Combined Instance Data Replication release notes for upgrades from Washington DC to Xanadu

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated June 16, 2026
  • 3 minutes to read

    • Consolidated page of all release notes for Instance Data Replication from Washington DC to Xanadu.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Instance Data Replication release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Washington DC to Xanadu.

    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 Instance Data Replication to Xanadu

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

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    Improve the performance and processing efficiency of Instance Data Replication (IDR) by upgrading your replication sets to V2, which uses the Hermes Messaging Service. For details, see Upgrading legacy replication sets to V2 in Instance Data Replication.

    Log rotation is automatically enabled for the Replication Payload Error [idr_replication_payload_error] table after the upgrade. By default, the log rotation schedule is comprised of seven shards, with five days for each shard. All log entries in this table created before the upgrade are automatically truncated.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Instance Data Replication.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Instance Data Replication features.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC
    Hermes-only replication
    Newly-created replication sets now use Hermes Messaging Service. You can no longer create legacy replication sets.
    Comparing replicated data between instances
    Compare data in replication sets with data transformations, bidirectional replication, and discrete replication.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Instance Data Replication features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Instance Data Replication features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Instance Data Replication.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    Instance Data Replication is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is available with activation of the IDR (com.glide.idr) plugin, which requires a separate subscription. For details, see Request an Instance Data Replication subscription.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Instance Data Replication we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    The consumer and producer must both be running at least the San Diego release to support the custom coalesce feature.

    This release requirement also applies to support for concurrent job execution.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

    If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Instance Data Replication we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Instance Data Replication, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Instance Data Replication we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC

    		 No updates for this release.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Instance Data Replication we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Washington DC
    • Keep data synchronized by replicating data from your producer instance to one or more consumer instances across different departments and business units.
    • Maintain consistent data across different organizations in your company.
    • Easily update records that have different sys_ids on the producer and consumer instances.

    See Instance Data Replication for more information.

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.