Combined Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Washington DC

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated January 30, 2026
  • 4 minutes to read
  • Consolidated page of all release notes for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature from Vancouver to Washington DC.

    How to use this page

    To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Vancouver to Washington DC.

    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 Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature to Washington DC

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

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, new features were introduced for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    System-generated recommendations for Workspace issue management
    • Use system-generated recommendations for a remediation task that is related to an issue. User responses are recorded in the action history of the remediation task.
    • Use system-generated recommendations that are listed on the Details tab of an issue. You can refer to the top three recommendations when assigning an issue in the Assigned to field.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, some changes were made to existing Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature features.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    Issue management privileges
    • For managing an issue, the same levels of privileges are assigned to the GRC manager and the GRC user. If you have the GRC manager role, the GRC user role, the Business User role, or the Business User Lite role, you can create an issue.
    • Create or update a remediation task if you're an Issue persona or if the remediation task is assigned to you.
    Domain separation in GRC
    The following changes have been made to the domain assignment process to manage data segregation by the Managed Service Providers related to entities, and other related objects, such as risks, controls, and control objectives:
    • Profile generation job uses a domain iterator to generate entities and other related objects into the correct domains.
    • Revised domain inheritance and assignment logic by adding new business rules to assign the correct domain when creating entities, risks, controls, and related objects.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, some Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Washington DC, some Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    Install GRC 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.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

    If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Common Governance, Risk, and Compliance feature we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Vancouver

    No updates for this release.

    Washington DC

    • Assign remediation tasks using system-provided suggestions for remediation and potential assignees in the Assigned to field.
    • Update an issue if you have either the Issue manager role, the Issue manager group role, the Assigned to role, or the Assignment group role.

    See Governance, Risk, and Compliance for more information.