Combined Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated August 11, 2026
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    Summary of Combined Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools Release Notes for Upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

    This consolidated release notes page assists ServiceNow customers in preparing for upgrades of the Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools from the Yokohama to Zurich release families. It summarizes new features, changes, removals, deprecations, activation procedures, and other relevant considerations across these releases, enabling customers to understand enhancements and impacts on their development workflows.

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    Key Changes

    • Yokohama Release Enhancements:
      • Introduced time filters for events, allowing selection of specific timeframes when filtering event data.
      • Added subtree filters for events to enable scrolling and searching within a selected portion of the component tree.
      • Enhanced trace filtering capabilities, including front-end filters for span visualizations, specialty filters for targeted waterfall analysis without losing overall context, and level filters to adjust detail display in spans.
    • Zurich Release Enhancements:
      • Added a Service Workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector that displays cache buster details, helping users understand how service workers affect page performance.
      • Enhanced trace viewing to support a full-screen waterfall view with an enriched root span list containing more actionable metadata.

    Activation and Requirements

    • Next Experience Developer Tools must be installed from the Google Chrome Web Store for both Yokohama and Zurich releases.
    • The tools require Google Chrome as the supported browser in both releases.

    Additional Notes

    • No features or functionalities were removed or deprecated between Yokohama and Zurich releases.
    • There are no additional requirements, accessibility updates, or localization changes noted for these releases.

    Practical Impact for ServiceNow Customers

    Upgrading to Zurich from Yokohama will provide developers with improved event and trace filtering options, enhanced visualization of component trees and spans, and new insights into service worker impacts on performance. These capabilities help reduce troubleshooting time and enhance performance analysis, enabling more efficient user experience development within the ServiceNow platform.

    Consolidated page of all release notes for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools from Yokohama to Zurich.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Zurich.

    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 Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools to Zurich

    Before you upgrade to Zurich, 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.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Zurich, new features were introduced for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some changes were made to existing Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools features.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama
    Time filters for events
    Icons were added to each event to enable you to select a timeframe when filtering events.
    Subtree filters for events
    Scroll and search through a selected portion of the component tree.
    Filters for traces
    Filter traces with front-end filters to streamline span visualizations, specialty filters to view targeted waterfall analysis without losing overall context, and level filters to adjust the detail display in span visualizations.

    Zurich
    Service Workers tab in the Next Experience Inspector
    The Service Workers tab displays cache buster details for viewing how service workers impact page performance.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Download Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Zurich

    Install Next Experience Developer Tools from the Google Chrome Web Store.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

    If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.

    Zurich

    Next Experience Developer Tools requires Google Chrome.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    		 No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Next Experience Developer (NED) Tools we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Reduce troubleshooting time with enhanced component visualization, filters for traces, and new event filters.

    See Next Experience Developer Tools for more information.

    Zurich
    • View traces as a full-screen waterfall with an enriched root span list that has more actionable metadata.
    • Access cache buster details to view how service workers impact page performance.

    See Next Experience Developer Tools for more information.