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887 releases · current v2.268.0

Faster Updates, Smarter Alerts & Timezone Clarity

v2.5.1

Instant data updates after changes, reliable alert delivery with automatic fallbacks, and clear timezone controls.

  • NewIn-app fallback alerts, if all your notification channels fail (email, Slack, etc.), you still get notified inside the dashboard
  • NewOrganization timezone now controls all alert and notification timestamps, set once, consistent everywhere
  • NewEmail notifications now respect your organization's date and time format preferences
  • ImprovedChanges reflect instantly, creating monitors, updating profiles, acknowledging alerts, and switching orgs no longer show stale data
  • ImprovedMonitor status updates appear within 10 seconds instead of 30
  • ImprovedAlert threshold behavior clearly explained, early warning fires at half the configured failure count
  • ImprovedProfile page links to Organization Settings for configuring alert timezone
  • FixFixed API monitoring authentication not working for multi-region checks, Basic Auth and Bearer Token now work globally
  • FixFixed SSL certificate badge showing outdated "valid" status after certificate errors, now correctly shows invalid
  • FixFixed timezone falling back to a different user's settings in some cases, organization timezone is now always used for alerts

Visual Element Capture, Plan Gating & Maintenance Fix

v2.5.0

New visual monitoring capabilities, improved plan enforcement, and critical bug fixes.

  • NewElement capture for visual monitoring, screenshot a specific page section instead of the full page using a CSS selector
  • NewGoogle profile pictures now display in the navigation bar for OAuth users
  • NewSetup progress widget redesigned, click to open, shows all steps with completion status
  • ImprovedAI Chat and AI Insights now properly gated by plan, Starter and above
  • ImprovedScheduled Reports gated to Business plan and above
  • ImprovedCustom domains gated to Business plan and above
  • ImprovedTrial users now get correct feature access during their trial period. (Trial length has since changed.)
  • ImprovedSidebar footer (plan badge, theme toggle) stays pinned at the bottom while navigation scrolls
  • ImprovedPublic chat now renders formatted responses with bold text, links, and lists
  • ImprovedPricing page no longer shows a "Downgrade" button on the Free plan for paid users
  • FixFixed monitors getting stuck in "Under Maintenance" after a maintenance window was deleted
  • FixFixed maintenance window deletion not checking for overlapping active windows before resetting monitors
  • FixFixed visual screenshot exclusion selectors being ignored on manual captures due to stale cached config
  • FixFixed sidebar horizontal scrollbar appearing on some screen sizes
  • FixOnboarding now correctly completes only after successful checkout, not before

Comprehensive Security & Quality Audit

v2.4.0

Major release focused on security hardening, bug fixes from a comprehensive codebase audit, and SEO infrastructure.

  • SecurityEnhanced security hardening across webhook notification channels.
  • SecurityHardened cross-organization data isolation on notification channel linking.
  • SecurityTightened plan-limit enforcement on monitor updates.
  • NewMonitor status now shows specific error reasons, Connection Refused, DNS Failed, Timed Out, Blocked (403), Cloudflare Error (520-524)
  • NewContextual "Unblock Guide" link appears when Cloudflare blocks monitoring
  • NewCloudflare monitoring troubleshooting guide with IP whitelisting instructions
  • NewServer offline detection, alerts when servers stop reporting for 5+ minutes
  • NewAnomaly notifications now sent for medium+ severity AI-detected anomalies
  • NewSEO content engine, topic clusters, internal link auto-injection, cluster-aware breadcrumbs
  • NewChangelog page for tracking product updates
  • FixFixed monitor refresh showing "Down (200)" for operational sites
  • FixFixed MAJOR_OUTAGE and PARTIAL_OUTAGE displaying as "Operational" in UI
  • FixFixed status mapping bugs across 7 files, missing states silently fell to wrong display
  • FixFixed settings form fields (Method, Expected Status, Follow Redirects) not rendering on first open
  • FixFixed 5-second middleware timeouts from session DB query on every request, added 5-minute cache
  • FixFixed incident detail page unreadable in light mode (hardcoded dark-mode colors)
  • FixAdded error boundary for dashboard, component crashes no longer remove navigation
  • ImprovedReplaced all 20 native browser confirm() dialogs with styled React modals
  • ImprovedReplaced all native alert() calls with auto-dismissing toast notifications
  • ImprovedAdmin users table: dedicated Plan column + inline action buttons
  • ImprovedPage timeouts and connection errors logged as warnings instead of errors (reduces Discord noise)
  • ImprovedRemoved 11 dead code files (3,994 lines), cleaner codebase
  • ImprovedDNS and performance tables now scroll horizontally on mobile instead of crushing

AI Positioning & Homepage Refresh

v2.3.0
  • NewAI-powered monitoring keyword positioning across homepage and meta tags
  • NewGitHub OAuth authentication for login and signup
  • NewCollapsible sidebar with localStorage persistence
  • NewBlog featured images generated with AI image models
  • FixDNS SOA records excluded from change detection (too noisy)
  • FixDNS alert wording improved, Added/Removed/Updated instead of New/Old
  • ImprovedOnboarding URL field: hardcoded https:// prefix, auto-strips protocol on paste
  • ImprovedOAuth buttons side-by-side in grid layout
  • ImprovedHero section spacing improved with natural breathing room

Plan Restructuring & Server Monitoring

v2.2.0
  • NewPlan rename: Professional → Business, Enterprise → Agency
  • NewServer alert system with CPU/memory/disk threshold monitoring
  • NewPer-server alert configuration with notification channel overrides
  • NewWhatsApp templates for server alerts (CPU, memory, disk, offline, recovery)
  • NewFree plan: check interval 1hr → 5min, Starter: 10 → 15 monitors
  • ImprovedServer alert evaluator with consecutive breach counting and cooldown logic

Content Monitoring & Visual Enhancements

v2.1.0
  • NewContent change detection with CSS selector-based monitoring
  • NewContent freshness monitoring with configurable staleness thresholds
  • NewKeyword checking in visual screenshots
  • NewBlog pipeline for AI-generated SEO content
  • ImprovedVisual monitoring sub-pages for monitoring multiple URLs under one monitor

Production Launch

v2.0.0

Visual Sentinel is officially out of beta. Scaled-up production infrastructure, automated deploys, and proactive incident detection on the platform itself.

  • NewScaled-up production infrastructure with dedicated capacity for visual monitoring workloads.
  • NewAutomated continuous-deployment pipeline for beta and production environments.
  • NewInternal container watchdog with proactive alerts on unexpected restarts.
  • SecurityProduction traffic served over automatically-renewed TLS certificates.
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