Releasesby GlyphOracle Application Express (APEX) 26.1 is available for new Autonomous Container Databases (ACD)
You can use Oracle Application Express (APEX) 26.1 to develop applications for Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure. Newly created Autonomous Container Databases (ACDs) are provisioned with APEX 26.1. Existing ACDs continue to use the APEX version with which they were provisioned.
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Gemini Enterprise: Salesforce federated data store
Connecting a Salesforce data source with Gemini Enterprise using data federation is generally available (GA). You can use the Gemini Enterprise app assistant to search across your Salesforce accounts, contacts, opportunities, cases, leads, and custom objects, get answers grounded in that content, and create, update, and delete records without needing to...
[In preview] Public Preview: Extend immutability for PITR backups for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance
With this enhancement, you have the ability to lock your retention to the configured PITR retention, beyond the default 7 days of immutable backups that are already available. This is especially useful for financial customers who typically have 35 days of
UI improvements now generally available for PD Reliability Platform customers
Customers on PD Reliability Platform now have an improved UI experience, including: Consolidated settings: Brings all your configuration and admin settings together in one place. New nav: Provides streamlined access to your most important capabilities. Your Subscription: Shows where the opportunities are to shift work off humans and onto AI and automation.
Claude auto-connect (beta) for PagerDuty MCP Server now in Early Access
With Claude auto-connect, members with a matching PagerDuty account are connected to PagerDuty in Claude automatically, with no sign-in screen and no identity provider (IdP) configuration. Members act as themselves in PagerDuty, with the permissions they already have there.
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names
In BigQuery Studio , the left pane has been updated with new tab names. The Classic Explorer tab has been renamed to the Data tab, and the Repository tab has been renamed to the Source control tab. The Data tab now includes the Add data button and focuses on data hierarchies. These changes are generally available (GA).
Dependabot version updates support Agent Package Manager
You can now keep your AI agent skills, prompts, and instructions up to date with Dependabot version updates for Agent Package Manager (APM) . Dependabot opens pull requests to update supported git dependencies declared in apm.yml and regenerates apm.lock.yaml when it’s present. This support covers version updates, not security updates.
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Client ID Metadata Document (CIMD) Support for Database Tools MCP Server
Database Tools MCP Server now enables users to manage MCP client access using Client ID Metadata Documents (CIMDs) in IAM Identity Domains. A Client ID Metadata Document enables an OAuth client to use the HTTPS URL of a client-hosted metadata document as its client_id. When CIMD is used, users only need the MCP server URL to configure their MCP clients.
Improved Role and Privilege Handling During Migration
On Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure, unsupported role and privilege statements are handled automatically during migration: statements that cannot be applied are ignored, and certain roles are mapped to supported equivalents, such as DBA to PDB_DBA.
Support for pull-through cache repositories and the top-level capability
OCI Container Registry added pull-through cache repositories for caching images across OCI regions and top-level repository capabilities for organizing image paths.
Realtime Text to Speech
OCI Speech added support for real-time text-to-speech generation via a WebSocket API, enabling incremental text streaming and immediate audio output.
Privilege Analysis in Database Management
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure added a Privilege Analysis tab to Database Management, enabling database administrators to analyze database privilege usage and schedule analysis policies.
Monitor GoldenGate Deployments in Database Management
OCI Database Management now supports monitoring GoldenGate deployments, displaying process status, lag, resource utilization, and open alarms on the High Availability fleet summary page.
Job Templates in Database Management
OCI Database Management introduced job templates, allowing administrators to create SQL jobs for Managed Databases and Database Groups using predefined or user-created templates.
Metric Extension Templates in Database Management
OCI Database Management added Metric Extension Templates for creating custom performance metrics across supported database types and publishing them to OCI Monitoring.