Oracle Database Monthly News – September 2026 – Quick Links

Our September edition is available! As usual, the various topics can be found in the following categories:

• Database & Cloud Database News
• Upcoming Events
• Release & Patch Updates
• Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications
• General Information and What’s New Links

The PDF slide version can be found here. 

Database & Cloud Database News

Multicloud News

• Oracle AI Database@AWS news, e.g.:
  • Oracle AI Database@AWS now supports the use1-az1 physical zone for the US East (N. Virginia) region
  • Regional availability summary
• Oracle AI Database@Azure news, e.g.:
  • Regional availability summary
• Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud news, e.g.:
  • Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud now supports Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure in the Turin region
  • Regional availability summary

Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless (ADB-S) news, e.g.:

• Update Multiple Credential Attributes with DBMS_CLOUD.UPDATE_CREDENTIAL
• Select AI for Java
• Share and Run the Select AI Agent Framework teams Across Schemas

Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure news, e.g.:

• Additional Profile Attributes for the DBMS_CLOUD_AI Package
• Use Azure Key Management Service (Azure KMS) to manage Master Encryption Keys in Oracle Database@Azure

Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure news, e.g.:

• Enhanced Progress Tracking for Exadata Add Storage Workflow

General News

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Database Migration: what’s new, documentation, Quick Start
• VirtualBox 7.2.18: release notes
• MCP Server for Essbase: blog posting

Upcoming Events

• Ask Tom Office Hours
• Monthly Oracle APEX Events
• ora2know event calendar
• October 7: Oracle Machine Learning Refresher, Including Data Science AI Agent (Developer Coaching Events)
• October 25-28: Oracle AI World 2026 (Las Vegas)
• November 17-19: DOAG Conference (Nuremberg)
• November 18-19: DOAG KI Navigator (Nuremberg)
• December 07–10: IT Tage (Frankfurt)

Release & Patch Updates (*) Changes in bold

• Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – July 2026
• Oracle Critical Security Patch Update Advisory – September 2026
• Critical Patch Updates, Critical Security Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins
• Release Schedule of Current Database Releases: 
  Release Schedule of Current Database Releases (PNEWS1360/742060.1):
  Standard Edition(SE2) is planned to be available in October
  Oracle AI Database Cloud-First, Developer-First Strategy for the 26ai Release (PNEWS1470/3068039.1)
  Oracle Database (RDBMS) Releases Support Status Summary (KB112119/161818.1)
• Database Release 23.26.3.0.0 Sep 2026, 21.23.0.0.260915, 19.32.0.0.260915:  Primary Note for Database Quarterly Release Updates (KB106822/888.1)
• Enterprise Manager 24.1.0.13, 13.5.0.34: Overview of the Enterprise Manager Proactive Patch Program (PNEWS1689/822485.1)
• Exadata Storage Server 26.1.3.0.0, 26.2.0.0.0, 25.2.14.0.0: Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Supported Versions (KB153930/KB914580/888828.1), Exadata System Software Updates – September 2026
• Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) 19.32: Oracle Database Appliance Documentation
• Data Pump Bundle Patch:
  • 19.32,19.32 (Win only): Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (KB107134/2819284.1)
  • 23.26.3: Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 23ai / 26ai (KB160561/3056856.1)
• AutoUpgrade 26.5: AutoUpgrade Tool (KB123450/2485457.1)
• OPatch 12.2.0.1.53 for DB 23.0.0.0.0 (Sep 2026): Patch 6880880
• Oracle Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) 26.9: Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) – Including Trace File Analyzer and Orachk/Exachk (KB858617/2550798.1)
• DBSAT 4.3: Oracle Database Security Assessment Tool (DBSAT) (KB101686/2138254.1)
• SQL Developer 26.2: oracle.com/sqldev
  • Oracle SQL Developer Support Timeline
• Oracle SQL Developer Extension for VSCode 26.2.1: download
• SQLcl 26.2.2: oracle.com/sqlcl
  • Oracle SQLcl Support Timeline
• ORDS 26.2.3: oracle.com/ords: release notes
  • Oracle REST Data Services Support Timeline
• APEX 26.1.4: https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/
• Python Driver 26.0.0: python-oracledb Release Notes
• Node.js Driver 7.0: oracle.github.io/node-oracledb
• Instant Client Linux 23.26.3, 21.23, 19.32:
  oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html
• Instant Client Windows 23.26.3, 21.22, 19.32:
  oracle.com/de/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html

Videos, Tutorials, Posting & Publications

• Oracle APEX AI Application Generator (Research Note WinterCorp)
• Configure SQLcl MCP for Codex: Connecting to Oracle FreeSQL.com (Jeff Smith)
• Oracle AI Database 23.26.3 Free multi-platform images now available on gvenzl/oracle-free (Gerald Venzl)
• Diagnose Database Performance Faster with New OCI Database Management Capabilities (Derik Harlow)
• AutoUpgrade New Features: Download 26ai Release Update Rather Than Gold Image (Daniel Overby Hansen)
• How to Export/Import A Single Queue Using Data Pump (Daniel Overby Hansen)
• GI 19.31 and 19.32: trace file flooding in mgmtca.trc can happen (Mike Dietrich)
• Do it yourself: updated Developer Playground for Oracle 26ai, APEX 26.1 & ORDS (Sonja Meyer)
• python-oracledb 26.0.0 expands Centralized Configuration to Google Cloud and AWS — and supports Python 3.14+ template strings (Christian Shay)
• How to secure APEX REST Service? (Yurii Slobodianiuk)
• Private AI: kubernetes-managed LLMs with the Oracle Database (Marcel Boermann-Pfeifer)
• JSON Full-Text Search with Oracle AI Database 26ai (Jesus Robles)
• From Raw to RAG with DBMS_VECTOR_CHAIN (Ulrike Schwinn)
• Getting Started with DBMS_DEVELOPER: Retrieving Database Metadata as JSON (Ulrike Schwinn)
• Oracle and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (Tyrone Stodart)
• Private AI: kubernetes-managed LLMs with the Oracle Database (Marcel Boermann-Pfeifer)

General Information and What’s New Links

General Information 

• Oracle Multicloud Capabilities App
• Oracle Database@AWS
  • Regional availability summary
• Oracle Database@Azure
  • Oracle AI Database@Azure now supports Azure Key Vault (AKV) integration for Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
  • Regional availability summary
• Oracle Database@Google Cloud
  • Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud now supports Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure in the Turin region
  • Regional availability summary
• Global Database Metrics for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless
• Oracle Technology Products (Oracle Lifetime Support Policy)
• Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix for Different Oracle Versions (Doc ID 207303.1)
• When AI meets the Database: Oracle’s Vision for the Future of DBA Work (Tirthankar Lahiri @DOAG Interview)
• OCI Status for all Services
• Oracle Autonomous Database Third-Party Applications—Validation and Compatibility
• Oracle Skills (GitHub)

“What’s New” Links

• What’s new in Oracle AI Database@AWS
• What’s new in Oracle AI Database@Azure
• What’s new in Oracle AI Database@Google Cloud
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation / Release Notes
• What’s New in Oracle Base Database Service
• What’s New for Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure
• Oracle Autonomous Database on Dedicated Exadata Infrastructure
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure
• What’s New in Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer
• What’s New for Oracle Data Safe
• Changes in This Release for Oracle Deep Data Security
• New Features in Enterprise Manager by Release Update
• New Features in 19c Release Updates
• Oracle AI Database 26ai Release Updates
• What’s New for Oracle AI Vector Search
• Select AI and Select AI Agent Compatibility Matrix