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September 3, 2026

new

improved

AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud

AuraDB Professional

AuraDB Free

AuraDS Professional

AuraDS Enterprise

New Console

AuraDB Business Critical

Instance explorer preview

Navigate your instances and databases more easily by trying our new instance explorer.

All your instances in one view (Aura, Virtual Graph, and self-managed)
Click an instance or database in the explore view, then see the relevant settings on the right
Settings now benefit from much more space, consistently using a full screen display (rather than drawers and sub-screens)

You can try the preview now by clicking the "Switch to instances explorer" button in the top-right of the instances screen. You can switch back at any time.

We hope the new experience is easy to use and makes it simpler to find your instance settings. Please do send us your feedback!

September 3, 2026

new

🌍 🇬🇧 New region for Aura Professional and Business Critical: AWS London [eu-west-2]

Neo4j Aura Professional and Business Critical are now available in AWS eu-west-2, London.
You can now run Aura Professional and Business Critical workloads in London if your data needs to stay in the UK, or you want lower latency for UK-based workloads.
Get started today in the Aura Console or the Aura API. 
Team Aura 🚀

September 3, 2026

new

🌎 🇨🇦 Neo4j Aura Professional and Business Critical live in AWS Montreal [ca-central-1]

Neo4j Aura Professional and Business Critical are now live in AWS Montreal (ca-central-1). 
This release comes directly from customer feedback calling for more in-region options across the Americas, helping teams deploy Aura closer to their applications while meeting local data residency needs.
The Canada central region is now accessible through the Aura Console and Aura API.
Team Aura 🚀

September 3, 2026

new

AuraDB Professional

AuraDB Business Critical

Virtual Graph in Public Preview

You can now create a virtual graph database that translates Cypher to SQL and pushes queries to BigQuery, Databricks and Snowflake. Virtual Graph is zero-copy, which means no ETL or data movement. You do get full Neo4j tooling (Browser, Bloom, GDS, Agents and MCP Server in Aura).
Virtual Graph is currently available to AuraDB Professional and Business Critical customers. It is currently free to use until the 1st of September, when billing will start, and instances will use Aura Credits based on the instance's memory size.
To get started: select Instances + New and Virtual graph, name your instance and select 'Add new data source', or re-use one of your existing ones.
Please note that Virtual Graph is billed according to their instance size.
Documentation is available here 

August 30, 2026

new

AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud

AuraDB Professional

AuraDB Free

AuraDS Professional

AuraDS Enterprise

Neo4j Aura August 2026 Release

The Neo4j Aura August release has recently started to roll out, commencing on AuraDB Free and progressing to higher tiers later.

🚀 New Cypher 25 features

Native UUID Support
: Introduced the new
UUID
type alongside new constructor functions (
uuid()
,
uuid(name :: STRING)
,
uuid(mostSigBits :: INTEGER
,
leastSigBits :: INTEGER
)) and helper functions (
uuid.leastSignificantBits()
,
uuid.mostSignificantBits()
).
String Interpolation
: You can now embed expressions directly within strings using the new literal syntax
s"..."
or
S"..."
(enclosing expressions in
{}
).
List Predicates in PBAC
: Property-based access control rules now allow predicates to check for the presence of a value in a list property (e.g.,
GRANT ... FOR (n) WHERE 'gold' IN n.clearanceLevels TO role
). Property values can also now sit on the right-hand side of predicates (e.g.,
WHERE 1 > n.level
).
Clearer Query Logs
:
LIMIT/SKIP INTEGER
and
LOAD CSV
's
FIELDTERMINATOR STRING
are no longer considered sensitive and will show up unobfuscated in query logs.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

Composite Database Subqueries
: Fixed an issue where passing an outside variable into a
CALL
subquery mistakenly injected it into every
WITH
clause as a grouping key. This previously caused query rejections due to fake memory spikes (OOM errors) and returned empty results instead of a correct count of
0
when no data was found.
Dynamic Property Assignment
: Fixed a bug where dynamic property targets could incorrectly observe earlier assignments in the same
SET
clause (e.g.,
SET n['x'] = n.y, n['y'] = n.x
now correctly swaps values instead of duplicating one).
Math Operations
:
null / 0
now correctly returns
null
instead of raising a division-by-zero error, aligning with the GQL specification.
Subqueries
: Fixed an issue where a lone
USE
was placed inside a
COUNT/EXISTS
subquery expression.

For full details of all updates and fixes in this release, as well as links to relevant documentation please visit: Release Notes: Neo4j Aura Database – August 2026

August 28, 2026

new

Enterprise Studio

Neo4j Enterprise Studio 2026.08

The August release of Neo4j Enterprise Studio is available today. As always, we’re bringing the latest tool updates, plus a variety of operational improvements.

Enterprise Studio Features

Added support for browser themes: users can now select a light or dark theme when viewing Enterprise Studio.
Added support for storing secrets using Cloud Secret Managers.
Changed default role mapping for Studio creators to be universally applicable to all Neo4j deployments.
Improved robustness and consistency of error handling in all Enterprise Studio components.

Tool-specific features

Bloom: Improved support for Virtual Graph databases.
Bloom: Better display for long search phrases, fixes to parameter highlighting.
Dashboards: Added rule-based styling for tabular data.
Dashboards: A dashboard can now be viewed in a fullscreen presentation mode.

Documentation changes

Expanded requirements on session affinity when using HTTP with a Neo4j cluster.
Added instructions on enabling Horizontal Pod Autoscaling in Kubernetes.
Expanded documented on OIDC flows.
Added instructions for testing Enterprise Studio with a local Docker setup.

August 25, 2026

new

AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud

AuraDB Professional

AuraDB Free

AuraDB Business Critical

Multiple Databases now in Public Preview

We're excited to announce that ahead of General Availability in the coming months, you can now try multiple databases within a single AuraDB Business Critical or Virtual Dedicated Cloud instance, in Public Preview, under experimental terms. This follows a successful early access private preview program this year.
Multiple databases in AuraDB let you run separate, individual databases inside one AuraDB instance, sharing that instance's compute and memory. Instead of spinning up separate instances for different use cases, you can combine them into one and manage them all from the same place. It's a lighter-weight way to separate data for different teams, environments, or tenants, with less overhead than managing multiple instances. 
Billing for multiple database enabled instances is the same as for single database instances. Usage is charged at your standard AuraDB GB-hour rate, regardless of the number of databases.
We're actively working on features ahead of General Availability. You can see exactly what's currently supported in the docs linked below.
We'd welcome your input over the next couple of months while we complete the feature set. Please try it out and share your experience using the Feedback 
button in the top right of the Console. For anything else, please use your usual Account Manager contacts, or raise via Customer Support.
[Read the preview docs →]

August 12, 2026

new

AuraDB Free

Aura Graph Analytics

Aura Graph Analytics is now available on AuraDB Free

We're excited to announce that Aura Graph Analytics (AGA) is now available on AuraDB Free! You can now run graph algorithms on your data without moving to a paid tier first.
Full GDS algorithm catalog
: AGA gives you access to the complete catalog of 65+ graph algorithms from Neo4j Graph Data Science, from PageRank and Louvain to node embeddings, all running in an isolated session that never touches your database's resources.
No cost on Free
: Sessions on AuraDB Free aren't billed, so you can experiment freely before deciding whether to scale up.
On by default
: New organizations already have AGA enabled. If you're not sure about yours, head to Organization settings to check.
To get started, make sure Aura Graph Analytics is enabled at the organization level, then dive in. Our recent end-to-end guide, From first graph algorithm experiment to production with Aura Graph Analytics (also on Medium), walks you through the whole journey. Prefer a structured path? The new Aura Graph Analytics fundamentals course on Neo4j GraphAcademy covers the same ground in about an hour, and our hands-on workshop puts it into practice with real data.
Available on AuraDB Free with one session at a time, up to 2 GB of memory, up to a 30-minute idle timeout, and a 4-hour maximum session length. See the full tier comparison for higher limits on Professional, Business Critical, and Virtual Dedicated Cloud.

August 12, 2026

new

AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud

AuraDB Business Critical

Dynamic & Time-Based Access Control with ABAC, now in Neo4j Aura!

We are pleased to announce that Attribute-Based Access Controls (ABAC) are now available in AuraDB for Business Critical and Virtual Dedicated Cloud tiers.
Key Capabilities
Single Sign-On (SSO) Identity Provider Integration: Dynamically assign RBAC roles based on user claims controlled in your IdP (email
, email_verified
, name
, preferred_username
, groups
).
Native User Tags: Database instance users can be tagged with custom user tags directly in Neo4j AuraDB to enforce dynamic roles without bloating static role mappings.
Time-Based Access Rules: Dynamically grant permissions during specific operational windows using real-time attributes like datetime.transaction().
ABAC User Tags Example
ABAC rules are created directly in AuraDB using the Cypher25 language.
The following example grants the FinancialAuditor RBAC role to native users who are tagged with both finance and auditor:
CREATE ROLE FinancialAuditor;
CREATE AUTH RULE financeAuditorRule SET CONDITION all(tag IN ['finance', 'auditor'] WHERE tag IN abac.native.user_tags());
GRANT ROLE FinancialAuditor TO AUTH RULE financeAuditorRule;
Read the ABAC Documentation for more details on creating and managing dynamic Auth Rules.

August 5, 2026

new

improved

AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud

AuraDB Professional

AuraDB Free

AuraDS Professional

AuraDS Enterprise

Query

AuraDB Business Critical

Query Tabs: A new way to work with your queries

Query now provides tabs, giving you a dedicated space to write, edit, and run Cypher queries you want to persist. The existing stream view is retained for workflows where it is less important to retain your Cypher.
This represents a shift away from editing and invoking saved queries in the stream view, changing a few things about the sidebar, saving, and layout along the way. Here's what's new:
A renewed sidebar
The sidebar is now vertical, and Saved Cypher is now called Queries. Downloading and deleting queries is available via a right-click context menu along with other options such as running the query immediately in the stream view - useful for quick executions of your Cypher.
Save queries from the stream view
Saving a query from the stream view is now triggered via a "Save and open in tab" action. This creates a query straight to a Drafts folder and opens the query in a tab, ready to iterate on. From here you can change the default name and arrange it in your own folder structure.
Create a new query
You can create a new query from scratch by opening a new tab. Newly created tabs start out unsaved, but the moment you rename or edit a query, it's saved automatically to the Drafts folder, so you never lose work.
Editing saved queries
The interaction for editing a query is now as simple as clicking it in the sidebar and iterating on it in the tab. All changes are automatically saved.
Flexible layouts in tabs
Flexible layouts that allow you to place results to the bottom, left, or even have both table and graph views open simultaneously are now reserved for tabs, where you have maximum space to work on your queries.
Quick history, Generate with AI and formatting, wherever you're working
Quick history, Generate with AI and formatting are no longer limited to the main editor. All are now available from anywhere, whether it's a stream frame or a tab.
We want to hear from you!
We hope you enjoy the new tabbed Query experience and we'd love to hear your feedback. Share ideas or report issues at feedback.neo4j.com/query.

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