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Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Oracle Database 26ai

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AWS·1 day ago · Jul 7, 2026, 03:00 PMFeatureAI-assisted summary

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Adds support for Oracle Database 26ai on Amazon RDS, including new AI capabilities (Select AI, AI Vector Search, RAG) and advanced data features (JSON Relational Duality Views, SQL Property Graphs).
Allows creation of new 26ai DB instances and in‑place upgrades from Oracle 19c/21c CDBs (non‑CDBs must be converted first).

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