Lux release notes

topic australia Updated Oct 1, 2026 1 min read lux-rn.md

Lux is a Lit-based platform for building widget-based UI experiences that run on a ServiceNow instance. You create pages using widgets as Lit components. Release notes are organized by version.

About Lux

Build widget-based UI experiences that run on your instance, using Lit components for pages and widgets.
Render pages on the server and stream the HTML to the browser, which hydrates it into an interactive single-page app.
Show fully rendered content on first load, with markup that assistive technology and search engines can read.
Fetch data on the server with loaders that run near your instance.
Map your pages directory to URLs with file-based routing.
Inherit the design system automatically through Tailwind and DaisyUI styling.
Share data across widgets with the Context API, and across pages with layout data.
Deploy your scoped application to an instance on its own schedule with the ServiceNow SDK.

See the Lux documentation for more information, .

Activation and other requirements

Activation information

No activation is required. Lux is installed automatically on instances running Australia Patch 5 or later or Zurich Patch 12 or later.

Parent Topic:App development and low-code release notes

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# Lux release notes

Lux is a Lit-based platform for building widget-based UI experiences that run on a ServiceNow instance. You create pages using widgets as Lit components. Release notes are organized by version.

## About Lux

- Build widget-based UI experiences that run on your instance, using Lit components for pages and widgets.
- Render pages on the server and stream the HTML to the browser, which hydrates it into an interactive single-page app.
- Show fully rendered content on first load, with markup that assistive technology and search engines can read.
- Fetch data on the server with loaders that run near your instance.
- Map your pages directory to URLs with file-based routing.
- Inherit the design system automatically through Tailwind and DaisyUI styling.
- Share data across widgets with the Context API, and across pages with layout data.
- Deploy your scoped application to an instance on its own schedule with the ServiceNow SDK.

See the Lux documentation for more information, .

## Activation and other requirements

- **Activation information**

No activation is required. Lux is installed automatically on instances running Australia Patch 5 or later or Zurich Patch 12 or later.

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