Combined Code Signing release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama

  • Release version: Yokohama
  • Updated July 20, 2026
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    Summary of Combined Code Signing release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama

    This consolidated release notes document covers all updates related to the Code Signing feature from the Xanadu release through to Yokohama. It is designed to help ServiceNow customers prepare for their upgrade by summarizing new features, changes, and important upgrade considerations specific to Code Signing.

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    Key Features and Changes

    • Enhanced Guardrails Check: The Code Signing Guardrails check has been improved to provide stronger signature verification, resulting in more secure signing workflows. Performance optimizations have also been made to speed up Guardrails scans.
    • Improved Log File Naming: Log files generated by the Guardrails scan now use a more intuitive naming convention, making it easier to identify and manage these files in your system.
    • Update Set Size Limit: To enhance user experience, Code Signing now enforces a maximum update set size of 10,000 records, helping manage large update sets more effectively.
    • Instance Naming Updates: The trusted non-production instance has been renamed to "trusted instance," and the protected production instance to "protected instance," aligning naming conventions more closely with customer usage.

    Upgrade and Activation Information

    Before upgrading to Yokohama, customers should review and complete any relevant pre- and post-upgrade tasks specific to Code Signing.

    Code Signing in Yokohama is available as part of the ServiceNow AI Platform via activation of the Code Signing (com.glide.codesigningenterprise) plugin. For configuration details, customers should refer to the Code Signing setup documentation.

    Other Considerations

    • No features or functionality were removed or deprecated between Xanadu and Yokohama for Code Signing.
    • There are no changes to additional requirements, browser compatibility, accessibility, or localization for Code Signing in this upgrade.
    • Use the enhanced Code Signing Guardrails capability to improve security checks during the signing process and enforce more secure workflows.

    Consolidated page of all release notes for Code Signing from Xanadu to Yokohama.

    How to use this page

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

    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 Code Signing to Yokohama

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Yokohama, new features were introduced for Code Signing.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Yokohama, some changes were made to existing Code Signing features.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama
    Enhancements to the guardrails check
    The Code Signing Guardrails check has been improved to enhance signature verification, resulting in more secure workflows. In addition, multiple optimizations have been implemented to improve the performance benchmarks of the Guardrails scan, and log files now feature a more intuitive naming convention, which simplifies file identification within your system.
    Generate update sets with a maximum size of 10,000 records
    Code Signing now enforces limits on large update sets to improve the user experience. The maximum size for an update set is 10,000 records.
    Naming updates for trusted and production instances
    The trusted non-production instance has been renamed to trusted instance, and the protected production instance has been renamed to protected instance. These naming updates have been made to better align with customer usage.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Code Signing features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Code Signing features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Code Signing.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    Code Signing is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is available with activation of the Code Signing (com.glide.code_signing_enterprise) plugin. For details, see Configuring Code Signing.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Code Signing we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

    If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Code Signing we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Code Signing, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Code Signing we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    		 No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Code Signing we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    		 No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    Use Code Signing Guardrails to improve checks during the signing process to create more secure workflows.

    See Code Signing for more information.