--- sourceDocument: australia Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-xanadu-australia Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - australia Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3ax bundleId : - delta3ax --- # Combined Digital Product Release release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia # Combined Digital Product Release release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated November 5, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 5 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Digital Product Release release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia This consolidated release notes page helps ServiceNow customers prepare for upgrading the Digital Product Release application from the Xanadu release family to Australia. It summarizes all new features, changes, removals, deprecations, and activation information relevant to this upgrade. The notes clarify what to expect and how to leverage enhancements introduced in Australia to improve product release planning and management. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features * **Restricted access to releases:** Control visibility of releases by limiting access to release teams only. This applies to releases, phases, tasks, policies, key dates, and relationships. Access is inherited from products to releases and across multi-product releases. * **On hold release state:** Pause a release temporarily without canceling it or losing its progress in the lifecycle. While on hold, phase completion and automatic progression are suspended. * **Planned and actual phase dates:** Track both planned and actual start and end dates for stage-based release phases. Planned dates are user-entered and actual dates update automatically during progress. * **System properties for default phase association:** Configure which release phase is preselected when associating changes or configuration items with releases to streamline workflow. ## Changes * Charts on dashboards now exclude cancelled phases, filtering out related policies, tasks, and approvals to provide more accurate release metrics. * The Digital Product Release home page widgets display only releases where the user is a release owner or team member, improving focus and relevance. * Release page actions like starting, retargeting, closing releases, completing phases, and running policies are now accessible from any release page for convenience. * The release template button label changed from "Manage release template" to "Edit release template" for clearer intent. * Additional Products fields are no longer mandatory during release creation, simplifying the process. * Policy status aggregation in multi-product releases now includes products added after a release starts, ensuring comprehensive status rollup. * Product enhancement creation is controlled by a system property that specifies which work item types auto-create enhancements, allowing customization or disabling of automatic enhancement creation. ## Deprecations and Removals * The system property `sndprworkspace.autocreateproductenhancementforprimaryepic` was removed. Customers should use `sndprworkspace.enhancementworkitemtypes` to manage product enhancement creation. * No other features or functionalities were removed or deprecated in this upgrade. ## Activation and Installation Digital Product Release is available via the ServiceNow Store. Customers should request and install the application from the store to access the latest version. Additional activation details and cumulative release notes can also be found through the ServiceNow Store resources. ## Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers * **Improved security and collaboration:** Restricting release visibility ensures that only authorized teams can access sensitive release information. * **Greater control over release lifecycle:** The ability to put releases on hold without cancellation supports flexible business needs. * **Enhanced tracking and reporting:** Accurate phase date tracking and exclusion of cancelled phases from dashboards provide clearer release insights. * **Streamlined release management:** Simplified release creation and more accessible release actions speed up operational tasks. * **Customizable enhancement workflows:** Control over automatic product enhancement creation allows tailoring to your organization's processes. Consolidated page of all release notes for Digital Product Release from Xanadu to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Digital Product Release release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu 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 Digital Product Release to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | 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 Digital Product Release. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__12} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | [Restricted access to releases](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-product-release&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Limit who can see a release to its release team. Restricted access adds record-level control and applies to releases, release phases, release tasks, policy mappings, key dates, and release phase relationships. Configure a product team on the Product Settings page to apply restricted access on its releases. For more information, see [Configure product-level release settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-config-product-release-setting&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). A release created for a restricted-access product inherits its setting, and the product team is set to its initial release team. In a multi-product release, individual releases inherit access control from the main release. [On hold release state](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-hold-resume-release&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Pause a release for a business reason without cancelling it or losing its place in the release life cycle. While a release is on hold, you can't complete the current phase and automatic phase progression does not run. Resume the release after the reason for the hold is resolved, or cancel it. [Planned and actual phase dates in stage-based release](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-work-stage-release&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Track planned and actual start and end dates for stage-based release phases. You enter the planned dates; the actual dates are set automatically as the phase progresses. [System properties for the default phase association](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=digital-product-release-properties&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Control which phase is pre-selected when you associate a change or configuration item with a release. Configure sn_dpr.default_phase_for_changes for changes and sn_dpr.default_phase_for_cis for configuration items. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Digital Product Release features. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__22} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | [Charts exclude cancelled phases from the release dashboards](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-dashboard-release&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Policies, phase tasks, and task approvals attached to a cancelled or restarted release phase are excluded from chart aggregates. They are also filtered out from the lists that opens on selecting a chart segment. This applies to the Digital Product Release landing page, Release Overview, Release Bundle Details, and the multi-product release dashboard. [Digital Product Release home page widgets scoped to your releases](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-workspace&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The My releases chart on the Digital Product Release Workspace home page shows only releases where you're the release owner or a release team member. [Release actions on all release pages](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-manage-releases&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : From any release page, perform actions such as Start release, Re-target release, Close release, Complete current phase, and Run policies. [Release template](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-create-release-template&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The Manage release template button on the Release template form is renamed Edit release template. [Release creation wizard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-create-release-guided&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Additional Products fields are no longer required in the Create release flow. [Policy status aggregation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-policy-status-aggregation&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : In a multi-product release, the policy status of a product added after the release starts rolls up to the main release. [Product enhancement creation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-add-product-enhancement-from-epic&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The sn_dpr_workspace.enhancement_work_item_types system property controls which work item types auto-create product enhancements. Leave it empty to stop enhancement creation. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Digital Product Release features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | 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 Digital Product Release features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | [Auto create enhancement from primary epic system property](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=digital-product-release-properties&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The `sn_dpr_workspace.auto_create_product_enhancement_for_primary_epic` property is removed. Use `sn_dpr_workspace.enhancement_work_item_types` instead. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Digital Product Release. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__52} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | Activation information : Install Digital Product Release by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). For more information, see [Install Digital Product Release](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=install-digital-product-release&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). Note: Digital Product Release is available from the ServiceNow Store. See the activation information that follows. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Digital Product Release we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | 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 Digital Product Release we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__72} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | 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 Digital Product Release, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Digital Product Release we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__92} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | 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 Digital Product Release we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-digitalproductrelease-summary__entry__102} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | * Plan, validate, and track product releases in one workspace, so product teams share a single view of release readiness. * Gate release progression with policies that evaluate data from the AI Platform and from connected planning and CI/CD tools. * Restrict release visibility to the teams that own a release, and inherit that access down to release phases, phase tasks, and linked records. * Hand a validated release to Change Management, so change approval focuses on deployment scheduling and service impact. For more information, see [Digital Product Release](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dpr-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). | [ ]