Release Notes for Zabbix 4.0.6rc2

25 March 2019

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 4.0.6rc2.

Zabbix is an enterprise-class open source distributed monitoring solution. Zabbix is released under the GPL, thus it is free of charge for both commercial and non-commercial use. A complete text of the license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt.

This document contains the release notes for Zabbix 4.0.6rc2. Download it from download.

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-5105	Added context menu for trigger name in event details page
ZBX-15286	Dropped support use of discovered items as master
ZBXNEXT-4898	Added support IPv6 for "net.dns" and "net.dns.record"
ZBXNEXT-5037	Added "skip" parameter for vmware.eventlog key
ZBXNEXT-4819	Implemented date and time showing in SVG graph widget

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-15839	Fixed broken layout of the breadcrumbs in Safari browser
ZBX-15867	Fixed invalid DNS being accepted when receiving discovery contents from Zabbix proxy
ZBX-15821	Fixed SQL statement performance used in template.unlink() method
ZBX-15578	Fixed IPMI errors in case of infrequent reading of values
ZBX-15098	Fixed undefined index in application selection popup window
ZBX-15351	Fixed PHP error in "Problems by severity" if no problems
ZBX-15552	Fixed compilation with LibreSSL as OpenSSL replacement and OpenSSL without PSK support
ZBX-10317	Made info column on item list page always visible
ZBX-15322	Fixed graph area near grid line with 0 value
ZBX-15798	Fixed proxy configuration update failure on Oracle; fixed failure on empty SQL buffer on Oracle
ZBX-15219	Fixed unwanted removing scenario post fields on scenario update
ZBX-11278	Reworked property state indicator in mass update screens
ZBX-15716	Fixed escalation cancel message is called if escalation interrupts with unfinished step or recovery
ZBX-15468	Fixed LDAP configuration form not being able to save changes when user password field is empty string
ZBX-15669	Fixed page scroll after widget being added to dashboard
ZBX-15548	Fixed resolving of {ITEM.VALUE} macro in the trigger description
ZBX-15774	Fixed memory leak in housekeeper when elasticsearch is used
ZBX-15788	Fixed crash when substituting LLD macros in calculated item formula expression
ZBX-15608	Fixed when Widget Graph show disabled trigger/problem
ZBX-10397	Fixed when global messaging severities unchecked if profile saved earlier
ZBX-15596	Fixed when widget in frontend can be created larger than API validation supports
ZBX-15308	Fixed timeselector in screens when page is opened with link containing sid argument
ZBX-15694	Fixed trimming of empty spaces for custom multiplier in item and item prototype preprocessing forms
ZBX-15196	Fixed "Follow redirects" checkbox not being enabled by default for HTTP agent in item, item prototype and LLD rule create forms
ZBX-15670	Fixed inefficient vmware eventlog downloading
ZBX-15483	Fixed undefined index in Item Prototype update
ZBX-15270	Fixed graph widget configuration form cross browser issues
ZBX-15300	Fixed widgets extra space at the bottom
ZBX-8091	Added alphabetic ordering of net.dns.record respond
ZBX-15707	Fixed check box design when drag and drop an interface into SNMP
ZBX-15535	Fixed validation of min/max value range in graph widget; fixed translation string in graph widget
ZBX-15648	Removed unused WIDGET_HAT_EVENTACTIONMCMDS and WIDGET_HAT_EVENTACTIONMSGS constants
ZBX-15386	Fixed Trigger overview not showing OK triggers
ZBX-14538	Fixed error message when value of lifetime or history/trends storage period is out of range
ZBX-15614	Fixed validation of y axis item on classic graph create and update
ZBX-15226	Fixed missing visual gap under page title
ZBX-15560	Fixed incorrect URL argument formatting when parameters are non-indexed arrays
ZBX-15719	Fixed undefined index in trigger expression popup
ZBX-15332	Fixed dashboard svg graph update on timeselector interval change
ZBX-15728	Fixed agent startup problem in Win 2008 R2 w/o SP1, removed dependency on version helper API
ZBX-15622	Fixed trigger expression test dialog not being usable with long trigger expressions
ZBX-13332	Fixed Request-URI Too Long errors in PopUps; fixed lost focus, when closing error popup
ZBX-15607	Fixed possibility of zombie processes occurring when signaling agent during metric execution
ZBX-10496	Fixed links to installation instructions in README file
ZBX-15625	Removed links leading to media type edit form for non-superadmins in Reports->Notifications page
ZBX-15703	Fixed use of uninitialized variable when receiving 0 bytes on listening socket
ZBX-15537	Fixed visual bug when filter tab was overlapped by sub navigation
ZBX-15539	Fixed validation of master item in item update form
ZBX-15532	Fixed undefined index error on problems page when trigger expression contains web items
ZBX-15488	Fixed permission check for inherited triggers
ZBX-15646	Fixed web-server 'Request-URI Too Long' error in trigger description dialog

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

Installation

See Zabbix Manual for full details.

Upgrade

Recompile Zabbix binaries and update front-end PHP files. Execute a database patch if migrating from Zabbix 1.8.x. See Zabbix manual for a detailed upgrade procedure.

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 Contact sales for pricing and more details.

• Zabbix Enterprise Support
• Zabbix Training
• Zabbix Development Services

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References

Zabbix 4.0 Manual