Release Notes for Zabbix 7.0.1rc2

18 July 2024

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 7.0.1rc2.

Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. Zabbix is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 (AGPLv3), thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. More about Zabbix license.

This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 7.0.1rc2. Download it from here.

The following sections describe the release in details and provide late-breaking or other information that supplements its main documentation.

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New Features and Improvements

ZBXNEXT-9215	Added option to specify widgets as data sources for items in Graph and Pie chart widgets Frontend
ZBXNEXT-8657	Updated Zabbix health templates with new items and visualization Templates
ZBXNEXT-9143	Added index on auditlog recordsetid Server
ZBXNEXT-9194	Extended proc.get in Zabbix agent 2 to get proportional set size (PSS) memory on Linux Agent
ZBXNEXT-9260	Updated soft minimal TimescaleDB version to 2.13 Server
ZBXNEXT-9081	Added Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) device type support to Zabbix agent 2 Smart plugin Agent
ZBXNEXT-6445	Added recovery expression for fuzzytime triggers in Linux and Windows templates, removed fuzzytime triggers from active agent templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-8868	Added discovery and template for Azure VM Scale Sets Templates
ZBXNEXT-9201	Updated max supported MySQL version to 8.4 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-9225	Updated max supported TimescaleDB version to 2.15 Server
ZBXNEXT-9226	Updated max supported MariaDB version to 11.4 Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-9140	Added support for custom compartments in Oracle Cloud by HTTP templates Templates
ZBXNEXT-9034	Added Jira Data Center by JMX template Templates
ZBXNEXT-9145	Improved VMware event log retrieval Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-8990	Extended VMware event log with username Proxy Server

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-24852	Fixed compression policy change bug Server
ZBX-24719	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 crashing when executing global script Agent Server
ZBX-24632	Fixed perf entry collection on Firefox in browser monitoring, added filtering of unserializable properties Server
ZBX-24514	Fixed standalone Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy not stopping when database is read-only Proxy Server
ZBX-23936	Fixed state and styling of readonly fields Frontend
ZBX-24643	Fixed auditlog compression by changing compression policy Server
ZBX-24712	Fixed high memory usage in preprocessing manager and main process Proxy Server
ZBX-22920	Fixed undefined array key error in Problems widget when host is in maintenance Frontend
ZBX-24649	Removed logging of critical message when failing to convert value to uint64 in preprocessing Server
ZBX-24520	Fixed an issue with incorrect translations used in several frontend places Frontend
ZBX-24598	Fixed previous value field being updated to current value in item testing from host Frontend
ZBX-24404	Fixed single escape closing all opened modal windows in map constructor Frontend
ZBX-24108	Fixed error in dashboard if Map widget contains map element that user doesn't have access to Frontend
ZBX-24559	Fixed nextcheck update for web scenarios Server
ZBX-24569	Fixed old and added new items to Azure Virtual Machine template Templates
ZBX-24689	Fixed crash when using binary item value in calculated items or expression macros Server
ZBX-24577	Fixed error when closing graph widget hintbox Frontend
ZBX-24537	Fixed tags subfilter in Latest data kiosk mode Frontend
ZBX-23403	Fixed frontend not showing pre-requisites page if PHP mbstring extension is not installed Frontend
ZBX-24610	Fixed host interface field appearance for discovered items Frontend
ZBX-24638	Fixed item order in Graph widget Frontend
ZBX-23770	Improved monitoring user permissions documentation for Zabbix agent 2 Oracle plugin and Oracle by ODBC template Documentation
ZBX-24083	Fixed media types list status column styling Frontend
ZBX-24235	Fixed value misalignment in Item value widget Frontend
ZBX-23073	Fixed URL widget resizing and dragging Frontend
ZBX-23751	Fixed inability to pass an action filter condition without an "operator" property, implying a default value of "Equal" API
ZBX-24682	Fixed SQLite database creation Proxy
ZBX-24562	Fixed incorrect problem order in Problems by severity widget's hintbox Frontend
ZBX-24646	Fixed inability to update evaltype property of LLD rule's filter on a linked template API
ZBX-24622	Fixed inability to inherit template with multiple items to multiple hosts when total amount of inherited items exceeds but is not a multiple of batch size API
ZBX-23886	Fixed inability to import items, LLD rules and item prototypes containing redundant conditional fields API
ZBX-24609	Fixed host interface not being suggested for discovered item test Frontend
ZBX-21429	Prevented ability to disable all UI element access via role.update API API
ZBX-19271	Fixed inconsistent tag row rendering in different edit forms Frontend
ZBX-24671	Fixed problems not inheriting tags of templates linked to discovered hosts Server
ZBX-24539	Fixed incorrect threshold in trigger expression of Check Point Next Generation Firewall by SNMP template Templates
ZBX-24667	Fixed vm.memory.size[pused] item on Solaris Agent
ZBX-23781	Added storage volumes check in HPE iLO by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-24391	Fixed Zabbix agent to return net.tcp.socket.count result without error if IPv6 is disabled Agent
ZBX-24455	Fixed Zabbix agent crash while reading disk statistics Agent
ZBX-24352	Fixed custom severity name usage in Geomap widget Frontend
ZBX-20993	Fixed Zabbix agent 2 MQTT plugin clientID to be generated by strict requirements Agent
ZBX-23426	Added dependent item with JavaScript preprocessing for edges SD-WAN in VMWare SD-WAN VeloCloud by HTTP template Templates
ZBX-24566	Fixed crash when expression macro is used in unsupported location Server
ZBX-24513	Fixed real-time export of rarely updated trends Server
ZBX-24450	Fixed issue where graph could differ for data gathered from PostgreSQL and other databases Frontend
ZBX-21702	Fixed selected row highlighting on page refresh Frontend
ZBX-23398	Fixed trigger expression constructor incorrectly showing '<' and '>' operators Frontend
ZBX-23584	Fixed error message being displayed when updating template or host after changing element status Frontend
ZBX-22623	Fixed unavailable dashboard failing to load widget-specific JS files Frontend
ZBX-24405	Fixed memory leak and possibility to miss alerts under high load in alert syncer main loop Server
ZBX-24579	Fixed proxy list error occurred when sorted by Mode column Frontend Installation Server
ZBX-24042	Fixed undefined array key error on manual event action script execution Frontend
ZBX-23489	Fixed value/units overflowing boundaries of gauge arcs Frontend
ZBX-24565	Removed redundant kernel header include, fixed musl compatibility issues (thanks to Alpine Linux maintainers for spotting this)
ZBX-24525	Fixed referencing inaccessible widgets in dashboards Frontend
ZBX-24474	Fixed malformed error message for time periods in column editor of Top hosts widget Frontend
ZBX-24239	Fixed scrollbar jumping in popups with dynamic contents Frontend
ZBX-23917	Regenerated all the templates with new default history value and default trends value Templates
ZBX-24665	Fixed potential problem with deprecated GCE Integrity feature Templates
ZBX-24641	Fixed possible crash when calculating new IDs for tables using cache Server
ZBX-24588	Fixed CyberArk Vault connection with no certificates Frontend
ZBX-23876	Fixed incorrect timeout value being used when testing item Frontend
ZBX-24548	Fixed error when updating disabled Map navigation tree widget Frontend
ZBX-24553	Fixed WebDriverURL handling when trailing slash is present Server
ZBX-24635	Fixed datastore triggers in VMware templates Templates
ZBX-20766	Fixed confusing port binding error message Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-24453	Implemented socket file cleanup when shutting down, added blocking of signals during important stages of startup Proxy Server
ZBX-24167	Fixed template linkage when item prototype collision is found Server
ZBX-24119	Fixed possible blocking of alert manager when it periodically pings database Server
ZBX-23440	Fixed hintbox hiding on parent scroll and on target position changes Frontend
ZBX-24301	Fixed net.dns.perf to return valid response time instead of zero for NXDOMAIN result Agent
ZBX-24550	Removed background color from links in loading state Frontend
ZBX-24560	Fixed {HOST.DNS} and {HOST.IP} not being resolved if empty Server
ZBX-24415	Added triggers for datastores in VMware templates Templates
ZBX-23435	Fixed alert message about unsaved changes appearance in nested modal forms Frontend
ZBX-24483	Improved memory usage in Zabbix server/proxy trappers and in proxy pollers when sending large configuration Proxy Server
ZBX-24574	Fixed HA node flipping between standby and active states Server
ZBX-24532	Fixed unexpected termination on start when DNS library initialization was not possible with broken resolv.conf Server
ZBX-7998	Added VMware service username, password and URL check for empty values Proxy Server
ZBX-24402	Reduced main process connects to database during startup Proxy Server
ZBX-24310	Fixed issue with calculating item count for host availability status if user has no permissions Frontend
ZBX-24318	Fixed slow LLD of hosts due to redundant iteration through many hosts Server
ZBX-24477	Fixed item test result not shown when value type conversion is applied without preprocessing steps Frontend
ZBX-24369	Fixed monitoring list pages' filters behavior after deleting filter parameters Frontend
ZBX-24484	Fixed Geomap widget console error when dragging map in widget edit mode Frontend
ZBX-24233	Fixed missing interval for active agent items on item list page Frontend
ZBX-24370	Fixed errors on LDAP configuration page when removing provision media mapping Frontend
ZBX-23337	Improved supported version documentation for Zabbix agent 2 Oracle plugin and both templates Documentation
ZBX-24180	Fixed inability to import existing host or template when its dependent item prototype, which is used in trigger prototypes or graph prototypes, would have a different master item API
ZBX-24242	Fixed incorrectly discovered hosts by TCP check Proxy Server
ZBX-24362	Fix Zabbix agent 2 loadable plugin process handling catching all child process exits Agent
ZBX-24152	Fixed host form submission with Enter button if the form is opened in a popup and focus is in a flexible text area field Frontend
ZBX-24276	Fixed inconsistent map element URL opening behavior Frontend
ZBX-24253	Fixed subfilter reset when navigating in items list page Frontend
ZBX-24503	Fixed wrong attachment filename in scheduled reports Server
ZBX-24344	Fixed selected state subfilter visibility in Latest data page Frontend
ZBX-24534	Removed number of elements indicator in proxy groups page table footer when there are no results to show Frontend
ZBX-24601	Fixed log warning telling to upgrade TimescaleDB configuration Server
ZBX-18094	Fixed multiple pie graph issues related with calculation of item angles Frontend
ZBX-24299	Fixed possibility to alter readonly error fields with HostInterface and drule API create/update operation API
ZBX-23436	Fixed broken template edit page being opened from breadcrumbs Frontend
ZBX-24470	Fixed scale of vmware.vm.memory.size.compressed key Proxy Server
ZBX-17382	Improved get[oid] and walk[oid] to display UTF-8 text instead of hex if MIB files are not installed Proxy Server
ZBX-24540	Fixed crash when expanding host interface macros on main Zabbix agent interface Proxy Server
ZBX-23690	Optimized maintenance calculations for large number of hosts x maintenances Server
ZBX-25017	Fixed sensitive data exposure from audit log API
ZBX-25018	Removed direct pointer access in custom javascript objects Proxy Server
ZBX-25019	Introduced limits to WebDriver performance data collection Server

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbixマニュアル for full details.

アップグレードサービス

See Upgrade procedure for upgrade options and instructions. For version specific upgrade notes, see Upgrade notes for 7.0.1.

Commercial support

Zabbix Company provides a full range of Professional Services. We also provide trouble-free Upgrade Service for easy migration from earlier versions of Zabbix. Please 営業への問い合わせ for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
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• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 7.0 Manual