--- title: Combined Identity release notes for upgrades from Australia to Brazil description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Identity from Australia to Brazil. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/delta-australia-brazil/brazil-australia-identity-release-notes.html release: brazil topic_type: reference last_updated: "2026-11-06" reading_time_minutes: 5 breadcrumb: [Products combined by family] --- # Combined Identity release notes for upgrades from Australia to Brazil Consolidated page of all release notes for Identity from Australia to Brazil. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Identity release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Australia to Brazil. **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 Identity to Brazil Before you upgrade to Brazil, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

Release	Release notes
Australia	No updates for this release.
Brazil	No updates for this release.

## New features Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for Identity.

Release	Release notes
Australia	- [Granular admin roles](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=granular-admin-roles&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) The granular admin role enables developers and administrators to complete administrative configuration tasks for Identity without requiring the full admin role.
Brazil	No updates for this release.

## Changes Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing Identity features.

Release	Release notes
Australia	- [Role masking in Now Assist AI agents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=aia-role-masking&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. - [User management enhancements](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_CreateAUser&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) User management enhancements: - Configure AI agents or AI users by selecting the `AI` option from the Identity type drop-down menu. - Use the ai\_user\_admin role for creating, editing, and role management of AI users. Use this role to view, create, edit, assign roles to, and delete users with the identity type as `AI`. - Use the Identity sub-type field to categorize the identity type while creating a user. - Use the new date and time formats based on the user's preference while creating users. - [Federated ID](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=federated-id&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Use Federated ID to uniquely identify roles across multiple instances. Federated ID provides a unique identifier for roles, making it easier to manage and track them across instances. - [Machine Identity Console](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=machine-identity-console&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) View the Inbound API Integration Usage dashboard under the Machine Identity Console's Unique API calls page to access statistics for requesters and their API calls. - [Scripting Governance Tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=scripting-governance&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Manage user permissions for scripting on the ServiceNow AI Platform from the enhanced scripting governance tool.
Brazil	- [Role masking in Now Assist AI agents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=role-masking&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US) Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. - [Restrict the Conditional Script Writer group from assignment group selection on Scripting Governance Tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=explore-sgt&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US) The Conditional Script Writer group can no longer be selected as the assignment group on any task or incident based — through the user interface with the base system configuration. - [Federated ID](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=federated-id&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US) Choose any unique field — not just User ID — as the identifier in a federated ID criteria for the User table, as long as the criteria includes at least one unique field for generating federated ID.

Release

Release notes

Australia

- **[Role masking in Now Assist AI agents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=aia-role-masking&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. - **[User management enhancements](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_CreateAUser&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** User management enhancements: - Configure AI agents or AI users by selecting the `AI` option from the Identity type drop-down menu. - Use the ai\_user\_admin role for creating, editing, and role management of AI users. Use this role to view, create, edit, assign roles to, and delete users with the identity type as `AI`. - Use the Identity sub-type field to categorize the identity type while creating a user. - Use the new date and time formats based on the user's preference while creating users. - **[Federated ID](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=federated-id&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Use Federated ID to uniquely identify roles across multiple instances. Federated ID provides a unique identifier for roles, making it easier to manage and track them across instances. - **[Machine Identity Console](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=machine-identity-console&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** View the Inbound API Integration Usage dashboard under the Machine Identity Console's Unique API calls page to access statistics for requesters and their API calls. - **[Scripting Governance Tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=scripting-governance&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Manage user permissions for scripting on the ServiceNow AI Platform from the enhanced scripting governance tool.

Brazil

- **[Role masking in Now Assist AI agents](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=role-masking&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US)** Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. - **[Restrict the Conditional Script Writer group from assignment group selection on Scripting Governance Tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=explore-sgt&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US)** The Conditional Script Writer group can no longer be selected as the assignment group on any task or incident based — through the user interface with the base system configuration. - **[Federated ID](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=federated-id&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US)** Choose any unique field — not just User ID — as the identifier in a federated ID criteria for the User table, as long as the criteria includes at least one unique field for generating federated ID.

## Removed Between your current release family and Brazil, some Identity features or functionality were removed.

Release	Release notes
Australia	No updates for this release.
Brazil	No updates for this release.

## Deprecations Between your current release family and Brazil, some Identity features or functionality were deprecated.

Release	Release notes
Australia	No updates for this release.
Brazil	- [User Registration Request plugin](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=c_UserRegistration&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US) Starting with the Brazil release, User Registration Request plugin \(com.snc.user\_registration\) is being prepared for future deprecation. It will be hidden and no longer activated on new instances but will continue to be supported.

## Activation information Review information on how to activate Identity.

Release	Release notes
Australia	- Activation information Identity is a ServiceNow AI Platform product that is active by default.
Brazil	- Activation information Identity is a ServiceNow AI Platform product that is active by default.

## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Identity we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Australia	No updates for this release.
Brazil	No updates for this release.

## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Identity we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Australia	No updates for this release.
Brazil	No updates for this release.

## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Identity, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release	Release notes
Australia	- Accessibility information - Coral theme Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences.
Brazil	- Accessibility information - Coral theme Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences.

## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Identity we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Australia	No updates for this release.
Brazil	No updates for this release.

## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Identity we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Australia	[Australia Patch 3](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=australia-patch-3&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) - [Role Masking enhancement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=role-masking&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Dynamic role addition: Add multiple roles to an AI agent's role masking configuration as individual records, rather than as a single delimited list. Each role you add through the embedded list on the Agent Access Role Configuration form creates a record in the Agent Access Role Mapping table. Australia - Use the granular roles to complete administrative configuration tasks for Identity without requiring the full admin role. - Configure AI Agents or AI users by selecting the `AI` option from the Identity type drop-down menu. - Use the ai\_user\_admin role for creating, editing, and role management of AI users. Using the role you can view, create, edit, assign roles to, and delete users with the identity type as `AI`. - Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. See [Identity](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=identity-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.
Brazil	- Choose any unique field — not just User ID — as the identifier in a federated ID criteria for the User table, as long as the criteria includes at least one unique field for generating federated ID. - Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. - Prevent the Conditional Script Writer group from being selected as the assignment group on task-based records, so the permission-only group is no longer used for operational assignment target. See [Identity](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=identity-landing&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

Release

Release notes

Australia

[Australia Patch 3](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=australia-patch-3&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) - **[Role Masking enhancement](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=role-masking&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)** Dynamic role addition: Add multiple roles to an AI agent's role masking configuration as individual records, rather than as a single delimited list. Each role you add through the embedded list on the Agent Access Role Configuration form creates a record in the Agent Access Role Mapping table. Australia - Use the granular roles to complete administrative configuration tasks for Identity without requiring the full admin role. - Configure AI Agents or AI users by selecting the `AI` option from the Identity type drop-down menu. - Use the ai\_user\_admin role for creating, editing, and role management of AI users. Using the role you can view, create, edit, assign roles to, and delete users with the identity type as `AI`. - Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. See [Identity](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=identity-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

Brazil

- Choose any unique field — not just User ID — as the identifier in a federated ID criteria for the User table, as long as the criteria includes at least one unique field for generating federated ID. - Use role masking for AI agents and agentic workflows to limit the inherited roles during tool execution, verifying that AI agents run with restricted privileges, minimizing potential security risks and helping prevent unintended actions. - Prevent the Conditional Script Writer group from being selected as the assignment group on task-based records, so the permission-only group is no longer used for operational assignment target. See [Identity](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=identity-landing&family=brazil&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.

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