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Can Update Sets Be More Than Just A "VCR"

ServiceNow Dev Program · Sep 03, 2026 · video

Update sets used to work exactly like a VCR: hit record, capture everything you did, and ship the tape. Robert Fedoruk walks through why that model is getting rethought as ServiceNow moves update sets toward being a harness that ReleaseOps can pick up and automate. In this clip, Robert explains how app repo and plugin deployments already use an update set as a single-line instruction rather than a full recording of changes, plus what's next for chaining fixed scripts and data loads the same way. 00:00 - Why update sets used to work like a VCR 00:31 - App Repo and plugins as automated harnesses 00:54 - Where this paradigm might go next This is a short excerpt from our ServiceNow ReleaseOps in Australia | Developer Passport episdoe. Watch the full session here: https://www.youtube.com/live/vtNvyqfWvas?si=FyI2mwWkZzrdkZ6Z

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