SQL Worksheet in the Database Tools service now supports running SQL statements and scripts as background jobs. This capability enables long-running operations to continue independently of the active session, allowing you to monitor execution status and review results after completion. See Executing SQL Statements and Scripts in the Background
The following enhancements are now available for Database Tools MCP server in OCI: You can now generate the OCI IAM policy statements required for your MCP server configuration using View Recommended Policies. See Database Tools MCP Server Policies. A new Generative AI SQL Assistant toolset is now available for Database Tools MCP server. This toolset enables AI applications to convert natural lang…
You can configure HTTP retry behavior for individual DBMS_CLOUD.SEND_REQUEST calls by using the optional retry_params parameter. The retry_params JSON object lets you disable retries, limit retry attempts, set a total retry timeout, and configure exponential backoff delays. This helps you control request duration and reduce pressure on temporarily unavailable endpoints, especially for scheduled jo…
Oracle Big Data Service 3.4.0 includes updates across security, certificate management, lifecycle operations, Java runtime support, and cluster recovery. Big Data Service Hive metadata export for cluster migrations: Added an export script for more reliable migration of Hive metadata from the source cluster to the target cluster. The script is available through Oracle Support on request. Work reque…
Oracle database Patch Compliance|Data Safe now includes Patch Compliance in Security Assessment. Patch Compliances provides a bird’s-eye view of the current patching posture (quarterly Release Updates) across your Oracle database fleet. With the increasing sophistication of AI-driven cyber-attacks, keeping databases up to date with the latest security patch is more critical than ever to protect ag…
You can now use the AMD GPU Operator add-on to automate the deployment and management of AMD GPU software components. These components include the device plugin, node labeller, metrics exporter, test runner, and device configuration manager, which support AMD GPU workloads, monitoring, and GPU sharing in Kubernetes clusters. For more information, see Overview of Cluster Add-ons and AMD GPU Operato…
Introducing autoscaling support for OpenShift Container Platform on OCI. This new capability helps OpenShift clusters automatically adjust worker capacity as application demand changes, so teams can run dynamic workloads without manually resizing worker pools. With autoscaling, customers can enable elastic worker capacity when creating a new OpenShift cluster on OCI, or add autoscaling to an exist…
New hardware unit shapes are available for hosting select Cohere and Meta models on dedicated AI clusters in OCI Generative AI. The new unit shape names begin with a Cohere_ or Meta_ prefix and identify the underlying hardware and number of required hardware units. Cohere models Cohere Command A (cohere.command-a-03-2025) Cohere Command A Reasoning (cohere.command-a-reasoning) Cohere Command A Vis…
The OCI Responses API now supports background mode for requests that might take longer than an application wants to keep the original connection open. Background mode continues processing the response asynchronously and lets the application retrieve its status and result by using the response ID. Asynchronous execution Set background to true when creating a response. The request can continue runni…
You can now use the Oracle Interconnect for AWS. For more information, see Interconnect for AWS.
Use Oracle Select AI Agent framework's DBMS_CLOUD_AI_AGENT package APIs to discover and call tools, discover agent teams, check team run state, call tools from agent-direct sessions, and configure memory depth. These capabilities support both database applications and external integration layers. Autonomous AI Database integrates Select AI Agent framework with the managed MCP Server and Agent2Agen…
Select AI supports the Supervisor Agent pattern for multi-agent orchestration. A supervisor agent dynamically selects and coordinates specialized worker agents at runtime based on user requests and intermediate results, enabling flexible workflows without a predefined run sequence. Supervisor-led teams process worker subtasks sequentially and return a single coordinated response. See the following…
Introducing the Database Developer Portal for the Database Tools service, a centralized workspace for database developers in OCI. From a single interface, developers can provision new database services, create and manage database connections, launch supported development tools, and quickly access frequently used databases and connections. See Database Developer Portal
Console AI is a new conversational experience in the OCI Console that helps you work faster using natural language. It supports a wide range of use cases, including exploring resources, creating and managing supported OCI resources, troubleshooting issues, understanding billing and usage, and learning how to complete common OCI tasks. Console AI operates within your current existing OCI Identity a…
OCI Search with OpenSearch now supports Availability Domain (AD) and Fault Domain (FD) aware shard placement to improve cluster resilience and availability. Search with OpenSearch automatically distributes shard primary and replicas across nodes in different ADs and FDs. This helps reduce the risk of correlated failures by keeping multiple copies of the same shard separated across OCI infrastructu…
GoldenGate adds support for the following connection types: AI Models Google Managed Service for Apache Kafka Oracle Exadata Exascale Oracle Database@Azure - Exadata Exascale Oracle Database@Google Cloud - Exadata Exascale Learn more about what's new in this release.
You can now use the Export to CSV option to export data from dashboard widgets that display Sunburst or Treemap visualizations. This enables you to analyze data from widgets that use these visualizations outside the console. For more information, see Create a Custom Dashboard.
You can now use Compare Period ADDM in Database Management to compare database performance between two time periods using options such as Same time yesterday and Same time last week. The Compare Period ADDM report includes an overview, findings, resource usage, and configuration comparison details, and can be downloaded in HTML or XML format. Compare Period ADDM is currently in preview mode and is…
You can now use demo mode in Database Management to explore monitoring and analysis capabilities without having to configure a monitored environment. Demo mode provides curated demo data in a read-only environment. For more information, see Explore Database Management Using Demo Mode.
OCI Database with PostgreSQL is now available in Oracle US Government Cloud and US Defense Cloud. For more information about Oracle US Government Cloud, see: For All US Government Cloud Customers Oracle US Government Cloud Oracle US Defense Cloud
OCI Database with PostgreSQL is now available in Oracle US Government Cloud and US Defense Cloud. For more information about Oracle US Government Cloud, see: For All US Government Cloud Customers Oracle US Government Cloud Oracle US Defense Cloud
You can change the availability domain of an existing Autonomous AI Database instance using the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console. Changing the availability domain allows you to place Autonomous AI Database instances and related Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources, such as compute VMs, in the same availability domain to minimize network latency. Similarly, you can also select an availability d…
Zero Trust Packet Routing (ZPR) security attributes can now be added to Network Firewall. For more information, see Managing a Network Firewall's Security Attributes. Security attributes are labels that ZPR policy references. These attributes enable client endpoints with specific security attributes to access other endpoints that also have these attributes. ZPR enforces this policy at the network…
Java Management supports the following releases that are part of the Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) January 2026 for Oracle Java SE. 26.0.2: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/26-0-2-relnotes.html 25.0.4: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/25-0-4-relnotes.html 21.0.12: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/21-0-12-relnotes.html 17.0.20: https://www.oracle.co…
OCI Generative AI hosted application endpoints now support OCI IAM authentication. When you create an application, you can select OCI IAM as the authentication type for requests to the application’s hosted deployment endpoint. With OCI IAM authentication, requests are signed using standard OCI request-signature authentication and authorized through OCI IAM policies. This option is available in add…
H100 multi-node serving is now available for imported models in OCI Generative AI. You can now deploy deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro and zai-org/GLM-5.2-FP8 using the H100_X16 shape. This shape provides 16 H100 GPUs across two nodes, with 8 GPUs per node. For available hardware and deployment steps, see Dedicated AI Cluster Unit Sizes for Imported Models. For the complete list of models compatible fo…
On-demand model availability has expanded in OCI Generative AI. Cohere Embed 4 Cohere Embed 4 is now available on-demand in the following regions: Germany Central (Frankfurt, FRA) Brazil East (São Paulo, GRU) India South (Hyderabad, HYD) UK South (London, LHR) Meta Llama 4 Scout Meta Llama 4 Scout is now available on-demand in the following regions: UK South (London, LHR) Brazil East (São Paulo, G…
We've launched a major update to the Oracle Cloud Console for Speech. The new experience includes intuitive designs across the Console to enhance usability and consistency, with significant updates to resource list pages, resource details pages, and resource creation workflows. Learn more about the new Console experience.
Console AI is a new conversational experience in the OCI Console that helps you work faster using natural language. It supports a wide range of use cases, including exploring resources, creating and managing supported OCI resources, troubleshooting issues, understanding billing and usage, and learning how to complete common OCI tasks. Console AI operates within your existing OCI Identity and Acces…
Autonomous AI Database uses Oracle APEX Release 26.1, which includes new features and enhancements for developing and running enterprise applications. See Create Applications with Oracle APEX in Autonomous AI Database for more information.