Combined Clone Admin Console release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Clone Admin Console from Yokohama to Australia.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Clone Admin Console 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 Clone Admin Console to Australia

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

Release	Release notes
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 Clone Admin Console.

Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	Clone requests via lists and forms (legacy) are no longer supported. The page redirects to the new request page after 30 seconds. Legacy clones no longer appear in the Clone Admin Console dashboard.

Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Clone Admin Console features.

Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	Updated clone menu navigation items All clone-related functions are now available under the Clone Admin Console menu navigation item. Submit a new clone even if another clone is scheduled Create an additional clone request even if there’s already a future clone for that target. This feature helps with the limitation where you can't submit another clone until all existing requests have been canceled. Clone summary Help prevent clone conflicts with the Clone summary, which highlights clones that are scheduled in the next 30 days that involve the same target instance. Updated authentication model Clone Admin Console now uses JWT certificate-based authentication instead of username and password authentication, improving security and simplifying cross-instance authentication.

Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Clone Admin Console 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 Clone Admin Console features or functionality were deprecated.

Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	The legacy clone request page clone_instance.DO is going to be retired in the A release. Update to the latest version for the best experience and performance improvements. To update Clone Admin Console, see Clone Home (dashboard).
Australia	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Clone Admin Console.

Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Install the Clone Admin Console 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	Clone Admin Console is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Clone Admin Console 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 Clone Admin Console 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 Clone Admin Console, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release	Release notes
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 Clone Admin Console 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 Clone Admin Console we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Configure the update set preservation up to 12 minutes before the clone executes. Preserve your in-progress update sets, regardless of when the scope was created in the specified time frame. See Clone Home (dashboard) for more information.
Australia	Access all clone functions from the Clone Admin Console menu navigation item. Submit additional clone requests to a target instance with an existing scheduled clone that is at least seven days apart. See Instance Clone for more information.