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885 releases · current v2.264.7

Clearer, more trustworthy comparisons

v2.141.4
  • FixComparison pages now avoid unsupported rating figures and reflect current Business server capacity and Freshping migration options.
  • ImprovedDesktop and mobile navigation now identify the current page for assistive technology.

More accurate customer proof

v2.141.3
  • FixCustomer testimonials now distinguish written feedback from explicitly scored reviews.

Security hardening

v2.141.2
  • SecurityEnhanced security hardening.

Smoother signup and cleaner public pages

v2.141.1
  • FixSignup options now appear without shifting the form after the page loads.
  • ImprovedAnonymous pricing visits now avoid loading checkout resources until an account is ready to choose a paid plan.
  • FixThe mobile site menu now keeps background content out of keyboard and screen-reader navigation while it is open.
  • ImprovedPublic-page contrast, social-link touch targets, review-star labels, and heading readability have been improved.
  • FixKnowledge Hub and product pages now link to maintained guides instead of withdrawn articles.

Clearer upgrades and trustworthy guidance

v2.141.0
  • NewAfter creating a first monitor, Free users now get a clear choice between starting the Solo card trial and continuing on Free.
  • ImprovedPlan selection now explains monitoring frequency, included coverage, billing timing, and trial terms more clearly before checkout.
  • ImprovedPaid checkout buttons now wait until secure checkout is ready and show a useful loading state in the meantime.
  • ImprovedSignup and first-subscription measurement is now more complete, helping us improve the path from first visit to paid value.
  • ImprovedPublic pages and Knowledge Hub guides now describe plan capabilities more consistently and provide clearer authorship, page titles, and related destinations.
  • FixOutdated Knowledge Hub pages with unsupported claims are no longer discoverable, and valid overlapping topics now lead to a current canonical guide.

Recovery verification reliability

v2.140.1
  • ImprovedScheduled recovery-backup verification now uses dedicated capacity, reducing the chance that external usage limits delay a recovery-readiness check.

Visual Sentinel for iPhone

v2.140.0
  • NewThe Visual Sentinel mobile app is now available for iPhone on the App Store, alongside the existing Android app on Google Play.
  • ImprovedThe Mobile Apps page now provides direct downloads for both stores and clearer guidance for using the same account and workspace across web and mobile.
  • FixActive site announcements now appear on the homepage as well as other public pages.
  • FixRecovery archives and their independent verification are now resilient to normal screenshot activity and overlapping verification schedules.

Trustworthy resume and recovery alerts

v2.139.4
  • FixResumed monitors now discard their paused status, check immediately, and report the newly observed state.
  • FixSuccessful recovery checks can no longer produce contradictory DOWN alerts with a healthy response.
  • FixEach visual incident now sends one change alert and one matching restoration alert instead of hourly duplicates.

Steady monitor scrolling

v2.139.3
  • FixMonitor cards now remain steadily rendered while scrolling through ordinary-sized monitor lists, removing flashes at specific page positions.

Reliable visual incident evidence

v2.139.2
  • FixReopened visual incidents now retain the exact baseline, current capture, and difference images recorded for review.
  • FixMissing visual evidence now shows a clear unavailable state, and baseline acceptance stays disabled until the exact incident capture has loaded.

Clearer, smoother monitor overview

v2.139.1
  • ImprovedThe monitor grid is now denser and steadier during fast scrolling, with status and uptime visible on every card.
  • ImprovedDesktop list view now includes a centered uptime bar for quicker fleet comparisons.

Clearer upgrades and faster signup

v2.139.0
  • ImprovedThe signup form now appears with the first page response, reducing the wait before a new customer can create an account.
  • NewAfter checkout, Billing now confirms the activated plan, distinguishes trials from collected payments, shows the newly available features, and offers direct next steps.
  • FixCheckout no longer claims that payment succeeded before the subscription has been confirmed.

Faster Knowledge Hub publishing

v2.138.1
  • ImprovedKnowledge Hub operations can now publish approved articles immediately, while retaining an explicit draft option.
  • NewNewly published Knowledge Hub articles can now receive a featured image automatically.

Knowledge Hub publishing and clearer status tools

v2.138.0
  • NewKnowledge Hub articles can now move through a review-first draft workflow before publication.
  • ImprovedPopular service-status pages now answer live-status questions more directly and make the path to monitoring your own website clearer.
  • ImprovedThe free website checker now explains the status, speed, SSL, DNS, and redirect evidence included in each result.
  • SecurityEnhanced security hardening.

Faster visual security recovery

v2.137.8
  • FixVisual malware warnings now perform recovery captures at the monitor's configured visual interval, allowing a cleaned site to leave quarantine promptly after the required consecutive clean checks.

Redirect destination changes are detected

v2.137.7
  • FixWebsite and API monitors now learn their verified final destination and report an outage if a later redirect unexpectedly sends visitors to a different domain, even when that destination returns a successful response.
  • ImprovedVisual checks now tolerate brief bursts of background database activity before retrying, reducing transient worker failures during busy periods.
  • SecurityEnhanced security hardening.

Redirect destinations are now verified

v2.137.6
  • FixWebsite and API monitors that follow redirects now validate the final destination instead of treating an intermediate redirect as a successful response. Broken destinations, redirect loops, and final response errors now produce the correct monitor result.
  • SecurityEnhanced security hardening.

Accurate monitor status filters

v2.137.5
  • FixThe Warn and Changed filters on the Monitors page now show counts that match their visible active monitors, while paused monitors remain in the Paused filter.

Resilient Discord support routing

v2.137.4
  • FixSupport ticket routing now detects when the Discord bot can no longer authenticate and raises an operations alert even while the rest of the service remains healthy.
  • FixTicket threads, staff replies, and ticket closures now remain eligible for retry during temporary Discord outages instead of being discarded.
  • SecurityEnhanced security hardening.

Matched alerts and recoveries

v2.137.3
  • FixServer outage summaries now open reliably even when related site incidents already exist, and server health alerts remain available as a fallback if a grouped summary cannot be delivered.
  • FixRecovery messages are now sent only when the matching problem alert reached a notification channel, preventing confusing all-clear messages without an earlier warning.
  • ImprovedFailed visual, malware, certificate, domain-expiry, and server alerts remain eligible for retry instead of being treated as delivered.
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