Code Signing release notes

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Code Signing release notes

    The Code Signing (CS) application in the Australia release enhances the validation of scripts and code running on your ServiceNow instance. This update improves visibility, security, and compliance by optimizing signature management and expanding support across certificates and applications.

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    Key Features

    • Optimized Guardrail Scan: Proactively identifies eligible records missing signatures, allowing you to address unsigned records and improve coverage visibility.
    • Multiple Signatures Support: Enables multiple valid signatures per record across different certificates, enhancing reliability by evaluating signatures from newest to oldest.
    • Code Signing OOB Apps Signatures Plugin: Automatically installs build-time signatures for all relevant records in trued-up ServiceNow Store application versions, removing the need for self-signing.
    • Utilities Dashboard: A new dashboard tab within Code Signing Health and Status to monitor signature status, detect configuration issues, and maintain environment health.
    • New Cryptographic Key Pair: Strengthens the Circle of Trust and secures the signing process, visible in the Key Pair and Certificates tab.
    • Wild Card Purpose Signature Configuration: Eliminates import warnings for script includes and business rules, simplifying signature management.
    • Code Signing Enforcement for Discovery Probes: Discovery now enforces code signing for probes, parameters, and sensors on MID Servers, ensuring authenticity and preventing unsigned or tampered payloads without affecting performance.

    Activation and Plugin Information

    Code Signing is available via activation of the Code Signing (com.glide.codesigningenterprise) plugin, which also installs the Code Signing OOB Apps Signatures (com.glide.codesigning.oobappssignatures) plugin automatically. This setup streamlines build-time signature installation for ServiceNow Store applications.

    Related Features

    The Code Signing application integrates with ServiceNow’s cryptographic and encryption capabilities, including:

    • Encryption and Key Management: Protects data by converting plain text into cipher text.
    • Key Management Framework: Allows customization and management of cryptographic operations.
    • Cloud Encryption with Key Management: Provides encrypted database storage with enhanced key management, available through the Platform Encryption subscription.

    The Code Signing (CS) application validates scripts and code that runs on your instance. Code Signing was enhanced and updated in the Australia release.

    Code Signing highlights for the Australia release

    • Gain complete visibility into Code Signing coverage by proactively identifying eligible records with missing signatures using the optimized guardrail scan.
    • Install build time signatures for records in all trued-up ServiceNow Store application versions, thus eliminating the self-signing process.
    • Ensure reliable script verification by supporting multiple signatures for a record across certificates. Reduce upgrade failures and improve compliance for customers using custom and ServiceNow® certificates.

    See Code Signing for more information.

    New in the Australia release

    Utilities Dashboard
    Use the Utilities Dashboard tab within the Code Signing Health and Status dashboard to monitor signature status, detect configuration issues, and maintain the overall health of your Code Signing environment.
    Multiple signatures for a record across certificates
    Leverage support for multiple signatures for records across different certificates, thus ensuring that valid signatures from any trusted source are recognized. Allow multiple signatures to be added to a record and have the system determine validity by evaluating all existing signatures from newest to oldest.
    Code Signing OOB Apps Signatures plugin
    Use this plugin (com.glide.code_signing.oob_apps_signatures) to install build time signatures for all relevant records in trued-up ServiceNow® Store application versions.
    New key pair
    A new cryptographic key pair is generated to strengthen the Circle of Trust and to ensure a secure signing process. You can see this key pair within the Key Pair and Certificates tab of the Code Signing Health and Status dashboard.
    Wild Card Purpose for KMF Signature Configuration
    Use the "Wild Card Purpose" entry in the signature configurations to eliminate import warnings for script includes and business rules.
    Code signing for probes
    Discovery now enforces code signing for probes, parameters, and sensors to guarantee authenticity, integrity, and secure execution on MID Servers. This update blocks unsigned or tampered payloads, provides signature validation, and strengthens compliance by helping prevent audit gaps without impacting discovery performance.

    Changed in this release

    Guardrail process optimization and scope increase
    Allows you to run the guardrail scan and identify records that have missing signatures, enabling you to proactively address records that are eligible for code signing but remain unsigned. Previously, the system only checked records with existing signatures and marked them as valid or invalid, which meant records without signatures were overlooked. Now, the process starts from the signature configuration itself, every eligible record is checked to see if it has a signature. If a record is missing a signature, it's clearly identified.

    Activation information

    Code Signing is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is available with activation of the Code Signing (com.glide.code_signing_enterprise) plugin. Installing this plugin automatically installs the Code Signing OOB App Signatures plugin (com.glide.code_signing.oob_apps_signatures). For details, see Configuring Code Signing.

    Plugin information

    New plugins

    The following plugin is new in Australia:

    Code Signing OOB Apps Signatures (com.glide.code_signing.oob_apps_signatures): This plugin installs build time signatures for all relevant records in the trued-up ServiceNow® Store application versions.

    Related ServiceNow applications and features

    Encryption and Key Management
    Encryption is a cryptographic procedure that converts plain text into cipher text, which helps prevent anyone but the intended recipient from reading that data.
    Key Management Framework
    The Key Management Framework lets you fully customize and manage how cryptographic operations are performed on your instance.
    Cloud Encryption with Key Management
    Cloud Encryption offers encrypted storage for the database by using block encryption, with enhanced key management. Cloud Encryption is available with the Platform Encryption subscription bundle.