Patching Updates to Your Oracle Integration 3 Instance
Functional updates to Oracle Integration 3 occur every two months and involve zero downtime. Oracle completes all patching update work on your behalf, with no work required by you.
During an update existing flows continue to run. If you have flows that run longer than five minutes, you may see an increase in runtime of up to five additional minutes.
Shapes Determine When Updates Occur
Every instance has either a Development or Production shape, which you choose when you create the instance. Both instances have the same service level agreements (SLAs); the only difference is the timing of functional updates. Production instances are updated two weeks after Development instances.
Notifications
Oracle provides a notification about two weeks before installing a functional update on your instance. You receive the notification only if an administrator has enabled announcements. Everyone can see the notification in the user interface, and one or more people might also receive an email notification. See Enable Announcements for Oracle Integration.
Other Updates
Oracle delivers security updates in addition to functional updates. These updates don't impact end users. Oracle does not send notifications for these updates.
New Feature Availability in Your Instance
You see the changes for a release only after your instance has been updated to the latest release and the feature is available in the realm where your instance is located. To identity the release version of your instance, select the About option in your Oracle Integration 3 instance. See Why Don't I See the Latest Changes? in What's New for Oracle Integration 3.
New features are described in the documentation when functional updates occur. See About This Guide in What's New for Oracle Integration 3.