Welcome to the December edition of Monthly Product Pulse—your essential Oracle broadcast for innovation, best practices, and global community news. This month brings significant advances for Node.js, new AI database features, .NET enhancements, seamless workflow integration, and a wealth of new resources for MySQL users. Dive in to get inspired and stay equipped for a successful end of the year!

Feature Spotlights & Technical Releases

Node-oracledb 6.10: Advanced Queuing Support, Enhanced for Modern Node.js

Node.js development with Oracle Database just got even better. The new node-oracledb 6.10 release introduces Advanced Queuing (AQ) support in Thin mode, enabling easier asynchronous messaging between applications, as well as extended JSON support with SODA. Read more

Oracle Database and n8n: Power Up Your Automated Workflows

AI-powered workflows are now even more flexible! With n8n version 1.117.0, you can add Oracle Database nodes directly into your automated processes—quickly connecting your cloud or on-premises Oracle Database to hundreds of apps and tools in your workflow. Explore more

Autonomous AI Database – Dedicated (ADB-D) Updates: December Edition

This month’s updates for Autonomous AI Database Dedicated deliver greater security, intelligence, and developer agility:

  • New Critical Security Event Alerts
    Receive notifications if Database Vault (DV) is disabled outside standard Oracle patching automation, helping you ensure regulatory compliance. Learn about security events
  • Invoke Lambda from SQL
    Directly invoke OCI and AWS Lambda remote functions as SQL functions using the new DBMS_CLOUD_FUNCTION support.
    DBMS_CLOUD_FUNCTION Documentation | View examples
  • In-Database Transformers for RAG
    Use imported transformer models for embeddings directly in your database, powering richer retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.
    In-database transformers | Select AI RAG Examples
  • Generate Schema-Conformant Synthetic Data with AI
    Leverage Select AI and LLMs to create schema-compliant, realistic test data for proofs of concept, testing, or database cloning—no production data required.
    Synthetic Data Generation Guide

.NET 10: Ready for Oracle AI Database

ODP.NET Core 26ai is now officially certified with .NET 10, ensuring your enterprise .NET applications are ready to take full advantage of Oracle’s latest AI Database features—just days after .NET 10’s release. Read more

MySQL Highlights

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From seamless integration and automation to AI-powered productivity and greater data security, December is packed with innovations for Oracle professionals. Be sure to take advantage of these updates, explore new technical blogs, and join us for a connected and successful 2026. Check back next month for another Product Pulse!