Changes in Release 26.2 Oracle REST Data Services Developer's Guide

• Changes in Oracle REST Data Services 26.2
  This section lists the changes in Oracle REST Data Services for 26.2 release.

Changes in Oracle REST Data Services 26.2

This section lists the changes in Oracle REST Data Services for 26.2 release.

New Features

• ORDS MCP enables authenticated AI tools to securely discover Oracle Database resources, inspect schemas, and execute SQL through a standardized MCP interface, supporting natural language interactions with Oracle Database. See Using ORDS Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• ORDS AutoREST supports Oracle Database VECTOR columns. See Support for VECTOR Datatype .
• JWT Allow-List Behavior and configuration settings for ORDS JWT profiles.
  • See JWT Bearer Token Authentication and Authorization Using JWT Profile, Pool Level JWT Profile
  • See Understanding Configurable Settings, updated with security.jwt.profile.allowed.roles and security.jwt.profile.allowed.scopes settings.

Other Changes

• Updated JWT Bearer Token Authentication and Authorization Using JWT Profile
• Updated Third-Party License Information section.
• Updated Overview of Pre-hook Functions section.