--- sourceDocument: yokohama Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/yokohama/delta-xanadu-yokohama Release : - yokohama ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - yokohama Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3yx bundleId : - delta3yx --- # Combined Integration Hub release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama # Combined Integration Hub release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Yokohama Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 8 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Integration Hub Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama This document consolidates the Integration Hub release notes for ServiceNow customers upgrading from the Xanadu release family to Yokohama. It highlights new features, changes, deprecations, and important upgrade considerations to help you plan and execute a smooth upgrade process. Show full answer Show less ## Important Upgrade Information * Review and complete all pre- and post-upgrade tasks before upgrading to Yokohama. * No changes were noted specifically for the Xanadu or Yokohama releases regarding upgrade procedures. ## New Features Between Xanadu and Yokohama, several new capabilities were introduced to enhance Integration Hub functionality: * **Conversational Spokes with Now Assist:** Utilize generative AI in spoke actions for conversational business workflows by installing the Now Assist for Conversational Spokes plugin. * **Apache Avro Format Support:** Stream Connect supports Avro schemas to efficiently send and receive messages in a binary format, optimizing payload size and integration simplicity with Apache Kafka. * **Data Egress Tracking:** Enhanced Usage dashboard tracks incoming SOAP/REST API requests and URL exports by source and date using the Data Egress Count table. * **Parallel Loading:** Custom script-based data sources can now load data in parallel partitions to accelerate integration processing and reduce system load. * **CyberArk Integration:** Securely store and access OAuth 2.0 credentials via CyberArk Digital Vault through the MID Server for REST API calls. * **mTLS Support on MID Server:** Make outbound REST and SOAP calls using mutual TLS by storing certificates and passwords securely. * **Personal Authentication Dashboard:** Manage personal credentials for third-party integrations, including authentication, revocation, and renewal in a unified interface. * **External Trigger Enhancements:** Generate OAuth 2.0 authenticated webhook endpoints for third-party applications to trigger ServiceNow flows securely. * **JSON Builder Step Automation:** Automatically deserialize JSON payloads by entering them into the script editor. * **OpenAPI/Postman Step:** Enhanced step now supports importing both OpenAPI specifications and Postman collections for outbound REST integrations. * **Stream Connect Dashboard Enhancements (Yokohama):** View detailed data usage, producer statistics, and receive alert notifications via email, SMS, or the ServiceNow mobile app for Stream Connect integrations. * **Error Evaluation in Data Stream Actions:** Define custom error conditions and specify error handling behaviors for each step in a Data Stream action. * **Connection Alias Management:** Edit, configure, and create connection aliases within action properties in Workflow Studio, with visibility into connection error details. ## Changes * **External Triggers Security Update:** The external triggers framework was upgraded to support hash-based and token-based authentication profiles with access policies. * **HTTP(s) Connection Configuration:** The connection form now allows specifying MID Server capabilities and MID application required for auto-selection when configuring connections. ## Removals and Deprecations * **Legacy Usage Overview Dashboard:** Deprecated and no longer supported as of Xanadu. * **Microsoft Teams Spoke:** Marked for future deprecation starting in Yokohama; hidden on new instances but still supported. Customers should transition to Microsoft Teams Graph Spoke. * **Gremlin Spoke:** Also preparing for future deprecation; hidden on new instances but support continues. Spoke Generator is the recommended alternative. ## Activation and Additional Information * Integration Hub is included with the Workflow Data Fabric subscription package and requires activation through this package in both Xanadu and Yokohama releases. * No new browser, accessibility, localization, or additional requirement changes were introduced between Xanadu and Yokohama. ## Key Benefits for ServiceNow Customers * Enhanced automation capabilities with conversational AI and improved integration formats (Avro, OpenAPI/Postman). * More secure credential and authentication management via CyberArk integration and personal authentication dashboard. * Improved monitoring and alerting for Stream Connect integrations to proactively manage issues. * Faster data processing through parallel loading and streamlined error handling. * Simplified connection management and webhook integration with third-party applications. Consolidated page of all release notes for Integration Hub from Xanadu to Yokohama. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Integration Hub 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 Integration Hub to Yokohama Before you upgrade to Yokohama, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__2} | 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 Integration Hub. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__8} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | **[Xanadu Patch 3](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=xanadu-patch-3&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US)** Now Assist in Conversational Spokes : Use Now Assist in Conversational Spokes to utilize the conversational ability of Integration Hub Spoke actions. Now Assist in Conversational Spokes offers generative AI capabilities to make spoke actions conversational. With this, you can perform business actions and automate business workflows through conversational interface. Install Now Assist for Conversational Spokes plugin and start utilizing the conversational ability of the Look up User spoke action in Microsoft Active Directory v2 spoke. You can call this action from a conversational interface like Now Assist. [Send and receive messages in an Avro format with Stream Connect](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=schema-management&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Import and create Avro schemas to store in the Stream Connect Schemas \[stream_connect_schema\] table. Stream Connect producers and consumers use the schemas to convert plain-text JSON messages into an Avro binary format and back. Using an Avro format can reduce the size of the payload and simplify your integration to your local Apache Kafka instance. [Track incoming requests for SOAP and REST APIs, and URL Export](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=integrationhub-usage-dashboard&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : View the data egress details in the enhanced Usage dashboard. Using the dashboard, you can track the data egress usage per source over time. This information is presented in a line chart and, if needed, you can view the amount of data transfer by source on any given date within the specified date range. The dashboard retrieves data from the Data Egress Count table \[data_egress_count\]. [Enable parallel loading in custom (load by script) type data sources](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=custom-type-data-source&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Use a script to partition data into smaller sections, then load the sections in parallel. Parallel loading can enable your integrations to finish faster and reduce the impact on other tasks. [CyberArk credential storage integration](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_CyberArkCredStorageIntegrate&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) Use the CyberArk Digital Vault to store and access your OAuth 2.0 credentials : Use the ServiceNow® MID Server to access your OAuth 2.0 credentials stored on the CyberArk Digital Vault. The MID Server uses this information to generate OAuth 2.0 tokens for client credentials grant type that are then used to make REST API calls to the third-party server. [Make outbound REST and SOAP calls through a MID Server using mTLS](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=mtls-mid-server&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Store mTLS password and certificate information on the instance, in a vault, or in a configuration file. The MID Server uses this information to make outbound REST and SOAP calls with the mTLS protocol. [Use the Personal Authentication dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=personal-auth-dashboard&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Use your personal credentials to connect to third-party integrations. View, authenticate, revoke, and renew your personal authentications through a simplified, consolidated interface. [Enhancements to the external trigger endpoints](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-endpt-oauth2&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Generate an endpoint for webhooks in the third-party applications that support [OAuth 2.0 authentication](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=generate-endpt-oauth2&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US). The endpoint enables webhooks to connect with your ServiceNow instance. Generate the endpoints by updating the base system external event sources on your ServiceNow instance. After that, you can configure the endpoint on the third-party application and enable it to send a webhook to the ServiceNow instance to execute a flow. Based on the authentication type that the third-party system supports, you can generate a hash, secret, or token, or add roles or a user to the external event source. Finally, you generate the endpoint that you can use on the third-party system webhook. [Automatically generate a JSON payload for the JSON Builder step](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=json-build-step-action-designer&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Enter a JSON payload into the step's script editor to automatically de-serialize the payload into structured input. [Enhanced OpenAPI step](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=open-api-step-action-designer&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Choose to import an OpenAPI specification or a Postman Collection of a third-party outbound REST web service for building an integration. The OpenAPI step is now enhanced to support Postman API collections and is renamed as OpenAPI/Postman step. | | Yokohama | [Check data usage in the Stream Connect dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=stream-connect-dashboard&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : View total data usage and data usage per month and topic with the Stream Connect dashboard. Data usage history is available for the last 12 complete months plus the current month. [View producer statistics in the Stream Connect dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=stream-connect-dashboard&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Get detailed information about Stream Connect producers and their performance, including a producer's status and type, the number of bytes and messages produced to a topic, and producer data trends over time, in the Stream Connect dashboard. [Stream Connect for Apache Kafka alerting](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=stream-connect-alert&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : * Get alerts for your Stream Connect integrations. Stream Connect uses both active and scheduled monitoring to detect events across multiple Stream Connect components. If an issue is detected, an alert is created, and a message is logged to the Stream Connect Log. * Specify alert thresholds by configuring alerting properties. For example, you can specify a maximum amount of time to process the current message queue. If the estimated processing time exceeds your specified time, an alert is generated. * Receive alert notifications via email, SMS, or the ServiceNow® mobile app. Notifications contain detailed alert information, including the alert number, level, and a description. You can configure notification settings based on alert types, severity, and user preferences. [Use error evaluation with Data Stream actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=data-stream-actions&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Catch step errors and specify error behavior for each step in a Data Stream action. Create your own error conditions by specifying when an action returns an error state and the status codes and messages they return. [View connection aliases in integration actions](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=managing-connections-integration-hub&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Edit, configure, and create connection aliases in the Action Properties section of actions in ServiceNow® Workflow Studio. View connection error details for connection aliases that are not set up or configured. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Yokohama, some changes were made to existing Integration Hub features. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [External Triggers framework to use new features provided by Platform Security](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=set-up-external-webhook-endpoints&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Upgrade the existing external triggers framework to use new features like Hash-based and Token-based authentication profiles with access policies. | | Yokohama | [Create an HTTP(s) connection](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-https-connection&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) Options to specify the MID Server capabilities and MID application in a connection record : The Configure Connection form, that you use to configure a connection between your ServiceNow instance, and a third-party application now provides the following fields when you select Auto-Select MID Server from the MID Selection list. * Capabilities: The capabilities that the MID Server must support to be eligible for selection. * MID Application: The application that the MID Server must support to be eligible for selection. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Integration Hub features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | * The Legacy Usage Overview dashboard is deprecated. This feature is no longer deployed, enhanced, or supported. For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://hi.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support Knowledge Base. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Yokohama, some Integration Hub features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | * Starting with the Yokohama release, Microsoft Teams Spoke is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer activated on new instances but will continue to be supported. Microsoft Teams Graph Spoke provides the latest experience for this functionality.For more information, search for the term Microsoft Teams Spoke for ServiceNow IntegrationHub in [Plugins planned for deprecation](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=plugins-planned-for-deprecation&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). * Starting with the Yokohama release, Gremlin Spoke is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer activated on new instances but will continue to be supported. Spoke Generator provides the latest experience for this functionality.For details, see the [Deprecation Process \[KB0867184\]](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0867184) article in the Now Support knowledge base. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Integration Hub. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Integration Hub is included in Workflow Data Fabric and is available with activation of an Workflow Data Fabric subscription package. For details, see . | | Yokohama | Activation information : Integration Hub is included in Workflow Data Fabric and is available with activation of an Workflow Data Fabric subscription package. For details, see . | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Integration Hub we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__38} | 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 Integration Hub we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__44} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Integration Hub, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Integration Hub we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Integration Hub we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-integrationhub-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | * Send and receive messages in an Apache Avro format with ServiceNow® Stream Connect. * Use the CyberArk Digital Vault to store and access your OAuth 2.0 credentials. * Use your personal credentials to connect to third-party integrations. See [Integration Hub](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=integrationhub&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Yokohama | * Get alerts and alert notifications for your Stream Connect integrations. * Use error evaluation with Data Stream actions to catch step errors and specify error behavior for each step. * Edit, configure, and create connection aliases in the Action Properties section of actions in Workflow Studio. See [Integration Hub](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=integrationhub&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]