Release Notes for Zabbix 4.2.0rc1

18 March 2019

Zabbix Team is pleased to announce the availability of Zabbix 4.2.0rc1.

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 4.2.0rc1. Download 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-5105	Added context menu for trigger name in event details page Frontend
ZBXNEXT-5011, ZBXNEXT-5012	Implemented testing option for item preprocessing steps API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-4865, ZBXNEXT-4961	Added preprocessing steps to work with Prometheus agents API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-155	Added support of multiple macros in map element label, url name and url value API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-5083, ZBXNEXT-4861	Added support of LLD rule as dependent item API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5081	Added item preprocessing support to proxies Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-4967	Added Zabbix sender data sending to multiple destinations given in ServerActive configuration parameter Agent
ZBX-15286	Dropped support use of discovered items as master API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-158	Added ability to use discovery returned string as hostname and visible name API Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-5013	Removed adaptive chunking from TimescaleDB script Installation
ZBXNEXT-5016	Extended preprocessing error messages to include intermediate step results Server
ZBXNEXT-4898	Added support IPv6 for "net.dns" and "net.dns.record" Agent
ZBXNEXT-5037	Added "skip" parameter for vmware.eventlog key Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-4819	Implemented date and time showing in SVG graph widget Frontend
ZBXNEXT-221	Implemented hosts and hostgroups multiselect in items and triggers table filter API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4944	Added javascript item preprocessing step API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-4857	Added animated GIF support for Zabbix Maps API Frontend
ZBXNEXT-5046	Added non-destructive resizing and reordering of dashboard widgets Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4731	Implemented host and template level tags API Frontend Installation Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-401, ZBXNEXT-4907, ZBXNEXT-4955	Added monitoring of internal metrics from an external Zabbix instance Frontend Agent Installation Proxy Server Templates
ZBXNEXT-4087	Implemented preprocessing of LLD rules API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-4868	Added TimescaleDB support Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-4877	Implemented support for custom JSON path in LLD macros API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-1190	Implemented item prototype mass update and combined adding, updating and removing of applications in single control in item mass update form Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4933	Dropped support of "elementid" in map.create() and map.update() methods API
ZBXNEXT-4933	Dropped support of string format for "headers" and "variables" in httptest.create() and httptest.update() methods API
ZBXNEXT-4873	Implemented single dot datasets to be drawn as points in line vector graphs Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4724	Added validation and throttling preprocessing rules, ability to discard values and set errors API Frontend Server
ZBXNEXT-4876	Moved global search page to MVC framework Frontend
ZBX-14876	Added a new optional parameter <regex_excl_dir> to items vfs.dir.size[] and vfs.dir.count[] Agent
ZBXNEXT-4792	Added column "Latest values" in Monitoring->Problems and Dashboard Frontend
ZBX-15202	Implemented widget pausing methods in dashboard; made graph widget paused when using selection box or opening a tooltip Frontend
ZBXNEXT-2315	Implemented content matching in web monitoring headers Frontend Proxy Server
ZBXNEXT-4853, ZBXNEXT-517	Added ability to send email messages in HTML format on demand API Frontend Installation Server
ZBXNEXT-1282, ZBXNEXT-4730	Added changes to introduce regex based matching for auto-registration Frontend Server

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Bug Fixes

ZBX-15552	Fixed compilation with LibreSSL as OpenSSL replacement and OpenSSL without PSK support Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-10317	Made info column on item list page always visible Frontend
ZBX-15322	Fixed graph area near grid line with 0 value Frontend
ZBX-15207	Fixed deprecated css features Frontend
ZBX-15798	Fixed proxy configuration update failure on Oracle; fixed failure on empty SQL buffer on Oracle Proxy Server
ZBX-15219	Fixed unwanted removing scenario post fields on scenario update API Frontend
ZBX-11278	Reworked property state indicator in mass update screens Frontend
ZBX-15716	Fixed escalation cancel message is called if escalation interrupts with unfinished step or recovery Server
ZBX-15468	Fixed LDAP configuration form not being able to save changes when user password field is empty string Frontend
ZBX-15669	Fixed page scroll after widget being added to dashboard Frontend
ZBX-15548	Fixed resolving of {ITEM.VALUE} macro in the trigger description Frontend
ZBX-15774	Fixed memory leak in housekeeper when elasticsearch is used Server
ZBX-15788	Fixed crash when substituting LLD macros in calculated item formula expression Server
ZBX-15608	Fixed when Widget Graph show disabled trigger/problem Frontend
ZBX-10397	Fixed when global messaging severities unchecked if profile saved earlier Frontend
ZBX-15693	Fixed widget default height in schema.tmpl Frontend Installation Server
ZBX-15596	Fixed when widget in frontend can be created larger than API validation supports API Frontend
ZBX-15308	Fixed timeselector in screens when page is opened with link containing sid argument Frontend
ZBX-15694	Fixed trimming of empty spaces for custom multiplier in item and item prototype preprocessing forms Frontend
ZBX-15196	Fixed "Follow redirects" checkbox not being enabled by default for HTTP agent in item, item prototype and LLD rule create forms Frontend
ZBX-15670	Fixed inefficient vmware eventlog downloading Proxy Server
ZBX-15483	Fixed undefined index in Item Prototype update Frontend
ZBX-15270	Fixed graph widget configuration form cross browser issues Frontend
ZBX-15300	Fixed widgets extra space at the bottom Frontend
ZBX-8091	Added alphabetic ordering of net.dns.record respond Agent
ZBX-15707	Fixed check box design when drag and drop an interface into SNMP Frontend
ZBX-15535	Fixed validation of min/max value range in graph widget; fixed translation string in graph widget Frontend
ZBX-15648	Removed unused WIDGET_HAT_EVENTACTIONMCMDS and WIDGET_HAT_EVENTACTIONMSGS constants Frontend
ZBX-15386	Fixed Trigger overview not showing OK triggers API Frontend
ZBX-14538	Fixed error message when value of lifetime or history/trends storage period is out of range API Frontend
ZBX-15614	Fixed validation of y axis item on classic graph create and update API Frontend
ZBX-15226	Fixed missing visual gap under page title Frontend
ZBX-15560	Fixed incorrect URL argument formatting when parameters are non-indexed arrays Frontend
ZBX-15719	Fixed undefined index in trigger expression popup Frontend
ZBX-15332	Fixed dashboard svg graph update on timeselector interval change Frontend
ZBX-15728	Fixed agent startup problem in Win 2008 R2 w/o SP1, removed dependency on version helper API Agent
ZBX-15622	Fixed trigger expression test dialog not being usable with long trigger expressions Frontend
ZBX-13332	Fixed Request-URI Too Long errors in PopUps; fixed lost focus, when closing error popup Frontend
ZBX-15607	Fixed possibility of zombie processes occurring when signaling agent during metric execution Agent
ZBX-10496	Fixed links to installation instructions in README file Documentation
ZBX-15625	Removed links leading to media type edit form for non-superadmins in Reports->Notifications page Frontend
ZBX-8344	Remove trimming of leading and trailing whitespaces for data received from agent Documentation Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-15703	Fixed use of uninitialized variable when receiving 0 bytes on listening socket Proxy Server
ZBX-15537	Fixed visual bug when filter tab was overlapped by sub navigation Frontend
ZBX-15539	Fixed validation of master item in item update form Frontend
ZBX-15532	Fixed undefined index error on problems page when trigger expression contains web items Frontend
ZBX-15488	Fixed permission check for inherited triggers API
ZBX-15646	Fixed web-server 'Request-URI Too Long' error in trigger description dialog Frontend
ZBX-15688	Fixed wrong host group and host selection in trigger dependencies window Frontend
ZBX-15686	Fixed wrong number of selected triggers when navigate to inherited template Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4941	Changed overflow statements to execute one by one for Oracle for better performance Proxy Server
ZBX-15664	Fixed "Undefined index" errors on maps with enabled automatic icon mapping Frontend
ZBX-15667	Fixed wrong default Zabbix server status for new installation Installation
ZBX-15512	Fixed performance issues and significant memory consumption on several pages which contains host popup menus Frontend
ZBX-15512	Fixed performance issues in "Problems by severity" widget Frontend
ZBX-15593	Fixed database upgrade patch to stop upgrade on commit failure Proxy Server
ZBX-15611	Fixed crash in configuration syncer when there are groups with same name and when removing preprocessing steps from item Server
ZBX-15242	Fixed value trimming and duplicate catching in SVG graph pattern fields Frontend
ZBX-15250	Fixed selection box height calculation in classic graph Frontend
ZBX-15379	Fixed -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings when compiling with GCC 7 and -Wextra Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-15179	Fixed when message about blocking user login is displayed only on next login attempt API Frontend
ZBX-15494	Fixed handling numbers that written in scientific notation Agent Server
ZBX-15533	Fixed cutting and trimming event tags and values Server
ZBX-15442	Fixed reporting idle time in datasender's process state information Proxy
ZBX-15424	Fixed when multiselect doesn't trim values and recognizes untrimmed values as new ones Frontend
ZBX-14644	Fixed maintenance time periods "start_date" field being reset to "1920" instead of DB default value when updating via edit form Frontend
ZBX-15422	Fixed SQL errors when linked template have item prototype with equal key as host item API
ZBX-15456	Fixed incorrect style property in Monitoring->Problems; removed unused id from filter form Frontend
ZBX-15412	Fixed Name column overlaps the Application column in the Template view Frontend
ZBX-15316	Fixed problem with socket inheritance preventing Windows agent from restarting under certain circumstances Agent
ZBX-15271	Added link to documentation in all man pages Documentation
ZBX-15577	Fixed restricted user access to the host name when calling host_screen Frontend
ZBX-13335	Fixed low performance with linkage of items and item prototypes to a lot of hosts API
ZBX-15435	Fixed "Undefined index" errors in the "Problems" widget with multiple active maintenances which part of these are inaccessible Frontend
ZBX-15417	Changed vmware collector to perform datastore configuration refresh only when directly monitoring ESXi version lower than v6.0 Proxy Server
ZBX-14896	Fixed low performance of the SQL statement when link template to many hosts API
ZBX-15220	Fixed displaying of last value for values received in the same second API
ZBX-15451	Fixed event correlation when "Event tag pair" condition is used and tag contains special characters Server
ZBX-15460	Reset agent availability when host status changes, e.g., when host gets disabled Server
ZBX-15331	Updated LLD item creation/updating error messages Server
ZBX-15465	Removed html non-breaking space from visiblity checkbox labels Frontend
ZBX-15307	Fixed upper level maps positioning in Monitoring Map screen Frontend
ZBX-15428	Improved regular expression performance by studying compiled pattern Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-11761	Added warnings in case of TLS identity mismatch Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-15373	Fixed removal of trigger when deleting discovered item; fixed removal of dependent child items when removing master item API
ZBX-14613	Fixed hostgroup.delete and host.delete API methods to validate maintenance constraint API
ZBX-14863	Fixed authentication settings form of LDAP anonymous binding Frontend
ZBX-15374	Fixed SQL and PHP errors on chart3.php page Frontend
ZBX-15301	Fixed monotonous lag behind in Windows "system.localtime" Agent
ZBX-15377	Fixed error messages for arrays in GET parameters Frontend
ZBX-15369	Fixed "Undefined index: label" in map.update() method API
ZBX-15376	Fixed "Undefined index: refresh" on several pages with disabled guest user Frontend
ZBX-15375	Fixed web scenario step name can consist only of whitespaces Frontend
ZBX-15375	Fixed undefined index on Web scenario configuration page Frontend
ZBX-15372	Fixed SQL and PHP errors on "Slide shows" page when enter slides.php witout GET parameters Frontend
ZBX-15359	Fixed undefined index in maintenance.create and maintenance.update API calls API
ZBX-15358	Fixed undefined index in configuration.import API call without one or several rules API
ZBX-15355	Fixed undefined index in configuration.import API call API
ZBX-14926	Fixed empty "inventory" property being returned by API if inventory mode is disabled API
ZBX-15354	Fixed undefined index in API calls without "auth" parameter API
ZBX-15399	Fixed IPv4 connections not being accepted when IPv6 mask is used Agent Proxy Server
ZBX-14331	Fixed error allowing users to change type of a host interface that already has items attached API
ZBX-15241	Fixed escaping regexp symbols in preprocessing output parameter when creating item by LLD Server
ZBX-15254	Fixed incorrect matching string highlight in multiselect autocomplete box Frontend
ZBX-15136	Fixed displaying 'Plain text' on the dashboard as html Frontend
ZBX-14592	Fixed calculation of SLA and availability report when problem has negative duration API Frontend
ZBX-15400	Fixed possible crash in preprocessing manager when items with change/throttle preprocessing steps were not being monitored anymore Server
ZBX-13804	Fixed generic popup form submission Frontend
ZBX-15313	Fixed unit suffix support in calculated item expressions Server
ZBX-15156	Fixed undefined offset error in host screen with web item API
ZBX-14980	Fixed problem with filter by itemids and hostids in history.get API
ZBX-15224	Fixed failed query errors when receiving non UTF-8 history values Proxy Server
ZBX-14624	Fixed agent collector not releasing connection to missing/removed disk devices Agent
ZBX-15279	Fixed handling of LLD processing errors that should have resulted in not supported LLD rule state Server
ZBX-14604	Fixed displaying of the graph name on screens Frontend
ZBXNEXT-4588	Renamed 'display options' tab to 'displaying options'; fixed multiple layout issues, footnote in hint-box, field value handling, calculation of mouse position, multiple issues related with Y axis and problem styling Frontend
ZBX-15159	Fixed existing context menu closing when new one is opened Frontend
ZBX-15233	Renamed fuzzytime() function description in dropdown list Frontend
ZBX-12801	Excluded zabbix_sender.dll from MS Windows builds with TLS Agent
ZBXNEXT-4883	Fixed when trigger in problem state hides all dependent triggers in history view Frontend
ZBX-15260	Improved misleading warning message when agent fails to find log file during processing logrt[] item Agent
ZBX-15258	Fixed update interval of "Zabbix queue" item in server's template to be consistent with proxy template, added missing units in proxy template Templates
ZBX-15225	Improved handling of timeouts in "vfs.dir.size" and "vfs.dir.count" items on Windows agent Agent
ZBX-15206	Fixed deprecated net-snmp attribute Proxy Server
ZBX-15067	Fixed configuration sync of interfaces without hosts Proxy Server
ZBX-15238	Fixed updating nextcheck time in discovery rules to avoid overlaps between discovery executions Proxy Server
ZBX-13673	Fixed regexp validation when pattern contain slash character Frontend
ZBX-13773	Fixed naming inconsistencies in agent template, added more trigger descriptions in proxy and server templates Installation Templates
ZBX-14528	Fixed incorrect keycode handling in multiselect input fields Frontend
ZBX-15124	Fixed trigger overview behavior when show "any" API Frontend
ZBX-14648	Fixed performance with deletion of item in template linked to many hosts API
ZBX-9011	Added new LLD macros for vmware HV low-level discovery Proxy Server
ZBX-15105	Fixed colorpicker tooltip update Frontend
ZBX-14928	Fixed "check now" being executed for active items and templates API Frontend
ZBX-15153	Fixed custom interval validation; fixed parsing of custom intervals when user macros context contains forward slash Frontend
ZBX-9038	Fixed memory of performance counters consumed during vmware update Proxy Server
ZBX-8383	Updated Tomcat template for compatibility with recent Tomcat versions Installation Templates
ZBX-15078	Fixed API authentication for ldap users having gui access disabled API
ZBX-14880	Fixed misleading ldap authentication error messages API Frontend
ZBX-14877	Fixed style of disabled action on high contrast theme Frontend
ZBX-14606	Removed strict-transport-security header from frontend Frontend
ZBX-15020	Fixed negative time selector offset when selecting time range in graph Frontend
ZBX-14977	Fixed creation of unneeded database record if host prototype inventory mode is disabled; fixed validation for host and host prototype inventory mode API
ZBX-15146	Fixed SQL error occurred when too long IP address is attempted to be written in database API
ZBX-15148	Fixed web scenario item selection in SVG graph widget Frontend
ZBX-15107	Fixed error handling in logrt[] items if regular expression for file name is not valid Agent
ZBX-14800	Fixed resolving of functional macros in graph widget name Frontend
ZBX-15178	Fixed wrong behaviour when referencing unexisting capture groups in item regexp preprocessing, general pcre code improvements Agent Server

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Installation and Upgrade Notes

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References

Zabbix 4.2 Manual