--- title: Combined ITSM MCP Server release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia description: Consolidated page of all release notes for ITSM MCP Server from Xanadu to Australia. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-xanadu-australia/australia-xanadu-itsmmcpserver-release-notes.html release: australia topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-10-09" reading_time_minutes: 9 breadcrumb: [Products combined by family] --- # Combined ITSM MCP Server release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia Consolidated page of all release notes for ITSM MCP Server from Xanadu to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family ITSM MCP Server release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu to Australia. **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 ITSM MCP Server to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, 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.
Zurich No updates for this release.
Australia No updates for this release.
## New features Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for ITSM MCP Server.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich - **[Managing incidents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-incidents-itsm-mcp-server&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** Use incident management tools to get details, update fields, and find similar incidents in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Get incident fields including state, priority, assignment, CI, description, and work notes with `incident.get_details`. - Update incident fields and work notes through platform-native APIs with full business rule execution using `incident.modify`. - Search for similar incidents using semantic search with `incident.search_similar`, and look up assignment groups and users with `lookup_assignment_groups` and `lookup_users`. - Search similar Knowledge Base \(KB\) articles using `incident.search_similar_kb`, and retrieve details for a published KB article using `incident.get_kb_details`. - Link a KB article to an incident as a related reference using `incident.attach_kb`. - **[Managing change requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-change-requests-itsm-mcp-server&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** Use change management tools to query, analyze, and update change requests in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Create and update change requests, calculate risk, and manage planned outages with `change.lifecycle`. - Analyze changes by recommending assignment groups, retrieving risk and impact data, and suggesting configuration items and templates with `change.analyze`. - Retrieve, search, and aggregate change data, check schedules and conflicts, and score data quality with `change.query`. - List tasks, affected CIs, approvals, incidents, problems, outages, and change policies with `change.relation`. - **[Managing request items](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-employee-experience-itsm-mcp-server&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** Use request item tools to create and manage your own tickets in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Create incidents or request catalog items through a guided workflow that includes knowledge base deflection, catalog item redirection, and duplicate detection using `requester.create_incident`. - Escalate an incident's urgency with a mandatory reason using `requester.escalate`. - Add customer-visible comments to your open incidents or requested items using `requester.add_comment`. - **[Managing on-call schedules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-on-call-schedule-itsm-mcp-server&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** Use on-call management tools to look up coverage and manage your on-call schedule in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Identify current on-call engineers by assignment group or shift name, and view your next or active on-call shift details using `oncall.on_call_lookup`. - Request time off from an on-call shift and arrange coverage through a two-phase analyze-and-create workflow using `oncall.timeoff_request`. - **[Using ITSM MCP Server common tools](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=itsm-mcp-server-tools-reference&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** Use common tools to use with the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Answer structured natural language questions about ITSM data, including details on incidents, change requests, and active catalog items using `itsm_knowledge_graph`. - Approve or reject your oldest pending approval for a change or request items using `task_approval_decision`. - Get the authenticated user's current session time zone and the current date and time in that time zone using `get_session_timezone`.
Australia - **[Managing incidents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-incidents-itsm-mcp-server&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use incident management tools to get details, update fields, and find similar incidents in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Get incident fields including state, priority, assignment, CI, description, and work notes with `incident.get_details`. - Update incident fields and work notes through platform-native APIs with full business rule execution using `incident.modify`. - Search for similar incidents using semantic search with `incident.search_similar`, and look up assignment groups and users with `lookup_assignment_groups` and `lookup_users`. - Search similar Knowledge Base \(KB\) articles using `incident.search_similar_kb`, and retrieve details for a published KB article using `incident.get_kb_details`. - Link a KB article to an incident as a related reference using `incident.attach_kb`. - **[Managing change requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-change-requests-itsm-mcp-server&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use change management tools to query, analyze, and update change requests in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Create and update change requests, calculate risk, and manage planned outages with `change.lifecycle`. - Analyze changes by recommending assignment groups, retrieving risk and impact data, and suggesting configuration items and templates with `change.analyze`. - Retrieve, search, and aggregate change data, check schedules and conflicts, and score data quality with `change.query`. - List tasks, affected CIs, approvals, incidents, problems, outages, and change policies with `change.relation`. - **[Managing request items](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-employee-experience-itsm-mcp-server&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use request item tools to create and manage your own tickets in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Create incidents or request catalog items through a guided workflow that includes knowledge base deflection, catalog item redirection, and duplicate detection using `requester.create_incident`. - Escalate an incident's urgency with a mandatory reason using `requester.escalate`. - Add customer-visible comments to your open incidents or requested items using `requester.add_comment`. - **[Managing on-call schedules](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-on-call-schedule-itsm-mcp-server&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use on-call management tools to look up coverage and manage your on-call schedule in the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Identify current on-call engineers by assignment group or shift name, and view your next or active on-call shift details using `oncall.on_call_lookup`. - Request time off from an on-call shift and arrange coverage through a two-phase analyze-and-create workflow using `oncall.timeoff_request`. - **[Using ITSM MCP Server common tools](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=itsm-mcp-server-tools-reference&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use common tools to use with the ITSM MCP Server. For example: - Answer structured natural language questions about ITSM data, including details on incidents, change requests, and active catalog items using `itsm_knowledge_graph`. - Approve or reject your oldest pending approval for a change or request items using `task_approval_decision`. - Get the authenticated user's current session time zone and the current date and time in that time zone using `get_session_timezone`.
## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing ITSM MCP Server features.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich - **[Changes to the ITSM MCP Server tools](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=itsm-mcp-server-tools-reference&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** - You need the sn\_mcp\_server.viewer role as the base role to access ITSM MCP server. - The **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.get\_details** and **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** incident tools are available to both fulfillers and requesters. - As a fulfiller, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** tool to also escalate incidents. - As a requester, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.get\_details** to check the status of a specific incident. - The **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.requester.add\_comment** tool has been renamed to **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.request.modify**. - As a requester, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.request.modify** tool to add customer-visible comments to the requested items. - As a fulfiller, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** to add customer-visible comments to incidents.
Australia - **[Changes to the ITSM MCP Server tools](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=itsm-mcp-server-tools-reference&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** - You need the sn\_mcp\_server.viewer role as the base role to access ITSM MCP server. - The **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.get\_details** and **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** incident tools are available to both fulfillers and requesters. - As a fulfiller, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** tool to also escalate incidents. - As a requester, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.get\_details** to check the status of a specific incident. - The **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.requester.add\_comment** tool has been renamed to **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.request.modify**. - As a requester, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.request.modify** tool to add customer-visible comments to the requested items. - As a fulfiller, you can use the **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** to add customer-visible comments to incidents.
## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some ITSM MCP Server features or functionality were removed.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich No updates for this release.
Australia No updates for this release.
## Deprecations Between your current release family and Australia, some ITSM MCP Server features or functionality were deprecated.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich - **[Deprecated sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.requester.escalate tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-employee-experience-itsm-mcp-server&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US)** The **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.requester.escalate** tool is turned off by default. Use **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** with the **escalate** and **escalation\_reason** inputs instead.
Australia - **[Deprecated sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.requester.escalate tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manage-employee-experience-itsm-mcp-server&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** The **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.requester.escalate** tool is turned off by default. Use **sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server.incident.modify** with the **escalate** and **escalation\_reason** inputs instead.
## Activation information Review information on how to activate ITSM MCP Server.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich - **Activation information** Activate these plugins to use ITSM MCP Server: - Now Assist for ITSM plugin \(sn\_itsm\_gen\_ai\) - Model Context Protocol Server \(sn\_mcp\_server\) - ITSM MCP Server \(sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server\) For details, see [Activate the ITSM MCP Server](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=set-up-itsm-mcp-server&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US).
Australia - **Activation information** Activate these plugins to use ITSM MCP Server: - Now Assist for ITSM plugin \(sn\_itsm\_gen\_ai\) - Model Context Protocol Server \(sn\_mcp\_server\) - ITSM MCP Server \(sn\_itsm\_mcp\_server\) For details, see [Activate the ITSM MCP Server](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=set-up-itsm-mcp-server&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).
## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for ITSM MCP Server we have noted them here.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich No updates for this release.
Australia No updates for this release.
## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for ITSM MCP Server we have noted them here.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich No updates for this release.
Australia No updates for this release.
## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for ITSM MCP Server, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich No updates for this release.
Australia No updates for this release.
## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for ITSM MCP Server we have noted them here.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich No updates for this release.
Australia No updates for this release.
## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for ITSM MCP Server we have noted them here.
Release Release notes
Xanadu No updates for this release.
Yokohama No updates for this release.
Zurich Using ITSM MCP Server, manage incidents, change requests, and on-call schedule. You can also check the status of your own incidents and requested items, and escalate incidents. - **Incident management:** Retrieve, modify, and search incidents; answer natural-language questions about incident data. - **Change management:** Execute end-to-end change lifecycle with approvals, risk evaluation, and quality assurance across multiple tables. - **Request management:** Create incidents with knowledge deflection, check status, escalate, and add customer-visible comments. - **On-call scheduling:** Retrieve rosters and shifts, request time off, and query availability through natural-language questions. See [ITSM MCP Server](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=itsm-mcp-server-overview&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.
Australia Using ITSM MCP Server, manage incidents, change requests, and on-call schedule. You can also check the status of your own incidents and requested items, and escalate incidents. - **Incident management:** Retrieve, modify, and search incidents; answer natural-language questions about incident data. - **Change management:** Execute end-to-end change lifecycle with approvals, risk evaluation, and quality assurance across multiple tables. - **Request management:** Create incidents with knowledge deflection, check status, escalate, and add customer-visible comments. - **On-call scheduling:** Retrieve rosters and shifts, request time off, and query availability through natural-language questions. See [ITSM MCP Server](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=itsm-mcp-server-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.
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