Oracle Integration Cloud 26.01: Accelerating Integration with Projects, AI, and Observability
From improved governance and reusability to deeper insights and AI-driven connectivity, OIC 26.01 enables organizations to build, monitor, and scale integrations more efficiently than ever.
OIC Projects
Projects are the key to all the compelling new features in OIC3. For customers upgraded from OIC Gen2, OIC3 projects are something you really need to uptake. Projects contain much more than just your integration related artifacts; they also include – Events, RPA, Decisions, AI Agents, B2B and OIC for Healthcare. Design time RBAC can be applied to projects, so each team of developers can have their own view of OIC, if that is what you require. The ability to share artifacts between projects, is also a great plus – define only once and use everywhere. Many artifacts are already shareable; with 26.01 you can now share OIC Events between projects.
This release also heralds the inclusion of AI Agents in the OIC project lifecycle – Agents can now be included in your OIC deployments, along with the OIC components.
OIC File Server
26.01 heralds in a couple of very useful new features. These include enhanced support for File Server logging; logging events such as file created, moved, deleted etc. The File Server Native Action now supports enhanced sorting support (sort based on date modified), another request from many customers.
OIC has a service limit on file server concurrent requests; with 26.01, this limit will also be surfaced in OIC Observability.
OIC Observability
Oracle has done a lot of work in this space over the last year or so. Aim has always been to surface the right observability information in the right context to OIC administrators. This makes it very easy for admins to manage and monitor their OIC service instances. However, many of our customers have a fleet of OIC instances; for such customers, OCI Log Analytics is a very compelling offering, as it can allow you to monitor OIC at fleet level. With 26.01, it is even easier for customers to pump OIC activity stream data to OCI Log Analytics. This will be a one-click operation in your OCI console for OIC.
New Service Metrics for OIC
3 new service metrics have been introduced for OIC – All OIC Service Metrics can be accessed via the OCI Console for your OIC instance
- AsyncInboundRequestsDepth: The number of requests in the async queue.
- FileserverInboundConnections: The current number of open sessions for OIC File Server.
- SchedulerTriggeredInstancesCount: The number of requests for scheduled integrations.
Integration and Connectivity Features
This release also brings significant enhancements to OIC's integration and connectivity capabilities, with a strong focus on AI and new adapters.
New Adapters
- OpenSearch Adapter: enables secure, seamless connectivity between enterprise data and AI agents by powering vector search and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) use cases.
- NetSuite REST Adapter: REST-based connectivity for NetSuite, aligned with NetSuite’s transition from SOAP, supporting JSON, SuiteQL, RESTlets, and OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Credentials.
- Google Sheets Adapter: Partner-developed adapter enabling spreadsheet creation, data operations, batch processing, and OAuth-based access to Google Sheets.
Refer to the Google Sheets Adapter User Guide for usage patterns.
Enhancements to existing Adapters
- REST Adapter – AI-Powered Auto Configuration
- Oracle ATP Adapter Enhancement – Support for AI Vector Search
- Document Understanding – Custom model support for key/value extraction.
- Vision – Custom models for real-time object detection.
- Speech – Updated wizards and improved sentiment/transcription workflows.
- OpenAI Adapter – Document upload and structured JSON output for downstream automation.
- ADW & ATP Adapter Enhancement – Certification on Oracle Database@Azure
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Adapter Enhancement – Return Response Header Support
- Shopify GraphQL Adapter Enhancement – Query Customization Improvements
- GraphQL Adapter Enhancement – PKCE Support with OAuth Authorization Code Security Policy
Staying current with these features ensures your OIC platform remains powerful, secure, and ready to meet the evolving needs of your business.
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Conclusion
The Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) 26.01 release introduces a comprehensive set of features designed to enhance connectivity, developer productivity, and business efficiency. With updates across common platform features and a strong focus on new AI capabilities and adapters, this release equips businesses with the tools needed to modernize their applications and streamline their integration workflows.
Why Kyte?
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Author: Radhakrishna Thati