What's New in This Guide

This section introduces the documentation updates for release 26.1.2xx.

Release 26.1.201 - G59078-01, July 2026

Feature Updates

• New Features:
  • Updated the following sections for the Runtime Update for SCP Profile Parameters feature:
    • Added the Runtime Update for SCP Profile Parameters section to explain how SCP updates some of its Helm parameters at runtime.
    • Added the following sections for the CNC Console configuration:
      • Configuring NF Profile: To configure self SCP profiles.
      • Configuring Global Options: To configure service state of SCP.
    • Added the ocscp_self_profile_update_success_total metric in the Metrics section.
    • Added the SCPSelfProfileUpdateSuccess alert.
  • Updated the following sections for the Next Hop SCP Outlier Detection feature:
    • Added the Next Hop SCP Outlier Detection section to explain how SCP-C determines the status of SCP-P in inter-SCP scenarios.
    • Added the following sections for the CNC Console configuration:
      • Configuring Global Options: To configure service status of SCP in the System Config section.
      • Configuring Routing Options: To configure reroute conditions using the Reroute Condition List field in the "Next Hop Proxy" tab.
    • Added the ocscp_worker_odh_response_tx_total metric in the Metrics section.
  • Updated the following sections for the Support for Subscriber ID to Group ID Resolution feature:
    • Added the Support for Subscriber ID to Group ID Resolution section to explain how SCP supports subscriber ID to group ID resolution through SLF lookup and performs NF discovery from NRF using the group ID instead of the subscriber ID.
    • Added the following sections for the CNC Console configuration:
      • Configuring SubscriberId to NF GroupId Resolution: To enable or disable the subscriber ID to group ID resolution.
      • Configuring IE Registry: To configure Information Element (IE) Registry and create a new custom discovery query parameter.
      • Configuring Exception Config Set: To configure exception conditions.
      • Configuring NF Group ID Retrieval: To configure NF group ID retrieval IE binding information.
    • Added the following metrics in the Metrics section:
      • ocscp_worker_nfgroupid_resolution_total
      • ocscp_worker_nfgroupid_resolution_failure_total
      • ocscp_worker_scp_originated_http_tx_req_total
      • ocscp_worker_scp_originated_http_rx_res_total
      • ocscp_metric_ondemand_discovery_tx_req_total
      • ocscp_metric_ondemand_discovery_rx_res_total
    • Added the SCPNfGroupIdDiscoveryFailure alert.
  • Updated the following sections as part of the SCP Capacity enhancements:
    • Added the SCP Capacity Enhancements section to explain how SCP enhances SCPC-Notification and SCPC-Audit microservices to process 3,000 NF profiles.
    • Added the Configuring NF Topology Audit section to configure audit interval for each NRF set.
    • Added the SCPAuditDurationExceeded alert.
  • Updated the Verbose Logging for SCP section with information about the log levels and event IDs for SCP-Worker, SCP-nrfProxy, and SCPC-Notification. This is part of the Verbose Logging enhancements.
  • Added the following alerts as part of the Rate Limiting enhancements:
    • SCPGlobalEgressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveCriticalThreshold
    • SCPGlobalEgressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveMajorThreshold
    • SCPEgressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveMajorThreshold
    • SCPIngressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveMajorThreshold
    • SCPIngressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveCriticalThreshold
    • SCPEgressAndGlobalEgressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveCriticalThreshold
    • SCPEgressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveCriticalThreshold
    • SCPEgressAndGlobalEgressRateLimitActiveKeyCountAboveMajorThreshold
• Made the following changes as part of the TLS Support for SCP to cnDBTier Traffic feature:
  • Added the TLS Support for SCP to cnDBTier Traffic section to describe how SCP supports secure database connections by using TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 and the corresponding cipher suites for the selected TLS version.
  • Added the following metrics in the Metrics section:
    • ocscp_alternate_resolution_db_connection_success_total
    • ocscp_configuration_db_connection_success_total
    • ocscp_notification_db_connection_success_total
    • ocscp_subscription_db_connection_success_total
    • ocscp_audit_db_connection_success_total
    • ocscp_alternate_resolution_db_connection_failure_total
    • ocscp_configuration_db_connection_failure_total
    • ocscp_notification_db_connection_failure_total
    • ocscp_subscription_db_connection_failure_total
    • ocscp_audit_db_connection_failure_total

General Updates

• Removed the maxPayloadSizeInKb parameter from the Error Codes Generated by SCP section because it is deprecated.
• Updated the Dimension Description section with information about the ocscp_alternate_route_type dimension to support a new value, NF_DISCOVERY.
• Made the following changes in the Metrics section:
  • The eventType dimension in the ocscp_notification_request_total metric supports NF_REGISTERED, NF_PROFILE_CHANGED, NF_DEREGISTERED, NF_DELETED, and NF_CLEANED.
  • Removed the ocscp_consumer_info dimension from the ocscp_worker_transaction_time_exhausted_total metric.
  • Removed the ocscp_consumer_host dimension from the following metrics:
    • ocscp_metric_http_tx_req_total
    • ocscp_worker_pod_overload_discard_req_total
    • ocscp_metric_5gsbi_tx_req_total
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_worker_custom_roaming_proxy_http_tx_req_total metric:
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_http_tx_req_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_nf_setid
    • ocscp_consumer_host
    • ocscp_consumer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_consumer_nf_type
    • ocscp_consumer_nf_unique_id
  • Removed the ocscp_locality dimension from the ocscp_metric_http_rx_req_total metric.
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_http_ar_tx_req_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_nf_setid
    • ocscp_alternate_producer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_alternate_producer_service_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_interscp_http_rx_res_total metric:
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_nf_setid
    • ocscp_res_msg_size
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_sepp_http_rx_res_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_res_msg_size
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_worker_custom_roaming_proxy_http_rx_res_total metric:
    • ocscp_res_msg_size
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_worker_custom_roaming_proxy_routing_attempt_fail_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_worker_custom_roaming_proxy_routing_attempt_fail_current metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_nf_type
    • ocscp_nf_service_type
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_egress_rate_limiting_throttle_req_total metric:
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_consumer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_consumer_nf_type
    • ocscp_consumer_host
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_interscp_http_tx_req_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_nf_setid
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_sepp_routing_attempt_fail_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_sepp_routing_attempt_fail_current metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_nf_type
    • ocscp_nf_service_type
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_upstream_service_time_total metric:
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_routing_attempt_fail_total metric:
    • ocscp_locality
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
  • Removed the ocscp_locality dimension from the ocscp_worker_custom_roaming_proxy_http_tx_res_total metric.
  • Removed the ocscp_consumer_host dimension from the ocscp_metric_5gsbi_tx_req_total metric.
  • Removed the following dimensions from the ocscp_metric_http_rx_res_total metric:
    • ocscp_producer_service_instance_id
    • ocscp_producer_nf_instance_id
    • ocscp_nf_setid
  • Added the ocscp_consumer_host dimension to ocscp_metric_ondemand_discovery_tx_req_total.
  • Added the ocscp_consumer_host dimension to ocscp_metric_ondemand_discovery_rx_res_total.
  • Added operation and scpinstanceid dimensions to ocscp_audit_tx_req_total.
  • Added the scpinstanceid dimension to ocscp_audit_completion_time_total .
  • Replaced the ocscp_requester_nf_type dimension with ocscp_consumer_nf_type in ocscp_worker_req_priority_capacity_enhanced_total.
  • Renamed ocscp_metric_ssl_certificate_expire_total to ocscp_metric_ssl_certificate_expire.
• Updated the ocscp_nfdiscovery_req_type dimension with a new possible value, NEXT_HOP_DISCOVERY, in the Dimension Description section.
• Updated the ocscp_metric_http_rx_req_total metric description to state that this metric continues to include the ocscp_authority dimension even when scpAuthorityMetricLabelDisabled is set to true.
• Added the following metrics in the Metrics section:
  • ocscp_audit_request_total
  • ocscp_audit_response_total
  • ocscp_subscription_requests_total
  • ocscp_subscription_responses_total
  • ocscp_alternate-resolution_request_total
  • ocscp_alternate-resolution_response_total
• Added information about SCP features, configuration type, and the corresponding SKU names in the Service Communication Proxy Features section.
• Added the SCP_PROFILE_IMMUTABLE_FIELD_MISMATCH event in the Verbose Logging for SCP section.