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Aura Graph Analytics
Aura Graph Analytics now available on AuraDB Professional
We’re excited to announce that
Aura Graph Analytics Serverless
is now available on AuraDB Professional in addition to Business Critical and Virtual Dedicated Cloud. Previously, Graph Analytics
Plugin
was the only feature available on Professional instances. While the plugin is suitable for lightweight analytical queries, our serverless functionality allows the instance to run graph algorithms in an on-demand ephemeral compute environment. Only a single option (Plugin or Serverless) is permitted on a single AuraDB Professional instance at one time. Aura Graph Analytics does not require any installation to a Neo4j DBMS. Instead, a GDS Session is started on-demand to perform computations. There are two primary APIs for working with GDS Sessions: the GDS Python Client and the GDS Session Cypher API.
Graph Analytics Serverless is enabled by default on new instances. Edit an existing instance which is using the plugin with the ‘
Configure
’ button and select serverless within the configuration options.See our examples page to test out graph projection into a GDS Session, run algorithms and then write them back to the AuraDB instance. You only need an Aura API key to get started!
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AuraDB Professional
New database roles and seamless access to Aura instances
We’re excited to announce the release of two new features:
predefined roles
and tool authentication with Aura users
for AuraDB Professional. These changes will enhance collaboration, querying and exploring data with graph tools by enabling one-click access to Aura instances using console roles.Predefined roles
What are they?
Predefined roles are database roles which permit varying levels of access to your Aura instance. The roles are immutable (cannot be changed) and apply to all AuraDB instances automatically.
Previously, there was only one database role (
public
) for AuraDB Free and Professional users. With this change, Administrator, Member, and Viewer predefined roles are available. You can create a new database user and grant a predefined role, which now allows for the possibility of read-only database users on AuraDB Professional. RBAC and built-in roles are also available for Business Critical and VDC users.
Who does this impact?
- AuraDB Free and Professional users (Business Critical and AuraDS to follow in the next few weeks)
- Version 5 instances only
How do they work?
All users (whether via the console or directly accessing via a DB username and password) use
roles
which contain privileges
to allow the users to perform actions on the instance. See details on roles and their privileges here.What are the changes that I will see?
For all Version 5 Aura instances on Free or Professional tiers, the following changes will apply:
All applicable tiers:
- New roles will be added to all instances
- The public role which is granted to all users has been limited to include only baseline permissions
AuraDB Free
- CREATE user is no longer available in Cypher. This feature did not have any practical benefit to Aura usage, as all users previously had the same (public) role. Aura users will be able to access the Free instance with predefined roles, based on their console role using Tool authentication.
AuraDB Professional
- From 4th August each new native (username/password) database user will need to be assigned a role before being able to use the instance. Until then, all new native database users will be assigned the console_admin role
AuraDS Professional / AuraDB Business Critical
- Predefined roles will be added in the next few weeks
Tool authentication with Aura users
This new setting provides a simple and secure method to allow Console users in your project with access to instances within the project. Your user role in the Aura Console links to a predefined role within the database.
How can I use it?
Tool authentication is OFF by default on all existing instances, with the exception of AuraDB Free.
Organization owners and admins
can switch on the tool authentication with these steps:- Navigate to the Organization settings menu (click on the org icon)
- Click the security item in the left navigation
- Select ‘Tool authentication with Aura users’
Once the setting is enabled on an instance, all users will be able to access your instances either by using the left navigation to explore or query, or from the instances screen with the ‘Open in’ buttons.
What privileges does each console role have in an Aura instance?
See our documentation on predefined roles for this.
How can I change tool connection settings?
Tool authentication via user accounts is an optional feature, and can be enabled or disabled per instance or at the project level.
How can I change the role of a user within my project?
Click on the user management menu item and edit the role of the user.
What happens when I turn tool connection settings OFF after having them ON first?
All users within the project will not be able to access this particular instance unless using database username/password authentication.
How long does it take for a console role change to apply to instance access using automatic tool authentication?
After changing a user’s console role, there will be a short period (typically < 5 minutes) after which the predefined role associated with the Aura user will change across all instances.
Is there anything I need to know if I also use SSO?
If you use SSO for instance level access, then Tool authentication is unlikely to be necessary. Please be aware that enabling this setting will grant all users of the project access to the instances with their privileges determined by the role, and will be in addition to SSO access.
We’re collecting feedback on this release - please let us know your thoughts here.
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AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud
AuraDB Professional
AuraDB Free
AuraDS Professional
AuraDS Enterprise
New Console
AuraDB Business Critical
Console UI/UX Updates
We have updated the Aura console with a range of UI/UX improvements.
Collapsible navigation
Improved screen consistency and better layouts
- Clearer breadcrumb navigation in the header
- More consistent layouts for many screens
- Better use of our design system components
- Better responsive behavior
- Clearer hierarchy and navigation across orgs and projects
Thank you for all the feedback that has been provided as we continue to work to improve our unified product experience.
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AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud
AuraDS Enterprise
Browser.neo4j.io
Query
Upcoming changes to Neo4j Browser
In the last couple of years, we’ve completely rebuilt our Cypher querying capability under the “Query” tab of Aura Console. It brings a large number of improvements over the old Neo4j Browser, including:
- New Cypher editor with more accurate syntax highlighting, completions and linting support
- Richer table visualization with virtualized rendering to improve responsiveness at scale
- More scalable graph visualization
- New history with quick search
- Improved saved Cypher experience
- New parameter setting UI
- New built-in searchable Cypher reference
- Overhauled parameters support
- New styling support
- General overall stability improvements
This same capability, built as a standalone Browser application has been available as an opt-in preview for some time:
Since Neo4j version 2025.05, the new Browser is now the default experience for those running Browser on localhost and is available integrated into the recently released Desktop v2.
From Neo4j
2025.08
, scheduled for release at the end of August, we’ll be making the switch for all remaining browser users including AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud and AuraDS Enterprise customers accessing Browser at <dbid>.databases.neo4j.io/browser. No changes are required to SSO configurations since both versions will be served under the same /browser
path. To ensure a smooth migration, the previous version of the Browser will remain accessible for a limited time.We hope you enjoy the new Browser and if you have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out at feedback.neo4j.com.
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AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud
AuraDB Professional
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AuraDS Professional
AuraDS Enterprise
AuraDB Business Critical
Neo4j Aura Database June Release Update
The Neo4j Aura June release is now rolling out—starting with AuraDB Free and gradually extending to higher-tier instances.
As previously announced, this release introduces Cypher language versioning. Neo4j now supports two Cypher versions:
- Cypher 5 (backwards-compatible and frozen; receives only bug and security fixes)
- Cypher 25 (actively evolving with new language features).
Existing and new Aura instances currently default to Cypher 5 — switching to Cypher 25 requires explicit action.
You can set the default Cypher version per Aura instance using the command:
ALTER DATABASE neo4j SET DEFAULT LANGUAGE CYPHER <5/25>
Individual queries can also override the default with the
CYPHER <version>
prefix. For full details of all updates and fixes in this release, please visit: Release Notes: Neo4j Aura Database – June 2025.
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Data Importer
AuraDB Business Critical
Import from Databricks
We're pleased to announce that the Import service now supports Databricks. You'll find the new option when adding a data source option under Data services > Import.
To get started, ensure you have a Personal Access Token (PAT) configured, then configure the connection form with details for your warehouse, catalog, schema and PAT.
As always, we'd love to hear any feedback. Please head here to share your thoughts.
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New Console
AuraDB Business Critical
Dashboards
Dashboards now available in the Aura console
We're excited to announce
Dashboards
is now available as a new tool for all Aura users. Whether you’re new to Neo4j or a Cypher wizard, you can use Dashboards to visualize your data in minutes.
Key benefits:
- AI-assisted dashboard building - Create a dashboard using our AI-powered generator and use the built-in GenAI copilot to customize charts. Enable Generative AI assistance features in your Organisation settings if required.
- Visualize your data interactively - Create live data dashboards with graphs, tables, bar charts, and more. Empower users to interact with data through adjustable filters.
- Share your work with others - Effortlessly share your work within the Aura console using the new Sharing feature.
To get started, try Dashboards yourself, or check out our demo video for inspiration.
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AuraDB Professional
AuraDB Business Critical
Adjustable Storage now available for AuraDB GCP PAYG customers
We’re excited to announce that Adjustable Storage is now available for AuraDB Business Critical and AuraDB Professional customers using GCP Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) directly transacted with Neo4j—extending the support previously launched for AuraDB prepaid customers on GCP.
This feature is available for new deployments and resizes running the latest Neo4j version and can be accessed via both the API and Console.
What’s New
With Adjustable Storage, you can now independently scale storage and RAM for your AuraDB instances—enabling you to increase storage capacity without upgrading instance size. This gives you more flexibility while helping you avoid unnecessary compute costs.
Key Benefits
- Greater Flexibility – Scale resources based on your actual needs.
- Cost Efficiency – Add storage without incurring extra compute costs.
- Streamlined Operations – No need for manual support requests or custom workarounds.
What’s Next
We will be following up with support for GCP marketplace later this year, and also extending Adjustable Storage capability to AWS and Azure cloud customers. We will keep you posted on progress!
For more information, please visit our documentation page.
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AuraDB Virtual Dedicated Cloud
AuraDB Professional
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User Tools Support over HTTPS in Console
We're pleased to let you know that User Tools support over HTTPS is now available directly via the Aura Console.
- Allows connections over HTTPS (port 443) when network security blocks Bolt (port 7687)
- Helps customers connect Neo4j user tools using Query API
- Works with existing SSO configurations for Query / Explore
For more information please see our documentation
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Data Importer
Import from BigQuery and VDC support
BigQuery
We're pleased to announce that the Import service now supports BigQuery. You'll find the new option when adding a data source option under
Data services > Import
To get started, simply provide your Project ID and Dataset Name along with your Service Account Key JSON.
Virtual Dedicated Cloud (VDC) Support
We've also now enabled the import service for VDC instances, so import is now available across all Aura tiers.
Note: At present, instances with private connection enabled are not supported.
As always, we'd love to hear any feedback. Please head here to share your thoughts.
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