Update your Oracle database - there is more

*updated post 2024-Jan-16

When you want to keep your Oracle database fully up-to-date, you may think that the quarterly patches are perfect:

Update quarterly CPU   https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/#CriticalPatchUpdates

But the following are not automatically included in the CPU:

+ Monthly Recommended Patches (MRPs)   Primary Note for Database Proactive Patch Program (Doc ID 888.1)

+ JDK patches JDK and PERL Patches for Oracle Database Home and Grid Home (Doc ID 2584628.1)

+ OPatch update How To Download And Install The Latest OPatch(6880880) Version (Doc ID 274526.1)

+ Update Datapump bundle patch Data Pump Recommended Proactive Patches For 19.10 and Above (Doc ID 2819284.1)

+ Update preupgrade.jar  How to Download and Run Oracle's Database Pre-Upgrade Utility (Doc ID 884522.1)

+ Update Apex  https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/apex-downloads/

+ Update AHF/TFA  Autonomous Health Framework (AHF) - Including TFA and ORAchk/EXAchk (Doc ID 2550798.1)

So.... a lot of updates!