--- 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 ServiceNow Studio release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama # Combined ServiceNow Studio 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) 6 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 ServiceNow Studio Release Notes for Upgrades from Xanadu to Yokohama This consolidated guide details the key updates, features, changes, and activation information for ServiceNow Studio from the Xanadu release through Yokohama. It is designed to help ServiceNow customers prepare for and navigate the upgrade process effectively, highlighting improvements that enhance application development, deployment, and management within ServiceNow Studio. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features * **Unified Development Environment:** ServiceNow Studio provides consolidated access to multiple integrated builders and tools, such as Workflow Studio, enabling file editing without switching products. * **Expanded File and Metadata Support:** The Navigator panel allows quick searching, bookmarking, and editing of all supported file types and metadata. * **Improved Deployment Management:** Deploy updates directly within ServiceNow Studio using pipelines, update sets, or the Application Repository, streamlining app lifecycle management. * **Now Assist Integration:** Use Now Assist to generate applications and create app summaries to prevent duplicate app creation, with controls based on user permissions. * **Enhanced Performance for Large Applications:** As of version 27.2.4, the File Navigator optimizes loading and searching by initially loading subsets of files for large apps and performing server-side search calls. * **Guided File Creation:** A new full-page, guided experience assists users in creating app files with built-in security checks, respecting permissions for delegated developers. * **App Origination and Environment Awareness:** App details now include information about the development environment where the app originated, facilitating smoother environment switching. * **Flexible Development Experience:** Users can switch between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE to use the best tool for their development needs. * **Expanded App Creation Permissions:** Beyond administrators, users with the Guided Application Creator role can now create applications in ServiceNow Studio. * **Improved App Settings Interface:** The app settings icon now opens a comprehensive Core UI view displaying all app settings and related links, replacing the previous limited modal. * **Right-to-Left Language Support:** Yokohama introduces localization enhancements, including support for right-to-left languages in ServiceNow Studio. ## Important Upgrade and Activation Information * **Default Availability:** ServiceNow Studio is now included by default on the ServiceNow AI Platform as of Yokohama, eliminating the need for separate download from the ServiceNow Store. * **Pre- and Post-Upgrade Tasks:** Customers should review and complete recommended upgrade tasks specific to Yokohama to ensure a smooth transition. * **Activation:** Yokohama activates ServiceNow Studio automatically as a platform feature, simplifying setup compared to prior releases. ## Changes and Removals * The app creation success page now offers options to view app details or create files rather than navigating directly to the app dashboard. * The app settings interface has been enhanced for comprehensive configuration access. * No features or functionalities were removed or deprecated between Xanadu and Yokohama. ## Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers * Streamlined development with integrated tools reduces context switching and increases productivity. * Performance improvements enable efficient handling of large applications. * Expanded permission models and guided workflows support broader user roles and secure development practices. * Enhanced visibility into app origins and environment context aids in managing complex application lifecycles. * Improved UI and localization support create a more accessible and user-friendly development environment. * Automatic activation simplifies onboarding to the latest ServiceNow Studio capabilities. Consolidated page of all release notes for ServiceNow Studio from Xanadu to Yokohama. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family ServiceNow Studio 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 ServiceNow Studio to Yokohama Before you upgrade to Yokohama, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | Upgrade information : ServiceNow Studio no longer has to be downloaded from the ServiceNow Store. It's available on the ServiceNow AI Platform by default. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Yokohama, new features were introduced for ServiceNow Studio. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__8} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | [Consolidated access to all integrated ServiceNow® builders and tools](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=integrated-development-tools&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Use all of your favorite ServiceNow builders and tools in one place, without opening them in different products. For example, you can open files for flows in the Workflow Studio tool directly within ServiceNow Studio. [Work with all supported file types and metadata](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-studio-working-with-metadata&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the Navigator panel to quickly find, bookmark, and edit any type of supported ServiceNow metadata. [Deploy updates within ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=working-with-update-sets-in-servicenow-studio&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Manage your deployments using several of the ServiceNow app life-cycle options, such as pipelines, update sets, or the Application Repository, directly within ServiceNow Studio. [Generate apps using Now Assist](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sns-now-assist-app-gen-landing&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) : Edit applications created with Now Assist for app generation directly in ServiceNow Studio. | | Yokohama | [File Navigator performance has been improved for large applications](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-servicenow-studio&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : As of version 27.2.4, smaller apps load all files on open, while larger apps (exceeding a configurable limit) load a subset initially, with additional files available on demand. Search for files in larger apps will perform server-side calls to decrease load times. Contact your ServiceNow support team to change the app size limits. [Create an app file in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-studio-create-app-file&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : As of version 27.2.4, use the new full-page, guided file creation experience to create any type of file for which you have permission. [Viewing app origination information in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=viewing-app-origination-information-in-sns&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : As of version 27.2.4, the app details page for each app shows which development environment your app was created in. Use this information to switch between environments as needed in the course of app development and deployment. [Change your development experience in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=change-your-development-experience&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Use the best tool for your app development by switching between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE. [Summarize the contents of an app in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=summarize-an-app-in-servicenow-studio&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Help prevent duplicate app creation by summarizing the contents of an app using Now Assist app summary generation in ServiceNow Studio and using the summary if accurate as the app description. [Modify an app's settings in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=modify-an-apps-settings-in-servicenow-studio&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Change settings or see related links for an app from the app details page. Refresh your app to load updated details. [Create an application in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-an-application-in-servicenow-studio&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : In the November 2024 release, only admins could create apps in ServiceNow Studio. Now, users with Guided Application Creator (GAC) roles can also create applications. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Yokohama, some changes were made to existing ServiceNow Studio features. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | [Create an application in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-an-application-in-servicenow-studio&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : As of version 27.2.4, the available options at the success page for creating an application changed from Go to app dashboard to View App Details and Create File. [Modify an app's settings in ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=modify-an-apps-settings-in-servicenow-studio&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : The App settings icon in ServiceNow Studio used to open a small modal where only a few settings could be updated and the app could be deleted. In this release, the icon opens a Core UI view of all the app settings and related links for the app. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Yokohama, some ServiceNow Studio features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Yokohama, some ServiceNow Studio features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate ServiceNow Studio. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | Install ServiceNow Studio by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) 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](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US). | | Yokohama | Activation information : ServiceNow Studio is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for ServiceNow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-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 ServiceNow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-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 ServiceNow Studio, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-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 ServiceNow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | No updates for this release. | | Yokohama | Localization information : As of version 27.2.4, there is Right-to-Left language support for ServiceNow Studio. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for ServiceNow Studio we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-servicenowstudio-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Xanadu | * Create, edit, maintain, and deploy custom and globally scoped apps and app files in a single, integrated development environment instead of having to switch back and forth between tools and builders. You can also edit base system apps and files and customize store apps. * Search for and edit any type of metadata record using the Navigator file taxonomy. * Package app changes for deployment using System Update Sets, pipelines, and the Application Repository. * Create applications using Now Assist for app generation. * Bookmark applications and application files for easy, fast access. See [Building applications with ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=servicenow-studio-landing&family=xanadu&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Yokohama | * Work in the best development environment for your task by using the experience switcher to switch between developing in Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE. * As of version 27.2.4, the ServiceNow Studio File Navigator performance has been improved for large applications. * As of version 27.2.4, you can easily identify apps created in Creator Studio or ServiceNow IDE by looking at the App Details page in ServiceNow Studio. * As of version 27.2.4, the file creation experience is now a full-page, guided process with built-in security checks. Admins see all application files, while delegated developers only see file types they have permission to create within the specified scope. * As of version 27.2.4, users with Write permission for an application description can use Now Assist for app summary generation to generate an app summary. The Summarize button is disabled for users without access to edit the app description, preventing failures after clicking. See [Building applications with ServiceNow Studio](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=servicenow-studio-landing&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]