--- 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 Service Portal release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia # Combined Service Portal release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 9 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 Service Portal Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Australia This consolidated guide provides a comprehensive summary of all Service Portal updates from the Xanadu through to the Australia releases. It is designed to help ServiceNow customers prepare for upgrading by highlighting new features, changes, removals, and activation details relevant to Service Portal. The notes include important pre- and post-upgrade tasks, feature enhancements, and configuration improvements to optimize user experience and performance. Show full answer Show less ## New Features * **Xanadu:** Ability to deactivate portals and redirect users to alternate portals to control access. * **Yokohama:** Tools to analyze portal page and widget performance, compare cloned widgets with base widgets, and identify performance issues. * **Zurich:** Introduction of the Approval Info Record widget to display approval details and activity streams. This works alongside the Now Assist Approval Assistance AI agent for enhanced approval management. Admins can configure widget loading order to defer loading, improving page load speed and interactivity. Deferred loading of AI Search assets further optimizes performance. * **Australia:** Extended Approval Configuration allowing checklist generation from documents in third-party cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft SharePoint, Google Drive). Addition of a new Organization Chart widget with customizable display options for organizational visibility. Ability to configure and apply portal-specific authentication methods to provide tailored login experiences per portal (e.g., Okta for internal, Microsoft Azure for external portals). ## Changes * **Xanadu:** Option to show the current user in team member lists within the User Profile widget and support for biometric or hardware key multi-factor authentication (MFA) in portals. * **Yokohama:** Server scripts for widgets now support ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) features. Role-based access control for page route maps allows specifying which users get redirected. Improved single sign-on (SSO) experience by avoiding loading portal pages before redirecting to the SSO Identity Provider login page. Approvers can be required to provide rejection comments in the Approvals widget. Form widgets now validate cross-scope privileges for data access. * **Zurich:** Introduction of Coral as the default theme for portals with Next Experience or Core UI enabled, featuring a fresh, brand-neutral design and optional dark theme for web and mobile. * **Australia:** Ability to create theme variants for Service Portal to better tailor portal branding and user experience. ## Removed and Deprecated Features No Service Portal features or functionalities were removed or deprecated between Xanadu and Australia releases. ## Activation and Additional Requirements Service Portal remains an AI Platform feature active by default across all releases. It is also available through the ServiceNow Store. There are no new additional or changed requirements noted between Xanadu and Australia. ## Browser Requirements Internet Explorer 11 is unsupported starting from the Xanadu release. The iOS version of Firefox does not support Service Portal pages. No changes to browser support were introduced after Yokohama. ## Accessibility Enhancements * The Coral theme includes a dark mode option designed to reduce eye strain and enhance readability on web and mobile. * In Australia, further accessibility improvements enable the use of more semantic tags within the Service Portal Designer. This enhances navigation and screen reader support for users who are blind or have low vision. ## Highlight Information * The ServiceNow AI experience brand is now ServiceNow Otto®, reflected in product names including Service Portal. Customer entitlements remain unchanged. * Administrators can suppress the onboarding message for ServiceNow Otto® on specific portals via a configurable property. * The new Organization Chart widget features improved display options for organizational visibility. * Portal-specific authentication methods allow different login experiences per portal without customization overhead. * Coral dark theme and theme variants enable better focus, readability, and brand alignment. * Enhanced semantic tagging improves accessibility navigation for assistive technologies. ## Practical Implications for ServiceNow Customers Upgrading to Australia enables customers to leverage improved portal management tools, advanced approval workflows with AI assistance, and enhanced performance through deferred widget and asset loading. The ability to configure per-portal authentication methods and customize themes allows organizations to tailor user experiences securely and consistently. Accessibility improvements ensure compliance and better usability for all users. Customers should review pre- and post-upgrade tasks and consider adopting new features to optimize their Service Portal deployments. Consolidated page of all release notes for Service Portal from Xanadu to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Service Portal 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 Service Portal to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-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 Service Portal. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-summary__entry__12} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Deactivate portals](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=deactivate-portal&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Turn off access to a portal that you don't want users to visit and redirect them to another portal. | | Yokohama | [Analyze the performance of portal pages and their widgets](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=analyze-page-performance&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Set benchmarks against which to analyze the performance of a portal page. Identify widgets on the page that don't meet the performance benchmarks and view details about their performance. [Compare a cloned widget with its base widget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=compare-with-base-system&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Compare cloned widgets with the base widget from which they were cloned. View differences between the code of the cloned widget and the base widget highlighted in the code comparator. | | Zurich | [Approval Info Record widget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=approval-info-record-widget&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : The Service Portal Approval Info Record widget shows details about the approval request and a full record for an approval including the activity stream. The Approval Info Record widget and the new Now Assist Approval Assistance AI agent maintain parity. To use the new Approval Info Record widget, activate the Approval Details Page Route Map, and uptake the Approval Info Record widget in your custom page. The new Now Assist Approval Assistance AI agent allows you to see your pending approvals, as well as the details about your pending approvals. For more information, see [Approval assistance AI agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=platform-approval-aia&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). [Configure Service Portal Approval Configuration record](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-approval-assistance-ai-agent&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Configure the Service Portal Approval Configuration record to make the Approval Assistance AI agent and Approval Info Record widget work better for your specific use case. [Configure widget loading order in Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-widget-loading-order&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : As an admin, configure the widget loading order to defer their loading. This feature enables faster loading of the page and makes the widgets available for interaction as they load, thus improving the user experience. [Deferred loading of AI Search assets in Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=defer-loading-ais-sp&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Enable deferred loading of AI Search assets on the Service Portal page until the main content is loaded. This feature helps the page load faster and improves user experience. | | Australia | [Configure Service Portal Approval Configuration record](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-approval-assistance-ai-agent&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The Approval assistance AI agent allows checklist generation from documents that are stored in integrated third-party cloud providers such as Microsoft SharePoint, Google Drive, or a custom internal table. [New Organization Chart widget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=new-organization-chart-widget&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the Service Portal New Organization Chart widget to show additional display configurations, such as default and secondary field names, location, department, and so on, to gain visibility into employees within their organization. [Create a portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-a-portal&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Configure and apply different authentication configurations for each portal to enable different login experiences for each portal. For example, you can set an authentication method like Okta for an internal employee portal or use Microsoft Azure for an external portal. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Service Portal features. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-summary__entry__22} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Show the current user in the team members list of the User Profile widget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=user-profile-widget&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Indicate whether to include the logged-in user in the team members list when viewing another team member's user profile from the User Profile widget. [Additional multi-factor authentication options](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=mfa-use&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Log in to portals using a biometric authenticator or hardware security key with multi-factor authentication (MFA). | | Yokohama | [Use ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) JavaScript mode in server scripts for widgets](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=widget-dev-guide&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Use features supported in the ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) JavaScript mode in server-side scripts for widgets by selecting Turn on ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) mode from the widget record or Widget Editor. For information about features supported in the ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) JavaScript mode, see [JavaScript engine feature support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=javascript-engine-feature-support&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). [Define roles for page route maps](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=reroute-page&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Control which users are redirected to a new page based on a page route map. Specify the user roles to apply in the Page Route Map form. [Improved redirection for single sign-on (SSO) authentication](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_SPSSOLoginAndRedirects&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Improved the experience of logging in to portals that use single sign-on (SSO) authentication by redirecting to the SSO Identify Provider (IdP) login page without trying to load the portal page first. [Enforce providing comments when rejecting requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=approvals-widget&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Require approvers to provide comments when rejecting a request from the Approvals widget. Administrators can enable requiring comments from the widget instance options. [Check cross-scope privileges to a table with the Form widget](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=form-widget&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Validate access to tables from which the Form widget fetches data. The Form widget checks for the necessary cross-scope privileges to a table by default. | | Zurich | Coral theme : Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences. | | Australia | [Create a portal theme](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_CustomCSS&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Create theme variants for Service Portal themes to tailor the visual experience for your users, which can help you match your brand. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Service Portal features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-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 Service Portal features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-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 | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Service Portal. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-summary__entry__52} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Service Portal is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Yokohama | Activation information : Service Portal is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Zurich | Activation information : Service Portal is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | | Australia | Activation information : Service Portal is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. Important: Service Portal is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Service Portal we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-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 Service Portal we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-summary__entry__72} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | The Xanadu release doesn't support Internet Explorer 11. The iOS version of Firefox doesn't support Service Portal pages. For more information about Service Portal browser support, see [Browser support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=browser-support&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US). | | Yokohama | Browser requirements : The Yokohama release doesn't support Internet Explorer 11. The iOS version of Firefox doesn't support Service Portal pages. For more information about Service Portal browser support, see [Browser support](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=browser-support&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Service Portal, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | 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 | Accessibility information : [Enable dark theme](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=enable-dark-theme&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the Dark theme in Service Portal to improve focus and provide better accessibility support. This option is commonly used to alleviate eye strain and improve readability. [\[Placeholder link text to key t_ConfigureAPage\]](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_ConfigureAPage&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Add and edit more semantic tags within the Service Portal Designer to define key areas of a portal to support clearer navigation and descriptions for screen readers. This update helps users who are blind or have low vision by making it easier for assistive technology to identify and understand different sections of each page. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Service Portal we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-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 Service Portal we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-serviceportal-summary__entry__102} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Deactivate a portal and optionally redirect users to an alternate portal. See [Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_ServicePortal&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Yokohama | * Analyze the performance of portal pages and their widgets. * Compare cloned widgets with the base widget from which they were cloned. * Use ECMAScript 2021 (ES12) JavaScript mode in widget server scripts. * Enable early single sign-on (SSO) redirection. * Specify the user roles that apply to a page route map. See [Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_ServicePortal&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Zurich | * Starting with Zurich Patch 12, Now Assist is now ServiceNow Otto®. ServiceNow Otto is the new AI experience brand. This change is reflected in the name of ServiceNow products, including Service Portal. Your product entitlements remain unchanged. Check your entitlements to determine your access to specific features. * Use the `glide.sp.otto_onboarding.suppressed_portals` property to suppress the ServiceNow Otto onboarding message for specific Service Portal portals. Set the property value to a single portal sys_id, or use a comma-separated list of sys_ids for multiple portals. Users visiting any portal listed in this property will not see the onboarding message. * Use the support for Service Portal in the iOS Google App. * As an admin, configure the widget load order on Service Portal pages. * As an admin, defer the loading of AI Search assets to enhance page performance. See [Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_ServicePortal&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | * ServiceNow Otto® is the new AI experience brand. This change is reflected in the name of ServiceNow products, including Service Portal. Your product entitlements remain unchanged. Check your entitlements to determine your access to specific features. * Use the `glide.sp.otto_onboarding.suppressed_portals` property to suppress the ServiceNow Otto® onboarding message for specific Service Portal portals. Set the property value to a single portal sys_id, or use a comma-separated list of sys_ids for multiple portals. Users visiting any portal listed in this property will not see the onboarding message. * View the updated user interface for the Service Portal New Organization Chart widget. It includes additional display configurations, such as default and secondary field names. * Use portal-specific authentication methods to allow users access to different portals without having to customize Service Portal authentication. * Enhance Service Portal accessibility navigation for screen readers by using semantic tags. * Use a Coral dark theme on a portal to improve focus, readability, and accessibility. * Create theme variants for the Service Portal themes to tailor the visual experience for your users. See [Service Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_ServicePortal&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]