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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. ...
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. ...
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.
Data Studio enhancements
Use Table Hyperlinks to access data using spreadsheet add-in.
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 ...
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 ...
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 Data Science AI Quick Actions now supports multimodel deployment from the CLI. This means ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Data Studio enhancements
The Data Studio is updated with new features and changes.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
APM Trace Explorer and Browser Agent Updates
A new release of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is available with the following updates:
- Trace Explorer enhancement: Update ...
Management Agent Updates
- Updated dependencies
- Bug fixes ...
Vulnerability Detection in Database Management
Vulnerability Detection for Oracle Databases enhances security and mitigates risk through real-time CVE insights, risk-based prioritization, automated patch recommendations, ...
Create SQL tuning sets in SQL Performance Watch
When creating a SQL Performance Analyzer task in Database Management SQL Performance Watch, you can now go to the ...
File Storage with Lustre is now available
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure File Storage with Lustre is a fully managed service designed to meet the demands of AI/ML training ...
Schedule backups in GoldenGate
GoldenGate now supports scheduling manual backups to run at your preferred day, time, and frequency when you create or ...
OCI Generative AI Agents is now available in Japan Central (Osaka)
OCI Generative AI Agents is now available in the Japan Central (Osaka) region. For more information see Regions with Generative ...
Enhance Network Control with Reserved IPs
OCI introduces the Reserved IP feature that lets you take control of your IP address allocation within a Virtual ...
HCX upgrade artifacts now available through the SDDC Upgrade feature
HCX Upgrade artifacts will now be available by way of the SDDC Upgrade process.
For more information ...
Custom Security Assessment Reports in Data Safe
In Oracle Data Safe you can now create your own security assessment report across your databases and risk levels. There ...
OCI Generative AI Agents platform released March 26, 2025
Ready-to-use SQL Tool
We’re excited to introduce the pre-built SQL tool as part of the Agents platform experience. ...
Provision Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters with IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking
With Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, you can provision Autonomous Exadata VM Clusters with IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking, enabling ...
Elastic pool with any workload leader
When you create an elastic pool, the workload type of the leader is not restricted.
SQL Parse Error Warning event
If a SQL parse error occurs several times in a certain time window, for example 200
times or more in an hour, this generates Too Many Parse Errors entries in
the alert log.
Cloud Shell runs on Oracle Linux 8
Most preinstalled tools and utilities have been upgraded to newer versions.
Docker Engine is no longer installed in ...
OCI OpenSearch available in US Government Cloud with FedRAMP Authorization in OC 23 realm
OCI Search with OpenSearch is now available in OC 23 realm.
For more information about this service in ...
Fine-Tune Meta's Llama 3.3 Instruct Model in OCI Generative AI
OCI Generative AI now supports fine-tuning Meta's pretrained 70 billion-parameter Llama 3.3 instruct model. This text-only model delivers better performance ...
Version 4.14 of oci-fss-utils for File Storage in-transit encryption is available
A new version of oci-fss-utils for File Storage is now available.
Versions 3.x of
oci-fss-utils will be ...Integration with OCI Logging Service
With Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, you can enable or disable capturing of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service logs ...
Create 23ai refreshable clone from 19c source
When you create a refreshable clone from an Oracle Database 19c source, you can select Oracle Database 23ai for the refreshable clone.
Offload queries from elastic pool leader: 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 an elastic pool leader to Refreshable Clones.
Support for Kubernetes version 1.32.1
OCI Kubernetes Engine now supports Kubernetes version 1.32.1, in addition to versions 1.31.1 and 1.30.1. Oracle recommends you upgrade your ...
March 2025 Feature Release for Oracle Java SE introduces JDK 24
Java Management supports JDK 24, which was released as part of the March 2025 feature release for Oracle Java ...
HeatWave: Support for Version 9.2.2
HeatWave now supports MySQL database 9.2.2. This is the latest Innovation release. It provides security and bug fixes in ...
New Release of Secure Desktops
This release includes the following enhancements:
- Added the ability to audit an individual desktop from the Desktop ...
Support for Telegraf and collectd based resources
Stack Monitoring now supports monitoring for resources and metrics that have Telegraf and collectd formats, respectively. All Telegraf and collectd ...
Improved policy management and onboarding with Policy Manager
Stack Monitoring introduces Policy Manager to help create required policies to simplify onboarding process. Policy Manager works with both Stack ...
Compute Auto Activation for Host Monitoring
Stack Monitoring now supports automatic host monitoring when an OCI Compute is provisioned. Stack Monitoring will listen to compute events, ...
Select AI with Google, Anthropic, and Hugging Face
Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure can interact with AI service providers. In addition to the previously supported providers, ...
Connections Dropped metrics
Two new metrics are introduced for the Database service in the
oci_autonomous_database namespace.
Sensitive Type Groups in Data Safe
In Oracle Data Safe you can now create custom groups of sensitive types for use throughout Data Discovery. Creating your ...
Enhancements to Data Safe Data Masking Jobs and Reports
Recent enhancements to data masking jobs and reports in Oracle Data Safe make it easier to rerun failed masking jobs, ...
HeatWave: Schedule cross region automatic backups
You can now schedule automatic backups to be copied to another Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) region. When enabled, each ...
Fixed issues with scheduled jobs, software sources, and upgraded instances
This release includes the following fixes:
- Fixed an issue with the execution of recurring scheduled jobs. ...
Dual standby database support in an Autonomous Data Guard configuration
Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure lets you enable Autnomous Data Guard from the Details page of an Autonomous ...
Management Agent Updates
- Published the Management Agent Container ...
Copy database system backups to another region
OCI Database with PostgreSQL database systems backups can now be copied to another region. You can specify that backups ...
OCI Database with PostgreSQL adds support for pglogical and PostGIS extensions
Administrators can now enable the pglogical and PostGIS extensions for OCI Database with PostgreSQL. The pglogical extension provides logical ...
Document Generator pre-built function now supports cell styling
The Document Generator pre-built function in OCI Functions now includes support for the Cell Styling tag when generating documents ...
Autonomous Database uses Oracle APEX Release 24.2
The APEX instances in Autonomous Database Serverless (including APEX Service) are upgraded to Oracle APEX 24.2.
Data Studio enhancements
The Data Studio is updated with new features and changes.
Migrate existing SQL Execution Plans to Autonomous Database
You can use real-time SQL Plan Management when you migrate from a source Oracle Database to Autonomous Database.
Compute Cloud@Customer introduces GPU support
To build a scalable platform for AI and graphics intensive applications with Compute Cloud@Customer, add a GPU expansion rack ...
File System Quotas
Administrators can now enable quotas on File Storage file systems. Quotas help control costs by limiting the capacity ...
Configure Document Generator on Oracle APEX Instance Details Page
The APEX Instance details page now includes a Configure Document Generator option to simplify the setup process for the ...