ServiceNow Studio release notes
Release version: Yokohama
Updated January 30, 2025
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Summary of ServiceNow Studio Release Notes - Yokohama
ServiceNow Studio offers a unified development environment enabling admins and developers to extend system solutions and build custom applications. The Yokohama release enhances ServiceNow Studio with improved performance, usability, and integration with other development tools on the ServiceNow AI Platform.
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Key Features
- Experience Switcher: Seamlessly switch between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE to use the best tool for your specific development tasks.
- Improved File Navigator Performance: For large applications, files load incrementally to reduce load times. Searching large apps performs server-side calls for efficiency.
- Guided File Creation: A new full-page, guided experience helps users create files with built-in security checks, showing admins all files and delegated developers only permitted file types.
- App Summary Generation with Now Assist: Users with Write permission for an app description can generate an accurate app summary via Now Assist, helping to prevent duplicate app creation.
- App Details Enhancements: View the originating development environment of each app (Creator Studio or ServiceNow IDE) on the app details page to facilitate environment switching.
- Expanded App Settings: The app settings icon now opens a comprehensive Core UI view with all settings and related links instead of a limited modal.
- Role-Based App Creation: Beyond admins, users with Guided Application Creator (GAC) roles can now create applications in ServiceNow Studio.
- Right-to-Left Language Support: Localization improvements include support for right-to-left languages.
Key Outcomes
- Enhanced Developer Productivity: Developers can use the optimal environment for their workflow, switch contexts easily, and access performance improvements for large applications.
- Improved App Management: Clear app origin information and enriched app settings views allow better oversight and management of applications.
- Simplified File and App Creation: The guided file creation process and expanded app creation permissions enable smoother and more secure development operations.
- Native Platform Integration: ServiceNow Studio is now integrated by default on the ServiceNow AI Platform, eliminating the need for separate downloads.
- Support for Multiple Development Scenarios: Integration with complementary ServiceNow tools such as Workflow Studio, Mobile App Builder, and UI Builder enhances the scope and flexibility of app development.
The ServiceNow® ServiceNow Studio application provides a unified experience for all ServiceNow development activities, enabling admins and developers to extend base system solutions and easily create custom apps. ServiceNow Studio was enhanced and updated in the Yokohama release.
ServiceNow Studio highlights for the Yokohama release
- Work in the best development environment for your task by using the experience switcher to switch between developing in Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE.
- As of version 27.2.4, the ServiceNow Studio File Navigator performance has been improved for large applications.
- As of version 27.2.4, you can easily identify apps created in Creator Studio or ServiceNow IDE by looking at the App Details page in ServiceNow Studio.
- As of version 27.2.4, the file creation experience is now a full-page, guided process with built-in security checks. Admins see all application files, while delegated developers only see file types they have permission to create within the specified scope.
- As of version 27.2.4, users with Write permission for an application description can use Now Assist for app summary generation to generate an app summary. The Summarize button is disabled for users without access to edit the app description, preventing failures after clicking.
See Building applications with ServiceNow Studio for more information.
Important information for upgrading ServiceNow Studio to Yokohama
ServiceNow Studio no longer has to be downloaded from the ServiceNow Store. It’s available on the ServiceNow AI Platform by default.
New in the Yokohama release
- Change your development experience in ServiceNow Studio
- Use the best tool for your app development by switching between Creator Studio, ServiceNow Studio, and ServiceNow IDE.
- Summarize the contents of an app in ServiceNow Studio
- Help prevent duplicate app creation by summarizing the contents of an app using Now Assist app summary generation in ServiceNow Studio and using the summary if accurate as the app description.
- Modify an app's settings in ServiceNow Studio
- Change settings or see related links for an app from the app details page. Refresh your app to load updated details.
- Create an application in ServiceNow Studio
- In the November 2024 release, only admins could create apps in ServiceNow Studio. Now, users with Guided Application Creator (GAC) roles can also create applications.
- File Navigator performance has been improved for large applications
- As of version 27.2.4, smaller apps load all files on open, while larger apps (exceeding a configurable limit) load a subset initially, with additional files available on demand. Search for files in larger apps will perform server-side calls to decrease load times. Contact your ServiceNow support team to change the app size limits.
- Create an app file in ServiceNow Studio
- As of version 27.2.4, use the new full-page, guided file creation experience to create any type of file for which you have permission.
- Viewing app origination information in ServiceNow Studio
- As of version 27.2.4, the app details page for each app shows which development environment your app was created in. Use this information to switch between environments as needed in the course of app development and deployment.
Changed in this release
- Modify an app's settings in ServiceNow Studio
- The App settings icon in ServiceNow Studio used to open a small modal where only a few settings could be updated and the app could be deleted. In this release, the icon opens a Core UI view of all the app settings and related links for the app.
- Create an application in ServiceNow Studio
- As of version 27.2.4, the available options at the success page for creating an application changed from Go to app dashboard to View App Details and Create File.
Activation information
ServiceNow Studio is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.
Localization information
As of version 27.2.4, there is Right-to-Left language support for ServiceNow Studio.