Combined DevOps Change Velocity release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

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Consolidated page of all release notes for DevOps Change Velocity from Yokohama to Australia.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family DevOps Change Velocity release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Australia.

Tip: If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

Important information for upgrading DevOps Change Velocity to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

  • Upgrade information

If you are a new customer or are using a zBoot instance and you want to create type-based workflow change requests in DevOps Change Velocity, you must add thecom.snc.change_management.change_model.type_compatibility property and set it to True. For more information, see Add a system property.

If you are an upgrading customer, you must run the ReConfigure Bitbucket Server Repositories for PullRequest job to re-configure your existing Bitbucket Server or Bitbucket Data Center repositories so that pull request records can be imported. You can navigate to All > System Definition > Scheduled Jobs to search for this job and run it.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for DevOps Change Velocity.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

Discover Harness pipelines and configure real-time notifications to enable change traceability and automation by integrating the Harness orchestration tool with DevOps Change Velocity.

Detect anomalies and issues in the instance by running or scheduling health scans on your DevOps Change Velocity instance.

Improve instance efficiency by skipping step-level pipeline processing for accelerated change management and evidence collection for GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps (ADO), GitLab and  Jenkins orchestration tools.

Zurich

Authenticate a Rally tool connection using OAuth 2.0 credentials to strengthen your tool security.

Connect to GitHub Enterprise Server with data residency controls to keep your organization's code and data in your preferred geographic location.

Australia

Authenticate a Rally tool connection using OAuth 2.0 credentials to strengthen your tool security.

Connect to GitHub Enterprise Server with data residency controls to keep your organization's code and data in your preferred geographic location.

## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing DevOps Change Velocity features.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

Update the sn_devops.commit_rel_change_step_type property to have other step types, like Test or Deploy, use the same commit logic as Prod Deploy.

Set the  **sn_devops.change_request.auto_close_allow_override_start_time ** and  **sn_devops.change_request.auto_close_allow_override_end_time ** properties as false to consider the change request start and end time instead of the pipeline’s when the  autoCloseChange  parameter is enabled in a pipeline.

The node version of the ServiceNow DevOps  extension has been upgraded to version 20.x in Azure DevOps.

View change request details like status, sys_id, priority in the GitLab console when a change request is created in GitLab using Docker image.

  • Health scan enhancements
    • Identify outdated or prolonged discover and import requests using the DevOps -Stale or Long-Running Discover and Import Requests health check.
    • Verify whether webhooks have been configured correctly for any tracked repository, pipeline, or plan in  GitHub,  GitLab,  Azure DevOps, and  Jenkins using the DevOps webhook configuration analysis health check.
    • Identify OAuth app configuration issues for GitHub tools in the connected state using the DevOps webhook configuration analysis health check.
    • Verify if any scheduled job has been configured to run as an invalid or non-admin user.
    • Navigate to the Findings list from the DevOps Change Workspace home page by selecting  **View all findings ** in the  Health scan findings  widget. 

Zurich

Gather JFrog evidence seamlessly and create change records automatically using the improved JFrog integration with DevOps Change Velocity.

Connect to JFrog using the secure bearer token authentication to comply with JFrog’s updated security policies.

Connect to DevOps Change Velocity through HTTP proxy settings using environment variables in your Docker deployment for instances that run a proxy server.

  • Health scan enhancements
    • Identify any callback processing issues in your instance.
    • Identify any access control rule (ACL) that is incorrectly associated with a role in your instance.
    • Verify whether all DevOps tables are present in your instance and confirm whether all metadata in sys_* tables is present.
    • Verify whether all DevOps roles in your instance contain all expected roles, including inherited roles.
  • Auto close without Change Management - State Model [Legacy] plugin

Change requests can now be auto-closed without requiring you to install the Change Management - State Model [Legacy] plugin.

Australia

Authenticate a Jira tool connection using OAuth 2.0 with three-legged OAuth (3LO) to enable secure, delegated access to your Jira account.

Connect to Bitbucket Cloud using Basic Auth by providing the email address and API token with the required scopes for your Bitbucket Cloud account as app password has been deprecated by Bitbucket.

## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some DevOps Change Velocity features or functionality were removed.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some DevOps Change Velocity features or functionality were deprecated.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Activation information

Review information on how to activate DevOps Change Velocity.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

  • Activation information

Activate DevOps Change Velocity by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

Zurich

  • Activation information

Install DevOps Change Velocity by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

Australia

  • Activation information

Install DevOps Change Velocity by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for DevOps Change Velocity we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for DevOps Change Velocity we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for DevOps Change Velocity, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

  • Accessibility information
    • Dark theme

The new Coral theme includes a dark theme option for web and mobile experiences. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for DevOps Change Velocity we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for DevOps Change Velocity we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

  • Integrate with the Harness orchestration tool to discover Harness pipelines and enable change automation.
  • Detect anomalies and issues in your DevOps Change Velocity instance using health scans.

See DevOps Change Velocity for more information.

Zurich

  • Improve visibility into your DevOps data in a single system.
  • Automate the change workflow and approval decisions to increase change velocity while ensuring governance and control.
  • Track the progress of your work items, commits, artifacts, builds, and releases using the change requests to lend additional transparency and provide a single source of truth to all the personas involved.

See DevOps Change Velocity for more information.

Australia

  • Improve visibility into your DevOps data in a single system.
  • Automate the change workflow and approval decisions to increase change velocity while ensuring governance and control.
  • Track the progress of your work items, commits, artifacts, builds, and releases using the change requests to lend additional transparency and provide a single source of truth to all the personas involved.

See DevOps Change Velocity for more information.

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