Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Related Documents
  • Conventions
• 1 About These Release Notes
  • 1.1 Oracle Database Requirements
  • 1.2 Browser Requirements
  • 1.3 Web Server Requirements
  • 1.4 About Release Numbering Conventions
  • 1.5 About Checking for the Most Current Release
  • 1.6 About Upgrading to the Latest Oracle APEX Release
    • 1.6.1 About Upgrading to the Latest Version of Universal Theme
  • 1.7 About Determining Your Release Version
  • 1.8 Important Information if Updating from a Release Prior to 26.1
• 2 New Features
  • 2.1 APEXlang
    • 2.1.1 APEXlang Features
    • 2.1.2 APEXlang Export and Import
    • 2.1.3 APEXlang Name for Plug-ins
    • 2.1.4 Static ID Added
  • 2.2 AI Integration and Tools
    • 2.2.1 Natural Language Support for Interactive Report
    • 2.2.2 Create Page Using Natural Language
    • 2.2.3 AI Agent Tools
    • 2.2.4 AI Tool Guardrails
    • 2.2.5 Generate Text with AI Page Process
    • 2.2.6 AI-Generated Structured Outputs (JSON)
    • 2.2.7 Generative AI Token Usage Limits
    • 2.2.8 Additional AI Provider Support
  • 2.3 Data Reporter
  • 2.4 Workflow and Task Enhancements
    • 2.4.1 Parallel Flow Support
    • 2.4.2 Multi-Tenancy and Data Segregation
    • 2.4.3 Other Workflow Enhancements
    • 2.4.4 Other Task Enhancements
  • 2.5 REST Data Source Enhancements
    • 2.5.1 Specify OAuth at Invocation Level
    • 2.5.2 OAuth2 Enhancements
    • 2.5.3 Support for Client and User Assertions for Token Requests
    • 2.5.4 REST Data Sources Dynamic Values
    • 2.5.5 Template Directive Support for REST Data Sources
  • 2.6 Map Region Enhancements
  • 2.7 Security and Compliance
    • 2.7.1 Content Security Policy Support
    • 2.7.2 Fusion Extensions Security Enhancements
    • 2.7.3 Allow Configuration of SMTP Credentials at Workspace Level
  • 2.8 Interactive Report Enhancements
  • 2.9 New Application Types
  • 2.10 Page Item Session State Data Type - BOOLEAN
  • 2.11 Oracle BI Publisher Credentials Support
  • 2.12 List Entry Custom Link Attributes
  • 2.13 Extension Menu Changes
  • 2.14 Dynamic Action Enhancements
    • 2.14.1 New Dynamic Actions
    • 2.14.2 AI Dynamic Action Enhancements
    • 2.14.3 Declarative Dynamic Action Support for Actions, Buttons, Cards, and Menus
  • 2.15 Unlimited Attributes for Plug-in Types
    • 2.15.1 Authorization, Authentication, and REST Source Plug-ins
    • 2.15.2 Dynamic Action Plug-ins
    • 2.15.3 Process Plug-ins
  • 2.16 UI for APEX Install/Upgrade Logs
  • 2.17 PWA Manifest Property Support
  • 2.18 Run Applications from Modal Dialog
  • 2.19 Application Lock
  • 2.20 Infinite Scroll for Select One, Select Many, Combobox, and Autocomplete
  • 2.21 Template Directive Enhancements
    • 2.21.1 Improved Authoring of Template Directives
    • 2.21.2 Template Directive Support for Theme Templates
  • 2.22 Sample Data Source
  • 2.23 Copy and Paste for Interactive Grid
  • 2.24 Client-side Template Component Partials
  • 2.25 "Exclude" for Faceted Search and Smart Filters
  • 2.26 Copy and Paste for File Upload and Image Upload
  • 2.27 New "Describe Tables" Feature
  • 2.28 Quick Pick Enhancements
  • 2.29 Document Generator Support for Password-Protected PDFs
  • 2.30 Blueprints
  • 2.31 Universal Theme Enhancements
  • 2.32 Declarative Menu Buttons
  • 2.33 Show Processing for Execute Server-side Code
  • 2.34 Text Message-Based Application Translations
  • 2.35 PL/SQL API Updates
    • 2.35.1 Subscription Mode
    • 2.35.2 File Attachment Support for APEX_AI
  • 2.36 JavaScript API Updates
  • 2.37 JavaScript Library Upgrades
• 3 Changed Behavior
  • 3.1 Oracle APEX 26.1 Requirements
  • 3.2 App Builder UI Changes
  • 3.3 Export and Import Changes
    • 3.3.1 Exporting Data Profiles
    • 3.3.2 Exporting and Importing Applications with Subscribed Components
    • 3.3.3 Single Page and Component Imports from Previous Releases
  • 3.4 Text Message Translation Changes
  • 3.5 Matching Shared Components Across Applications
  • 3.6 Automatic Time Zone Behavior
  • 3.7 OData REST Service DML Support
  • 3.8 AI Integration and Tool Changes
  • 3.9 Component Changes
    • 3.9.1 Static ID Changes
    • 3.9.2 Subscription Status Changes
    • 3.9.3 Changes to Static ID for JET Chart Axis and JET Chart Series Components
    • 3.9.4 Report Layout Changes
    • 3.9.5 Template Component-based Columns in Interactive Reports
    • 3.9.6 Template Directive False Values
    • 3.9.7 Interactive Report Output Limit Removed
    • 3.9.8 Interactive Grid View Changes
    • 3.9.9 Clipboard and Selection Feature Changes for Interactive Grid
    • 3.9.10 Dynamic Action Changes
  • 3.10 Object Browser Selection Improvements
  • 3.11 Upgrade Application from Application Home Page
  • 3.12 Changes to Public Dictionary Views
  • 3.13 Changes to Faceted Search Charts
  • 3.14 Changes to Undocumented JavaScript APIs
  • 3.15 Improved Keyboard Shortcut Display
  • 3.16 Team Development Relocated
  • 3.17 SQL Workshop Changes
  • 3.18 Compatibility Mode
  • 3.19 Enabling Network Services in Oracle Database
    • 3.19.1 When and Why Network Services Must be Enabled
    • 3.19.2 Granting Connect Privileges
    • 3.19.3 Troubleshooting an Invalid ACL Error
• 4 Ideas App Implementations
• 5 Deprecated Features
  • 5.1 Cohere AI Models Deprecated
  • 5.2 Legacy Calendar Templates Deprecated
  • 5.3 Deprecated Property
  • 5.4 Deprecated PL/SQL APIs
  • 5.5 Deprecated JavaScript APIs
  • 5.6 Export Repository Deprecated
  • 5.7 RESTful Services Feature in SQL Workshop
  • 5.8 Deprecated Substitution Strings
  • 5.9 Deprecated Public Views and Public View Columns
• 6 Deprecated in Previous Releases
  • 6.1 Deprecated APIs
  • 6.2 Deprecated Dynamic Action Event
  • 6.3 Deprecated Plug-In Attribute
  • 6.4 Number Field Substitutions
  • 6.5 Quick SQL Deprecated Functionality
  • 6.6 Deprecated Object Browser Features
  • 6.7 Preventing Double Escaping of LOV Display Values
  • 6.8 Display Only Item with Format HTML (Unsafe) Deprecated
  • 6.9 Deprecated Functions and Procedures
  • 6.10 Deprecated APEX Item Markup
  • 6.11 Deprecated jQuery Date Picker
  • 6.12 Previously Deprecated APIs
  • 6.13 Deprecated Legacy Web Service References
  • 6.14 jQuery UI Deprecated
• 7 Desupported Features
  • 7.1 Desupported Public View Columns
  • 7.2 iOS Status Bar Style Desupported
• 8 Desupported in Previous Releases
  • 8.1 Desupported APIs
  • 8.2 Public Dictionary View Changes
  • 8.3 TinyMCE-based Rich Text Editor Desupported
  • 8.4 CSSO Desupported
  • 8.5 Removed JSON Application Export
  • 8.6 CKEditor Desupported
  • 8.7 Desupported Utilities
  • 8.8 Querying Template Component Metadata
• 9 Fixed Bugs
• 10 Open Bugs and Known Issues
  • 10.1 Known Issues for Importing APEXlang Applications in App Builder
  • 10.2 Known Issues for Workflow Component
  • 10.3 Known Issues for Working Copy Feature
  • 10.4 Known Issues for ACL Roles
  • 10.5 Known Issue with Theme Decoupling
  • 10.6 Known Issues with Using BOSS REST Services
  • 10.7 Known Issue with ORDS 24.1 and APEX SQL Developer Web
  • 10.8 Known Issue for Sublists
  • 10.9 Known Issue with Confirm or Alert Dynamic Action Messages When Upgrading
  • 10.10 Known Issue using "Source Display" region type plug-in in previously installed Sample Apps
  • 10.11 Known Issues for jQuery Upgrade
  • 10.12 Interactive Grid support for REST Enabled SQL
  • 10.13 Group By Component Type mode prevents Default View
  • 10.14 Known Issues for Data Generator
• 11 Documentation Accessibility
• 12 Privacy Notice
• Index