Provider Connectivity Assurance Release Notes

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Welcome to the Provider Connectivity Assurance Iterative Release Note, stay tuned and find out what is included in each bi-weekly delivery.

Important Update

As of March 2025, Provider Connectivity Assurance will move towards an approximately bi-weekly delivery cadence for cloud customers. This new strategy enables us to be more responsive and increase our agility in providing new functionalities. In addition to feature enhancements and new functionality, the bi-weekly cloud deliveries will continue to include maintenance and security updates.

On Premise Customers

Provider Connectivity Assurance will release on-prem bi-annually, with maintenance releases available as required. Our next on-prem release is targeted for summer 2025.

Sensor Compatibility

Provider Connectivity Assurance (both on-prem and SaaS) supports sensors dating back two bi-annual releases, currently 25.02 and 24.09 are supported.

Sensor type

Lowest supported revision

agent actuate

24.09

agent throughput

24.09

agent trace

24.09

agent transfer

24.09

sensor capture

24.09

Week of June 27, 2025

Fixes

25.2.189

Sensor Collector: 0.601.0

To support security improvements in Sensor Collector 0.601.0, customers must update their Docker version to 23.0.0 or higher.

Upgrading your Collector: While upgrading to version 0.601.0 is highly recommended, it is optional. If you choose to upgrade to version 0.601.0 (supported with Deployer 25.2.189 and above), you will need to update your Docker version to 23.0.0.
Remaining on an older version: If you opt to stay on the last compatible version (0.590.0 or lower), no Docker upgrade is required.

Please plan accordingly to ensure compatibility and security.

ID

Type

Area

Description

1210437296027773

Fix

UI – Data Confidence

Replaced blanks with 0's

1207622060194129

Fix

UI – Table/Inventory

Resolved issue with the back button not working after transitioning to inventory

1210129112443198

Fix

UI - Settings - Ingestion

Ensured disabling a metric no longer temporarily removes it from the custom metric menu until a page reset

1210405707352726

Fix

UI - Settings - Threshold profiles

Displayed the number and type of data types each selected metric used

1209500938770088

Fix

UI - Threshold Profiles

Prevented queries with duplicate metrics

1210382437409384

Fix

UI - Login/Onboarding

Displayed an error message instead of a white screen if the token is expired

1210388140537444

Fix

UI - Onboarding

Added a scrollbar to view error messages on all screen dimensions

1210447953016281

Fix

UI - Data – Display

Rendered timeseries for watt-hour metrics (e.g., Energy_Used) correctly

1210484531723509

Fix

UI - Platform Health – Drawer

Adjusted height and added predefined widths

Week of June 13, 2025

New Features and Enhancements

Delete Alert Policy

We now support the permanent deletion of archived alert policies, allowing you to clear unused or stale policies that consume resources on the deployment. For more details, see the updated article here: Alert Policies

Fixes

25.02.151

ID

Type

Area

Description

1210388140537444

Fix

UI - Onboarding

Added a scrollbar to view error messages on all screen dimensions

1210412064998616

Fix

UI - Ingestion

Renamed datatype to objectType

1210447953016281

Fix

UI - Data - Display

Timeseries for watt-hour metrics now renders correctly (e.g., Energy_Used)

1210501125848636

Fix

UI

Added missing translation for Settings -> Ingestion – Metrics

1209500787991013

Fix

City-to-city drilldown

Added segment icon to the Connection column

1210494214792104

Fix

UI - Ingestion - Object type details

Enabled saving of specifications

1210494214792115

Fix

UI - Ingestion - Polish - Object type table

Updated wording from "delete" to "restore" when objectType exists in the dictionary

1210423119223130

Fix

UI - Accounts

Added a checkbox to skip email verification and create user with password reset required

1210366128096191

Fix

Side drawer table

Implemented sorting by severity, then alphabetically for categories

1210366122714630

Fix

Page level banner notifications

Ensured "Category label" and "Criteria label" populate with actual data

1210366128096189

Fix

Page level banner notifications

Notifications are now sorted by severity, then component name

1209820079425674

Fix

UI

Resolved logout session issues

1210069106098247

Enhancement

UI - Segment Routing

Improved city drilldown functionality

1209653942091794

Enhancement

UI - Segment Routing Dashboard - Timeseries

Aggregate requests now filter by locationStart and locationEnd

1209653942091790

Enhancement

UI - Segment Routing Dashboard - Modal - Map

Node city locations now displays segment paths

1210388637495041

Fix

UI - Segment Routing Dashboard

Resolved zoom reset issue when moving the mouse outside of the geo map

1209570752111666

Fix

UI - Assets - Segment Routing - ECMP Path

Addressed occasional node sorting issues

1210237727308333

Fix

UI - Ingestion - Normalized column - Metric Accordion

Allowed adding new metrics from a list of available options

Week of May 30, 2025

Fixes

25.02.102

Sensor Collector: 0.600.0

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209886189900990

Fix

UI - Widget - Geo

Increased label size

1210134580256375

Fix

UI - Data Dictionary - Keys

Sorts alphabetically (if there's no search term) to give more accurate results

1207591160868616

Fix

UI - Dashboard/Analysis management

Allowed sorting within groups

1210162157474674

Fix

UI - Inventory - Assets - Details

Added view selector

1210237727308323

Fix

UI

Displaying all data types in a list

1209993011186342

API

Gracefully handled improperly formatted groupby metrics payload

1209643939287308

Fix

API

Addressed PreviousIdentities limits to avoid session collisions

1210341398454950

Fix

UI - Inventory - Sessions

Revert transferred objects filter to selected change

1210354716674829

Fix

UI - App Menu

Busy Hours / maintenance / data cleaning tooltips no longer appear smaller than other tooltips

1210345764445301

Fix

UI - Top Nav - User Menu

Have a hover tooltip

1207982153006554

Fix

UI - Agents

Online agents appearing first

1210188006761325

Fix

UI - Settings - General

Show error notification on branding update failures

1210327685850986

Fix

UI

Added "Capture components" card

1210246740551116

Fix

UI - Data

Added watt-hour Wh unit User Menu - should have a hover tooltip

1210339131895315

Fix

Sensor Collector

If keyFile is missing it no longer enables jwtMode

1210129146462040

Fix

UI - Sensors - Capture

Bulk actions dropdown reacts to language change until page reload

1210239866376324

Fix

UI - Sensors - Captures

Removed VPN Proxy fields

1208764290326436

Fix

UI - Metadata - Assets

New info message indicating name will be converted to lowercase

1210164710728820

Fix

UI - Analysis - Sidebar - Topology

Export button is no longer partially off screen

1208756259452326

Fix

UI - Dashboard - Editor

Topology Scatterplot "Add bin" has mr-2

1209570752111664

Fix

UI - Assets - Segment Routing - ECMP Path

Unused paths have faded labels

1209570752111680

Fix

UI - Assets - Segment Routing - ECMP Path

Using display value for units rather than hardcode

1209597670932602

Fix

UI - Assets - Segment Routing - ECMP Path

Theming (light/dark mode)

1209754989565054

Fix

UI - Assets - Segment Routing - ECMP Path

Draggable area to scroll is computed correctly

1209771474817830

Fix

UI - Assets - Segment Routing

Updated minUnidirectionalDelay values in ECMP graph on row selection

1209729076367095

Fix

UI - Monitoring Reports

Changed email subject line from "Provider Connectivity Assurance Report" to {Report Name}

1210137248427384

Fix

Capture Sensor

Capture Sensor can be registered using MAC address for its zone

Week of May 16, 2025

Fixes

25.02.89

ID

Type

Area

Description

1210160180210831

Fix

UI - Widget - Geo

Updated the “Labels” toggle button

1210160137107223

Fix

UI - Accounts - User groups

Added “Discard” button to Starting dashboard if there is no value

1210205372349703

Fix

UI - Data Dictionary

Meta results are case-insensitive

1209983177167733

Fix

UI - Inventory - Asset - Details

Retrieving asset details is responsive

1210233660028808

Fix

UI - Navigation

Made the Admin tab as the first and default tab for troubleshooting view

1209498181676993

Fix

API

Improved validation constraints between the ‘ingestionDictionary’ / ‘ingestionProfile’ / ‘compositeMetrics’ and the DHL Dataset Export configurations

1209258368723556

Fix

UI - Inventory

Add Prometheus Metric Monitoring for Dgraph Calls from Stitchit

1209378257174182

Fix

UI - Inventory

Added Prometheus Metrics for stitchit end points

1208909356198797

Fix

UI - Inventory

Able to search with session name under inventory for CISCONX_S_ENV object type

1209849529181450

Fix

UI - Automation

Added translations for new and modified keys are automated

1210068248127335

Fix

UI - Settings - Metadata

Included key in delete confirmation modal

1209739868424558

Fix

UI - Inventory - Forecasting

Loading bar is visible

1210134580256384

Fix

UI - Widget - Timeseries

The clickable area extends to the entire name, not just the arrow on the left side

1210146148145204

Fix

UI - Settings - Ingestion

Custom metric does not appear in the list after a creation error

1210146148341010

Fix

UI - Settings - Ingestion

Toggling a metric and switching pages properly restores metrics as expected

1209952593138664

Fix

UI - Widget - Mark Line Modal

Button does not move when adding multiple mark lines

1210160180210823

Fix

UI - Settings - Data Cleaning

Renamed "Dimensions" to "Threshold"

1209956452650857

Fix

UI - Inventory - Sessions - List

Removed circular dependencies caused by object filter

1210141972654938

Fix

UI - Inventory - Timeseries

Updated "step: end" to more accurately represent the baseline data

1208273016039613

Fix

UI - Dashboards

Report QPs are not ignored when clicked via email

1210103477902108

Fix

UI - Inventory - Sessions

Sync quality and state metrics now displaying proper values

1209998124808444

Fix

API - Ingestion Dictionary

Included customMetric into dataType enforcement

1209248315354938

Fix

API - Ingestion Dictionary

Enforced Immutability of dataType for Metrics and Dimensions

1210067450686950

Fix

UI - Dashboards

Resolved intermittent slowness in dashboard

Week of May 2, 2025

Fixes

25.02.70

Sensor Collector: 0.590.0

ID

Type

Area

Description

1210038323650500

Fix

UI - Reports

Able to change the time of an existing Report

1210073102259249

Fix

UI - Notification System

global/bulk-update does not call endpoint after error

1210013393753718

Fix

UI - Multi search - TagInput

Placeholder does not disappear after tags are added and the removed

1209436705487203

Fix

UI - Can Service

Replaced with typed service

1209436705487205

Fix

UI - Data - Dictionary - Capture

Support for server-side search filtering

1209537434741505

Fix

UI

Component definition icon in card

1210034942724244

Fix

UI - App

DashboardsMigrated baseline loop does not run more than once

1209945166744122

Fix

UI - Sensors - Collectors -Sensor Collectors

Correct message when creating collector

1209771481368726

Fix

UI - Assets - Segments

Update period and duration of first ECMP to be complete period

1209952593138656

Fix

UI - Threshold Profiles

Adding a bin doesn’t add a duplicate color

1209962368215537

Fix

UI - Widget or Popover

Text overlay on crosstab displaying correctly

1209877842395219

Fix

UI - Settings - Location aliases

When only source is provisioned, setting destination doesn’t clear source

1209871817838687

Fix

UI - Filter Bar

Selected session ID values (over first 250 results) showing in the list

1209726004267544

Fix

UI - Sensors - Captures - Form

Possible to cancel change on capture configuration

1209936507978479

Fix

UI - Accounts

User groups show all users

1209950355511552

Fix

UI - Dashboard/Analysis Management

Owner is now reported as known user

1209950355511567

Fix

UI - Reports

User and usergroups are in selection menu

1209971581831202

Fix

UI - Permissions

Able to find usergroups in dashboard/analysis sharing menu

1209996596701738

Fix

UI - Dashboard/Analysis - Sharing

Modal grows with limits when adding usergroups

1210006500638652

Fix

UI - Dashboards/Analysis

Dedup SharingPermissionsSelect and DashboardPermissionsSelect

1209971581831219

Fix

UI - Dashboard/Analysis Management

Able to group by "Shared with"

1209971581831234

Fix

UI - Sensors - Capture - PCAP

Createdby is missing

1210013393753702

Fix

UI - Accounts

Duplicate name error not defendant on what is currently in the list

1209972122584322

Fix

UI - Settings - Session

Significant decimal place saving correctly

1209849262488217

Fix

UI - Sensors - Capture - Profiles

Updating a new profile submits

Week of April 21, 2025

Fixes

25.02.61

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209930942507211

Fix

API

User API Improvements to search users by IDs

1209875087730716

Fix

API - capture

Update tenant passive/capture traffic dashboards

1209871291654243

Fix

UI - Sensors Capture

Can now set list of dns resolvers

1209705809489928

Fix

UI - Inventory

Sessions baseline checkbox disabled if forecasting is enabled

1209897674177601

Fix

UI - Threshold Profiles

Number input precision loss on bin entry

1209884178137613

Fix

UI - Sensors Capture

Multiselect sensors hides actions menu

1209811229173263

Fix

UI - Analysis

Corrected issues with the dark theme drilldown

1209874607471397

Fix

UI - Settings - Policies - Alerts

Revert policy enabled state if result is error

1209850116927356

Fix

UI -Accounts - Pagination

Bottom of list is cut off by pagination component

1209850117567970

Fix

UI - Accounts - Pagination

Indication of what page is selected

1209914012978545

Fix

UI - Accounts - User groups

Modify the number of user groups in the searchbar

1209914012978542

Fix

UI -Accounts - Users

Modify the number of users in the searchbar

1207066733821383

Fix

UI - Data

Treat cVOIP data as a unique data source (eg like timeseries/instanced/segment) so that queries to that source aren’t combined with other queries

1209930014224604

Fix

UI - Widget - Geo

Links not showing for collocated sessions

1209883228887614

Fix

UI - Sensors - Capture

Missing popup when deregistering sensor capture

1209738984022382

Fix

UI - Analysis - Timeseries

Legend is buggy when adding cluster

1209845581682680

Fix

UI - SBE - Policies - Alerting

POST new policy exception

1209811735306161

Fix

UI - Session

Filter profile assignment can now delete connector

1209887079731139

Fix

UI

Pop-up notification " Feature Health: Capture " resolved

1209508262588533

Fix

ETHO administration interface is at 1500 by default

1209882600936747

Fix

UI - Settings - Metadata

Save works when trying to remove location aliases for a tenant

1209798521690067

Fix

UI - Analytics

Policies baseline display in GUI without recovered on field

Week of March 28, 2025

New Features and Enhancements

Searching and Filtering for Users

Server-side searching and filtering has been added to allow admin users to access and manage large numbers of users and user groups. It includes API improvements that were designed to enhance user experience. Whether you're navigating large lists or searching for specific entries, you can now access the information you need quickly and effectively.

Fixes

25.02.37

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209875404455520

Fix

UI

geomap information available after 25.02 upgrade (reversegeocode error fixed)

25.02.36

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209700898743066

Fix

UI

Inventory Sessions, Timeseries reverts to its previous values after turning off the forecast

1209829230267021

Fix

Workbench error

startup working without error

25.02.35

ID

Type

Area

Description

1208343010884658

Fix

API

Ingested improved user APIs within Skylight UI

25.02.33

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209708105496841

Reports

Monitoring

Now able to share and/or schedule reports

25.02.32

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209771474817823

UI

Anvil - Select Component

Properly displaying select dropdowns inside a Modal

1209776684494447

UI

Assets - Segments

Occurrence % based on duration of Timeseries

1209653801821140

UI

SR Dashboard - Map

All cities and their locations now using new endpoint

1209642466557995

UI

Inventory - Sessions -

Emptied filter modal

1209771474817828

UI

Assets - Segment - ECMP timeseries

Update comparison selection behavior

1207867928449530

UI

Sensors - Captures

Able to change network interfaces names eth1/eth0

1209769272000804

UI

Bumped api/capture-orchestrate/v6/profiles to v7

1209772406387821

Widget

Table

Show non-reporting rows

1209812752362228

Widget

Timeseries/Aggregate

Support confidence weighting

1209812752362230

Widget

Table

Support confidence weighting and confidence column

1209775075159477

UI

Notification Centre - Baseline Percent Modal

Applied changes to warn user dashboard cannot be saved

1209765350050004

UI

Notification Centre

Notification closes

1209775075159480

UI

Notification Centre - Baseline Percent Modal

Truncated Name column

25.02.29

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209708105496841

Reports

Monitoring

Now able to share and/or schedule reports

25.02.26

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209708105496841

UI

Weld-data

The Settings display will check revision on update

1209771481368723

UI

Assets-segments

ECMP pattern matching has been updated to handle flipped orientations

1207591053759744

UI

Data

Removed hardcoded syncQuality and SyncState dimensions

25.02.16

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209752725429480

Fix

Users

Removed duplicate users with cross-tenant roles on search endpoints

25.02.15

ID

Type

Area

Description

1208999499319993

UI

Authentication / Authorization

Save new auth service access_token as cookie

1209718382266743

UI

Notification Center

Notification is shown and modal, and was selectable even if there were no widgets in the list

1209742434851769

UI

Display Settings

Update failure was giving a success notification despite failure

1209500938770078

UI

Dashboard Import-Export

Sanitize preAggregateThresholdId or give warning

1209739868424539

UI

System Health

Javascript was showing errors in console

1209708105496841

UI

Weld-data Settings

Checking rev on update

1209744165106757

UI

Segment Drill down

Pass down metric aggregation method to make it configurable in details

25.02.4 (Sensor Collector 0.585.0 -> 0.589.0)

ID

Type

Area

Description

1209727622438513

UI

Segments

Updated path link chart in initial comparison state to be selectable

1209729085362297

UI

Utils

eq and neq helpers should be typed to catch logic errors

1209674319475104

UI

Segments

legacyThresholdProfileCount

1209674320983707

UI

Weld-Watcher

legacyDashboardCardCount

1208707220087881

FIX

Sensor Collector

Adding test for sending request for session filters

1209197226249180

FIX

Sensor Collector

Remove JWT_AUTH mode

N/A

FIX

Sensor Collector

reduce some log levels in pvx filewatcher

N/A

FIX

Sensor Collector

ioutil.ReadDir() -> os.ReadDir()

N/A

FIX

Sensor Collector

add a check and error message on folder removal



Week of March 14, 2025

New Features and Enhancements

Splunk Alerting

This feature enables the automatic export of alerts from Provider Connectivity Assurance to Splunk, offering a consolidated view of service health by combining alerts from multiple sources. This integration enhances incident response times by centralizing alert management, ensuring your team can act swiftly.

See article here

Platform Certificate Management

The platform's certificate management updates support customers using their own certificates, ensuring alignment with security standards and enhancing operational trust. It includes tailored certificate management to support multi-tenant deployments, ensuring each tenant's requirements are met without compromising security or compliance. Important topics include:

  • Trust Chains Align client certificates with customer-provided ones for enhanced security.

  • Certificate Renewal: Use tools for easy renewal to avoid disruptions.

  • OCSP Support: Efficiently manage revocations to ensure certificate validity.

  • Implementation Tips Regularly check cryptographic standards and use secure vaults for certificate storage to protect data and streamline management.

Notification Center

To keep you better informed, Provider Connectivity Assurance will send you notifications of important system level events. You'll be able to see them by clicking on a new bell icon in the header navigation bar. Once acknowledged, notifications will be accessible through the "Archived" tab.

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Transitioning Baseline Bins: Ratio to Percentage

This feature allows for conversion of dashboard widget baseline bin values from ratios to percentages to improve data interpretation and decision-making. This can be achieved using the Percentage/Ratio Conversion Dialog or via the Notification Center.

See article here.

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