Oracle Data Safe now supports the registration of Oracle Database@Google Cloud - Oracle Exadata Database Service as target databases. For ...
HeatWave: Encryption-at-rest with user-managed encryption key 🔗
HeatWave DB systems use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) block and object storage services for storing data and backups. OCI ...
Data Science AI Quick Actions are now Supported in Government Regions 🔗
Data Science AI Quick Actions are now supported in Government regions.
For more information on enabling them, see ...
Carbon Emissions Analysis power-based calculation support 🔗
Using the Carbon Emissions Analysis page in Emissions Management, paying commercial Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers can track their ...
Oracle WebLogic Update 🔗
Stack Monitoring now supports Oracle WebLogic Node Manager, which is automatically discovered as part of the WebLogic Domain discovery. Oracle ...
Deprecated APIs in OCI
Generative AI 🔗
The GenerateText and SummarizeText APIs are now deprecated. From 26th June 2026 onwards the deprecated APIs will be unavailable. ...
The xAI platform for OCI
Generative AI is now in General Availability 🔗
The xAI platform for OCI Generative AI is in General Availability and you can now access the pretrained Grok 3 ...
New experience in Oracle Cloud Console 🔗
We've launched a major update to the Oracle Cloud Console. The new experience includes intuitive designs across the Console ...
MongoDB API support from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) console 🔗
You can enable the MongoDB API on your Autonomous Database from the OCI console. The MongoDB API enables MongoDB-compatible ...
Kubernetes Engine support for node cycling extended to include reboot, and boot volume replacement 🔗
OCI Kubernetes Engine now enables you to resolve issues and perform maintenance tasks on the compute instances hosting worker nodes, ...
HeatWave: Support for Version 9.3.2 🔗
HeatWave now supports MySQL database 9.3.2. This is the latest Innovation release. It provides security and bug fixes in ...
Network Address Translation (NAT) Rules Now Available for Firewall Policies 🔗
Data Transforms enhancements 🔗
Data Transforms is updated with new features and changes in the following areas.
Elastic pool support for child tenancies 🔗
You can combine Organization Management with the benefits of elastic pools.
Kubernetes Engine support for credential rotation extended to include clusters with virtual nodes 🔗
OCI Kubernetes Engine now supports the rotation of credentials for clusters with virtual nodes (in addition to the existing support ...
SPA Quick Check in Database Management 🔗
In SQL Performance Watch, you can now configure SPA Quick Check to validate the potential impact of a system ...
Logging Analytics: Use of Resource Principal for authentication while ingesting logs using Service Connector 🔗
The authentication is now provided for resource principals to access resources for ingesting logs from various OCI services by creating ...
Logging Analytics: Support for separate recalls with overlapping data 🔗
In Oracle Logging Analytics storage, even if multiple individual recalls have some common log data due to overlapping time range/log ...
Logging Analytics: Lookups now available as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources 🔗
Oracle Logging Analytics lookups are now used as OCI resources. You can now implement access control on lookups using ...
Logging Analytics: Log processing errors diagnosis enhancements 🔗
You can use Processing Errors metric to detect the error and troubleshoot your log processing pipeline by identifying the type ...
Logging Analytics: Oracle-defined detection rule templates 🔗
You can use the following two new Oracle-defined templates to create detection rules for posting metrics based on specific conditions. ...
Logging Analytics: Support for Base64 decode in mapped parsing 🔗
When you map fields through a parser to extract fields from a base field, you can now select from actions ...
Oracle Application Express (APEX) 24.2 is now available for new Autonomous Container Databases (ACD) 🔗
You can use Oracle Application Express 24.2 to develop applications for an Autonomous Database. Only newly created ACDs have ...
Support for Kubernetes version 1.33.1 🔗
OCI Kubernetes Engine now supports Kubernetes version 1.33.1, in addition to versions 1.32.1 and 1.31.1. Oracle recommends you upgrade your ...
WebLogic Management is now in General Availability 🔗
Use WebLogic Management to streamline the administration of WebLogic Server deployments on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure compute instances. Enable the ...
Table Hyperlink network access checking with ACLs 🔗
You can generate a Table Hyperlink with ACL checking enabled.
Send notifications to an OCI Notifications service topic 🔗
You can send messages from Autonomous Database to an OCI Notifications service topic.
Critical and information events with event category 🔗
Critical events and Information events include an eventCategory
attribute.
Data Studio enhancements: Use SQL syntax to query remote catalogs 🔗
You can access external data by mounting catalogs and querying them using a simplified SQL syntax.
Red Hat OpenShift plugin available in OCI
Console 🔗
You can provision Red Hat OpenShift clusters by directly accessing the new Red Hat OpenShift plugin from within the ...
OCI
Generative AI Agents is now available in US East (Ashburn) 🔗
OCI Generative AI Agents is now available in the US East (Ashburn) region. For more information see Regions with Generative ...
Logging Analytics: Line chart visualization enhancement 🔗
The following enhancements are now available in Oracle Logging Analytics Line Chart visualization:
- Smooth scrolling tool tips: Now, you ...
Playwright support in APM Availability Monitoring 🔗
Playwright is supported when working with Scripted Browser monitor type in Availability Monitoring. You can now create and upload ...
GoldenGate adds new connection types and local disaster recovery 🔗
GoldenGate now supports new connection types and local disaster recovery. Learn more about what's new in this release. ...
Select AI enhancements 🔗
Select AI includes the following new features.
Cross-region standby can be an elastic pool member or an elastic pool leader 🔗
A cross-region standby can be added to an elastic pool or can be an elastic pool leader.
Google Drive support for database links with Oracle-managed heterogeneous connectivity 🔗
Use Autonomous Database Oracle-managed heterogeneous connectivity to create database links to Google Drive.
New Mexican and Dutch Masking Formats in Oracle Data Safe 🔗
New masking formats have been added for Mexico and the Netherlands, including Mexico Company RFC ID, CURP Code, Individual RFC ...
Oracle Data Safe Has Added Support for Multi-cloud Oracle Databases 🔗
Oracle Data Safe now supports the registration of Oracle Database@AWS - Oracle Exadata Database Service and Oracle Database@Google Cloud - ...
Ability to create a cross region backup copy of an Autonomous Container Database 🔗
Oracle Public Cloud deployments of Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure allow you to select a secondary region for ...
Ability to clone an Autonomous Container Database 🔗
On Oracle Public Cloud deployments, Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure lets you clone an Autonomous Container Database (ACD) ...
New Features in Database Management for Heatwave and External MySQL 🔗
This release of Database Management for HeatWave and External MySQL introduces the following enhancements:
- Database Management features ...
HeatWave: Soft delete of backups reaching retention period 🔗
HeatWave now supports soft delete and it is enabled by default for both automatic and manual backups. When a ...
Built-in tools billing and default configuration changes 🔗
In the ECPU compute model, the built-in database tools that use a VM, including: OML, Graph Studio, and Data Transforms have default configuration changes and billing changes.
Elastic pool cost and usage information in cost reports 🔗
Elastic pool cost and usage details are recorded in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
cost reports and in the OCI_COST_DATA
view.
Offload queries from elastic pool member: Includes queries from PL/SQL and from Oracle Scheduler Jobs 🔗
When you have heavy read workloads, where a relatively small amount of data is scanned by multiple queries, including from PL/SQL or from Oracle Scheduler Jobs, you can offload queries (reads) from either an elastic pool leader or from an elastic pool member to Refreshable Clones.
Data Studio enhancements: Use Table Hyperlinks to access data using spreadsheet
add-in 🔗
You can read and access data with a Table Hyperlink in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using Oracle Autonomous Database Add-in for Excel.
Cloud Shell now provides the Toolkit for Java Download 🔗
Cloud Shell now enables you to install an Oracle Java release by using the Toolkit for Java Download. For ...
Kubernetes Engine support for resource leak protection 🔗
OCI Kubernetes Engine now helps to maintain the stability of a cluster's control plane by creating a validating admission webhook. ...
Logging Analytics: Migration of Object Collection flow from Service Principal to Resource Principal 🔗
Oracle Logging Analytics used Service Principal to access your object storage buckets when you configure an object collection rule ...
Management Agent Updates 🔗
- Bug fixes
- Performance enhancements ...
New Security Zone policies offer more security controls 🔗
Security Zones has released 19 new policies to ensure that resources in security zones comply with security best practices. ...
Cross-region Data Guard support for OCI Virtual Vault 🔗
You can now set up a cross-region Data Guard between two databases. It enables you to have the encryption ...
OCPU billing metric retirement for new Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters (AVMCs) 🔗
Starting May 28th, 2025, Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure does not allow you to create new AVMCs using ...
New database metric for Session Utilization 🔗
Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure provides a new metric called SessionUtilization to show the maximum session utilization as ...
Remove OCPU compute model option for Data Warehouse and Transaction Processing
workloads 🔗
The OCPU compute model option is removed when you provision or clone a new Autonomous Database instance with Data Warehouse or Transaction Processing workloads.
Support Zstd compression in DBMS_CLOUD 🔗
DBMS_CLOUD
supports loading and querying data using external tables
as well as exporting and importing of data from Autonomous Database to object
storage.
ADM service now supports reporting warnings for vulnerability audit 🔗
The Application Dependency Management (ADM) service has expanded its support for vulnerability audits to report warnings for application dependencies ...
Oracle Linux 9 is now the default OCI platform image 🔗
Starting May 27, 2025, Oracle Linux 9 is the default Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform image.
HeatWave: REST 🔗
HeatWave supports MySQL REST service starting from version 9.3.1. You must enable REST on the DB system and create ...
HeatWave: Support for Version 9.3.1 🔗
HeatWave now supports MySQL database 9.3.1. This is the latest Innovation release. It provides security and bug fixes in ...
Add ZPR security attributes to load balancers 🔗
Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR) security attributes can now be added to load balancers. For more information, see Managing ...
Kubernetes Engine support for ReadWriteMany access mode for PVCs backed by raw block volumes 🔗
OCI Kubernetes Engine now supports ReadWriteMany as an access mode for PVCs backed by raw block volumes.
Specify ReadWriteMany as ...
The xAI platform for OCI
Generative AI is available in Beta 🔗
The xAI platform for OCI Generative AI is now available in Beta. With Beta access, you can now reach the ...
Compute Cloud@Customer introduces audit logs and upgrade notifications 🔗
You can now use the following new features on Compute Cloud@Customer:
- Audit logs: The Logging service ...
Use OCI ADK in Generative AI Agents 🔗
The OCI ADK (Agent Development Kit) is a client-side library that simplifies building agentic applications on top of OCI Generative ...
Netherlands Northwest (Amsterdam) region availability 🔗
File Storage with Lustre is now available in the Netherlands Northwest (Amsterdam) region (eu-amsterdam-1).
HeatWave: Network security groups 🔗
HeatWave now supports network security groups for configuring security rules that apply to the endpoints of HeatWave DB systems. ...
Support for Demand Signal 🔗
OCI Control Center now supports Demand Signal feature for allow listed customers to communicate forecasting needs by creating demand ...
Bulk PDB Enablement and Monitoring 🔗
For Oracle Cloud Databases, you can now bulk enable Diagnostics & Management for a CDB and its associated PDBs. ...
Data Science AI Quick Actions now Supports Multimodel Deployment 🔗
Data Science AI Quick Actions are now supports multimodel deployment from the CLI. This means you can deploy more ...
New Region in Batam, Indonesia 🔗
The Indonesia North (Batam) region is now available. The region identifier is ap-batam-1. The region key is HSG. ...
Secure Desktops is now available in the Indonesia North (Batam) region 🔗
Secure Desktops is now available in the Indonesia North (Batam) region.
For more information about the Secure Desktops ...
Use Meta Llama 4 in OCI
Generative AI 🔗
OCI Generative AI now supports Meta Llama 4 models, Scout and Maverick, on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI service ...
Use Cohere Command A and Rerank in OCI
Generative AI 🔗
OCI Generative AI now supports the following Cohere models on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI service. These powerful ...
New Features in Fleet Application Management 🔗
This release of Fleet Application Management introduces several new features and enhancements.
HeatWave: Single-AD HeatWave cluster optimization when changing the primary instance of a high availability DB system 🔗
Previously, in a high availability DB system with HeatWave cluster enabled, a change in the current placement of the ...
Specify default bind variables in Table Hyperlinks 🔗
You can specify default values for one or more bind variables in a SQL statement when
the default_bind_values
parameter is included with
DBMS_DATA_ACCESS.GET_PREAUTHENTICATED_URL
.
Data Transforms updates 🔗
Data Transforms is updated with new features and changes in the following areas.
Support for Kubernetes version 1.33.0 in a preview release of Kubernetes Engine 🔗
A preview release of OCI Kubernetes Engine now provides support for Kubernetes version 1.33.0 for early access testing and validation ...
Logging Analytics: Support for Eclipse Jetty Server Logs 🔗
The following support is now offered by Logging Analytics for ingesting Jetty Server logs:
- Oracle-defined sources available: New sources Eclipse ...
Logging Analytics: Support for OCI Network Firewall Tunnel Logs 🔗
The following support is now available in Oracle Logging Analytics for ingesting OCI Network Firewall Tunnel Logs:
- New Oracle-defined ...
Private DNS Logging 🔗
You can use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Logging service to enable logging of an OCI internet and VCN resolver associated ...
Select AI enhancements 🔗
Select AI includes the following new features.
Use in-database transformer model with Select AI RAG 🔗
You can use in-database transformers (also known as embedding models) that you imported into your Oracle Database 23ai instance with Select AI RAG to generate vector embeddings for document chunks and user prompts.
Logging Analytics: Terraform provider for enabling archive storage 🔗
Oracle Logging Analytics now offers Terraform provider resources oci_log_analytics_namespace_storage_archival_config
and oci_log_analytics_namespace_storage_enable_disable_archiving
to define and manage archival storage enablement as ...
Unified Monitoring Agent 0.1.38 released 🔗
A new release of the Unified Monitoring Agent (UMA) is now available with the following major updates:
-
...
Kubernetes Engine support for Cluster Autoscaler node group auto-discovery 🔗
OCI Kubernetes Engine now supports the capability of the Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler to discover which node pool (or node pools) to ...
Management Agent Updates 🔗
- The Management Agent Plug-in for ...
US Midwest (Chicago) region availability 🔗
File Storage with Lustre is now available in the US Midwest (Chicago) region (us-chicago-1).
APM Plug-in for Visual Studio Code Available 🔗
The APM plug-in for Visual Studio Code is now available. This new plug-in enables you to create and manage ...
Document Generator pre-built function version 25.3 now available 🔗
Document Generator pre-built function version 25.3 is available in OCI Functions.
This version includes various fixes and improvements, ...
Full Stack Disaster Recovery introduces support for adding a user-defined precheck and provides other updates 🔗
- Add a user-defined precheck to a Disaster Recovery ...
HeatWave: The default value of AutomaticBackupRetention is changed from DELETE to RETAIN 🔗
For every new DB system created using SDK/CLI/Terraform after the release date, the default value of AutomaticBackupRetention
in the ...
Resource Scheduler new features 🔗
Resource Scheduler supports new features and capabilities that provides more control of schedules and resources.
- Resource Scheduler ...
Data Studio enhancements 🔗
The Data Studio is updated with new features and changes.
Logging Analytics: Support for PostgreSQL database for SQL log collection 🔗
The database instance monitoring capability of Oracle Logging Analytics is now extended to support PostgreSQL database for SQL collection. ...
Logging Analytics: New PostgreSQL Oracle-defined sources 🔗
The following new Oracle-defined log sources of the type File are available for monitoring PostgreSQL database:
- OCI PostgreSQL Service ...
Create a query-based widget for resources 🔗
You can now create a query-based widget using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resource queries to display and monitor resources. ...
Display data from multiple regions in Alarms and Resources widgets 🔗
You can now retrieve and display data from more than one region in the following Oracle-defined widgets:
-
...
New Oracle-defined widget: Resources pie chart 🔗
A new Oracle-defined widget, Resources pie chart, is now available. Like the Oracle-defined Resources table widget, this widget ...
OCI
Generative AI is available in the UAE East (Dubai) region 🔗
OCI Generative AI is now available in the UAE East (Dubai) region. For more information see Regions with Generative AI ...
Fixed an issue with notifications 🔗
This release includes the following fixes:
- Fixed an issue with notifications not being sent when a critical ...
Data Science now Supports ML Applications 🔗
ML Applications is a self-contained representation of ML use cases in Data Science.
ML Applications is a new ...
Data Science AI Quick Actions v 1.0.7 🔗
- Multi-model deployment - Users ...
Enhanced group flexibility 🔗
This release includes the following enhancements:
- Enhanced groups to allow member instances to apply update jobs independently ...
APM Domain and Agents Updates 🔗
A new release of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is available with the following new features and enhancements:
- Export and import ...
Patch Management in Database Management 🔗
Patch Management for Oracle Databases allows you to remediate the vulnerabilities identified through Vulnerability Detection, by using recommended security ...
Use SCSI Persistent Reservations with block volumes 🔗
SCSI Persistent Reservation (SCSI PR) is a feature of the SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) protocol that allows multiple ...
Long Pending Transaction event 🔗
The LongPendingTransaction
event is generated when a transaction is
open for longer than 24 hours.
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for a cross-region Autonomous Data Guard Standby 🔗
The Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for cross-region Autonomous Data Guard Standby databases is lowered to less than ten (10) minutes.
Automatic Regression Detection 🔗
Automatic Regression Detection in Autonomous Database provides proactive handling of regressions and enables automated issue detection, diagnosis, and mitigation.
Logging Analytics: New storage monitoring metric 🔗
A new storage metric Recalled Storage in Active Storage Used is now available in Oracle Logging Analytics. This metric ...
Data Science AI Quick Actions v 1.0.6.d 🔗
- vLLM service managed container upgraded to version 0.8.3. The AI ...
Language display preferences in subscriptions 🔗
The Announcements service now supports choosing a language display preference for all announcement subscriptions.
Manage Customer Contacts for Autonomous Database resources 🔗
When customer contacts are set, Oracle sends announcements, operational notifications, and unplanned maintenance notifications to the specified email addresses. ...
Add AI Guardrails to OCI
Generative AI Model Endpoints 🔗
You can now add AI guardrails, a suite of safety and governance features to OCI Generative AI model endpoints. Designed ...
Add Safety Modes to Cohere Models in OCI
Generative AI 🔗
You can now add an optional safety mode to OCI Generative AI Cohere models during a chat session. This parameter ...
ADDM Spotlight in Database Management 🔗
ADDM Spotlight aggregates the ADDM data in the database and consolidates the findings and recommendations that need to be ...
Database Management for Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure 🔗
You can now enable and use Database Management for Oracle Databases running on Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure ...
Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) April 2025 for Oracle Java SE 🔗
Java Management supports the following releases that are part of the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) April 2025 for ...
HeatWave: Support for Versions 9.3.0, 8.4.5, and 8.0.42 🔗
HeatWave now supports MySQL database 9.3.0, 8.4.5, and 8.0.42 versions. These versions provide security and bug fixes. New DB ...
Average Active Sessions and Session Utilization metrics 🔗
The AverageActiveSessions
metric shows the average number of
sessions that are actively executing or waiting for resources.
Support for comments parameter in the CREATE_CREDENTIAL procedure 🔗
The DBMS_CLOUD.CREATE_CREDENTIAL
procedure
supports comments when you use the comments
parameter.
ZeroETL Pipelines in GoldenGate 🔗
GoldenGate now supports ZeroETL pipelines. Learn more about what's new in this release.
Japan East (Tokyo) region availability 🔗
File Storage with Lustre is now available in the Japan East (Tokyo) region (ap-tokyo-1).
Support for the assignment of specific private IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to network load balancers provisioned by Kubernetes Engine 🔗
When OCI Kubernetes Engine provisions a network load balancer for a Kubernetes service of type LoadBalancer, you can now specify ...
Data Science AI Quick Actions Model Reference 🔗
- Native Support for Model By Reference
- Data Science provides you the option to register model artifacts ...
Support for Kubernetes version 1.30.10 🔗
Container Engine for Kubernetes now supports Kubernetes version 1.30.10, in addition to versions 1.32.1 and 1.31.1. With the availability of ...
OCI
Generative AI Agents is now available in Brazil East (Sao Paulo) 🔗
OCI Generative AI Agents is now available in the Brazil East (Sao Paulo) region. For more information see Regions with ...
Roving Edge Infrastructure 2.16.2 🔗
The Roving Edge Infrastructure 2.16.2 release provides the following product enhancements:
-
Self-Provisioning: A new feature ...
Use private endpoints for source and target streams in connectors 🔗
With a private endpoint, your connector can securely access its stream source or stream target.
For prerequisites, see ...
Gantt Chart in Performance Hub 🔗
Performance Hub now provides a Gantt chart that enhances SQL monitoring with a timeline view for monitoring SQL executions ...
SQL History in Performance Hub 🔗
Performance Hub provides a SQL History tab that contains granular statistics on all the SQL executions in the database. ...
Plan Control in Performance Hub 🔗
Performance Hub provides a Plan Control tab that contains details about existing SQL profiles, SQL patches, and SQL plan ...
Cross-Region Replication for External KMS 🔗
Introducing Cross-Region Replication for External KMS to replicate external vaults and key references seamlessly to a secondary region, ensuring ...
Migrate statements from PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server to Oracle SQL 🔗
You can migrate SQL statements from PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server to Oracle SQL and run the statements in Autonomous Database.
Pre-Authenticated Request (PAR) URLs renamed to "Table Hyperlinks" 🔗
You can generate and manage Table Hyperlinks to access data in Autonomous Database.
Support for additional file types in Select AI RAG Vector Index creation 🔗
Select AI Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) supports multiple file formats, including PDF, DOCX, JSON, XML, and HTML among others.
Support for specifying the maximum size of HTTP headers accepted by load balancer listeners provisioned by Kubernetes Engine 🔗
When OCI Kubernetes Engine provisions a load balancer for a Kubernetes service of type LoadBalancer, you can now specify the ...
Logging Analytics: Support for Fusion Application Audit Logs 🔗
The following support is added for Fusion Apps Audit Logs:
- 2 new sources Fusion Apps Signin-signout log source ...