Autonomous Database in-place uprgade to 23ai now available

Hi folks,

We are please to announce the ability for users to perform an in-place upgrade on 19c databases to 23ai. Users have two simple options to schedule an upgrade:

(1) An earliest available schedule with zero additional charges, or

(2) A future schedule for which there will be charges for holding on to the additional upgrade resources (note - this path is not available for Always Free instances).

The development team has worked really hard to make the upgrade as seamless as possible with just a few clicks.

When the selected scheduled time comes there will be a few minutes of downtime, during which the upgraded 23ai database will be swapped in, along with all of its upgraded connected resources (Standbys, Refreshable clones).