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oracledb

What changed in oracledb 26, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-25.

4 new APIs and options1 behavior and defaults3 fixes and other

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New APIs and options 4

  • Centralized configuration providers are supported for GCP and AWS.

    26.0.0release notes

  • External authentication using TLS is supported in thin mode.

    26.0.0release notes

  • Support is added for operation and round trip callbacks.

    26.0.0release notes

  • Applications can set transaction priority, an Oracle AI Database 26ai feature.

    26.0.0release notes

Behavior and default changes 1

  • Deep Data Security is supported when using asyncio.

    26.0.0release notes

Fixes and other changes 3

  • Apache Arrow support is improved.

    26.0.0release notes

  • Major version numbers will use the two-digit year in which the version was first released.

    26.0.0release notes

  • Support is added for Python 3.14 templates.

    26.0.0release notes