NetCrunch Release Notes

What’s new, fixed and improved in every release.

Since version 14
Releases19
Fixes342
Features230

Release history

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  1. Version 16.0.5 Latest Fixes30

    Highlights

    • CriticalSecurity embedded Chromium (CEF) updated to 156.0.15, addressing the October critical vulnerabilities patched in Chromium
    • CriticalSecurity Node.js updated to 24.22.2, addressing the October critical vulnerabilities.
    • CriticalSecurity the Python requester is built with Python 3.15, addressing the October critical Python and certificate vulnerabilities. WBEM over HTTPS connects to CIM servers that offer only RSA key exchange ciphers, such as OpenPegasus.
    • CriticalUsers can change only their own full name and notification settings in their profile; changing their access profile, organization or another user's profile is refused, as are profile changes from read-only sessions and disabled users.
    • MajorA Basic HTTP sensor with certificate checking that is redirected from HTTPS to HTTP reports the certificate as not available instead of failing every sensor in its group.

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  2. Version 16.0.3 Fixes11

    Highlights

    • CriticalA malformed or invalid API call can no longer cause NetCrunch Server to restart; such calls are answered with an error to the caller instead.
    • CriticalJSON data stores enforce their read and write access levels on every call, and read-only sessions can no longer write to them.
    • CriticalPicture names are validated, so pictures outside the map picture repository can no longer be read or deleted through a crafted name.
    • MajorEnabling or disabling a monitoring pack with several nodes selected applies to all selected nodes.
    • MajorFixed a crash caused by weak references being released after the memory manager was shut down.

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  3. Version 16.0.2 Fixes56

    Highlights

    • CriticalFixed a crash caused by a race between a sensor view target and its shutdown.
    • CriticalLoading an atlas no longer causes an access violation when the license manager is not assigned.
    • CriticalOpening the monitor report settings no longer crashes when no counter classes are returned.
    • CriticalThe event database no longer crashes when the PostgreSQL server terminates an open connection.
    • CriticalThe Web Access server no longer fails to start when its listening port cannot be opened.

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  4. Version 16.0.1 Fixes30 Features84

    Highlights

    • New(Graphical Views) Rich Text Support Text and shape widgets can now display formatted content, including bold text, italic text, and lists.
    • NewBreaking Change Data Receiver and Telemetry sensors now return real HTTP status codes. Peviously every failure returned 200 with the error only in the body, so a mistyped sensor name looked like a successful send while the data was silently discarded. Failures now return 400, 401, 404 or 503 - integrations that check only for 200 will start reporting errors they were previously ignoring.
    • NewAbility to add nodes to a node group view in Web Console
    • NewAbility to restore or delete Atlas if it cannot be correctly loaded
    • NewAdd last hardware change column to hardware inventory view

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  5. Version 15.4.3 Fixes5

    Highlights

    • CriticalUpdate NodeJs to 20.20.2 (Security Fix)
    • MajorImproved stability for NetCrunch servers hosted on AWS during periods of disk inaccessibility
    • MajorOverall performance and stability fixes
    • MajorProbe re-connection issues
    • MajorUnable to change port for TLS connections when adding an SMTP server.

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  6. Version 15.4.2 Fixes18

    Highlights

    • CriticalFile Sensor Fixed a bug where adding a second SFTP File or Folder sensor caused both sensors to stop functioning.
    • CriticalProbe Fixed an issue where cloud-connected probes could consume 300% CPU.
    • MajorAlerting Fixed a bug where custom alerts were not saved if the template was already assigned to a node.
    • MajorAlerting Fixed an issue where Windows service alerts (defined with RegExp) would only trigger once, even when multiple services matched.
    • MajorAlerting Resolved incorrect triggering of correlated Windows service alerts regarding "running" vs. "not running" states.

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  7. Version 15.4.1 Fixes12 Features4

    Highlights

    • NewCustom Tools. The ability to execute custom tools in elevation mode (as an administrator) has been added.
    • NewEnhanced SNMP Views. Users can now add custom lookups (value maps with icons) to columns in SNMP Views.
    • NewMIB Database. Added about 600 new MIBs specifically for industrial switch devices (26 new vendors).
    • NewNew Sensor. Added a DICOM Query Sensor with full TLS support.
    • CriticalData Storage: Fixed a bug that caused active alerts data to grow to an abnormal size in certain situations.

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  8. Version 15.3.0 Fixes35 Features12

    Highlights

    • NewDefine one-click custom tools allowing scripts and executables to run directly from the node menu (desktop console only).
    • NewImproved Probe Upgrades Probes can now be upgraded without reconfiguration. (Next release: full auto-upgrade, including isolated networks.)
    • NewMassive Encryption Performance Boost Encryption is now up to 200x faster, enabling smooth handling of hundreds of simultaneous connections.
    • NewNew High-Performance SNMP Requester Delivers several-fold faster SNMPv3 performance.
    • NewNew Monitoring Pack. Added Fujitsu Primequest (SNMP) monitoring pack.

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  9. Version 15.2.1 Fixes17 Features10

    Highlights

    • NewAlerts on Windows service installation and uninstallation Automatically triggers alerts when services are added or removed
    • NewCloud Data Email (Sensor) Monitors the flow of cloud-delivered data email services.
    • NewCloud Email Round-Trip Sensor Checks the full email delivery and return cycle in cloud services.
    • NewCloud Mailbox Sensor Provides insights into cloud mailbox availability and usage.
    • NewImporting data from PRTG Enables importing sensors and configuration data from PRTG for faster onboarding.

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  10. Version 15.1.1 Fixes11

    Highlights

    • CriticalIn certain situations statusDB could grow to hundreds of megabytes due to lack of proper cleanup. This could result in high memory usage and very long startup times.[#6590]
    • CriticalNon-root organization AD users can't log in to the desktop console.
    • MajorEmail messages are not delivered to e-mail addresses containing certain characters (i.e. apostrophe). [MP0038]
    • MajorGaps in trend data can occur when a large number of metrics are monitored by a single sensor (i.e. 1000).
    • MajorHyper-V checkpoint issue when host is in a language other than English [MP0037]

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  11. Version 15.1.0 Fixes20 Features9

    Highlights

    • NewExtending information about SSL error Program now displays error code that allows to explain the type of the SSL related error
    • NewHyper-V virtual machine checkpoints monitoring adds new monitoring packs and the list of checkpoints in virtual machines view
    • NewIIS Application Pool sensor allows monitoring IIS application pool parameters
    • NewInterfaces sorting in Interfaces View is more intuitive now
    • NewNew "number" conversion allows to display the exact number

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  12. Version 15.0.4 Fixes4

    Highlights

    • Critical30 day trial license registration was not possible
    • CriticalUser with administrative access right couldn't open desktop console [MP0029]
    • MajorReport from current view couldn't be created
    • MajorRouting Map could show nodes other than routers (i.e printers) #6042

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