What's New in This Guide

Review the new features and significant product changes for the Identity Directory Services (IDS) and the related developer APIs.

The new features and major enhancements introduced in release 14.1.2.1.0 include:

JDK Upgrade: Identity Directory Services 14c (14.1.2.1.0) is certified for use with JDK 17, which introduces new features, optimizations, and bug fixes enhancing the overall performance and stability.
TLS 1.3 Support Added: Support for TLS 1.3 and its ciphers has been integrated into the IDS layer, enhancing security and compliance with the latest TLS standards.
Deprecating TLS 1.1: Support for TLS 1.1 and earlier versions has been discontinued. Identity Directory Services now requires TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 for secure communication.
Deprecated Features: Identity Governance Framework introduces some behavioral changes in the 12c (12.2.1.3.0) release. This includes deprecated and desupported features and components.
By deprecate, we mean that the feature is no longer being enhanced but is still supported for the full life of the 12c (12.2.1.3.0) release. By desupported, we mean that Oracle will no longer fix bugs related to that feature and may remove the code altogether. Where indicated, a deprecated feature may be desupported in a future major release.

From 12c (12.2.1.3.0) release onward, the User and Role API and the ArisID API features have been officially deprecated. The following documents have been deprecated from this release of Identity Governance Framework:
Oracle recommends that you use instead Identity Directory API from Identity Governance Framework and migrate usage to this framework. For information about this migration, see Migrating to Identity Directory API.