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# Update sets

# Update sets and Autonomous Engineer {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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## Summary of Update sets and Autonomous Engineer

Autonomous Engineer automatically tracks all changes made to your application in update sets, enabling you to review, revert, and deploy these changes directly within ServiceNow Studio without leaving the environment.
Each checkpoint in your conversation groups related changes into a single update set, making it easier to manage modifications throughout your development process.
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## How Autonomous Engineer Tracks Changes

* Changes from each checkpoint are captured in descriptive update sets named following a clear pattern (e.g., *application-name build agent install 1*).
* Manual edits made outside Autonomous Engineer are captured in separate update sets named *manual edit 1* , *manual edit 2*, etc.
* When a plan or work item completes, consolidated batch update sets include all related changes for streamlined deployment.
* After approving a task plan, Autonomous Engineer automatically creates a checkpoint update set, accessible from the chat panel.
* If manual edit update sets contain no changes at the next checkpoint, they are removed; otherwise, they are finalized and included with other update sets.

## Accessing and Deploying Update Sets

* You can access update sets directly from the Autonomous Engineer chat panel or from the Current Changes List (CCL) in ServiceNow Studio.
* Manual edit update sets are also accessible from the checkpoints panel within your Autonomous Engineer conversation.
* Once changes are ready for deployment, all update sets from your Autonomous Engineer session can be found on the Deployment tab of the ServiceNow Studio home page.

This system ensures that all changes, whether automated or manual, are tracked, organized, and easily deployable, supporting efficient application development and change management within the ServiceNow platform.  
When you work with Autonomous Engineer, your changes are automatically tracked in update sets so you can review, revert, and deploy them without leaving ServiceNow Studio.

Autonomous Engineer tracks every change it makes to your application in update sets. Changes from each checkpoint in a conversation are captured together in a single update set. You can access, review, and open the update
sets directly from the Autonomous Engineer chat panel. You can also open the update sets from the Current Changes List (CCL) page in ServiceNow Studio, without navigating to the platform.

Update sets use descriptive names to help identify what each update set contains. Names follow this pattern: <var class="keyword varname">application-name</var>
`build agent install 1`, `build agent install 2`, and so on.

After Autonomous Engineer creates a checkpoint, it automatically opens a manual edit checkpoint that captures any changes you make directly to your application outside of Autonomous Engineer. These manual edits are tracked in a separate update set named `manual edit 1`, `manual edit 2`, and so on.  
* When a plan completes, a batch update set is available and includes all the update sets for the work items for the plan.
* When a work item completes, an update set is available and includes all the changes for the work item.
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For general information about update sets on the ServiceNow AI Platform, see System update sets.

## How Autonomous Engineer tracks changes {#ae-update-sets__ae-update-sectiondos}

Autonomous Engineer automatically captures changes in a unified update set as you work.  
Note:  
Manual changes aren't included in the automatically generated update set, and must be deployed separately.
The consolidated update set merges all the update sets created for previous agentic and manual development into a single update set for ease of deployment. The consolidation occurs after you tell Autonomous Engineer that you're done working on a task and no longer require rollback.

Autonomous Engineer automatically captures changes to the app and metadata that you're working on.

A checkpoint is created automatically after you approve each task plan. When Autonomous Engineer reaches a checkpoint, the changes associated with that checkpoint are captured in the update set. You can view and open the relevant update set directly from each checkpoint in the chat panel. For
more information on checkpoints, see [View changes in the change log](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/y1442xQQL6qbGkaJl7qlfA "When Autonomous Engineer completes a turn, it updates the change log.").

When Autonomous Engineer prepares to create the next checkpoint, it checks whether any changes exist in the manual edit update set. If no changes are present, Autonomous Engineer removes the update set. If changes exist, Autonomous Engineer completes the update set and renders it with the other update sets from your conversation. You can access manual edit update sets directly from the checkpoints panel in your Autonomous Engineer conversation.

## Deploy update sets {#ae-update-sets__ba-update-sets-deploy}

After your changes are ready, you can find the update sets from your Autonomous Engineer session on the Deployment tab on the ServiceNow Studio home page.