Combined Intelligence for CSM release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated May 4, 2026
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  • Consolidated page of all release notes for Intelligence for CSM from Xanadu to Australia.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Intelligence for CSM 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 Intelligence for CSM to Australia

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

    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 Intelligence for CSM.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Recommended Actions - Task Intelligence similarity models integration
    Use similarity models that are integrated with the Task Intelligence (TI) admin console to configure, train, and deploy machine learning models.
    • Resource Generator: The Recommended Actions framework supports a new resource generator that leverages TI similarity models to configure recommendations.
    • Admin Configuration: Administrators can configure the resource generator to point to TI solutions for predictions and use the topN optional parameter to fetch top recommendations.
    Task intelligence for Customer Service - Dependent field predictions
    Help improve the model performance by identifying the dependent fields in a model before displaying the predicted values.
    Task intelligence for Customer Service - Records prediction
    Predict the configured fields on the case record after entering the short description or description and see the predicted values without saving the case form.
    Task intelligence for Customer Service - On change predictions for interaction record
    Predict the configured fields on the interaction record after entering the short description or description and see the predicted values without saving the form.
    Task Intelligence for Customer Service - Implement Task Intelligence for the CSM Similarity Model:
    • Similar cases recommendations:  Install the Task Intelligence for Customer Service plugin to view the preconfigured open and closed cases that are automatically trained and deployed as recommendations.
    • Major case recommendations: Install the major issue management plugin and activate the feature as needed to get recommendations.
    Recommended Actions - Create multiple contexts for a single record entity
    Support multiple contexts for the same table, such as the Case table, with one active context record that can be configured for the Recommended Actions component by using a UI Builder input property. By creating multiple contexts, you can create different experiences that are determined by criteria such as user attributes or domains. The recommendations and AI Search results adjust dynamically according to the configured active context.
    Recommended Actions - Attach knowledge article guidance
    Enable agents to view and attach knowledge articles to task records and chat interaction records and share articles with customers by using the following guidances:
    • Attach and share article: Enables the agent to share a recommended knowledge article in a comment, work note, or an email.
    • Share article in chat interaction: Enables the agent to share a recommended knowledge article in a customer chat.
    Guided Decisions - Run a guidance as a system user
    Enable the guidance_honor_subflow system property to run a guidance in a decision tree as the user that is specified in the guidance action subflow properties. If this property is set to false, the guidance runs as the current user.
    Guided Decisions - Decision Tree as a catalog item content type
    Enable customers to add decision trees as catalog items in a service catalog. From the Customer Service Portal, customers can select the decision tree and open it in a new tab.
    Guided Decisions - Search for decision trees on portal
    Enable portal users to search for decision trees with keywords. Selecting a decision tree in the search results opens a page with the decision tree widget.
    Guided Decisions - Enable a start node to contain only task input
    Create start nodes for a decision tree that start directly from a task input and create paths that are derived from the data in the task reference. You have the option to create a start node from a question or from task input.
    Guided Decisions - Restart a decision tree in a playbook
    Restart the execution of a decision tree. When a user completes the execution of a decision tree in a playbook, they can start and complete the decision tree again if desired. Restarting the playbook retains the history of the previous decision tree executions.

    Yokohama

    Recommended Actions - Front-line case page integration with knowledge guidance
    Enable agents to attach and share knowledge article links in comments, work notes, or emails by using modeless dialogs.
    Recommended Actions - Default guidance for search results
    Enable agents to view search results for any records. Use a default guidance for any search sources that don't have a dedicated, mapped guidance.
    Recommended Actions - Improved timeout handling for resource generators
    Handle timeout errors when calling Machine Learning (ML) resource generators. The system uses a subflow API with a 1-second timeout ensures the RA generation engine prioritizes faster response times by terminating stalled ML prediction calls.
    Recommended Actions - Custom guidances
    Use a custom guidance to provide actions that are based on the search results from the Case, Problem, Incident, or Change Request tables. Agents can use these actions to link records to the current case and copy resolution codes and notes from resolved cases.
    Recommended Actions - Field values for predicted records
    Leverage the actual field value for a predicted record and show it in a custom guidance in place of the display value.
    Recommended Actions for Customer Service - Display Recommended Actions on the CSM Interaction record page
    Enable agents to view Recommended Actions in the contextual side panel on the CSM Interaction record page. The search tab dynamically displays relevant actions based on the context of the chat interaction.
    Recommended Actions for Customer Service - Interaction Context record
    Use the Interaction Context record to display the search results from the Knowledge table. The results are based on the interaction's short description. This context record includes a search-mapping record that maps knowledge results to the Share KB in chat interactions guidance.
    Recommended Actions - Question font size customization for a Decision tree
    Enables you to customize the font size of questions in a Decision tree for a better look and feel. This font size is applied to the questions in the decision trees of playbooks, and recommendations, within the CSM Configurable Workspace and service portal.
    Recommended Actions - Control the visibility of completed guidance information
    Allows you to manage the visibility of the completed guidance history information of a decision tree in playbooks, and recommendations for an agent, within the CSM Configurable Workspace, and service portal for a streamlined experience.
    Recommended Actions – AI search on CSM default record page, Front line case page, and CSM interaction record page
    The Recommended Actions – AI search is introduced on the CSM default record page, Front-line case page, and CSM Interaction record page (for the chat, video, walk-up, and email type channels) and it’s enabled by default for new customers. The default guidance is also enabled for these pages. Agents can attach and share knowledge article links in comments, work notes, and emails.
    Recommended Actions - Catalog item source type for AI search
    Search and filter the catalog items easily in the AI search tab of Recommended Actions in the CSM Configurable Workspace.
    Recommended Actions - Ability to have multiple active contexts for the same table
    Enables multiple active contexts for the same table, so that tailored recommendations are displayed in the CSM Configurable Workspace:
    • For different user personas based on their requirements.
    • For different Predictive Intelligence models or AI model variants.
    • For the same record in different channels, such as chat, email, and so on.
    Recommended Actions - Ability to inherit active rules and their recommendations from a parent table context to extended table context
    Assign the active rules and their recommendations from the parent table context to the extended context table for a streamlined process.
    Recommended Actions - Asynchronous evaluation for recommendations
    Enables you to configure loading behavior at the context level by choosing between synchronous and asynchronous modes. In the asynchronous mode, recommendations load in the background without blocking the UI, allowing agents to interact with the record immediately.

    Zurich

    Guided Decisions - Enable Guided Decisions as a Playbook Activity with Inputs and Outputs
    Added support for the Guided Decision with Inputs and Outputs activity in Playbook. Use this activity to embed decision trees that accept inputs and generate outputs, guiding users through complex decisions within your playbooks.
    Recommended Actions - View the relevancy score of the AI search results
    View the relevancy score on the search result recommendation cards in the Search tab of the Recommended Actions panel for the default guidance for search results, Attach and share article, Share KB in chat interactions, and all no-code ( Link incident to current case, Link problem to current case, and Link change request to current case) guidances. To enable this feature, you must enable the Show relevancy score for results check box in the Context form.
    Recommended Actions – Limit the number of search results for more precise output
    Limit the number of search results (Top N) that appear in the AI search tab in the Recommended Actions context side panel. To configure top N search results, you must enable the Top N check box in the Context form and then define the Search Results Limit in the Search Application Configuration.
    Recommended Actions - Filter search results across multiple sources in the Contextual side panel
    Filter search results corresponding to multiple sources in the AI search tab of the Recommended Actions contextual side panel. You can also filter the search results at the facet-level.
    Recommended Actions – Track the AI search usage trends with the AI search analytics dashboard
    Track and analyze the AI search usage in Recommended Actions using the AI search analytics dashboard. The AI search events and actions performed by the agent are captured in the Search Events, Search Source Events, Search Signal Events, Search Result Event, and Search Result Event Action tables. This data is used in the AI search analytics dashboard.
    Recommended Actions - Read-only access to TI solutions for the Resource Generator author role
    Access Task Intelligence (TI) solution definitions in read-only mode as a Resource Generator author [sn_nb_action.resource_generator_author] to configure recommendations with Machine Learning (ML) solutions from TI models. In other words, the sn_ti_admin.tia_user role is added to the Resource Generator author role.
    Recommended Actions - Filter search results across multiple sources on the Search page
    Filter search results corresponding to multiple sources on the Search page. You can also filter the search results at facet-level.
    Recommended Actions - Optimize the Recommended Actions refresh behavior by excluding non-critical field updates
    Exclude the non-critical fields from triggering a Recommended Actions refresh on the record pages by adding the non-critical fields to the Exclude fields field on a context record. In a child context, you can also include the field exclusions of the parent context. You can enhance a user’s UI experience when you prevent excessive UI updates and still ensure that relevant updates trigger as intended.
    Recommended Actions - Trigger Refresh for Recommendations explicitly or based on UI events
    Trigger recommendations refresh in the Recommended Actions tab on the contextual side panel when a UI or back-end event update is made. This provides dynamic and more contextually relevant recommendations based on the outcome of UI and back-end events. To trigger a recommendations refresh:
    • configure UI component’s Data Broker in the UI builder for UI events
    • execute the ForceRefreshRecommendationsscript include for back-end events
    Recommended Actions - Configure dynamic JSON-based context inputs
    Configure JSON-based context inputs in a context to populate accurate recommendations corresponding to dynamically changing contexts. You can configure parameters associated with the context table along with context table parameters. To support scenarios where a single workflow may leverage multiple active contexts simultaneously to generate recommendations. This uses the context inputs in rule condition builders, resource generators, and recommendation-action mappings, with minimal performance impact and backward compatibility.
    Recommended Actions - Enhanced KB article sharing for Agents
    Identify the Knowledge Base (KB) articles that are not accessible to the case requester with the help of a Lock icon. In the recommendations on the contextual side panel of the CSM Configurable Workspace, a Lock icon on a recommendation card denotes that the recommended KB article cannot be accessed by the case requester.
    Process Mining - SLA breach analysis
    Identify and analyze cases where service level agreements (SLAs) have been violated. The SLA breach analysis project provides insights into the root causes of breaches, highlights bottlenecks, and recommends improvements to optimize the performance of your processes.
    Quick start tests for Customer Service Management
    After upgrades and deployments of new applications or integrations, run quick start tests to verify that Customer Service Management works as expected. If you customized Customer Service Management, copy the quick start tests and configure them for your customizations.

    Australia

    Australia Patch 2
    Quality assurance management skill
    Automatically evaluate agent activity on closed cases using AI models that score each interaction against a configurable quality rubric, eliminating manual sampling and ensuring consistent, objective assessments at scale.
    Extended table support for email reply recommendation skill
    Automatically receive email reply recommendations on extended table record pages in Now Assist for CSM, allowing agents to quickly respond to customers, provide intelligent recommendations and reducing manual effort.
    Australia Patch 1
    ServiceNow product tiers
    The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available:
    • Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights
    • Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases
    • Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own

    Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents.

    AI workflow tab added in Core UI
    Availability of AI Workflow tab within case view of case table records and email interaction view of interaction records in Core UI, showing agentic workflows and actionable AI-driven insights directly in the record UI.
    Filter controls in Now Assist Guardian
    Availability of filter controls for CSM in the Now Assist Guardian interface, allowing users to toggle the base system filters on and off. Filtered results display in a user-friendly format for quick case review and action.
    Guided Decisions - UI Layout tab for the Guided Decision with inputs/outputs activity
    Configure the display of knowledge articles directly from the UI Layout tab by setting a default article height and choosing whether articles appear collapsed by default in the playbook.
    Guided Decisions - Restart option for the Guided Decision with inputs and outputs activity
    As an agent, you can restart a Guided Decision with inputs and outputs activity in a playbook by selecting the Restart Activity option when the activity is in a complete, skipped, or error state and the stage is still in progress.
    Recommended Actions - Hybrid search in AI search
    Recommended Actions in CSM Configurable Workspace now uses hybrid search, combining keyword and semantic matching to surface more relevant KB articles and guided actions in the AI search tab, even when agent queries do not match article content exactly.
    Recommended Actions - View the relevancy score on the Case resolution guidance
    View the relevancy score, which indicates how well a search result matches the agent's query, on the search result recommendation cards in the Search tab of the Recommended Actions panel for the Case resolution guidance.
    Recommended Actions – Configure contextual filtering of AI search results
    Enhance search accuracy by ensuring results are contextually relevant to the record being viewed by the agent. Search results are dynamically filtered based on contextual information passed through additional context parameters. To configure the contextual filtering of the Search results, enable the dynamic filter for a search source in a Search profile and then create the AisDynamicFilter implementation for the source which holds the filtering conditions.
    Recommended Actions – Support for mandatory Contextual Inputs
    As an RA author, you can mark specific context inputs as mandatory by selecting the Mandatory check box in the Context Inputs form. When one or more context inputs are configured as mandatory, you must set the values for these contextual inputs directly on Recommended Actions component on the record page in the UI Builder for the recommendations to be generated.
    Recommended Actions - Manage and configure metadata with delegated developer approach
    Grant granular admin users delegated developer privileges and required roles to manage and configure metadata. This includes the Manage update set permission, domain_picker role, and metadata_scope_viewer role for viewing and modifying the application scope of metadata records.
    AI interaction wrap-up
    Provides agents with AI assistance during the interaction wrap-up period. This feature generates wrap-up content for interaction records, such as the wrap-up code and notes.
    Process mining - Pre‑configured templates for CSM Process Mining Projects
    Select pre‑configured templates from the Process Mining Content Pack for CSM to quickly set up customer service case projects with default settings already applied. These templates help accelerate project creation by providing standardized configurations tailored for common Customer Service Management scenarios.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Intelligence for CSM features.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Guided Decisions - Question field updated to type HTML
    The Question field has been updated from type=string to type=HTML. When adding a question to a decision node, decision tree authors can include the text, formatted text, and images in the Question field.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Australia, some Intelligence for CSM features or functionality were removed.

    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 Intelligence for CSM features or functionality were deprecated.

    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 Intelligence for CSM.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    Install the Guided Decisions, Recommended Actions, and Task Intelligence applications by requesting them 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.

    Yokohama

    Customer Service Management is available with activation of the Customer Service plugin (com.sn_customerservice). For details, see Activate Customer Service Management.

    Zurich

    Customer Service Management is available with activation of the Customer Service plugin (com.sn_customerservice). For details, see Activate Customer Service Management.

    Australia

    Customer Service Management is available with activation of the Customer Service plugin (com.sn_customerservice). For details, see Activate Customer Service Management.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Intelligence for CSM we have noted them here.

    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 Intelligence for CSM we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    ServiceNow workspaces don’t support mobile devices, Internet Explorer, or Microsoft Edge. Instead, use Microsoft Edge - Chromium or one of the other supported browsers listed in Browser support.

    Zurich

    ServiceNow workspaces don’t support mobile devices, Internet Explorer, or Microsoft Edge. Instead, use Microsoft Edge - Chromium or one of the other supported browsers listed in Browser support.

    Australia

    ServiceNow workspaces don’t support mobile devices, Internet Explorer, or Microsoft Edge. Instead, use Microsoft Edge - Chromium or one of the other supported browsers listed in Browser support.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Intelligence for CSM, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Intelligence for CSM we have noted them here.

    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 Intelligence for CSM we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    • Create multiple Recommended Actions context records for the same table to create different experiences that are based on criteria such as user attributes or domains.
    • Restart a decision tree in a playbook and retain the history of previous decision tree executions.
    • Enable customers to add decision trees as catalog items in a service catalog.
    • Enable your users to search for decision trees by using keywords and open a decision tree from the search results.

    See Intelligence for CSM for more information.

    Yokohama

    • Enabled Recommended Actions for chat interactions so that agents can select relevant actions that are based on the chat context.
    • Integrated enhanced knowledge guidance on the Front-line case page and enable agents to attach and add links to knowledge articles in comments, work notes, or emails by using modeless dialogs.
    • Enabled Recommended Actions – AI search for CSM default record page and CSM interaction record pages for the video, chat, walk-up, and email channels.
    • Automated the mapping configuration for search results along with default guidances.

    See Intelligence for CSM for more information.

    Zurich

    • Get enhanced visibility of knowledge base articles by marking and displaying a lock icon for articles that aren’t accessible to the case requester within the CSM Configurable Workspace.
    • Gain insights to the root causes of case service level agreement (SLA) breaches and view the suggested improvements to optimize process performance.

    See Intelligence for CSM for more information.

    Australia

    Australia Patch 2
    • Automatically evaluate post-interaction customer conversations using AI models that score against a configurable quality rubric, eliminating manual effort.
    • Receive intelligent email reply recommendations on extended table record pages in Now Assist for CSM, helping agents respond faster with less manual effort.
    Australia Patch 1
    • Availability of filter controls in Now Assist Guardian for Now Assist for CSM.
    • Availability of AI Workflow tab in Core UI.
    • Use AI to populate interaction wrap-up codes and notes, saving agents time.
    • Simplify metadata management by granting developer roles and privileges to your granular admin users.

    See Intelligence for CSM for more information.