ReleaseOps release notes
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Summary of ReleaseOps release notes - Australia Release
The ServiceNow® ReleaseOps application streamlines the deployment and validation of code across ServiceNow environments from development through production. The Australia release introduces enhancements that improve initial setup, customization of deployment tasks, test coverage visibility, and AI-assisted documentation generation. This release ensures more efficient and controlled release management within the ServiceNow platform.
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Key Features
- Guided Setup Process: Simplifies the initial configuration of ReleaseOps, allowing faster onboarding while still supporting manual setup for complex scenarios.
- Runbook Tasks: Enables adding custom, flexible, and manual activities to release and assessment playbooks without restructuring playbooks each release. Users can define task types and scheduling within ReleaseOps workflows.
- Automated Test Framework (ATF) Code Coverage: Provides metrics on what percentage of deployment code is covered by ATF test suites, allows setting failure thresholds, and highlights covered code lines to improve test effectiveness.
- AI-Generated Documentation (Now Assist for Creator): Customers with this subscription can automatically generate update set descriptions and release notes using the release lifecycle documentation AI agent, reducing manual documentation effort.
Activation and Upgrade Notes
- ReleaseOps must be installed via the ServiceNow Store; it is not included by default and is not supported in regulated environments or on-premises installations.
- Upgrading to the Australia release requires attention if you have customized sample playbooks, as runbook task playbook activities need manual updates post-upgrade.
Related Applications and Features
ReleaseOps integrates with and complements several ServiceNow capabilities:
- App Engine Management Center (AEMC): Manages application requests and deployments.
- Automated Test Framework (ATF): Automates tests to validate instance functionality after changes.
- Instance Scan: Analyzes instance configurations to identify health issues and best practice violations.
- Now Assist for Creator: Provides AI-powered assistance for development and documentation.
- ServiceNow Studio and System Update Sets: Facilitate development and migration of changes across instances.
Practical Impact for ServiceNow Customers
With the Australia release of ReleaseOps, customers can expect a more streamlined deployment process, enhanced customization of release activities, increased confidence through improved test coverage analytics, and time savings via AI-generated documentation. These improvements help reduce deployment risk, accelerate release cycles, and improve overall release governance within ServiceNow environments.
The ServiceNow® ReleaseOps application enables you to deploy and validate code from development to production in your ServiceNow environments. ReleaseOps was enhanced and updated in the Australia release.
ReleaseOps highlights for the Australia release
- Use ReleaseOps guided setup process to simplify initial configuration.
- Add custom, flexible, and manual tasks to your ReleaseOps deployments with runbook tasks.
- Leverage Automated Test Framework (ATF) code coverage to improve the efficacy of your ATF test suites.
- If you have a Now Assist for Creator subscription, you can use generate update set descriptions and release notes using the release lifecycle documentation AI agent.
See ReleaseOps for more information.
Important information for upgrading ReleaseOps to Australia
If you have customized the ReleaseOps sample playbooks, the runbook task playbook activity will not automatically populate when you upgrade to Australia.
New in the Australia release
- Complete ReleaseOps guided setup
- Use guided setup to start using ReleaseOps quickly. You can also continue to use manual setup for more complex setup scenarios and if you need to add changes to your ReleaseOps ecosystems later.
- Runbook tasks in ReleaseOps
- Add custom, flexible, and manual activities to your assessment and release playbooks with runbook tasks, without having to adjust the structure of your playbooks from one release to the next.
- Create a runbook task
- Define the type of runbook task and when the task should occur in your ReleaseOps playbooks.
- Set Automated Test Framework (ATF) code coverage
- Leverage Automated Test Framework (ATF) code coverage in ReleaseOps. ATF code coverage enables you to determine what percentage of code in a deployment request is covered by ATF test suites. You can define the threshold for ATF test failure and see what lines of code were covered by the ATF test suites.
- Generate an update set description
- If you have a Now Assist for Creator subscription, you can generate update descriptions using the release lifecycle documentation AI agent.
- Generate release notes
- If you have a Now Assist for Creator subscription, you can generate release notes using the release lifecycle documentation AI agent.
Activation information
Install ReleaseOps by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store 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.
Additional requirements
ReleaseOps is not supported in regulated environments or on-premise. Check your entitlements to determine whether you have access to ReleaseOps.